Reviews the emergence of Africana Studies as an interdisciplinary field and also presents a rudimentary panorama of the African diaspora. Methodological questions and intellectual debates within the field are introduced.
Addresses social conditions that led to formation of Black identity, including that of African American. Of special interest are Negro-to-Black conversion experiences, concepts of racism and racial subordination, plus the construction of racial identity.
Review the contributions of African American women historically in this country in the areas of social and political struggle, education, business, science and sports.
Explores the geography, culture, philosophy, history, art, politics, economics, women and literature of Africa.
A survey of the Black experience from the African homeland including initial capture, enslavement and emancipation - 1526 - 1865.
Examines the lives of African Americans from emancipation to the present.
Literature by African Americans is explored. Genres include political tracts, novels, speeches, essays, autobiographies, folk literature, biographies, poetry and drama from the early years of the United States through today.
Racism, its social connection to human physical difference (i.e. race) studied. References made to African/European relations, development of racist thought, major sociological models used in United States, re: race relations.
A guided exploration into the lives and accomplishments of African Americans in the western United States. The periods concentrated on will be from the early contact through the 21st century.
This course introduces students to the history of African American diverse educational experiences and accomplishments within the U.S. educational system. Students will be able to articulate the historical, economical, social and political precedents when examining contemporary educational issues and policy.
A social system approach to the study of the African American family, dynamics of family relationships and effects of social, political and economic institutions on black family life.
The historical, thematic and stylistic development of black music from ancient Africa to the present.
This is an advanced variable-titled seminar that examines diverse topics in African/African diaspora/African American history and culture determined by the course subtitle.
African and African American world views. A study of the philosophy of people of African descent from ancient Africa to the New World.
Supervised field work on a community-based project related to issues in Africana Studies. Paper analyzing experience required. S/U graded.
This course will evaluate the depictions of African Americans and other Blacks in cinema. Students will be expected to analyze those portrayals in historical, political and social contexts.
Examines Psychological issues such as African world views, social constructivism, stages of Black identity development, the impact of racism on Black psychology, mental health, trauma, abuse, and addiction issues.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
A critical examination of African American history from the pivotal 1896 Homer Plessy U.S. Supreme Court decision to the present.
Since the African American culture is not monolithic, the course will explore diverse perspectives on how religion and spirituality relate to the Black experience in cultural, political, and personal ways.
Preparation for advanced reading and research in Africana Studies. Topics address theories, research methodology and issues of current interest in Africana Studies research. Consultation required on research project chosen by student.
A course in the concept of culture, how cultural processes work, variation in cultural practices, the method of cross-cultural comparison and culture change.
A broad background in prehistoric archaeology reviewing important sites around the world. Emphasis will be on anthropological interpretation of archaeological materials, the evolution of past cultures and cultural processes.
This is a course in evolutionary theory, primate biology, human paleontology, and human adaptation. It focuses on the evolution of humans and the impact of culture on our evolutionary biology.
This is a science course on human evolution exploring what makes our species unique, strange, and wonderful. The lab component of this course reinforces and illustrates the concepts explored in lecture through hands-on and collaborative laboratory activities.
Survey the culture areas of Native American groups in North America, with a focus on the United States.
Anthropological Linguistics, also called "ethnolinguistics," is the study of human communication that looks at the origin and evolution of language. This course examines the relationship between language, culture and cognition.
Definition, history, and scope of Ethnomusicology; its role in the study of human behavior and cultures, and its relationship with musicology, anthropology, history, culture, religion, and humanities. Survey of functional music in different socio-cultural settings. Exploration of ethnomusicological theories, research, and fieldwork study.
Explore career options for anthropology majors, and practice research and professional development skills.
An examination of the cultural, political and economic ideologies that gave rise to major conflicts of the 20th century.
Engage, through experiential learning, travel, and cultural immersion abroad, in gaining better understanding of other countries' cultures and cultural heritages and appreciation of the diversity and richness of human societies. S/U graded.
Examine the variety of tools used in applied anthropology towards heritage resource management and Social Impact Assessment (SIA).
Examine transnationalism from an anthropological perspective, focusing on interactions between global and local forces and the implications of globalization and development for people's everyday lives in sites around the world.
Study biologically and culturally determined gender role differences by comparing sex-related behavior in a variety of cultures.
This course uses multiple theoretical perspectives to provide a cultural analysis of conflict and war and their gendered effects on women, men, and other genders across the globe.
Deals with the cultural, historical, social, political and legal analysis of the status of contemporary American Indians in the United States.
Review field methods and laboratory techniques utilized in archaeology. Topics include locational analysis, stratigraphy, typological analysis, dating techniques and research publication.
Study Native American cultures of North America with an anthropological archaeology focus. This course covers the time from the earliest Native Americans to early European migrations to the continent.
Introduction to archaeological field methods through participation in an archaeology field experience.
Covers cultural resource management, heritage law, outreach and education, stewardship of cultural heritage, research aimed at helping communities and solving practical problems, and building and maintaining relationships with the public.
Required laboratory arranged. A course in human osteology emphasizing skeletal anatomy and the identification of age, sex, stature, pathology and race in skeletal material. Archaeological, paleontological and forensic applications will be presented.
Anthropological perspectives and methods are used to critically examine the assumptions and actions underlying social and environmental contemporary human problems as well as those involved in efforts to address them.
This course explores biocultural human variation and human adaptations to their cultural and physical environments. We discuss which human variations result from genes, culture, and/or environment.
Provides a framework for understanding anthropological approaches to the study of belief systems as well as the nature of faith and religious experiences in some of the world's religions.
This course examines behavior among living primates in order to make inferences about human and hominin behaviors.
An introduction to how scientists reconstruct the world's ancient habitats through paleoecology (studying fossil organisms and their environment). Covers ecological/evolutionary principles, multiple methods for reconstructing ancient environments, and data interpretation/synthesis/evaluation.
Learn skills of measuring and analyzing information on human biological variability. Topics include the analysis of physique, habitual activity analysis, health screening and statistical techniques for describing samples of data.
Introduction to fieldwork methods in cultural anthropology. Study ethnographic techniques through first-hand investigation of other cultures.
The study of human health as a result of relationships within a population, between neighboring populations and among the life forms and physical components of a habitat.
Through readings, documentaries, intensive discussion, and their own ethnographic research, students will examine the definitions, causes, and consequences of civilizational and societal collapse with respect to archaeological, cultural anthropological, and anthropologically speculative case studies.
Special Notes
ANT 367 cannot be retaken for credit if
ANT 395 “End of the World” title was taken in Fall 2020 or Fall 2021.
Study of a theme or geographic area in cultural, biological, archaeological, or linguistic anthropology.
Topics in practicing anthropology. Group experiences in working on selected problems in anthropology.
This course reviews the prehistory of Europe through archaeological evidence. Our coverage ranges from the arrival of archaic humans ca. 800,000 BP to the expansion of the Roman Empire around 2000 BP.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
A detailed study of the structure and functions of the human musculoskeletal system in a comparative and evolutionary perspective.
A seminar exploring diverse topics surrounding the question of defining human nature.
Anthropological field experiences in ethnology, museology, education, government or politics.
9.0 Credit Hours in ANT
Campus Connections is a service-learning course where students mentor at-risk youth. Students work with mentees in a group setting to provide academic support, social skill development, goal setting, and wellness programming.
Deal in depth with concepts, techniques and materials. Areas of study include composition, content, technical concerns, use of color and a range of material use from traditional to contemporary alternatives.
This course is designed for students who are not art majors/ minors, but have interest in photography as a creative medium. Basic Camera types and functions, creative photographic techniques, photography apps, software and visual literacy will be introduced.
An introduction to modern, late modern, and postmodern art.
This is a general survey class of global art traditions of Ancient cultures from Paleolithic art to the Byzantine Empire. The emphasis of this survey is on the major movements and civilizations, methods of analysis, historical and cultural context.
This is a general survey class of global art traditions from Early Medieval to the Baroque Art. The emphasis of this survey is on the major movements and Civilizations, methods of analysis, historical and cultural context.
Exploration of the elements of line, shape, color, value, space and texture in 2D surface design. Experiences with materials, methods, conceptualization, ideation, visual problem solving and evaluation.
Exploration of the elements of line, shape, color, value, space and texture in 3D spatial design. Experiences with materials, methods, conceptualization, ideation, visual problem solving and evaluation.
A general survey class of global art traditions from Neo-classical Art to Modern Art. The emphasis of this survey is on the major movements and civilizations, methods of analysis, historical and cultural context.
Introduction to further enhance an understanding and appreciation of the functional and expressive nature of architecture, painting, sculpture and the applied arts.
This course is an introduction to the use of clay. The student will learn techniques used in wheel throwing and hand building and safe handling of ceramics chemistry and equipment.
A studio course involving several fiber construction processes and fabric surface treatments in two or three dimensions.
Introduction to research, writing, and methods in art history.
Fundamentals of painting. Materials and techniques in basic procedures of studio painting.
Fundamentals of life drawing emphasizing proportions, anatomy and aesthetic relationships.
Discover visual art and communication design concepts using computer software as a creative tool. Create solutions for aesthetic and conceptual challenges, learn file management, design principles, and digital/print production.
Assigned placements in K-12 classrooms (25 hours of in-field participation). An overview of the characteristics, needs, and instructional adaptations suitable for teaching visual arts to the exceptional learner.
The course focuses on basic techniques of Intaglio and Relief Printmaking, including dry point and monotype techniques in Intaglio, and linoleum cut and wood cut in Relief Printmaking.
Introduction to materials, processes, and concepts fundamental to making sculpture. Techniques covered include but are not limited to woodworking, welding, 3D printing, and mixed media.
Introduction to materials, processes and concepts basic to making jewelry.
This course introduces game design, theory and history. Students will learn about the various skills/knowledge important to the field.
This survey course introduces students to graphic design as a conceptual and visual discipline. Emphasis is placed on creative problem solving through a variety of exercises and projects using traditional and digital media.
This course is the beginning level study of digital photography. Learn camera operation, electronic image editing and techniques to improve one's skill as a photographer. This course also emphasizes conceptualization, aesthetic sensitivity and appreciation of the medium as the democratic vehicle for communication.
This course covers establishing motion graphics fundamentals including visual rhythm, kinetic typography, continuity, multi-planar effects and other intermediate industry techniques.
This course addresses the theory and practice of film/video production. Students gain experience and understanding of camera operation, audio control, basic directing, lighting, editing and effects.
This course prepares the visual art student for a career as a commercial or working fine artist. Areas to be researched include identity and presentation, an introduction to professional structures, and innovative pathways for the professional artist. Students will examine their professional goals, and how to navigate the creative process and the unique challenges of being a professional artist.
Arts workshops are for the study of specialized areas in art, art education, art history, graphic arts and related fields. Specific workshop content is determined by subtitle. S/U or letter graded.
In this course students will develop techniques used in forming clay with the potters wheel. Course concentrates on form and function. Students will also operate the ceramics lab and equipment.
In this course students will develop techniques used in forming clay including coil, slab, slip casting and other mold making techniques. Students will also operate the ceramics lab and equipment.
Development of individual expression in studio painting and development of mastery of the mediums.
Designed to encourage exploration of a broad variety of sources for drawing images, drawing concepts and thematic interpretation and expression. Designed for advanced drawing students.
The course is designed to introduce techniques used for concept visualization as a cross-disciplinary, research-based environment. Connections between data presentation in digital media will be discussed.
An in-depth study of the field of art education and pre-professional related areas including: learning theory, aesthetics and psychology.
Study curriculum development and art learning activities appropriate for instruction in elementary and secondary art education.
Gain practical experience in the classroom with variety of materials, art subject matter and with varying age groups. Requires classroom observation and participation with weekly seminar.
This course focuses on the fundamentals of Screen Printing, incorporating historical and contemporary methods of screen printing suitable for commercial, studio, and in-home screen printing.
The course focuses on the following media: soft ground, hard ground, aquatint, feather biting, and spit biting. Innovative solutions to technical problems, development of personal images, and fundamental skills are emphasized.
Investigation in techniques of creating monotypes and monoprints (one-of-a-kind printed images). Letterpress and book binding techniques will be introduced with an emphasis on individual imagery and technical development.
This course considers the rich history of object replication through various moldmaking and casting methods. Materials covered include plaster, ceramic slipcasting, metal casting (bronze or aluminum), silicone, and alternative casting techniques.
This course focuses on the expansive ways artists engage site and object identity. Topics covered include installation and intervention, performance art, and intermediate skill-building in wood, metal, and other materials.
This course offers a survey of digital fabrication methods at the beginning to intermediate level. Students explore 3D printing, 3D scanning, lasercutting, and develop basic proficiency in CAD (computer-aided design).
This course utilizes the tools and techniques required to create the components of game design including: narrative structure, character development, design and storyboarding.
This course covers advanced techniques for creating artistic games utilizing various digital media. Collaborative production will involve code, video and sound, focusing on game production and prototyping.
The continued study of the conceptual and applied aspects of graphic design. Projects and exercises challenge students to better understand and utilize design strategies, theories and systems.
This course covers 35mm and large format black and white film photography. Students also address concepts and aesthetics of documentary and editorial photography.
Students will learn a variety of digital and photographic techniques in order to come up with creative solutions to conceptual and aesthetic challenges.
Students explore the theoretical, expressive and applied use of typography as an integral part of visual communication. Coursework materials cover the application of typographic formats and systems, along with the history of conventional and emerging design theories.
This course enhances creative skills and film knowledge. Learn advanced techniques, become a skilled producer and storyteller proficient in video production processes through hands-on projects.
Explore emerging virtual technologies, such as AR (Augmented Reality), VR (Virtual Reality), and 3D design software. Create immersive experiences to shape virtual arts with cutting-edge technologies.
This course covers animation basics, history, theory, and practical skills. Students gain hands-on experience, preparing for careers creating engaging animations for diverse media.
This course provides the visual art student with practical experience toward the goal of becoming a commercial or working fine artist. Areas of research include: developing an identity, website development, professional portfolio development, legal structures, copyright and intellectual property laws, marketing and advertising, and networking through professional/group associations.
This course is an advanced exploration of clay. Students will be given the freedom to work with both wheel throwing and hand building techniques to complete a series of challenging assignments.
Individualized or specialized study on specific topics in ceramics.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Introduction to the historical/philosophical nature of museums in addition to current issues within the field, controversial topics, and the ever-evolving role of museums within society.
Students will learn about the history, philosophy, and current issues of Museum Leadership and arts administration.
Continued development of individual expression and mastery of the medium. Emphasis on appropriate use of medium toward creative ends.
Advanced Development of individual expression and mastery of the medium. Emphasis on developing a cohesive body of work.
Individualized or specialized study on specific topics in drawing. Emphasis on exploration and development of ambitious, original approaches to drawing.
Principles and practices for computer application in the visual arts. Create art projects and gain knowledge of trends in computer graphics, digital technology and hardware/software configuration.
Individualized or specialized study on specific topics related to computer graphics.
The course examines the teaching of art based on local and global cultural contexts including past traditions and current issues. The course includes art making experiences in the community.
The class introduces elements of the visual arts and aesthetics that are applicable to children's learning in the elementary classroom.
GPA-2.75
Gain practical experience in the classroom with variety of materials, subject matter and with varying age groups. Requires observation in public school visual arts classrooms, participation in a variety of classroom experiences including preparing, teaching and assessing a visual arts unit and participation with weekly seminar.
Students investigate thematic interpretation of ideas and express them in a variety of systems. Through conceptual thought & formatting, students will explore an integration of 2D/3D projects.
A study of cultural, social, philosophical, and theoretical issues in the arts. The course includes discussion of educational, museum, gallery and visual culture contexts including studio and post-studio practices.
The course focuses on linocut, reduction woodcut, collagraphs, and engraving in Relief and in Intaglio on soft ground, hard ground, aquatint, feather biting. Development of personal images are emphasized.
Instruction in advanced skills, techniques, and concepts in sculpture at the undergraduate level, tailored to individual research interests. Emphasis on developing a cohesive body of work through student-proposed projects.
Extension of increasingly skilled and sophisticated techniques/processes in jewelry and metalwork.
This seminar provides persons actively involved in the student teaching program in Visual Arts with a support system and pertinent information to assist them during their field experience.
Advanced applications in digital fabrication techniques. Students will investigate 3D printing, CNC, and laser cutting technologies, along with further development of CAD (computer-aided design) skills.
This course familiarizes students with advanced techniques used for creating artistic games with the use of various digital media. Collaborative production will involve code, video and sound, focusing on game production and prototyping.
This course concentrates on the design, development, implementation of effective web and interactive media applications. Projects emphasize the principles of graphic design, interactivity and usability.
Advanced level graphic design course with an emphasis on narrative, multi-page and sequential design. Projects utilize advanced typographic and organizational systems using traditional and digital processes and media.
Exploration of computer graphics discipline by solving problems in computer based communication and visualization of ideas and processes across various disciplines. Presentation of interdisciplinary concepts as 2-D and 3-D objects.
Advanced studio course focusing on the visual expression of branding and identity systems. Students use contemporary design analysis, research and creative strategy techniques, develop comprehensive branding and marketing campaigns, and execute quality presentations.
Individualized or specialized study on specific topics in graphics.
The course focuses on the completion of a self initiated senior project and preparation of a professional portfolio. Students research and prepare capstone projects, and prepare a cohesive body of work for graduation.
(
ART 376 and Concurrent Prerequisite
ART 469 and Concurrent Prerequisite
ART 470 and Concurrent Prerequisite
ART 473 with a minimum grade of D-)
This course delves into advanced techniques of photo manipulation, retouching images, and visual composition for contemporary art practices. Enhance fine arts and technical skills through hands-on assignments.
This course provides the student with the opportunity to undertake a specialized study of a photographic process, technique or topic.
This course addresses aspects of gender in art across times and cultures.
A focused examination of global design and architecture with attention to theories, movements, monuments, objects, architects, designers, materials, social, political, and economic contexts, and the methods of art history.
Explores modern & contemporary Latin American art.
Study of art and architecture from the 19th century, with a focus on Europe and America.
Supervised professional activity in major field of study. Must spend a minimum of 30 clock hours per credit hour.
This course provides emerging museum professionals hands on experience, skill-sets, and theories essential in producing museum quality exhibitions within the field of Museum Studies.
In depth study of topics in art and art history.
In depth study of art in Europe and the Americas from 1900 through post-modernism.
Part 1 of a full year survey course designed to introduce students to the United States Air and Space Forces and provides an overview of the basic characteristics, missions, and organization of the Air and Space Forces.
This course is designed to introduce students to the United States Air Force and provides an overview of the basic characteristics, missions, and organization of the Air Force.
Special Notes
AS 104 (GMC Leadership Lab II) is a required co-requisite to this course.
This is a mandatory laboratory designed to complement
AS 101 by providing cadets with leadership, management and followership experiences. S/U graded.
This is a mandatory laboratory designed to complement
AS 102 by providing cadets with leadership, management and followership experiences. S/U graded.
This course provides a fundamental understanding of both leadership and team building. The lessons and course flow are designed to prepare cadets for field training and leadership positions in the detachment.
Special Notes
AS 203 (GMC Leadership Lab) is a required co-requisite to this course.
This course provides a fundamental understanding of both leadership and team building. The lessons and course flow are designed to prepare cadets for field training and leadership positions in the detachment.
Special Notes
AS 204 (GMC Leadership Lab) is a required co-requisite to this course.
This is a mandatory laboratory designed to complement
AS 201 by providing cadets with leadership, management and followership experiences. S/U graded.
This is a mandatory laboratory designed to complement
AS 202 by providing cadets with leadership, management and followership experiences. S/U graded.
This course utilizes cadets' field training experience to take a more in-depth look at leadership. Special emphasis is placed on enhancing communication skills, and why that is important as a leader. Cadets have an opportunity to try out these leadership and management techniques in a supervised environment as juniors and seniors.
Special Notes
AS 303 (POC Leadership Lab) is a required co-requisite to this course.
This course utilizes cadet's field training experience to take a more in-depth look at leadership. Special emphasis is placed on enhancing communication skills, and why that is important as a leader. Cadets have an opportunity to try out these leadership and management techniques in a supervised environment as juniors and seniors.
Special Notes
AS 304 (POC Leadership Lab) is a required co-requisite to this course.
Mandatory for students who are members of ROTC or are eligible to pursue a commission as determined by the Professor of Aerospace Studies. Concept of leadership; relationship between leadership and management; importance of leadership in operation and success of organization. S/U graded.
Mandatory for students who are members of ROTC or are eligible to pursue a commission as determined by the Professor of Aerospace Studies. Concept of leadership; relationship between leadership and management; importance of leadership in operation and success of organization. S/U graded.
This course provides college seniors a foundation to understand their role as future military officers and how they will support the United States' National Security Strategy. It provides an overview of the complex social and political issues facing the military profession and requires a measure of sophistication commensurate with the senior college level.
Special Notes
AS 403 (POC Leadership Lab) is a required co-requisite to this course.
This course provides college seniors a foundation to understand their role as future military officers and how they will support the United States' National Security Strategy. It provides an overview of the complex social and political issues facing the military profession and requires a measure of sophistication commensurate with the senior college level.
Special Notes
AS 404 (POC Leadership Lab) is a required co-requisite to this course.
Mandatory for student who are members of ROTC or are eligible to pursue a commission as determined by the Professor of Aerospace Studies. Concept of leadership; relationship between leadership and management; importance of leadership in operation and success of organization. S/U graded.
Mandatory for students who are members of ROTC or are eligible to pursue a commission as determined by the Professor of Aerospace Studies. Concept of leadership; relationship between leadership and management; importance of leadership in operation and success of organization. S/U graded.
A survey of modern Asia in the aftermath of WW II to the present times with special emphasis on its geo-politics, internal as well as international politics, socio-economic development, society and cultures.
Surveys major literary works of South and Southeast Asia. Examines regional beliefs, philosophies, world views, traditions, and norms. Explores the adaptation of regional literature into other media.
Survey of the music of the Asian continent and their roles in society, religion, history, and politics. Examines theoretical systems, modes of learning, musical instruments, ensembles, and performance practices by cultural groups. Also examines significant genres in national and folk traditions. Explores the impact of westernization and modernization on musical cultures as well as new musical practices in the world music markets of the twenty-first century.
Supervised work experience in the public or private sector to allow students practical experience with Asian business practices. S/U graded.
GPA-2.5
Capstone course in which students demonstrate a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, and conduct advanced research on an important issue in Asian Studies, culminating in a senior thesis. Required for completion of Asian Studies degree.
Conduct advanced independent research in an approved topic in Asian Studies with an Asian Studies faculty member. Required for completion of degree in Asian Studies. S/U graded.
This course is an introduction to the basic skills in developing production and comprehension skills in American Sign Language (ASL). Students will develop introductory-level ASL vocabulary, structure, and grammar. Course content also includes the production of the manual alphabet, numbers, and numbering systems. Students will develop basic conversational abilities, culturally appropriate behaviors, and be introduced to the culture and history of Deaf communities.
This course builds on production and comprehension skills in American Sign Language (ASL). Students will further develop beginning-level ASL vocabulary, structure, and grammar. Course content also includes signs for daily living, time conventions, and advanced tense systems. Students will continue developing beginning to intermediate conversational abilities, culturally appropriate behaviors, and further delve into the culture and history of Deaf communities.
This intermediate course increases experiences in American Sign Language (ASL) and diverse Deaf Cultural topics to include intersectional identities to promote complex dialogic discourse to encourage personal expression in ASL. Students will continue deepening their comprehension and production of ASL grammar and sentence structure, foundational narrative discourse, descriptive classifiers, locatives, and depicting verbs with the aim of developing communicative competence at an intermediate level.
This upper intermediate course increases experiences in American Sign Language (ASL) and diverse Deaf Cultural topics, including how Deaf people get communication access to healthcare systems, telecommunication systems, economic systems, and social justice. Students will build on dialogic discourse regarding specialized topics, such as fitness, wellness, finances, weather, and travel. Students will demonstrate appropriate use of compound signs, semantics, numerical incorporation, spatial referents, and non-manual markers.
This course is focused on the development of a wide array of ASL skills and Deaf cultural knowledge useful in a variety of professional careers including, business, criminal justice, education, healthcare, psychology, social services, and the humanities.
This course builds on what was learned in ASL for Professional I and continues the focus on the development of a wide array of ASL skills and Deaf cultural knowledge useful in a variety of professional careers including, business, criminal justice, education, healthcare, psychology, social services, and the humanities.
This course is a survey of psychosocial and sociocultural factors that define Deaf people as members of a linguistic and cultural minority. The history, language, values, and traditions of the deaf community will also be examined.
(3 lecture, 2 laboratory) The universe and our place in it. Appropriate for non-science majors.
(3 lecture, 2 laboratory) Covers stars, black holes, galaxies, the Big Bang, and the expansion of the universe. Night time lab component. Appropriate for non-science majors.
Present concepts of the universe, including the "big bang" and "steady state" theories, black holes and continuing expansion. Programs such as "Cosmos" will be studied.
A look at classical astronomy (motions in the night sky), telescopes, and our solar system.
A look at the structure, formation, and evolution of stars and the structure, dynamics, and formation of our Milky Way galaxy.
Formation and evolution of galaxies, general relativity, the Big Bang, evolution and fate of the universe.
(3 lecture, 2 laboratory) Introduction to modern techniques in planning, obtaining, reducing and analyzing astronomical observations with focus on hands-on experience with computational tools and procedures.
(
MATH 131 and
PHYS 241 with a minimum grade of D-) and (3.0 credit hours in AST with a minimum grade of D-)
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Course will introduce the student to the cultural, historical, and philosophical thought surrounding the issues of business throughout the ages.
Composition courses emphasizing planning, organizing, and presenting written business communications for decision making. Use of computer software programs integrated in the writing of business correspondence and reports.
(
ENG 122 with a minimum grade of D- or SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 630 or ACT English with a minimum score of 30 or SAT Reading Test with a minimum score of 34)
Non-technical introduction to global business operations and planning, including investment issues, comparative management, technology impact, competition, cultural diversity, and legal issues.
Active engagement in professional activities related to field of study. Course will provide problem-solving and independent decision making opportunities. S/U graded.
This course consists of a minimum of twenty one days of study or academic/business experience that provides the student with significant observation of and/or interaction with business/management in a different culture.
This seminar course is designed to provide students an in-depth understanding of the cultural values and norms abroad and how they translate into various business practices. International travel will be required. S/U graded.
A seminar for junior and senior majors and minors, taught by business executives, integrating practical experience into the theoretical curriculum. Topic varies per expertise of Executive Professor. S/U or letter graded.
An introduction to basic principles of accounting. The accounting cycle is examined in relation to recording, classifying, reporting and interpreting financial information for business.
(24.0 credits required) and (
BACS 101 with a minimum grade of C-)
The course examines the concepts and applications of managerial accounting which provides economic, financial, and nonfinancial information for managers and other internal users.
No graduation credit for business majors. A survey course studying accounting as the language of business. Topics include the environment, methods and uses of accounting information, financial statement development and use, and cost information development and analysis for decision making.
An activity course stressing the conceptual framework of accounting, a review of the accounting process, statement presentations of current assets, property, plant, equipment and intangible assets.
An activity course with emphasis on current and long-term liabilities, investments, stockholders' equity, pensions, leases, income taxes and cash flows.
An introduction to occupational fraud and white-collar crime with a focus on how and why fraud is committed and how fraud is detected, investigated, resolved, and deterred.
Accumulating and analyzing information for management purposes. Topics include product costing, cost-volume-profit relationships, budgeting and performance evaluation.
A comprehensive introduction to federal income taxation with emphasis on tax implications of business transactions. Basic tax concepts are applied to a broad range of taxpayer activities and related entities.
An activity course designed to study elements of accounting information systems. Conceptual modeling, implementation of accounting transaction processing systems, enterprise value chains, business processes, documentation, and control requirements are emphasized.
A case-based course that promotes understanding and application of tax and business research planning. Emphasis is on researching, solving, and presenting business tax planning cases. S/U graded.
This course involves the analysis of accounting data and communication of findings using contemporary technologies.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Letter graded.
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
This course will provide framework tools of ethical decision-making in order to challenge the student to identify and examine their own ethical strategies. This course specifically focuses on the ethical issues that influence the development of both the public and private accounting professions.
This is an activity course covering an overview of U.S. GAAS procedures and techniques of auditing including auditor's report, internal control, evidence gathering, legal liability, statistical sampling and computer auditing.
This is an activity course involving the study of accounting processes and procedures used by state and local government units and other selected not-for-profit entities.
An activity course that promotes understanding beyond a foundation course. Emphasis is on advanced topics in individual and entities taxation with a focus on tax policy issues and planning implications.
Practical work experience allowing the intern the opportunity to utilize the material learned in accounting courses. Credit for the internship is determined by the coordinator. S/U graded.
This seminar course explores advanced topics in accounting. Special topics will be specified by the instructor. S/U or letter graded.
Develop students' knowledge and skills in applying and utilizing appropriate computer technology and applications. Focus is on developing competencies in leading edge computer applications: spreadsheets, graphics, word processing and operating systems. Students will become competent in using the Internet.
This course examines the principles and theories of software engineering as a discipline. It introduces students to vocabulary, basic principles, and the foundation of software engineering. Software engineering covers concepts to create practical and cost-effective solutions to computing and information systems requirements.
Computer literacy required. Study web site design concepts for e-business applications. Designing, developing, publishing, and managing web sites will be emphasized. Projects focus on web presence requirements for small and midsized companies.
This course is designed as an introduction to programming for the students who have no or very little programming knowledge and experience. The course provides extensive and immersive practice with hands-on exercises and projects that demonstrate your grasp of coding fundamentals, and build confidence in your ability to think and problem-solve.
Topics include information systems technology, strategic uses of information, software, hardware concepts, networking and internet and e-commerce.
An activity course to develop students' knowledge and skills in developing interactive, data driven e-commerce web sites. Students will employ cutting edge development techniques using industry standard software applications.
The identification, preservation, extraction, interpretation, and presentation of computer-related evidence. Formal methodologies; basics of computer operating systems, file systems and hardware for data storage; fundamental laws and regulations.
This is an activity course involving the study of data communications and networks. Topics include history, media, hardware, software, standards, networks, analysis and design, distributed processing and network management.
First course in information security techniques: study of foundations of security and risk management, implementation of security plans, hands-on analysis of realtime networks using common tools, and defensive techniques.
This course presents principles and processes for designing efficient, effective, and satisfying user experiences. The course focuses on user interaction with digital interfaces including mobile phones and websites.
This course examines the defining characteristics of IT projects. It introduces the student to industry accepted project management practices and methods. The students will utilize mainstream software tools to apply project management to IT projects identifying common processes and techniques required for successful project completion.
Introduces the concepts of object-oriented design to students with a background in the procedural paradigm. Emphasis on the development of business applications.
An activity course providing students with the opportunity to work with and manage network servers. The course focuses on implementation of UNIX and Microsoft networking platforms, security, and management.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Letter Graded.
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
An activity course covering design, implementation and operation of database systems/applications. Topics include database processing, models, organizational planning, logical and physical design, implementation, data organization and data structures.
An activity course that covers systems analysis and design; emphasizes techniques, tools, skills, procedures and end products. Covers investigation, analysis/design.
This is an activity course in which students learn and apply software engineering standards and patterns to design, implement, and test software systems.
Obtain practical experience in one or more of the following CIS areas: programming, systems design, DBMS, quantitative research, data communications, DSS. S/U graded.
This seminar course explores advanced topics in computer information systems and/or quantitative methods. S/U or letter graded.
Emphasizes public law, regulation of business and various relationships that exist within society, government and business such as; economic regulation, social regulation, laws impacting labor-management issues and environmental concern.
Discuss concepts and principles of personal financial planning including personal financial assessment, goal setting, planning and management of personal assets, credit, insurance, investments, estates and taxes.
Examines the basic principles and concepts of financial management. Topics include valuation, risk, financial analysis and planning, working capital management, cost of capital, capital structure and capital budgeting.
(
BAAC 301 with a minimum grade of D-) and (
ECON 205 with a minimum grade of D-) and (Completion of LC2-Mathematics course or Completion of LAX1-Mathematics course)
Topics include a review of statistical estimation and hypothesis testing, ANOVA, simple and multiple regression, forecasting and decision theory. Students will use Excel and a number of web-based databases.
Provides an understanding of the law of business transactions as part of the decision making process. Topics will include the law of contracts, sales, bailments and negotiable instruments.
Theory of risk and risk bearing; arrangements; insurance industry, types of insurers, functions of insurers and government regulation of insurance; social insurance; and basic features of selected insurance contracts.
Examines the basic principles and concepts of financial management. Topics include valuation, risk, financial analysis and planning, working capital management, cost of capital, capital structure and capital budgeting.
(
BAAC 221 and
ECON 203 and
ECON 205 and
STAT 150 with a minimum grade of D-) and (
MATH 124 with a minimum grade of D- or ACT Math with a minimum score of 26 or SAT Mathematics with a minimum score of 560 or SAT Math Section with a minimum score of 580)
Analyze characteristics and interrelations between money and capital markets and flow of funds. Stress financial institutions' role as intermediaries and effect on economic activity.
Discover important concepts and principles of real estate, especially procedures for evaluating and appraising real estate investments, legal marketing and financing aspects of real estate.
Addresses the financial characteristics and environment of the multinational corporation. Special attention is focused on how international risk factors and foreign securities markets affect financial decisions.
The study of financial securities, their valuation and the markets where they are traded. Analyze economic and market factors affecting risk, returns, and timing of investment decisions.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Letter Graded.
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Covers advanced concepts and techniques of financial management, especially emphasizing the overall environment and decision making by financial managers. Topics include modern portfolio theory and capital structure theory.
Investigate the management of banks and other financial institutions. Evaluate decision strategies used to enhance performance in a changing economic and regulatory environment. Review banking principles, current practices problems.
This seminar class involves the comprehensive study of applied financial management, finance, other business skills and financial decision making processes for the firm. Use case study problem solving method.
Involves students managing a portfolio of funds provided by the UNC Foundation while studying and applying the principles of security analysis and portfolio management. S/U graded.
This second level investment course examines investment decision making within the framework of modern portfolio theory. Alternative investments including derivatives (options and futures) are also examined.
Get practical experience and opportunities to utilize theory of academic finance courses. S/U graded.
This seminar course explores advanced topics in finance. S/U or letter graded.
(Lecture 2, Recitation 1) The course is designed to provide students with several types of information that will help them make more informed decisions related to their academic and professional career. This information will assist them in making decisions related to business concentrations they may wish to pursue as well as decisions related to careers and career paths that are available to them.
An introduction to management and organizational behavior including theories and concepts applicable to individuals, teams, and organizations. Topics include managerial processes, motivation, leadership, group dynamics, perception, decision-making, power, culture, change, communication, diversity, and ethics.
45.0 credits required
An introduction and survey of human resource management topics such as recruitment, selection, training, development, performance appraisal, compensation, career development.
The objective of this course is to provide significant exposure to the entrepreneurial process. Students will learn how to recognize and evaluate small business opportunities and successful entrepreneurial practices.
This course is an introduction to the fields of Operations Management and Data Analytics. Different concepts, principles, tools, and analytical techniques will be explored to familiarize students with the current concepts and approaches in the fields of operations management and data analytics. After reviewing basic statistical methods, the course will emphasize quality management of operations, process optimization, and applying data analytics for planning and executing of operations, utilizing Excel spreadsheets and Python, to provide students with the analytical skills necessary to solve and address real-world problems in managing business operations
A seminar course which applies theories learned in all business majors to actual small businesses.
This course provides a practical guide and clear understanding of the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and experiences that are needed to increase imagination, creativity, innovation and new venture creation capability.
This course brings the mindset, principles, strategies, tools and techniques of entrepreneurship into the social sector to present innovative solutions to today's vexing social issues.
The course explores the processes of creativity, ideation, and design thinking to generate ideas for business ventures. Students learn how ideas can inspire and promote problem-solving. Tools and techniques learned include mind mapping, ideation, opportunity recognition, and design-thinking.
Special Notes
BAMG 412 cannot be retaken for credit if
BAMG 495 “Sustainable Innovation” title was taken in Spring 2022.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Letter graded.
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
An activity course emphasizing the creation and execution of a business plan in concert with a small business owner. Students will learn problems and opportunities of starting new businesses.
A study of ethical conduct in various business contexts and an analysis of ethical issues that arise in organizational, social, and economic environments.
Provides an expanded examination of human resources management topics such as performance appraisal, training, compensation and labor relations. Current topics are emphasized.
This course will examine leadership in organizations. Topics include an examination of differing leadership styles and theories and the ethical use of leadership and power.
Examines organizational strategic issues and problems related to internal and external environments. Case analysis framework and strategic management concepts emphasized.
A study of organizational theory to design effective organizational purpose and structure to compete within dynamic external environmental and internal organizational factors.
A seminar that examines the field of international management. Examines the implications of managing organizations involved in global operations.
An introduction to managing quality in organizations, covering product and process design, understanding of basic quality tools, and implementation of improvement programs such as six sigma and lean enterprise.
Focuses on the creation of a competitive advantage through strategic human resources planning and staffing. Topics include job analysis, recruiting, assessment, succession planning, and retention. Also covers laws and regulations relative to the recruiting process.
Examines key principles of an effective training and development strategy. Topics include the role of training, adult learning theory, needs assessment, training methodologies, and effective evaluation methods for training.
Focuses on the effective design of an organization's compensation, total rewards, and performance management systems. Topics include total compensation systems that attract and retain talent, employee benefits and performance management.
This course explores techniques and strategies used by companies and managers to optimize human capital. Students will delve into core HR areas like staffing, performance management, training, and compensation, aligning them with business goals. Emphasizing HR as a managerial responsibility, the course equips students for diverse organizational roles, fostering a deep understanding of human capital's pivotal role in achieving organizational objectives.
An internship working in a middle management position to obtain practical organizational experience. Internship proposal, progress report and final report required. S/U graded.
This course provides integration of management, marketing, finance and accounting principles for the management of nonprofit organizations. Topics include board development, risk management and ethical issues in nonprofit organizations.
A seminar in various management content areas as need and opportunity arise. Primarily for management majors, this course attempts to integrate management concepts within applied settings. S/U or letter graded.
This theory course provides understanding of the basic concepts/ terminologies in marketing, as well as an understanding of how these concepts are applied in international and domestic business settings.
45.0 credits required
This theory course examines various theories of consumer behavior and the decision making process from a global perspective. The implications of cultural, ethical and legal variables will also be discussed.
This is an activity course emphasizing both theoretical and practical skills in the personal selling process and the management of a sales force.
An activity course involving study of integrated marketing communications with course components including advertising terminology, management, design, and media selection; personal selling; public relations; sponsorship; sales promotion; and Internet marketing.
A survey course of retail institutions; how they operate and their impact on the marketplace. This course covers both theory and practice of both Physical and Digital aspects of retail.
An activity course involving practical experience in planning a research investigation, designing questionnaires, sampling, interpreting results and preparing a research report. Emphasis on product, advertising, sales and motivational research.
(
BAMK 360 with a minimum grade of C-) and (Concurrent Prerequisite
STAT 150 with a minimum grade of D-)
The Internet and advances in technologies for e-commerce, web design, mobile marketing, social media marketing, and web analytics/measurement are transforming how companies, brands, and individuals plan and practice strategic marketing. This course provides students with an understanding of how marketing is adapting and integrating these changes for the digital age.
A seminar course which applies theories learned in all business majors to actual small businesses.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Letter Graded.
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
A digital marketing course designed to introduce students to Web and Ad analytics platforms and other tools that enable the acquisition, analysis, and display of consumer traffic to e-commerce and content websites. Students will be introduced to key performance indicators (KPIs) for websites and digital advertising. They will also work with web analytics software, data visualization software, and search and display advertising software.
Special Notes
BAMK 444 cannot be retaken for credit if
BAMK 494 “Google Analy & Web Traf Acquis” title was taken in Fall 2020 or Fall 2021.
An interdisciplinary activity course where students receive realistic experience in campaign planning. Assume the identity of an advertising agency responsible for the preparation of a complete marketing communications program.
A seminar of institutions, functions, policies and practices in international markets. Global multinational aspects of business enterprises and their effects on marketing problems and management are analyzed.
A course in theoretical and practical aspects of marketing goods and services to business. Emphasizes analysis and segmentation of business markets and development of marketing mixes to serve those markets.
An activity seminar course designed to explore the techniques utilized by marketing oriented distribution managers within the worldwide logistics process. Computer simulation and/or case analysis may be used.
This course is an overview of social media marketing planning and strategies and its integration with traditional methods of marketing. It includes real-world, real-time experience with social media/networking with use of various social media platforms for blogging and micro-blogging, supporting tools for the monitoring/measurement of results, and the management of social media/networking activities.
This capstone marketing seminar course emphasizes application, analysis, planning and control of the various marketing mix variables, the target market, and the marketing environment.
This course gives the student practical experience and opportunities to apply theory from academic marketing courses. S/U graded.
This seminar course focus on current topics in digital marketing not covered in existing departmental offerings.
This seminar course explores various advanced marketing topics. The course is offered as needed. S/U or letter graded.
Biological concepts within a human context covering cell biology, physiology, genetics, evolution, ecology and interactions of human kind and the environment. No credit for biology majors or minors.
An introduction to life at UNC, the biology major, and biology careers for incoming freshman. S/U graded.
Exploring biology lab.
Concurrent Prerequisite
BIO 100 with a minimum grade of C-
An introduction to life at the university, the biology major, and preparation for a healthcare career.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Introduction to fundamental chemistry of life, cell biology, genetics, and biology as an interdisciplinary science. Study of scientific practice through a course-based undergraduate research experience. Not recommended for non-science majors.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Introduction to the biology of organisms focusing on form, function, ecology, and evolution. Study of scientific practice through a course-based undergraduate research experience. Not recommended for non-science majors.
Study cellular basis of life, with emphasis on biological macromolecules, cell organelles, cell membranes, cellular respiration and photosynthesis, and evolution of cells.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Study fundamental laws of heredity, the molecular structure and function of genes, and emerging genetic technologies.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Stress regulatory mechanisms that maintain normal body function and broad general biological principles as they apply to structure and function.
(2 lecture, 3 laboratory) Study of regulation of cellular and systemic physiology, including membrane transport, cell cycle, autonomic nervous system, cardiovascular system, renal function and metabolism as they relate to homeostasis. Inquiry based laboratory.
(3 lecture, 3 lab) Basic microbiology course with applications for allied health professions such as nursing. Emphasis is on microorganisms involved in human health and disease, and microbiology in public health.
Introduction to cannabis and cannabinoids in human history, health, and medicine.
Study the principles of medical genetics including a review of gene function, patterns of inheritance, mechanisms of common genetic diseases, genetic testing, genetic counseling and risk assessment, and gene therapy.
Study an overview of the causes, prevention, molecular and cellular mechanisms, and treatment of various cancers.
The study of early embryonic development: exploration of the molecular genetic basis for tissue differentiation. Gene regulation, chromatin, axis and pattern formation, tissue interactions and differentiation, and sex determination.
(2 Lecture, 1 Field) Application of botanical techniques in a field setting. Course includes species identification, collection of plant specimens, plant community structure, rare plant management, and field based botanical data collection. Field trip required.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) History of plant taxonomy, phylogenetic systematics, family recognition, and identification of local flora using keys. Native plant collection and field trips required.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Study of the symbiotic relationships of parasitism as exemplified by typical parasites of humans, domesticated and wild animals, stressing life cycles, pathogenesis, systematics and host-parasite relationships.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Study of the functional biology, ecology and behavior of mammals. Laboratory stresses the identification and ecology of Colorado species. Field work required.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Investigation of the biology of the cold-blooded vertebrates including their evolution, ecology and behavior. Laboratory stresses the identification and biology of Colorado species.
A survey of terrestrial plant-animal interactions with an emphasis on plant antagonistic and mutualistic interactions.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Study of structure, morphogenesis and phylogenetic relationships of organisms grouped with algae, fungi. Comparative study to explore multiple kingdom concepts. Ecological, medical and economic aspects of mycology and phycology explored.
Study of marine organisms and their habitats from the intertidal to the deep sea. Emphasis is on the adaptation to environmental factors, ecological relationships and conservation.
An intensive field experience in Belize which introduces participants to tropical marine and the terrestrial environment. Course occurs during spring break.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Study of the organ systems of the human body, their structure and integration. Laboratory includes examination of mammalian organs.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Study of comparative developmental processes of vertebrates as they relate to the structure of the adult organ systems. Developmental anatomy and adult morphology of sharks through mammals are studied and dissected.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Examine in detail the function of the organ systems of the human body, especially of those involved with the maintenance of normal function.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Examine microorganisms and their interactions with living and non-living components of the biosphere. Study the structural and metabolic diversity within Eubacteria and Archaea, some fungi and viruses.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Study of physiological factors influencing the chemical and structural composition of plant absorption and utilization of water and minerals; photosynthesis, translocation, respiration, nitrogen metabolism; and growth and development.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Identify/describe plant and animal communities. Study of ecosystem structure and energy flow. Examine topics such as biogeochemical cycles, soils, population structure, species' interactions and succession. Field trip may be required.
Study of the behaviors of animals. Topics include: mechanisms that generate behavior, the development of behavior, behavioral adaptations for survival, behavioral adaptations for mating, and the evolution of behavior.
Laboratory-based investigation of animal behavior. Class will include hands-on activities and experimentation. Must be taken concurrently with BIO 362.
(2 lecture, 2 laboratory) Examination of biological principles of organisms and ecosystems and crosscutting concepts in the sciences. The course is designed for elementary educators and connects content with state and national standards.
An introduction to the components and basic mechanisms of the immune system.
A variety of workshops on special topics within the discipline. Goals and objectives will emphasize the acquisition of general knowledge and skills in the discipline. S/U or letter graded.
(1 Lecture, 1 Laboratory) The most common field techniques for both plant and animal biology, focusing on biodiversity.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Please note while there is no limit on total credits, this course is only repeatable for a maximum of six credits per semester (concurrent enrollment of two times).
Examination of protein synthesis, DNA replication, gene expression, gene structure, and regulation of gene expression.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Study of the identification, properties, uses, and distribution of plants used by people in the past, present, and future.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Study of the evolution, general biology, diversity, ecology and behaviors of birds. Laboratory emphasis will be on identification. Field trips required.
(4 laboratory) Study of the theory and techniques currently used to investigate cells and molecules. Development of the laboratory and problem solving skills to successfully conduct experiments.
(
BIO 220 with a minimum grade of D-) and (Concurrent Prerequisite
BIO 425 or Concurrent Prerequisite
BIO 450 with a minimum grade of D-)
Causes and mechanisms of disease at the molecular, cellular, and tissue levels. Cellular homeostasis and adaptive mechanisms, histopathology, toxins/toxicants, infectious disease, senescence, and target tissues.
Study of the structural and functional relationships among biological macromolecules, cell organelles, and cell processes.
Study of assessment, curriculum development, and learner-centered pedagogical approaches. Students taking this course will serve as undergraduate teaching assistants for
BIO 110 (via
BIO 494)
Students will examine strategies and theories to communicate science with non-science audiences. The course focusses on development of real-world products to communicate science.
Special Notes
BIO 460 cannot be retaken for credit if credit for COMM 461 or BIO 495 Special Topics course "Scientific Communication" has already been completed.
Identify/describe how plants, animals, and ecological communities will respond to global change across different scales (temporal, spatial, etc.). Introduction to global climate models and using relevant climate and ecological data to predict future change.
Examination of the fundamental principles of conservation biology (biodiversity, habitat degradation, extinction, restoration, planning) with discussion of current topics (climate change, single species conservation, conservation genetics, landscape vs ecosystem conservation, sustainable development).
History of evolutionary thought, evolution as a population genetics process, and reconstruction of evolutionary history using phylogenetic methodology.
Study of animal function and how environmental conditions influence the physiology of animals. Emphasis will be on vertebrate systems but invertebrates will be included.
Study of disturbance effects on ecosystem structure and function.
Cell biology and/or biochemistry recommended. A mechanistic study of pharmacokinetics (absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of drugs) and pharmaco dynamics (drug actions and interactions). Examples of important bioactive chemicals will be discussed.
The molecular, cellular, and anatomical principles and network properties of the nervous system will be studied, with a focus on human biomedical applications.
Critical data interpretation and evaluation, rigorous experimental design, consideration of variables, authentication of resources, sharing, record keeping, and transparency. S/U graded.
Provide training in the basic ethical and regulatory requirements for performing research. This course will incorporate online training materials with discussion, case studies to help students' best practice in performing research activities. S/U graded.
Invited speakers will present topics in content biology and biology education. Graduate students will also present final defenses of their theses or dissertations. S/U graded.
Special Notes
Please note only 1 credit will count toward upper division BIO electives.
On-the-job experience in professional areas under the supervision of an area specialist. S/U graded.
On the job experience in a clinical setting under the supervision of an area specialist. A minimum of 37.5 hours of contact work is required per credit hour. S/U graded.
Gain experience assisting in teaching an introductory biological science laboratory.
Advanced study for qualified undergraduates in an area of the biological sciences.
Special Notes
Prerequisites vary depending on the title and subject being offered.
Fundamental role of science in brewing beer, the ingredients in beer, and the process of brewing. Emphasis on QA/QC analysis and integration of beer throughout society. For non-science majors.
Investigation of science in the brewing industry through hands-on activities in the laboratory. Credit toward Liberal Arts Curriculum given only upon successful completion of
BREW 170.
Concurrent Prerequisite
BREW 170 with a minimum grade of D-
(0.5 lecture, 1 lab) Introduction, discussions, methods and applications of various topics in the sensory evaluation of beer styles and common off-flavors present during the brewing process. REQUIREMENTS: Students must be 21+.
(Concurrent Prerequisite
BREW 170 or Concurrent Prerequisite
BREW 370 with a minimum grade of D-)
Survey of beer brewing, with a particular focus on the multidisciplinary connections in the science of brewing beer. Specific topics include the history, biology, chemistry, physics, and politics of beer.
(2 lecture, 3 laboratory) Prerequisite: A grade of "C" or better in BREW 370. Investigations in brewing beer with focus on practical applications of water chemistry, analysis of beer raw materials, components and finished products. A project-based component stressing the multidisciplinary nature of brewing is required. Course Fee Required.
Study of fermentation in beer brewing from the biochemical, technical, and practical aspects. Focus on metabolism, methods that influence metabolism, and chemical analyses that evaluate fermentation.
Students must be 21+ years old (photo ID required at first class session). Application of brewing laboratory science methods of malt, wort, and beer analysis during the production of microbrewery scale quantities of beer. A project-based component involving the creation of a quality assurance program for the operation of a microbrewery is required.
Concurrent Prerequisite
BREW 470 with a minimum grade of C
On-the-job experience in the brewing industry under the supervision of an area specialist.
Special Notes
Consent of instructor required.
Study of special topics in brewing and brewing laboratory science. Variable topics.
No previous chemistry required. Develops the fundamental role chemistry plays in daily life and an understanding of scientific and technological issues affecting society.
(3 laboratory) Investigation of the chemical world through hands-on activities in the laboratory. Credit toward Liberal Arts Curriculum given only upon successful completion of
CHEM 101.
Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 101 with a minimum grade of D-
No credit for chemistry major or minor. Basic chemistry concepts to prepare those with no chemistry background for CHEM 111 or CHEM 281.
(3 laboratory) Investigation of chemistry concepts, emphasizing their application to everyday life. Designed to build a conceptual foundation of chemistry and develop basic chemistry laboratory skills.
Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 103 with a minimum grade of D-
Atomic theory, mole concept, stoichiometry, states of matter, formulas, nomenclature, periodicity, bonding and solutions.
(ACT Math with a minimum score of 19 or SAT Math Section with a minimum score of 500 or SAT Mathematics with a minimum score of 460 or ALEKS Test Score with a minimum score of 040) and (Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 111L with a minimum grade of C)
Special Notes
For SAT Mathematics before 2016, the minimum score of 460 is acceptable. Students scoring between 30-39 on ALEKS MATH test must co-register
MATH 124/127 along with
CHEM 111, or take
CHEM 103 prior to
CHEM 111. Students scoring below 30 on ALEKS MATH test must take
CHEM 103 or
MATH 124/127 as prerequisite. Please consult the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for more information.
(3 laboratory) Laboratory to accompany
CHEM 111.
Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 111 with a minimum grade of C
Thermochemistry, chemical kinetics, equilibrium, qualitative analysis, electrochemistry and descriptive inorganic chemistry.
(3 laboratory) Laboratory to accompany
CHEM 112.
Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 112 with a minimum grade of C
An introduction to organic chemistry. Structure, nomenclature, reactions and uses of organic compounds and their relationship to foods and nutrition.
(3 lecture, 1 recitation) Structure and function of biologically relevant molecules, metabolism and regulation of metabolism.
Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 281L with a minimum grade of C
(3 laboratory) Laboratory to accompany
CHEM 281.
Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 281 with a minimum grade of C
(2.5 lecture, 4.5 laboratory) Chemical methods of analysis including gravimetry, acid-base, redox methods, statistics in analytical chemistry and an introduction to instrument operations.
Nomenclature, reactions and synthesis of organic compounds.
(3 laboratory) Laboratory to accompany
CHEM 331.
Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 331 with a minimum grade of C
Advanced concepts in synthesis, theories of reactions, biological molecules and spectroscopy.
(3 laboratory) Laboratory to accompany
CHEM 332.
Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 332 with a minimum grade of C
An introduction to the chemistry of the environment including atmospheric, water and soil chemistry. Specific topics include the greenhouse effect and climate change, fossil fuels and renewable energy technologies, atmospheric pollution and the ozone hole, radioactive pollution, and agriculture and water pollution.
A survey of the structure, function, and metabolism of biomolecules.
(3 laboratory) Laboratory to accompany
CHEM 381.
Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 381 with a minimum grade of C
Advanced study of variable topics within the field of Chemistry.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Theory, practice, and application of modern analytical instrumentation.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Application of statistics and chemistry to the analysis of evidence gathered in criminal investigations such as drugs, fibers, gunshot residue, explosives, and accelerants.
First of two related courses. Fundamentals of bonding and structure of inorganic substances. Integration of appropriate physical methods with theory and practice.
A continuation of
CHEM 441. Covers fundamental topics in solid-state, organometallic and bioinorganic chemistry.
(3 laboratory) Experimentation including structures, bonding, syntheses and properties of inorganic substances.
Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 441 with a minimum grade of D-
One semester survey of physical chemistry (thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, and quantum mechanics). Not applicable to the professional and biochemistry emphasis areas in chemistry.
(
CHEM 321 with a minimum grade of C) and (
MATH 131 with a minimum grade of D-) and (
PHYS 221 with a minimum grade of D-) and (
CHEM 332 with a minimum grade of C) and (Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 450L with a minimum grade of C)
(3 laboratory) Laboratory to accompany
CHEM 450.
Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 450 with a minimum grade of C
Chemical kinetics, quantum theory of atoms and molecules, and statistical thermodynamics.
(
MATH 233 with a minimum grade of D-) and (
PHYS 241 with a minimum grade of D-) and (
CHEM 332 with a minimum grade of C) and (
CHEM 332L with a minimum grade of C) and (Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 321 with a minimum grade of C) and (Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 451L with a minimum grade of C)
(3 laboratory) Laboratory to accompany
CHEM 451.
Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 451 with a minimum grade of C
The properties of matter, thermodynamics, thermochemistry and kinetic molecular theory.
(
MATH 233 with a minimum grade of D-) and (
PHYS 241 with a minimum grade of D-) and (
CHEM 332 with a minimum grade of C) and (Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 321 with a minimum grade of C) and (Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 452L with a minimum grade of C)
(3 laboratory) Laboratory to accompany
CHEM 452.
Concurrent Prerequisite
CHEM 452 with a minimum grade of C
Chemistry of biologically important compounds (proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids), emphasizing structure and function, methods of isolation, identification and characterization, kinetics and mechanisms of enzyme catalysis.
(3 laboratory) Techniques involved in the isolation and characterization of amino acids, peptides and proteins. Isolation and kinetics of enzymes.
Bioenergetics, electron transport systems, metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, nucleotides and amino acids.
(3 laboratory) Techniques involved in the isolation and characterization of lipids and metabolism.
Introduction to chemical research and current chemical literature; initiate and pursue investigation of a specific topic in chemistry or chemical education. Oral and written reports are required.
Emphasis on elementary oral/aural skills through conversational exchanges in Mandarin Chinese relating to everyday culture. For students with little or no prior knowledge of Chinese.
Oral/aural skills in Mandarin Chinese are coupled with writing and character recognition related to practical knowledge of everyday culture.
Introductory course in basic Mandarin Chinese oral communication in familiar, everyday contexts. Focus on listening and speaking, some character recognition, writing. For learners with limited or no prior Chinese language experience.
Become familiar with the culture and society of Modern China through an interdisciplinary examination of China's past. Conducted in English.
Review language structure and develop reading and writing skills. Gain vocabulary through conversational practice on topics of cultural and literary interest.
Review language structure and develop reading and writing skills. Gain vocabulary through conversational practice on topics of cultural and literary interest.
Study major works in Chinese literature, become familiar with different genres and major writers of Chinese literary tradition, and situate the literature within its social and historical contexts.
Develop advanced language skills in Chinese using a variety of authentic texts. Practice writing and conversation.
Acquire advanced skills in Chinese using authentic texts and media. Learn composition and advanced conversation.
Develop skills to read and translate texts using literary Chinese. Become familiar with traditional Chinese civilization. Taught in Chinese and English.
View, analyze, discuss Chinese language films, learn specialized vocabulary, develop language skills and gain cultural and historical understanding of film in the Chinese speaking world.
Study thematically related topics of the modern Chinese-speaking world. Subjects include identity, politics, Chinese Diaspora and immigration/emigration, history, and Chinese society through film, literature, historical and cultural texts.
This course develops oral proficiency by exposing students to linguistic functions categorized as intermediate-high and advanced by ACTFL proficiency guidelines. This course prepares students for the oral proficiency interview.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Read, analyze, and discuss Chinese literature from 1919 to the present; situate literature in cultural, social and historical events; acquire skills to write critical analyses.
Study thematically related topics in traditional China (pre-1900). Read literary, historical, religious, and philosophical texts in literary Chinese. Become familiar with primary sources and acquire skills to conduct research.
Overview of concepts, including practice and evaluation, central to effective public speaking including managing nervousness, researching and organizing information, thinking critically, delivering messages, fielding questions and influencing an audience.
An introduction to the nature of communication as symbolic behavior including an overview of communication contexts.
An introduction to communication inquiry and research as a means to answer questions about communication and its impact in our daily lives.
Study the basics of argumentation including reasoning, evidence and critical thinking. Practice the practical skills of public debating.
Practical experience in presentation design and delivery to facilitate understanding of a message and for influence of others.
An undergraduate course focusing on the philosophical and theoretical issues of self-perception and relationships as they are affected by verbal and nonverbal communication.
An overview of current theory and research in communication. The course will focus on nonverbal communication message systems and their impact on the communication process.
Using rhetorical methods as a lens, this course focuses upon the identification and interpretation of persuasive messages found within a variety of popular culture texts including television, film, and music.
Learn about the communication concepts and theories inherent in the process of interacting with individuals in cross-cultural and inter-ethnic situations.
Investigate introductory issues of current concern for COMM professionals with subject varied according to faculty expertise.
Investigate family structure from a human communication perspective.
Apply problem-solving and decision making techniques and theories, particularly in the relationship between communication and group variables such as leadership roles and cohesiveness.
Study the dynamics of communication activities within an organization.
Systematic review of relevant contributions of rhetorical theorists for their probable impact on scientific communication.
Investigate the relationship between communication and the law and legal argumentation and persuasion within courtroom advocacy. Analyze communication within the legal profession.
Investigate major variables surrounding attitude change and human persuasion.
This course is designed to introduce the concepts, theories, and issues surrounding the emergence of communication technologies and the evolution of the communication process.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Examine theories of leadership, major leadership research findings and various leadership methods. Consider how the principles derived from leadership literature can be applied to small group and organizational settings.
Students will examine strategies and theories to communicate science with non-science audiences. The course focuses on development of real-world products to communicate science.
Special Notes
COMM 440 cannot be retaken for credit if credit for
COMM 461 or
BIO 495 Special Topics course "Scientific Communication" has already been completed.
Investigate issues of current concern for COMM professionals with subject varied according to faculty expertise.
Summative course of the nature and function of communication theory and research including an overview of the traditions of theory and current perspectives in the discipline.
Supervised work experience in area of specialization. Submit a proposal to the coordinator of internships six weeks before registration. Maximum of six semester credit hours may be counted toward the major.
Survey of the three components of the criminal justice system: police, courts, and corrections. Emphasis on the structural and situational factors influencing the way these agencies of social control operate.
Presents an overview of historical and modern theories used to explain criminal behavior, how theories of crime are measured, and empirical support for various criminological theories.
Introduces the philosophy and techniques of policing including the history, traditions, and social developments resulting in present systems. Focus on the nature of police work, police discretion, and community relations.
A study of the American judicial system with emphasis on its structure, function, and process. Focus on the role, function, and behavior of prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges and jurors.
Analysis and evaluation of contemporary institutional and community correctional systems including jails, prisons, probation, parole, and alternative sanctioning. Examines punishment justifications and reviews correctional practices for juvenile and adult offenders.
This class provides an overview of policy formation and evaluates what works in various crime and delinquency prevention policies and programs.
An examination of the criminal justice system's experience with cybercrimes. Explore the emergence of cybercriminality since the widespread use of the "information highway." Examine how the Internet has allowed for an explosion of criminal behavior and an influx of new offenders on our criminal justice system.
Provides the student with hands on experience in the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to analyze organization operations, crime statistics, and crime patterns.
Focus on the juvenile justice system that responds to criminal acts committed by minors, as well as theories that attempt to explain the development of law-breaking behaviors in this population.
Examine the emerging discipline of victimology, including the history of victim services, its place in the criminal justice system, and its role in addressing the needs of those victimized by criminal activity.
Examines the phenomenon of family violence from the perspective of victims, offenders, and children. Focus on safety concerns for victims and criminal justice system response to victims and offenders.
Focus on the evolution of the use of restorative justice theories and practices within the criminal justice system and situations that require conflict resolution, within the United States and internationally.
Examine major types of crime in the context of theories of crime and criminal behavior. Explain and critique current social responses to crime and policies of crime control.
Use inductive and deductive reasoning in understanding violent crime scenes and in establishing suspect profiles. Emphasis on assessing an offender's 'signature', modus operandi and motives.
Study of methods for conducting research, collecting data, and analyzing data encountered in criminal justice. Emphasis on questions inherent to the study of contemporary issues in criminal justice.
(
CRJ 110 with a minimum grade of C) and (Concurrent Prerequisite
LIB 160 with a minimum grade of C) and (Completion of LC2-Mathematics course or Completion of LAX1-Mathematics course)
Special Notes
Must earn a minimum grade of "C" or better (C- is not acceptable) in
LIB 160 and
CRJ 110.
MATH 120 is suggested for the LAC Mathematics course.
Offerings under this heading focus on criminal justice topics not regularly offered in the department. Topics could include capital punishment, community policing, minorities in the justice system, etc.
Workshops on special topics related to issues associated with, or in professional preparation for, criminal justice. Goals and objectives will emphasize the acquisition of knowledge and skills in the discipline.
Overview of the missions, goals, structures, functions, and roles associated with providing homeland security in the U.S. Studies the challenges faced by homeland security now and in the future.
This course covers historical and contemporary issues of terrorism and how it has shaped lives in the 21st century. It emphasizes effects of extremism, types of terrorism, and government response.
Individualized investigation under direct supervision of a faculty member. Minimum 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour. Department agreement form must be completed.
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Students must have completed 70 credit hours to register for this course. Examine ethical theory, controversies, and rules of moral judgment as they relate to criminal justice practitioners. Discuss and evaluate ethical dilemmas faced by those working in the criminal justice system.
(70.0 credits required) and (
CRJ 110 with a minimum grade of C)
Students must have completed 70 credit hours to register for this course. Presents a critical analysis of the impact of race/ethnicity, gender, and social class in the criminal justice system, including examination of law enforcement, the courts, corrections, offending, and victimization.
(70.0 credits required) and (
CRJ 110 with a minimum grade of C)
Study of basic descriptive and inferential statistics with emphasis on applications in the criminal justice system. Second of two required research and statistics classes for the Criminology and Criminal Justice B.A.
Supervised experience in a justice agency. Fifty work hours required for each credit hour earned. Credit only for work completed during the semester enrolled. Arrange placement prior to course enrollment. S/U graded.
Breadth-first study of computer science concepts. Topics include machine architecture, programming, problem-solving techniques, algorithms, operating systems, networking, security, computations, graphics, GUIs, Al, databases, software engineering, and social issues.
Become familiar with designing and writing programs in a high-level language. Programs will involve some technical applications in science and mathematics.
An introduction to computer science through python programming, especially for students planning on further study in computer science or software engineering. Emphasis is on problem solving and algorithm development as a method to understand the field of study.
Study the structured programming development methods; the data types, operators, expressions, control flow, and input and output of a specific structured programming language; and some elementary data structures and algorithms.
Study the software development life cycle; elements of the object model; object-oriented data types and functions; object-oriented enhancements to structured programming; and additional data structures and algorithms.
CS 160 with a minimum grade of C
A study of the humanitarian, social, and professional impact of computing, statistics, and data by focusing on ethical issues faced by and brought about by computing, statistics, and data professionals, including those related to statistical analysis, software, data, privacy, security, and liability.
An introduction to database concepts, emphasizing the relational database model. The course illustrates concepts and application of the entity relationship diagram, the principles and application of normalization, and the use of structured query language (SQL) to extract information from the database. Advanced database topics such as Web Database Development, Data Warehouses, and Database Administration are introduced.
CS 160 with a minimum grade of C
This course will focus on the basics of computer organization and architecture. Topics include Boolean algebra, combinational and sequential circuit design, storage mechanisms and their organization, the instruction cycle in a simple CPU, and the role of assembly language in understanding the hardware/software interface.
Internal representation and applications of lists, trees, graphs, sorting, searching, and hashing. Focus on the interactions among algorithm, data structures, and storage structures for the processing of data.
CS 160 with a minimum grade of C
Basic components of programming languages. Specification of syntax and semantics. Description of programming languages features. Examine a wide variety of languages with an emphasis on their structure, design, and use.
CS 301 with a minimum grade of C
An introduction to Linux/Unix operating system. Cover the fundamentals in command line processing for Linux and integration with other software tools. A hands-on study of basic shell commands, file systems, text editor, and shell scripting/programming.
This course introduces human-computer interaction and the design process. Students will learn methods and skills for designing and prototyping interactive systems. The course covers a design process from the initial formulation of a design problem to the creation of digital prototypes.
CS 130 with a minimum grade of C
This course covers software mobile application development, its architecture, and its lifecycle, as well as its inherent design considerations. Students will learn about mobile resources, activities, views, layouts, and intents in addition to interacting with the location-based services, messaging services, multimedia interfaces, and sensors available on the mobile device.
Study concepts of engineering software systems. Design and implement a software system project using the team approach.
CS 200 with a minimum grade of C
Topics in computer science that reflect the specific interests of available instructors and the specific needs of the students.
An introduction to the logical and mathematical foundations of computation. Topics discussed will include finite-state automata and context-free languages. The course material will be presented in an inquiry-based context in which students will solve problems, prove theorems, and present their solutions to the class.
A plan should be submitted and approved by all computer science faculty. Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
This course introduces the fundamentals of cyber security. A broad survey of cybersecurity concepts, tools, technologies, and best practices will be presented. Students will use hands-on activities to become familiar with and practice cybersecurity techniques and procedures.
Study operating systems history, concepts/structure and design; process, processor, memory, file system and input/output management; and representative operating systems.
CS 301 with a minimum grade of C
Study data communications; network structure, design and architectures; network services and standardization; and respective networks all in the framework of the OSI model.
CS 301 with a minimum grade of C
This course considers the use of machine learning and data mining algorithms to discover knowledge embedded in datasets. Topics include techniques such as classification, clustering, predictive and statistical modeling.
This course examines state-of-the-art AI approaches to deep learning using neural networks. Students will learn to design neural network architectures and training procedures via hands-on assignments and projects.
This is a project course in data science and related fields. Interdisciplinary teams will analyze a new data science problem, develop a model, and control for error and overfitting.
This course provides the opportunity to integrate the knowledge gained from courses taken in the Computer Science curriculum. An exploration of important topics in Computer Science will be discussed. In addition, students will work in teams to produce software programs and related artifacts by applying one or more established software frameworks and following a software development methodology.
CS 350 with a minimum grade of C
A significant computer project will be developed and implemented under the guidance of a computer science professor. A project proposal should be submitted and approved by all computer science faculty.
Survey identifying characteristics, causes, diagnosis and treatment of speech, language, and hearing disorders. Includes disorders in hearing, stuttering, voice, articulation, child language, adult aphasia, head injury and dementia.
This hands-on exploratory course is designed to introduce students to the nature of sound energy as it relates to musical acoustics and its biophysical impacts on vocal and hearing health.
Characteristics of American English speech sounds and the International Phonetic Alphabet symbols used to represent them. Typical and atypical phonological processes and the transcription of speech sound errors.
Normal speech and language development and their relationship to other aspects of child development. Should be taken after the English composition LAC requirement is completed.
Structure and function of the speech and auditory/vestibular mechanisms.
The physics of sound as it relates to speech and hearing. Should be taken after the mathematics LAC requirement is completed.
Current information regarding identification, causation, diagnosis and treatment of disorders of articulation and voice disorders.
Analysis of aspects of language as they relate to treatment of language disorders in children.
Methods of eliciting language samples from children and manual and computerized language sampling analyses.
Pathologies and disorders of the auditory vestibular system, pure-tone testing, methods of speech audiometry, interpretation of audiometric data in terms of physical, social and educational effects.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Current information regarding identification, causation, diagnosis and treatment of organically-based communication disorders, including cleft palate, cerebral palsy and aphasia.
Philosophy and implementation of diagnosis, and treatment of communication disorders. Administration, scoring and interpretation of data from observation and tests/inventories. Development of treatment programs, evidence-based practice, ethics, and client-clinician relationships.
Development of basic knowledge and competencies as a speech language pathology assistant through participation in classroom activities, observations and reflections, and collaborative teaching of children with communication disorders. Field experience under professional supervision.
Special Notes
25 documented observation hours in the major and a 3.0 major GPA are required.
Perform basic audiometric testing: audiometric screening, routine hearing evaluation and impedance audiometry. S/U graded.
Special Notes
25 documented observation hours in the major and a 3.0 major GPA are required.
A study of basic principles of aural rehabilitation and the use of amplification systems for hearing impaired individuals including personal hearing aids and other specialized assistive listening/alerting devices.
Learn general principles of the clinical process. Provide supervised individual therapy to clients with communication disorders. S/U graded.
Special Notes
25 documented observation hours in the major and a 3.0 GPA in major courses required.
Theory and practice of advanced techniques of audiometric assessment.
This course will introduce the student to the foundations, and subsequent cultural impact, of social and theatrical dance through lectures, discussions, and written assignments. The primary focus of this course is to impart the basic groundwork for the development and purpose of dance across many cultures in order to provide the student with a broad understanding of dance as a performative art, source of communication, and reflection of multicultural influence. No previous dance training is required.
This practice-based course will introduce students to the fundamental elements of dance most closely connected to the practice of music. Students will study elements of dance theory, dance terminology, music embodiment, improvisation, dance history and chorographical approaches in a studio context. The class will explore a variety of both Western and Non-Western dance styles and cultural influences as they relate to music.
Gain knowledge and skill in the activity of ballet.
Gain knowledge and skill in the activity of ballroom dancing.
Gain knowledge and skill in the activity of jazz dance.
Gain knowledge and skill in the activity of modern dance.
The purpose of this course is to provide introductory concepts in the foundational elements of Hip-Hop dance. Coursework will cover basic elements of the various styles of Hip-Hop dance including: Up Rock, Breaking, Locking, Popping and Roboting. Historical relevant commentary will be added as a matter of course as each style has its origins in American Culture and the rise of Hip-Hop music.
Gain knowledge and skill in the activity of tap dance.
Gain intermediate knowledge and skill in the activity of ballet.
Gain intermediate knowledge and skill in the activity of jazz dance.
Gain intermediate knowledge and skill in the activity of modern dance.
Gain intermediate knowledge and skill in the activity of tap dance.
This course is designed to introduce the basic concepts of Ballet at the advanced level. Concentration will be placed on proper alignment, placement, and rotation of the legs from the hip sockets.
A continuation in the study of the technique and performance qualities of Jazz dance with specific emphasis placed on nuance, control of movement, and quality of movement in performance as well as advanced technical concepts.
Investigate and explore principles of modern dance composition such as movement manipulation, phrasing, spatial design and choreographic form. Experiences in spontaneous movement exploration.
Study in the problem areas of participants. Problems will vary with experts conducting workshops. S/U graded.
Study and practice of basic theories of dance performance, either in student informal or formal concert setting.
Study and practice of basic theories of dance performance. The students’ performance is to be completed in a mainstage dance production.
Learn intermediate level dance technique, movement analysis and composition as an intermediate dance student.
Make practical application of principles that serve the presentation of dance. Deal with the choreographic problems, its direction and production involving theatre application of set, costume and light design.
Focuses on acquisition of language—first, second, and multiple—in global texts and local contexts. The course explores the relationship between language acquisition and society and how that relationship impacts people’s lives. The course is intended to be accessible to people without a strong background in linguistics, education, and/or sociology, and provides knowledge of important theories, concepts, and research about language in relation to culture, diversity and equity. The course aims to show the complexity of language(s) in multicultural societies.
Focuses on language/literacy design toward equitable educational opportunities for all learners, especially culturally and linguistically diverse students in PK-12 contexts. Examines theories, concepts, varied literacies, and research to guide and inform instructional decisions. Covers effective strategies and appropriate materials for all students' language/literacy development with particular attention to development of the academic language of instruction.
Learn about research based and standards-based methods, approaches, and programs for teaching English as a Second Language/English as a Foreign Language to young children (Birth-3rd grade).
This under-graduate course is specifically designed to provide teacher candidates of English as a Second Language and Linguistically Diverse Education with an introduction to language and linguistics that will be relevant for their future professions. The course provides participants with the foundational grammatical, linguistic and sociolinguistic concepts that will help them better understand the English language in order to assist English language learners in oral and written language development. The course also promotes an applied approach to learning about language and linguistics and draws on socio-psycholinguistic perspectives to develop inquiry-based understanding. Participants will learn how to analyze and explore learner language in ways that can inform ESL instruction and assessment in the K-12 classroom.
In this course, students will learn about how to support emergent bilingual students in K-12 classrooms, including effective methods, approaches, assessments, and programs for teaching English as a Second Language. Topics for the course include: principles of second language acquisition, culturally sustaining pedagogy, language acquisition strategies across the four language domains (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), and instructional approaches for simultaneously teaching, or integrating, academic language and content. Through application activities and a culminating integrative lesson design project, students will develop deep understanding of how to put theory and research into practice to create responsive and supportive learning spaces for emergent bilingual students.
This course is designed to provide opportunities for students to observe and teach emergent bilingual students in a classroom setting. The practicum instructor will observe students using the SIOP observation protocol with additional focus on the incorporation of culturally sustaining instructional practices. The ECLD 401 practicum is the last course in the CLD endorsement sequence. Students demonstrate in this course their ability to effectively teach emergent bilingual students, collaborate with mentor and other teachers, and connect to their families and communities. S/U graded.
Fluency in Spanish as indicated by the Spanish Oral Proficiency Exam. Students will examine content area and concepts in methodology, curriculum and resources when instruction is delivered in Spanish.
Discuss and study macroeconomic issues and models of aggregate economic analysis with emphasis on income, expenditures, fiscal and monetary policy, employment, inflation and growth.
Supply and demand, consumer utility, production and costs, perfect competition, pure monopoly, resource allocation, public goods, income distribution and economic regulation.
The study of monetary theory, monetary policy, money, banking and the Federal Reserve System.
Study the determinants of aggregate demand, aggregate supply, employment, macroeconomic objectives and policies.
Study of heterodox economic theory as pertaining to the economic status of women and men, the institutions that have affected their economic relative status, and probable impacts of traditional economic definitions and practices on the relative status of women and other minority groups.
The theory of consumer choice, of the business firm and resource allocation.
This course will give an in-depth understanding of how to apply economics to decisions faced by today's growing number of business enterprises. Focus is on Colorado's new enterprises.
Examine labor movements, development of labor laws and policy, economics of labor markets and employment.
This course covers the fundamental concepts, theories, and applications of behavioral and experimental economics to understand how economic decisions are made and the mechanisms that drive public choice.
Students will examine the strengths and weaknesses of economic theory in analyzing the seriousness of resource and environmental issues facing society.
Government financing at federal, state and local levels as reflected in expenditures, revenues and debt.
Examine theories of international trade and the impact of trade policies on income and employment. Explores the international financial system, including exchange rates and capital flow.
This course will employ various economic models, theories, and concepts to study religious beliefs and institutions. The primary focus will be on Christianity and the changing religious landscape in the United States.
Examination of economic principles governing water planning, development and law. Discussion of supply and demand, quality and political issues. Relationship to Colorado and local situation.
Analyze the theory, processes and history of economic growth and development, emphasizing resource use and productivity in less developed areas.
Review the historical changes in United States economic institutions. Assess United States history based on macroeconomic and microeconomic pressures. Emphasis is on post-Civil War period.
Students study economic problems relevant to urban areas including land use, housing and poverty, and the role of the private and public sector in resolving these problems.
Trace the evolution of economic thinking from 17th century to modern day. See roles played by certain schools of economic thinkers, the genesis of their ideas and their contributions.
Theoretical and empirical study of the structure, organization and conduct of firms on economic performance and welfare.
This course examines the dominant trends and challenges affecting energy systems and policy around the world, including the evolution and economics of fossil fuels, alternative energy technologies, and clean energy policies.
Use case studies to explore a general overview of commerce, economics, and business as it relates to the environment and human interaction.
This course explores various topics in economics.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Estimating statistical regression models of economic relationships; treatment of special problems that may arise in analysis of economic data.
Apply economic theory, research methodologies, and modeling techniques to the analysis of current issues facing society.
Internships in the public and private sectors to provide students with professional experience.
GPA-2.5
Key areas of professional knowledge: child growth and development; health, nutrition and safety; developmentally appropriate practice; guidance; family and community relationships; diversity; professionalism; administration and supervision. Ages birth through 8.
60 Lab hours and 15 seminar hours. The supervised placement in a child care setting. Observe children, practice appropriate interactions, and develop effective guidance and management techniques. Ages 0 through 8.
Explores trauma informed practices and guidance theories, applications, goals, techniques and factors that influence expectations, classroom management issues, and pro-social skills of children from birth through age 8.
This course encompasses early childhood development (0-8 years) and research-based classroom adaptations of the four domains: physical, psycho-social, cognitive, and language development. Observations are required for understanding child development within the context of pluralistic environments.
Nutrition, health and safety as key factors for optimal growth and development of young children. Nutrient knowledge, menu planning, food program participation, health practices, management and safety. Prenatal through age 8.
An overview of early childhood curriculum development. Planning and implementing developmentally appropriate instruction.
Examines Colorado's minimal licensing requirements, as well as optimal standards pertaining to the operation of programs for young children. Focuses on the director's administrative skills and role as a community advocate for young children. Addresses ages birth through 12.
Human relations component of an early childhood professional's responsibilities: director-staff relationships, leadership strategies, parent partnerships and community interaction.
Foundational study of oral language development and early literacy learning in multi-cultural and multi-linguistic classrooms.
Completion of Applic for Initial Adm to PTEP
Field-based learning practicum in partnership schools under the supervision and coordination of university faculty and partner school personnel for 16 weeks. S/U graded.
Completion of Applic for Initial Adm to PTEP
Study problems in early childhood education. Area covered in any one workshop determined by subtitle. S/U graded.
This course will examine the field of children's literature and provide early childhood students with the skills, knowledge, and attitudes to select high-quality children's books to read to and be read by young children (birth through third-grade).
GPA-2.5
This course presents an overview of theories and applications including observation and issues pertinent to infant and toddler development in group and family settings.
Focus on authentic community service in the context of School Programs for Young Children. Includes a forty-five hour practicum experience and 1.5 per week class.
(GPA-2.75) and (Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP)
Focus on Authentic community service in the context of School Programs for Young Children.
(GPA-2.75) and (Completion of Applic for Intitial Adm to PTEP)
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
The major purpose of this course is to present the theoretical foundation and practical applications of family diversity and parent involvement in early childhood education.
Addresses the importance of high quality and meaningful play and creative arts experience across the early childhood curriculum. Applies the creative arts to enhance the development of basic skills.
Developmentally appropriate programming for children ages 3-8 in the curriculum areas of literacy and the social world. Appropriate assessment for programming will be included.
(GPA-3.0) and (Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP)
Field-based learning practicum in partnership schools under the supervision and coordination of university faculty and partner school personnel for 16 weeks. S/U graded.
(GPA-3.0) and (Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP)
This course teaches teachers of young children the subject area of social studies in K-3 curriculum. Content knowledge and teaching strategies will be the focus of the course. During the semester, students will be in a field experience associated with the literacy methods course that will allow them to also focus on the area of social studies within an elementary primary classroom.
(GPA-3.0) and (Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP)
Examine components of effective classroom management procedures with children in groups. Topics include theoretical perspectives, rules and organization, pro-social behavior, and effective pedagogical decisions.
(GPA-3.0) and (Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP)
Assessment issues, practices, and techniques in the K-3 elementary school classrooms.
Explores mathematics instruction for young children from birth through age 8, with particular emphasis on the prekindergarten to grade 3 range.
(GPA-3.0) and (Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP)
Explores science instruction for young children from birth through age 8, with particular emphasis on the prekindergarten to grade 3 range.
(GPA-3.0) and (Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP)
This is a field-based course, providing full-time focused teaching experience in grades K-3 for 16 weeks (640 clock hours). Main Campus students must take 12 credits. Urban Education students must take 6 credits. S/U graded.
(GPA-3.0) and (Passed Required Praxis and Completion of Application for Student Tching)
This course serves as an introduction to the Elementary Education Teaching major. To fulfill these introductory goals, candidates will examine the professional expectations of today’s elementary teachers. This course will help acquire the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to become an effective educator.
Provides elementary teacher candidates with research-based principles for teaching writing to diverse students in grades K-6. The course also focuses on the teacher candidate's own writing attitudes and proficiencies and serves to address the reciprocity of writing and reading instruction methods.
Foundational study of reading assessment, based on principles for matching reading assessment data to instructional decisions; policy provisions on assessment in a multi-tiered system of support; effective and ethical assessment in aspects of reading-such as phonological/phoneme awareness, phonics and word identification, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension; assessment informing instruction for dyslexia and other persistent reading difficulties; knowledge of language structures necessary for interpreting assessment.
This course examines in-depth understanding of large student data assessments including effective practices, implementation, and ways to use data to improve teaching in the K-6 elementary school classrooms.
Instructional application of foundational skills of reading development, based on consensus science in effective reading instruction; effective instruction in components of reading and writing-phonological/phonemic awareness, phonics and word identification, fluency, vocabulary, text comprehension; instruction with dyslexia and other persistent reading difficulties. This course includes a required field component.
Teacher candidates acquire specific subject matter content while learning instructional strategies related to teaching mathematics education in elementary school classrooms.
Mathematics field base learning practicum in elementary schools under the supervision and coordination of university faculty and partner school personnel for 8 weeks with two additional meetings on campus. S/U graded.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Teacher candidates acquire specific subject matter content while learning instructional strategies related to teaching social studies education in elementary school classrooms.
Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP
Teacher candidates acquire specific subject matter content while learning how to design and engage in classroom practices related to mathematics and social studies education in elementary school classrooms.
(GPA-3.0) and (Completion of Applic for Initial Adm to PTEP) and (
MATH 283 with a minimum grade of D-)
A minimum of sixteen weeks of field-based experience in an elementary classroom under the supervision and coordination of university faculty and cooperating school personnel. S/U graded.
(GPA-3.0) and (Passed Required Praxis and Completion of Application for Student Tching)
Field-based learning practicum in partnership schools under the supervision and coordination of university faculty and partner school personnel for 15 weeks. Teacher Candidates will teach in inclusive elementary classrooms (K-2 or 3-6 whichever they did not complete in EDEL 459) to implement best instructional practices for all learners. S/U graded.
(GPA-2.75) and (Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP)
Field-based learning practicum in partnership schools under the supervision and coordination of university faculty and partner school personnel for 15 weeks. Teacher Candidates will teach in inclusive elementary classrooms (K-2 or 3-6; whichever they did not complete in EDEL 457) to implement best instructional practices for all learners. S/U graded.
(GPA-2.75) and (
MATH 283 with a minimum grade of D-) and (Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP)
Urban Education Develops sensitivity to the affective and cognitive needs of elementary students in reading and writing to learn in the content areas. Students will participate in field related apprenticeships.
Urban Education Students learn instructional techniques, activities and content knowledge appropriate for the teaching of art in the elementary school setting. Integration with other content areas is emphasized.
Urban Education Elements of music, benefits of music study, practice in reading nontraditional music notation, making/playing musical instruments, movement, listening, beginning improvisation and composition, multicultural resources, and music technology.
Urban Education Study effective teaching and learning theories, basic movement principles and activities included in a quality program of physical education in the elementary school. Integration with content areas is emphasized when appropriate.
Social, historical and philosophical foundations of education. Critical interdisciplinary examination of schooling in a democratic pluralistic society.
(GPA-2.5) and (Completion of Applic for Initial Adm to PTEP)
A variety of workshops on special topics within the discipline. Goals and objectives will emphasize the acquisition of general knowledge and skills in the discipline.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Supervised teacher apprenticeship experience. Assignments to assist personal or professional development in the public or private school. Portfolio and seminars required. Letter graded.
Completion of Applic for Initial Adm to PTEP
Entry into the teaching profession. Aide assignment in school or agency at preschool-12 level. Required portfolio and seminars.
(GPA-2.5) and (Completion of Applic for Initial Adm to PTEP)
Advanced supervised teacher apprenticeship experiences. Assignments to assist personal or professional development in the public or private school. Portfolio and seminars required. Letter graded.
(
EDFE 170 with a minimum grade of D-) and (Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP)
Must also meet all student teaching requirements for certification. S/U graded.
(GPA-3.0) and (Passed Required Praxis or Completion of Application for Student Tching)
Introduces concept of interpreting as a profession and exploring what student needs to know and do to be a professional interpreter.
Focuses on theories of child development and acquisition of first language, understanding of children's/youths' development and integral role language plays in that development.
Delves into language acquisition and cognition, focusing on children who are deaf or hard of hearing, and on acquisition of ASL and types of discourse common in classroom, BICS, CALP.
Overview of public education/deaf education practices, legal foundation for inclusion in public schools, and Individualized Education Plan.
Covers historical background and current efforts in development of professional guidelines for Educational Interpreting, focusing on standards guiding role, responsibilities, and practices of the profession.
Investigate languages/communication modes used particularly by deaf students in public schools, acquire ASL transcription skills, and discuss implications language choices have interpreters.
Focuses on discourse/language, its analysis, and meaning in classroom. Discusses how interpretation requires understanding of context and intent, not simply individual words/signs, and its effect on students' access to information.
Focuses on foundational skills essential to effective interpreting including text analysis, abstracting, paraphrasing, linguistic/meaning analysis, feedback/self-assessment skills, and glossing/transcription.
Focuses on skill development for educational interpreters including language (signed, spoken) and interpreting/translitering skills. Students develop self-assessment skills and practice professional feedback strategies.
Further skill development, focused on visual language, continued application of self-analysis/transcription skills to enhance interpret effectiveness, and assignment of mentor (to foster fluency in signing). Formats: WebCT, videotape exchange, feedback.
Further/final skill development lab, focused on visual language, continued application of self-analysis/transcription skills enhancing interpret effectiveness, and assignment of mentor (to foster fluency in signing). Formats: WebCT, videotape exchange, feedback.
Introduces framework of public school educational process, including standards that define content and learning theories, styles influencing instructional methods and trends in classrooms.
Provides overview of tutoring support for students who are deaf and hard of hearing, including planning, preparation, and delivery phases of tutoring sessions.
Focuses on linguistics and discourse analysis as well as techniques for assessing language of students, teachers, and communication events in educational settings.
Focuses on interpretation of K-12 content materials, using actual practice time, discussions of classroom goals/language/mode choice, and development of prepared consecutive and simultaneous materials.
Focuses on interpreting activities outside academic areas through actual practice time using appropriate content material, discussions of classroom goals/language/mode choice, and development of prepared consecutive and simultaneous materials.
Focuses on enhancement of student's simultaneous interpretation by engaging in frequent practice with review by peers/skills specialists (continuation of
EDI 280).
All previous EDI courses. Explores ethical standards and practices related to the profession as well as specific application of ethical standards and practice in the educational context.
All previous EDI courses. Capstone of Educational Interpreting Program in which student demonstrates ability to meet core competencies by reflecting upon and integrating what student has learned in program. Also projects student's professional development.
Focuses on aspects of interpretation of ASL to English/English to ASL through assignment of mentor to foster fluency and application of self-analysis/transcription skills for self-monitoring effectiveness as educational interpreter.
Update skills and knowledge of professionals in the discipline. Goals and objectives will be specifically directed at individual professional enhancement rather than the acquisition of general discipline knowledge or methodologies. S/U or letter graded.
This course provides a foundation to digital and multimodal literacy practices. Candidates will gain an understanding of theories, currently practiced integration models, digital citizenship and evaluate digital tools and applications.
This course is designed to provide teacher candidates with resources and strategies to read, critically analyze and teach multimodal and digital texts within the context of 21st century pedagogy.
In this course teacher candidates will engage in digital writing workshops that facilitate crafting multimodal texts, planning for and evaluating digital writing, and understanding issues related to copyright, fair use, and creative commons.
Through this course, teacher candidates will learn concepts of design, invention and play through the integration of literacy across content areas. Candidates will engage in inquiry and exploration of problem and career-based learning.
This seminar/workshop course will address various special interest topics relating to literacy education. Topics will include: literacy research, current trends in education policy, literacy instruction, and literacy leadership. S/U graded.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Submit to SPED Office in one package: Application Checklist, PLACE or PRAXIS exam results, an unofficial transcript copy with EDFE 120 and EDSE 130 highlighted, and Major Content Approval Form. Subject to approval by Major Content Advisor. S/U graded.
(Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP) and (Passed Required Praxis)
Supervised teacher apprenticeship experiences (assessing, planning, teaching students with special needs in collaboration with families, education professionals, and community members). School placements may be public or private, K-12.
Completion of Applic for Initial Adm to PTEP
Introduction to special education, including: historical and legal perspective, characteristics of individuals with exceptionalities, issues related to identification and services, role of professionals in special and general education.
Addresses the development of the Individual Education Program through effective collaboration and consultation, including pre-referral through implementations, individualized planning, and student and family involvement.
Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 201 with a minimum grade of D-
To become familiar with special education bachelor degree program requirements; introduced to teaching as a profession and the roles and responsibilities of special educators; school placements may be public or private, K-12; required classroom observations and seminars.
Completion of Applic for Initial Adm to PTEP
To become familiar with special education bachelor degree program requirements; introduced to teaching as a profession and the roles and responsibilities of special educators; required seminars.
(GPA-2.75) and (Completion of Applic for Initial Adm to PTEP)
For beginning teachers and clinicians. Topics will include observation, techniques, programming, community relations, child development as related to exceptional children and evaluation for placement.
Explore issues in assessment related to exceptional children. Emphasis placed on principles, purposes and processes of assessment related to programming in special education.
Applied experience in the administration and interpretation of formal and informal achievement tests used with exceptional individuals.
(
EDSE 320 and Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 326 and Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 443 with a minimum grade of D-) and (Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 328 or Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 329 with a minimum grade of D-)
Instructional and methodological issues in the education of students with exceptionalities. Emphasis is on academic content areas across the curriculum and the development of positive learning environments.
(
EDSE 201 with a minimum grade of D-) and (Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP)
This course addresses behavioral theories and their application in creating effective environments and in assessing and managing classroom behavior.
Learners will apply the principles of classroom management, assess student behavior, and develop individualized behavior plans that promote positive affective/social/academic growth.
(Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 328 or Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 329 with a minimum grade of D-) and (Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP) and ((
EDSE 201 and
EDSE 320 and Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 321 and
EDSE 325 and Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 443 with a minimum grade of D-))
Instructional and methodological issues in the education of students with exceptionalities, emphasizing academic content across the curriculum and in the development of positive learning environments.
(Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP) and (Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 328 or Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 329 with a minimum grade of D-) and (
EDSE 201 and Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 322 and Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 442 and
MATH 182 with a minimum grade of D-)
Supervised practicum in assessing, planning, and teaching students with exceptional learning needs in collaboration with families, education professionals, and community members. One hundred thirty (130) hours of field experiences required.
(Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP) and ((Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 321 and Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 326 and Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 443 with a minimum grade of D-) or (Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 322 and Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 327 and Concurrent Prerequisite EDSE 442 with a minimum grade of D-)) and (
EDSE 201 and
EDSE 203 and
EDSE 270 with a minimum grade of D-)
Supervised practicum in assessing, planning, and teaching students with exceptional learning needs in collaboration with families, education professionals, and community members. One hundred thirty (130) hours of field experiences required.
(
EDSE 270 or
EDSE 201 or
EDSE 203 with a minimum grade of D-) and (Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP) and ((Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 321 and Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 326 and Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 443 with a minimum grade of D-) or (Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 322 and Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 327 and Concurrent Prerequisite EDSE 442 with a minimum grade of D-))
The course explores typical and atypical patterns of early child development, birth to eight years; biological, cultural, and environmental influences; and implications for appropriate practice in early childhood special education.
Completion of Applic for Initial Adm to PTEP
Formal and informal assessment procedures for children with or at-risk for disabilities, birth to eight years. Emphasis on cross-disciplinary approaches, matching assessment to purposes, and linked assessment/planning systems.
(Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP) and (
EDSE 201 with a minimum grade of D-)
Recommended practices for inclusive education of children ages 3 to 5 with and at risk for disabilities. Emphasis on developmentally appropriate, individually responsive, cross-disciplinary, and evidence-based strategies across developmental domains.
(Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP) and (
EDSE 201 and
EDSE 203 with a minimum grade of D-)
Recommended practices for inclusive education of children, 5 to 8 years, with and at-risk for disabilities. Emphasis on developmentally appropriate, individually responsive, cross-disciplinary, and evidence-based practices across developmental domains.
(Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP) and (
EDSE 431 with a minimum grade of D-)
Provides secondary classroom teacher information about special education, exceptional learners, and operational components in Special Education, and techniques for integration of special needs students including modification, adaptation, and specialized resources.
GPA-2.5
Advanced supervised teacher apprenticeship experiences (assessing, planning, teaching students with special needs in collaboration with families, education professionals, and community members). School placements may be public or private, K-12.
(Completion of Applic for Initial Adm to PTEP) and (
EDSE 170 with a minimum grade of D-)
Students plan, develop, and evaluate a classroom action research project in consultation with the course instructor. School placements may be public or private, kindergarten through high school. The purpose of this course is to coordinate theory with practice.
(GPA-3.0) and (
EDSE 170 with a minimum grade of D-) and (Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP) and (Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 370 with a minimum grade of D-)
This course introduces students to reading assessments that enable teachers to select appropriate instructional methods/materials. Students will become familiar with various reading assessments and common profiles of struggling readers.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
This course is designed to provide licensure candidates with information about students with disabilities, and other unique needs. This will include current research and practices related to issues in the field of special education such as Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), Response to Intervention (RtI), Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). This course will help students identify and adapt instruction for students with a wide range of disabilities and differences.
Provide elementary level licensure candidates current research/practices related to students with exceptionalities. Identify/adapt instruction for students with a wide range of disabilities. Field experience will be used extensively.
(GPA-2.75) and (Completion of Applic for Initial Adm to PTEP)
Current research and practices related to issues in the field of early childhood special education in inclusionary and naturalistic settings. Information about young learners with exceptionalities, birth to age 8.
GPA-2.75
Recommended practices for early intervention with infants and toddlers with and at-risk for disabilities, birth to 3 years. Emphasis on developmentally appropriate, individually responsive, cross-disciplinary, and evidence-based practices.
(
EDSE 431 with a minimum grade of D-) and (Completion of Applic for Initial Adm to PTEP)
Required of students majoring in Fine Arts, Physical Education, Music Education and Vocational Education. Provides information on handicapped and gifted students, identification procedures and teaching techniques.
GPA-2.5
This course examines principles of collaborative practice in working with families and professionals within early childhood special education contexts.
This course provides strategies for working with young children ages birth to 8 years who have complex learning and behavioral needs due to environmental and/or biological conditions.
Completion of Applic for Initial Adm to PTEP
Supervised apprenticeship in assessing and planning learning environments and implementing activities for infants and toddlers with exceptional learning needs in collaboration with families, education professionals, and community members.
Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP
Supervised apprenticeship in assessing and planning learning environments and implementing activities for children with exceptional learning needs 3- 8 years in collaboration with families, education professionals, and community members.
Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP
Supervised student teaching in assessing, planning, and implementing learning environments for children, birth to eight years.
(GPA-3.0) and (Completion of Application for Student Tching or
EDSE 130 with a minimum grade of S)
Exploration of lifespan relationships between significant oral language delays, home/school dialectical mismatches, or language differences and the acquisition of literacy in both its oral and written dimensions.
Students will acquire skills in case management, facilitating support processes, and delivering direct support within general education settings for students receiving special education services.
(Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP) and (
EDSE 201 and
EDSE 203 and Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 321 and Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 326 with a minimum grade of D-) and (Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 328 or Concurrent Prerequisite
EDSE 329 with a minimum grade of D-)
Supervised practicum in assessing, planning, and teaching students with exceptional learning needs in collaboration with families, education professionals, and community members.
(Completion of Application for Student Tching) and (Passed Required Praxis)
Explores language and cultural variables that influence instruction and assessment practices for students with disabilities who come from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Addresses methods for approaching teaching and learning in English/Language Arts classrooms with a focus on learner-centered pedagogies. (Offered spring semester only)
Examines theories, current research on, and practical applications for embedding social and emotional learning competencies into discipline-specific content and provides pedagogies to support diverse student needs in the secondary classroom.
(GPA-3.0) and (
EED 308 with a minimum grade of D- and
STEP 161 with a minimum grade of S)
Content covers the writing process, writing-to-learn, and language and writing development at the elementary level.
Addresses the diverse nature of the 21st century classroom and evolving language and literacy pedagogies designed to meet the needs of contemporary learners. (Offered fall semester only)
Explores the underlying principles, theories, and methods associated with the teaching of English language arts in the secondary classroom.
Survey of culturally diverse children's literature with an emphasis on selection, enjoyment, and critical analysis of picturebooks and chapter books. Course participants will develop knowledge of genres and historical trends of social, political and economic issues pertaining to culturally diverse literature. Various reading strategies necessary for reading texts critically and effectively that nurture examinations of power and privilege will be addressed.
Extensive practice in writing clear and effective academic prose with special attention to purpose, audience, organization, and style. Instruction in critical analysis and revision.
Instruction in research writing techniques and processes.
(
ENG 122 with a minimum grade of D- or ACT score of 30.0 or higher in English or SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score of 630 or higher or a recommendation from the Directed Self-Placement survey)
The study of selected poetry, plays and works of fiction with an emphasis on developing skills in analysis, interpretation and critical thinking.
This one-hour composition enrichment course provides supplemental academic instruction with an emphasis on the relationship of reading and grammar to writing. Students who have scored below 18 on ACT in English, below 470 on SAT in English, and/or have below a 2.75 cumulative high school GPA are encouraged to enroll in this course.
Study of a specific topic designed to train students in the writing and research skills integral to the discipline of English.
(
ENG 122 or SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 630 or ACT English with a minimum score of 30 or SAT Reading Test with a minimum score of 34)
An introduction to the reading and writing of creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and drama.
An introduction to the reading and writing of creative nonfiction, with a focus on different forms. Includes intensive study of examples of creative nonfiction.
(
ENG 122 with a minimum grade of D- or ACT English with a minimum score of 30 or SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 630 or SAT Reading Test with a minimum score of 34)
Focus on literature by and/or about children.
The study of tales, legends and other lore passed on orally or by customary example in groups bound by common background or experience. Subtitle may indicate specific group or groups.
The study of different perspectives used to approach regional mythologies with an emphasis on specific cultural implications, universal themes, moral dimensions and ethical consequences that emerge from the narratives.
Introduce themes and ideas in Indigenous North American literature by studying representative works from authors of one or more Indigenous ethnicities.
Special Notes
ENG 207 cannot be retaken for credit if
ENG 236 "AH2-Native Amer Literature" title was taken in Spring 2021, Fall 2021 or Spring 2022.
This course introduces students to language strategies that will allow them to recognize and use a variety of grammatical and stylistic choices, and to understand the rhetorical effects of those choices on their readers.
This course explores literature written for and about young adults (approx. ages 12-18), including concentration on a particular writer, a theme, or a historical study of the genre, with an emphasis on global diversity and multiculturalism.
This course introduces English linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, language acquisition) with an emphasis on application to young English language learners.
An examination of the interaction of language with society and the individual, including how language establishes power, gender, and social identity.
This course introduces students to current trends in writing and rhetoric including concepts of remix, assemblage, remediation, and circulation. Emphasizes historical and current practices for producing public-facing writing that engages communities and power.
Instruction in research processes focused on contemporary issues in culture
ENG 122 or ACT score of 30.0 or higher in English or SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score of 630 or higher or a recommendation from the Directed Self-Placement survey
Analysis of sentence structure, order of presentation and use of illustration in writing essential for the technician, engineer, scientist, with emphasis on arranging and stating information clearly.
(
ENG 122 with a minimum grade of D- or SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 630 or ACT English with a minimum score of 30 or SAT Reading Test with a minimum score of 34)
This course develops proficiency with digital video production. It is designed as an introductory course to filmmaking, rhetorical theory, and visual rhetoric and design principles.
An introduction to comics and the graphic novel in the United States. Emphasis on visual form, narrative structure, and the impact of new social movements on content.
This introductory course explores the aesthetics of video games, their representations of race, gender, and sexuality, and their increasingly complex moral and ethical decision-making scenarios.
Different approaches to the literature of wonder, including concentration on a particular writer, a theme such as women in science fiction, or a historical study of the genre, with an emphasis on multiculturalism.
Introduce themes and ideas in ethnic American literature by studying representative authors of one or more U.S. ethnicities.
An introduction to the mechanisms of fiction, with a focus on style and voice. Includes intensive study of contemporary short fiction written in English.
An introduction to screenwriting for film and television. Students will study oral and written pitches, formal treatments, and screenplay structure and format.
(
ENG 122 with a minimum grade of D- or ACT English with a minimum score of 30 or SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 630 or SAT Reading Test with a minimum score of 34)
An introduction to the reading and writing of poetry, with a focus on different poetic forms. Includes intensive study of contemporary poetry in English.
(
ENG 122 with a minimum grade of D- or ACT English with a minimum score of 30 or SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 630 or SAT Reading Test with a minimum score of 34)
An introduction to Shakespeare's works for non-majors, including poetry, history, comedy, tragedy, and romance. Includes analyses of selected theatrical productions and film adaptations.
Focusing on works of literature in translation, this course explores the varied artistic modes in and through which writers have situated themselves in the world, allowing us to understand the roots of today's interconnected and global cultures.
Study of the early literature of Europe and the Americas in translation. Emphasizes the cultural, historical, and formal appreciation of selected representative works and contribution of the literature to contemporary life and thought.
An in-depth examination of a specific concept or practice in literary and cultural studies. Topics may include "Intertextuality," "Voice," "Social class and social capital," "Allegory."
Course exposes students to generic knowledge, technologies, and skills needed for professional /technical writers. Units include grant/proposal writing, usability testing, user manuals, and resumes.
Emphasizes communication practices of advocacy groups and nonprofit organizations with an orientation toward culture and its influence on community-engaged writing; focus on relations among power, cultures, communities, and rhetorical action.
An intermediate creative nonfiction course. Emphasis on reading and writing personal essays that could be submitted for publication.
A study of literary texts (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, and A/V materials) from and/or about a particular nation or geographic/ethnic region with emphasis on innovations in literary form and the social, cultural, national, and political contexts that shape literary movements and production.
This advanced writing course is designed to help students study and employ rhetorical concepts that will enable them to write persuasively in a variety of contexts.
(Completion of LC1b-Intermediate Composition course or Completion of LAW2-Intermediate Written Comm course) and (
ENG 122 or SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 630 or ACT English with a minimum score of 30 or SAT Reading Test with a minimum score of 34)
Instruction in advanced analysis and production of upper-level college arguments, including extended application of rhetorical and discourse theory. This course emphasizes revision and reflective writing.
(
ENG 123 or
ENG 225 with a minimum grade of D- or Completion of GT Intermediate Composition Course)
Different approaches to the literature of wonder, including concentration on a particular writer, a theme such as women in science fiction, or a historical study of the genre.
Course introduces students to the combination of knowledge, practice, and skills needed to edit professional, peer, and their own writing for print publication.
(
ENG 122 with a minimum grade of D- or ACT English with a minimum score of 30 or SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 630 or SAT Reading Test with a minimum score of 34)
This course introduces professional genres and technologies. Students compose a green paper, documentation, and a usability report. Technologies include Adobe InDesign and Photoshop. The class requires no previous technology experience.
This course explores a specific genre (e.g. the gothic novel, the epic poem, the closet drama) or author (e.g. Jane Austen, Claudia Rankine, Jeremy O. Harris). Content depends on instructor.
An intermediate workshop course focusing on short fiction. Emphasis on the analysis of the short story form and how it works.
An intermediate workshop course focusing on poetry. Emphasis on the analysis of and experimentation with poetic form, and different voices.
This course introduces students to major issues and movements in literary theory and criticism, such as structuralism, post-structuralism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, theories of gender and sexuality, and post-colonial theory.
This course examines the relationship between the production of language, the formation of diverse cultural identities, and the exercise of forms of power in the context of cultural forms broadly understood.
Explore human relationships with nature writing from various periods and cultures. Economic, scientific, philosophic and religious attitudes emerge from attitudes about nature. Do these influence human treatment of natural things?
Multiethnic Literatures of the Americas is a variable titled course that focuses on literature written by and about a specific ethnic population in the Americas. Students will examine literature as cultural archive, socio-cultural critique, and cultural reflection.
This course explores participatory culture, adaptation, and transmediation by focusing on one specific author's career as reader and writer.
Focus on a critical, rhetorical, or literary problem or theme.
(
ENG 122 or SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 630 or ACT English with a minimum score of 30 or SAT Reading Test with a minimum score of 34) and (Completion of LC1b-Intermediate Composition course or Completion of LAW2-Intermediate Written Comm course)
This course allows students to explore a specific problematic in literary theory and criticism, drawing from more than one theoretical movement, such as structuralism, post-structuralism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, theories of gender and sexuality, and post-colonial theory. May or may not involve reading literary texts.
A survey of general linguistics as applied to the history of the English language. Includes vocabulary and dictionary study, regional and social dialects, semantics and pragmatics, childhood acquisition of language.
Writing-intensive explorations of key concepts or emerging scholarship in the fields of rhetoric, composition, professional writing, and/or creative writing.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Content includes the history of scholarly editing, study of different editorial approaches and principles, and the construction of a digital scholarly edition.
This course explores emerging scholarship on writing and design technologies. Beyond exposing students to applications that they will encounter as professional writers, the course explores the ontological, epistemological, material, and ethical transformations that new communicative technologies engender.
Intensive focus on a critical and/or literary problem, discourse, theme, genre or individual author.
One semester of work in public or private agencies, such as state government offices, non-profit organizations, publishing companies, newspapers, magazines, advertising agencies or related organizations. 135 hours across the semester for 3 credits. Pro-rated hours for 1 and 2 credit versions.
(GPA-3.0) and (
ENG 123 with a minimum grade of D-)
An intensive study of one particular cultural phenomenon from a variety of critical perspectives.
Explore the nature of environmental problems and gain an overall understanding of the complexity of these problems.
Analysis of the causes and proposed solutions of environmental problems and of environmental issues and their political resolution.
Overview of the Sustainable Development focusing on its origins and meanings in both theory and practice. A geographic focus on countries in the Global South, exploring how sustainable development policies and programs have impacted levels of poverty and inequality, use of natural resources, as well as rural and urban livelihoods.
Examine interrelationships between human behavior and the environment. Review personal, social and structural dimensions of everyday life relating to the environment. Understand environmental problems and consider alternative behavior models.
This course takes an interdisciplinary approach toward understanding modern and traditional agriculture, and the ways in which these agricultural forms both clash and coalesce.
Learn about the water cycle and how water moves through an environment. Students will build an understanding of how to identify pollutants within water and be able to assess different ways in which contaminants can be eliminated.
Concurrent Prerequisite
ENST 100 with a minimum grade of D-
Learn the characteristics of the major natural resources and the scientific basis behind current resource use practices. The environmental consequences of their use and abuse will be emphasized.
Explore career options for geography and environmental studies majors and practice professional development skills.
Explore the nature of environmental conflict and work toward understanding the range of processes and skills used to resolve them.
Concurrent Prerequisite
ENST 100 with a minimum grade of D-
An introduction to the study of the psychological relationships that exists between humans and the environment. Students will learn what attitudes, values and ethics humans have in terms of the natural world.
Analyze problems in nature-society relationships by exploring geographic theory surrounding environmental politics, surveying local and global actors in these conflicts, and addressing varied contemporary issues in resource management.
An exploration and analysis of the historical development of perceptions and worldviews about the environment and the natural world using the United States as a case study.
This course examines principles, procedures, methods, and applications of environmental impact assessment. Specific emphasis is on the history and implementation of the NEPA in the USA with some discussion of international impact assessment.
Identify and analyze relationships between the physical and cultural patterns, including land use, resource development, social, political and economic problems throughout the continent of Africa.
Anthropological perspectives and methods are used to critically examine the assumptions and actions underlying social and environmental contemporary human problems as well as those involved in efforts to address them.
Students will examine the strengths and weaknesses of economic theory in analyzing the seriousness of resource and environmental issues facing society.
Examine selected environmental issues, including climate change, environmental degradation, and resource depletion, focusing on the physical processes underlying these problems and how human activities contribute to environmental problems.
Examination of economic principles governing water planning, development and law. Discussion of supply and demand, quality and political issues. Relationship to Colorado and local situation.
Examination of the unequal distribution of environmental risks and benefits across populations, the environmental justice movement, environmental policies and regulatory practices.
Provides an overview of collaborative community planning, presenting frameworks for leading engagement of local communities using a case study format and real local projects to apply an understanding of collaborative conservation for community building.
This course introduces students to the skills of qualitative research methods, including designing a research question and project, alongside methods for collecting and analyzing qualitative data.
Explore human relationships with nature writing from various periods and cultures. Economic, scientific, philosophic and religious attitudes emerge from attitudes about nature. Do these influence human treatment of natural things?
This course examines the dominant trends and challenges affecting energy systems and policy around the world, including the evolution and economics of fossil fuels, alternative energy technologies, and clean energy policies.
Examine the sustainability of contemporary living patterns. Explore alternative approaches to meeting transportation, domestic power and heating, food production and waste disposal needs on the personal and community levels.
Use case studies to explore a general overview of commerce, economics, and business as it relates to the environment and human interactions.
Investigate and participate in the process of art as it relates to the different environments of human existence.
Delve into the complexity of environmental, social, and economic systems that define sustainability. Through a combination of lectures, discussions, case studies, and hands-on projects, students will explore concepts and gain practical skills required to create meaningful, lasting change.
Provides students with the skills and knowledge to design and implement effective adaptive management of conservation projects and to generate clear evidence of their progress toward achieving conservation results. This course applies the Open Standards for Conservation, a common structure in many conservation organizations.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Identify meaningful patterns in the distributions of plants and animals and explain how/ why those patterns developed. Includes an examination of the role humans have played in shaping those patterns.
An examination of what causes climate to change across different time scales; how climate has changed in the past; how scientists use models, observations and theory to make predictions about future climate; and the consequences of climate change for our planet. One field trip required.
Determinants and consequences of behavior and response to environmental extremes, technological emergencies, and acts of mass violence.
Ever wonder what you can do to address our environmental problems? This seminar course pulls together concepts and contexts from environmental justice, ecology, political science, economics, among others to examine how and what we can do to improve the world we live in.
Introduces the research process through identification and framing of a research proposal following accepted and standard protocols. Topics include hypothesis formulation and testing, designing a research project, and career preparedness.
84.0 credits required
Research selected environmental and geographic topics based on ENST/
GEOG 490 Proposal. Course focuses on the assessment of students' environmental and geographic knowledge base, research and analysis skills.
Permission of Environmental Studies coordinator. Practical experience and training in areas related to the environment. Credit hours and nature of experience arranged individually. S/U graded.
Building upon the foundational principles of environmental sustainability, students will gain and apply the knowledge, skills, and mindset necessary to tackle the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. Through a blend of theory and practical application, students will explore advanced concepts in environmental sustainability and develop a deep understanding of the complex issues facing our world.
Introduction to Earth's climate system. Formation and characteristics of the atmosphere and oceans. Impact of climate change on severe weather, watersheds, groundwater and glaciers.
Examines the causes, effects, and options available to respond to and potentially mitigate the effects of natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunami, landslides, severe weather, and floods. Differing impacts in developing and industrialized countries will be discussed.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) An exploration of the complex changes in Earth's environment, the science behind these changes, and impacts on human populations requiring interdisciplinary strategies to solve problems.
This course will examine various energy resources including fossil fuels, nuclear, and green energy alternatives. We will learn how these resources form, how they are utilized, and how their utilization impacts the environment and society.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Investigation of rock and mineral chemistry, formation, identification, and significance to society. Focus on clay and analytical instrumentation. Field trip(s) required.
(2 lecture, 3 laboratory) Course covers research methods, statistical analysis, manipulation and presentation of data. Multiple projects using and solving authentic Earth and Atmospheric Science data and research problems.
Preparation for graduate school or job market. Includes finding jobs, internships, and/or appropriate graduate schools; also cover letters, resumes, GRE preparation, phone and in-person interviews, and expectations. S/U graded.
(2 lecture, 2 laboratory) Students will expand their knowledge of Earth Science and learn methods for teaching earth science including integration of other subject areas.
Distribution, characteristics, and interaction of elements and related ions in the Earth system with an overview of analytical techniques. Emphasis on geochemical cycles as related to use in human society.
Identify/describe how plants, animals, and ecological communities will respond to global change across different scales (temporal, spatial, etc.). Introduction to global climate models and using relevant climate and ecological data to predict future change.
Industrial safety covers the theory of historical occupational hazards, current safety issues, agencies that regulate workplace hazards, accident causation and prevention, and training needed for the workplace.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Students will quantify and model the movement of water within the hydrologic and geologic cycles, including surface and groundwater hydrologic processes. The course will consist of lectures, laboratories, field projects, and presentations. Two field trips are required.
Invited speakers, including faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates, present current earth science research topics in seminar format. Students also learn about STEM-based career paths and internship opportunities. S/U graded.
Analysis and investigation of contemporary issues and development of research skills in the field of earth sciences, atmospheric sciences, environmental sciences, or geosciences. The course may include extensive field work.
Internship in a public agency or private firm to provide professional experience under the supervision of an area specialist. S/U graded.
This course explores advanced topics for qualified undergraduates in an area of Earth Science. S/U or letter graded.
Special Notes
Consent of instructor required
Exploration of contemporary issues associated with natural hazards, resources and environmental change impacting society, culture, and diverse ecosystems at international sites. Research skill development in geology, meteorology, and environmental sciences.
Original research in the earth sciences conducted under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Results of the investigation are to be presented both in a written report and orally.
Explore theories/frameworks that support integration of technology in teaching and learning. Apply practices to promote seamless integration of technology that adds significant value to students' learning of elementary curriculum.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Apply technology tools in teaching practices to promote technology integration that is seamless and adds significant value to students' learning of secondary curriculum. Investigate theoretical and practical issues and methods.
Focused study of one intellectual school, problem, or other discourse tradition reflected in literature, which has contributed significantly to contemporary European perception and values.
(3 lecture, 1 film screening) Learning to analyze film and appreciate film as art by looking at a variety of styles, genres, and ideological directions in Hollywood and non-Hollywood films.
Required once per week screening time to complement Film 120.
(3 lecture, 1 film screening) A survey of film history from its beginnings to 1945, focusing on cinema's development from aesthetic, social, technological, and economic perspectives. Includes selected issues in film theory.
(3 lecture, 1 film screening) A survey of cinema from 1945 to the present day. This course will study innovations in technology and production as well as formal developments in narrative, editing, cinematography, and sound.
Required once per week screening time to complement
FILM 210.
Required once per week screening time to complement
FILM 211.
This hands-on course introduces students to the basics of the short-film production process: from scripting, development, shooting, editing, to marketing.
A historical survey of film theories and criticism, including formalist and structuralist, psychoanalytic, feminist, and queer theory. Genre theory and theories of spectator-ship and audience response will also be considered.
Required once per week film screening time to complement
FILM 310.
(3 lecture, 1 film screening) This course will allow students to study a particular area of film criticism, history, or theory, or consider a specific national cinema.
Required once per week screening time to complement
FILM 320. S/U graded.
(3 lecture, 1 film screening) An introduction to key theories and methods of analysis in genre studies or auteur theory, focusing on a particular genre or a particular director.
Required once per week film screening time to complement
FILM 330.
A hands-on course in advanced visual and aural storytelling through the medium of cinema.
This course considers the relationship between literature and film, including the aesthetic and commercial processes of adaptation and media convergence.
This course introduces methods of teaching and using film in the classroom. It emphasizes theories of film pedagogy and includes actual classroom practice.
Required once per week screening time to complement
FILM 400.
Designed to prepare future foreign language teachers to teach at the kindergarten through sixth grade levels.
Emphasize standard-based teaching and learning methods, curriculum and classroom organization and design, testing and evaluation, procedures and materials, relationship of subject area to K-12 teaching program.
Completion of Applic for Initial Adm to PTEP
Terminology used in medical sciences. Development of medical vocabulary.
For dietetics students and those desiring a focus on the science of nutrition. Functions, metabolism, and sources of nutrients will be studied applying recommendations and an evidence-based approach.
Investigation of the principles of nutrition as applied to humans.
Nutrition applied to the various stages of life, from conception to the later years. Socioeconomic, psychological, physiological factors affecting food intake.
Laboratory required. Study of the chemical and physical properties of food and the effects of processing, preparation, preservation and storage.
(4 laboratory) Application of food science principles (chemical and physical properties) to food preparation, objective and subjective evaluation, and recipe modification.
Laboratory required. Study of health, cultural, economic, culinary arts and contemporary nutritional concepts in quantity foodservice applications.
(2 laboratory) Laboratory to accompany FND 320.
Advanced study of breastfeeding benefits, support and promotion within the field of food, nutrition and dietetics.
Advanced study of physiological and biological changes occurring with aging on nutrition status, nutrient requirements, and physical ability; with emphasis on the relationship between optimal nutrition, activity, and successful aging.
Nutrition education and application strategies to enhance dietary change.
Advanced study of variable topics within the field of food, nutrition and dietetics.
Development of the dietetic profession. Examination of topics in nutrition and dietetics not covered in previous coursework. S/U graded.
Developmental stages, nutrient requirements, appropriate diet and eating behaviors for children from conception through school age. Nutrition related conditions of children and nutrition for the pregnant and lactating woman.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Nutrition assessment and intervention during acute and chronic disease. Theory and practical application presented.
(2 laboratory) Laboratory to accompany
FND 430. Practical application of the Nutrition Care Process, including nutrition assessment methods, intervention methods, documentation and case studies.
The study of nutrition for prevention and treatment of disease and health conditions with integration of pathophysiology is covered.
(2 laboratory) Practical application of the Nutrition Care Process in acute and chronic disease. Theory and practical application are presented.
Systems approach applied to commercial and noncommercial food service facilities including: procurement, production, distribution, service and maintenance. Management of food service operations.
(3 laboratory) Laboratory to accompany
FND 446.
Metabolic, physiological and biochemical functions of nutrients and sub cellular components and their role in maintaining the integrity of the organism.
Systemic analysis of community food and nutrition problems and programs. Role of public and private sectors in community health promotion.
The study of nutrition principles as they apply to the promotion of optimal physical fitness and athletic performance. Current research and evaluation of nutritional recommendations will be stressed.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Study the masterpieces and literary movements of French literature. Learn to read and discuss complete works of literature in French. Acquire the skills to write research papers on course topics.
Study thematically related literary, historical, cultural and contemporary texts. Develop, express and critique textual interpretation and analysis in a research paper. In French and English.
Introduction to the complex relationships that link humans with their physical, cultural and spatial environments. Students will investigate these diverse relationships through a variety of worldwide examples.
An analysis of the cultural and environmental patterns of North America, with emphasis on the geographic processes that shape them.
Course encourages students to demonstrate an understanding of the value, meaning and benefits of experiential learning and to explore a variety of applied field techniques. S/U graded.
This course will expose students to the fundamental concepts and geo-spatial utilization of drones (sUAVs). Students will learn the technologies, concepts, and applications of drones.
Introduction to geography field and other research methods: asking geographic questions, identifying data needs, planning field work or other geographic research, working in teams, making observations and recording data.
Study the role of location and locational questions in human behavior including how locational factors influence behavior and resulting social and cultural modifications.
This course will expose students to the fundamental concepts and application techniques used in Geographic Information Science (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS).
Critically analyze the rapid (re)emergence of Asia as a center of the global economy and the enormous geographic diversity across its sub-regions (South, Southeast, and East Asia).
Introduces basic patterns and processes operating in the atmosphere and biosphere, emphasizing the distribution of major features found on Earth and the interactions between humans and the natural environment.
A multidisciplinary approach-geographic, historical, economic, and civic- is used to investigate and analyze issues pertinent to the State of Colorado.
Introduces the basic patterns and processes operating in the lithosphere and hydrosphere, emphasizing the distribution and forms of features found on Earth, and the natural hazards associated with them.
This course takes an interdisciplinary approach toward understanding modern and traditional agriculture, and the ways in which these agricultural forms both clash and coalesce.
Introduction to the historical geography of North America emphasizing the historical roots of contemporary American landscapes and employing the theories, concepts and methods of social science used by geographers.
Explore career options for geography and environmental studies majors and practice professional development skills.
Learn how to view and analyze the earth from above using remote sensing, the study of the earth's land, water, atmosphere, and human-made features using devices on both airborne and spaceborne platforms. This course emphasizes the understanding of remote sensing foundations for environmental and urban applications.
An experiential approach to learning about cultures, landscapes, language and natural resources of another country. Students engage with the natural environment and local communities through written assignments and intensive fieldwork. S/U graded.
Examine the evidence and imprint of cultural values on geographic landscapes; utilize techniques of spatial diffusion, cultural ecology and integration and landscape analysis to identify and investigate culture regions.
Study the fundamentals, theory and practice of mapmaking and graphic representation. Students make use of advanced geographic information systems (GIS) and illustration software packages.
Examines the nature and accuracy of spatially referenced data, as well as methods of data capture, storage, retrieval, modeling and output using GIS software.
Examine current planning practice in the United States and its larger economic, social, political and geographic context. Topics include land use regulation, urban design, transportation systems and growth Management.
Systematic study of relationships between geography and economics, focusing on spatial dynamics of technical change, divisions of labor, business organization, resource use, and international trade.
Analyze problems in nature-society relationships by exploring geographic theory surrounding environmental politics, surveying local and global actors in these conflicts, and addressing varied contemporary issues in resource management.
Analysis of world population distribution and change utilizing geographic themes and demographic measures, with particular attention to migration, urbanization, environmental impact, and national planning.
Provides the student with hands on experience in the use of Geographic Information System (GIS technology to analyze organizational operations, crime statistics, and crime patterns).
Study the complexities of the physical world and investigate the interactions between human activities and the physical environment.
Identify and analyze relationships between the physical and cultural patterns, including land use, resource development, social, political and economic problems throughout the continent of Africa.
This course provides fundamental skills for geospatial programming. Topics include learning Python scripting syntax and using scripts to access and automate geographic processing tasks.
Examine the evidence and imprint of cultural values on geographic landscapes; utilize techniques of spatial diffusion, cultural ecology and integration and landscape analysis to identify and investigate culture regions.
Explores land, people, and culture in the major sub-regions of Latin America. Emphasis on contemporary population, economic, political and environmental issues.
Study the relationships between the physical and cultural environments, including land use, resources, economics and political problems.
Examine selected environmental issues, including climate change, environmental degradation, and resource depletion, focusing on the physical processes underlying these problems and how human activities contribute to environmental problems.
Systematic study of relationships between geography and politics; topics include the formation of the modern state, the international system, territorial expansion, global markets, warfare, and political interactions at various scales.
Systematic study of urban processes, from the ancient to the modern world, with an emphasis on the origins, development, and future of cities in the United States.
Examine elementary statistical techniques useful to the analysis of geographical data. Some background in mathematics useful.
Examine the sustainability of contemporary living patterns. Explore alternative approaches to meeting transportation, domestic power and heating, food production and waste disposal needs on the personal and community levels.
Explores the role of protected areas in sustaining society, and examines natural parks as working ecosystems, biodiversity and resource banks, recreational spaces, and symbols of cultural and national heritage. Culminates in a capstone project.
Field course: Analyzes the geography of rivers in Western Colorado. Fieldwork and conceptual skills address environmental issues, using specialized equipment, maps, data storage devices, and field sampling methods.
Study and apply the techniques used in solving geographic problems in the field and effectively present the results of such studies.
Study special topics in regional geography: contemporary geographic issues affecting environmental, economic, political, cultural, or social phenomena in emerging or borderland regions.
Study thematic map communication via the internet and wireless technologies. Develop interactive maps that can be served over the internet. Build mobile mapping applications.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Identify meaningful patterns in the distributions of plants and animals and explain how/why those patterns developed. Includes an examination of the role humans have played in shaping those patterns.
An examination of what causes climate to change across different time scales; how climate has changed in the past; how scientists use models, observations and theory to make predictions about future climate; and the consequences of climate change for our planet. One field trip required.
Learn theory, methods, and tools to understand and analyze the landscapes we live in and to solve landscape-related environmental problems.
Students will learn the conceptual foundations and technical skills to apply remote sensing in environmental and cultural applications. Topics will include land use/land cover classification, change detection, and vegetation modeling.
Explores the fundamentals of grant writing and culminates in the creation of a proposal for submission to a federal agency or nonprofit.
Students will gain in-depth knowledge on various urban topics, and evaluate critically economic, social, environmental and health problems in urban areas using GIS.
Advanced study of geographic techniques. Topics will relate to applications in GIS, remote sensing, quantitative analysis, land use analysis, or the mapping sciences.
Introduces the research process through identification and framing of a research proposal following accepted and standard protocols. Topics include hypothesis formulation and testing, designing a research project, and career preparedness.
84.0 credits required
Research selected environmental and geographic topics based on ENST/
GEOG 490 Proposal. Course focuses on the assessment of students' environmental and geographic knowledge base, research and analysis skills.
Advanced undergraduate majors and minors use geographic training while working in local, state or federal agencies. Participants must meet university internship requirements. S/U graded.
(3 lecture, 2 laboratory) Survey for nonscience majors. Origins and classification of minerals and rocks, landscape development and earth's structure and history. Field trips required.
Investigation of the interaction between people and geologic environments. Focus on earth materials, geologic time, landscapes, mineral and energy resources, and geologic hazards (earthquakes, volcanoes, floods and landslides).
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) For Geology and other science majors. Introduction to earth materials, landform development, geologic structures and tectonics. Field trips required.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Geologic history of the earth and its past life and principles and techniques employed to interpret this history from rocks and fossils. Field trips to investigate local geologic history required.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Introduction to crystallography, crystal chemistry, descriptive and determinative mineralogy, study of mineral occurrences and associations. Examine crystallography and identify minerals by physical and x-ray techniques in laboratory. Field trip(s) required.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Study of fossils including taxonomy, systematics, taphonomy, functional morphology, paleoecology, biostratigraphy, extinction, evolutionary trends and major events in the history of life. Labs review major fossil groups. Field trips required.
Colorado rocks, minerals, fossils, landforms, oil, coal, oil shale, geologic history and geologic hazards explored in informal atmosphere. Includes multi-day field trip to investigate geological features in natural settings.
(2 lecture, 3 laboratory) Groundwater geologic settings. Hydrology of groundwater basins. Well hydraulics. Principles of flow in saturated and unsaturated materials. Modeling of hydrogeologic systems. Applications to groundwater contamination and management problems.
Overview of what ore is and how it is formed, techniques of finding and extracting ore, plus environmental impacts of extracting ore. Case studies of well-known mines.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Description and classification of igneous and metamorphic rocks in hand sample and in thin section. Includes a study of the genesis of igneous and metamorphic rocks via phase diagrams and chemical reactions.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
A survey of the evolution of vertebrates through geologic time, emphasizing major events in the history of vertebrates. Includes field trips and methods of fossil collection, preparation, and curation.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Sedimentary processes; depositional environments; classification and structures of sedimentary rocks; field and laboratory methods of analyzing and interpreting outcrops and samples. Regional stratigraphy of northeastern Colorado investigated. Field trips required.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Origin and evolution of landforms emphasizing processes of their formation, including tectonic, glacial, fluvial and hillslope processes. Two field trips are required.
A survey of geologic phenomena that characterized the Quaternary Period, with emphasis on the behavior of glaciers, glacial landforms and sediment and climatic implications. Two Saturday field trips required.
(2 lecture, 3 laboratory) A study of volcanoes, and volcanic processes and products. Emphasis on the origin, classification and interpretation of volcanic rocks and ejecta, and volcanic structures and landforms.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Mechanics of rock deformation and geologic structures of the earth's crust - their description and classification, theories and facts regarding their origins and methods of investigating them. Field trips required.
(1 lecture, 4 laboratory) Collection of field geological data, construction of geologic maps, cross-sections, and reports. Includes use of Brunton compass, topographic maps, aerial photographs, and geographic information systems.
(2 lecture, 3 laboratory) Explore, examine and interpret classification, genesis and processes that drive soil formation. Use soil data from various ecosystems to assess soil health and land management issues. One weekend field trip required.
Overview of the processes driving and resulting from plate tectonics. Detailed study of some of the earth's past and present mountain belts.
Petroleum and energy geology includes integrated exploration and development methods and understanding technological advancements that have led to the dynamic energy industry. Case studies and applied problems are emphasized.
Become familiar with the culture and society of Germany with special emphasis on contemporary German issues. Conducted in English.
Study of German civilization from the Revolution of 1848 to the present, including the historical, economic, political, social, artistic and literary development of Germany. Conducted in German.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Study thematically related literary, historical, cultural and contemporary texts. Develop, express and critique textual interpretation and analysis in a research paper. In German and English.
Why does gender matter? This interdisciplinary course interrogates the construction of gender in relationship to other social categories (such as race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, etc.) as they inform everyday life.
This course examines multiple and shifting categories of gender, race, class, and sexuality in feminist perspective, investigating how they contribute to our understandings of systems of privilege and inequality.
This course uses multiple theoretical perspectives to provide a cultural analysis of modernization, economic development, and globalization and their gendered effects on people in developed and underdeveloped countries.
This course provides an in-depth study of the history of American feminist political movements and intellectual traditions from the beginnings of the woman suffrage movement through contemporary feminist activism.
This course uses multiple theoretical perspectives to provide a cultural analysis of conflict and war and their gendered effects on women, men, and other genders across the globe.
Students will engage in an analysis of how gender and sexuality operate in the media and pop culture and examine how these representations affect identity formation.
This class examines the gendered institution of marriage historically and in contemporary society. It interrogates the purpose, nature, and function of marriage, particularly as marriage is made and remade by social categories of gender, race, class, and sexuality.
Special Notes
GNDR 330 cannot be retaken for credit if
GNDR 395 "Interrogating Marriage" was taken in Spring of 2022.
This course offers a survey of competing philosophical, political, and epistemological feminist frameworks for understanding gender inequality, examining how feminist theories both build on and critique Western philosophical traditions.
We examine the body as object and subject of shifting race, gender, class, and sexual meanings and as the product of complex social processes, including culture, medicalization, objectification, commodification, and globalization.
This course introduces students to the field of queer studies. It examines the histories, identities, and theories emerging from gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered communities and political movements.
This course provides opportunities to explore gender as a category of analysis in relationship to a variety of disciplinary approaches and selected topics.
A sociological analysis not just of men, but of masculinities. We will address debates about meanings of masculinity, historical variations, and how these definitions involve both male and female bodies.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Supervised field practice on research related to gender issues. Paper analyzing experience required. Maximum of 3 semester credits count toward requirements for the Gender Studies Minor. S/U graded.
Special Notes
Prerequisite: 3 hours of GNDR credit or instructor permission.
Students will explore the rigors of college life and understand aspects of attending college and how this can benefit a student's transition to career. This course includes the following topics: daily living skills, self-determination and interpersonal skills, and employment skills. Required Program fee.
Students will understand how to explore employment possibilities in relation to their interests and strengths.
Special Notes
Field hours and program fee required. Note: As students in the GOAL Program, students will pursue on-campus work experience.
Students will demonstrate confidence and competency in the effective use of social thinking strategies and skills on campus, in the workplace, and in the community to increase opportunities for career advancement, authentic friendships, and independence.
Special Notes
Field hours and Program fee required. Note: As students in the GOAL Program, students will pursue on-campus work experience.
Students will understand how literacy and effective literacy strategies impact daily living, communication, and employability.
Special Notes
Field hours and Program fee required. Note: As students in the GOAL Program, students will pursue on-campus work experience.
Students will understand how to choose a career based on their future financial lifestyle.
Special Notes
Field hours and program fee required. Note: As students in the GOAL Program, students will participate in an off-campus internship.
Students will understand how to engage in their community and careers through exploration of community resources, events, and volunteer work.
Special Notes
Field hours and Program fee required. Note: As students in the GOAL Program, students will pursue an off-campus internship.
Students will understand how to develop workplace skills, interact successfully on the job, and communicate effectively in the workplace.
Special Notes
Requires field hours and program fee. Note: As students in the GOAL Program, students will pursue an off-campus internship.
Students will understand what it means to work and live independently after graduation from college.
Special Notes
Field hours and Program fee required. Note: As students in the GOAL Program, students will participate in an off-campus internship.
Explore social issues that influence college student participation and success. Engage in the type of leadership practice that inspires social change on campus and/or surrounding community. Establish connections between power, privilege, and oppression to formulate ideas and strategies to impact positive societal change in higher education and student affairs.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Study of special topics in higher education and student affairs leadership for undergraduate students. Topics vary.
Survey of American history through Reconstruction to examine efforts to found New World communities, gain an American identity, secure independence and to define and secure the union under a federal government.
Survey of American history from reconstruction to the present to examine geographical expansion, the rise of industrial and military power, five American wars, reform cycles and the shaping of modern America.
An introduction to the society, economy, culture and politics of traditional Africa from the Empire of Ghana to the European conquest in the nineteenth century.
Introduction to the historical development of pre-modern cultures in East, South, Southeast and Central Asia.
Examination of the modern transformation of East, South and Southeast Asian societies.
An introduction to the main global eras, their characteristics, and selected examples from the origins of our species to around 1491, with a focus on the period after 1000 BCE. Topics include empire, religion, gender relations, and the environment.
Survey of the world's major civilizations, their unique achievements, and their interactions with and relation to other societies. Examines political, economic, and social change in the period encompassing the sixteenth through the twenty-first centuries.
Mexican history from pre-Columbian times to the present emphasizing 19th and 20th centuries. Covers socioeconomic, political and cultural change.
A survey of European and Mediterranean civilizations from ancient Mesopotamia to the Glorious Revolution.
A survey of western Civilization from the Glorious Revolution to the present.
A survey of Colorado history from prehistoric times to the post-World War II era.
Explores class distinctions and the ways they changed over time, filtered through the lenses of gender, race, age, labor, consumption, popular culture, the family, and the American Dream.
A tracing of modern American history. Topics may include such items as foreign policy, presidential politics, civil rights, the growth of the welfare state and the changing American character.
This course will focus on the history of Americans who held, publicly or privately, Queer identities as well as the events they participated in and created. By examining LGBTQ history students will gain a broader understanding of United States history through the lens of marginalization, activism, and inclusion in and among members of the LGBTQ community.
Examines intellectual, cultural, scientific, and social history through the lens of magical thought and practice in Europe from Ancient Greece to the Enlightenment.
An introduction to history, historiography, and historical methods.
Development of Russian culture and society from the beginning to the present, with an emphasis on the 19th and 20th century, and contemporary contexts.
An examination of immigration to the United States, emphasizing 19th and 20th centuries. Includes Irish, English, German, Italian, Scandinavian, Jewish, Asian and Latin American immigrants as well as nativist and immigration legislation.
This course provides an in-depth study of the history of American feminist political movements and intellectual traditions from the beginnings of the woman suffrage movement through contemporary feminist activism.
This course explores the role of men, women, and gender politics in East Asian history from the pre-modern era to the present. Topics discussed include Confucian gender ideology and patriarchy, female chastity and virtue, the politics of love and sexuality, as well as body and fashion.
Required once per week film screening time to complement
HIST 306. S/U graded.
(3 lecture, 1 film screening) This course introduces some issues in modern Chinese history and examines how that history is treated in film. It places film in historical context, considering both the aesthetic form and the socio-political content of the films.
A study of the development of Chinese civilization from antiquity to 1500, stressing indigenous social, political and cultural change.
This course offers an exploration of the role emotions plays in people’s personal and social life in Chinese history. It challenges the conventional idea that emotions such as love, desire, hate, and fear are universal and timeless, and thus do not have a history. By examining a variety of emotions and their articulation in the Chinese past and present, we will read emotions as sociocultural and historical constructs.
Special Notes
HIST 308 cannot be retaken for credit if
HIST 395 "Emotions in Chinese History" title was taken in Spring 2018 or Fall of 2019 or Spring of 2021.
An analysis of the Chinese experience from 1500 to the present. Emphasizes the internal changes in China's political, social, economic, and cultural institutions.
A historical analysis of the Japanese experience from earliest times to the present. Emphasizes internal changes in political, social, economic, and cultural institutions.
Study of Brazilian history from 1500 to the present, stressing the multiethnic dynamics of colonial society, the political transformations of independence, and the contemporary legacies of race, slavery, abolition, and gender.
A survey of Spanish America and Brazil from pre-Columbian civilizations to 1855. Covers conquest, church, Indian labor, administration, independence and beginning of nations.
A thematic study of personalism, nationalism, militarism, foreign influences and socioeconomic classes with particular reference to Nicaragua, Cuba, Chile, Argentina and Brazil.
The history of the Caribbean from pre Columbian times to the present, focusing on the legacies of slavery, abolition, race, and imperialism in Haiti, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Nicaragua.
A study of the social, political, economic and cultural transformation of 20th century Africa.
Examines history of early North America from European, African, and Native American perspectives, including cultural conflict among these groups; European imperial aims; political and economic developments; and experiences of ordinary people.
A study of the background of the American Revolution, the Revolution itself, the Confederation, the framing of the Federal Constitution and the social, economic, political and religious patterns of the Early Republic.
Investigates the critical and varied role of religion in American history from the arrival of Europeans in the sixteenth century through the present.
Analyzes the themes of modernization, cultural change, environment and perception that arose from the American presence in the West after the war with Mexico, including the 20th century.
Covers the American Indian experience from prehistory to the present, emphasizing themes of environment, diversity and perception of native peoples by outside observers.
Major topics studied include political upheavals in the 1850s, the growth of southern nationalism, attempts at compromising constitutional differences, the Civil War and problems in reconstructing the Union.
Advanced survey of American history from its beginning. Students will learn concepts of historical thinking and how to analyze the processes and resources of historical inquiry as these affect America.
An analysis of the origins and early history of the constitution, including its drafting, ratification and subsequent shaping. A survey of the development of constitutional interpretation by examining major cases in their historical context.
A survey of women in the United States to 1877. Examines gender ideologies, population movements, patterns of work, reform activities, and early women's rights from Colonization through Reconstruction.
A survey of women in the United States to 1877. Examines gender ideologies, population movements, patterns of work, reform activities, and early women's rights from Colonization through Reconstruction.
A survey of World War II from the rise of the totalitarian states to the dropping of the atomic bombs; emphasis on the military and social aspects of the war.
Focusing on the United States from the turn of the twentieth century through World War II, this course highlights the rise of the United States as a military and economic power, as well as the dynamic relationship between everyday Americans and an ever expanding federal government.
Through a variety of readings, the course will concentrate on the political, social and cultural importance of Vietnam for American history from 1945 to 1975 and beyond.
A study of the political, social, cultural, and economic developments in post-WWII America. There will be a particular focus on the challenges Americans faced, at home and abroad during a time of U.S. global supremacy.
An in depth look at the major political, social, and economic developments of the United States during the 1970s examined primarily through the lens of popular culture.
An examination of the history of relations between the United States and the nations and peoples of the "greater Middle East." Provides a chronological and analytical overview of the major themes and events in US relations with the Middle East with a special focus on the 20th and 21st centuries. Counts as a US History concentration elective.
A survey of Greek and Roman civilization from the origins of Greece to the decline of Rome. Emphasis will be placed on their cultural and intellectual heritage.
An examination of Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period (500-1500) which traces the main political, economic, social, religious and intellectual developments of the period.
Examinations of the three religions that most significantly impacted the Western world. Identifies the beliefs of each and traces their early histories. Emphasis on their interaction in the Medieval period (500-1500).
A survey of the social, economic, religious and cultural developments in Western Europe from 1500 to 1800. Geographical emphasis may vary.
Key topics in the cultural, economic, and political transformation of England from a relatively weak and isolated kingdom to an emergent global power in complex relationships with many regions of the world.
Investigates the European Enlightenment in the 18th century and its contributions to Western modernity. Themes that will be treated include religion and science, race, gender, universal culture, the organization of political power and economics.
This course analyzes historical changes in Europe from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries, emphasizing political, cultural, religious, and social developments and their effects on ordinary people.
France and its empire in the Americas, 1500-1804. Political and cultural development, French-indigenous relations, the First Global War (1756-63).
The recent history of Germany focusing on the forces, events and individuals that gave rise to National Socialism and contributed to the decline of Europe into war and revolution.
An analysis of WWI from its origins through 1939, focusing on European participants and how the war led to a series of protracted crises that shaped the 20th century. Issues to be covered include communism, fascism, cultural modernism and gender.
Focused on East and West Germany, examines the political, diplomatic, cultural and social effects of the ideological battle between East and West on Europe from 1945 through 1990.
An examination of the intellectual and racial antecedents of the Holocaust, its bureaucracy, operating mechanics for murder and the steps taken toward the final solution, the elimination of European Jewry.
A detailed consideration of the establishment of the Soviet Union, its dissolution, and the contemporary role of Russia in the world.
Examines political, economic and cultural changes in imperial Russia from Peter the Great to the fall of the Romanov dynasty in 1917.
Examines changing constructs of gender in ancient, medieval, and renaissance Europe, including non-binary figures and the intersection of gender with race, class, disability, and other categories of difference.
Rewrites European history by placing women and gender relations at the center. Focuses on key episodes, including war, and examines women's agency and roles, the forces shaping their lives, gender relations, and masculinity.
A consideration in depth of selected topics in European intellectual history from the Enlightenment to the present.
Treats diverse topics in American, European, Asian, African, Latin American or World History at an advanced level. For History majors, the course's area designation (American, European, World) is determined by the course subtitle and content.
One semester thematic course in world history for history secondary-education concentrations; open also to all history majors. May be counted as 300/400 level European or non-western history.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Special Notes
Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Students will examine a specific topic and write a critical essay incorporating research, historical methodology, analysis and expository skills.
Independent, individualized projects jointly directed by faculty supervisors and staff of cooperating office or institution.
A variable content seminar emphasizing the connections between areas of knowledge such as the Sciences, Arts, Philosophy, History, Literature and Sociology.
An introductory course for honors students emphasizing critical and creative thinking, perspective taking, inquiry, and inter-cultural competencies through in-depth discussions on contemporary issues, engaged learning opportunities, and community-based projects.
An introduction to global intellectual and cultural traditions through reading and discussion of classic works of literature.
An exploration of African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, Native American or U.S. immigrant cultures from historical, literary, and artistic perspectives.
Explores major religious and non-religious worldviews by examining the history, literature, rituals, and teachings of a selection of religious traditions and worldviews, as well as influential ancient and modern critiques of religion. We will also consider the ways in which people construct worldviews, as well as the possibilities for inter-religious dialogue.
A variable content seminar that will engage them in a concentrated analysis of values and ethics in the context of the times.
A seminar or tutorial required of juniors in honors. Provides enrichment work in the student's discipline of choice and a start on the senior honors research thesis.
An advanced study of selected topics of an interdisciplinary nature for Honors Program students.
Examination of research paradigms and methodologies to develop the most appropriate research methods and data analysis processes to design and develop a successful honors thesis proposal.
Different sections are offered by different departments. Required for senior participants in the Honors Program.
This course offers variable credit in an approved study abroad and/or internship for the Honors Program. S/U graded.
Examines written texts, visual arts and musical compositions to analyze and reflect the evolution and confluence of cultures in Europe, Asia, and the Americas from 800 C.E. to 1750 C.E.
This course is a thematic introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Cultural Studies.
An examination of how colonized, non-Western, and/or marginalized cultures define their own rhetorics and negotiate how they intersect with hegemonic Western rhetoric.
Investigation of stereotypes, roles, and representations of gender manifested in creative works by authors and artists of all genders.
Introducing students to the field of medical humanities, this course will explore cultural constructions of disease and wellness, disability, and medicine and medical practice.
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ENG 123 with a minimum grade of D- or
ENG 225 with a minimum grade of D-) or (Completion of LC1b-Intermediate Composition course or Completion of LAW2-Intermediate Written Comm course)
This interdisciplinary course will introduce students to the intersections possible between humanistic inquiry and digital technologies.
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ENG 123 with a minimum grade of D-) or (Completion of LC1b-Intermediate Composition course or Completion of LAW2-Intermediate Written Comm course)
Interdisciplinary orientation to human services systems worldwide. Historical developments, populations served, career opportunities, controversial issues, ethics. Special emphasis on topics and occupations in community health, gerontology and rehabilitation.
Survey of the field of gerontology with attention to the physical, psychological, social, economic and cross-cultural aspects of aging.
Overview of the field of health promotion/education including: evolution of the profession, health theories and models, functions/skills of health educators, current programs and settings for practice.
Examines current drug abuse problems and issues confronting modern society, including sociological and psychological factors influencing drug-taking behavior and social and health consequences that accompany drug abuse.
Investigation and discussion of community organization, major community health problems and the role and function of various community agencies, programs and services related to problem resolution.
Study and develop effective interpersonal communications and human relations skills for human service workers.