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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Courses


 

Accounting

  
  • ACC 201 - Principles of Accounting I


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Introduction to financial and managerial accounting. Study of the language of business for both the user and preparer of accounting information. Topics include the accounting cycle, preparation of financial statements and their use, accounting for manufacturing concerns, budgeting and decisions making using accounting information.

    Note: The course must be taken in a one year sequence with ACC 202 and cannot be reversed.
    Prerequisite: CSC 101 or 102 or ISC 110 and minimum first semester sophomore standing. Advisement Recommendation: A strong high school math background.
    Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credit: 3
  
  • ACC 202 - Principles of Accounting II


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Introduction to financial and managerial accounting. Study of the language of business for both the user and preparer of accounting information. Topics include the accounting cycle, preparation of financial statements and their use, accounting for manufacturing concerns, budgeting and decisions making using accounting information.

    Note: The course must be taken in a one year sequence with ACC 201 first and cannot be reversed.
    Prerequisite: ACC 201 and minimum sophomore standing.
    Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credit: 3
  
  • ACC 301 - Intermediate Accounting I


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Accounting concepts and standards. Problems of income determination and asset measurement and valuation. Includes: analysis of cash, funds, flow, receivables, inventories, plant property and equipment, and intangible value of the firm.

    Prerequisite: ACC 202 and minimum junior standing.
    Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credit: 3
  
  • ACC 302 - Intermediate Accounting II


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Accounting concepts and standards concerning short and long term liabilities, and equity accounting. Also addresses income tax allocation, accounting for pensions and leases.

    Prerequisite: ACC 301 and minimum second semester junior standing.
    Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credit: 3
  
  • ACC 305 - Accounting Information Systems


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course develops the ability to understand accounting information as a system to be managed. A general overview of accounting information systems is provided. Computer technology is discussed, particularly with respect to control issues. Database management and transaction process are discussed. Systems security issues are addressed.

    Prerequisite: ACC 202 and minimum junior standing.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ACC 310 - Cost Accounting


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Basic cost accounting concepts and information are discussed in relation to the decision-making process. Topics include: cost accumulation, budgeting, standards, responsibility accounting, relevant costing, direct costing, joint costs, distribution costing, and break-even analysis.

    Prerequisite: ACC 202 and minimum junior standing.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ACC 315 - International Accounting Concepts


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of international accounting Issues critical to the education of a well-rounded, competent college student. Students must be able understand the language in which 21st Century firms communicate in a global marketplace. The course will explore diversity in accounting concepts and practices and the roles of culture, religion and other social mores that may have shaped them.

    Prerequisite: ACC 202
    Offered: Summer
    Credit: 3
  
  • ACC 320 - Managerial Accounting


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    A course concerned with the specific use of accounting systems and accounting tools for managerial decision-making. Some emphasis is placed on modern methods of accounting e.g., computer accounting and the use of management techniques to train the decision making facility.

    Prerequisite: ACC 310 and minimum second semester junior standing.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ACC 321 - Accounting as a Management Tool


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course includes basic accounting and financial concepts from the development of accounting information to uses of this information; in planning, controlling, and evaluating the performance of a business. Emphasis is on the corporate form of business.

    Note: This course cannot be used to satisfy any elective requirement in any Business degree program.
    Prerequisite: MGT 261.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ACC 330 - Federal Tax Accounting I


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course is an introductory course in federal income taxes. It covers the tax law as set forth in the Internal Revenue Code, Treasury regulations, IRS rulings and pronouncements, and court decisions. Specific emphasis is placed on the taxation of individual taxpayers. Subjects include gross income, principles of revenue recognition and tax accounting, business deductions, losses, depreciation, itemized deductions, tax shelter loss limitations, tax credits, and the tax consequences of property transactions.

    Prerequisite: ACC 301 or FIN 340 and minimum second semester junior standing.
    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 3
  
  • ACC 340 - Accounting for Non-Profit Organizations


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    A study of municipal, charitable, and other nonprofit organizations with emphasis on organizational relationships, internal control, budgeting, reporting to interested organizations and individuals, performance analysis, and system design.

    Prerequisite: ACC 202 and minimum junior standing.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ACC 410 - Fraud Examination


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    ACC 410 is designed as an exploration into understanding the significance of fraud in the modern business world. This course is designed to add knowledge about accounting fraud investigation for accounting majors and other interested business majors. It will provide students with additional anti-fraud education. Topics include the nature of fraud, preventive measures, detection methodology and technology.

    Prerequisite: BLW 280 and upper division standing; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Summer
    Credit: 3
  
  • ACC 425 - Topics in Accounting


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    ACC 425 is designed to examine selected current topics in Accounting. This is an advanced Accounting course that presents topics not covered in other program courses and/or explores selected topics in greater depth. Topics might include Historical Development of Theory and Practice, Regulation Impacting Accounting, Risk Management and Accounting, file production accounting and finance, and so forth. This course may be repeated for credit. Topics are discussed using a variety of learning tools such as textbooks, journal articles, case studies, active research, and computer simulations.

    Note: Repeatable for total of 12 credits.
    Prerequisite: ACC 301
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ACC 430 - Auditing


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Designed to provide students with a knowledge of auditing standards and procedures, the course will explore analysis of internal control and the techniques of accounting report presentation. Studies and discussion of social, business and professional ethics and current case studies will be involved.

    Prerequisite: ACC 302 and 310 and minimum senior standing.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ACC 431 - Federal Tax Accounting II


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course covers federal tax laws pertaining to business entities. It discusses the computation of the corporate income tax and the taxation of partnerships and S corporations. Particular emphasis is given to the tax treatment of transactions between corporations and their shareholders and between partnerships and their partners The course describes the tax law as set forth in the Internal Revenue Code, Treasury regulations, IRS rulings and pronouncements, and court decisions.

    Prerequisite: ACC 330 and ACC 301 and minimum second semester junior standing.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ACC 440 - Advanced Accounting


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course completes the financial accounting sequence begun in Principles of Accounting (ACC 201) and continued in the two Intermediate Accounting courses (ACC 301 and 302). The course will cover generally accepted accounting principles for stockholders equity, compensatory stock options, intercompany equity investments, consolidated financial statements, foreign currency transactions, and partnerships.

    Prerequisite: ACC 302 and minimum senior standing.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3

Adolescence Education

  
  • ADO 310 - Discipline Specific Methods: English Language Arts Grades 7-12


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course is designed to help prospective middle and adolescent English teachers better understand curricular issues; local, state, and national standards and reform efforts; and specific methods for developing the English and language arts knowledge and skills of all learners. Study of curriculum and methods of instruction in the English language arts in grades 7-12; focus on state and national learning standards; instructional decision-making; learning theories; curricular content; environments conducive to fostering growth of diverse students; using technology to support learning; collaboration with other professionals to help students with special educational needs; investigations arising from field-based practicum.

    Prerequisite: EDU 301.
    Co-requisite: ADO 313.
    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 4
  
  • ADO 313 - Field Experience III: Discipline Specific English Language Arts Grades 7-12


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Observation and participation assignments in a school setting approximately four hours per week.

    Prerequisite: EDU 303.
    Co-requisite: ADO 310
    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 2
  
  • ADO 320 - Discipline Specific Methods: Second Language Acquisition/Modern Language


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course is guided by local, state, and national learning standards as planning, instructional strategies, assessment strategies and management models are introduced for grades 7-12 foreign and second language classrooms. Candidates will become familiar with theories concerning the nature of language, the function of language across social class, geographic regions and time, the acquisition of language, the nature of “proficiency,” and reasons and goals for learning a foreign or second language. This course emphasizes teacher candidates’ transformation into professionals through reflective and practical application of theory and research to build professional understanding, skill, and dispositions, and encourages continuing growth in second/foreign language teaching.

    Prerequisite: EDU 301.
    Co-requisite: ADO 323
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 4
  
  • ADO 323 - Field Experience III: Discipline Specific Second Language Acquisition/Modern Language Grades 7-12


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Teacher candidates observe, participate in, and teach mini-lessons in Second/Foreign Language classrooms, guided by experienced cooperating teachers and college supervisors in order to acquire an understanding of the relationship among diverse learners, teachers, schools, and curricula. In addition to observing teaching practice and curriculum, candidates will consider issues of power, politics, equity, language, and equality.

    Prerequisite: EDU 303.
    Co-requisite: ADO 320
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 2
  
  • ADO 330 - Discipline Specific Methods: Mathematics Grades 7-12


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Study of curriculum and methods of instruction in mathematics in Grades 7-12; focus and local, state, and national standards; instructional decision-making; learning theories; curricular content; multicultural and all-ability environments; using technology to support learning; investigations arising from field-based practicum.

    Prerequisite: EDU 301.
    Co-requisite: ADO 333.
    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 4
  
  • ADO 333 - Field Experience III: Discipline Specific Mathematics Grades 7-12


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course is a field placement which requires observation and participation assignments in a school setting, approximately four hours per week. This practicum course is designed to help prospective middle and high school teachers better understand curricular issues; state and national standards and reform efforts; infusion technology in instruction; and specific methods for developing mathematics skills and dispositions for all learners.

    Prerequisite: EDU 303.
    Co-requisite: ADO 330.
    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 2
  
  • ADO 340 - Discipline Specific Methods: Science Grades 7-12


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course emphasizes study of the nature of science; how middle and high school students learn science (including science misconceptions); the curriculum (guided by local, state, and national learning standards); and pedagogy appropriate for teaching science to middle and high school students. Learning theories, curricular content, multicultural and inclusive environments, using technology to support learning, and investigations arising from the field-based practicum are explored. Inquiry, reflection, interpretation of research, modeling, and practice are used to build professional understanding, skill, and dispositions, and encourage continuing growth in science teaching.

    Prerequisite: EDU 301.
    Co-requisite: ADO 343.
    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 4
  
  • ADO 343 - Field Experience III: Science Practicum Grades 7-12


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Observation and participation assignments in a school setting, approximately four hours per week. This practicum course is designed to help prospective middle and high school teachers better understand the relationships among diverse learners, teachers, schools, and curricula. In addition, prospective teachers will focus on state and national standards and reform efforts, infusion of technology in instruction, and specific methods for developing science skills and dispositions for all learners.

    Prerequisite: EDU 303.
    Co-requisite: ADO 340.
    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 2
  
  • ADO 350 - Discipline Specific Methods: Social Studies Grades 7-12


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course is the study of curriculum and methods of instruction in social studies, grades 7-12, with a focus on state and national standards; instructional decision-making; learning theories; curricular content; strategies of inquiry, environments conducive to fostering growth of diverse students; use of technology to support learning; collaboration with other professionals to help students with special educational needs; and investigations arising from field-based experiences.

    Prerequisite: EDU 301.
    Co-requisite: ADO 353
    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 4
  
  • ADO 353 - Field Experience III: Social Studies Practicum Grades 7-12


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Observation and participation assignments in a school setting, approximately four hours per week. This practicum course is designed to help prospective middle and high school teachers better understand curricular issues; state and national standards and reform efforts; infusion of technology in instruction; and specific methods for developing social studies skills and dispositions for all learners.

    Prerequisite: EDU 303.
    Co-requisite: ADO 350.
    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 2
  
  • ADO 394 - Interdisciplinary Methods Grades 7-12


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course is intended to provide adolescence education candidates with the ability to utilize the interrelationship of disciplined knowledge to further student understanding about how the world functions. Math, science, social studies, English, and foreign language education candidates will examine the common foundations, conceptual overlaps, and areas not addressed by conventional school subjects, but inherent within the broad spectrum of academia. Through a concept-driven approach, groups of interdisciplinary candidates will develop student learning activities and unit plans, which maybe implemented in classroom settings. The intent is to develop reflective educators who can collaborate to use a variety of integrated teaching strategies that are inquiry-based and will address the needs and development levels of all learners.

    Prerequisite: EDU 301.
    Offered: Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ADO 420 - Student Teaching Grades 7-12


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This is one of two culminating courses of the undergraduate adolescence 7-12 programs. It provides the candidate with the opportunity to integrate content knowledge and practice to promote authentic learning for all students to insure social justice in a setting appropriate for the NYS initial teaching certificate.
    Note: This course is completed with collaborative supervision from the college and the field-based institution.
    Prerequisite: EDU 380 or EDU 381 concurrently or previously, or instructor permission

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 6
  
  • ADO 421 - Cross-Cultural Student Teaching Grades 7-12


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This is one of two culmination courses of the undergraduate adolescence 7-12 programs. It provides the teacher candidate with the opportunity to integrate content knowledge and practice to promote authentic learning for all students to insure social justice in a diverse setting appropriate for the NYS initial teaching certificate.

    Note: This course is completed with collaborative supervision from the college and field-based institution.
    Prerequisite: ADO 420.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 6

African/African-American Studies

  
  • ARS 210 - Sub-Saharan Africa & Diaspora


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    An introduction to Sub-Saharan Africa through the major disciplines of the humanities and the social sciences. Attention given to Africa, the Caribbean and the United States and to the cultural, economic, historical, political and social interrelationships that exist between them. A broad overview, interdisciplinary in nature rather than a deep or specialized approach to the subject matter.

    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ARS 499 - Independent Study


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Individual study in the field of african studies under the direct supervision of a department faculty member.

    Prerequisite: Senior standing and permission of instructor and program director required.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 1 to 6

American Sign Language

  
  • ASL 101 - Elementary American Sign Language


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    A beginning course in American Sign Language as used within the American Deaf Community. A basic study of manual communication techniques, combines eye and aural training, fingerspelling, conceptualization, structure and syntax of American Sign Language. Receptive skills (reading signs and fingerspelling) and expressive skills (signing and fingerspelling a person’s own thoughts) are also emphasized as is an introduction to the culture of the Deaf Community.

    Offered: Fall, Summer
    Credit: 3
  
  • ASL 102 - Continuing Elementary American Sign Language


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    A continuation of study in American Sign Language as used within the American Deaf Community. A more advanced study of manual communication techniques, combined eye and aural training, fingerspelling, conceptualization, structure and syntax of American Sign Language. Receptive skills (reading signs and fingerspelling) and expressive skills (signing and fingerspelling a person’s own thoughts) are also emphasized, as is a more advanced study of the culture of the Deaf Community.

    Prerequisite: ASL 101 or three years of transcripted high school American Sign Language; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Spring, Summer
    Credit: 3
  
  • ASL 201 - Intermediate American Sign Language


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Review of basic grammar, non-manual markers, and culture. Introduction of more intermediate level vocabulary, sentence structures, including non-manual markers, and development of intermediate level expressive, receptive and conversational skills. Continued study of Deaf Culture.

    Prerequisite: ASL 102 or four years of High School American Sign Language; or permission of the instructor.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ASL 202 - Continuing Intermediate American Sign Language


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Continuation of Asl 201. Review basic grammar, non-manual markers, and culture. Introduction of more advanced level vocabulary, structures, non-manual markers, and classifiers. Development of intermediate level receptive and expressive skills, and conversational skills that can be understood by native users of ASL. Study of Deaf Culture and issues that impact the Deaf Community.

    Prerequisite: ASL 201 or permission of the instructor.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ASL 301 - Intro to American Deaf Culture


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Develop an understanding of the culture, community, and lives and contributions of Deaf in America. Learn how Deaf people interact with one another and manage their lives in a hearing world. Explore how Deaf people are understood from a cultural perspective and have contributed to the cultural development of America.

    Prerequisite: ASL 102
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

American Studies

  
  • AMS 100 - Introduction to American Studies


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course introduces students to America as an object of study and to American Studies as a discipline.

    Note: Students will spend time taking the measure of specific histories and specific representations of America.
    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 3
  
  • AMS 400 - Seminar In American Studies


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    The theme of the seminar varies depending on student and faculty interest, dealing with some aspect or period of American life and culture. Interdisciplinary approach is stressed; emphasis upon individual research.

    Note: Repeatable for a total of 6 credits.
    Prerequisite: Dependent on subject of course.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3
  
  • AMS 499 - Independent Study


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Individual study in the field of american studies under the direct supervision of a department faculty member.

    Prerequisite: permission of coordinator
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 1 to 6

Anthropology

  
  • ANT 111 - Archaeology and Human Evolution


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course introduces students to the vast and fascinating sweep of human biological and cultural evolution. The first half of the course addresses evolutionary theory and the evidence for human evolution derived from human genetics and biological diversity, primate behavior, and paleoanthropology. The second half presents archaeological theories and methods, and develops a narrative of cultural evolution from the earliest tool making, to the rise of the great ancient civilizations, to current issues in prehistory.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 112 - Cultural Anthropology


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course is designed to introduce students to the concept of culture. Subjects range from tribal politics and economies, to the evolution of sex, love, and marriage, and the nature of religion. It emphasizes that human beings are culturally dependent beings, that cultural diversity is rooted in our struggles to preserve our ethnic, tribal, and individual identities while adapting to changing environmental circumstances.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 210 - History of Ethnological Theory


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course provides a thorough background in the development of the theory and practice of ethnography in socio-cultural anthropology. We explore the analytic frames that anthropologists use to conceptualize, understand, account for, and describe people’s socially and culturally lived worlds and experiences.

    Prerequisite: ANT 112 or instructor permission.
    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 230 - Introductory Archaeology


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    A survey of techniques and methods of archaeological research with special attention focused on an explicitly scientific approach.
    Prerequisite: ANT 111 or instructor permission

    Note: Materials fee required.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 280 - Biological Anthropology


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course introduces students to the biological basis of human evolution and adaptability. It addresses issues of genetics and human evolution, modern population dynamics, human adaptability in different environments, human diversity, survey of the primates, and primate behavior.
    Prerequisite: ANT 111 or instructor permission

    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 300 - Sex and Gender Across Cultures


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course explores sex and gender as these concepts are socially and culturally constructed within and across multiple cultures. Emphasizing critical and thoughtful reading, analysis, and discussion, the course addresses how shared understandings of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and class affect people’s identities, opportunities, and experiences in their social worlds.
    Prerequisites: Nine social and behavioral science hours including ANT 112 OR SOC 100 OR WST 200; or instructor permission.

    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 301 - Selected Topics


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course provides students with the opportunity to learn about topics in Anthropology that are not currently included in the regular curriculum. Each section of this course is devoted a specific topic chosen by the instructor.

     

    Note: Course may be repeated for total of 9 credits.
    Prerequisite: Nine social and behavioral science hours including ANT 111 OR 112 OR SOC 100; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

  
  • ANT 302 - Teaching Anthropology I


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course offers qualified and promising students the opportunity to participate in the construction and execution of an anthropology course. Under the instructor’s guidance, the student aids in test construction and evaluation, and introduces various pedagogical strategies. The student gains experience in conducting review sessions, teaching a lesson, and evaluating textbooks. As a result of these and other activities, anthropology students are able to gain practical experience in writing, speaking, organizing, and evaluating that will stand them in good stead whether they go to graduate school or immediately enter the workforce.

    Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 303 - Conservation and Ethical Treatment of Nonhuman Primates


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course examines the diversity of nonhuman primates, their behavior, and intelligence. Included are a survey of primate growth and development, behavioral ecology, cognitive abilities, and social structures as well as social, political and ecological issues involved in conservation and ethical treatment of primates in captivity and the wild.

    Prerequisite: Upper division standing and one of the following: BIO 101, BIO 120, BIO 207 OR ANT 111, or instructor permission.
    Equivalent Course: BIO 303
    Offered: Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 310 - Research Methods


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course introduces students to research methods used in anthropological research, both qualitative and quantitative. The scientific method will be discussed in detail and put in its historical and cultural context. Ethnographic methods will be detailed and discussed in the first portion of the course; how such methods are used to collect, analyze, and report on cross-cultural data will be explored. The use of quantitative methods in various contexts (e.g., human populations, forensic skeletal evidence) will comprise the second portion of the course.

    Prerequisite: Nine hours of social or behavioral science, including ANT 111 OR 112 OR SOC 100 OR PSY 100 or instructor permission
    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 321 - Caves, Paintings and Carvings: The Paleolithic of Southern France


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course will explore the current archaeological research of the Paleolithic period in the Dordogne region of France. This is a quarter course with eight weeks of class instruction. A trip to the Dordogne will follow, with opportunities to view the major cave and rock art sites discussed in class.

    Prerequisite: ANT 111; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 331 - Digging Up the Past: Humans and the Environment Through the Ages


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course examines changes in the human relationship with the environment associated with the evolution from hunting and gathering, to farming, to complex states. It focuses on population growth, environmental degradation, and depletion of resources in ancient societies such as those of the Egyptians, Sumerians, and Maya, and our own.

    Prerequisite: Nine social and behavioral science hours or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 332 - Explorations in Archaeology


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course provides an introduction to the broad sweep of modern archaeology. It does this primarily by means of case studies that present interesting and important archaeological problems and provide insight into the methods and techniques used by archaeologists to recover the past. It also examines archaeological ethics and approaches to meeting the concerns of descendant communities.

    Prerequisite: Nine social and behavioral science hours or instructor permission
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 335 - Experimental Archaeology


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course explores the role of imitative experiments in contemporary archaeology. These experiments bring the past to life by replicating ancient technology and site formation processes and provide a valuable supplement to more conventional methods of data recovery and analysis. Examples include making and testing the operation of replicas of Neolithic stone axes, Upper Palaeolithic lamps and ancient Mesoamerican pottery kilns, transporting heavy objects such as Easter Island statues and reconstructing Iron Age houses and farms.

    Prerequisite: Upper division standing and nine hours of social and behavioral sciences or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 337 - Archaeology, Historic Preservation, and Cultural Resource Management (CRM)


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This is an introduction to the history, current legislation, and practice of historic preservation and Cultural Resource Management (CRM) in the United States. Emphasis is placed on the use of historical, archaeological, and other anthropological data to evaluate historic resources and properties under current federal and state legislation.

    Prerequisite: ANT 111 or ANT 112; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 338 - Prehispanic Civilizations of Mesoamerica


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course includes a thorough introduction to the current history of Mesoamerica and its major civilizations based on archaeology, art history, and ethnohistory. Emphasis is placed on the use of archaeological data and models to make inferences about Mesoamerican history. This course will also include in-class activities designed to give students first-hand experience in interpreting archaeological evidence.

    Prerequisite: Upper division standing; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 339 - Archaeology of the American Southwest


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course includes a thorough introduction to the current history of the United States Southwestern Region and its major cultures and population centers based on archaeology, art history, and ethnohistory. Emphasis is placed on the use of archaeological data and models to make inferences about Southwestern history. This course will also include in-class activities designed to give students first-hand experience in interpreting archaeological evidence.

    Prerequisite: Upper division standing; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 341 - Archaeology of the Old World


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course includes a thorough introduction to the current history of many of the areas of the Old World and its major civilizations based on archaeology, art history, and ethnohistory. Emphasis is placed on the use of archaeological data and models to make inferences about the major ancient civilizations. This course will also include in-class activities designed to give students first-hand experience in interpreting archaeological evidence.

    Prerequisite: Upper division standing; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 344 - Language and Culture


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Linguistic diversity and change; cultural emphasis in language and relation to world view.

    Prerequisite: Nine social and behavioral science hours including ANT 112 OR COG 166 OR LIN 100 OR SOC 100 or instructor permission.
    Offered: Spring.
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 345 - Sociolinguistics


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course explores the relationships between language and society. It examines the circumstances which lead to variations in linguistic behavior within societies and its social significance. Emphasis is given to the effects of gender, age, class, and ethnic differences on verbal and written forms of expression.
     

    Prerequisite: Nine social and behavioral science hours including one of the following ANT 112 OR LIN 100 OR SOC 100 or instructor permission.
    Equivalent Course: LIN 345
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 354 - Forensic Anthropology


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course introduces students to the application of biological anthropology to legal contexts. Topics will include human osteology, determination of minimum number of individuals, postmortem interval (PMI), sex, age, stature, and ante-, peri-, and postmortem trauma. How establishing these characteristics can lead to a positive or circumstantial identification and/or be used in a court of law will be the final point of consideration.

    Prerequisite: Nine hours of social or behavioral sciences, including ANT 111 OR 112 or instructor permission.
    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 355 - Medical Anthropology


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Introduction to theory and practice of anthropologist working with medical personnel or investigating health related personnel or investigating health related problem in a cross-cultural perspective.

    Prerequisite: Nine hours of social or behavioral sciences including ANT 111 OR 112 OR SOC 100 OR BIO 101; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 356 - Cultural History of the Iroquois


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course begins with an examination of Iroquois prehistory and traces the development of the cultural patterns that characterized their society at the time of contact. Archaeological, ethnohistorical, and ethnographic data are used to elucidate the social, political, religious, and economic components of traditional Iroquois life and to explain the changes that resulted from interactions with Europeans. The issues confronting Iroquois communities today are examined from the perspectives of both the Iroquois themselves and their non-Native American neighbors.

    Prerequisite: Upper division standing or instructor permission
    Offered: Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 366 - Crime and Culture


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course introduces the student to the question of antisocial behavior and the setting of particular societies and cultures. The course begins with an investigation of Judea- Christian and Euro-centric assumptions and views toward sin, antisocial and criminal behavior and  questions the traditional and current models developed to implement cultural responses. The course employs ethnographic data and other  models from non- Western cultures to further investigate antisocial behavior. In the latter part of the course particular problems, such as violence, racism, sexism, white-collar crime, organized crime, and crime in literature are sh1died  from  the cultural setting of the United States.

    Prerequisite: Nine social and behavioral science hours including either ANT 111, ANT 112, or SOC 100.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 368 - Death and Dying: A Cross-Cultural Perspective


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Human death as seen from a biological and cultural perspective. The evolution of cultural response to death is explained.

    Note: Cross-cultural examples will be given.
    Prerequisite: Nine social and behavioral science hours including ANT 111 OR 112; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 369 - Human Sexuality: Cross-Cultural Studies


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Examines human sexuality in cross-cultural perspective. An issue-based course, it explores sexuality on both an individual and cultural level, combines biological, psychological, sociological, and anthropological perspectives, and focuses on such issues as male and female circumcision, sexually transmitted diseases, pornography, prostitution, rape, expressions of human sexuality in art, cybersex, and incest, all against a cross-cultural backdrop.

    Prerequisite: Upper division standing or instructor permission
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 372 - Peoples and Culture of China


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    A review of the major patterns of Chinese culture. The use of archaeological, historical, linguistic, ethnographic and other sources, to establish an outline of the growth and development of the Chinese state. Attention will be given to the idea of China as a ‘donor’ culture, as well as the nature and impact of social change in present-day Chinese society.

    Prerequisite: Nine social and behavioral science hours including ANT 112, or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 375 - North American Indians


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    A survey of North American Indians including brief descriptions of their prehistory, accounts of their life in the past, the historical changes they have experienced, and discussion of their current life-styles, government policies and problems. 
    Prerequisite: Upper division standing or instructor permission.

    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 383 - Disease and Human Behavior


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Evolutionary human development has been paralleled by the evolution of diseases that have been exclusive to or shared with their human host and others. Diseases have shaped our biological and social development. The development and impact of various diseases on human behavior and biology have been significant and enduring. It is the relationship between disease and human behavior and the dynamics of this association that will be established and reviewed.

    Prerequisite: Nine social and behavioral science hours including ANT 111 OR 112 or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 395 - Globalization and Global Cultures


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course explores the processes and consequences of globalization. By investigating the rapid flow of capital, people, goods, images, and ideologies across cultures, societies, and nations, it pays careful attention to ideas about culture, modernity, tradition, colonialism/post-colonialism, capitalism, identity change, nationalism/transnationalism, Diaspora, and the creation of a “global culture.”

    Prerequisite: Six hours social sciences credit including either or both ANT 112 and GLS 200 or instructor permission
    Equivalent Course: GLS 301
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 399 - Independent Study


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Individual study in the field of anthropology under the direct supervision of a department faculty member.

    Prerequisite: See the section, CURRICULUM INFORMATION, of this Catalog for college wide guidelines for Independent Study. The department also requires junior standing, completion of eighteen hours of antropology and permission of instructor.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 401 - Topics in Anthropology


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Advanced level analysis of one topic such as regional development, alternative value systems, or social control systems; with variation in topic may be repeated for credit.

    Prerequisite: Upper division standing and fifteen hours social science credit including ANT 111 OR 112 OR SOC 100 or instructor permission.
    Offered: Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 402 - Teaching Anthropology II


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course is for students who have taken ANT 302. However, this course, while requiring the activities of the student, carries with it higher expectations for performance and participation. This course offers qualified and promising students the opportunity to participate in the construction and execution of an anthropology course. Under the instructor’s guidance, the student aids in test construction and evaluation, and introduces various pedagogical strategies. The student gains experience in conducting review sessions, teaching a lesson, and evaluating textbooks. As a result of these and other activities, anthropology students are able to gain practical experience in writing, speaking, organizing, and evaluating that will stand them in good stead whether they go to graduate school or immediately enter the workforce.

    Prerequisite: Instructor permission only.
    Offered: Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 410 - Issues in Anthropology: History, Theory, Methods


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course integrates history, method, and fact in anthropology from the 18th century to the present. It stresses the development of theories of culture, structure, and change in their historical contexts, and examines methods of collecting, processing, and interpreting data as they relate to various theoretical stances. It encourages critical thought about contemporary arguments on the nature of humans. It involves the student in short methods projects.

    Prerequisite: ANT 310 and upper division standing, or instructor permission.
    Offered: Spring
    Credit: 4
  
  • ANT 430 - Advanced Archaeology


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course focuses on contemporary archaeological method and theory, with special emphasis on experimental archaeology and the application of statistical methods and computers to data acquisition, presentation and interpretation. Students will conduct a computer-based “virtual” dig that will lead to the analysis and interpretation of data from an actual site.

    Prerequisite: ANT 230 and upper division standing or instructor permission
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 442 - Races and Minorities


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Majority-minority relations; biology of race, stratification variables of power, prestige, wealth; emphasis on development, function, and institutionalization of prejudice and discrimination.

    Prerequisite: Upper division standing and fifteen social and behavioral science hours including ANT 112 OR SOC 100 or instructor permission.
    Equivalent Course: SOC 442
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 451 - Human Osteology


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Dead men do tell tales. In this course, students gain an in-depth knowledge of human skeletal anatomy (osteology), which is crucial for work in bioarchaeology, forensics, anatomy, medicine and more. Anthropometric methods will be demonstrated to estimate age-at-death, sex, stature, and ancestry and medico-legal and archaeological applications will be outlined.

    Prerequisite: Upper division standing and ANT 280 or 354, or BIO 203, or ZOO 305; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Spring term odd years.
    Credit: 4
  
  • ANT 454 - Advanced Forensic Anthropology


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Students in ANT 454 will delve into a detailed exploration of Forensic Anthropology methods and casework. In depth study of age determination, trauma assessment, ancestry, and scene recovery techniques will be some of the focal points. The most recent issues and technologies in the field will also be presented and discussed. Hands on laboratory assignments throughout the course will augment the students’ learning experience.

    Prerequisite: ANT 354 or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 455 - Human Growth and Development


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course examines human and nonhuman primate growth and development from conception to maturity through an evolutionary and cross-cultural perspective. Students investigate genetic, social, and ecological influences on growth, including individual and population variations and secular trends. Particular focus on prenatal development, pregnancy, infancy and breastfeeding, reproductive ecology, and menopause.

     

    Prerequisite: Nine social science credits including ANT 111, or BIO 203; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3

  
  • ANT 480 - Human Sociobiology


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Concepts and issues in physical anthropology; human genetics, origin and evolution of primates and humans, and human diversity.

    Prerequisite: Upper division standing and fifteen social and behavioral science hours, OR BIO 110 and ANT 280, or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ANT 499 - Independent Study


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Individual study in the field of anthropology under the direct supervision of a department faculty member.

    Prerequisite: See the section, CURRICULUM INFORMATION, of this Catalog for college wide guidelines for Independent Study. The department also requires senior standing, completion of twenty-four hours of anthropology and permission of instructor.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 1 to 6

Arabic

  
  • ARA 101 - Elementary Arabic


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Preparation of students with no previous knowledge of Arabic in the fundamentals of sound system, oral expression, reading and writing. Introduction to Arabic culture.

    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ARA 102 - Continuing Elementary Arabic


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Continuation of Arabic 101: Preparation of students with previous knowledge of Arabic in the fundamentals of sound systems, oral expression, reading, writing and Arabic culture.

    Prerequisite: ARA 101 or three years of transcripted high school Arabic; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3

Art

  
  • ART 100 - Introduction to the Visual Arts


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    An international survey of art and other forms of visual culture including advertising, motion pictures, and television. This course will emphasize the historical, theoretical, and cultural contexts that inform the production and analysis of visual culture. It will enlarge the students understanding of the Arts and their role in the production of culture as well as stimulate aesthetic debate and critical thinking.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ART 102 - Topics in Traditional Media and Methods


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Studio course in traditional media designed to teach materials and methods in a visual arts discipline. Students explore artistic expression through the given materials and methods of a specific media within such areas as ceramics, photography, drawing, painting and design. May be repeated up to 6 credits in a second topic.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ART 103 - Topics in Emerging Media and Methods


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This is a topics-based studio course designed to teach emerging media and methods in the visual arts. Students explore artistic expression through approaches and technologies specific to an area of emerging media with such areas as computer graphics, photography, multimedia, and motion graphics. Students may take the course for additional credit in a second topic.
     

    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ART 105 - Design Concepts I: 2D


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Studio course focusing on the process, concepts and vocabulary of design through an examination of the principles of two dimensional visual organization. Visual analysis, perception and aesthetics will be addressed through an exploration of media and content.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ART 106 - Design Concepts II: 3D


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Studio course focusing on the process, concepts and vocabulary used in creating three-dimensional forms. Investigations will focus on the structure of form and development of space through a range of materials.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ART 110 - Gender and Contemporary Visual Culture


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This course introduces feminist and art historical methodologies to the analysis of contemporary visual culture in the U.S. Students will develop visual literacy skills necessary to understanding a variety of media, often problematizing attempts to distinguish between “high-art” and “popular culture” in a increasingly global and media-saturated society.

    Equivalent Course: WST 110
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ART 111 - Freshman Colloquium


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Introduces students to the disciplines and degrees that are part of a visual arts education including the ways in which the visual arts connect with other disciplines. Students are asked to expand their understanding of Visual Art and define their role in the production and study of visual art.

    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 1
  
  • ART 205 - Design Concepts II - 2D


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Studio course focusing on advanced concepts and research strategies of design through an examination of thematic content. Visual analysis and organization, interpretation and meaning will be addressed through this inquiry.

    Prerequisite: ART 105
    Offered: Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ART 207 - Digital Media


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Provides study and studio experience in computer graphic applications. Studies include bit-map and object-oriented drawing, layout, and image manipulation. Emphasis is placed on utilizing the computer as a creative image-generating tool as well as offering foundation knowledge of two-dimensional design, visual communication, graphic design, and illustration.

    Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
    Credit: 3
  
  • ART 209 - Typography


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Provides study and studio experience focused on type-centered visual communication for print and screen. Course investigates anatomy of type, type classification, typographic systems, hierarchy and visual problem solving. Exercises will explore contemporary and historical practices with emphasis on letter forms, alphabets, and typefaces as systems of signs and symbols.

    Prerequisite: ART 207; or instructor permission.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ART 210 - Drawing I


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    An introductory studio course in basic concepts, focusing on the translation of the three-dimensional world to the two dimensional surface. An emphasis will be given to observational analysis, form description and spatial construction.

    Note: Experiences with a variety of subject matter and media will be explored.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ART 211 - Drawing to Communicate


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This is an introductory course that explores drawing as a research, design and communication practice. An emphasis will be given to observational analysis, form, and spatial construction.  Experiences with a variety of subject matter and media will be explored.

    Offered: Not on a regular basis.
    Credit: 3
  
  • ART 215 - Painting I


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Painting I surveys the history and practice of painting mediums. Advanced color theory, paint mixing and blending techniques are covered through demonstrations and hands-on experience. Painting I introduces students to basic semiotic studies and contemporary approaches to the media. The course is designed to explore the unique characteristics of painting and to consider the concepts that underlie the creation of paintings.

    Note: Materials charge required.
    Prerequisite: ART 105 or 210, or instructor permission.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ART 220 - Watercolor Painting I


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Introduction to watercolor painting.

    Offered: Fall
    Credit: 3
  
  • ART 225 - Introduction to Printmaking


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Introduction to Printmaking surveys the history and practice of fine arts print mediums. Intaglio, relief, lithography, screenprinting and digital techniques are covered with demonstrations and hands-on experience. The course is designed to explore the unique characteristics of prints and to consider the concepts that underlie the creation of printed work.

    Note: Materials charge required.
    Prerequisite: ART 105 or ART 210, or instructor permission.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ART 230 - Ceramics I


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Introduction to ceramic materials, processes and artistic creation in clay. Students will be introduced to a variety of building techniques and surfaces for their ceramic pieces. Emphasis is placed on craftsmanship and creative use of form and surface décor. Materials charge required. May be repeated for up to 6 credits.
    Prerequisites: ART 105 or ART 106 or instructor permission

    Note: Materials charge required.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
  
  • ART 240 - Photography I


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    Photography as a means of personal and interpersonal expression. Laboratory techniques in black and white processes and basic fundamentals in camera and darkroom work. Introduction to color slides.

    Note: Materials charge and 35mm camera required.
    Offered: Not on a regular basis
    Credit: 3
  
  • ART 243 - Introduction to Digital Photography


    2018-2019 Catalog Year:

    This a beginning course in digital photography.  Students learn the basics of photography as it relates to traditions in photography, digital imaging, and the art making practice. Concepts, techniques, and visual literacy are taught through creative exercises, projects, and research.

    Note: A materials fee and digital (DSLR) camera are required.
    Offered: Fall, Spring
    Credit: 3
 

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