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GEOG 1440 - GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Explores the use of computer-based GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and spatially-referenced data to solve problems of accessibility, optimal routes, site selection and land use planning, market area analysis and spatial modeling for raster and vector GIS. GIS software is used in all lab exercises.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOG 0420 and MATH 0001 or Math Placement Score (46 or greater)
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GEOG 1600 - JOHNSTOWN AREA STUDY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This seminar affords participants the opportunity to devise, implement, analyze and write up an actual research project, drawing on data from the Johnstown area. The substantive topic varies from year to year; whatever the topical focus, considerable attention is paid to the practical aspects of conducting research.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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GEOG 1610 - URBAN PLANNING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Urban planning aims to promote the social, economic, and environmental well-being of local communities. In this course, students will explore the purpose, practice, and theories of contemporary planning. They will also develop the ability to observe, analyze, and evaluate the built environment, which provides a crucial foundation for good urban policy decision-making. Through reality-based problems, students will understand the interplay between planning analysis, regulation, markets, and the political process. Course themes include the history of planning, land use and zoning, the legal framework of planning, downtown redevelopment, suburban sprawl and new urbanism, public space, transportation planning, citizen participation in planning, and other topics.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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GEOG 1615 - SUSTAINABLE CITIES 1: THEORIES AND CONCEPTS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Explorations of the sustainability concept and how it applies to cities, including efforts to build more livable, equitable, energy efficient, and ecologically sound places. Technological, social, and cultural innovations that shape the form and function of the built environment will be examined on location in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: CREQ: GEOG 1620
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GEOG 1620 - SUSTAINABLE CITIES 2: FIELD RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Focuses on field research in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Students are expected to build on knowledge acquired in Sustainable Cities 1 and develop an independent project which will result in research on a topic related to sustainable cities.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: CREQ: GEOG 1615
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GEOG 1800 - SPECIAL TOPICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Detailed analysis of a particular topic not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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GEOG 1810 - DIRECTED READING
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
The student undertakes a specified course of study, comparable in content to a special topics course, under the direct supervision of a faculty member.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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GEOG 1820 - DIRECTED RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
The student undertakes a defined task of research under the supervision of a faculty member, and in which the results of the research are embodied in a thesis, extended paper, laboratory report, or other appropriate form.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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GEOG 1830 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
The student undertakes, under specific conditions, an independent program of study, research, or creative activity, usually off-campus and with less immediate and frequent guidance from the sponsoring faculty member than is typically provided in directed reading and directed research courses.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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GEOL 0010 - PRINCIPLES OF ASTRONOMY
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
The course involves a systematic survey of both the solar system and stellar astronomy which includes historical perspectives and modern discoveries. The planets, stars, galaxies and cosmology are discussed in detail homework and class exercises expose the student to practical methods of astronomy and utilize basic math skills of algebra and trigonometry.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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GEOL 0015 - PHYSICAL GEOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
The goal of this course is to provide students with a basic understanding of geology and its processes, and an appreciation of how geology relates to the human experience. Required laboratory work includes the study and identification of rocks and minerals; the interpretation of topographic maps, aerial photographs, and geologic maps; and the study of glaciation and ground water.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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GEOL 0024 - METEOROLOGY
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
This course will provide students with an overview of the earth’s weather systems. Emphasis will be on lab-centered, hands-on activities designed to demonstrate weather phenome non through a holistic approach. Topics will include, but are not limited to, structure and composition of the atmosphere, global patterns of circulation, pressure systems, fronts, air masses, weather maps and weather prediction, and climate systems. Students will be required to complete weekly assignments; there will be a semester project; at least one class session will be a field trip.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0001 or Math Placement Score (46 or greater)
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GEOL 0061 - HISTORICAL GEOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
Basic principles for reconstructing the geologic past are introduced, and earth history is surveyed in terms of geological and biological evolution from the origin of the solar system to the present. Laboratory work includes study of rocks as clues to earth history, identification of fossils, stratigraphic correlation, paleoenvironmental and paleogeographic reconstruction, and interpretation of geologic history from geologic maps.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 0015
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GEOL 0083 - INTRO TO PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Emphasis on physical aspects of the oceans. Topics include geology of the seafloor, chemical and physical nature of seawater, waves, tides, coastal systems, ocean resources, and environmental concerns.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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GEOL 0086 - ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will provide the student with an awareness of the environmental problems and geologic hazards facing mankind today. Case studies of environmental disruption, both natural and manmade, will be presented. The main topics include: volcanism, earthquakes, flooding, slope instability, hydrologic cycle, surface and ground water supply, water law, water pollution, fuel resources, acid mine drainage, and greenhouse effect.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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GEOL 0090 - EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Introductory class that will provide the student with an understanding of how earthquakes and volcanoes occur and impact our planet. Earthquakes and volcanoes can vary from small phenomena with little effect on their surrounding environment to large-scale disasters that impact a wide-geographical region. This course will explore the physical causes, the differences between small and large events, and the results that impact the landscape of our planet.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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GEOL 0091 - PREHISTORIC LIFE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
How has life on earth changed throughout the last 3.8 billion years of geologic time? This course is an overview of the science of paleontology and the fossil record of ancient life. Geological and biological principles for interpreting ancient life are introduced and examined. The earth’s geologic timescale and methods of absolute and relative age dating techniques will be discussed. Important groups from the invertebrate and vertebrate fossil records, including, plants, dinosaurs, and other organisms will be covered. The course will include several field trips to nearby locations to collect and examine fossils along with the rocks in which they are found.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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GEOL 0210 - EARTH MATERIALS
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
This course provides a detailed investigation into the formation and properties of earth’s primary materials: rocks and minerals. Topics include: the physical, chemical, structural, and optical properties of minerals; description and identification of common rock-forming and ore minerals; minerals assemblages and associations; and classification and identification of common rock types.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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GEOL 0220 - FOSSIL FUELS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides an overview of energy resources, with special attention given to fossil fuels and the resources of Western Pennsylvania. Emphasis will be placed on the origin, development, and distribution of resources. Alternative energy sources, such as renewable energy and nuclear, will also be covered, as well the environmental implications of use, production, and disposal of the various resources.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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GEOL 1000 - MINERALOGY & OPTICAL MINERALOGY
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
The symmetry, structure, and crystal chemistry of minerals are the focus of this course. Laboratory work includes the physical properties of minerals and hand sample identification. The student is introduced to the use of the polarizing microscope as a tool for mineral identification.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 0015
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GEOL 1004 - IGNEOS & METM PETRLGY & PETGRPHY
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
The origin, occurrence, and classification of rocks form the heart of the course. Problems of petrogenesis are approached through the use of phase equilibria and crystal chemistry. Laboratory work includes hand specimen identification and the use of the polarizing microscope.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 1000
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GEOL 1005 - SEDIMENTATION & STRATIGRAPHY
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
Course focuses on sedimentological processes and products, depositional environments, and modern stratigraphic principles. Lab emphasizes description and interpretation of various types of sedimentological and stratigraphic data.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 0061
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GEOL 1061 - GEOMORPHOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
This course is a survey of the major landform features found on the earth’s surface. Each landform type is first described qualitatively and then examined in terms of the processes, such as stream flow or glacial activity, which cause its development. The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with geomorphic principles.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 0015
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GEOL 1105 - HYDROLOGY
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
Detailed discussion of all parts of the hydrologic cycle except for ground water. Topics include: precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, interception, surface water runoff, watershed analysis, flood and low-flow frequency analysis, water quality, statistical treatment of hydrologic data.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 0015
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GEOL 1106 - HYDROGEOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
Topics to be covered include soil moisture and groundwater regimes, water mass budgets, precipitation, evapotranspiration, interception, surface water runoff, hydraulic conductivity of earth materials, principles of groundwater flow, well hydraulics, geology of groundwater occurrence, watershed analysis, statistical treatment of hydrologic data, and water quality. A number of labs will be field exercises. Permission of instructor required if prerequisite is not met.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 0015
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GEOL 1108 - RPT WRITNG & COMP APPLIC IN GEOL
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Conventions of scientific writing are introduced and applied to the preparation of geologic reports. Covers use of various types of software and web-based resources used in geologic research and report writing. Poster and oral presentation are required term projects.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 0015 and 0061
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GEOL 1110 - STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
Mechanical properties of rock deformation, the principles of geologic mapping, and introductory methods of structural analysis. Laboratory work includes solving geologic structural problems using orthrographic and stereographic methods, fault motion, and drill hole interpretation.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 0015
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GEOL 1139 - GEOLOGY OF SOILS
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
The genesis, classification, properties, and utilization of soil are discussed with emphasis on topics of current interest. Relationships of soils to geology, chemistry, and biology are stressed.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 0015
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GEOL 1150 - SENIOR PROJECT
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
The student selects, with the project director’s assistance, an area of study, prepares a proposal, performs the research, and prepares both written and oral reports to be presented to the GPS faculty.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 1108
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GEOL 1157 - GEOLOGIC FIELD METHODS
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
Course format emphasizes practical work in field situations with supplemental lectures, and includes introduction to the use of Brunton compass, altimeter, allidade, and field mapping techniques.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 0015
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GEOL 1170 - INTERNSHIPS
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 12
Experience with local and state cooperating agencies; also departmental assistantships.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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GEOL 1202 - INTRODUCTION TO PALEONTOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
Geologically significant fossils are studied with emphasis on paleoecology and evolution. Laboratory work involves morphological study of fossils, and use of fossils in solving geological and paleontological problems.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 0015
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GEOL 1406 - INTRO TO SOLID-EARTH GEOPHYSICS
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
Study in the application of gravity, seismology, magnetism and resistivity to determination of the composition and structure of the earth. Geophysical equipment operation, data collection, and interpretation are covered.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: GEOL 0015
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GEOL 1905 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 12
This course permits undergraduates to explore specific topics in the geological sciences. The course is designed in a more flexible format than a directed study, stressing a higher degree of independent library research.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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GEOL 1906 - DIRECTED RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 12
This course provides the opportunity for under graduates to obtain “hands on” experience in geology by actively interacting with faculty members on research projects.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HLTHCR 1050 - HEALTH CARE EDUCATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is restricted to health care majors only. This course will present the basic principles of education to include objective writing, didactic lab and clinical teaching techniques, and student evaluation as it pertains to health education.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HLTHCR 1054 - HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is restricted to health care majors only. This course will present the various aspects of health management to include basic management principles and their application to the ever-changing health care environment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HLTHCR 1060 - COMPARATIVE HEALTHCARE
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
This course examines the structure of the current health care system in Belgium, with a focus on comparing and contrasting European and American systems. Students will examine the roles of various health care professionals within the systems, and will have the opportunity to discuss issues such as quality of care, access to care, financial considerations, and perception of outcomes with Europeans currently working in or preparing for careers in the health professions. The course includes visits to both acute care and community care facilities serving diverse groups of patients, where students will observe and interact with health care professionals. In addition, students will participate in activities including a service-learning experience that will serve as a basis for a reflection paper and presentation.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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HLTHCR 1061 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN HEALTH CARE
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Analysis of a particular health care topic not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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HLTHCR 1095 - HEALTH CARE INTERNSHIP
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is restricted to health care majors only. This internship will allow the student to explore areas of interest in health care management and education in clinical, administrative or business environments. The experience will be structured to include a preliminary project description, measurable goals/objectives, and a time line of activities. Evaluation will be based upon a journal documenting activities, achievement of goals and objectives, oral and written summation of experience and independent evaluation by faculty.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: HLTHCR 1050 and 1054
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HLTHCR 1119 - LEGAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH CARE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is restricted to health care majors only. Discusses principles of hospital law and aspects of handling confidential and health records information. Actual cases and statutes are discussed.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HLTHCR 1120 - LANGUAGE OF MEDICINE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: Information Systems Major or Management (Healthcare Management Subplan) Major
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HIST 0120 - WESTERN CIVILIZATION 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course explores the origins of the Western traditions and the changes which occur in the political, social, economic, intellectual, artistic and other aspects, over time, and with shift in geographical focus. The course begins with the Bronze Age and ends with the Reformation and Age of Exploration. Writing skills are emphasized.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 0130 - WESTERN CIVILIZATION 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course explores the changes which occur in Europe from the Age of Absolutism to the late twentieth century. Writing skills are emphasized.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 0210 - INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An examination of the more important religious themes that run through the Hebrew bible, specifically as they relate to the law, the prophets, and the writings of the Hebrews. Major themes of the Jewish tradition from biblical to modern times are also explored.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 0424 - CLASSICAL EAST ASIA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course deals with geography, government society, economy, philosophy, and religions of china, Japan, and Korea from prehistoric times to the 18th century. Emphasizes the role of China and its influence upon its neighbors.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 0425 - MODERN EAST ASIA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Presents the history of China, Korea, and Japan in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Traces the Western impact on East Asia and the responses of these states as they become modern.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 0610 - UNITED STATES TO 1877
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is an introductory, lower division, course that develops the history of United States from the 1400s through the Civil War and Reconstruction
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 0620 - UNITED STATES 1877 - PRESENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An introduction to American history from 1877 to the present which emphasizes selected topics on changes in American society and politics as an earlier agrarian society became an industrial-urban one and as the nation took up an ever larger role in world affairs.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 0750 - HISTORICAL METHODS & THEORIES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces students to various modes of historical thought and practice, ranging from major historiographical debates to hands-on practical instruction in methods of historical deduction, arguing, reading, and writing. Students will craft historical writing projects such as research papers, book reviews, and bibliographies, and will explore a wide variety of historical writings. This course will be an option for the methodology requirement for the history major. The course is intended to prepare students for upper level history courses, especially HIST 1002 writing seminar for majors.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: Any HIST course or instructor consent
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HIST 0760 - INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HISTORY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course will introduce students to the theory, methodology, and practice of Public History. Public History is the employment of professional historical methods by public and private agencies to engage communities in shaping the presentation of the past into usable histories. Through the course, students will be able to analyze how Public historians and the Public collaborate to explain individual and collective human behavior through a variety of methods, mediums, and contexts. Moreover, students will learn how Public Historians and the Public create and express historical meaning for their local, state, national, and global communities.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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HIST 0770 - HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY FILM AND FILMMAKING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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HIST 1002 - WRITING SEMINAR FOR MAJORS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will reinforce the proper techniques of historical research in the development of a major research project.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: Junior or Senior Status
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HIST 1113 - MEDIEVAL EUROPE: 1100-1500
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Role of nobility, peasantry, church, development of towns, beginnings of national states, education, and culture.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1127 - MODERN BRITAIN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A seminar that examines the history of Britain in the Twentieth Century. Topics to be discussed include: the British constitution, parliament and parties, the monarchy, the economy, social classes, Britain and the two World Wars, “the troubles” in Ulster, the British Commonwealth, Britain and European Union, and Britain and America.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1170 - RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The revival of classical thought, literature, and art in 14th- and 15th-century Italy; development of humanism with its secular tendencies and emphasis on the human personality; the Northern Renaissance of the 16th century; movements for reform in the church; Luther, Calvin, and the Protestant Reformation; the spread of Protestantism, and the Catholic Reformation (counter reformation).
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1300 - ENGLAND TO 1689
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Surveys the development of English social, political, economic and cultural history through the “glorious revolution”.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1342 - RUSSIA SINCE 1860
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Pre-Revolutionary Russia, its social structure, political tensions, beginnings of industrialization, 1905 Revolution, Bolshevik Revolution and establishment of the Soviet State, Civil War, the Stalin Period, World War II and the Post War “thaw.”
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1381 - EUROPE 1914-1945
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
History of both Western and Eastern Europe from World War I through the end of World War II, with emphasis on national and ethnic tensions, the failure of democracy, depression, the growth of fascism, international conflicts, and war.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1385 - EUROPE SINCE 1945
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
History of Western and Eastern Europe: the Postwar reconstruction, communism in Eastern Europe; Europe in the Cold War; economic, social and cultural changes; the Revolutions of 1989.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1400 - COLONIAL AMERICA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is an upper division course that develops the history of the North American English colonies from around 1400 through the early 1760s.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1405 - SLAVERY IN AMERICA, 1619-1865
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This reading/discussion seminar will consider a variety of issues relating to the enslavement and emancipation of African-Americans in Colonial America and the U.S., Including but not limited to: African origins, the Atlantic slave trade, the middle passage, early colonial slavery, varieties of colonial slavery, slaves and free blacks and the American Revolution, slave religion, slave society, slave families, the politics and law of slavery, slave resistance and rebellions, slaves and free blacks and the Civil War, abolitionism, and abolition.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1409 - THE EARLY REPUBLIC: US 1789-1848
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the social, ideological, political, diplomatic, geographic, and religious atmosphere that influenced the founding of the United States of America.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1410 - AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1763-1783
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is an upper division course that considers the history of Revolutionary America between the 1750s and the 1790s.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1413 - AMERICAN LABOR HISTORY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This three-credit upper division reading seminar will explore the development and implementation of labor systems and the roles and experiences of American workers within those systems from the Colonial Era to the present.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1416 - AMERICAN WOMEN’S HISTORY TO 1890
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Exploration of women’s themes in American history, including changing expectations of gender roles, evolving nature of work and family life, race relations and ethnic difference, and the participation of women in important social and political movements.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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HIST 1417 - AMERICAN WOMEN’S HISTORY SINCE 1890
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Continuation of topics covered in HIST 1416.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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HIST 1430 - CIVIL WAR HISTORY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is an upper division course that considers the impact of the Civil War upon the development of the United States.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1505 - FILM AND HISTORY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A seminar on the moving visual image as historical artifact. Examines the impact of film and video on the historical profession. Seeks to provide expertise in the technologies of film-making required for scholarly use of visual resources.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1521 - THE PACIFIC WAR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An examination of the conflict between the United States (and its allies) and the Empire of Japan, 1941-1945. Both American and Japanese perspectives are explored.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1523 - WORLD WAR II FILM SEMINAR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
World War II film seminar is an upper-level seminar designed to coordinate with HIST 1520, World War II. It examines the films produced during World War II which contain a war information message, illustrates visually the subjects studied in the World War II course, and provides a laboratory for the study of the visual image as historical artifact.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1535 - COLD WAR CULTURES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course explores the political, social, and cultural history of the Cold War in the United States, emphasizing themes such as civil rights and civil liberties, the McCarthy period, the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, the Vietnam War, the rise of the new left and the new right, the Reagan presidency, and the fall of the Soviet Empire.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: HIST 0620 or 0602
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HIST 1600 - POSTWAR JAPAN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An exploration of the social, political, economic and industrial elements which allowed the Japanese to create an economic superpower on a resource poor archipelago. Using an historical framework, the course will concentrate on the post-World War II era.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1602 - RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A seminar that examines the origins, identities, and theological conceptions of the major non-Judeo/Christian religious traditions. The course of study includes the scriptures, cultural contexts and worship practices of these religions as well as the intimate relationship of religion to other aspects of human behavior.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1603 - JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is a study of the beliefs and practices of the three major Monotheistic religions. The course examines the historical origins, development, theological concepts and worship practices of what are sometimes called the ‘Abrahamic Faiths.’ It emphasizes the distinct character of each religion as well as variations within each, and seeks to discern continuity and differences among the three. This course is designed to be a companion to History/RELGST 1602, “Religions of the World,” to provide a more searching treatment of the Western religious traditions. The approach combines elements of a seminar, in which student preparation and participation are important, with lecture segments and also makes significant use of video and web-based resources.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1605 - RECONSTRUCTION AND REFORM, 1865-1916
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the long-range impact of the Northern victory in the Civil War; the restructuring of the economy of the United States, business expansion, the rise of finance capitalism, and various reform movements.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1608 - NOTORIOUS WOMEN 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines scandalous episodes in 17th-20th century American history, emphasizing issues of sexuality and gender subversion; political and religious extremism; and violent passions leading to controversial and infamous acts. Unlike many courses, this one focuses on “fringe,” controversial, or disenfranchised persons, to explore how events and persons, despite their “abnormality,” shaped and reflected the cultural and political values of their day. Topics include witchcraft and the occult, utopian communities, religious and political radicals, changing ideas of gender roles and sexuality, and accused murderers. “Typical” women analyzed include Marie Laveau, the Salem “witches,” and Lizzie Borden. This course is reading-intensive, and depends on students’ active participation.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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HIST 1609 - NOTORIOUS WOMEN 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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HIST 1613 - PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course traces the revolutionary process which brought the communist party of China to power. Changes which have occurred socially, politically, and economically are explored, as are the relations with the countries of Asia, the United States, and various international bodies.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1617 - UNITED STATES IN THE 1960’S
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course explores American politics, culture, and society in the 1960s. Topics include the “Camelot’s” years of the Kennedy administration, the great society, the Vietnam War at home, the civil rights movement and the rise of the new left and women’s liberation movements, rock and roll, the sexual revolution and the counterculture, and the emergence of new age spirituality.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: HIST 0620 or 0601
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HIST 1620 - THE VIETNAM WAR
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to acquaint the student with American involvement in Southeast Asia, in particular with the second Indochina War. Some attempt will be made to provide a background of Vietnamese historical and cultural perspective. The major portion of the course will focus on American policy, at home and abroad, and the manner in which five American presidents tried to deal with the “Indochina problem”.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1624 - AGE OF REAGAN: 1980 & BEYOND
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course deals with the U.S. between World War II and the 21st century, with primary emphasis on the 1980s and 1990s. The struggle between Communism and the “Free World,” haunted by the specter of potential nuclear war, shadowed most aspects of U.S. political, cultural, and social life during these decades, and profoundly shaped entertainer-politician Ronald Reagan, who emerged as one of the U.S.’s most iconic presidents. This reading- and discussion-intensive course will discuss Reagan’s life, policies and philosophy; the emergence and significance of the New Left and the New Right; and changing ideas about race, family, and sexuality at the center of the “Culture Wars” of the 1980s and beyond. Topics include civil rights and race relations, changing family and gender roles, AIDS, popular culture, and American foreign policy. We also analyze how Reagan’s presidency shaped later political leaders in both major parties.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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HIST 1679 - MEXICO
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Mexican history from the Aztecs to the present. We will discuss the conquest, the Colonial Era, the struggle for independence, nineteenth-century liberalism, the Porfirian dictatorship, the Twentieth-Century Revolution, the formation of a single party state, the temptations of socialism, the oil boom, the debt crisis, and the “crisis of the system” now being experienced by Mexico.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1774 - HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An examination of the foundations of Christianity in Roman times and its worldwide diffusion up to the present. The emergence of differing Christian identities, the experiences of Christians in various societies, and the role of Christianity in significant social and political developments in the West are emphasized.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1800 - DIRECTED READING
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
The student undertakes a specified course of study, comparable in content to a special topics course, under the direct supervision of a faculty member.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1810 - SPECIAL TOPICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Detailed analysis of a particular topic not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1820 - DIRECTED RESEARCH
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
The student undertakes a defined task of research on campus under the supervision of a faculty member of an appropriate department, and in which the fruits of the research are embodied in a thesis, extended paper, laboratory report, or other appropriate form.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HIST 1830 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
The student undertakes, under specific conditions, an independent program of study, research, or creative activity usually off-campus and with less immediate and frequent guidance from the sponsoring faculty member than is typically provided in directed reading and directed research courses.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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HUMAN 0500 - DIGITAL TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to introduce tools and technologies in humanities computing for undergraduate digital research. We will create opportunities for engagement beyond the classroom, as students work together in teams to create websites, produce scholarship, and offer service in the public humanities. The course is modeled on the “Humanities Lab”, which emphasizes project-based learning, collaboration, and long-term project development. The course does require some programming, database design, and mark-up instruction, but on a level that assumes no prior knowledge or experience with computers.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Workshop
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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HUMAN 1350 - MULTI-MEDIA AND DIGITAL CULTURE INTERNSHIP
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
The MMDC Internship course is designed to provide MMDC majors with opportunities to apply discipline-specific knowledge and skills to a modern workplace, thus allowing for a supervised structure for using MMDC theory and practice in a practical, hands-on environment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
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HUMAN 1500 - MULTIMEDIA AND DIGITAL CULTURE CAPSTONE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A capstone course in which students will refine their previous digital projects and produce new ones to be assembled in a digital portfolio, suitable for job applications or graduate school applications. Students will also begin their job search by identifying and locating potential employers and targeting their materials for those positions.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Workshop
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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IS 0400 - Intro to Information Systems
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to introduce students to contemporary information systems and demonstrate how these systems are used throughout global organizations. The focus of this course will be on the key components of information systems people, software, hardware, data, and communication technologies, and how these components can be integrated and managed to create competitive advantage. Through the knowledge of how IS provides a competitive advantage students will gain an understanding of how information is used in organizations and how IS enables improvement in quality, speed, and agility. This course also provides an introduction to systems and development concepts, technology acquisition, and various types of application software that have been prevalent or are emerging in modern organizations and society.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
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IS 1410 - DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The database-oriented course provides the students with an introduction to core concepts in data and information management. It is centered on the core skills of identifying organizational information requirements, modeling them using conceptual data modeling techniques, converting the conceptual data models into relational data models and verifying its structural characteristics with normalization techniques, and implementing and utilizing a relational database using a multi-user database management system. The course will also include coverage of basic database administration tasks and key concepts of data quality and data security.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IS 0400
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IS 1411 - ADVANCED DATABASE TECHNOLOGIES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will cover advanced topics related to data modeling and management using some of the latest technologies found in the industry (such as Oracle, MS SQL Server, MYSGQL).
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IS 1410
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IS 1412 - GRAPHIC DESIGN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
In this course, students learn how to effectively use Adobe Creative Suite programs: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Through a series of lectures and hands-on exercises and projects, you will gain a working knowledge with each of the Adobe applications and learn the advantages they provide. Skills learned in this class allow students to design for printed or electronically displayed materials, such as business logos, brochures, posters, flyers, or websites. These skills are typically needed to pursue a career as a Graphic Designer, but are useful across many different disciplines to make an employee more resourceful, especially Marketing.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: IS 0400
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IS 1415 - WEB DEVELOPMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is intended to provide the basis needed for students to become a web professional or a key contributor to web application decisions made by an organization. Students will gain front-end web development skills, positioning them to become a Front-end Web Developer, Web/User Experience Designer, Web System Analyst, or Website/E-commerce site content manager. Knowledge of the web will be critical as no matter what career is pursued, as the web is the platform of the present & future.
Proper HTML & CSS conventions will be learned as these web technologies are leveraged in the construction of user interfaces. JavaScript & jQuery will be introduced late in the course to come full circle on the technologies used in front-end web development. Along the way, useful development tools, browser nuances & the evolution of web standards will be discovered by the students as their knowledge of website development grows.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: IS 0400 or CS 0100 or CS 0455 or HUM 0500 or HIST 0760
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IS 1420 - SYSTEMS ANALYS AND DESIGN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course discusses the processes, methods, techniques and tools that organizations use to determine how they should conduct their business, with a particular focus on how computer-based technologies can most effectively contribute to the way business is organized and operates. The course covers a systematic methodology for analyzing a business problem or opportunity, determining what role, if any, computer-based technologies can play in addressing the business need, articulating business requirements for the technology solution, specifying alternative approaches to acquiring the technology capabilities needed to address the business requirements, and specifying the requirements for the information systems solution in particular, in-house development, development from third-party providers, or purchased commercial-off-the-shelf packages.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IS 0400
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IS 1425 - NETWORKING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides in-depth knowledge of data communications and networking requirements including networking and telecommunications technologies, hardware, and software. Emphasis is upon the analysis and design of networking applications in organizations. Management of telecommunications networks, cost-benefit analysis, and evaluation of connectivity options are covered. Students learn to evaluate, select, and implement different communication options within an organization.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IS 0400
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IS 1426 - HARDWARE AND OPERATING SYSTEMS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Information technology professionals will encounter a variety of platforms in their career. The role of the IT professional is to select, deploy, integrate, and administer platforms or components to support the organizations infrastructure. This course covers the fundamentals of hardware and operating systems and how they integrate to form essential components of its systems. In addition, this course positions students to pass the CompTia A+ Certification exam. Students will gain hands-on experience with the many components inside of a computer, along with gaining operating system knowledge to accomplish the many routine tasks of a PC technician or IT specialist.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IS 0400 or CS 0100 or CS 0455
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IS 1428 - MOBILE APPS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course teaches students how to take a mobile application from the ground to market by developing a mobile strategy, weighing design options, and leveraging technologies to build a desired application. Students will learn about the different components that form the mobile landscape and how we came to the rapid success that is seen today. Students will become familiar with the most widely adopted mobile platforms, the differences they have between them and learn about the distribution channels these apps must travel through before they are available in the marketplace. Students will design and prototype mobile apps using a variety of tools. Lastly, students will go through the application building process learning the concepts behind building basic Android mobile applications.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: IS 1420
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