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2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

 

Kinesiology
  

  • KINE 4806 - Exercise Evaluation and Prescription

    3 WI F,S,SS

    P: Health and human performance major or minor; KINE 3805 ; or consent of instructor; C: KINE 4805 . Methods for assessing fitness and developing training techniques in asymptomatic populations.
  

  • KINE 4807 - Advanced Exercise Physiology

    3 F

    P: KINE 4806 , CHEM 2750 , CHEM 2753  with C (2.0) or better, and consent of instructor. Physiological responses to exercise and health. Emphasis on effects of physical training and other factors that affect physical performance and health.
  

  • KINE 4808 - Cardiopulmonary Physiology

    3 S

    P: KINE 4806 , CHEM 2750 , CHEM 2753   with a C (2.0) or better, and consent of instructor. Current topics in cardiopulmonary physiology as related to clinical and basic science aspects of exercise science. Topics include cardiopulmonary anatomy and function; cardiovascular pharmacology; metabolic evaluation/assessment/programming during exercise and other issues related to clinical exercise science.
  

  • KINE 4809 - Exercise Prescription for Clinical Populations

    3 F,S

    P: KINE 4806 . Fundamentals of prescribing aerobic, strength and flexibility exercise for clinical populations to include: cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, etc.
  

  • KINE 4850 - Exercise Leadership

    3 F,S

    2 lecture and 2 lab hours per week. P: KINE 1114  or KINE 1214 , KINE 3805 ; declared KINE major or consent of instructor. Leadership experiences in physical activity settings. Knowledge and skills associated with leading others to become physically active. Exercise leadership experiences to develop instructional skills for diverse physical activity settings.
  

  • KINE 4990 - Pre-internship Seminar for Exercise Physiology

    1

    P: Declared exercise physiology major; cumulative 2.0 GPA; completed senior summary; consent of internship coordinator. Explores purpose and objectives of internship experience. Utilization of resources to identify and obtain quality internship placements.
  

  • KINE 4991 - Independent Research in Exercise Physiology

    3 WI*: Selected Sections are Writing Intensive F,S

    9 lab hours per week. P: KINE 4806 ; or consent of exercise physiology coordinator. Plan and execute investigative study in exercise physiology under supervision of faculty mentor.
  

  • KINE 4992 - Research Internship in Exercise Physiology

    12 F,S,SS

    40 lab hours per week for 15 weeks. P: Completion of all other requirements for the exercise physiology option or consent of internship coordinator; KINE 4990 . Professionally supervised research experience in approved research lab.
  

  • KINE 5020 - Exercise Adherence

    3

    P: PSYC 1000 ; P/C: KINE 4806 ; HHP major or minor or consent of instructor. Personal and situational factors which result in adherence to an exercise program. Focus on application of strategies for improving adherence.
  

  • KINE 5278 - Advanced SCUBA Diving

    3

    2 lecture and 3 lab hours per week. P: Satisfactory performance on the NAUI Swimming Test; KINE 2278  or consent of instructor; a notarized statement releasing the instructor and the university from all liability; a satisfactory medical history and medical examination. Variety of safe diving experiences under controlled conditions beyond basic open water diving levels.
  

  • KINE 5303 - Physical Activity Programs for Individuals with Developmental, Emotional, and Learning Disabilities

    3

    2 lecture and 3 field work hours per week. P: KINE 3545  or 3546; SPED 5101; or consent of instructor. For physical educators, special educators, therapeutic recreation specialists, and others concerned with providing physical activity programs to individuals with developmental, emotional, or learning disabilities.
  

  • KINE 5305 - Motor Development

    3

    P: Consent of instructor. Applies motor development theory and techniques to numerous settings. Descriptions of changes in movement patterns and skills. Examines underlying processes which influence these changes.
  

  • KINE 5800 - Physical Activity and Aging

    3 SL*: Selected Sections are Service Learning.

    P: GERO 2400  or consent of instructor. Role of physical activity and exercise in enhancing quality of life and remediating normal aging deficits and age-related disease. Includes physiological, cognitive, and affective perspectives.
  

  • KINE 5903 - Physical Activity Programs for Individuals with Orthopedic, Neurologic, and Sensory Impairments

    3

    2 lecture and 3 field work hours per week. P: BIOL 2130  or equivalent. For physical educators, special educators, therapeutic recreation specialists, and others concerned with providing physical activity programs to individuals with orthopedic, neurologic, and sensory impairments.
  

  • KINE 5904 - Methods in Adaptive Aquatics

    2

    1 classroom and 3 lab hours per week. P: Advanced lifesaving certification. Swimming techniques as adapted for individuals with acute and chronic disabling conditions.

Family and Consumer Sciences
  

  • FACS 1180 - Housing and Interior Design

    3 F

    P: FACS major. Examination of housing, furnishings, and equipment as they influence family well-being.
  

  • FACS 2003 - Apparel Construction for Secondary Education

    2 F

    P: FACS major or permission of instructor; C: FACS 2004 . Application and evaluation in fabric selection and apparel construction.
  

  • FACS 2004 - Apparel Construction for Secondary Education Laboratory

    1 F

    P: FACS major or permission of instructor; C: FACS 2003 . Application of construction principles. Interrelationship of fabric selection, pattern selection, alteration, and garment fit.
  

  • FACS 2123 - Early Experience in Family and Consumer Sciences Education

    1 F

    Minimum of 16 hours of directed observations and planned participation in appropriate school environments and 12 hours of seminar class instruction. For prospective teachers of family and consumer sciences.
  

  • FACS 2380 - Apparel and Textiles for Family and Consumer Sciences

    3

    Essential concepts and applications for apparel and textiles for family and consumer sciences.
  

  • FACS 4317 - Curriculum Development

    3 S

    P: FACS 2123 . Philosophy and development of family and consumer sciences education. Principles and procedures of curriculum and program development.
  

  • FACS 4323 - Methods of Teaching Family and Consumer Sciences

    3 F

    P: Declared major and admission to upper division;  . Application of teaching family and consumer sciences knowledge and skills in all content areas.
  

  • FACS 4324 - Internship in Family and Consumer Sciences Education

    10 S

    P: Admission to upper division; FACS 4323 ; C: FACS 4325 . Full-time, semester-long internship. Internship in middle or high school family and consumer sciences classroom.
  

  • FACS 4325 - Internship Seminar: Issues in Family and Consumer Sciences Education

    2 S

    P: Admission to upper division; FACS 4323 ; C: FACS 4324 . Assessment and development of competencies needed by beginning family and consumer sciences teachers. Reflection on the student teaching experience.
  

  • FACS 5007 - Special Problems in Family and Consumer Sciences Education

    3

    May be repeated for credit with change of topic. P: Consent of instructor. Special topics in selected areas of family and consumer sciences. Variable titles and content.

Family and Consumer Sciences Banked Courses
  

  • FACS 4410 - Professional Seminar

    1

  

  • FACS 4411 - Professional Internship

    3


Film Studies
  

  • FILM 2900 - Introduction to Film Studies

    3 F,S FC:HU

    3 lecture and 3 lab hours per week. Introduction to the broad field of film studies including formal analysis, genre studies, film history, and theory.
  

  • FILM 3900 - American and International Film History, Part I

    3 GD

    3 lecture and 2 lab hours per week. P: FILM 2900  or consent of instructor. Social, industrial, and aesthetic history of the major films, genres, regulatory bodies and economic structures that defined cinema from its inception in the mid-1890s through the onset of World War II.
  

  • FILM 3901 - American and International Film History Part II

    3 GD

    3 lecture and 2 lab hours per week. P: FILM 2900  or consent of instructor. Social, industrial and aesthetic history of the major films, genres, regulatory bodies and economic structures that shaped cinema from World War II to the present.
  

  • FILM 3920 - Film Theory and Criticism

    3 WI FC:HU

    P: FILM 2900  or consent of instructor. Overview of the major theoretical and critical approaches to the study of cinema from the 1920s to the present.
  

  • FILM 4910 - Survey of Film Styles and Movements

    3 WI FC:HU

    P: FILM 2900  or consent of instructor. World art and early history of films.
  

  • FILM 4920 - Cinematic Identities

    3 WI FC:HU DD

    P: FILM 2900  or consent of instructor. Examination of how different identities are represented and mediated through American and/or international film.
  

  • FILM 4980 - Topics in Film Aesthetics

    3

    May be repeated with change of topic for maximum 6 s. h. P: FILM 2900  or consent of instructor. Selected topics may include works of individual directors, film and the other arts, and film movements. Topics vary depending on interest.
  

  • FILM 4985 - Film Studies Capstone

    3 WI

    3 lecture and 2 lab hours per week. P: FILM 2900 ; declared minor in film studies; or consent of instructor. Capstone course for declared interdisciplinary film studies minors.

Film and Video Production
  

  • ART 2205 - Digital Video Production Survey

    3

    P: ART 1005 , ART 1020 , 1905. Introduction to the digital video production process. Emphasis on pre-production, production, and post-production elements.
  

  • ART 2206 - Applied Production Techniques

    3

    P: ART 2205 . Intermediate video production combining intermediate theoretical concepts and production of intermediate video projects.
  

  • ART 2411 - Introduction to Scriptwriting

    3

    P: Acceptance into CAMP concentration. Introduction to scriptwriting for agency, television, short-form narrative, and documentary productions through the study of professional finished works and the practice of writing scripts.
  

  • ART 2430 - Critical Film Analysis in the Progression of Production Techniques

    3

    P: ENGL 1100 . Introduction to the theory, application and critical analysis of moving/time-based media.
  

  • ART 2460 - Image Theory and Aesthetics

    3

    P: Acceptance into CAMP concentration. Introduction to the principles of time-based media theory and aesthetics in particular light, space, time, motion, and sound.
  

  • ART 2480 - Visual Storytelling

    3

    P: ART 2206 . Introduction to visual, time/motion-based storytelling by applying oral and written principles from traditional media.
  

  • ART 3420 - Cinematography, Lighting and Audio Capture

    3

    P: ART 2411 , ART 2460 , ART 2480 . Intermediate concepts and practices of cinematography, including camera and lighting aesthetics and audio capture techniques.
  

  • ART 3435 - Advanced Scriptwriting

    3

    P: ART 2411 , ART 2460 , ART 2480 . Critiquing professional scripts and writing scripts that will be filmed in subsequent CAMP production courses.
  

  • ART 3450 - Post-production Editing

    3

    P: ART 2411 , ART 2460 , ART 2480 . Intermediate theory and application for video editing.
  

  • ART 3462 - Short-form Narrative Production

    3

    P: ART 3420 , ART 3450 . Producing and directing short-form narrative films.
  

  • ART 3464 - Agency Production

    3

    P: ART 3420 , ART 3450 . Producing and directing agency productions.
  

  • ART 3466 - Documentary Production

    3

    P: ART 3420 , ART 3450 . Producing and directing documentary films.
  

  • ART 3468 - Advanced Television Studio Production

    3

    P: Acceptance to CAMP concentration. Producing and directing live-to-tape television productions.
  

  • ART 3480 - Audio Production for Cinematic Application

    3

    P: ART 2411 , ART 2460 , ART 2480 . General audio theory, location audio capture, and audio post-production.
  

  • ART 4430 - Advanced Editing and DVD Production

    3

    P: ART 3450 . Advanced theory and application of video editing concepts and DVD production.
  

  • ART 4440 - Senior Project Production

    3

    P: ART 3462  or ART 3464  or ART 3466 . Writing, producing, directing, and editing a short-narrative film, agency production, or documentary film.
  

  • ART 4490 - Senior Seminar/Senior Show

    3

    P: ART 3462  or ART 3464  or ART 3466 . Develop a resume and portfolio DVD Web site, produce one public service announcement for a local nonprofit, and screen selected works in a senior show.

Finance
  

  • FINA 1904 - Personal Finance

    3

    May not count toward business core or concentration area. Introduction to managing personal finances. Topics include investing and retirement planning, career planning, money management and budgeting, taxes, consumer credit, and purchasing strategies (home, auto, insurance).
  

  • FINA 2244 - Legal Environment of Business

    3 F,S,SS

    US system of jurisprudence, sources of law, regulation of business, and principles of tort law, contracts, labor law, and property. Legal aspects of business organization.
  

  • FINA 3004 - Survey of Financial Management

    3 F,S,SS

    May not substitute for FINA 3724 . May not substitute for any College of Business major requirement. P: ACCT 2101  or ACCT 2401 ; ECON 2113 ; MATH 2283 . Survey from a practical perspective. Includes TVM, capital budgeting techniques, cost of capital, risk and return analysis, leverage, and financial management of a firm.
  

  • FINA 3144 - Financial Markets

    3 F,S

    P: ECON 2113 . Banks and financial intermediaries as sources of funds. Monetary system, structure, and organization of commercial banking. Nonbank intermediaries, monetary policy, and international markets.
  

  • FINA 3154 - Principles of Risk Management and Insurance

    3 F,S

    P/C: MATH 2283 ; FINA 2244 . Fundamentals of risk management and insurance, including property and liability insurance, workers compensation, employee benefits, and social security.
  

  • FINA 3500 - Money Management for Entrepreneurs

    3

    P: MGMT 3500. Financial aspects of running a business including assessing financial need, creating budgets, managing cash flow, handling taxes, insurance, payroll and developing profitability.
  

  • FINA 3544 - Commercial Property Insurance

    3 F

    P/C: FINA 3154 . Principles of the commercial property insurance marketplace.
  

  • FINA 3554 - Principles of Real Estate

    3 F,S

    P: ACCT 2401 ; ECON 2133 . Economics of real estate. Legal instruments used in real estate transactions, real estate markets, and real estate businesses, and interactions of public and real estate activities.
  

  • FINA 3564 - Commercial Liability Insurance

    3 F

    P/C: FINA 3154 . Principles of the commercial liability insurance marketplace.
  

  • FINA 3724 - Financial Management

    3 F,S,SS

    P: ECON 2113 ; MATH 2283 ; P/C: ACCT 2521 . Financial control, capital budgeting techniques, cost of capital, rates of return, financial leverage, dividend policy, working capital management, and timing of financial policy.
  

  • FINA 3824 - Financial Analysis and Planning

    3 F,S

    P: FINA 3724 . Analysis of financial and accounting information and applications to financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting.
  

  • FINA 3904 - Investments

    3 F,S

    P: ECON 2133 ; FINA 3724 . Corporate and other securities as investments. Organization of capital markets and analysis and evaluation of securities and portfolios.
  

  • FINA 4244 - Insurance Law

    3 S

    P: FINA 3154 . Legal issues in the insurance industry, including licensing, regulation, and sales.
  

  • FINA 4404 - Security Analysis and Portfolio Management

    3 S

    P:  ,  . Techniques and theories used in analyzing securities. Selection, management, evaluation, and revision of portfolios.
  

  • FINA 4414 - Derivatives and Financial Risk Management

    3 S

    P:  ,  . Structure and use of derivative-based financial instruments (options, futures, forward contracts, and swaps). Valuation models and the use of derivatives for hedging, tactical asset allocation, and speculation.
  

  • FINA 4454 - International Finance

    3 S

    P:  . Financing international trade and investments. Financial tools, principles, and problems of managing multinational business.
  

  • FINA 4500 - Risk Management I

    3 F,S

    P/C: FINA 3544 , FINA 3564 . Corporate risk management process, with special emphasis on risk exposure identification, analysis and treatment.
  

  • FINA 4600 - Risk Management II

    3 F,S

    P/C: FINA 4500 . Risk financing variables and the optimal financing of corporate risk exposures. Enterprise risk management as it applies to both public and private entities.
  

  • FINA 4604 - Real Estate Financing

    3 F

    P: FINA 3824 . Relationships among real estate, financial, and investor communities. Financing of real property assets.
  

  • FINA 4654 - Commercial Bank Management

    3 F

    P: FINA 3144 , FINA 3824 . Managing a commercial bank. American economy as viewed by commercial bank manager.
  

  • FINA 4700 - Advanced Risk and Insurance Topics

    3 F,S

    P: FINA 3154 . Advanced topics and current events in insurance, insurer operations and management, and the global insurance environment.
  

  • FINA 4734 - Financial Management II

    3 F,S

    P: FINA 3824 . Applies various financial management decision-making techniques to complex business problems.
  

  • FINA 4750 - Insurance Market Operations

    3 F,S

    P: FINA 3154 . Principles of the insurance marketplace including insurer operations, insurer regulation, and agency operations and management.
  

  • FINA 4854 - Employee Benefits and Retirement Planning

    3 S

    P: FINA 3724 . Benefit regulations and estate planning strategies, including legal constraints and tax issues.
  

  • FINA 4964 - Topics in Finance

    3

    May be repeated for credit with change of topic and consent of chair. Consideration of new and advanced topics.
  

  • FINA 4984 - Topics in Real Estate

    3

    P: Consent of chair. Selected topics.

Foreign Language
  

  • FORL 1060 - Global Understanding Through Literature

    3 FC:HU GD

    Exploration of human cultural diversity through readings in literature and philosophy in the context of virtual exchange with a variety of countries. Selected texts read in English.
  

  • FORL 1662 - Introduction to Hispanic Studies

    3 FC: HU GD

    May not count toward SPAN major or minor. May not count toward foreign language requirement. Conducted in English; no knowledge of other languages required. Exploration of the field of Hispanic Studies through an examination of film, literature, and media.
  

  • FORL 2520 - French Cinema Classics

    3 FC: HU GD

    May not count as elective toward major or minor requirements for foreign language degree programs. May not count toward foreign language requirement. Conducted in English; no knowledge of other languages required. Examination of evolution and art of French cinema, from its invention to the present.
  

  • FORL 2600 - Literature in Translation: The Holocaust

    3 FC:HU GD

    May not count as elective toward major or minor requirements for the foreign language degree programs. May not count toward foreign language requirement. Conducted in English; no knowledge of other languages required. Nazis’ crimes during World War II era and fascism in Europe. Examines and discusses selected literary text and original documents, viewing of films, and meetings with Holocaust survivors.
  

  • FORL 2620 - French Literature in Translation

    3 FC:HU GD

    May not count as elective toward major or minor requirements for foreign language degree programs. May not count toward foreign language requirement. Conducted in English; no knowledge of other languages required. Principal genres of French literature from its origins to present. Selected literary texts read in English.
  

  • FORL 2622 - Francophone Literature of the Americas in Translation

    3 FC:HU GD

    May not count as elective toward major or minor requirements for foreign language degree programs. May not count toward foreign language requirement. Conducted in English; no knowledge of other languages required. Literature and culture of French-speaking regions of Americas through study of selected readings in translation.
  

  • FORL 2624 - Francophone Literature of Africa in Translation

    3 FC:HU

    May not count as elective toward major or minor requirements for the foreign language degree programs. May not count toward foreign language requirement. Conducted in English; no knowledge of other languages required. Literature and culture of French-speaking regions of Africa through study of selected readings in translation.
  

  • FORL 2660 - Spanish Literature in Translation

    3 FC:HU

    Not open to SPAN majors. May not count as elective toward major or minor requirements for the foreign language degree programs. May not count toward foreign language requirement. Conducted in English; no knowledge of other languages required. Selected literary texts from Spain. Emphasis on social, political, and cultural context.
  

  • FORL 2661 - Latin American Literature in Translation

    3 WI FC:HU

    Not open to SPAN majors. May not count as elective toward major or minor requirements for the foreign language degree programs. May not count toward foreign language requirement. Conducted in English; no knowledge of other languages required. Selected works of major Latin American writers.
  

  • FORL 2665 - Don Quixote

    3 WI FC:HU GD

    May not count as elective toward major or minor requirements for the foreign language degree programs. May not count toward foreign language requirement. Conducted in English; no knowledge of other languages required. Intensive study of world’s first modern novel, Cervantes’ Don Quixote.
  

  • FORL 2666 - Latino Texts

    3 FC:HU DD

    May not count as elective toward major or minor requirements for the foreign language degree programs. May not count toward foreign language requirement. Conducted in English; no knowledge of other languages required. Cultural and literary texts of various Hispanic groups living or having lived in US territory for large part of their lives from mid-nineteenth century to present.
  

  • FORL 2680 - German Literature in Translation

    3 FC:HU GD

    May not count as elective toward major or minor requirements for foreign language degree programs. May not count toward foreign language requirement. Conducted in English; no knowledge of other languages required. Selected texts from German-speaking world. Texts read in English.
  

  • FORL 2690 - Introduction to German Cinema

    3 FC:HU GD

    May count toward film studies minor. Explores major developments (genres, films, directors, etc.) in German cinema throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
  

  • FORL 2700 - Special Topics in French or Francophone Literature

    3

    May not count as elective toward major or minor requirements for the foreign language degree programs. May not count toward foreign language requirement. Conducted in English; no knowledge of other languages required. Selected topics relating to literature of France or a French-speaking region of the world. Topics vary.
  

  • FORL 2760 - Special Topics in Hispanic Studies

    3 FC:HU

    May be repeated for maximum of 6 s.h. with change of topic. May not count as an elective toward major or minor requirements for the foreign language degree programs. May not count toward foreign language requirement. Conducted in English; no knowledge of other languages required. Selected topics relating to culture or civilization of Spain or Latin America.
  

  • FORL 3660 - Hispanic Women Writers

    3 FC:HU

    May be repeated for maximum of 6 s.h. with change of topic. May not be repeated for credit by women’s studies students. May not count as elective toward major or minor requirements for foreign language degree programs. May not count toward foreign language requirement. Conducted in English; no knowledge of other languages required. Selected texts written by women in Hispanic countries from a literary, cultural, and historical perspective.
  

  • FORL 4700 - Special Topics in Foreign Languages and Literatures

    3

    May be repeated for maximum of 6 s.h. with change of topic. Taught in English. No previous knowledge of other languages required. P: Consent of instructor. Selected topics relating to language, literature, culture or civilization of one or more areas of the globe.

Foreign Languages, General
  

  • FLGC 1001 - Foreign Language Generic Course I

    3

    First level of intensive training in the basic skills in reading, writing, speaking and aural understanding of a language not normally offered by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. This course may be used to fulfill the foreign language requirement for the BA degree.
  

  • FLGC 1002 - Foreign Language Generic Course II

    3

    Second level of intensive training in the basic skills in reading, writing, speaking and aural understanding of a language not normally offered by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. This course may be used to fulfill the foreign language requirement for the BA degree.
  

  • FLGC 1003 - Foreign Language Generic Course III

    3

    Third level of intensive training in the basic skills in reading, writing, speaking and aural understanding of a language not normally offered by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. This course may be used to fulfill the foreign language requirement for the BA degree.
  

  • FLGC 1004 - Foreign Language Generic Course IV

    3

    Fourth level of intensive training in the basic skills in reading, writing, speaking and aural understanding of a language not normally offered by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. This course may be used to fulfill the foreign language requirement for the BA degree.

French
  

  • FREN 1001 - French Level I

    3

    Lab work. Recommended early in college career for BA students and potential French majors and minors. First of four-course sequence. Intensive training in basic skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing French. Focus on life and culture of French-speaking world.
 

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