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2018-19 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

NOTE: Certain courses and programs require the use and/or handling of hazardous materials or equipment. Students are expected to follow all safety instructions and to take the required safety precautions including, but not limited to, the use of personal protection equipment (PPE) during the course or program to prevent incidences of injury to self or other students.
 

Business Communication and Education
  

  • BCED 4810 - Internship Program

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. A supervised program of related work experience. Provides experiential opportunities for the application of the theoretical concepts learned.


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  • BCED 4850 - Digital Communication for Business

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: BCED 3510 ; admission into the College of Business. Offers skills needed to create digital communication for business with emphasis on the writing process, digital tools, planning, design, collaborating, copyright and fair use, and technical aspects of digital writing.


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  • BCED 4900 - Dimensions in Professional Development

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Emphasis on job acquisition process, time management, effective listening skills, oral and nonverbal communication competencies, dictation management, and assumption of professional responsibility for participative management activities.


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Business Intelligence and Analytics
  

  • BIA 2610 - Statistical Methods

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: MATH 1630  or MATH 1810 . The application of collecting, summarizing, and analyzing data to make business decisions. Topics include measures of central tendency, variation, probability theory, point and interval estimation, correlation and regression. Computer applications emphasized.


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  • BIA 3470 - Python for Business Applications

    3 credit hours
    (Same as INFS 3470 .) Prerequisite: Admission to College of Business. Introduces Python, a popular, general purpose programming and scripting language well suited to a wide range of business problems. Topics include basics of programming-variables, strings, lists, functions, writing scripts that automate tedious tasks, parsing and interpreting data, interacting with APIs, and building web scrapers. Emphasis on practical applications in a business context.


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  • BIA 3620 - Introduction to Business Analytics

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: BIA 2610  or equivalent, junior standing. Corequisite: BIA 3621 . Introduction to the concepts and application of data analytics in business. Spreadsheet software and associated analytic tools will be utilized to visualize, model, and analyze business data using a hands-on-approach.


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  • BIA 4010 - Business Analytics and Visualization

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: BIA 3620 /BIA 3621  or an equivalent course. Development and application of industry-level analytic tools to visualize, model, and analyze business data. Opportunity to develop skills for self-service business analytics via hands-on approach.


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Business Law
  

  • BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing. Legal rights and potential liabilities of business persons. Presentation of the dynamic nature of law in responding to the changing social, ethical, political, regulatory, and international environment. Includes the development and nature of the legal system; business crimes; the law of torts and product liability; constitutional limitations on regulatory powers; legislative, judicial, and administrative control of business activity through the laws of business organizations, securities regulations, antitrust laws, employment laws, labor and safety laws, and consumer protection.


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  • BLAW 3430 - Commercial Law

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Legal rights and potential liabilities of business persons. Includes basic law of contracts; UCC; sales; commercial paper; secured transactions and credit; bankruptcy; personal property and bailments; real property; and wills, trusts, and estates.


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  • BLAW 3460 - Insurance Law

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing and admission into the College of Business. Risks covered by the insurance contract, their selection and control; making, constructing, and enforcing the contract; negotiation and settlement of claims; misconduct of agents. Government regulation of the insurance industry. Emphasis on current principles, policies, procedures, and practices in insurance.


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  • BLAW 4470 - Real Property Law for Commerce and Agriculture

    3 credit hours
    (Same as AGBS 3140  and FIN 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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  • BLAW 4490 - Industrial Relations Legislation

    3 credit hours
    (Same as MGMT 4490  and ECON 4490 .) Prerequisite: Junior standing and admission into the College of Business. Economic background and effects of government regulation of labor relations; emphasis on a detailed examination of the National Labor Relations Act as amended or expanded by the Labor Management Relations Act, the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosures Act, and Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act.


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  • BLAW 4500 - Employment Discrimination Law

    3 credit hours
    (Same as MGMT 4500 .) Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. A detailed examination of the legal rights and responsibilities of employers and employees with respect to fair employment practices; emphasis on significant statutes, administrative regulations, and judicial decisions forming the body of antidiscrimination law.


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  • BLAW 4990 - Independent Study

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Senior standing; approval of department chair; and admission into the College of Business. Individual research and analysis of contemporary problems and issues in a concentrated area of study under the guidance of an approved faculty member.


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Chemistry
  

  • CHEM 1000 - Freshman Seminar in Chemical Sciences

    1 credit hour
    Introduces the fields of chemistry and biochemistry, including an overview of career paths, strategies for success in the major, and current areas of active research. Also covers introduction to scientific literature, institutional resources, and enrichment opportunities such as undergraduate research.


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  • CHEM 1010 - Introductory General Chemistry I

    4 credit hours
    Corequisite: CHEM 1011 . For students with no prior courses in chemistry; to be taken before CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111 . Fundamental concepts of chemistry: measurements, matter, chemical bonds, chemical reactions, nuclear chemistry, states of matter, solutions, and electrolytes. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory. Will not count toward a major or minor in Chemistry. TBR Common Course: CHEM 1010


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  • CHEM 1020 - Introductory General Chemistry II

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: CHEM 1010 /CHEM 1011 . Corequisite: CHEM 1021  Topics include hydrocarbons, organic functional groups, isomerism, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids and proteins, enzymes, and metabolism. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory. Will not count toward a major or minor in Chemistry. TBR Common Course: CHEM 1020


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  • CHEM 1030 - Chemistry for Consumers

    4 credit hours
    Corequisite: CHEM 1031 . Language, development, structure, and role of chemistry as it relates to the knowledge and activities of the educated person. Examples will be taken from medicine and human health, environmental pollution, energy and its costs, etc. Understanding of the relationship between chemistry and society will be enhanced using special subtopics: lectures, demonstrations, and inquiry-based laboratory work drawing from the expertise of the individual instructor. For nonscience majors. Three hours lecture and one two-hour laboratory. (Does not count toward any major or minor.)


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  • CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: High school chemistry. Corequisite: CHEM 1111 . Fundamental concepts of atomic structure, molecular structure and bonding, chemical reactions, stoichiometric relationships, periodic properties of the elements, thermochemistry, and properties of gases. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory. TBR Common Course: CHEM 1110


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  • CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: C- or better in CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111 . Corequisite: CHEM 1121 . Chemical equilibrium, solid and liquid states of matter, chemistry of acids and bases, principles of chemical kinetics, precipitation reactions, elementary thermodynamics, electrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory. TBR Common Course: CHEM 1120


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  • CHEM 2230 - Quantitative Analysis

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 1120 /CHEM 1121  with minimum grade of C- (or equivalent course). Corequisite: CHEM 2231 . Gravimetric, volumetric, optical, and electrochemical analysis with examples from clinical chemistry, water pollution chemistry, occupational health and safety, and industrial chemistry. Three hours lecture.


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  • CHEM 2880 - Undergraduate Research I

    1 to 4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Student research allied with the instructor’s research or designed specifically for the particular student. Minimum of three clock-hours work per week required for each credit hour. Up to four hours may count in the General Science major, but does not count for a major or minor in Chemistry. May be repeated for a total of four credits.


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  • CHEM 2930 - Cooperative Education

    3 credit hours
    Provides students with opportunities for on-the-job training in conjunction with on-campus academic experiences. Department chair should be consulted. Pass/Fail.


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  • CHEM 2940 - Cooperative Education

    3 credit hours
    Provides students with opportunities for on-the-job training in conjunction with on-campus academic experiences. Department chair should be consulted. Pass/Fail.


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  • CHEM 3000 - Careers in Chemistry and Biochemistry

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisite: CHEM 2030  or CHEM 3010 . Communicating science, taking standardized tests, applying for graduate/professional school or a job, using library and online resources, and other professional skills. Capstone course. One-hour lecture. Offered each spring.



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  • CHEM 3090 - Techniques of Gas Chromatography

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisite: CHEM 2230 / CHEM 2231  or consent of instructor. Principles, techniques, and applications of gas chromatography. Selection of column materials, packing of columns, and types of detectors. Separation of mixtures of hydrocarbons, drugs, and pesticides.


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  • CHEM 3880 - Undergraduate Research II

    1 to 4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor; CHEM 2230 recommended. Student research allied with the instructor’s research or designed specifically for the particular student. Minimum of three clock-hours work per week required for each credit hour. Summary report or some other form of presentation required. A total of no more than four hours of research credits may be counted toward a major in chemistry. May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.


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  • CHEM 3890 - Chemistry Instruction Internship

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of target courses and permission of instructor. A course to refine thinking, communication, and interpersonal skills through exposure to on-the-spot technical questions and a laboratory teaching experience as an assistant in an introductory chemistry laboratory. Course credits will count toward a major in General Science and one hour will count toward a major in Chemistry. May be repeated for a total of three credits.


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  • CHEM 3970 - Cooperative Education

    3 credit hours
    Provides students with opportunities for on-the-job training in conjunction with on-campus academic experiences. Department chair should be consulted. Pass/Fail.


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  • CHEM 3980 - Cooperative Education

    3 credit hours
    Provides students with opportunities for on-the-job training in conjunction with on-campus academic experiences. Department chair should be consulted. Pass/Fail.


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  • CHEM 4190 - Mass Spectrometry

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisite: CHEM 2230 /CHEM 2231 , CHEM 4550 /CHEM 4551 , or consent of instructor. Mass spectrographic analysis emphasizing the use of the instrument in obtaining mass spectral data. Technique of obtaining spectra using gas chromatographic effluents as well as normal sampling procedures. Routine maintenance and an introduction to the interpretation of simple spectra.


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  • CHEM 4230 - Instrumental Analysis

    4 credit hours
    (Same as FSCH 4230 .) Prerequisite: CHEM 2230 /CHEM 2231 , or CHEM 4550 /CHEM 4551 . Corequisite: CHEM 4231 . Potentiometric titration, polarographic, coulometric, gas chromatographic, ultraviolet, visible and infrared absorption, and atomic absorption techniques of analysis. Requirements and limitations of each technique for obtaining quantitative measurements; applications to various chemical systems from both theoretical and experimental standpoints. Three hours lecture and one three-hour laboratory.


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  • CHEM 4280 - Atomic Absorption Analysis Techniques

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisite: CHEM 2230  / CHEM 2231  or consent of instructor. Laboratory study of atomic absorption spectrophotometry emphasizing the use of the instrument in making analytical measurements. Research instrumentation, flame, and non-flame techniques.


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  • CHEM 4330 - Physical Chemistry Fundamentals I

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisites: MATH 1910  and PHYS 2020 /PHYS 2021 . Corequisite: CHEM 4331 . Basic study of physical chemistry including modern theories of atomic and molecular structure, chemical thermodynamics, electrochemistry, chemical kinetics, and related theoretical topics. Three hours lecture and one three-hour laboratory.


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  • CHEM 4360 - In-depth Physical Chemistry

    5 credit hours
    Prerequisite: CHEM 4330 /CHEM 4331 ; MATH 1920 . Corequisite: CHEM 4361 . A molecular approach to traditional physical chemistry. Concepts and theorems of classical thermodynamics revisited on the basis of quantum and statistical mechanics applied to simple molecular models. Necessary mathematical apparatus discussed in sufficient detail, but only at applied level. Laboratory session provides hands-on experience with quantum-chemistry computational software to predict thermochemical and spectroscopic properties of molecules. Three hours lecture and two three-hour laboratories. Offered every spring.


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  • CHEM 4400 - Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry Aq: Aqueous and Bio-inorganic Chemistry

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 1120  or equivalent; CHEM 2030  or CHEM 3010  recommended. The basic concepts and theories of inorganic chemistry and how these are used to predict and understand the physical and chemical properties of compounds of the elements other than carbon. Inorganic compounds in the air, water, earth, and in the laboratory and in biochemistry, geochemistry, and industrial materials and processes.


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  • CHEM 4410 - Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry B: Structure, Bonding, Metallic, and Organometallic Chemistry

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 3010  and CHEM 4400 ; corequisite: CHEM 4360 /CHEM 4361  recommended. Atomic theory for chemical periodicity; symmetry and group theory; molecular orbital theory; coordination, organometallic, and bioinorganic chemistry of the transition metals.


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  • CHEM 4430 - Advanced Synthetic Laboratory Techniques

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite: CHEM 3020 /CHEM 3021 . Corequisite: CHEM 4431 . Techniques for synthesis and purification or organic, organometallic, and inorganic compounds. Practice in the measurement of NMR and IR spectra. Skills in library use for research. Four hours laboratory and one-hour lecture.


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  • CHEM 4450 - In-Depth Inorganic Chemistry Aq: Aqueous and Bio-inorganic Chemistry

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 2230 , CHEM 3010 , and CHEM 4410 . In-depth study of concepts and theories of inorganic chemistry and how these are used to predict and understand the physical and chemical properties of compounds of the elements. Inorganic compounds in the air, water, earth, and in the laboratory and in biochemistry, geochemistry, and industrial materials and processes. Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 4400 . Offered alternate spring semesters.


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  • CHEM 4460 - In-Depth Inorganic Chemistry B: Structure, Bonding, Metallic, and Organometallic Chemistry

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 3010  and CHEM 4400  required; CHEM 3020  recommended; co-registration in CHEM 4360 /CHEM 4361  recommended. In-depth study of atomic theory for chemical periodicy; symmetry and group theory; molecular orbital theory; chemistry of metals, nonmetals, and organometallic compounds. Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 4410 . Offered alternate spring semesters.


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  • CHEM 4510 - Biochemistry II

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: CHEM 4500 . Structure and metabolism of lipids, amino acids, nucleotides, and nucleic acids at the molecular level. Emphasis on chemistry of metabolic reactions. Three hours lecture per week.


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  • CHEM 4530 - Biochemical Techniques

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite/corequisite: CHEM 4500  or consent of instructor. Laboratory in biochemical techniques with emphasis on protein purification, enzyme kinetics, carbohydrate and lipid analysis, and manipulation of DNA. Six hours of laboratory per week.


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  • CHEM 4580 - Medical Technology Clinical Practicum

    6 credit hours
    Intensive classroom and laboratory studies covering principles and techniques in the areas of clinical chemistry, microbiology, immunohematology, bloodbanking, and related areas. Pass/Fail.


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  • CHEM 4600 - Introduction to Environmental Chemistry

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 1120 /CHEM 1121  and 8 hours of BIOL and/or CHEM beyond the freshman level. Introduces major environmental issues including climate change, water quality, air pollution, landfills, hazardous wastes, fossil fuels, and alternative energy. The quality of environment and the changes in the environment due to contamination explored. Three hours lecture.


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  • CHEM 4610 - Environmental Chemistry

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 1120 /CHEM 1121 , CHEM 2030 /CHEM 2031  or CHEM 3010 /CHEM 3011 , 8 hours of upper-division biology or chemistry, and junior or senior standing. Fundamental chemical principles applied to the fate and behavior of environmental contaminants in soil-water environments. Important toxins explored and their movement and occurrence in ecosystems explained based on chemical and physical parameters. Topics will include pesticides, dioxin, mercury, and bioaccumulation. Three hours lecture.


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  • CHEM 4730 - Advanced Physical Chemistry

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: CHEM 4360/4361 or permission of instructor. Corequisite: CHEM 4731. Modern chemical concepts as applied to the areas of thermodynamics, electrochemistry, and chemical kinetics. Three hours lecture and one three-hour calculation laboratory.


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  • CHEM 4740 - Research Methods

    3 credit hours
    (Same as ABAS/BIOL/GEOL/PHYS/MATH 4740.) Prerequisite: YOED 3520 . Provides secondary science and mathematics teacher candidates with the tools that scientists use to solve scientific problems. Students will use these tools in a laboratory setting, communicate findings, and understand how scientists develop new knowledge.


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  • CHEM 4880 - Research

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisites: 24 hours of ACS-approved chemistry courses. Student research allied with the instructor’s research or designed specifically for the particular student. Minimum of twelve (12) hours a week. Student must write a formal report which is approved by the instructor to receive credit for this course.


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  • CHEM 4990 - Chemometrics and Statistics for Analytical Chemistry

    3 credit hours
    Elective course in chemometrics, statistics, and numerical methods of analysis for analytical chemistry. Propogation of error, linear regression, ANOVA, non-linear regression, and non-parametric techniques.


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Child Development and Family Studies
  

  • CDFS 2350 - Human Development I

    3 credit hours
    (Same as ECE 2350 .) Child development theories. Physical, cognitive, psychosocial development of the child, conception to three years of age. Diversity issues affecting development addressed. One hour observation per week required.


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  • CDFS 3300 - Caring Across Generations

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A service learning course in which students are trained as certified nurses’ assistants (CNAs) including basic care skills as well as interaction with the elderly and their families. Designed to help students assess their level of interest in pursuing careers in working with children and/or the elderly in a medical setting.


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  • CDFS 3310 - Human Development II

    3 credit hours
    (Same as ECE 3310 .) Prerequisite: CDFS 2350  with C or better or permission of instructor. Physical, cognitive, psychosocial development of the child, from three years of age through middle childhood. Diversity issues affecting development addressed. One hour observation per week required.


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  • CDFS 3320 - Family Relations

    3 credit hours
    Family systems, giving consideration to interpersonal relationships. The structure, function, and development of families in a changing society and in relation to other social institutions.


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  • CDFS 3330 - Dynamics of Interpersonal Relationships

    3 credit hours
    Skills and knowledge essential to the development and maintenance of interpersonal and work relationships analyzed. Topics focus on self-awareness, communication in various types of relationships, and managing feelings and conflict.


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  • CDFS 3340 - Life Span Human Development

    3 credit hours
    Emotional, social, physical, and intellectual growth and development of the individual over the life span with a family-oriented emphasis. Not available to Early Childhood Education and/or Family and Consumer Studies: Child Development and Family Studies majors.


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  • CDFS 3390 - Child Development and Family Studies Professional Seminar

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing in the CDFS program and approval of the instructor. A prerequisite to HSC 4101 . Professional issues of ethics, networking, social change and public policy relating to children and families to be covered in 50-hour seminar format. Also, a site-approved, 100-hour field placement to be completed. Offered Fall only.


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  • CDFS 4140 - Violence in the Family

    3 credit hours
    (Same as SOC 4140 .) Prerequisite:   or   with C or better or permission of instructor. The causes, dynamics, and consequences of violence in the family. Includes the discussion of violence toward children, spouses, dating partners, siblings, and elders. Emphasizes the social conditions which lead to these types of violence.


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  • CDFS 4310 - Human Development III

    3 credit hours
    In-depth study of physical, intellectual, social, and emotional factors influencing development during adolescence and the reciprocal influences between adolescent development and the family system. Emphasis on the ecological perspective to include the relation between adolescent development, families, and society.



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  • CDFS 4340 - The Contemporary Family

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: CDFS 3320  with C- or better or permission of instructor. An ecological approach to the study of contemporary issues, problems, questions, and life styles as they relate to families and individuals.


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  • CDFS 4390 - Families in Later Life

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Human Science majors - CDFS 3320  with C or better; Sociology majors - SOC 2600  with C or better or permission of instructor. Examination of families in later life from an ecological approach with emphasis on family forms and relationships.


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  • CDFS 4391 - Aging Health and Development

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: CDFS 4390  or SOC 2600  with C or better or permission of the instructor. A service learning opportunity that provides students with understanding of the concepts and application of aging, families in later life, assessment, and gerontological program planning and implementation. May be repeated with permission of instructor. Meets four hours per week.


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  • CDFS 4710 - Family Centered Community Building I

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: CDFS 3320  with C or better or permission of instructor. A survey course on family-centered community building (FCCB). Introduces advanced undergraduates to a range of topics, issues, and frameworks. Focused on cohesive, family-centered communities. Offered fall only.


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