3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better. A selected subject or focus within gender and film studies. Topic will vary each time course is taught. Possible topics include representation of women in film, history of gender representation in film, women directors; Hollywood and gender; queer film studies; gender and international cinema; gender, race, and Hollywood, etc.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better. An intensive study of The Canterbury Tales and the background out of which they were written.
ENGL 4130 - Shakespeare: The Sixteenth-Century Plays
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better. Focuses on the first half of Shakespeare’s career. Works considered both as products of their author’s time and as enduring cultural artifacts. Special attention given to Shakespeare’s development as a dramatist and to his depiction of character, theme, and imagery.
ENGL 4140 - Shakespeare: The Seventeenth-Century Plays
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better and ENGL 2020, ENGL 2030, AAS 2020, or HUM 2610; for juniors and seniors only. Focuses on the second half of Shakespeare’s career. The works will be considered both as products of their author’s time and as enduring cultural artifacts. Special attention will be given to Shakespeare’s development as a dramatist and to his depiction of character, theme, and imagery.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better. An intensive study of Paradise Lost, Samson Agonistes, “Lycidas,” Areopagitica, and the minor poetry.
ENGL 4230 - Selected British Writers after the Restoration
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better. Focuses on the work of at most three authors in a cultural and literary context. Specific authors will vary. May be repeated for up to six credits.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better; for juniors and seniors only. Poetry, fiction, and nonfiction written in Britain from approximately 1910 to 1939. Representative works of major British writers in the context of contemporary social and literary history.
ENGL 4270 - Contemporary British and Commonwealth Literature
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better. Contemporary British and Commonwealth novels in the context of social and literary history.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better. American Romanticism in the selected writings of Emerson, Whitman, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and Melville.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better. Focuses on the work of at most three American authors in a cultural and literary context. Specific authors will vary.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better; for juniors and seniors only. Critical theories: Classical, Neoclassical, Romantic, and Modern. Practical criticism: the technical analysis of poetry and prose.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better. Readings in the intellectual history of modern literature. Selected literary figures, major aesthetic movements, and pivotal ideas of modern Western culture, including Marx, Darwin, Nietzsche, Freud, Sartre. Course divided by themes representing disciplines or modes of thought.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better. World drama from 1880 to the present.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better; YOED 3000 or YOED 3500 and permission of department; for juniors and seniors only. An intensive study of both grammar and composition for the teacher, the writer, and the editor: writing, analyzing, and judging composition. Required for English majors seeking teacher licensure.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better; for juniors and seniors only. Traditional English grammar and the principles upon which grammatical analysis is based. Satisfies teacher licensure grammar requirement.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better. Structure of modern English and overview of current syntactic theories.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better. Political, social, intellectual forces determining historical development of English; internal structural changes–sounds, inflections–resulting from those forces.
ENGL 4540 - Approaches to Teaching ESL Grammar and Writing
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better and ENGL 4510 or equivalent. Background and basic methods needed to teach English grammar and composition to students for whom English is a second language. Emphasizes understanding of problems that non-native speakers face and develops techniques for helping non-native speakers express themselves in written English.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better; ENGL 3570, ANTH 3410, PSY 4820, or CDIS 3250. Selected topic in theoretical linguistics. Content varies from semester to semester. May be repeated under a different subtitle.
1 to 6 credit hoursPrerequisites: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better and permission of department; for juniors and seniors only. A special course in which students work for a publishing company or other business or organization involved in professional writing. Enrollment open to English majors, Writing minors, and other students with permission of the internship director. Only 3 hours may count toward the English major and 3 hours toward the Writing or English minor. Arrangements for this course must be made in advance with the internship director through the Upper-Division office. Pass/Fail.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better, and ENGL 1020 or ENGL 3605 with a B or better; for juniors and seniors only. Approaches to various writing problems posed in advanced university studies and nontechnical professions: essays, proposals, critical reviews, analyses.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better; for juniors and seniors only. An intensive study in one specialized form of writing. The form of writing will vary with the instructor teaching the course.
ENGL 4750 - Special Topics in Children’s Literature
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better. Selected genre, period, ethnicity, tradition, or literary focus in children’s and/or young adult literature. Subject will vary with instructor.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better; ENGL 3760 recommended; for juniors and seniors only. An intensive study on a selected topic of folklore. Content varies from semester to semester and will reflect the interests and expertise of the instructor.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better; for juniors and seniors only. A selected author, genre, period, tradition, or context of literary inquiry in the subject of war. Topic will vary with instructor.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites:Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better; ENGL 2020, ENGL 2030, AAS 2020, or HUM 2610; for juniors and seniors only. Introduces interrelations of law and literature as seen in a variety of literary texts and classic writings of great jurists.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better; for juniors and seniors only. A survey of the major theoretical approaches to film, including montage, mise-en-scene, and structuralist theory.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better. A selected director, genre, period, aspect, or theme. The subject will vary each time course is taught.
ENGL 4900 - Selected Topics in Literature and Language
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better; for juniors and seniors only. A selected author, genre, period, tradition, or context of literary or linguistic inquiry. The field will vary with instructor.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better; for juniors and seniors only. Selected topics in poetry. Topics may include the poetic works of a single author, those of a number of authors, a particular style of poetry, poetic works linked by period, culture, or subject matter, or any combination of the above. Topics will vary.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better; for juniors and seniors only. Works of drama linked by historical period, region or culture, author(s), subject matter, or other connective thread. Topic will vary with instructor.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better; for juniors and seniors only. Selected topics in the novel and other forms of prose fiction. Focuses on works and writers from the U.S., Britain, and Europe during the eighteenth- through twenty-first centuries, although other regions and eras may be included as supplemental features. Topics vary each semester.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better; for juniors and seniors only. Examines works of nonfiction such as autobiography, journals, essays, etc. Specific topics will vary.
ENGL 4950 - Selected Topics in Contemporary Literature
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better; for juniors and seniors only. A selected genre, author, theme, or nation, with a focus on literature after World War II. Subject will vary with instructor.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Completion of 1000- and 2000-level English requirements with a grade of C- or better. Selected genre(s), period(s), tradition(s), or literary focus combined with study abroad. Subject will vary with instructor. Courses may be taken multiple times with different topics.
. Required of all English majors for graduation beginning Spring 2016. Open only to graduating seniors or to students who have completed 24 upper-division English hours. Students will compile and submit a portfolio of at least three different essays representing their progress through the program. Pass-Fail.
3 credit hoursThe technical, economic, and political aspects of environmental science. Introduction to specific problems dealing with many pollution issues. Specific monitoring, abatement techniques, and equipment. An overview of energy production processes, industrial pollution problems, air, noise, solid and hazardous wastes, along with economic and environmental concerns. Field trips, lecture, and research projects and/or papers highlight specific topics of special interest to students.
EST 4760 - Seminar in Environmental Science and Technology
1 credit hourPrerequisite: Permission of department. Student presentations on capstone projects. Incorporates guest speakers, readings, reflective thought, career and job search, and discussions on environmental issues.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: 8 hours each in biology, chemistry, and physics, or consent of instructor. Solid waste and water pollution control technology. Legislative regulations and quality standards, pollution types and sources, detection and analysis instruments, and treatment or abatement principles and practices.
EST 4780 - Air, Solids, and Noise Pollution Technology
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: 8 hours each chemistry, biology, and physics or permission of instructor. Air, noise, solid and hazardous waste pollution technology, including legislative regulations and quality standards: sources, detection, and analysis instrumentation and practices, and treatment and abatement principles, equipment, and practices.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: 4 hours chemistry and 3 hours mathematics or consent of instructor. Sources and methods of energy production and classifications of energy usages, with emphasis on usage trends, energy conservation strategies, and alternate energy utilization.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: 4 hours science and 3 hours mathematics or consent of instructor. Broad introduction to the environmental and economic impact of solar energy for residential and light industrial construction including day lighting, passive solar design, and hot water heating.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: 4 hours chemistry and 3 hours mathematics or consent of instructor. Types of energy consumption and classifications of energy usages, with emphasis on conservation strategies and total management for residential and industrial plants.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: 8 hours college biology and 8 hours college chemistry. Applying the sciences of biology, chemistry, statistics, and environmental engineering to the field of public health. Public health epidemiology and disease control concepts related to the anticipation, recognition, assessment, and control of common public health disease problems.
3 credit hoursAn overview of the exercise science profession including the history of exercise science, careers, and certifications in the field; understanding the role of the fitness professional in the health and fitness industry. Content based on guidelines published by the American College of Sports Medicine.
3 credit hoursPractical experience in adult exercise leadership in individual and group settings. Precautions for safe and effective exercise leadership, instruction, and adult fitness programming based on the guidelines of the American College of Sports Medicine included.
4 credit hoursPrerequisites: C or better in BIOL 2010/BIOL 2011; EXSC 3831 must be taken concurrently. Examines acute response and chronic adaptations of the body to physical activity, exercise, and sports participation, and their impact on homeostasis. Three hours lecture and one two-hour laboratory.
/EXSC 3831. Development of research ideas, application of computers in searching research databases, methods of research and data collection, data analysis, and preparation and presentation of a research proposal.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: EXSC 4000. Completion of a research study in exercise science including preparation of Institutional Review Board documents, collection and analysis of research data, preparation of research report, and presentation of research findings.
. Focuses on the principles of exercise prescription and program planning in healthy populations. Content based on guidelines published by the American College of Sports Medicine. Guidelines from the National Academy of Sports Medicine and the National Strength and Conditioning Association addressed.
EXSC 4240 - Principles of Exercise Assessment for Healthy Populations
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: EXSC 4830. Provides students with practical and theoretical experiences in health/fitness assessment techniques; primarily for healthy populations. Upon completion, pursuit of ACSM Health/Fitness Instructor Certification recommended.
EXSC 4260 - Exercise Assessment and Prescription for Special Populations
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: EXSC 4240. Practical and theoretical experiences in exercise prescription and health/fitness assessment techniques for special populations. Precautions for safe and effective participation in exercise programs identified.
3 credit hoursConcepts and procedures used for applied measurement and evaluation in health and human performance settings. Basic statistics, reliability and validity, measurement instruments in field and laboratory settings, and the administration of a variety of tests within discipline.
1 to 3 credit hours(Same as ATHT 4920/HLTH 4920/PHED 4920/LSTS 4920.) Independent study topics based on a study plan prepared in cooperation with a faculty supervisor. Culminates in a formal paper and/or comprehensive examination. Application forms must be completed and approved prior to enrollment. A maximum of three credit hours may be applied toward degree.
EXSC 4965 - Aquatic Exercise and Therapeutic Rehabilitation
3 credit hours(Same as ATHT 4965/LSTS 4965.) Examines the various uses of the aquatic environment to develop, maintain, and improve physical performance with practical development of skills and techniques and aquatic exercise programming. Combines both didactic and laboratory activities in an experiential learning environment.
1 credit hourPrerequisite: Permission of instructor. Opportunity to take part in service-learning projects with community partners. Pass/Fail. (May be repeated for a total of two credits.)
1 credit hourPrerequisite: Permission of instructor. Opportunity to enhance personal leadership development and understanding through campus- or community-based projects. Pass/Fail. (May be repeated for a total of two credits.)
1 credit hourPrerequisite: Permission of instructor. Opportunity to take part in civic engagement projects with community partners. Pass/Fail. May be repeated for a total of two credits.)
1 to 3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Permission of instructor. Opportunity to take part in service-learning projects with community partners. Pass/Fail. (May be repeated for a total of up to six credits.)
1 to 3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Permission of instructor. Opportunity to enhance personal leadership development and understanding through campus- or community-based projects. Pass/Fail. (May be repeated for a total of up to six credits.)
1 to 3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Permission of instructor. Opportunity to take part in civic engagement projects with community partners. Pass/Fail. (May be repeated for a total of up to six credits.)
1 credit hourPrerequisites: Senior standing, EXL Scholars Program participant. Culminating experience for students in the EXL Scholars Program. Students will develop an e-portfolio of experiential and service-learning experiences and will participate in discussions of their EXL experiences.
3 credit hoursProvides basic principles and related skills for young adults soon to be involved in making personal financial decisions on their own. Modules focus on key financial concepts that affect individuals and families as responsible economic citizens. Emphasis placed on utilizing personal financial planning tools for effective money management practices throughout the life span.
FCSE 2510 - Family and Consumer Sciences Education Curriculum
3 credit hoursOverview of the philosophy, career, federal and state legislation and standards, co-curricular youth programs and curriculum in Family and Consumer Sciences Education. Emphasis on diversity, technology, lifelong learning, and special needs of students.
FCSE 3510 - Methods and Materials for Teaching Family and Consumer Sciences Education
3 credit hoursInfluences on FCSE components of a learning environment, principles of teaching, and curriculum construction; analysis and application of assessment tools and data collection methods for the FCS classroom; and a career management action plan. Community resources and local educators provide mentoring and teaching opportunities in classrooms.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Permission of instructor. Directed participation in planned and supervised occupational experiences of 8 hours field experience per week. Must apply previous semester.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Permission of instructor. Directed participation in planned and supervised occupational experiences of 8 hours field experience per week. Must apply previous semester.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Permission of instructor. Directed participation in planned and supervised occupational experiences of 8 hours field experience per week. Must apply previous semester.
FCSE 4540 - Teaching Family and Consumer Sciences Education
1 to 6 credit hoursReview of recent advances in family and consumer sciences education. Analysis and evaluation of selected topics, materials, and methods in terms of their appropriateness for teaching competencies in family and consumer sciences.
3 credit hoursReview of recent advances in family and consumer sciences education. Analysis and evaluation of selected topics, materials, and methods in terms of their appropriateness for teaching curriculum objectives in home economics.
1 to 3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Permission of department chair. Application of principles and techniques involved in the selection and preparation of effective teaching materials and visual aids.
FCSE 4570 - Occupational Family and Consumer Sciences Seminar
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Consent of instructor. Examination and analysis of program development, execution, and evaluation in a selected occupational area.
3 credit hoursIncludes budgeting and saving techniques, tax planning, insurance principles, consumer credit, housing, investment alternatives, and retirement and estate issues. This course may not be used as a Finance elective for the Business Finance, Financial Institutions Management, Insurance, or Real Estate concentration.
3 credit hoursReal estate practices and procedures, basic principles of real property ownership utilization and transfer, mortgage financing, brokerage, management, valuation, subdividing, and legislation.
3 credit hoursWill not substitute for FIN 3010. An overview of the fundamental concepts and tools for financial decision making within a business firm. (Not open to business majors.)
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: Junior standing. Theory of corporate finance, emphasizing wealth creation, valuation, risk, capital budgeting, and cost of capital.
3 credit hoursPrerequisite: FIN 3010 with a minimum grade of C (2.00); junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Financial and estate planning with a focus on issues and applications relevant to professional financial and estate planners. Topics include the role of the planner, the planning process, insurance planning, estate planning, retirement planning, tax planning, cash management, credit management, and comprehensive financial and estate plans.
3 credit hours(Same as ECON 3430.) Prerequisites: ECON 2410, ECON 2420; junior standing; and admission into the College of Business. Economic foundations of federal tax and expenditure policies. Current issues in federal budget policy. Policy applications illustrating key concepts such as public goods, externalities, income distribution, tax incidence, tax equity, and allocative efficiency. Intergovernmental fiscal relations.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: Junior standing and admission into the College of Business. The principles of risk and risk bearing; insurance carriers; survey of principles of life, health and accident, fire, marine, and automobile insurance policies; government regulation of insurance.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: Junior standing and admission into the College of Business. Problems of purchaser and seller; critical investigation of life and health insurance with emphasis on social and economic aspects.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: Junior standing and admission into the College of Business. Scope and fundamentals of property and liability insurance; analysis of contracts, rating, underwriting, insurers, and loss of adjustment requirements and procedures.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: FIN 3010 and admission into the College of Business. Introductory survey course focusing on investment markets and instruments. Emphasis on security characteristics, analysis, and valuation.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: FIN 3000 or FIN 3010 and admission into the College of Business. Employing a computer in economics and financial decision making. Covers spreadsheets, object-relational database management systems, and data warehousing.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: FIN 3010 with a minimum grade of C (2.00) and admission into the College of Business. Reviews and extends the basics of risk, valuation, and the creation of wealth. Explores capital budgeting, capital structure, and their interactions.
3 credit hours(Same as ECON 3970.) Prerequisites: Junior standing and admission into the College of Business. Cooperative Education experiences provide students with opportunities for on-the-job training in conjunction with on-campus academics. These courses will not satisfy major or minor requirements. Interested students should contact the Career Development Center. Students will be selected for participation and opportunities may be limited.
3 credit hours(Same as ECON 3980.) Prerequisites: Junior standing and admission into the College of Business. Cooperative Education experiences provide students with opportunities for on-the-job training in conjunction with on-campus academics. These courses will not satisfy major or minor requirements. Interested students should contact the Career Development Center. Students will be selected for participation and opportunities may be limited.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: Senior standing; FIN 3010 with a minimum grade of C (2.00); and admission into the College of Business. A case course emphasizing the financial aspects of management. Topics include financial statement analysis, working capital management, capital budgeting, and cost of capital.
3 credit hours(Same as ECON 4260.) Prerequisites: ECON 3210 with a minimum grade of C (2.00); FIN 3010 with minimum grade of C (2.00); and admission into the College of Business. Examines the structure and functioning of our monetary-financial system. Emphasis on the institutional process of financial intermediation in the financial marketplace and the role that specific institutions and instruments play.
3 credit hours(Same as ECON 4310). Prerequisites: ECON 2410, ECON 2420, and admission into the College of Business. Current issues in taxation, theory of income taxation, consumption taxes, property and wealth taxes. Advanced treatment of tax incidence, tax efficiency, income distribution, fiscal federalism, and state and local budget issues.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: ECON 3210 with a minimum grade of C (2.0) and admission into the College of Business. Development of fundamental concepts and principles of sound institution management. Includes the financial environment, strategy, performance measures, asset/liability management topics, within an overall decision framework.
3 credit hours(Same as ECON 4390.) Prerequisites: Junior standing and admission into the College of Business. Includes descriptive review and taxation, legislative, and administrative dimensions of the major components of employee benefit plans such as retirement systems, deferred compensation plans, health insurance, death benefits, disability benefits, paid and unpaid time off. Technical analysis and problem solving emphasized to develop applied skills. Social insurance and international benefits integrated.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: FIN 2450; junior standing;admission into the College of Business; and FIN 3010 strongly recommended. Theory and methods of real property valuation. Employs qualitative and quantitative analysis to appraise residential and income-producing properties. Emphasizes comparable sales, cost-depreciation, and income capitalization.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business; FIN 2450 and FIN 3010 strongly recommended. Financial analysis applied to various types of real property. Includes underwriting, sources of funds, portfolio problems, and government programs. Emphasizes analysis of money and mortgage markets and modern creative financing.
FIN 4470 - Real Property Law for Commerce and Agriculture
3 credit hours(Same as ABAS 3140 and BLAW 4470.) Prerequisite: Junior standing. Legal rights and limitations of ownership of property, estates, titles, methods of transferring titles, abstract of titles, mortgages, leases, easements, restrictions on the use of property, real estate development, application of contract law to real property, and the role of real estate in the administration of estates. Emphasis on specific application to agricultural businesses and farms.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: FIN 2450; junior standing; and admission into the College of Business. Management principles and techniques for the successful real estate brokerage firm. Topics emphasized are organizing, planning, management, marketing, and advertising techniques.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: FIN 2450, FIN 3010; junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Analysis of real estate projects and markets. Emphasizes market research, taxes, financing techniques, and discounted cash flow analysis. Requires computer-assisted investment tools and case analysis.
1 to 3 credit hoursPrerequisites: Junior standing and admission into the College of Business. Current analysis of issues in the field of real estate with concentration on major problems and policies in managing real estate and other related resources.
3 credit hoursPrerequisites: FIN 3610 and admission into the College of Business. Insurance as it may relate to estate planning examined in detail. Focus on estate planning principles including the problems of estate liquidity, taxation, governmental regulation, and costs involved in handling estates. Also included are ownership provisions and beneficiary designations, settlement options, and trusts.