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Accounting |
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ACC 201 - Principles of Accounting I
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
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ACC 202 - Principles of Accounting II
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
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ACC 301 - Intermediate Accounting I
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
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ACC 302 - Intermediate Accounting II
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
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ACC 305 - Accounting Information Systems
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
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ACC 310 - Cost Accounting
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
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ACC 315 - International Accounting Concepts
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
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ACC 320 - Managerial Accounting
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
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ACC 321 - Accounting as a Management Tool
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.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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ACC 330 - Federal Tax Accounting I
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
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ACC 340 - Accounting for Non-Profit Organizations
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
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ACC 410 - Fraud Examination
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: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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ACC 425 - Topics in Accounting
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
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ACC 430 - Auditing
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
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ACC 431 - Federal Tax Accounting II
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
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ACC 440 - Advanced Accounting
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
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Adolescence Education |
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ADO 310 - Discipline Specific Methods: English Language Arts Grades 7-12
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
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ADO 313 - Field Experience III: Discipline Specific English Language Arts Grades 7-12
Observation and participation assignments in a school setting approximately four hours per week.
Prerequisite: EDU 303.
Co-requisite: ADO 310
Offered: Fall
Credit: 2
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ADO 320 - Discipline Specific Methods: Second Language Acquisition/Modern Language
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: Fall
Credit: 4
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ADO 323 - Field Experience III: Discipline Specific Second Language Acquisition/Modern Language Grades 7-12
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: Fall
Credit: 2
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ADO 330 - Discipline Specific Methods: Mathematics Grades 7-12
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
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ADO 333 - Field Experience III: Discipline Specific Mathematics Grades 7-12
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
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ADO 340 - Discipline Specific Methods: Science Grades 7-12
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
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ADO 343 - Field Experience III: Science Practicum Grades 7-12
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
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ADO 350 - Discipline Specific Methods: Social Studies Grades 7-12
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
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ADO 353 - Field Experience III: Social Studies Practicum Grades 7-12
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
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ADO 394 - Interdisciplinary Methods Grades 7-12
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
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ADO 420 - Student Teaching Grades 7-12
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
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ADO 421 - Cross-Cultural Student Teaching Grades 7-12
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
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African/African-American Studies |
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ARS 210 - Sub-Saharan Africa & Diaspora
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
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ARS 499 - Independent Study
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
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American Sign Language |
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ASL 101 - Elementary American Sign Language
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
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ASL 102 - Continuing Elementary American Sign Language
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
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ASL 201 - Intermediate American Sign Language
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
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ASL 301 - Intro to American Deaf Culture
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
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American Studies |
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AMS 100 - Introduction to American Studies
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
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AMS 400 - Seminar In American Studies
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: Upon approval, may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: twelve hours of credit in courses focusing upon the United States, representing at least one discipline from the humanities and one from the social sciences, or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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AMS 499 - Independent Study
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
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Anthropology |
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ANT 111 - Archaeology and Human Evolution
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
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ANT 112 - Cultural Anthropology
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
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ANT 198 - First Year Signature Course
Credit: 3
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ANT 210 - Anthropological Theory, Part I
This is the first in a series of two courses that explore the origins and development of the theory and practice of ethnography in socio-cultural anthropology. This component of the theory sequence focuses on the intellectual and disciplinary origins of anthropology from antiquity through the 1950s.
Prerequisite: ANT 112 or instructor permission.
Offered: Fall
Credit: 3
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ANT 211 - Anthropological Theory, Part II
This course provides a thorough background on major anthropological theories, concepts, and debates from the 1960s onward. We explore the analytic frames that contemporary anthropologists use to conceptualize, understand, account for, and describe people’s socially and culturally lived worlds and experiences.
Prerequisite: ANT 111 or ANT 112 and ANT 210, minimum grade(s) of C-, or instructor permission.
Offered: Spring
Credit: 3
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ANT 230 - Introductory Archaeology
A survey of techniques and methods of archaeological research with special attention focused on an explicitly scientific approach.
Prerequisite: ANT 111; or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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ANT 280 - Biological Anthropology
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
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ANT 300 - Sex and Gender Across Cultures
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 GWS 200; or instructor permission.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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ANT 302 - Teaching Anthropology I
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
Credit: 3
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ANT 303 - Conservation and Ethical Treatment of Nonhuman Primates
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
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ANT 310 - Research Methods
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
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ANT 321 - Caves, Paintings and Carvings: The Paleolithic of Southern France
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
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ANT 331 - Digging Up the Past: Humans and the Environment Through the Ages
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
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ANT 335 - Experimental Archaeology
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
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ANT 337 - Archaeology, Historic Preservation, and Cultural Resource Management (CRM)
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
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ANT 338 - Prehispanic Civilizations of Mesoamerica
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
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ANT 339 - Archaeology of the American Southwest
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
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ANT 341 - Archaeology of the Old World
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
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ANT 344 - Language and Culture
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
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ANT 345 - Sociolinguistics
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: Fall
Credit: 3
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ANT 354 - Forensic Anthropology
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
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ANT 355 - Medical Anthropology
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
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ANT 356 - The Haudenosaunee until 1815
This course begins with an examination of Haudenosaunee 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 Haudenosaunee life and to explain the changes that resulted from interactions with Europeans. The issues confronting Haudenosaunee communities today are examined from the perspectives of both the Haudenosaunee themselves and their non-Native American neighbors.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing or instructor permission
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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ANT 368 - Death and Dying: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
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
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ANT 372 - Peoples and Culture of China
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
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ANT 375 - North American Indians
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
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ANT 383 - Disease and Human Behavior
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
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ANT 395 - Globalization and Global Cultures
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
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ANT 399 - Independent Study
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
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ANT 402 - Teaching Anthropology II
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
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ANT 410 - Issues in Anthropology: History, Theory, Methods
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
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ANT 430 - Advanced Archaeology
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
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ANT 442 - Races and Minorities
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
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ANT 451 - Human Osteology
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
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ANT 452 - Religion and Magic
Cross-culture treatment of interaction of religion and magic, society and the individual; emphasis on religions outside the Mediterranean tradition. Prerequisite: Upper division standing and fifteen social science credits including ANT 112, or instructor permission.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing and fifteen social science credits including ANT 112 or instructor permission
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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ANT 454 - Advanced Forensic Anthropology
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
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ANT 498 - Internship
A course designed for upper division students who wish to take part in a semester long internship related to their academic major, minor, or career interest area. Students will work in a position for the purpose of testing academic learning in a work situation.
Note: Variable credit zero to 12, may be repeated for a total of 15 credits.
Prerequisite: Acceptance of Experiential Application through EXCEL: Experiential Courses and Engaged Learning, a GPA of 2.5, upper-division standing, an approved position description filled out by Site Supervisor and permission of the student’s major academic advisor and sponsoring faculty member. An Experiential Learning Agreement with clear learning objectives and academic assignments appropriate for the position and credits being earned.
Offered: Not on a regular basis.
Credit: 0-12
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ANT 499 - Independent Study
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
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ARA 101 - Elementary Arabic
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: Fall
Credit: 3
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ARA 102 - Continuing Elementary Arabic
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: Spring
Credit: 3
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ART 100 - Introduction to the Visual Arts
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
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ART 102 - Topics in Traditional Media and Methods
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, printmaking, and design.
Note: May be repeated for up to 6 credits in a second topic.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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ART 103 - Topics in Emerging Media and Methods
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
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ART 105 - Design Concepts I: 2D
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
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ART 106 - Design Concepts II: 3D
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
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ART 110 - Gender and Contemporary Visual Culture
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
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ART 111 - Freshman Colloquium
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
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ART 207 - Digital Media
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
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ART 209 - Typography
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
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ART 210 - Drawing I
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.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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ART 211 - Drawing to Communicate
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
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ART 215 - Painting I
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
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ART 220 - Watercolor Painting I
Introduction to watercolor painting.
Offered: Not on a regular basis
Credit: 3
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ART 225 - Introduction to Printmaking
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
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ART 240 - Photography I
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
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ART 243 - Introduction to Digital Photography
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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ART 250 - Western Heritage I - Survey of Art I
This course surveys Western art from the prehistory through the Gothic period, concentrating on architecture, sculpture, painting and related arts. Images and concepts from other cultures may be introduced for comparison. The works of art will be discussed in relationship to their social and historical contexts. There will also be emphasis on stylistic developments and techniques as they affect style.
Offered: Fall, Spring
Credit: 3
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