Apr 24, 2024  
2013-14 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2013-14 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 

English

  
  • ENGL 3885 - Topics in Gender and Film

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4110 - Chaucer: Canterbury Tales

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4130 - Shakespeare: The Sixteenth-Century Plays

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4140 - Shakespeare: The Seventeenth-Century Plays

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • ENGL 4180 - Milton

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4230 - Selected British Writers after the Restoration

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4240 - Modern British Literature

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4270 - Contemporary British and Commonwealth Literature

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4310 - The American Renaissance

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4320 - Selected American Writers

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4410 - Literary Criticism

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4425 - Backgrounds of Modern Literature

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4500 - Methods of Teaching Secondary English

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • ENGL 4510 - Modern English Grammar and Usage

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4520 - The Structure of English

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4530 - History of the English Language

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4540 - Approaches to Teaching ESL Grammar and Writing

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • ENGL 4600 - Writing Internship

    1 to 6 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • ENGL 4605 - Advanced Composition

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • ENGL 4670 - Special Topics in Writing

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4750 - Special Topics in Children’s Literature

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4760 - Special Topics in Folklore

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4780 - Topics in War and Literature

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4855 - Film Theory and Criticism

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4860 - Special Topics in Film Studies

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4900 - Selected Topics in Literature and Language

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4910 - Studies in Poetry

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4920 - Studies in Drama

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4930 - Studies in Prose Fiction

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4940 - Studies in Prose Non-Fiction

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4950 - Selected Topics in Contemporary Literature

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4980 - English Studies Abroad

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • ENGL 4999 - Senior Portfolio

    0 credit hours
    Prerequisites:    , and  . 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. 


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Environmental Science and Technology

  
  • EST 2810 - Introduction to Environmental Science

    3 credit hours
    The 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.


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  • EST 4760 - Seminar in Environmental Science and Technology

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisite: Permission of department. Student presentations on capstone projects. Incorporates guest speakers, readings, reflective thought, career and job search, and discussions on environmental issues.


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  • EST 4770 - Pollution Control Technology

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • EST 4780 - Air, Solids, and Noise Pollution Technology

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • EST 4810 - Energy and the Environment

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • EST 4820 - Solar Building Design

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • EST 4840 - Energy Auditing

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • EST 4980 - Environmental Public Health

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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Exercise Science

  
  • EXSC 3000 - Introduction to Exercise Science

    3 credit hours
    An 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.


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  • EXSC 3500 - Exercise Techniques and Leadership

    3 credit hours
    Practical 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.


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  • EXSC 3830 - Physiology of Exercise

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • EXSC 4000 - Research Seminar in Exercise Science

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite:  /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.


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  • EXSC 4010 - Applied Research in Exercise Science

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • EXSC 4230 - Exercise Prescription and Program Planning

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites:  / . 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.


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  • EXSC 4240 - Principles of Exercise Assessment for Healthy Populations

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • EXSC 4260 - Exercise Assessment and Prescription for Special Populations

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • EXSC 4810 - Measurement and Evaluation

    3 credit hours
    Concepts 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.


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  • EXSC 4920 - Independent Study

    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.


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  • 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.


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Experiential and Service Learning

  
  • EXL 2010 - Service Learning Practicum

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisite: 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.)


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  • EXL 2020 - Leadership Studies Practicum

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisite: 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.)


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  • EXL 2030 - Civic Engagement Practicum

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisite: 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.)


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  • EXL 3010 - Service Learning Practicum

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.)


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  • EXL 3020 - Leadership Studies Practicum

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.)


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  • EXL 3030 - Civic Engagement Practicum

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.)


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  • EXL 4000 - Experiential Learning Seminar

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisites: 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.


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Family and Consumer Sciences

  
  • FCSE 1400 - Personal Finance

    3 credit hours
    Provides 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.


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  • FCSE 2510 - Family and Consumer Sciences Education Curriculum

    3 credit hours
    Overview 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.


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  • FCSE 3510 - Methods and Materials for Teaching Family and Consumer Sciences Education

    3 credit hours
    Influences 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.


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  • FCSE 4500 - Occupational Field Experience

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Directed participation in planned and supervised occupational experiences of 8 hours field experience per week. Must apply previous semester.


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  • FCSE 4501 - Care and Guidance of Children

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Directed participation in planned and supervised occupational experiences of 8 hours field experience per week. Must apply previous semester.


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  • FCSE 4502 - Culinary Arts

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Directed participation in planned and supervised occupational experiences of 8 hours field experience per week. Must apply previous semester.


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  • FCSE 4540 - Teaching Family and Consumer Sciences Education

    1 to 6 credit hours
    Review 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.


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  • FCSE 4550 - Curriculum Development

    3 credit hours
    Review 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.


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  • FCSE 4560 - Problems in Teaching Materials

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of department chair. Application of principles and techniques involved in the selection and preparation of effective teaching materials and visual aids.


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  • FCSE 4570 - Occupational Family and Consumer Sciences Seminar

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Examination and analysis of program development, execution, and evaluation in a selected occupational area.


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Finance

  
  • FIN 2010 - Personal Financial Planning

    3 credit hours
    Includes 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.


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  • FIN 2450 - Principles of Real Estate

    3 credit hours
    Real estate practices and procedures, basic principles of real property ownership utilization and transfer, mortgage financing, brokerage, management, valuation, subdividing, and legislation.


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  • FIN 3090 - Financial Planning

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: 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.


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  • FIN 3430 - Public Finance

    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.


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  • FIN 3610 - General Insurance

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • FIN 3660 - Life Insurance and Health Insurance

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • FIN 3710 - Property and Casualty Insurance

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • FIN 3810 - Investments

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • FIN 3910 - Computer Applications in Finance

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • FIN 3950 - Intermediate Financial Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • FIN 3970 - Cooperative Education

    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.


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  • FIN 3980 - Cooperative Education

    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.


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  • FIN 4110 - Managerial Finance

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • FIN 4260 - Financial Markets and Institutions

    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.
     


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  • FIN 4310 - Problems in Government Finance

    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.


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  • FIN 4360 - Management of Financial Institutions

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • FIN 4390 - Employee Benefits

    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.


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  • FIN 4430 - Real Property Valuation

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • FIN 4440 - Real Estate Finance

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • 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.


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  • FIN 4510 - Real Estate Brokerage and Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • FIN 4550 - Real Estate Investment Analysis

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • FIN 4590 - Independent Study in Real Estate

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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  • FIN 4710 - Insurance in Estate Planning

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 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.


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