May 10, 2024  
2014-15 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2014-15 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 

History (General Courses)

  
  • HIST 3720 - Cultural Ecology

    3 credit hours
    (Same as ANTH 3720 ; GEOG 3720 .) Prerequisite: 3 hours anthropology or geography. Comparison of ecological systems utilized by tribal, peasant, and industrialized peoples of the world. Special attention paid to the theoretical approaches examining the interface of the environment and culture, the evolution of modes of subsistence, and contemporary development and indigenous people.


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  • HIST 3870 - Doing Digital History

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Six hours of HIST 2010, HIST 2020, or HIST 2030. Students research primary and secondary sources on local, family, or Middle Tennessee State University history or historical topic for which primary sources readily available. Cameras, laptop computers, and audio equipment provided; students work in iMovie or more advanced filmmaking technology. Oral history methodology discussed. NOTE: Students must have a basic competence with current computer hardware and software.


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  • HIST 4471 - Rural Settlement and Agricultural Landscapes

    3 credit hours
    (Same as GEOG 4470 .) Prerequisite: junior standing. A geographical analysis of rural settlements and landscapes of agriculture. Emphasis on settlement patterns, field patterns, and house and farm land types using global, regional, and local examples.


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  • HIST 4630 - Quantitative History

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Six hours of  ,   , or  . Examines quantitative reasoning in historical research. Covers historiographical questions and practical research skills. Includes historical causality, historical change over time, data preparation, sampling, and the interpretation of quantitative data.


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  • HIST 4898 - Honors in History

    3 credit hours
    For students of advanced standing and superior academic ability. Admission only by permission of the Department Honors Committee and approval by the University Honors Subcommittee.


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  • HIST 4950 - Public History Internship

    3 credit hours
    Student works in a public or private agency or organization under the guidance of a professional mentor in a public history field related to career goals. Pass/Fail grading.


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  • HIST 4970 - Senior Independent Research

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of department and professor. For advanced History majors. Research project under the careful guidance of a faculty member; substantive research product in history completed. May be taken only once for History major credit.


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Human Sciences

  
  • HSC 1010 - Career Orientation

    1 credit hour
    Development and scope of human sciences as a profession; its wide variety of career opportunities with analysis of interests, aptitudes, proficiency, and education related to success in these areas.


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  • HSC 3020 - Presentation Techniques

    3 credit hours
    Principles and techniques of effective presentations and demonstrations. Opportunities for experience in presenting demonstrations to the public through mass media. Three hours per week.


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  • HSC 3430 - Housing

    3 credit hours
    Evaluation of housing in terms of family needs, economics, building codes, legislation, and technological developments. Housing alternatives presented and analyzed with emphasis on future trends in the field. Offered spring only.


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  • HSC 4000 - Senior Seminar

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisites: HSC 1010  and junior standing. Examines human sciences professions from a global perspective. Identifies skills for success in developing and managing a career. Includes resume and cover letters, leadership, networking, life/work planning, and ethics and professionalism in human sciences fields.


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  • HSC 4040 - Seminar in Human Sciences

    3 credit hours
    Permission of department. Individual research and/or analysis of contemporary problems and issues in a concentrated area of study. For advanced students.


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  • HSC 4041 - Seminar in Human Sciences: Child Development and Family Studies

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of department. Individual research and/or analysis of contemporary problems and issues in a concentrated area of study. For advanced students. Can be repeated for up to 9 hours.


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  • HSC 4042 - Seminar in Human Sciences: Nutrition and Food Science

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of department. Individual research and/or analysis of contemporary problems and issues in a concentrated area of study. For advanced students. Can be repeated for up to 9 hours.


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  • HSC 4043 - Seminar in Human Sciences: Textiles, Merchandising, and Design

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of department. Individual research and/or analysis of contemporary problems and issues in a concentrated area of study. For advanced students. Can be repeated for up to 9 hours.


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  • HSC 4044 - Seminar in Human Sciences: Interior Design

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of department. Individual research and/or analysis of contemporary problems and issues in a concentrated area of study. For advanced students. Can be repeated for up to 9 hours.


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  • HSC 4050 - Advanced Problems in Human Sciences

    3 credit hours
    Permission of department. Provides an opportunity for advanced students to do independent study or conduct research in their areas of emphasis.


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  • HSC 4051 - Advanced Problems in Human Sciences: Child Development and Family Studies

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of department. Opportunity for advanced students to do independent study or conduct research in their areas of emphasis. Topic of study or research to be determined by student and professor prior to registration. Can be repeated for up to 9 hours.


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  • HSC 4052 - Advanced Problems in Human Sciences: Nutrition and Food Science

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of department. Opportunity for advanced students to do independent study or conduct research in their areas of emphasis. Topic of study or research to be determined by student and professor prior to registration. Can be repeated for up to 9 hours.


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  • HSC 4053 - Advanced Problems in Human Sciences: Textiles, Merchandising, and Design

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of department. Opportunity for advanced students to do independent study or conduct research in their areas of emphasis. Topic of study or research to be determined by student and professor prior to registration. Can be repeated for up to 9 hours.


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  • HSC 4054 - Advanced Problems in Human Sciences: Interior Design

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of department. Opportunity for advanced students to do independent study or conduct research in their areas of emphasis. Topic of study or research to be determined by student and professor prior to registration. Can be repeated for up to 9 hours.


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  • HSC 4060 - Readings in Human Sciences

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of department. Selected readings in current trends, developments, and research in human sciences. Topic of independent study to be determined prior to registration.


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  • HSC 4061 - Readings in Human Sciences

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of department. Selected readings of current trends, developments, and research in human sciences of interest to teachers and students through independent study.


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  • HSC 4100 - Internship

    6 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Departmental approval and minimum 2.25 GPA. Directed and supervised experience designed to acclimate seniors in day-to-day demands, skills, and personal relationships in their major fields. Provides students with professional experiences. Includes a minimum of 300 hours at the worksite plus scheduled seminars.


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  • HSC 4102 - Internship: Nutrition and Food Science

    6 credit hours
    Prerequisites: NFS 3200  and HSC 4430 . Permission of department and minimum 2.25 GPA, and specific program area course requirements. Experiential learning opportunity to provide students with supervised professional work experience in their major fields. Minimum of 300 hours at internship site plus seminars.


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  • HSC 4103 - Internship: Textiles, Merchandising, and Design

    6 credit hours
    Prerequisites: retail oriented: TXMD candidacy; design oriented: TXMD candidacy. Permission of department, minimum 2.25 GPA, and specific program area course requirements. Experiential learning opportunity to provide students with supervised professional work experience in their major fields. Minimum of 300 hours at internship site plus seminars.


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  • HSC 4104 - Internship: Interior Design

    6 credit hours
    Prerequisites:    , and IDES 4750 . Permission of department, minimum 2.25 GPA, and specific program area course requirements. Experiential learning opportunity to provide students with supervised professional work experience in their major fields. Minimum of 300 hours at internship site plus seminars.


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  • HSC 4410 - Consumer Economics

    3 credit hours
    Study of the economic system and factors influencing consumer decisions and the marketplace; identifies social, economic, and political forces shaping consumer demands; and analyzes the influence of customs, trends, peer groups, and advertising.


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  • HSC 4420 - Personal and Family Management

    3 credit hours
    Examines management functions. Emphasis on management roles and responsibilities of human sciences professionals, the relationship of the learning organization concept to the human sciences profession, and the use of quality improvement techniques to solve problems encountered by professionals.


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  • HSC 4430 - Resource Management

    3 credit hours
    Opportunity to identify and integrate the management functions of the human sciences areas. Emphasis on management roles and responsibilities of human sciences professionals, the relationship of the learning organization concept to the human science profession, and the use of quality improvement techniques to solve human sciences-related problems.


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  • HSC 4460 - Global Topics in Human Sciences

    3 credit hours
    Globalization, world economics, and global consumer trends relative to Human Sciences. Sustainability and social responsibility provide a framework for the study of the cultural, commercial, economics, and aesthetic aspects of consumerism.


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Humanities

  
  
  
  
  • HUM 3050 - Introduction to Russian Culture

    3 credit hours
    Introduces Russian culture and society with focus on key historical, social, and cultural topics essential to understanding modern Russia. Taught in English; no background knowledge of Russia or Russian language required.


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  • HUM 3065 - Topics in Italian Culture

    3 credit hours
    Offers both Italian language and non-language students an introduction to Italian culture and society focusing on key historical, social, and cultural topics essential to understanding modern Italy. Taught in English; no background knowledge of Italy or the Italian language required.


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  • HUM 3070 - Brazilian Popular Culture

    3 credit hours
    Provides the necessary context, critical analysis, and perspectives on contemporary culture studies in Brazil. There is no language prerequisite for this course.


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  • HUM 3365 - Hispanic Writers in American Literature

    3 credit hours
    (Same as ENGL 3365 .) Acquaints students with the literary works of Hispanic Americans writing in English. Emphasis on analysis of the intersection of cultures and traditions and the formation of Hispanic American identity.


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  • HUM 3950 - Women in the Middle Ages

    3 credit hours
    The role of women in western Europe from the late fifth to the end of the fifteenth century, emphasizing their cultural contributions in the courtly world, the church, the world of work, and the arts.


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  • HUM 4610 - Comparative Literature

    3 credit hours
    Comparative literature in terms of its concerns with literary theory and criticism as well as its practical application. A reading knowledge of a foreign language is recommended.


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Information Systems

  
  • INFS 1000 - Introduction to Computers and Related Topics

    3 credit hours
    An overview of the workings of a computer including hardware, software, and applications. Provides hands-on experience with various software packages. (Not open to business majors.)


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  • INFS 1010 - Social Networking and Collaborative Technologies

    3 credit hours
    Recent trends in social networking technologies, focusing on such popular applications as Facebook and LinkedIn. Covers modern developments in collaborative enabling technologies, including blogs, wikis, and groupware; technologies to facilitate personal, academic, and professional growth; and privacy, security, and ethical issues surrounding the use of social networking and collaborative technologies.


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  • INFS 2600 - Introduction to Software Development and Programming

    3 credit hours
    Programming logic and concepts using the .NET programming environment. Includes program design, data types, data structures, flow control, arrays, error control, graphical user-interfaces, and file processing as applied in the context of business information systems problem solving.


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  • INFS 3200 - Business Application Development

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Foundation knowledge of microcomputer applications; junior standing; admission into the College of Business. An applications-oriented course; extensive laboratory work and development of projects.


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  • INFS 3400 - Object Oriented Programming with C#.NET

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: INFS 2600  or equivalent; admission to the College of Business. Introduction to object-oriented programming methods. Topics include objects and classes, encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism, exceptions, graphical user-interfaces and event handling, streams and files, and deployment. Emphasis on practical applications of object-oriented concepts in a business context.


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  • INFS 3450 - Mobile Application Development

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: INFS 2400  or permission of instructor; admission into the Jones College of Business. Topics include mobile programming technologies, design of the mobile interface, and mobile platforms as well as business aspects of mobile applications.


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  • INFS 3500 - Knowledge Management Systems

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Admission into the College of Business. Analysis, design, and implementation of knowledge management systems in organizations. Addresses the facilitating and enabling role of information management and communication technologies. Technologies covered include neural network, software agent, workflow management, integrated communication network, expert systems, content management, Web portal, and search mechanisms. Hands-on projects to reinforce understanding of theoretical frameworks.


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  • INFS 3700 - Systems Analysis and Design

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 6 hours of information systems; junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Applied system analysis and design (concepts and techniques) including problem definition, feasibility analysis, various modeling methods, hardware and software selection, documentation, physical design, and auditing procedures. Appropriate automated technologies used.


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  • INFS 3800 - Project Management and System Development

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Explores the roles and environments of project management, the product life cycle, and techniques for work planning, control, and evaluation. Covers developing a project plan, resource management, project scope and quality, budgeting, and managing project risk


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  • INFS 3990 - Independent Study in Information Systems

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing, permission of department, and admission into the College of Business. Assigned research or projects in contemporary problem areas in the information systems discipline under direct faculty supervision. Aggregate credits allowable toward a degree may not exceed 3 hours under 3990 courses.


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  • INFS 4300 - Security Assurance for Information Systems Audit

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Admission into the College of Business. An in-depth look at developing, implementing, monitoring, and auditing an information system’s security. Managerial concepts for security of operating systems, administering security, and legal/ethical/policy issues examined as well as a hands-on approach to implementing operating systems security techniques. Explores the advancement in security detection and implementation, problem-solving techniques, and the role and importance of the information systems auditor.


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  • INFS 4310 - Introduction to Digital Forensics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Admission into the College of Business. Introduces digital forensic tools and procedures and their major purpose and use. Topics include the foundational process and legal aspects of computer forensics, steganography, and how to identify and use specialized forensic software.


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  • INFS 4420 - Information Systems Internship

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission into the College of Business; junior standing; consent of advisor; and a plan of activities with the associated firm prior to registration. Active employment with a governmental agency or business firm for information systems/accounting fieldwork; credit given for experience and research upon completion of acceptable work and formal report. Aggregate credits allowable toward a degree in information systems may not exceed 3 hours under 4420 courses.


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  • INFS 4740 - Information Resource Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 6 hours of information systems; junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Information technologies utilizing computers as a competitive tool in a global environment.


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  • INFS 4790 - Database Design and Development

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: INFS 3200 ; junior standing; and admission into the College of Business. Fundamental concepts: conventional data systems, integrated management information systems, database structure systems, data integration, complex file structure, online access systems. Emphasis on total integrated information systems database and database management languages.


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  • INFS 4830 - Database Programming

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: INFS 4790  or consent of instructor and admission into the College of Business. Operational database design and implementation. Development of the interfaces that enable end users to query the database contents and transform data into information. Requires each student to participate fully in a group project.


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  • INFS 4840 - Study Abroad

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Admission into the College of Business. Exposes the student to the economic, political, cultural, and social environments of a foreign country(ies). Emphasis on international state/status of the subject matter pertinent to information and knowledge management.
     


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  • INFS 4900 - Business Data Communications

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 6 hours of information systems; junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Practical explanation of data communications technologies and basic applications for business. Includes projects to develop a prototype network in a lab environment for hands-on experience.


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  • INFS 4950 - Advanced Web-Enabled Application Development

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: INFS 2400 , INFS 3400 , INFS 3800 , and admission into the College of Business. Server-side Web programming techniques and multitier application development. Includes accessing databases and XML documents, creating and processing Web forms, methods of Web form validation, maintaining session state, Web application security, and configuration and deployment.


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  • INFS 4980 - Information Systems Project

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission into the Jones College of Business, senior standing, and 12 hours of information systems credit including INFS 3200  and INFS 3800 . Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) design and implementation. Appropriate automated technologies used throughout the course.


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  • INFS 4990 - Independent Study in Information Systems

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Senior standing, consent of department chair, and admission into the College of Business. Assigned research or projects in contemporary problem areas in the information systems discipline under direct faculty supervision. Aggregate credits allowable toward a degree may not exceed 3 hours under 4990 courses.


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Interdisciplinary Microanalysis and Imaging Center

  
  • IMIC 4820 - Practical Training in Microanalysis Techniques

    1 credit hour
    Introduces students to one microanalytical technique. Individual attention provided with the goal that the student will become an independent user with the technical skills to pursue research projects safely, properly, and independently. Emphasis on sample preparation, data collection, and data analysis. May be retaken with emphasis on a different instrument. Pass/Fail.


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Interior Design

  
  • IDES 2700 - Interior Design Fundamentals

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing; admission to IDES professional course sequence.  IDES 2700 and IDES 2710  must be taken during the same semester. Explores elements and principles of design with emphasis on the impact on the built environment. Five contact hours per week. 


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  • IDES 2710 - Interior Design Graphics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing; admission to IDES professional course sequence. IDES 2700 and IDES 2710  must be taken during same semester. Drafting techniques and media commonly used in interior design. Will include orthographic, isometric, axonometric, and oblique drawings, graphic symbols, and entourage. Five contact hours per week.


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  • IDES 2930 - Cooperative Education

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Experiential learning that occurs in real employment situations. Must be taken in sequence or approved by the IDES coop coordinator.


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  • IDES 2940 - Cooperative Education

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Experiential learning that occurs in real employment situations. Must be taken in sequence or approved by the IDES coop coordinator.


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  • IDES 3600 - House Design

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: IDES 2700  and IDES 2710 ; must be taken concurrently with IDES 3750 . Typical house construction methods. Emphasis on the organization and documentation of interior space, light frame construction methods and materials, structure, and systems derived from human needs and activities. Five contact hours per week.


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  • IDES 3730 - Residential Design I

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: IDES 3710 , IDES 3720 , and IDES 3600 . Corequisite: IDES 3700 . Analysis and organization of components, materials, and space relative to human scale and habitability. Influence factors of architecture, function, and economics on the design of interior environment. Emphasis on the data gathering and space planning. Five contact hours per week.


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  • IDES 3970 - Cooperative Education

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Experiential learning that occurs in real employment situations. Must be taken in sequence or approved by the IDES coop coordinator.


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  • IDES 3980 - Cooperative Education

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Experiential learning that occurs in real employment situations. Must be taken in sequence or approved by the IDES coop coordinator.


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  • IDES 4620 - House Furnishings

    3 credit hours
    Design principles; space planning; materials; furniture styles, selection, and buying. Four contact hours per week. Not accepted for credit toward Interior Design major.


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  • IDES 4700 - History of Interiors

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing. Historic interiors: survey, analysis, and applications. Emphasis on major design characteristics of interior architectural and furnishing styles.


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  • IDES 4710 - Survey of Contemporary Interior Design

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: IDES 4700 . Survey of the development of contemporary interiors from the nineteenth century to the present with consideration given to style characteristics, cultural influences, designers, and relationships among styles.


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