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USF 2007-2008 Undergraduate Catalog - Pages 320-409

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ACG 2021 Principles of Financial Accounting (3) BA ACC
Study of basic accounting principles including the recording and reporting of financial activity. The preparation and interpretation of financial statements.

ACG 2071 Principles of Managerial Accounting (3) BA ACC
PR: ACG 2021 with a grade of “C-” or better. A study of the accountant’s role in assisting management in the planning and controlling of business activities.

ACG 3074 Managerial Accounting for Non-Business Majors (3) BA ACC
Does not count towards major or CPA requirements. Not available for credit for Business majors. The study of the uses of accounting data internally by managers in planning and controlling the affairs of organizations.

ACG 3103 Intermediate Financial Accounting I (3) BA ACC
PR: ACG 2071. Theory and methodology underlying financial reporting, including the FASB’s conceptual framework, the accounting process, financial statements, accounting changes, present value applications, and current assets.

ACG 3113 Intermediate Financial Accounting II (3) BA ACC
PR: ACG 3103 and ACG 3341 with a grade of “C” or better (not C-). Continuation of ACG 3103. Topics covered include property, plant and equipment, intangibles, current liabilities, long-term debt, stockholders’ equity, earnings per share computations, and investments.

ACG 3341 Cost Accounting and Control I (3) BA ACC
PR: ACG 2071. Deals with cost accounting systems for different entities, cost behavior patterns, cost-volume-profit analysis, relevant information for decision making, and budgets and standard costs for planning and control.

ACG 3401 Accounting Information Systems (3) BA ACC
PR: ACG 3103 and ACG 3341 with a grade of “C” or better (not C-). This course provides students with a basic understanding of well-controlled information systems in a variety of technological environments with added emphasis on the collection, processing, and reporting of accounting information.

ACG 4123 Intermediate Financial Accounting III (3) BA ACC
PR: ACG 3113 with a grade of “C” or better (not C-). Theory and practice underlying revenue recognition, income tax allocation, leases, post-retirement benefits, error analysis, statement of cash flows, full disclosure, and other current accounting topics.

ACG 4351 Cost Accounting And Control II (3) BA ACC
PR: ACG 3103 and ACG 3341 with a grade of “C” or better (not C-). Application of the material covered in ACG 3341 with specific emphasis on cost allocations, performance measurements, analysis of current cost accounting systems and accounting in today’s environment (giving consideration to the influences of the international environment).

ACG 4632 Auditing I (3) BA ACC
PR: ACG 3113 and ACG 3401. This course provides a sound conceptual foundation of basic auditing process from the perspective of the public accounting profession. Professional standards, ethics, legal responsibilities, and the utilization of technology are addressed.

ACG 4642 Auditing II (3) BA ACC
PR: ACG 4632 with a grade of “C” or better (not C-). Further development of material covered in ACG 4632, with special emphasis on additional reporting topics and audit techniques not previously addressed.

ACG 4901 Independent Study (1-3) BA ACC
PR: Consent of Director. S/U only. Specialized independent study determined by the students’ needs and interests.

ACG 4911 Independent Research (1-4) BA ACC
PR: Consent of Director. Individual study contract with instructor and director required. The research project will be mutually determined by the student and instructor.

ACG 4931 Selected Topics In Accounting (1-4) BA ACC
The course content will depend on student demand and instructor’s interest.

ACG 5205 Advanced Financial Accounting (3) BA ACC
PR: ACG 4123 Accounting for business combinations, preparation of consolidated financial statements, home office/branch relationships, foreign operations and transactions, partnerships.

ACG 5505 Governmental/Not-For-Profit Accounting (3) BA ACC
PR: ACG 4123. CR: ACG 4632. Application of financial and managerial accounting, and auditing, principles and theory to both governmental and not-for-profit entities.

ACG 5675 Internal and Operational Auditing (3) BA ACC
PR: ACG 3113 and ACG 3401. CR: ACG 4632. The objective of Internal and Operational Auditing is to provide students with an opportunity to learn about the theory and practice of internal and operational auditing and to apply relevant audit principles and techniques to selected audit problems.

ADE 4384 Working With the Adult Learner (3) ED EDV
An investigation of the needs of the adult learner. Identification of principles of adult learning; physiological, psychological, and social characteristics of adult learners, and corresponding implications are explored.

ADV 3000 Introduction to Advertising (3) AS COM
PR: MMC 2100 and MMC 3602. A study of the structures, functions, and persuasive language of advertising in mass media with attention to social, political, economic, and legal aspects.

ADV 3001 Advertising Creativity (3) AS COM
PR: ADV 3000 and ECO 1000. Study of copywriting and art direction in the creation of advertising messages for alternative media platforms. Restricted to majors only.

ADV 3103 Radio-Television Advertising (3) AS COM
PR: ADV 3000. An intensive study and analysis of radio and television for advertising purposes, including copywriting, script and storyboard preparation, time buying and selling techniques, audience research methods, and basic production concepts.

ADV 3200 Advertising Design (3) AS COM
PR: ADV 3000 (for advertising sequence majors) or VIC 3001 (for other Mass Comm majors). Application of graphic design principles to various areas of advertising. Combining visual and verbal elements effectively.

ADV 3300 Advertising Media Strategy (3) AS COM
PR: ADV 3000 and ECO 1000. Problems, techniques, strategy of media research, planning, budgeting and effective utilization in advertising.

ADV 3501 Advertising Research (3) AS COM
PR: ADV 3000. Overview of scientific research methods as used in advertising. Emphasis on the acquisition, analysis, and evaluation of primary and secondary data, and the principles of survey and experimental research.

ADV 3700 Retail Advertising Planning and Execution (3) AS COM
PR: ADV 3000 and ADV 3001. A study of retail advertising, including management decisions, processes, procedures, media planning, production techniques, and problems affecting the development of advertising to fulfill retail objectives.

ADV 4600 Advertising Management (3) AS COM
PR: ADV 3000, ADV 3001, ADV 3300. Application of analytical planning concepts to advertising planning and decision-making. Case study method used to explore advertising and promotional programs; media and creative strategies; consumer, retail, industrial, and public service applications.

ADV 4800 Advertising Campaigns (3) AS COM
PR: ADV 3001, ADV 3300, ADV 3501, ECO 1000, and MAR 3023. Advanced advertising course requiring planning and production of complete general advertising campaign, including research, production methods, budgeting, and media schedules.

ADV 4940 Advertising Practicum (1) AS COM
PR: CI. For advertising sequence majors. S/U only. Practical experience outside the classroom where the student works for academic credit under the supervision of a professional practitioner. Periodic written and oral reports to the faculty member coordinating the study.

AFA 2000 Introduction to the Black Experience [In Africa and Its Diaspora] 6A AF (3) AS AFA
Fundamental perspectives on the nature and significance of the Black Experience in Africa and black communities in the Americas.

AFA 4150 Africa and the United States 6A SS HP AF (3) AS INT
An examination of the historical and current political, economic, and cultural relations between the United States and Africa.

AFA 4313 Black English MW (3) AS AFA
PR: Junior or Senior standing. This course focuses on linguistic patterns among African Americans in the U.S., South and Central America, and the Caribbean. It examines language in relation to issues of domination, social stratification, economics and politcial empowerment.

AFA 4331 Social Institutions and the African American Community (3) AS AFA
A study of social institutions as they relate to the African American community, with emphasis on social systems operating within and on the African American community.

AFA 4333 The African Diaspora: Blacks in the Construction of the Americas MW (3) AS AFA
PR: Junior or Senior standing. This course will examine the historical and geographical distribution of Africans in the diaspora and the political and economic roles they have played in the development of the Western world, with a focus on America. The course takes an interdisciplinary approach. The course is not restricted to majors and is not repeatable for credit.

AFA 4335 Black Women in America 6A MW (3) AS AFA
An interdisciplinary survey of the contemporary experience of black women in America, including the African roots, myths, and realities surrounding that experience.

AFA 4350 African American Community Research MW (3) AS AFA
This interactive, field experience course introduces students to active and applied research methodologies and the uses of this research in Black urban communities.

AFA 4500 Slavery in the Americas and the Caribbean MW (3) AS AFA
This course examines the institution of enslavement in North, South, and Central America, and the Caribbean. It takes an interdisciplinary approach in exploring the social, political, and economic underpinnings of slavery.

AFA 4502 Middle Passage MW AF HP (3) AS AFA
The Middle Passage focuses on the trafficking of African peoples from Africa to destinations in the Americas and Europe. Emphasis is placed on the capture, detention, and transport of Africans, and their response to the experience.

AFA 4900 Directed Readings (1-3) AS AFA
PR: CI. Independent readings in a particular area of African and African American Studies, selected by student and instructor.

AFA 4931 Selected Topics in Africana Studies (3) AS AFA
Topics offered are selected to reflect student needs and faculty interests. In depth study in such areas as the Black Student and the American Educational Process; the Black Experience in the Americas; European Expansion in Africa to 19th century; Contemporary Economic Problems in Africa.

AFA 5935 Issues in Africana Studies (1-4) AS AFA
Variable topics course focusing on the history, culture, and lived experiences of Africans, African American, and/or other peoples of African descent worldwide. Rpt. Up to 12 hours as topics vary.

AFH 3100 African History to 1850 HP AF (3) AS HTY
An outline survey of pre-colonial African history including a prefatory introduction to the use of primary sources (such as archaeology, oral tradition, cultural anthropology, comparative linguistics, documents) in reconstructing the African past.

AFH 3200 African History since 1850 HP AF (3) AS HTY
Survey of the Colonial and post-colonial history of Africa. Emphasis on the impact of European and other alien influences on the continent, emergence of independent African states, and post-independence problems of nation building and economic development.

AFR 1101 The Air Force Today: Organization And Doctrine (1) US AFR
Introduction to the Air Force in the contemporary world through a study of its total force structure and mission.

AFR 1120 The Air Force Today: Structure And Roles (1) US AFR
A study of the strategic offensive and defensive forces, general purpose forces, and aerospace support forces that make up the Air Force of today.

AFR 1903 Directed Independent Studies (1-4) US AFR
PR: DPR Directed Independent Study.

AFR 2000 Enhanced Physical Fitness Training (0) US AFR
Required of all students in AFR 2000-, 3000-, and 4000-level classes. It meets twice per week for 1 and 1/2 hours. Concentrates on motivational physical fitness, healthy lifestyle and cadet esprit.

AFR 2001 Air Force ROTC Leadership Laboratory (0) US AFR
Leadership Laboratory is required for each of the Aerospace Studies courses. It meets one hour and 45 minutes per week. Instruction is conducted within the framework of an organized cadet corps with a progression of experiences designed to develop each student’s leadership potential. Leadership Laboratory involves a study of Air Force customs and courtesies; drill and ceremonies; career opportunities in the Air Force; and the life and work of an Air Force junior officer. Students develop their leadership potential in a practical laboratory, which typically includes field trips to Air Force installations.

AFR 2130 The Evolution of USAF Aerospace Power Part I (1) US AFR
CR: AFR 2000, AFR 2001. A study of air power from balloons and dirigibles through the jet age. Emphasis is on the employment of air power in WWI and WWII and how it affected the evolution of air power concepts and doctrine.

AFR 2140 The Evolution of USAF Aerospace Power Part 2 (1) US AFR
CR: AFR 2000, AFR 2001. A historical review of air power employment in military and nonmilitary operations in support of national objectives. Emphasis is on the period from post WWII to present.

AFR 3220 Air Force Leadership and Management - I (3) US AFR
CR: AFR 2000, AFR 2001. An integrated management course emphasizing the individual as a manager in an Air Force milieu. The individual motivational and behavioral processes, leadership, communication, and group dynamics are covered to provide a foundation for the development of the junior officer’s professional skills as an Air Force officer (officership). The basic managerial processes involving decision making, utilization of analytic aids in planning, organizing, and controlling in a changing environment are emphasized as necessary professional concepts.

AFR 3231 Air Force Leadership and Management - II (3) US AFR
CR: AFR 2000, AFR 2001. A continuation of the study of Air Force advancement and leadership. Concentration is on organizational and personal values, management of forces in change, organizational power, politics, and managerial strategy and tactics are discussed within the context of the military organization. Actual Air Force cases are used to enhance the learning and communication processes.

AFR 4201 National Security Affairs & Preparation for Active Duty Part 1 (3) US AFR
CR: AFR 2000, AFR 2001. A study of the Armed Forces as an integral element of society, with an emphasis on American civil-military relations and context in which U.S. defense policy is formulated and implemented. Special themes include: societal attitudes toward the military and the role of the professional military leader-manager in a democratic society.

AFR 4211 National Security Affairs & Preparation for Active Duty Part 2 (3) US AFR
CR: AFR 2000, AFR 2001. A continuation of the study of the Armed Forces in contemporary American society. Concentration is on the requisites for maintaining adequate national security forces; political, economic, and social constraints on the national defense structure; the impact of technological and international developments on strategic preparedness; the variables involved in the formulation and implementation of national security policy; and military justice and its relationship to civilian law.

AFS 2250 Culture and Society in Africa 6A AF (3) AS AFA
Topics include: African religion, value systems, art and the aesthetics, family and life-cycle, impact of Islam and Christianity and conflict of cultures.

AFS 3153 African Literature Survey 6A LW (3) AS AFA
PR: Junior or Senior standing. Explore the socio-historical, philosophical and political dynamics of African cultures through the study of African oral literature and the reading of African literary texts of various genres.

AFS 3251 Environmental - Cultural Study in Africa SS FA AF (3) AS AFA
PR: AFS 2250 or CI. Study tour. A study of traditional African society and culture, the relationship between life and the environment, and the impact of modernization on the culture and the environment.

AFS 4910 Individual Research (1-3) AS AFA
PR: CI, Department approval. 2000 level introductory course. Course consists of advanced undergraduate research on Africana Studies topic selected by student and professor. Topics vary. The course allows students to develop research skills and independent work discipline.

AMH 2010 American History I HP (3) AS HTY
A history of the United States with attention given to relevant developments in the Western Hemisphere from European origins to 1877.

AMH 2020 American History II HP (3) AS HTY
A history of the United States with attention given to relevant developments in the Western Hemisphere from 1877 to present.

AMH 3110 American Colonial History to 1750 (4) AS HTY
A study of the evolution of American society from the Age of Reconnaissance to 1750. Attention is given to the transformation from colonies to provinces with emphasis on ethnocultural conflict, religion, labor systems, and political culture.

AMH 3130 The American Revolutionary Era (4) AS HTY
Emphasis on the causes of the American revolution, the nature of Constitution-making, and the establishment of the federal system. Also examines the significance of loyalism, violence, and slavery in American society from 1750-1789.

AMH 3140 The Age of Jefferson (4) AS HTY
A comprehensive study of American society and political culture from 1789-1828. Focuses on demographic trends, party systems, expansionism, Indian policy, labor, and ethno-cultural conflicts.

AMH 3160 The Age of Jackson (4) AS HTY
The United States from 1828-1850, with emphasis on social and political conflict. Consideration of evangelicalism, reform, labor movements, urbanization, and political activity in the antebellum era.

AMH 3170 The Civil War and Reconstruction (4) AS HTY
An examination of political, social, and economic climate of the 1850’s that led to the American Civil War. The course does focus upon the war itself in its military, diplomatic, and political consequences through the end of the Reconstruction (1877).

AMH 3201 The United States, 1877-1914 (4) AS HTY
A study of America from the end of Reconstruction to World War I. Ranging over political, social, and international developments, the course covers industrialization, immigration, unions, reform, feminism, race relations and imperialism.

AMH 3231 The United States, 1914-1945 (4) AS HTY
The United States from World War I to the end of World War II. Covering political, social and international developments, the course examines the lives of Americans, including minorities and women, during war, prosperity, and the Great Depression.

AMH 3270 The United States since 1945 (4) AS HTY
A study of America’s role in the Cold War, in Vietnam, and in the post-Cold War era. Also examines domestic developments, such as the consumer culture, protest movements, and abuses of political power.

AMH 3403 The South since 1865 (4) AS HTY
Southern history since the surrender at Appomattox. Topics covered include Reconstruction, the Populist revolt, race relations, demagoguery and disfranchisement, Southern women, and the Civil Rights Movement.

AMH 3421 Early Florida (4) AS HTY
A history of colonial Florida under the Spanish and English. Florida as an area of discovery, colonization, and imperial conflict; the emergence of Florida within the regional setting.

AMH 3423 Modern Florida (4) AS HTY
An historical survey of Florida from the territorial period to the modern era. An examination of the social, political, and economic changes occurring in Florida between 1821 and the 1980s.

AMH 3500 American Labor History (4) AS HTY
A study of American workers from the colonial period to the present. Examines the changing nature of work, its effects on workers (including minorities and women), and their responses as expressed in strikes, unions, and political action.

AMH 3510 U.S. Diplomatic History to 1898 6A (4) AS HTY
The development of American Foreign Relations in the Agricultural era.

AMH 3511 U.S. Diplomatic History in the 20th Century (4) AS HTY
A history of American Foreign Relations in the Industrial era.

AMH 3530 Immigration History (4) AS HTY
A study of the composition and character of the “American” people with emphasis on the period from 1840s to the 1920s. Examines old world backgrounds of immigrants and their responses to the new world’s social, economic and political conditions.

AMH 3540 United States Military History (4) AS HTY
A study of American military policy and practices from colonial days to the present. Attention is given both to tactics and to strategy in the unfolding formulation and development of American armed might.

AMH 3545 War and American Empire (4) AS HTY
The U.S. evolved in 200 years from 13 colonies to the number one power in the world. To achieve this goal we utilized war to achieve empire. This course will examine the link between American War and empire from the Revolution through Viet Nam.

AMH 3561 American Women I (4) AS HTY
A study of women in the evolution of American society from European origins to 1877. Women’s roles in the family, economy, politics, wars, and reform movements will be examined.

AMH 3562 American Women II (4) AS HTY
A study of women in the evolution of American society from 1877 to the present. Women’s roles in the family, economy, politics, immigration, wars, religion and reform movements will be examined.

AMH 3571 African American History to 1865 HP (3) AS AFA
A survey of African American history, with an emphasis on North America to 1865. Topics include pre-colonial Africa, transatlantic slave trade, slavery, and the Civil War.

AMH 3572 African American History since 1865 HP (3) AS AFA
A survey of African American history, with an emphasis on North America, from 1865 to the present. Topics include reconstruction, World War I, World War II, and the Civil Rights Movement.

AMH 4601 Early American History and Archaeology (6) AS HTY
This course is a five week long summer practicum in early American historical archaeology. The class brings together historical research, material culture studies, and historical archaeology methods within a professional historical archaeology setting.

AML 3031 American Literature From the Beginnings to 1860 (3) AS ENG
A study of representative works from the period of early settlement through American Romanticism, with emphasis on such writers as Cooper, Irving, Bryant, Hawthorne, Emerson, Melville, Thoreau, and Poe, among others.

AML 3032 American Literature From 1860 to 1912 (3) AS ENG
A study of representative works of selected American Realists and early Naturalists, among them Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, James, Howells, Crane, Dreiser, Wharton, Robinson, Dunbar, and Johnson.

AML 3051 American Literature From 1912-1945 (3) AS ENG
A study of poetry, drama, and fiction by such writers as Pound, Stein, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Porter, Toomer, Cummings, Williams, Anderson, Steinbeck, Wright, West, Stevens, Henry Miller, and others.

AML 3413 Historical Perspectives in Early American Literature HP (3) AS ENG
Examines American literature from the Colonial Period to the Civil War as a manifestation of geographical, political, social, and intellectual forces. Will not be counted toward the English major.

AML 3604 African American Literature 6A LW (3) AS ENG
A study of African American literature from the nineteenth century to the present, including the works of such writers as W.E.B. Dubois, Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, LeRoi Jones, and Nikki Giovanni.

AML 4111 Nineteenth-Century American Novel (3) AS ENG
A study of the American novel from its beginnings through 1900, including such novelists as Cooper, Hawthorne, Melville, James, Twain, Crane, and Dreiser, among others.

AML 4121 Twentieth-Century American Novel (3) AS ENG
A study of major trends and influences in American prose fiction from 1900 to the present, including works by such writers as Hemingway, London, Wharton, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, West, Mailer, Bellow, Ellison, Donleavy, Updike, Vonnegut, and others.

AML 4261 Literature of the South (3) AS ENG
A study of the major writers of the Southern Renaissance, including writers such as Faulkner, Wolfe, Caldwell, Hellman, McCullers, O’Connor, Warren, Styron, Tate, Davidson, and Dickey.

AML 4300 Selected American Authors (3) AS ENG
The study of two or three related major authors in American literature. The course may include such writers as Melville and Hawthorne, Hemingway and Faulkner, James and Twain, Pound and Eliot, Stevens and Lowell, etc. Specific topics will vary. May be taken twice for credit with different topics.

AML 4303 Zora Neale Hurston: Major Works 6A MW LW (3) AS AFA
PR: Junior or Senior standing. The course focuses on the life, works, and times of Zora Neale Hurston as a major Harlem Renaissance figure and a renown Florida writer.

AML 4624 Black Women Writers 6A LW (3) AS AFA
Black women writers focuses on the literature of women of Africa and the African Dispora. It examines the social, historical, artistic, political, economic, and spiritual lives of Africana women in context of a global community.

AMS 2030 Introduction to American Studies SS HP (3) AS AMS
An overview of American Studies, the interdisciplinary study of American culture. Analysis of the arts and literature, including music; social issues; popular culture; material culture; cultural diversity; and social change. These approaches will be applied to a specific cultural era.

AMS 2201 Colonial American Culture HP (3) AS AMS
An examination of cultural patterns in America as they developed between 1600 and 1780 with an emphasis on the texture of everyday life.

AMS 2212 Nineteenth-century American Culture HP (3) AS AMS
An examination of cultural patterns in America from 1776 to 1900 with an emphasis on the texture of everyday life.

AMS 2270 Twentieth-century American Culture HP (3) AS AMS
An examination of cultural patterns in America from 1900 to the present with emphasis on the texture of everyday life.

AMS 2363 Issues in American Civilization (1-4) AS AMS
An examination of selected topics such as natural environment and the quality of life, sports and American society, popular music, American communities, vigilante tradition, jazz music, role of the family, American success myth, youth in America. Topic varies.

AMS 3001 American Culture 1880-1915 6A HP (4) AS AMS
Integration of major aspects of American life between the 1880s and World War I.

AMS 3210 Regions of America HP (4) AS AMS
The pattern of American culture as revealed through an examination of selected writings and other pertinent materials dealing with selected American regions. Topic varies.

AMS 3230 America During the 20s and 30s (3-4) AS AMS
Selected interdisciplinary materials are used to examine the relationships among regionalism, nationalism and internationalism during the twenties and thirties. Emphasis is placed on the measure of cultural nationalism attained by the United States during this period.

AMS 3260 American Culture, 1830-1860 6A HP (4) AS AMS
Examines the patterns of American culture in the years leading up to the Civil War. Topics include religion and social reform, race relations, and the impact of industrialization.

AMS 3302 Architecture and the American Environment (3) AS AMS
By means of slides, lectures and discussion, this course examines 350 years of American architectural history. Architectural styles, aesthetics and the relation between a building and its social environment are stressed.

AMS 3370 Southern Women: Myth and Reality 6A HP (3) AS AMS
This course will identify the myths surrounding Southern Women, discern their sources and purposes, and contrast them with history.

AMS 3601 Material Culture and American Society SS HP (3) AS AMS
By means of slides, lectures and student projects, examines connections between artifacts and American cultural attitudes from 17th century to present. Topics include: architecture, furniture, gravestones, toys, and the material subcultures of women, African-Americans and communal societies.

AMS 3700 Racism in American Society SS HP (3) AS AMS
An introduction into the causes and effects of racism in American history, literature, art, the media, and folklore. Related concepts of ethnocentrism and class conflict will also be studied.

AMS 3930 Selected Topics in American Studies (1-4) AS AMS
Offerings include Cultural Darwinism in America, America Through Foreign Eyes, and The Female Hero in American Culture.

AMS 4152 Film in American Culture (3) AS AMS
Surveys the contributions to American culture of major films, studios, directors, stars, theaters, and controversies from the perspectives of genres and styles, critical methodologies and theories. Variable topics such as: series on a region, director, performer, subject, or period of time.

AMS 4804 Major Ideas in America MW (3) AS AMS
Investigates the role of one or more influential ideas in American culture, for example: individualism, identity, community, dissent, reform, utopianism, democracy. Emphasizes the critical analysis of a variety of primary texts. Topic varies.

AMS 4910 Individual Research (1-4) AS AMS
The content of the course will be governed by student demand and instructor interest. Instructor approval required prior to registration.

AMS 4930 Selected Topics in American Studies (1-4) AS AMS
PR: Senior in American Studies or CI. Offerings include the social implications of American painting, Technology in Twentieth Century America, American Environmental Problems, Popular Culture in America, American Military Experience, and Labor in America.

AMS 4935 Senior Seminar in American Studies (4) AS AMS
PR: Senior in American Studies or CI.

AMS 4940 Internship in American Studies (1-2) AS AMS
A structured, out-of-class learning experience designed to provide first-hand, practical training in careers related to American Studies. Restricted to American Studies majors. Repeatable up to 4 credit hours.

ANG 5395 Visual Anthropology (3) AS ANT
PR: Graduate standing. This class will examine the major dimensions of visual anthropology with an emphasis on the visual means of presenting anthropology to the discipline and general public. The course will focus on visual documentation and study of visual images.

ANG 5486 Quantitative Methods in Anthropology (3) AS ANT
PR: Graduate Standing. This course is an introduction to quantitative methods for the anthropologist covering both classical statistical approaches and exploratory data analysis, using computers with statistical software.

ANG 5901 Directed Reading (1-4) AS ANT
PR: DPR. S/U. Individual guidance in concentrated reading on a selected topic in Anthropology. Contract required prior to registration.

ANG 5910 Individual Research (2-4) AS ANT
PR: DPR. Contract required prior to registration. S/U. Individual guidance in selected research project.

ANG 5937 Seminar In Anthropology (2-4) AS ANT
PR: Senior or GS. Topics to be chosen by students and instructor.

ANT 2000 Introduction to Anthropology SS AF (4) AS ANT
The cross-cultural study of the human species in biological and social perspective. Surveys the four major branches of anthropology: physical anthropology (human biology), archaeology (the analysis of the prehistoric and historic remains of human cultures), anthropological linguistics (the analysis of language in its cultural context), and cultural anthropology (the cross-cultural study of peoples living in the world today, be they in tribal, peasant, or urban societies).

ANT 2410 Cultural Anthropology SS AF (3) AS ANT
Discussion of major methods of and orientations to the cross-cultural study of the world’s peoples. Representative case studies are used to demonstrate variations in human adaptations and to encourage an appreciation of diverse values and lifestyles.

ANT 2511 Biological Anthropology NS (3) AS ANT
CR: ANT 2511L. Non-human primates, the fossil record and the biology of races are surveyed in order to understand the human animal as a product of biosocial phenomena. Anatomy, genetics, culture and evolution are emphasized.

ANT 2511L Biological Anthropology Laboratory NS (1) AS ANT
CR: ANT 2511 This is a lab companion to an overview of biological anthropology. The students will be doing laboratories which are relevant to the class topics covered in the lecture hall in ANT 2511.

ANT 3005 The Anthropological Perspective AF (3) AS ANT
For non-anthropology majors only. May not be counted for credit toward an anthropology major. Presents the basic concepts of anthropology as they are relevant to contemporary life. Aims at enabling the student to understand the anthropologist’s cross-cultural view of the human species as adapting through biosocial means to life on this planet.

ANT 3101 Archaeology SS (3) AS ANT
The cross-cultural study of humankind from its beginnings up to and including the historic period through the recovery, description, and analysis of the remains of past cultures and societies.

ANT 3610 Anthropological Linguistics SS (3) AS ANT
The comparative study of language in its cultural context, especially emphasizing the role of language in the cultural interpretation of physical and social reality.

ANT 4034 Theories of Culture (3) AS ANT
PR: DPR. Senior standing with major in anthropology. The major concepts that form the anthropological view of humanity are viewed in historical perspective. Basic ideas of the western philosophical tradition are analyzed from the Greeks to the 19th century when they became incorporated into the new discipline of anthropology. 20th century anthropological developments on these themes are considered.

ANT 4142 Old World Archaeology (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 3101 or DPR. The archaeology of Europe, Asia and Africa, from the earliest humans through the emergence of state-level societies in many parts of the Old World. The course will focus on comparative aspects of economic, social, political, and religious organization in the prehistoric Near East, Egypt, China, the Aegean, Europe and Africa.

ANT 4143 European Archaeology (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 3101 or DPR. The archaeology of Europe, from the first Palaeolithic inhabitants to the fall of Roman civilization. The course will focus on ancient material culture while emphasizing social and economic questions such as the emergence of modern humans, the adoption of agriculture, the development of complex societies, and the rise of civilization.

ANT 4147 Environmental Archaeology (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 3101 or DPR. This course examines environmental constraints on ancient human societies, and how human activities have impacted the environment in the last several thousand years. Presentation of the methods used to reconstruct prehistoric environments will be followed by case studies from Florida, Central and South America, Easter Island, the Mediterranean and the Near East.

ANT 4149 Fantastic Archaeology MW (3) AS ANT
PR: Junior standing or above. Mysteries including the Lost Continent of Atlantis, Ancient Astronauts, Piltdown Man, Psychic Archaeology, Noah’s Ark, and the Shroud of Turin will be examined, while emphasizing skills in critical thinking that have much wider practical applications.

ANT 4153 North American Archaeology (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 3101 or DPR. An examination of the evidence regarding the human settlement of North America from its beginnings through the development of aboriginal culture to the period of European conquest. Emphasis on the comparative study of material culture at selected sites from all time periods. No field work is involved.

ANT 4158 Florida Archaeology (4) AS ANT
PR: ANT 3101, DPR. Culture history and culture process over 10,000 years from the time of the first people in Florida (Paleo-Indians) through the elaborate Weeden Island and Safety Harbor burial and temple mound cultures to the Spanish entrada and consequences of European conquest. Review of temporal and spatial relationships within the entire eastern U.S. and elsewhere. May be part of a summer (or other semester) field school, combined with Field Methods in Archaeology and Laboratory Methods in Archaeology.

ANT 4163 Mesoamerican Archaeology (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 3101 or DPR. The chronological sequence from its beginnings through Protohistoric development is described and analyzed. Cultures such as the Maya, Aztec, Mixtec, Zapotec, Olmec, and Toltec are included, with emphasis on the environmental setting and the relationship between cultural ecology and the growth of civilization.

ANT 4165 South American Archaeology (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 3101 or DPR. Describes and analyzes the sequence of cultural development in prehistoric South America. Cultures such as the Inca, Chavin, Mochica, Wari, Chimu are included. Emphasis on the environmental setting and the relationship between cultural ecology and the growth of civilization.

ANT 4172 Historical Archaeology MW (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 3101 or DPR. A survey and analysis of archaeology focused on the historic period. Laboratory research with data recovered from historic sites in addition to classwork.

ANT 4180 Laboratory Methods in Archaeology (2-4) AS ANT
PR: ANT 3101, DPR. Data and materials recovered from archaeological survey and excavation are processed in the laboratory; includes artifact cleaning, cataloguing, identification, and analysis; soil flotation; reconstruction and conservation of artifacts, mapmaking, etc. May be offered as part of a summer (or other semester) field session. May be combined with Florida Archaeology and Field Methods in Archaeology.

ANT 4181 Museum Methods (4) AS ANT
PR: ANT 3101 and DPR. Design, preparation and installation of exhibits in the Department of Anthropology Teaching Exhibit Gallery. Emphasis on theory, research, design, and construction. Discussion of museum-related issues such as administration and curation.

ANT 4183C Archaeological Science (4) AS ANT
PR: ANT 3101 or DPR. This course focuses on the application of scientific methods of analysis to archaeological materials including bone, stone, pottery, and metal. Methods include absolute dating, remote sensing, optical and SEM microscopy, elemental and isotope analysis. Laboratory sections provide hands-on experience with a variety of archaeological materials and analytical methods.

ANT 4231 Folklore 6A (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 2410 or DPR. Focuses on cross-cultural methods and techniques regarding the collection, classification, and analysis of such materials as myths, jokes, games, and items of material culture. African (or African-derived), Oceanic and Native American societies are surveyed.

ANT 4241 Magic and Religion 6A MW (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 2410 or DPR. The cross-cultural study of the social and cultural aspects of religion. Religious activities in traditional and modern societies will be discussed. Ritual behavior, religious practitioners and symbols of belief will be considered in light of their impact on the social, political or economic aspects of peoples’ lives.

ANT 4285 Oral History (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 2410 or DPR. A survey of the history, methods, and current applications of oral history research, primarily in the anthropological study of culture, but with reference to allied disciplines. Students will become familiar with oral history through intensive analysis of selected case studies as well as guided field projects.

ANT 4302 Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective MW (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 2410 or DPR. Focuses on various theories, models and beliefs about male-female behaviors and interactions in human cultures throughout history and in various societies in the world today.

ANT 4312 North American Indians (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 2410 or DPR. An examination of the evidence for the origin and antiquity of human beings in North America and of patterns of regional development until the period of contact with European colonists. Emphasis on varieties of ecological adaptation, social, political and religious systems, enculturation and worldview, folklore and visual art.

ANT 4316 Ethnic Diversity in the United States MW (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 2410 or DPR. Special concerns include ethnic diversity in American society, historical and contemporary diversity in values, experiences, and lifestyles, and an examination of policies and problems affecting ethnic groups in the United States.

ANT 4323 Mexico and Central America (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 2410. Restricted to Anthropology majors, LACS certificate students, juniors and seniors only. Focuses on the history, contemporary values and interpersonal relationships, and patterns of rural and urban life in Mesoamerica. Guatemala and Mexico are emphasized.

ANT 4340 The Caribbean 6A MW (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 2410 or DPR. Restricted to junior and senior CAS majors. Main themes include: the depopulation of the aboriginal population and the resettlement of the area via slavery, indenture, and migration; contemporary ethnic heterogeneity; economic problems of Third World microstates; development of a modern social and political consciousness. Religious diversity, music, the graphic arts, and the literature of the contemporary Caribbean will also be surveyed.

ANT 4390 Visual Anthropology (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 2410 and DPR. The use of photographic techniques for the crosscultural recording and analysis of human activities. The study of ethnographic photography as both art and science, and the production of an anthropological study that expresses the goal of “visual literacy.” Review and evaluation of the uses of visual techniques and the evidence they provide to the social scientist.

ANT 4401 Exploring Cross-Cultural Diversity MW (3) AS ANT
For non-Anthropology majors only. This course will introduce students to anthropological perspectives which are useful in understanding the implications of cultural diversity related to changing demographic patterns withinour country as well as to incresing globalization.

ANT 4432 The Individual and Culture 6A MW (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 2410 or DPR. The relationship between the individual and society is studied cross-culturally. Main themes include child-rearing practices, psychosomatic illness and curing. Discussion of theories and models of personality development with special reference to their applicability to the emerging field of cross-cultural mental health planning.

ANT 4442 Urban Life and Culture (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 2410 or DPR. The cross-cultural study of urbanization, urbanism and human problems associated with metropolitan environments. Emphasis on the ethnography of city life and its relationship to the practical applications of urban research.

ANT 4462 Health, Illness, and Culture (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 2410 or DPR. The study of health and human behavior in cross-cultural perspective. Main themes include: the impact of disease on the development of human culture; comparative studies of curing practices; medical systems in their relationship to ideology. Emphasis on understanding the role of medicine, and the behavior of both practitioners and patients in modern societies.

ANT 4495 Methods in Cultural Research (3) AS ANT
PR: DPR. Restricted to juniors and seniors. The stages in the development and execution of ethnological research are discussed and practiced. Literature search, hypothesis formation, selection of data collection techniques, elicitation of information, data analysis, and report presentation are stressed. Research design models from the case literature are studied and supervised research in the local community is designed and carried out.

ANT 4520C Forensic Anthropology (4) AS ANT
PR: ANT 2511 or DPR. This course is designed to familiarize students with forensic anthropology through lectures and lab work. Students will learn human skeletal biology for personal identification and cause of death. This course is restricted to majors and is not repeatable.

ANT 4586 Prehistoric Human Evolution NS (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 2511 or DPR. A survey of the fossil record from the early primates through the ascent of Homo sapiens sapiens, focusing on the human lineage. Biosocial patterns and cultures of the past are also covered.

ANT 4587 Human Variation (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 2511 or DPR. An overview of evolution and biological variations of human races. Anatomical, morphological, and physiological patterns are surveyed geographically. Cultural influences on racial biology are explored.

ANT 4620 Language and Culture 6A (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 3610 or DPR. Examines the relationships between language and culture in cross-cultural perspective. Explores the extent to which languages shape the world views of their speakers. Emphasis on the nature and degree of fit between linguistics and other cultural systems of knowledge.

ANT 4701 Applied Anthropology (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 2410 or DPR. A review of approaches applying the anthropological perspective to contemporary human problems. Particular emphasis placed on public policy issues in United States society. Discussion of the historical development of applied anthropology, problems of economic development of the Third World, and the ethics of applied research and intervention.

ANT 4750 Language and Social Interaction 6A (3) AS ANT
PR: ANT 3610 or DPR. Examines the role of language and other modes of communication in the social settings of speech communities. Student field projects focus on the cross-cultural description and analysis of patterns of communication in ethnographic contexts.

ANT 4824 Archaeological Field Methods (4-12) AS ANT
PR: ANT 3101, DPR. Offered as all or part of a summer (or other semester) field session. May or may not be combined with Florida Archaeology and Laboratory Methods in Archaeology. Students learn appropriate methods of archaeological survey, excavation, data and materials recovery, recording, and processing.

ANT 4901 Directed Reading (1-4) AS ANT
PR: DPR. S/U only. Individual guidance in concentrated reading on a selected topic in anthropology. Contract required prior to registration.

ANT 4905 Individual Research (2-4) AS ANT
PR: DPR. S/U only. Individual guidance in a selected research project. Contract required prior to registration.

ANT 4930 Special Topics in Anthropology (3) AS ANT
PR: DPR. Topics to be chosen by students and instructor permitting newly developing subdisciplinary special interests to be explored.

ANT 4932 Honors Seminar (4) AS ANT
PR: Admission to the honors program in anthropology and DPR. Seminar designed to provide the honors student with an opportunity to present, discuss and defend his/her own research and to explore in-depth topics in several areas of anthropology.

ANT 4935 Rethinking Anthropology 6A (3) AS ANT
PR: Senior standing with major in anthropology. Through discussion of readings and student papers, students rethink and reevaluate anthropology as a discipline and the integration of its branches and specialty fields. Students develop and articulate their current images of anthropology.

ANT 4970 Honors Thesis (3) AS ANT
PR: Admission to the honors program, completion of the honors seminar and DPR. S/U only. The student under the supervision of a faculty member will formalize, conduct, analyze, and report in writing a research project in anthropology.

ARA 1120 Modern Arabic I (4) AS WLE
CR: ARA 1120L. An intensive study of basic skills: pronunciation, listening comprehension, speaking and some composition.

ARA 1120L Modern Arabic I Laboratory (1) AS WLE
CR: ARA 1120. S/U only. A laboratory designed to offer additional practice using various instructional technologies and media. Concurrent enrollment with a lecture session is required, and, if dropped, then dropped simultaneously.

ARA 1121 Modern Arabic II (4) AS WLE
PR: ARA 1120 or its equivalent. CR: ARA 1120L. A continuation of ARA 1120. More sophisticated oral/aural skills are attained. Basic reading skills are acquired.

ARA 1121L Modern Arabic II Laboratory (1) AS WLE
CR: ARA 1121.Concurrent enrollment with a lecture session is required, and, if dropped, then dropped simultaneously. S/U only. A laboratory designed to offer additional practice using various instructional technologies and media.

ARA 2220 Modern Arabic III (4) AS WLE
PR: ARA 1121 or the equivalent. For language students who intend to attain basic proficiency.

ARA 2221 Modern Arabic IV (4) AS WLE
PR: ARA2220 or the equivalent. Continuation of ARA2220. Practice of writing, speaking and listening skills for language students who intend to attain basic proficiency.

ARA 4905 Directed Study (1-5) AS WLE
Departmental approval required. S/U only. Permits study options in Arabic not available in regularly scheduled curriculum at departmental discretion.

ARA 4930 Selected Topics (1-5) AS WLE
Departmental approval required. Course permits classes in Arabic not available in the regularly scheduled curriculum at departmental discretion.

ARC 2131 Introduction to Architectural Design and Graphics FA (4) AR ARC
An introduction to fundamental “critical thinking” and graphic communication skills in architecture.

ARC 2211 Introduction to Architecture HP FA (3) AR ARC
An introduction to the analysis and interpretation of the architecture and urban design of various cultures.

ARC 2701 Architectural History I HP FA (3) AR ARC
Overview of the built environment from prehistory through the Middle Ages. Buildings and cities in their geographical, topographical, political, aesthetic, social, technological and economic context.

ARC 2702 Architectural History II HP FA (3) AR ARC
Overview of the built environment from the Middle Ages to the present. Buildings and cities in their geographical, topographical, political, aesthetic, social, technological and economic context.

ARC 4784 The City 6A MW (3) AR ARC
This course examines the history of the city, as both idea and reality, with a particular focus on Western cities, and the 20th century. The course is open to undergraduates and students in the Graduate Architecture Program.

ARC 4931 Selected Topics in Architecture and Community Design (2-4) AR ARC
Variable topics will be offered for pre-professional studies for students in the Liberal Studies Major/ALA Degree Program and as electives for other undergraduates.

ARC 5175 Computer Technology (3) AR ARC
PR: CC. Introduction to the application of computer technology in current architectural practice. The exploration of available software, programs, and computer services for word processing, information handling, specification writing, feasibility analysis, cost estimating, economic performance and life cycle cost analysis, project management (network programming and analysis), computer graphics, computer aided design and drafting.

ARC 5216 The Building Arts (3) AR ARC
PR: CC. Introduction to the man-made environment. The study and profession of architecture. The various facets of the process of shaping the built environment as it manifests itself in the different roles and specialization of the experts involved the process, and in the various academic courses that prepare the architect for practice.

ARC 5256 Design Theory (3) AR ARC
PR: DPR. Survey of major schools of thought in design theory, methods of design and problem-solving, and design research. The nature of the design activity and its recurring difficulties. The nature and different types of problems. Traditional approaches to problem-solving and design in architecture; recent systematic as well as intuitive approaches to problem-solving based on developments in other fields. Scientific method; the systems approach and design.

ARC 5361 Core Design I (9) AR ARC
PR: CC. First of two semester Design Fundamentals/Design Graphics sequence focusing on design abstractions and analysis of the factors influencing conceptual design. Emphasis is placed on ordering principles, pattern recognition and utilization, and figure-ground relationships. Development of craftsmanship, drawing as a means to design, and perceptual acuity are stressed.

ARC 5362 Core Design II (9) AR ARC
PR: ARC 5361, CC. Second of a two semester Design Fundamentals/Design Graphics sequence focusing on synthesis of design concepts and application of ordering principles in architectural design. Emphasis is placed on developing an understanding and awareness of architectural elements and compositions. Students examine the work of significant architects and use it as a basis for design exploration. Graphic documentation, diagramming, and model studies are stressed.

ARC 5363 Core Design III (6) AR ARC
PR: ARC 5362, ARC 5467, ARC 5587, ARC 5731. CO: ARC 5689. Study of the various phases of the building delivery and design process, and of different approaches to ordering that process in a systematic fashion. The student will use one such systematic approach in the investigation and development of design solutions for a project of moderate scale and complexity. Studies of built form ordering principles, mass/void relationships, scale and proportion, color, texture, contextual relationships, meaning/imagery, and building technology (awareness of structural organization, services networks, construction processes and materials). Aspects of human behavior as design determinants.

ARC 5364 Advanced Design A (6) AR ARC
PR: ARC 5363. CP: ARC 5588, ARC 5467. Application of orderly design processes to building projects of moderate complexity and scale. Continued investigation of the relationship between human behavior and the environment. Analysis and integration of site relationships into the development of design solutions. Legal aspects of zoning, building codes, and regulations regarding access for accessibility, fire escape, etc.

ARC 5365 Advanced Design B (6) AR ARC
PR: ARC 5363. CP: ARC 5588, ARC 5467. Investigation of the interaction between user requirements, environmental determinants, site and urban context conditions, technological factors, and design intentions in the development of design solutions for projects of medium scale and complexity. The analysis, design, and coordination of the various resulting systems, including structural, circulation, service networks, space zoning and use, environmental control systems at the interface between interior and exterior of a building. Representation of these relationships and systems in diagrams and models, and their manifestation in design and construction details.

ARC 5366 Advanced Design C (6) AR ARC
PR: ARC 5363. CP: ARC 5588, ARC 5467. Design of multi-purpose buildings of medium to large scale and complexity. Issues of community and neighborhood design as they relate to the design of buildings. Restoration and adaptive re-use of existing historic buildings. Focus on thinking through as well as documenting the complete building system and process.

ARC 5467 Materials and Methods of Construction (4) AR ARC
PR: ARC 5470, CC. Overview of properties of primary materials and construction systems which comprise building structure and enclosure. Emphasis on interface and connection of elements and assemblies, relative to climate, assembly processes, costs, codes, and craftsmanship. Lab sessions include field trips to manufacturing facilities, construction sites, and preparation of drawings and models of assemblies.

ARC 5470 Introduction to Technology (3) AR ARC
Introduction to architectural technology, including structures, materials and methods of construction, and environmental controls. Overview of building systems and components and their integration into architectural design projects.

ARC 5587 Structures I (3) AR ARC
PR: Calculus, Physics, and ARC 5470, CC. Review of static and mechanical principles of materials. Analysis and evaluation for appropriate selection of structural systems and elements. Analysis and design of timber and steel structures, based on moment, shear, and deflection. Fundamentals of wind and seismic design as they apply to wood and steel construction. Truss analysis, beam and column behavior.

ARC 5588 Structures II (3) AR ARC
PR: ARC 5587, CC. Introduction to the concepts and theories of structural analysis and design of reinforced concrete systems and elements, including practical application in building construction. Prestressing, post-tensioning, hybrid assemblies. Fundamentals of wind and seismic design. Formwork, placement, and assembly techniques.

ARC 5689 Environmental Technology (4) AR ARC
PR: Physics, ARC 5470, CC. Comprehensive review of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems for buildings. Energy utilization, heating and cooling, water delivery and waste removal, fire protection, illumination, transportation systems, and acoustics. Lab exercises include computer simulations, illumination studies, thermal performance studies.

ARC 5731 Architectural History I (3) AR ARC
Overview of the built environment from prehistory through the Middle Ages. Buildings and cities in their geographical, topographical, political, aesthetic, social, technological and economic context. Varieties of methodological approaches to the analysis of historical architecture. The focus will be on the built environment of Europe and the Mediterranean basin.

ARC 5732 Architectural History II (3) AR ARC
Overview of the built environment from the Renaissance to the present. Buildings and cities in their geographical, topographical, political, aesthetic, social, technological, and economic context. Study of various methodological approaches to the analysis of historic architecture, and development of student’s own approach. Emphasis will be on the built environment of Europe and America.

ARC 5789 Modern Architecture History (3) AR ARC
PR: CC, CI. Exploration of the philosophic, economic, aesthetic, social, historical and moral imperatives used by modern architects and historians in their attempt to design the appropriate physical environment for a new social order. The course will investigate the writings and works of the proponents of the modern style of architecture and study the “New Architecture” as defined by those who broke tradition and expressed the new era using modern construction materials and techniques.

ARC 5793 History Abroad (3) AR ARC
PR: CC. Summer study abroad. Location and description varies from year to year.

ARC 5794 Florida Architectural History (3) AR ARC
An examination of the environmental, sociological, technological, political, economic, cultural, and other factors that influenced the discovery, growth, and urbanization of Florida as manifested by its architecture.

ARC 5920 Architectural Design Studio Abroad (5) AR ARC
PR: CC. Summer study abroad. Location and description varies from year to year.

ARC 5931 Special Studies in Architecture (1-5) AR ARC
PR: CC. Variable titles offered on topics of special interest.

ARE 3044 Experiential Basis of Artistic Mind (3) VP ART
Designed to awaken the language of image and metaphor, with emphasis on the internal and expressive aspects of art as well as their application in the schools and the community.

ARE 3354 Art Teaching Strategies I (3) VP ART
PR: ARE 3044. A combination of theory, philosophy and practice in both public and private learning centers to provide the student with a variety of teaching concepts and media exploration in art education and to further enable the student to understand stages of young people, three to eighteen.

ARE 4313 Art For the Child and You (2) VP ART
Art and the intellectual, creative, emotional, and aesthetic growth of children.

ARE 4341 Art Teaching Strategies II (3) VP ART
Media and the learning process will be explored through photographic arts, cinematography and video systems. Teaching strategies and media criticism for application at elementary and secondary levels.

ARE 4443 Crafts Workshop in Art Education (3) VP ART
PR: ARE 3044. The study and practice of processes and media involved with the exploration and expression of cultural traditions and individual ideas through crafts.

ARE 4642 Community Arts (3) VP ART
PR: ARE 3044. Explores the arts as infrastructure through identification, Exploration and experimentation of/with unique community spaces, populations and new environments for and learning in the arts.

ARE 4909 Directed Study: Art Education (1-3) VP ART
PR: Senior standing. Directed study contract required. Designed to extend teaching competencies in the field of art education.

ARE 4936 Senior Seminar in Art Education (2) VP ART
PR: Senior standing. CR: ARE 4940. Synthesis of teacher candidate’s courses in complete college program.

ARE 4940 Internship: Art Education (1-12) VP ART
CR: ARE 4936. S/U only. One full semester of internship in a public or private school. In special programs where the intern experience is distributed over two or more semesters, students will be registered for credit which accumulates from 9 to 12 semester hours.

ARH 2050 History of Visual Arts I HP FA (3) VP ART
PR: DPR. A survey of World Art to AD 1300. Students are introduced to problems of analyzing and interpreting the art of various cultures without making the Western perspective a privileged one. Open to non-majors.

ARH 2051 History of Visual Arts II HP FA (3) VP ART
PR: DPR. A survey of World Art since 1300. Students are introduced to problems of analyzing and interpreting the art of various cultures without making the Western perspective a privileged one. Open to non-majors.

ARH 3001 Introduction To Art HP FA (4) VP ART
An expanded introductory treatment of basic concepts. For non-art majors.

ARH 3475C Contemporary Issues in Art HP FA MW (4) VP ART
PR: DPR. Focuses upon the productions, themes and processes of artists working in the present time. This course will investigate the relationship of materials and media used by contemporary artists to the subject and content of artists’ productions/products as well as conceptual processes.

ARH 4115 Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Art (4) VP ART
PR: ARH 2050 recommended but not required. A study of the art and cultures of ancient Egypt and the Near East, from the prehistoric period through the conquests of Alexander the Great.

ARH 4130 Greek Art (4) VP ART
PR: ARH 2050 or EUH 2011 recommended but not required. A comprehensive study of ancient Greek sculpture, painting, architecture, and other artistic media from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period.

ARH 4151 Roman Art (4) VP ART
PR: ARH 2050 or EUH 2011 recommended but not required. A comprehensive study of ancient Roman sculpture, painting, architecture,and other artistic media from the founding of Rome through the reign of Constantine.

ARH 4170 Greek and Roman Art (4) VP ART
A comprehensive study of Aegean, Mycenaean, Etruscan, Greek and Roman painting, sculpture and architecture.

ARH 4200 Medieval Art (4) VP ART
PR: DPR. A comprehensive study of early Christian, Byzantine and Medieval painting, sculpture, architecture and manuscript illumination.

ARH 4301 Renaissance Art (4) VP ART
PR: DPR. A comprehensive study of Renaissance and Mannerist painting, sculpture and architecture in Italy and Northern Europe.

ARH 4318 Venetian Art (4) VP ART
PR: DPR. Major monuments of Venetian art are examined to elucidate the importance of Venice as the crossroads of cultural exchange between Islam, Byzantium, and the West, and the importance of Venetian art to the history of art and art criticism.

ARH 4350 Baroque and Rococo Art (4) VP ART
PR: DPR. A comprehensive study of the painting, sculpture and architecture in France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.

ARH 4430 Nineteenth Century Art (4) VP ART
PR: ARH 2051. A comprehensive study of nineteenth century painting, sculpture and architecture in America and Europe. Gender/multicultural issues and methodologies in 19th century art are emphasized.

ARH 4450 Twentieth Century Art (4) VP ART
PR: ARH 2051. A comprehensive study of painting, sculpture and architecture from Cezanne to the present in Europe and the United States. Required of all art majors.

ARH 4455 Modern Political Iconography MW (4) VP ART
PR: DPR. The course explores art in which political themes are considered to be the source and determinant of aesthetic decisions. The dominant iconographic theme is the iconography of revolution, rebellion, and other forms of political struggle in 20th Century art and film.

ARH 4520 African Art (4) VP ART
PR: DPR. A combination of survey, comparative study and in-depth analysis of African sculpture, mainly from West and Central Africa. Emphasis on diversity of forms and contexts, functions, symbolism and meanings.

ARH 4530 Asian Art (4) VP ART
PR: Departmental Approval. An introduction to concepts of the arts of China, Japan and other Far Eastern countries.

ARH 4547 Buddhist Art (4) VP ART
PR: DPR. This course examines one important aspect of Asian artistic production. Buddhist Art begins in India and travels via the Himalayas and Southeast Asia to East Asia, touching on artistic expression of major principles and practices, changes in art as the religion comes in contact with pre-existing cultures, and modern artistic practice.

ARH 4557 Chinese Art (4) VP ART
PR: DPR. Chinese Art proceeds chronologically, from the Neolithic era up to the contemporary art world. The course considers cultural, linguistic, technical, philosophic, political and religious influences on the art works produced by this ancient society.

ARH 4710 History of Photography 6A MW (4) VP ART
PR: ARH 2051. Comprehensive overview of the history of photography from its inception to the present day with an emphasis on the relationship of photography to the visual arts and popular culture.

ARH 4721C History of Printmaking 6A (3) VP ART
The history of Western printmaking from the Middle Ages to contemporary times, with an emphasis on artmaking technology and research, cultural perspectives and theoretical/critical analytical capabilities. The course is open to majors and non-majors. It is not repeatable for credit.

ARH 4724 History of Graphic Design 6A (4) VP ART
This course surveys the design profession and the graphic design discipline. Students will explore graphic styles from the turn of the century to contemporary works, highlighting the innovations of influential designers throughout history.

ARH 4744 Selected Topics In The History of Film (4) VP ART
In-depth investigation of a selected period, development, or school in the history of film as art.

ARH 4800 Critical Studies In Art History 6A (4) VP ART
PR: Two advanced Art Histories. Specialized intensive studies in art history. Specific subject matter varies. To be announced at each course offering.

ARH 4890 Paris Art History (4) VP ART
PR: Minimum 8 hours of art history at the undergraduate level or equivalent. CI. This course will explore issues central to the history and criticism of art through the rich visual culture of Paris. Themes will include art and national identity, orientalism, the avant-garde and the rold of the museum in the evolution of modern art.

ARH 4930 Art History: Selected Topics (2-4) VP ART
Lecture/discussion course designed to offer areas of expertise of visiting scholars or specific interests of resident faculty.

ARH 4937 Seminar In The History Of Art History (4) VP ART
PR: Four courses in Art History at the 4000 level, DPR. An examination of the origins of Art History as a discipline and changing nature of Art History from Vasari to the present.

ARH 5451 Cultural and Intellectual History of Modern Art (4) VP ART
PR: CI. A course in which theories of modern artists and of critics and historians of Modernism are treated as a part of general cultural and intellectual history.

ARH 5813 Methods of Art History (4) VP ART
Must be taken during the student’s first two semesters in the M.A. program This course introduces students to various methods which art historians have used to analyze the form and content of individual works of art, and to various modes of historical explanation.

ARH 5836 Collection and Exhibition Management (3) VP ART
PR: Art Advisor’s Approval This class will introduce students to the basic principles of collections care and management and to the intellectual and practical tasks of preparing an exhibition. Sessions will include art handling, registration and condition reporting, preparing works of art for transit, environmental standards for collections storageand exhibition, and the professional responsibilities of the curator.

ART 2201C Concepts and Practices I FA (3-4) VP ART
An introduction to basic visual art studio concepts. Topics include the nature of art, the visual language of its form, modes of representation, and visual art theory. Studio problems supplemented by lecture and discussion. Emphasis on images of implied time and space.

ART 2203C Concepts and Practices II FA (3-4) VP ART
PR: ART 2201C (for majors). No prerequisites for non-majors. This course will synthesize and expand on the groundwork laid in Fabrications I, which is pre-requisite for majors, but not for non-majors. Fabrications II will focus on the significance of meaning and how it is constructed visually by researching 3 phases; I - the personal in images, We - images of cultural ideas, and They - images produced through collaboration.

ART 2301C Beginning Drawing (3) VP ART
PR: Majors Only. Projects exploring the methods, media, and concepts of drawing.

ART 2400C Beginning Printmaking (3) VP ART
PR: Majors Only. This course is designed as an introduction to the medium of printmaking. It concentrates on the technical production of various print media including: intaglio, relief, monoprint and serigraphy (screen printing).

ART 2500C Beginning Painting (3) VP ART
PR: Majors Only. Projects in painting with emphasis on the exploration of methods and media and the development of individual concepts.

ART 2701C Beginning Sculpture (3) VP ART
PR: Majors Only. Projects in sculpture with emphasis on contemporary theory and issues, the development of individual concepts and the exploration of materials, tools and processes.

ART 2750C Beginning Ceramics (3) VP ART
PR: Majors Only. An introduction to the use of ceramic materials as a means of self expression and critical exploration.

ART 2930 Selected Topics In Art (2-4) VP ART
PR: Majors Only. The content of this course will be determined by student demand and instructor interest. Open University offerings under this number may not be counted for degree credit for art majors.

ART 3310C Intermediate Drawing (3) VP ART
PR: ART 2301C. Permit required. Majors Only. An extension of the skills and concepts introduced in Beginning Drawing with an emphasis on individual experimentation and the development of advanced critical and technical skills in the discipline. Repeatable up to 15 hours.

ART 3380C Selected Topics in Drawing (3) VP ART
PR: ART2203C, ARH 2050, ARH 2051, ART 2301C, ART 3310C. Majors Only. Selected Topics in Drawing is an intermediate course providing focused exploration of content specific to the discipline. It furthers the development of skills and critical discourse in the field. Majors only. Repeatable up to 15 hours.

ART 3401C Intermediate Printmaking (3) VP ART
PR: ART 2201C, ART 2203C, ART 2301C, ART 2400C, ART 3310C, ARH 2050, ARH 2051. This course concentrates on developing intermediate skills in printmaking with particular emphasis on conceptual topics The course is intended for majors. Repeatable up to 15 hours.

ART 3461C Selected Topics in Printmaking (3) VP ART
PR: ART2203C, ARH 2050, ARH 2051, ART 2301C, ART 3310C, ART 2400C, ART 3401C. Majors Only. Selected Topics in Printmaking is an intermediate course providing focused exploration of content specific to the discipline. It furthers the development of skills and critical discourse in the field. Majors only. Repeatable up to 15 hours.

ART 3465 Digital Printmaking (4) VP ART
PR: ART 3612C or ART 2400C. Majors Only. An investigation of printmaking using the computer as a design interface between electronic and traditional printmaking processes. Repeatable up to 9 hours.

ART 3513C Selected Topics in Painting (3) VP ART
PR: ART2203C, ARH 2050, ARH 2051, ART 2301C, ART 3310C, ART 2500C, ART 3530C. Majors Only. Selected Topics in Painting is an intermediate course providing focused exploration of content specific to the discipline. It furthers the development of skills and critical discourse in the field. Majors only. Repeatable up to 15 hours.

ART 3530C Intermediate Painting (3) VP ART
PR: ART 2201C, ART 2203C, ART 2301C, ART 2500C, ART 3310C, ARH 2050, ARH 2051. An extension of the skills and concepts introduced in Beginning Painting with an emphasis on individual experimentation and the development of advanced critical and technical skills in the discipline. Repeatable up to 15 hours.

ART 3612C Beginning Electronic Media (3) VP ART
PR: Majors Only. An Introductory exploration of the issues and practices involved in the creation of experimental computer art. The course focuses on an interdisciplinary approach to electronic media.

ART 3613C Intermediate Electronic Media (3) VP ART
PR: ART 2201C, ART 2203C, ART 2301C, ART 3310C, ART 3612C, ARH 2050, ARH 2051. An intermediate exploration of the issues and practices involved in the creation of experimental computer art. The course focuses on an interdisciplinary approach to electronic media while developing individual creative growth. Repeatable up to 15 hours.

ART 3635 Selected Topics in Electronic Media (3) VP ART
PR: ART2203C, ARH 2050, ARH 2051, ART 2301C, ART 3310C, ART 3612, ART3613C. Majors Only. Selected Topics in Electronic Media is an intermediate course providing focused exploration of content specific to the discipline. It furthers the development of skills and critical discourse in the field. Majors only. Repeatable up to 15 hours.

ART 3704C Intermediate Sculpture (3) VP ART
PR: ART 2201C, ART 2203C, ART 2301C, ART 2701C, ART 3310C, ARH 2050, ARH 2051. This course expands upon the principles and processes introduced in Beginning Sculpture, developing a higher level of technical competence and critical sophistication. Repeatable up to 15 hours.

ART 3712C Multiples, Molds, and Bronzecasting (3) VP ART
PR: ART 2701C and ART 3704C. Majors Only. Continued studies and projects in sculpture with an emphasis on the nature of multiples explored through advanced mold making and bronzecasting. This course may not be repeated for credit. The conceptual implications of the multiple will be taught through reading, lecture, discussion and demonstration.

ART 3735 Selected Topics in Sculpture (3) VP ART
PR: ART2203C, ARH 2050, ARH 2051, ART 2301C, ART 3310C, ART 2701C, ART 3704C. Majors Only. Selected Topics in Sculpture is an intermediate course providing focused exploration of content specific to the discipline. It furthers the development of skills and critical discourse in the field. Repeatable up to 15 hours.

ART 3761C Intermediate Ceramics (3) VP ART
PR: ART 2201C, ART 2203C, ART 2301C, ART 2750C, ART 3310C, ARH 2050, ARH 2051. Intermediate problems in ceramics and emphasis on the exploration of methods and media and the development of individual concepts. Repeatable up to 15 hours.

ART 3781C Selected Topics in Ceramics (3) VP ART
PR: ART2203C, ARH 2050, ARH 2051, ART 2301C, ART 3310C, ART 2750C, ART 3761C. Selected Topics in Ceramics is an intermediate course providing focused exploration of content specific to the discipline. It furthers the development of skills and critical discourse in the field. Majors only. Repeatable up to 15 hours.

ART 3843C Site, Installation, and Performance (3) VP ART
PR: ART 2701C and ART 3704C. Majors Only. Continued studies and projects in sculpture with an emphasis on site-specific sculpture, installation and performance. A critical and cultural awareness of contemporary issues and media in sculpture will be developed through studio projects assigned readings, discussions, critiques and demostrations. The course may not be repeated for credit.

ART 3935 Studio Techniques: Selected Projects (2) VP ART
PR: DPR. Concentration in specialized technical data and process. Repeatable.

ART 3939 The Real World (3) VP ART
Restricted to studio majors. Offers studio students the opportunity to analyze their experiences as art majors and explore options available to visual artists upon completion of their degree.

ART 4320C Advanced Drawing (3) VP ART
PR: 9 hours of Intermediate courses in the discipline and a 3.25 major GPA or DPR. Majors Only. Continued projects in drawing. Repeatable.

ART 4402C Advanced Printmaking (3) VP ART
PR: 9 hours of Intermediate courses in the discipline and a 3.25 major GPA or DPR. Majors Only. This course is designed as an advanced printmaking studio and emphasizes content and meaning in visual imagery. The student is encouraged to work in a specific printmaking medium (intaglio, relief, lithography or screen printing) and develop a cohesive series of images. Repeatable.

ART 4520C Advanced Painting (3) VP ART
PR: 9 hours of Intermediate courses in the discipline and a 3.25 major GPA or DPR. Majors Only. Continued projects in painting. Repeatable.

ART 4614C Advanced Electronic Media (3) VP ART
PR: 9 hours of Intermediate courses in the discipline and a 3.25 major GPA or DPR. Majors Only. Advanced exploration of issues and practices involved in the creation of experimental computer art. The course continues as interdisciplinary approach to electronic media with a focus on individual and group projects. Repeatable.

ART 4616 Computer Animation (4) VP ART
Exploration of issues and practices involved in the creation of computer animations, focused on individual creative growth.

ART 4634C Visual Design for the Internet (3) VP ART
Restricted to majors. This upper level course builds upon the concepts students encountered in the introductory level graphic design courses and focuses upon web content creation and annimation techniques.

ART 4710C Advanced Sculpture (4) VP ART
PR: ART 3704C, ART 3843C, ART 3712C and a 3.25 major GPA. Majors Only. Continued problems in sculpture. Repeatable.

ART 4782C Advanced Ceramics (3) VP ART
PR: 9 hours of Intermediate courses in the discipline and a 3.25 major GPA or DPR. Majors Only. Continued problems in ceramics. Repeatable.

ART 4806 Theme Studio (3) VP ART
PR: Majors Only. All preparation courses plus course in Studio Workshop I.

ART 4814 Paris Art Studio (3) VP ART
PR: ART 2201C or equivalent. This course will explore contemporary and historic Paris as a subject and source for artmaking, drawing upon a range of concepts and strategies that emphasize imaginative encounters with its space, streets, museums, architecture and people.

ART 4900 Directed Reading (4) VP ART
PR: CI. Registration by contract only. A course of reading and study in an area of special concerned governed by student demand, instructor interest and/or department requirements. Registration is by contract only. Repeatable.

ART 4905 Directed Study (1-4) VP ART
PR: CI, DPR. Registration by contract only. Independent studies in the various areas of Visual Arts. Course of study and credits must be assigned prior to registration. Repeatable.

ART 4925 Media Workshop: Design Production (3) VP ART
PR: Graphic design majors only. This upper level technology course will develop in-depth understanding of graphic software and print production techniques. Students will review software programs, file preparation requirements, and print production standards.

ART 4930 Selected Topics In Art (2-4) VP ART
PR: DPR. The content of this course will be determined by student demand and instructor interest. Open University offerings under this number may not be counted for degree credit for art majors. Repeatable.

ART 4940 Extended Studies (1-4) VP ART
Extended Studies requires students to engage in art-related activities that expand upon their traditional academic experience. It is by contract and may involve internship and/or foreign studies. The course is restricted to majors. Not repeatable.

ART 4970C Senior Thesis (4) VP ART
PR: DPR, CI. The creation of a coherent body of advanced level artwork that is supported by a written document describing processes working procedures, research, context and content of the artwork itself. The course is restricted to majors, and is required of all B.F.A. candidates.

ART 5390C Drawing (4) VP ART
PR: ART 4320C, CI, DPR. Advanced problems in various drawing techniques. Emphasis on individual creative expression. Repeatable.

ART 5422C Lithography (4) VP ART
PR: ART 4402C, CI, DPR. Advanced problems in various lithographic techniques. Emphasis on individual creative expression. Repeatable.

ART 5448C Intaglio (4) VP ART
PR: CI. Registration by contract only. Investigations into more complex intaglio processes including photoengraving and color printing procedures. Emphasis on personal conceptual development in graphic media.

ART 5580C Painting (4) VP ART
PR: CI. Registration by contract only. Research in painting

ART 5740C Sculpture (4) VP ART
PR: ART 2701C, DPR. Advanced problems in the various techniques of sculpture. Emphasis on individual creative expression. Repeatable.

ART 5790C Ceramics (4) VP ART
PR: ART 2750C, DPR. Advanced problems in the various ceramic techniques, including throwing and glaze calculation. Repeatable.

ART 5910 Research (1-4) VP ART
PR: CI, DPR. Registration by contract only. Repeatable.

ART 5936 Studio Techniques: Selected Projects (2) VP ART
PR: DPR. Concentration in specialized media or processes. Repeatable.

ASH 2270 Southeast Asian History HP AF (3) AS HTY
This course examines the origins and development of the major Southeast Asian cultures over the past two millennia, focusing particularly on the transformation of small communities into modern states and the factors that facilitated this process.

ASH 3404 Modern China SS HP AF (4) AS HTY
Political, economic, and social history of China from the time of the first major Western contacts (17th-18th Centuries) through the consolidation of socialism in the late 1950’s, and the Great Leap Forward.

ASN 3012 Japan Today SS (3) AS INT
Area study courses are multi-disciplinary in nature and deal with one or more countries of a region. Each course combines some measure of political, economic, historical, religious, geographic, anthropological, and sociological analysis in dealing with salient features and current problems.

ASN 3014 China Today AF (3) AS INT
Area study courses are multi-disciplinary in nature and deal with one or more countries of a region. Each course combines some measure of political, economic, historical, religious, geographic, anthropological, and sociological analysis in dealing with salient features and current problems.

ASN 3030 The Middle East AF (3) AS INT
Area study courses are multi-disciplinary in nature and deal with one or more countries of a region. Each course combines some measure of political, economic, historical, religious, geographic, anthropological, and sociological analysis in dealing with salient features and current problems.

AST 2003 Astronomy of the Solar System NS (4) AS AST
Introduction to the Astronomy of the Solar System. No Physics background assumed. Topics covered include properties of light, stellar coordinates, timekeeping, eclipses, formation and dynamics of the solar system, properties of the sun and planets, space exploration of planets and the moon, life on other worlds. This course is complementary to but independent of AST 2004. Either may be taken before the other or taken by itself.

AST 2004 Stellar Astronomy and Cosmology NS (4) AS AST
An introduction to Astrophysics and the structure of the universe. No Physics background assumed. Topics covered include properties of light, stellar coordinates, measurement of the physical properties of stars, formation, structure and evolution of stars, normal and peculiar galaxies, cosmology. This course is complementary to but independent of AST 2003. Either may be taken before the other or taken by itself.

AST 2032C Illustrative Astronomy (3) AS AST
Constellations, use of small telescopes, etc., apparent motions of celestial objects, comets and meteors, seasons, weather. Current events in the space program. Planetarium and open sky demonstrations.

AST 3033 Contemporary Thinking in Astronomy NS (3) AS AST
PR: Junior or Senior Standing or CI. Seminar designed to assist the layman, with no scientific background, in comprehending contemporary developments in Astronomy. Necessary background material is provided by the instructor and a text. Topics covered in recent years include the space program, pulsars, x-ray astronomy, black holes, extra-terrestrial life, interacting galaxies, cosmology.

AST 3044 Archaeoastronomy (3) AS AST
PR: Jr. or Sr. Standing or CI. Astronomical concepts and observational techniques used by prehistoric/ancient peoples for detecting change of seasons, constructing calendars, predicting eclipses, etc. Particular attention is given to Stonehenge, and to works of N.A. Indians, the Maya and Aztecs, and the Egyptians. Lec.-Lab.

AST 3652 Navigation (3) AS AST
PR: Some knowledge of geometry, algebra, and trigonometry. Timekeeping, use of sextant, constellations, celestial navigation with minimum equipment, spherical astronomy.

AST 3930 Selected Topics in Astronomy (1-4) AS AST
PR: CI. Course content will depend upon the interest of the faculty member and student demand.

AST 5506 Introduction to Celestial Mechanics (3) AS AST
PR: MAC 2313 or MAC 2283 and some knowledge of differential equations, or CI. The two-body problem, introduction to Hamiltonian systems and canonical variables, equilibrium solutions and stability, elements of perturbation theory.

AST 5932 Selected Topics in Astronomy (1-5) AS AST
PR: Senior or advanced junior standing or CI. Intensive coverage of special topics to suit needs of advanced students.

BCH 3023 Introductory Biochemistry (3) AS CHM
PR: CHM 2200 or CHM 2211 and BSC 2010. Introduction to the chemistry and intermediary metabolism of biologically important substances. Lec.

BCH 3023L Basic Biochemistry Laboratory (2) AS CHM
CR: BCH 3023. Practical work in determination and characterization of important biomolecules. Lec.-lab.

BCH 4034 Advanced Biochemistry (3) AS CHM
PR: BCH 3023. An advanced undergraduate course emphasizing such topics as metabolic regulation, DNA and RNA structure and function, receptors, channels, antibodies, and contraction.

BCH 5045 Biochemistry Core Course (3) AS CHM
PR: Either CHM 2211, CHM 2211L, and CHM 3400 or CHM 4410 or graduate standing. A one-semester survey course in biochemistry for graduate students in chemistry, biology, and other appropriate fields and for particularly well-qualified undergraduates. Lec.

BCH 5105 Biochemistry Laboratory Rotations (1-3) AS CHM
A course in which first year graduate students rotate through selected professor’s laboratories to learn techniques, become familiar with ongoing research in the Department and facilitate the selection of a mentor.

BME 4406 Engineering of Biological Systems (3) EN ECH
PR: CHM 2210 (majors) or Consent of Instructor (non-majors). This course is designed to convey the basics of biological systems and the roles that engineers play in industrial biology to engineering students (primarily)and to students that are majoring in other sciences. Not repeatable for credit. For majors and nonmajors.

BME 5040 Pharmaceutical Engineering (2) EN ECH
PR: Senior or graduate standing in engineering or CI. Introduction to pharmaceutical engineering, including dosage forms (tablets, capsules, powders, liquids, topical forms, and aerosols), excipients, regulatory issues, clinical studies, and good manufacturing practices.

BME 5320 Theory and Design of Bioprocesses (3) EN ECH
PR: Senior standing in engineering or CI. Open to majors and non-majors with CI. Introduction to biotechnology, including applied microbiology, enzyme technology, biomass production, bioreactor design, and transport processes in biosystems.

BME 5748 Selected Topics in Biomedical Engineering (1-3) EN ECH
Selected topics in biomedical engineering, including biomedical engineering, biomedical materials, biodynamics of circulation, separation processes in biomedical systems, and artificial organ systems.

BME 5910 Directed Research in Bioengineering (1-3) EN ECH
PR: CI. Directed research in an area of biomedical engineering or engineering biotechnology.

BME 5937 Selected Topics in Biomedical Engineering (1-3) EN ECH
PR: Senior or GS standing in Engineering or CI. Open to non-engineering students with CI. Selected topics in biomedical engineering, including biomedical engineering, biomedical materials, biodynamics of circulation, separation processes in biomedical systems, and artificial organ systems. May be taken by non-engineering students with CI. Repeatable as subjects vary.

BMS 4402 Principles of Human Pharmacology NS (3) ME MSG
Not available on S/U basis. Pharmacodynamics (effects), pharmacokinetics (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion) and side effects/toxicity of drugs. Designed to provide basic understanding of mechanism of drug action resulting from modifying biologic processes.

BOT 3373C Vascular Plants: Form and Function (4) AS BIO
PR: BSC 2010, BSC 2010L, BSC 2011, BSC 2011L. Introduction to morphology, physiology and evolution of vascular plants, integrating form and function to understand diversity. Lec.-lab.

BOT 3850 Medical Botany (3) AS BIO
PR: BSC 2010, BSC 2010L, BSC 2011, BSC 2011L, CHM 2210, MAC 1105 or higher-level MAC course or STA 2023. CP: PCB 3023 or PCB 3043 or PCB 3063 or PCB 3712. Study of agents that are produced by plants and that are toxic or psychoactive in human beings or are useful as remedies. Lecture only.

BOT 4152C Field Botany (3) AS BIO
PR: BOT 3373C. Identification and classification of native and naturalized flowering plants of Florida including historical, climatic and floristic aspects of plant communities. Conducted largely in the field.

BOT 4223C Plant Anatomy (3) AS BIO
PR: BOT 3373C and CHM 2210 and MAC 1105 or higher-level MAC course or STA 2023. CP: PCB 3023 or PCB 3043 or PCB 3063 or PCB 3712 & CHM 2211. Comparative studies of tissue and organ systems of fossil and present-day vascular plants. Functional and phylogenetic aspects stressed. Lec.-lab.

BOT 4434C Mycology (3) AS BIO
PR: BOT 3373C or MCB 3020C and CHM 2210 and MAC 1105 or higher-level MAC course or STA 2023. CP: PCB 3023 or PCB 3043 or PCB 3063 or PCB 3712 and CHM 2211. A survey of the fungi with emphasis on their taxonomy, morphology, physiology and economic importance. Lec.-lab.

BOT 4503 Plant Physiology (3) AS BIO
PR: BOT 3373C and CHM 2210 and MAC 1105 or higher-level MAC course or STA 2023 and PHY 2053. CP: PCB 3023 or PCB 3043 or PCB 3063 or PCB 3712 & CHM 2211. Fundamental activities of plants; absorption, translocation, transpiration, metabolism, growth and related phenomena. Lecture only.

BOT 4503L Plant Physiology Laboratory (1) AS BIO
CP: BOT 4503. Laboratory portion of Plant Physiology.

BOT 4810C Economic Botany (3) AS BIO
PR: BOT 3373C. Study of the uses of plants by man for food, chemicals, fibers, and medicines.

BOT 5185C Marine Botany (4) AS BIO
PR: BOT 3373C, PCB 3043 and CHM 2210 and MAC 1105 or higher-level MAC course or STA 2023 and CI. CP: CHM 2211. A field course in marine plants with emphasis on ecology and functional morphology. Fieldwork will stress the ecological aspects of plants in the subtropical marine environment of Florida. Fieldwork required. Lecture and Laboratory.

BOT 5725C Evolution of Flowering Plants (3) AS BIO
PR: BOT 3373C and BOT 4152C or CI. A study of the evolution and phylogeny of the Angiosperms; the origin and nature of early angiosperms, “primitive” angiosperms today; evolutionary processes leading to the origin of genera, families and orders, trends of specialization in the angiosperms; phylogenetic analysis, cladistics, traditional approaches, new approaches; readings from the current and historical literature. Lec/Lab.

BSC 1005 Principles of Biology For Non-Majors NS (3) AS BIO
No credit for Biology majors. Lectures and demonstrations of selected biological principles, usually taught by television.

BSC 2010 Biology I - Cellular Processes NS (3) AS BIO
CR: BSC 2010L. CP: CHM 2045. An analysis of biological systems at the cellular and subcellular levels: cell structure and function, respiration, photosynthesis, mitosis and meiosis, genetics and gene expression.

BSC 2010L Biology I Cellular Processes Laboratory (1) AS BIO
CR: BSC 2010. Laboratory portion of Biology I Cellular Processes relating to cellular and subcellular structure and function. Mitosis, meiosis, and Mendelian genetics will be stressed.

BSC 2011 Biology II - Diversity NS (3) AS BIO
PR: BSC 2010, BSC 2010L, CHM 2045. CR: BSC 2011L. An analysis of biological systems at the organismal level: evolution, speciation, history of life, and ecology. Lecture only.

BSC 2011L Biology II Diversity Laboratory (1) AS BIO
CR: BSC 2011. Laboratory portion of Biology II Diversity relating to organismal structure and function. Microscopy, as well as, plant and animal development will be stressed.

BSC 2022 Biology of Aging NS (3) AS BIO
An introduction to the basic biology of aging. Emphasis will be placed on understanding basic principles of biology relevant to time and the aging process which begins at birth. May be taken by majors for free elective credit.

BSC 2025 Food: Personal and Global Perspectives NS (3) AS BIO
May be taken by biology majors for free elective credit. The application of basic biological principles to human nutritional problems; to learn how various cultures achieve adequate nutrition and how environmental changes impact both personal and global nutrition.

BSC 2030 Save The Planet: Environmental Sciences NS (3) AS BIO
Credit will be given for BSC 2030 or BSC 2050, but not both. An introduction to environmental sciences using mass communications and independent study. Emphasis will be placed on understanding basic principles of ecology relevant to problems and topics of the earth’s environment. May be taken by majors for free elective credit.

BSC 2035 Sex and Today’s World NS (3) AS BIO
The application of basic biological principles to female and male sexual behavior and reproduction; current social problems are treated from a biological perspective. May be taken by majors for free elective credit.

BSC 2050 Environment NS (3) AS BIO
Credit will be given for BSC 2030 or BSC 2050, but not both. The application of basic scientific principles to global environmental problems; how human activities impact the environment. May be taken by majors for free elective credit.

BSC 2085 Anatomy and Physiology I for Nursing and other Healthcare Professionals NS (3) NU NUR
CR: BSC 2085L. Introduction to the normal structure, function and selected pathological conditions for physiologic systems. Focus on understanding how the body functions in preparing for careers in nursing or health-related professions.

BSC 2085L Anatomy and Physiology Lab I for Nursing and other Healthcare Professionals (1) NU NUR
CR: BSC 2085. Laboratory exercises and virtual dissections linked to the basic content of Anatomy & Physiology I for Health Professionals.

BSC 2086 Anatomy and Physiology II for Nursing and other Healthcare Professionals NS (3) NU NUR
PR: BSC 2085 and BSC 2085L. CR: BSC 2086L. Introduction of normal structure, function and selected pathological conditions for physiologic systems. Focus on understanding how the body functions in preparing for careers in nursing or health-related professions.

BSC 2086L Anatomy and Physiology Lab II for Nursing and other Healthcare Professionals (1) NU NUR
PR: BSC 2085 and BSC 2085L. CR: BSC 2086. Laboratory exercises and virtual dissections linked to the basic content of Anatomy & Physiology II for Health Professionals.

BSC 2093C Human Anatomy and Physiology I (4) AS BIO
PR: BSC 2010, BSC 2010L, BSC 2011, BSC 2011L and CHM 2045. May be taken by majors for free elective credit only. Basic biochemistry, cell structure and function, tissues, anatomical terminology, anatomy and physiology of the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems. Lecture and Laboratory.

BSC 2094C Human Anatomy and Physiology II (4) AS BIO
PR: BSC 2010, BSC 2010L, BSC 2011, BSC 2011L, BSC 2093C, and CHM 2045. May be taken by majors for free elective credit only. Anatomy and physiology of the autonomic nervous, endocrine, circulatory, lymphatic, immune, respiratory, digestive, excretory, and reproductive systems. Lecture and Laboratory.

BSC 2932 Selected Topics in Biology (1-4) AS BIO
The course content will depend on student demand and instructor’s interest.

BSC 2933 Honors Seminar II: Philosophy and Ethics of Science (3) AS BIO
PR: BSC 2011, BSC 2011L, BSC 2932, & CHM 2045 & CI. Enrollment is limited to Department of Biology Honors Students. Introduction to the nature of science. Historical perspectives, modes of reasoning, science vs. pseudoscience, science as an intellectual process, ethics, and resolving dilemmas.

BSC 2934 Honors Seminar III: Scientific Approaches (3) AS BIO
PR: BSC 2933, CI. Enrollment is limited to Department of Biology Honors Students. The course will begin to familiarize students with the process of conducting scientific research.

BSC 2938 Honors Seminar I (1) AS BIO
PR: BSC 2010, BSC 2010L & CHM 2045. CR: BSC 2011, BSC 2011L. Enrollment is limited to Department of Biology Honors students. Course is designed to introduce Honors students to various research fields and current research in the Department. Faculty members present research seminars and discuss their work.

BSC 3312 Marine Biology (3) AS BIO
PR: BSC 2010, BSC 2010L, BSC 2011, BSC 2011L & CHM 2045, CHM 2046 & MAC 1105 or higher-level MAC course, or STA 2023. CP: PCB 3023 or PCB 3043 or PCB 3063 or PCB 3712. A survey of the marine environment, the types of organisms found inhabiting a variety of marine habitats, and the adaptations of the organisms to those habitats. Emphasis is placed on shallow water Florida environments. Lecture only.

BSC 4057 Environmental Issues MW (3) AS BIO
Not for major’s credit. Study of biological, economic, ethical, legal, political and social issues relating to current environmental problems.

BSC 4313C Advanced Marine Biology (4) AS BIO
PR: BSC 3312C A detailed analysis of marine environment in the Tampa Bay or surrounding area. Field and laboratory work will provide direct experience with the system.

BSC 4905 Independent Study (1-3) AS BIO
PR: CI. S/U only. May be taken by majors for free elective credit. Specialized independent study determined by the student’s needs and interests. The written contract required by the Department of Biology specifies the regulations governing independent study.

BSC 4910 Undergraduate Research (1-4) AS BIO
PR: CHM 2210 and MAC 1105 or higher MAC course o rSTA 2023 or CI. CP: PCB 3023 or PCB 3043 or PCB 3063 or PCB 3712 and CHM 2211. S/U only. Junior standing and 3.0 GPA required. Individual investigation with faculty supervision. Written contract by Department is necessary prior to registration.

BSC 4932 Honors Seminar IV (1) AS BIO
PR: BSC 2934 and BSC 4910 or MCB 4910; CI. CP: CHM 2211. The course serves as a formal introduction to the presentation of scientific research. It is taken in the semester prior to completion of a student’s own research project and the writing of the Biology Honors Thesis.

BSC 4933 Selected Topics In Biology (1-4) AS BIO
PR: CI. The course content will depend on student demand and instructor’s interest.

BSC 4937 Seminar in Marine Biology (2) AS BIO
PR: BSC 3312C and CHM 2210 and MAC 1105 or higher-level MAC course or STA 2023. CP: PCB 3023 or PCB 3043 or PCB 3063 or PCB 3712 and CHM 2211. Course focuses on developing the student’s understanding of contemporary research in the field of Marine. Background information presented and assigned reading will vary according to instructor.

BSC 4970 Biology Honors Thesis (1-3) AS BIO
PR: BSC 2934 and either BSC 4931 or BSC 4932. Enrollment is limited to Biology Department Honors students. S/U only. A thesis based on independent research carried out by the student.

BSC 5931 Selected Topics in Biology (1-4) AS BIO
PR: CI.

BTE 4401 Special Teaching Methods: Business Education (4) ED EDV
PR: Successful completion of BE competencies. Methods, techniques, and materials for skill development.

BTE 4909 Directed Study: Business Education (1-3) ED EDV
PR: Senior standing. To extend competency in teaching field.

BTE 4936 Senior Seminar in Business and Office Education (2) ED EDV
PR: Senior standing; CR: BTE 4940. Synthesis of teacher candidate’s courses in complete college program.

BTE 4940 Internship: Business Education (1-12) ED EDV
CR: BTE 4936. S/U only. One full semester of internship in a public or private school. In special programs where the intern experience is distributed over two or more semesters, students will be registered for credit which accumulates from 9 to 12 semester hours.

BTE 4948 Field-Based Seminar in Business Education (3) ED EDV
S/U only. Supervised field experience and orientation to broad field business education. Specifically designed to be preparatory for the internship.

BTE 5171 Curriculum Construction: Business Education (3) ED EDV
Curriculum scope, the process of planning and organizing instructional programs with emphasis on task analysis and process evaluation.

BUL 3320 Law And Business I (3) BA GBA
This course covers the nature of legal and societal institutions and environments, and major aspects of public, private, UCC and related business law.

BUL 3321 Law And Business II (3) BA GBA
PR: BUL 3320. Legal problems in marketing of goods, nature of property, sales of personal property, securing of credit granted, nature and use of negotiable instruments.

BUL 5332 Law and the Accountant (3) BA GBA
PR: BUL 3320 or CI. A comprehensive study of commercial law as it affects the practice of accounting.

CAP 4034 Computer Animation Fundamentals (3) EN ESB
PR: EEC 4851C. This course is about computer animation. Topics include storyboarding, camera control, hierarchical character modeling, inverse kinematics, keyframing, motion capture, dynamic simulation, and facial animation.

CAP 4401 Image Processing Fundamentals (3) EN ESB
PR: EEL 4851C. Practical introduction to a range of fundamental image processing algorithms. Use of the C language in algorithm construction. Extensive programming, with emphasis on image analysis and transformation techniques. Image transformation and manipulation.

CAP 4410 Computer Vision (3) EN ESB
PR: EEL 4851C. Introduction to topics such as image formation, segmentation, feature extraction, matching, shape recovery, texture analysis, object recognition, and dynamic scene analysis. Non-majors by special permission and demonstration of required skills.

CAP 4660 AI Robotics (3) EN ESB
PR: EEL 4851C; CR: COT 4400 A.I. methods for mobile robots (ground/aerial/underwater). Understand:(1)3 paradigms of AI robotics;(2)major ways to organize and combine behaviors in behavior-based systems;(3)major path planning;(4)simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithms.

CAP 5400 Digital Image Processing (3) EN ESB
PR: EEL 4851C or GS. Image formation, sources of image degradation, image enhancement techniques, edge detection operators and threshold selection, low-level processing algorithms for vision, image data compression.

CAP 5625 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (3) EN ESB
PR: EEL 4851C or GS. Basic concepts, tools, and techniques used to produce and study intelligent behavior. Organizing knowledge, exploiting constraints, searching spaces, understanding natural languages, and problem solving strategies.

CAP 5682 Expert And Intelligent Systems (3) EN ESB
PR: EEL 4851C or GS. Basic concepts, techniques and tools for the design and implementation of expert and intelligent systems. Knowledge representation, inference methods, knowledge acquisition methods, and some advanced concepts. Tools to facilitate construction of expert and intelligent systems.

CAP 5771 Data Mining (3) EN ESB
PR: Undergraduate Statistics. An introductory course to mining information from data. Scalable supervised and unsupervised machine learning methods are discussed. Methods to visualize and extract heuristic rules from large databases with minimal supervision is discussed.

CBH 4004 Comparative Psychology (3) AS PSY
PR: PSY 3213 with a grade of C or better or CI. The study of the evolution of behavior, similarities, and differences in capacities for environmental adjustment and for behavioral organization among important types of living beings.

CCE 4034 Construction Management (3) EN EGX
PR: EGN 3613C. Fundaments of contruction management. Topics incude: general definitions, organizational roles, types of contracts, analysis of labor and equipment, cost estimating, contractor cash flow analysis, planning and scheduling, project control, construction administration, quality and safety management, and use of computer software in construction management.

CCE 5035 Construction Management & Planning (3) EN EGX
PR: EGN 3613C. Fundamentals of construction management. Topics include: general definitions, organizational roles, types of contracts, analysis of labor and equipment, cost estimating, contractor cash flow analysis, planning and scheduling, project control, construction administration, quality and safety management, and use of computer software in construction management.

CCJ 3003 Crime and Justice in America SS (4) AS CJP
May be taken by both majors and non-majors for credit. This course is a non-technical survey of the nature of crime in the United States and the ways in which our society seeks to deal with criminal offenders and victims of crime.

CCJ 3024 Survey of the Criminal Justice System SS (3) AS CJP
An introduction to the structure and operation of law enforcement, prosecution, the courts, and corrections. Also includes brief coverage of major reported crimes.

CCJ 3610 Theories of Criminal Behavior (3) AS CJP
PR: Junior standing, CCJ 3024 or CI. Provides a basic understanding of the complex factors related to crime, with concentration on principal theoretical approaches to the explanation of crime.

CCJ 3621 Patterns of Criminal Behavior (3) AS CJP
PR: Junior standing. Reviews the nature and extent of the crime problem. The course will concentrate on major patterns of offender behavior including crimes against the person, property crimes, violent crimes, economic/white collar offense, syndicated (organized) crimes, consensual crimes, female crime, political crime, and will examine criminal career data.

CCJ 3701 Research Methods in Criminal Justice I (3) AS CJP
PR: Junior standing, CCJ 3024 or CCJ 3610 or CI. Introduces the student to some of the fundamentals of knowledge-generating processes in criminal justice.

CCJ 4450 Criminal Justice Administration (3) AS CJP
PR: Junior standing, CJE 4114 or CJT 4100 or CI. This course is designed to provide an in-depth examination of both the practical and theoretical aspects of the administration of criminal justice agencies. The major focus will be on law enforcement and correctional agencies.

CCJ 4604 Abnormal Behavior and Criminality (3) AS CJP
PR: Junior standing, CCJ 3610 or CI. A systematic introduction to the relationship between mental illness and criminality, with focus on psychiatric labeling of deviant behavior and its implications for the handling of the criminal offender.

CCJ 4700 Statistical Research Methods in Criminal Justice II (3) AS CJP
PR: Junior standing, CCJ 3024 or CCJ 3610 or CI. Beginning with the scientific method, the tools commonly used to analyze criminal justice data will be emphasized. Recommended for students who intend to continue their education beyond the B.A. Required of students attending the MA program in CCJ at USF.

CCJ 4900 Directed Readings (1-3) AS CJP
PR: Junior standing, CCJ 3024, CCJ 3610, CCJ 3621, CI. S/U only. (a) Students wishing to enroll must make arrangements with a faculty member during the semester prior to actually taking the course.(b) A minimum of four 4 CCJ courses must have been completed satisfactorily prior to enrollment.(c) First consideration will be given to Criminology majors.(d) Individual faculty members may add additional requirements at their discretion. No more than six hours of CCJ 4900, CCJ 4910 or any combination of the two will be accepted toward the minimum number of hours required for the major. This course is specifically designed to enable advanced students the opportunity to do in-depth independent work in the area of criminal justice. Each student will be under the close supervision of a faculty member of the program.

CCJ 4910 Directed Research (1-3) AS CJP
PR: Junior standing, CCJ 3024, CCJ 3610, CCJ 3621, CI. S/U only. (a) Students wishing to enroll must make arrangements with a faculty member during the semester prior to actually taking the course.(b) A minimum of four 4 CCJ courses must have been completed satisfactorily prior to enrollment.(c) First consideration will be given to Criminology majors.(d) Individual faculty members may add additional requirements at their discretion. No more than six hours of CCJ 4900, CCJ 4910 or any combination of the two will be accepted toward the minimum number of hours required for the major. This course is designed to provide students with a research experience in which they will work closely with faculty on the development and implementation of research projects in the area of criminal justice.

CCJ 4930 Critical Issues in Policing (3) AS CJP
PR: Junior standing, CCJ 3024 or CJE 4114 or CI. Focuses on some of the most critical issues in law enforcement today including: understanding and controlling police use of deadly force; police deviance; police prejudice and discrimination; violence-prone police officers; substance abuse by police officers; and administrative review of alleged police brutality.

CCJ 4933 Selected Topics in Criminology (3) AS CJP
PR: Junior standing, CCJ 3024, CCJ 3621, CCJ 3610 or CI. Lecture course. Topic varies and is designed to address a wide variety of issues in criminology and criminal justice. Open to non-majors with CI.

CCJ 4934 Seminar in Criminology MW (3) AS CJP
PR: Senior standing, CCJ 3024, CCJ 3621, CCJ 3610 and CI. These variable topic seminars are used for the in-depth study and discussion of the relationships among culture, gender, ethics, age, society, and criminal behavior. Such examinations may include the options the criminal justice does (or does not) have to deal with these interactions, and the ethics and efficacy of the system’s response. Open to non-majors with CI.

CCJ 4940 Internship For Criminal Justice Majors (3) AS CJP
PR: Senior standing, CCJ 3024, CCJ 3610, CCJ 3621. S/U only. No more than 9 hours of CCJ 4940 will be accepted toward the elective hours required for the major. The internship will consist of placement with one or more of the agencies comprising the criminal justice system. This course will enable the students to gain meaningful field experience related to their future careers. The three-hour block of credit will require a minimum of ten hours of work per week during a fall or spring term, fifteen hours per week in summer, within the host agencies in addition to any written work or reading assignments. See requirements for the B.A. degree in Criminology for the number of hours required.

CCJ 4970 Honors Thesis (3) AS CJP
PR: CCJ 4934 (honors section), CCJ 4910 The student, under the direction of a faculty member, will formalize, conduct, analyze, and report in writing a research project in the Department of Criminology. The course is not repeatable. Majors only.

CDA 3101 Computer Organization for Information Technology (3) US EIT
PR: Any Physics course and CGS 3303, or CI. Elements of the computer are discussed in terms of the physical and conceptual design of memory, processors, busses and I/O elements. Organization of the system is cast in a meta-language that captures the logical and physical nature of the computer.

CDA 3103 Computer Organization (3) EN ESB
PR: PHY 2049 or PHY 2054 and DPR. Introduction to computer hardware, logic elements and Boolean algebra, computer arithmetic, the central processing unit, assembly language programming, input/output, and memory.

CDA 3201 Computer Logic and Design (3) EN ESB
PR: CDA 3103, COP 3514; CR: CDA 3201L and Degree Program Admission. CS&E and EE majors. Others by special permission. Advanced coverage of Boolean Algebra, introduction to minimization of combinational logic circuits, analysis and synthesis of sequential circuits, testing of logic circuits and programmable logic devices.

CDA 3201L Computer Logic Design Lab (1) EN ESB
CR: CDA 3201.

CDA 4100 Computer Organization and Architecture (3) EN ESB
PR: EEL 4705. Elements of computer systems; processors, memories and switches. Register transfer representation of a computer. ALUs and their implementation. The control unit. Memory and I/O. Hardware support of operation system functions.

CDA 4203 Computer System Design (3) EN ESB
PR: CDA 3201, CDA 3201L. Design Methods, Top-Down design, Building Blocks, Instruction and addressing models, minicomputer design, interfacing.

CDA 4203L Computer System Design Lab (1) EN ESB
CR: CDA 4203. This lab introduces the student to the concept of system design. Several projects are given including building timing circuits, memory-based and communication circuits, and microcomputer-based designs.

CDA 4205 Computer Architecture (3) EN ESB
PR: CDA 3201, CDA 3201L. Principles of the design of computer systems, processors, memories, and switches. Consideration of the register transfer representation of a computer, ALU’s and their implementation, control units, memory and I/O, and the hardware support of operation systems.

CDA 4213 CMOS-VLSI Design (3) EN ESB
PR: CDA 3201, CDA 3201L. Covers analysis and design of CMOS processing technology, CMOS logic and circuit design, layout timing and delay, and power and thermal issues. CMOS transistor theory. VLSI system design, case studies and rapid prototype chip design.

CDA 4253 Field Programmable Gate Array System Design and Analysis (3) EN ESB
PR: CDA 3201, CDA 3201L. Covers analysis and design of digital systems using VHDL simulation. Provides experience with field programmable logic gates and gate arrays. Introduces the requirements for field programmable systems; testing of circuitry, and analysis of system design.

CEG 4011 Geotechnical Engineering I (3) EN EGX
PR: EGN 3353, EGN 3331. Fundamental and experimental concepts in soil mechanics with emphasis on soil properties, soil moisture, soil structure, and shearing strength.

CEG 4011L Geotechnical/Transportation Laboratory (1) EN EGX
CR: TTE 4004. Demonstrates and experiments verifying theoretical bases of Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering. One hour lecture and two laboratory hours per week.

CEG 4012 Geotechnical Engineering II (3) EN EGX
PR: CEG 4011. Design of retaining walls, earth slopes, foundations to control settlement, soil stabilization and foundations subjected to dynamic loads. Computer applications to soil mechanics will be covered.

CEG 4850 Capstone Geotechnical/Transportation Design MW (4) EN EGX
PR: CEG 4055, TTE 4004. CR: CEG 4012, CGN 4851, TTE 4005 A capstone geotechnical/transportation design experience for seniors in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Design of embankment and pavement bases. Comprehensive surface streets, open highway intersection and site design involving functional design, facility sizing, complete alignments and coordination, plan preparation, site layout and design, quantity summarization, bid tab planning and specification preparation.

CEG 5115 Foundation Engineering (3) EN EGX
PR: CEG 4011 or CI. Design of shallow foundations, cantilevered and anchored retaining walls, piling, drilled piers and special foundations. Computer applications to geotechnical engineering are covered.

CEG 5205 Laboratory Testing for Geotechnical Engineers (3) EN EGX
PR: CEG 4011 or CI. Both routine and advanced forms of soil testing are covered. Emphasis is placed on procedures and application of results to design.

CEN 3722 Human Computer Interfaces for Information Technology (3) US EIT
Human-Computer Interface is the study of people, computer technology and the ways these influence each other. The basic foundations of HCI in terms of psychology, computer systems and their integration into design practice are discussed in the course.

CEN 4020 Software Engineering (3) EN ESB
PR: EEL 4851C. An overview of software engineering techniques for producing high quality software. Student will participate in a software development team.

CEN 4023 Software System Development (3) EN ESB
PR: EEL 4851C. Consideration of object methodology and object oriented programming. Team analysis, design, and development of complex software systems using software development tools.

CEN 4031 Software Engineering Concepts for Information Technology (3) US EIT
PR: EEL 4854 or CI. Concepts associated with production of high quality software through the use of software engineering concepts and practices are covered. In addition to conceptual presentations, students are required to participate in software development team projects.

CEN 4721 User Interface Design (3) EN ESB
PR: EEL 4851C. An examination of factors influencing the usability of a computer system. Topics include input and output devices, graphic and multi-media interfaces, formats for interaction/communication between computer and user, and the evaluation of usability.

CES 3102 Structures I (3) EN EGX
PR: EGN 3331. Analysis of simple structural systems, both determinate and indeterminate. Moment area theorems; influence lines; introduction to steel design.

CES 4141 Finite Element Analysis I (3) EN EGX
PR: CES 3102. Introduction to the finite element method. Application of the method to one-dimensional structural problems. Virtual work principles. Analysis of trusses and frames using the displacement method and the force method. Energy principles. Matrix methods for computer analysis. Programming methods for finite elements implementation.

CES 4561 Computer Aided Structural Design (3) EN EGX
PR: CES 4141. Computer aided structural analysis and design using existing finite element program, static dynamic loading.

CES 4605 Concepts of Steel Design (3) EN EGX
PR: CES 3102. Introduction to steel design and AISC Manual of Steel Construction: Design of tension members; compression members; beams; beam columns; and bolted, welded, and riveted connections.

CES 4702 Concepts of Concrete Design (3) EN EGX
PR: CES 3102. Introduction to concrete design and the ACI Building Code Requirements for reinforced concrete: Design of flexural reinforcement in beams and slabs, design of shear reinforcement, design of concrete columns.

CES 4720 Capstone Structural/Materials Design (3) EN EGX
PR: EGN 3365, CES 4605, CES 4702. A Capstone Materials design experience for seniors in Civil and Environmental Engineering. This course will provide students with a focused design experience aimed to design for durability and reliability.

CES 4740 Capstone Structural/Geotechnical/ Material Design MW (4) EN EGX
PR: EGN 3365, CES 4605, CES 4702, CEG 4011. CR: CEG 4012, CGN 4851, TTE 4005 A capstone structural/ geotechnical/ materials design experience for seniors in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Design of structures and foundations made of steel and reinforced concrete.

CES 4742 Concepts of Structural Design (3) EN EGX
PR: CES 3102. Introduction to concrete design and the ACI Building Code Requirements for reinforced concrete; design of flexural reinforcement in beams and slabs, design of sheer reinforcement, design of concrete columns, and design of steel beams.

CES 4820C Timber and Masonry Design (3) EN EGX
PR: CES 3102, CES 4702. Fundamentals of timber design including beams, columns, connections and formwork. Introduction to masonry design including design of beams, walls, columns, and pilasters.

CES 5105C Advanced Mechanics of Materials I (3) EN EGX
PR: EGN 3331, MAP 2302 Analytical study of the mechanical behavior of deformable solids. Basic concepts, stress and strain transformations, special topics in beams, theory of elasticity, criteria of failure, beams on elastic foundation.

CES 5209 Structural Dynamics (3) EN EGX
PR: CES 3102, EGN 3321. Behavior of structural components and systems when subjected to periodic dynamic loads.

CES 5715C Prestressed Concrete (3) EN EGX
PR: CI, majors only. Fundamental principles of prestressing; calculation of losses; stress analysis and design of simple beams for flexure and shear. Examples of pressures applications.

CGN 3021L Civil Engineering Laboratory (2) EN EGX
PR: CES 3102, EGN 3353, EGN 3365. A laboratory experience in departmental facilities including the subject areas of materials, fluids, environmental engineering, and computer assisted data acquisition.

CGN 4122 Professional and Ethical Issues in Engineering MW (3) EN EGX
The professional and ethical responsibility of engineers. The legal and ethical responsibilities of engineers in the preparation of contracts and specification. The ethics of engineer-client agreements.

CGN 4851 Concrete Construction Materials (3) EN EGX
PR: EGN 3365. Classifications and production of cements. Design and testing of concrete mixes to produce desired properties.

CGN 4905 Independent Study (1-5) EN EGX
PR: CC. S/U only. Specialized independent study determined by the students’ needs and interests.

CGN 4911 Research in Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering (1-4) EN EGX
PR: CC. Research course in civil and environmental engineering concepts.

CGN 4914 Senior Project (2-5) EN EGX
PR: CI. Problem-solving experience and training for seniors in research and/or design projects. Written final reports are required.

CGN 4933 Special Topics in Civil and Environmental Engineering (1-5) EN EGX
PR: CI. New technical topics of interest to civil engineering students.

CGN 5933 Special Topics in Civil Engineering and Mechanics (1-5) EN EGX
PR: CI. New technical topics of interest to civil engineering students.

CGS 2060 SC Introduction to Computers and Programming in B