Jun 16, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2011-2012 ARCHIVED 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2011-2012 ARCHIVED [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Music

  
  • MUS 111 - Basic Music Theory II

    2-4 credits
    An integrated study and application of tonality, melody, harmony, texture and form, from music notation through modulation. Includes sight singing, ear training and dictation. Introduction to composition and arranging, i.e. instrument ranges, transposition, tessitura and preliminary score analysis Prerequisite(s): MUS 110 
  
  • MUS 204 - Introduction to American Pop Music

    3 credits
    An introduction to the history of popular music in America and the diversity of current styles including classic rock, hard rock, country, jazz, Rhythm and Blues, blues, Latin, rap, reggae, alternative, folk, techno, and others. The emphasis of the course is on listening to music and exploring relationships of popular music to society.
  
  • MUS 291 - Independent Study

    1-4 credits
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, h directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor
  
  • MUS 292 - Topics

    1-5 credits
    Includes Current Topics, Advanced Topics, and Special Topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement.
  
  • MUS 313 - Form and Analysis

    2-3 credits
    Analysis if music in the student’s major performance area. The course is normally completed under the direction of the student’s major applied teacher.
  
  • MUS 353 - K-8 Music Methods

    1-3 credits
    Students develop an understanding of tools of inquiry of K-8 music; the ability to design, deliver, and evaluate a variety of instructional strategies and processes that incorporate learning resources, materials, technologies, and state and national curriculum standards appropriate to K-8 music; the ability to assess student learning in K-8 music; and to apply these knowledge, skills, and attitudes to real life situations and experiences. Prerequisite(s): Admitted to Teacher Education
  
  • MUS 360 - Conducting

    2-3 credits
    General conducting focuses on the basic fundamentals of instrumental and choral conducting. The techniques of interpretation, score reading, rehearsal techniques, and the art of developing basic conducting techniques are addressed in the course. Prerequisite(s): MUS 111 
  
  • MUS 420 - Orchestration and Arranging

    2-3 credits
    A study of instruments alone and in combinations. Orchestration and arranging for instrumental and vocal ensembles. Preparation of parts and participation in the conducting and performing of works scored. Prerequisite(s): MUS 211
  
  • MUS 491 - Independent Study

    1-4 credits
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor
  
  • MUS 492 - Topics

    1-5 credits
    Includes Current Topics, Advanced Topics, and Special Topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement.

Military Science

  
  • MSL 101 - Leaderships and Personal Development

    1 credit
    Make your first peer group at college one committed to performing well and enjoying the experience. Increase self-confidence through team study and activities in basic drill, physical fitness, rappelling, leadership reaction course, first aid, making presentations and basic marksmanship. Learn fundamental concepts of leadership in a profession in both classroom and outdoor laboratory environments.
  
  • MSL 102 - Introduction to Tactical Leadership

    1 credit
    Learn and apply principles of effective leadership. Reinforce self-confidence through participation in physically and mentally challenging exercise with upper-division ROTC students. Develop communication skills to improve individual performance and group interaction. Relate organizational ethical values to the effectiveness of a leader.
  
  • MSL 201 - Innovative Team Leadership

    1-2 credits
    Learn/apply ethics-based leadership skills that develop individual abilities and contribute to the building of effective teams of people. Develop skills in oral presentations, writing concisely, planning events, coordination of group efforts, advanced first aid, land navigation, and basic military tactics. Learn fundamentals of ROTC’s leadership assessment program.
  
  • MSL 202 - Foundations of Tactical Leadership

    1-2 credits
    Introduction to individual and team aspects of military tactics in small unit operations. Includes use of radio communications, making safety assessments, movement techniques, planning for team safety/security and methods of pre-execution checks. Practical exercises with upper-division ROTC students. Learn techniques for training others as an aspect of continued leadership development.

Office Education

  
  • OED 335 - Office Systems

    3 credits
    This course provides an analysis and investigation of the role of the automated office in a business organization. Areas of technology for administrative and document production functions including word processing and records management will be covered.

Physical Education

  
  • PE 170 - Fundamental Movement

    1 credit
    Defining, analyzing, and evaluating fundamental locomotor, non-locomotor (axial), and manipulative skills progressions in skill development.
  
  • PE 180 - Foundations of HPER

    2 credits
    A survey of the historical background, sociological implications, and philosophical basis and professional opportunities of HPER/A professions. This course includes a review of the modern principles and related concepts which are applicable to physical activity.
  
  • PE 181 - Fundamentals of Elementary PE

    2 credits
    This course introduces scientific and pedagogical concepts underlying effective physical education teaching practices. Appropriate teaching sequence, progression, and technique will be taught with emphasis on lesson design and implementation.
  
  • PE 200 - Professional Preparation: Fitness

    1 credit
    Knowledge and skills necessary to enable students to lead, analyze, and prescribe improvements for skills and activities which are part of lifetime fitness development.
  
  • PE 201 - Professional Preparation: Gymnastics

    1 credit
    Knowledge and skills necessary to enable students to lead, analyze, and prescribe improvements for skills and activities which are part of lifetime fitness development.
  
  • PE 202 - Professional Preparation: Individual and Dual Activities

    1-2 credits
    Knowledge and skill necessary to enable students to lead, analyze and prescribe movement skills and activities involved in participating in individual and dual sport and game activities. Focus will be on activities appropriate for school settings, leading to personal skill development.
  
  • PE 203 - Professional Preparation: Team Activities

    1 credit
    Knowledge and skills necessary to enable students to lead, analyze, and prescribe improvements for skills and activities associated with participating in team sports and game activities. Focus will be placed on activities appropriate for school settings, leading to person skill development.
  
  • PE 204 - Professional Preparation: Rhythm & Dance

    1 credit
    Knowledge and skills necessary to enable students to lead, analyze, and prescribe improvements for skills and activities associated with participating in rhythm and lifetime dance activities. Focus will be placed on activities appropriate for school settings which contribute to personal development.
  
  • PE 205 - Professional Preparation: Recreation Activities

    1-2 credits
    Knowledge and skills necessary to enable students to lead analyze, and prescribe recreation activities appropriate for school settings which contribute to personal development.
  
  • PE 207 - Professional Preparation: Strength Training

    1 credit
    Knowledge and skills necessary to enable students to lead, analyze, and prescribe recreation activities appropriate for school settings which contribute to personal development.
  
  • PE 208 - Professional Preparation: Camping Activities

    1 credit
    Knowledge and skills necessary to enable students to lead, analyze, and prescribe outdoor education activities appropriate for school settings which contribute to personal development.
  
  • PE 252 - Fundamentals of Motor Learning and Development

    2 credits
    Course content deals with characteristic motor development patterns in children with concentration on fundamental locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative skills and perceptual-motor development and practical applications of research and knowledge to physical education classroom teaching.
  
  • PE 291 - Independent Study

    1-4 credits
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor
  
  • PE 292 - Topics

    1-4 credits
    Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
  
  • PE 321 - Water Safety Instructor

    1-2 credits
    Method of instruction and evaluation of water safety techniques. Successful students may earn American Red Cross water safety instructor certification.
  
  • PE 322 - Lifeguard Instructor

    1 credit
    Certification as a lifeguard instructor will qualify an individual to teach basic water safety, emergency water safety and the lifeguard training course.
  
  • PE 341 - Curriculum Development and Evaluation

    2-3 credits
    Philosophy, theory, and application of current curriculum foundations in K-12 physical education, including curriculum theory, organization, design, and assessment. Prerequisite(s): PE 180 
  
  • PE 350 - Exercise Physiology

    2-3 credits
    Study of physiological responses and adaptations to exercise related to human performance limitations, training effects, and health-related benefits. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 323 
  
  • PE 352 - Adapted Physical Education

    2-3 credits
    Students are exposed to those impairments addressed in idea as they relate to physical education. Assessments, IEP development, and other elements necessary to successful inclusion are addressed. In addition, physical activities for special populations outside the school setting are also addressed.
  
  • PE 353 - Kinesiology

    2-3 credits
    An understanding of human performance as it is affected by anatomical or mechanical factors. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 323 
  
  • PE 354 - Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries

    2-3 credits
    Course teaches general and emergency treatment of athletic injuries, competitive or noncompetitive. Emphasis is placed on practical preventive and rehabilitative exercises and taping/bandaging/wrapping. Prerequisite(s): Sophomore class standing
  
  • PE 360 - K-8 Physical Education Methods

    2 credits
    In this course, students develop an understanding of the tools of inquiry of K-8 physical education; the ability to design, deliver, and evaluate a variety of instructional strategies and processes that incorporate learning resources, materials, technologies, and state and national curriculum standards appropriate to K-8 physical education; the ability to assess student learning in K-8 physical education; and to apply these knowledge, skills, and attitudes to real life situations and experiences. Prerequisite(s): Admitted to teacher education
  
  • PE 363 - Skills Concepts

    3 credits
    Activity Placement Test required. The development of a basic understanding of selected activity skills and the knowledge necessary for performance error detection and correction are taught. Prerequisite(s): PE 180  and PE 181 
  
  • PE 376 - Technology Integration in Physical Education

    3 credits
    Software packages and applications in physical education will be researched. Prerequisite(s): CSC 105 
  
  • PE 393 - Workshop

    1-2 credits
    Special, intense sessions in specific topic areas. Approximately 45 hours of work is required for each hour of credit. Workshops may vary in time range but typically use a compressed time period for delivery. They may include lectures, conferences, committee work, and group activity.
  
  • PE 400 - Exercise Test and Prescription

    3 credits
    This course is designed to provide the student with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to assess different areas of physical fitness and prescribe individual exercise programs based on these objective measures. Prerequisite(s): PE 350  or EXS 350 
  
  • PE 440 - Organization and Administration of HPEA

    2-3 credits
    Administrative policies and procedures of physical education and athletes, including intramural and interscholastic activity and athletics. Consideration is given to programming, leadership, budget, facilities, public relations, and related matters.
  
  • PE 451 - Tests and Measurements

    2 credits
    This course will include use of various tests and instruments used for measuring progress in physical education and how statistical concepts apply to testing in physical education. Development of the knowledge and ability to utilize both formative and summative assessments for psychomotor, cognitive, and affective domains. Additionally, techniques to evaluate one’s own teaching performance and make adjustments to enhance subsequent teaching and program effectiveness. Prerequisite(s): MATH 102  or MATH 115  or MATH 120  or MATH 121  or MATH 123  or MATH 125  or MATH 281 
  
  • PE 452 - Motor Learning and Development

    3 credits
    The application of principles of learning in the psychomotor domain. Included will be a review of the physiological basis of skill behavior, state of the performer, and didactic strategies in motor learning and skill performance.
  
  • PE 453 - Sport Psychology

    2-3 credits
    This course examines the effects of psychological factors, such as personality, motivation, group dynamics, psychomotor activity, and other psychological aspects of sports on participation and performance, as well as examining the effects of participation on the psychological make-up of the individual.
  
  • PE 454 - Biomechanics

    2-3 credits
    This course emphasizes the mechanical principles of human movement (including muscular and skeletal principles) during physical education, wellness, and sport. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 323  and PE 353  or EXS 353 
  
  • PE 469 - Coaching Baseball/Softball

    1-2 credits
    Course studies the theory and practice of individual skill fundamentals, team strategies, organization, and management principles. The students conduct an intensive analysis of game strategies and will execute playing skills.
  
  • PE 470 - Coaching Basketball

    1-2 credits
    Fundamental techniques and strategies with emphasis on offensive and defensive skills, developing and using player personnel for basketball.
  
  • PE 471 - Coaching Football

    1-2 credits
    Fundamental techniques and strategies with emphasis on offensive and defensive skills, developing and using player personnel for football.
  
  • PE 473 - Coaching Track & Field/Cross Country

    1-2 credits
    Study of the techniques of teaching fundamentals of track and field/cross country skills, scientific training methods, rules, and event techniques.
  
  • PE 474 - Coaching Wrestling

    1-2 credits
    The teaching of fundamental skills in competitive wrestling. Skills, fundamentals, and basic moves will be discussed and demonstrated with class participation. Strategy for individual wrestler on the mat and for team situations will be included.
  
  • PE 475 - Coaching Volleyball

    1-2 credits
    Fundamental techniques and strategy with emphasis on offensive and defensive skills, developing and using player personnel for volleyball.
  
  • PE 476 - Coaching Gymnastics

    2 credits
    The teaching of fundamental skills in competitive gymnastics. Teaching and spotting of advanced skills needed for competition. Review of high school, national, and international rules.
  
  • PE 491 - Independent Study

    1-4 credits
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor
  
  • PE 495 - Practicum

    1-4 credits
    Applied, monitored and supervised, field-based learning experience for which the student may or may not be paid. Students gain practical experience; they follow a negotiated and or directed plan of study. A higher level of supervision is provided by the instructor in these courses than is the case with field experience courses. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor

Philosophy

  
  • PHIL 100 - Introduction to Philosophy

    3 credits
    Introduces competing philosophical views of reality, perception, learning, and values, emphasizing their relevance to the contemporary world.
  
  • PHIL 200 - Introduction to Logic

    3 credits
    Introduces the formal study of argumentation, including forms of logic, inductive and deductive reasoning, proofs, refutations, and fallacies.
  
  • PHIL 291 - Independent Study

    1-4 credits
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meeting depending upon the requirements of the topic. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor
  
  • PHIL 491 - Independent Study

    1-4 credits
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor

Physical Science

  
  • PHSI 291 - Independent Study

    1-4 credits
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor
  
  • PHSI 292 - Topics

    1-4 credits
    Includes Current Topics, Advanced Topics, and Special Topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement.
  
  • PHSI 345 - Kinetics and Equilibrium

    2 credits
    Introduction to kinetics and equilibrium. Emphasis on reaction mechanisms and reaction order. Includes directed laboratory experiences. Prerequisite(s): CHEM 114 
  
  • PHSI 421 - Advanced Computing Methods Physical Science

    2 credits
    Lab-based review of modern computational methods, including molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo Simulation, Semi-empirical and ab initio calculations.
  
  • PHSI 491 - Independent Study

    1-4 credits
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor
  
  • PHSI 492 - Topics

    1-4 credits
    Includes Current Topics, Advanced Topics, and Special Topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement.
  
  • PHSI 498 - Undergraduate Research/Scholarship

    1-6 credits
    Includes Senior Project, and Capstone Experience. Independent research problems/projects or scholarship activities. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the student. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical. Prerequisite(s): 15 credits from the following subjects: BIOL, CHEM, CIS, CSC, PHSI and PHYS, Junior Class Standing and Consent of the instructor

Physics

  
  • PHYS 111 - Introduction to Physics I

    4 credits
    This is the first course in a two semester algebra-level sequence, covering fundamental concepts of physics. The sequence is appropriate for pre-professional majors requiring two semesters of physics. Topics include classical mechanics, thermodynamics, and waves. Prerequisite(s): MATH 102  or MATH 115  or MATH 120  or MATH 121  or MATH 123  or MATH 125  or MATH 281  Corequisite(s): PHYS 111L 
  
  • PHYS 111L - Introduction to Physics I Laboratory

    0 credits
    This laboratory accompanies PHYS 111 . Corequisite(s): PHYS 111 
  
  • PHYS 113 - Introduction to Physics II

    4 credits
    This course is the second course in a two semester algebra-level sequence, covering fundamental concepts of physics. Topics include electricity and magnetism, sound, light, optics, and some modern physics concepts. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 111  Corequisite(s): PHYS 113L 
  
  • PHYS 113L - Introduction to Physics II Laboratory

    0 credits
    This laboratory accompanies PHYS 113 . Corequisite(s): PHYS 113 
  
  • PHYS 211 - University Physics I

    4 credits
    This is the first course in a two semester calculus-level sequence, covering fundamental concepts of physics. This is the preferred sequence for students majoring in physical science or engineering. Topics include classical mechanics and thermodynamics. Prerequisite(s): MATH 123  or MATH 125  Corequisite(s): PHYS 211L 
  
  • PHYS 211L - University Physics I Laboratory

    0 credits
    This laboratory accompanies PHYS 211 . Corequisite(s): PHYS 211 
  
  • PHYS 213 - University Physics II

    4 credits
    This course is the second course in a two semester calculus-level sequence, covering fundamental concepts of physics. This is the preferred sequence for students majoring in physical science or engineering. Topics include electricity and magnetism, sound, light, and optics. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 211  Corequisite(s): PHYS 213L 
  
  • PHYS 213L - University Physics II Laboratory

    0 credits
    This laboratory accompanies PHYS 213 . Corequisite(s): PHYS 213 
  
  • PHYS 291 - Independent Study

    1-3 credits
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor
  
  • PHYS 292 - Topics

    1-3 credits
    Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
  
  • PHYS 331 - Introduction to Modern Physics

    3 credits
    This course concentrates on observations and theories of the 20th Century that carried the physicists’ world-view beyond the classical. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 113  or PHYS 213 
  
  • PHYS 341 - Thermodynamics

    2-3 credits
    This course is an intermediate level thermodynamics course dealing with systems from a macroscopic perspective. Topics include the first and second laws of thermodynamics, phase diagrams, and equilibria. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 213  and MATH 225 
  
  • PHYS 343 - Statistical Physics

    2-4 credits
    This course provides a systematic introduction to the use of statistical principles applied to the study of thermodynamic systems. Prerequisite(s): MATH 321 , PHYS 331  and PHYS 341 
  
  • PHYS 351 - Intermediate Quantum Mechanics

    2 credits
    Quantum mechanics as related to spectroscopy, radioactivity and particle detection.
  
  • PHYS 361 - Optics

    3-4 credits
    This is an intermediate level study of geometrical and physical optics. Topics include analysis of refraction phenomena, thick lenses, wave nature of light, interference, diffraction, and polarization. Prerequisite(s): MATH 225  and PHYS 113  or PHYS 213 
  
  • PHYS 421 - Electromagnetism

    4 credits
    This is a course in the principles of electricity and magnetism, with applications to dielectric and magnetic materials. Topics include the development of Maxwell’s equations, and applications. Prerequisite(s): MATH 321  and PHYS 213 
  
  • PHYS 424 - Digital Electronics

    3-4 credits
    This course covers electronic components, digital circuits and their application to interfacing computers with the outside world. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 213  and Consent of the instructor
  
  • PHYS 439 - Solid State Physics

    3-4 credits
    This course looks at solid materials from a microscopic level. Topics include basic crystal structure; mechanical and thermal properties; and electronic processes with reference to electrical properties of metals, semiconductors, and insulators. Prerequisite(s): MATH 321 
  
  • PHYS 451 - Classical Mechanics

    4 credits
    This is a systematic introduction to classical mechanics emphasizing motion in three dimensions. Topics include central forces, harmonic oscillations, non-inertial reference frames, rigid body motion, and Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics. Corequisite(s): PHYS 451L 
  
  • PHYS 451L - Classical Mechanics Lab

    0 credits
    This laboratory accompanies PHYS 451 . Corequisite(s): PHYS 451 
  
  • PHYS 491 - Independent Study

    1-4 credits
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor
  
  • PHYS 492 - Topics

    1-4 credits
    Includes current topics, advanced topics and special topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student/teacher involvement.
  
  • PHYS 498 - Undergraduate Research/Scholarship

    0-12 credits
    Includes Senior Project, and Capstone Experience. Independent research problems/projects or scholarship activities. The plan of study is negotiated by the faculty member and the student. Contact between the two may be extensive and intensive. Does not include research courses which are theoretical. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor

Political Science

  
  • POLS 100 - American Government

    3 credits
    A study of the basic principles of the American system of government with emphasis on problems relating to governmental structure and policies.
  
  • POLS 210 - State and Local Government

    3 credits
    An analysis of the legal status, powers and functions, intergovernmental relations and political problems of state and local governments.
  
  • POLS 291 - Independent Study

    1-3 credits
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor
  
  • POLS 435 - Political Parties and Campaigns

    3 credits
    United States political parties; functions, organization, techniques and significance of parties; varieties of state and local systems; and behavior of the electorate and interest groups.
  
  • POLS 491 - Independent Study

    1-3 credits
    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor

Psychology

  
  • PSYC 101 - General Psychology

    3 credits
    This course is an introduction survey of the field of psychology with consideration of the biological bases of behavior, sensory and perceptual processes, learning and memory, human growth and development, social behavior and normal and abnormal behavior.

Reading

  
  • READ 041 - Reading for College Success

    3 credits
    This course provides students with reading strategies necessary for making the transition to collegiate level reading. The course will present students with multiple strategies to promote comprehension skills, develop vocabulary and enhance metacognition to become strategic readers. This course is recommended for students with an ACT score in Reading of 17 or below (or a comparable COMPASS score). Prerequisite(s): Course enrollment is determined by Board of Regent placement policy

Respiratory Care

  
  • RESP 105 - Respiratory Care Physical Science

    3 credits
    This course will introduce the beginning respiratory care student to gas laws, mechanics of ventilation, pressures and fluid movements, statistics, microbiology, respiratory medications, CPR, and respiratory modalities.
  
  • RESP 110 - Introduction to Respiratory Care

    6 credits
    Introduces respiratory care students to the profession in the clinical laboratory setting. Students will apply methods and principles from the clinical areas through small group projects and discussion under faculty supervision. Corequisite(s): RESP 150 
  
  • RESP 150 - Clinical Experience I

    6 credits
    An introduction to patient care in the clinical setting and the application of basic respiratory therapeutics. Corequisite(s): RESP 110 
  
  • RESP 180 - Pathophysiology for Respiratory Care

    3 credits
    An introduction, in the clinical laboratory setting, to the skills necessary to assess patient. Respiratory status, etiology and symptomatology of respiratory disease through linkage of patients and their disease processes observed in the clinical areas, where students discuss and apply the methods and principles. Prerequisite(s): RESP 110  Corequisite(s): RESP 210  and RESP 250 
 

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