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ENGL 541 - Literacy and ESOL Speaking
3 Hour(s) Credit
Introduces theories, principles and best practices in the effective teaching and learning of ELL/EFL speaking skills. Focuses on strategy, pedagogy, materials development and assessment issues pertinent to pronunciation-building and fluency-enhancement. Oral skills for learners in multiple content areas/academic registers, as well as effective task design incorporative of emerging technologies for speaking practice form core topics.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites ENGL 536 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 542 - English Structure for Educators
3 Hour(s) Credit
Equips students with knowledge and pedagogical techniques for the successful teaching of difficult English structures/ anomalies using frameworks embedded in the history of the English language. Pedagogical themes underpinning the course include game-based learning, technology-infused approaches to the instruction of complex structures, and the use of authentic materials to ensure ELL/EFL accuracy and uptake of salient English structures.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites ENGL 536 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 543 - Issues and Approaches in English Language Teaching
3 Hour(s) Credit
Examines contemporary issues and approaches to English language teaching (ELT) in global settings. Provides an overview of the contexts of ELT and contemporary issues pertinent to a comprehensive and critical understanding of ELT practices world-wide. Contextually and locally relevant methods, approaches, techniques and materials for learners of English as a second and/or foreign language in a variety of global contexts form a core focus.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites ENGL 536 or ENGL 539 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 544 - Inclusive EL Instruction for Multilingual Learners
3 Hour(s) Credit
Explores curricular, programmatic and culturally relevant strategies designed to ensure inclusivity and academic success of EL learners from a variety of educational needs in U.S. schools. Topics include successfully implementing multilingual- based theorizations in strategic co-planning, empathy building, collaborative pedagogies, family/grassroots partnerships and assets-building translanguaging frameworks aimed at enhancing the parity of educational access of minoritized multilinguals.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites ENGL 536 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 547 - Current Approaches in ESOL Instruction
3 Hour(s) Credit
Familiarizes students with the foundations of teaching English to speakers of other languages (ESOL). It provides for examination of current theory and empirical data on language learning and teaching. Participants will examine pedagogical implications/applications of teaching methodologies intended for non-native speakers of English by examining the latest research data. This course seeks to meet the needs of practicing or prospective teachers enrolled in a graduate program.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites ENGL 428 /ENGL 528 or permission of instructor.
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ENGL 553 - Modern Poetry
3 Hour(s) Credit
A study of British and American poetry from Yeats through World War II. Poets include Hopkins, Yeats, Eliot, Pound, Frost, Williams, Robinson, Crane, Stevens, Auden and Dylan Thomas.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 561 - Feminist Literature and Theory
3 Hour(s) Credit
A survey of the growth and transformation of feminist literature and theory from the birth of the woman’s movement in the nineteenth century to contemporary cultural feminist writings. We will also investigate modern and contemporary images and representations of women in literature, film and popular culture from a critical perspective that celebrates cultural diversity and alternative viewpoints.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 564 - Rhetorical Criticism
3 Hour(s) Credit
Introduces critical methods for analyzing persuasive messages in a variety of genres and contexts.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 565 - Composition Theory
3 Hour(s) Credit
Explores current theories and research on writing process and product. Topics include: definitions of writing; rhetorical contexts; heuristics for pre-writing, writing and rewriting; questions of arrangement, style, grammar, mechanics and assessment.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 566 - Methods for Composition and Rhetoric Research
3 Hour(s) Credit
Applies theoretical concepts from ENGL 465 to current issues in composition and rhetoric research (such as basic writing, methods of responding to student writing and audience adaptation). Emphasizes modes of research for continuing investigation of these issues.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites ENGL 465 /ENGL 565 or approval of the instructor.
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ENGL 567 - History and Theory of Rhetoric
3 Hour(s) Credit
Study of how changing views of rhetoric affect public attitudes toward writing and influence writing instruction in schools and universities. Emphasizes shifting views toward style, argument and the relationship between persuasion and knowledge.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 569 - Topics in Global South Literature
3 Hour(s) Credit
Study of select topics in literature of the Global South (Africa, Asia, Latin America) that may include a specific region, genre, theme, period or movement. Topics vary according to instructors.
Three hours per week.
May be repeated under different subtitles.
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ENGL 570 - Topics in African-American Literature
3 Hour(s) Credit
Study of select topics in African-American literature that may include a specific region, genre, theme, period or movement. Topics vary according to instructors.
Three hours per week.
May be repeated under different subtitles.
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ENGL 571 - Medieval English Literature
3 Hour(s) Credit
A survey of literature produced in and around the British Isles between the 8th and 15th centuries of the Common Era. Anglo-Saxon and other early medieval selections presented in translation although the course includes instruction in rudimentary Old English. Middle English works (excluding Chaucer) presented in the original. Primary texts historicized and contextualized through secondary readings in history, ethnography, the arts, criticism.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 572 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Literature
3 Hour(s) Credit
A study of major British literature, exclusive of Shakespeare, from 1500-1660. Authors include Sidney, Spenser, Donne and Milton.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 573 - Restoration and 18th Century Literature
3 Hour(s) Credit
A study of British literature from 1660 through the 18th century. Writers studied include Behn, Rochester, Dryden, Defoe, Swift, Pope, Johnson, Boswell, Goldsmith, Burns and Blake.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 574 - Romantic Literature
3 Hour(s) Credit
A study of British poetry and aesthetics from the French Revolution through the first third of the 19th century. Primary readings from Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 575 - Victorian Literature
3 Hour(s) Credit
A study of major British literature during the reign of Queen Victoria. Writers studied may include Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Carlyle, Newman and Ruskin.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 576 - British Novel I: Beginnings to 1837
3 Hour(s) Credit
A study of the history and development of the British novel from the beginnings to the coronation of Victoria. Novels may include, but are not limited to, works by Sidney, Behn, Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Burney, Austen and Mary Shelley. A variety of theoretical models are considered.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 577 - British Novel II: 1837 to the Present
3 Hour(s) Credit
A study of the British novel from the coronation of Queen Victoria to the present day. Authors may include, but are not limited to, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf, Graham Greene and Martin Amis.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 579 - Contemporary Trends in British Literature
3 Hour(s) Credit
Contemporary trends in British literature from 1970 to the present. Writers may include Penelope Fitzgerald, Anita Brookner, A. S. Byatt, Seamus Heaney, Geoffrey Hill, Tom Stoppard, William Trevor, Martin Amis, Graham Swift, Ian McEwan and Brian Friel.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 580 - Colonial American Literature
3 Hour(s) Credit
A study of American literature prior to 1820. Writers studied may include Bradford, Bradstreet, Taylor, Edwards, Franklin, Irving and Cooper.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 581 - The American Renaissance
3 Hour(s) Credit
A study of the Transcendental Movement and literature between 1830 and 1870. Emphasis on the works of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman and Dickinson.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 582 - American Realism and Naturalism (1865-1925)
3 Hour(s) Credit
Investigation of the rise of Realism and Naturalism (1865- 1925) in American literature and the relationship between the development of these forms and the historical and cultural atmospheres from which they emerged. Authors to be studied may include Henry James, William Dean Howells, Frank Norris, Stephen Crane, Charles Chesnutt, Edith Wharton and Theodore Dreiser.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 583 - American Southern Writers: Modern to Present
3 Hour(s) Credit
A study of literature produced in the South from 1930 to the present. Writers may include Faulkner, O’Connor, Welty, Porter, Warren, Percy, Capote, Taylor, Grau, Styron and Young.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 584 - American Novel I: Beginnings to 1900
3 Hour(s) Credit
A study of major American novels through 1900. Writers studied may include Crane, Hawthorne, Melville and Twain.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 585 - American Novel II: 1900 to the Present
3 Hour(s) Credit
A study of major American novels from 1900 to the present, with a focus on Realism, Modernism and Postmodernism. Authors to be studied may include, but are not limited to, Wharton, Dreiser, Faulkner, Barnes, Capote, DeLillo and Morrison.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 588 - Contemporary Trends in American Literature
3 Hour(s) Credit
Contemporary trends in U.S. literature from 1970 to the present. Writers may include McCarthy, DeLillo, Shepard, Tyler, Vonnegut, C. Johnson, Albee, Kincaid, Morrison, Walker, Silko.
Three hours per week.
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ENGL 590 - Topics in English: Literature
1-3 Hour(s) Credit
Intensive study of a literary genre, figure or period.
May be repeated for credit in different areas of study.
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ENGL 591 - Topics in Linguistics and Language Learning
3 Hour(s) Credit
An examination of selected topics of linguistics as they relate directly to first and second language learning. The course may focus in different semesters on such topics as phonology and language learning, syntactic theory and language learning, or discourse and language learning.
Three hours per week.
This course may be repeated once under different course subtitles.
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ENGL 592 - Practicum in English
1-3 Hour(s) Credit
Under the close supervision of a master teacher, an advanced student in an English option interns as a teaching assistant in a lower-division course in that option.
Variable hours per week.
Prerequisites Nine hours of course work in that option, approval of department chair.
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ENGL 594 - Topics in English: Writing or Film
1-3 Hour(s) Credit
Intensive study in language or film.
May be taken for credit in different areas of study.
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ENGL 595 - Topics in Writing and Rhetoric
3 Hour(s) Credit
Intensive study of selected topics in writing and rhetoric.
Three hours per week.
May be taken in different areas of study for a total of six hours of credit.
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FILM 220 - Introduction to Film
4 Hour(s) Credit
Introduction to the art and meaning of film. Learn to apply concepts of narrative organization and stylistic techniques to films from various cultural, historical, aesthetic and theoretical perspectives.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
May Not Receive Credit for Both ENGL 220 and FILM 220
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FILM 323 - Major Film Directors
4 Hour(s) Credit
Intensive study of individual American and foreign auteur directors, singly or in groups. Focus on those artists who write their own screenplays and direct their own films.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
May be taken twice for credit if different directors are studied
May Not Receive Credit for Both ENGL 405 and ENGL 323; ENGL 405 and FILM 323
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FILM 324 - Film Genre
4 Hour(s) Credit
An introduction to the concept of film genre and to the study of specific film genres including comedies, musicals, westerns, gangster films, horror films and science fiction films.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
May Not Receive Credit for Both ENGL 324 and ENGL 403; ENGL 324 and FILM 324; FILM 324 and ENGL 403
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FILM 401 - Studies in Film
4 Hour(s) Credit
Study of a director, period, genre, movement or theme in the area of film.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
May be taken twice for credit under different subtitles
May Not Receive Credit for Both ENGL 401 and FILM 401
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FILM 402 - Film History
4 Hour(s) Credit
The history of motion pictures with a focus on technical, cultural, and political developments through the lens of key directors and film movements.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
May Not Receive Credit for Both ENGL 402 and FILM 402
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FILM 404 - International Cinema
4 Hour(s) Credit
Study of a wide range of films made around the world, with special emphasis on historical development of selected national cinemas, cultural and economic determinants that affect the production of film and the contrasting conventions of film style in contrasting contexts of production.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
May Not Receive Credit for Both ENGL 404 and FILM 404
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FILM 405 - Hearing Cinema
4 Hour(s) Credit
Advanced introduction to film soundtracks, including analysis of music, sound effects and dialogue through various perspectives. Develop audiovisual literacy and expand understanding of cinema through analyzing its sonic impact.
Four hours per week.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
May Not Receive Credit for Both ENGL 405 and FILM 405
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FILM 406 - Documentary Cinema Studies
4 Hour(s) Credit
Study of documentary cinema, with particular emphasis on critical and theoretical issues that documentary has historically faced, such as the representation of reality, the politics of representation, the intersection of individual and cultural memory, and the rhetoric of cinematic arguments, among other potential subjects.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites C or better in ENGL 103 .
May Not Receive Credit for Both ENGL 406 and FILM 406.
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FILM 408 - Film Politics
4 Hour(s) Credit
Introduction to applying advanced approaches to cinema, such as contemporary cultural and racial politics, psychoanalysis, feminism, queer theory, and post-colonial criticism. Includes a range of screenings and encourages students to read films in terms of various social and personally informed perspectives.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites ENGL 221 or FILM 220 or FILM 323 or FILM 324 or FILM 402 or FILM 404
May Not Receive Credit for Both ENGL 408 and FILM 408
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FILM 507 - Studies in Film
3 Hour(s) Credit
Study of a director, period, genre, movement or theme in the area of film.
Three hours per week.
May be repeated twice under different subtitles.
May Not Receive Credit for Both ENGL 507 and FILM 507
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FILM 516 - Film History
3 Hour(s) Credit
The history of motion pictures with a focus on technical, cultural and political developments through the lens of key directors and film movements.
Three hours per week.
May Not Receive Credit for Both ENGL 516 and FILM 516
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ESOL 400 - Business English for Internationals
3 Hour(s) Credit
Introduction to the specific English language skills needed in the genre of business and in technical communication for students for whom English is not a native language. The course aims at augmenting English skills through contextualized vocabulary and language enrichment via exposure to content-rich materials in the area of marketing, international business, management and computer applications. Students will be exposed to both formal and informal protocols of the discourse of business English via a variety of media.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites Permission of the instructor.
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ENVR 102 - Introduction to Sustainability
4 Hour(s) Credit
Experiential examination of the effects human activities have on the environment. Field trips may include aquaculture facilities, commercial fishing operations, factory farms (of both plants and animals), organic farms, large-scale composting operations, sewage treatment plants, pine plantations, chip mills and power plants.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General Education IVB.
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ENVR 150 - Environmental Perspectives
4 Hour(s) Credit
Interdisciplinary study of environmental issues with content that may vary semester to semester. A selected environmental topic is covered in depth from the perspective of different disciplines. Challenges students to evaluate environmental issues under differing contexts and perspectives.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Meets General education IIIB or IIIC.
May be taken twice under different course topics.
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ENVR 200 - Environmental Studies in the Amazon
3 Hour(s) Credit
Central course for the environmental studies winter program in Brazil. An intensive five-week introduction to the history, politics, geography, culture and biology of the Amazonian region of Brazil. Interdisciplinary approach includes lectures, field excursions and applied projects in Brazil.
Over five weeks, 15 three-hour classes and 10 extended day trips.
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ENVR 205 - Art, Nature, Culture
4 Hour(s) Credit
Considers how humans - individually and collectively - have understood nature, primarily drawing from philosophy, literature, history and the arts. Special emphasis upon the genre of natural history as a bridge between the questions raised by the humanities about the living world and the natural sciences.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
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ENVR 210 - Principles of Environmental Economics
4 Hour(s) Credit
Introduction to the ideas and tools economists use to understand human behavior that is constrained by scarce resources with applications to environmental policy. Analytic tools, including demand and supply analysis, will be used to introduce students to policies to address externalities, including the use of taxes, subsidies and marketable pollution permits.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
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ENVR 300 - Environmental Studies: Methods and Analysis
4 Hour(s) Credit
Provides an overview of methodologies for the study of the interactions between human societies and the environment. Guides students in the focused preparation of a research paper and formal research presentation.
Four hours per week.
Prerequisites ENVR 102 .
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ENVR 302 - Society and Environment
4 Hour(s) Credit
Focuses on the interlinked natural and social systems of the contemporary world. Particular attention is given to the qualitative social sciences and history, and to analyzing the public and political discourses surrounding environmental regimes.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites ENVR 102 .
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ENVR 305 - Topics in Humanities/Social Sciences
4 Hour(s) Credit
Interdisciplinary investigation of a topic in the environmental humanities or social sciences.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites ENVR 102 and ENVR 205 , ENVR 210 or ENVR 300 .
May be taken three times under different course titles.
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ENVR 315 - Garbage and Everyday Life
4 Hour(s) Credit
Interdisciplinary investigation of the political, social and economic relations of waste. Considers what our wasting practices can tell about the causes and consequences of environmental degradation.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites Junior standing.
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ENVR 320 - Environmental Justice
4 Hour(s) Credit
Questions how human systems of distribution of resources, of space and of pollution intersect with environmental degradation, human health concerns and access to environmental amenities. Central to this framing of environmental studies is the question of equity - what is fair and just? How do environments replicate systems of human injustice or exploitation? Focus is historical and contemporary, analyzing current environmental justice concerns and considering their historical antecedents.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites Two courses in ENVR or junior standing.
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ENVR 325 - Wilderness and Environmentalism
4 Hour(s) Credit
Investigates the role of wilderness in contemporary and historical conceptions, of attitudes toward, and in conversation of nature. Drawing from history, literature, philosophy, the arts, cultural studies, public policy and conservation biology, explore the emergence and impact of wilderness preservation as a key component of both the environmental movement and global conservation politics.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites Two courses in ENVR or junior standing.
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ENVR 349 - International Study of Policy, Values and Environment
4 Hour(s) Credit
On-site study of the interactions between social values, public policy and the environment, with a focus on a particular international context (for example, sustainable development in Costa Rica) at an affiliated institution (for example, School for Field Studies).
Four hours lecture per week.
Prerequisites Admission to relevant program.
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ENVR 350 - Topics in the Natural Sciences
4 Hour(s) Credit
Interdisciplinary investigation of a topic in the environmental natural sciences.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites Two lab science courses in different departments.
May be taken three times under different course titles.
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ENVR 353 - Conservation and Biodiversity
4 Hour(s) Credit
Focuses on why preserving biodiversity is critical for nature and humankind. Learn ways to describe biodiversity at different scales, discuss major threats to biodiversity, and explore methods for conserving and preserving biodiversity. Focuses on the role that local communities play in conservation, with visits to local conservation organizations and researchers.
Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory per week.
Prerequisites Two lab science courses in different departments.
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ENVR 355 - Wildlife Management and Field Techniques
4 Hour(s) Credit
Focuses on the theoretical and practical issues surrounding wildlife management. Field trips permit visits to local agencies managing natural areas and give hands-on experience in techniques that commonly are used to assess, monitor and quantify wildlife populations and their habitats. Focuses on the ever-increasing importance of “human dimensions” of wildlife management.
Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory per week.
Prerequisites Two lab science courses in different departments.
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ENVR 399 - International Field Study of Resource Management and Sustainability
4 Hour(s) Credit
On-site study of the principles of resource management, with a focus on a particular international context (for example, in the tropical forest of Costa Rica) at an affiliated institution (for example, School of Field Studies).
Four hours lecture per week.
Prerequisites Admission to relevant program.
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ENVR 400 - Contemporary Environmental Issues
1 Hour(s) Credit
Discussion seminar focused upon the review and analysis of environmental topics in the mainstream media.
One hour per week.
Prerequisites ENVR 102 .
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ENVR 460 - Topics in Chesapeake Bay Studies
3-4 Hour(s) Credit
Interdisciplinary investigation of the social, cultural and physical aspects of the Chesapeake Bay and its associated human communities. Special attention to the environmental impacts of human actions and decisions in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and the ways in which environmental factors have in turn impacted human communities.
Three to four hours per week.
Prerequisites Sophomore standing.
May be taken twice under different course titles.
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ENVR 480 - Internship in Environmental Studies
3-8 Hour(s) Credit
Provides opportunities to apply theory, principles and knowledge within a practical experience in a local, state, federal or private organization. Major paper and journal required.
Forty-five hours of supervised work per credit hour required.
Prerequisites Permission of environmental studies advisor.
May be taken twice for a maximum of eight credits.
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ENVR 485 - Directed Study in Environmental Studies
1-4 Hour(s) Credit
Supervised independent study in preparation to complete ENVR 490 or as a means for additional in-depth study of a particular topic under the direction of a faculty member.
One to four hours per week.
Prerequisites Junior standing, permission of instructor.
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ENVR 486 - Directed Research in Environmental Studies
1-4 Hour(s) Credit
Provides advanced students the opportunity to complete an independent supervised research project. Students will present their findings in a public forum.
One to four hours per week.
Prerequisites Junior standing, permission of instructor.
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ENVR 490 - Senior Thesis in Environmental Studies
4 Hour(s) Credit
Independent study undertaken for senior thesis at the invitation of the department. Students design and complete a research project, and present their findings in a public forum.
Prerequisites ENVR 485 , junior standing, permission of the chair and the instructor.
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ENVR 495 - Environmental Field Studies
1-4 Hour(s) Credit
Field course taught abroad or in a remote setting within the United States. Particular attention to the interdisciplinary environmental issues associated with a particular location in which the field study occurs from a primarily humanistic or social science perspective. May be taken twice for different field courses.
Variable hours per week.
Prerequisites Sophomore standing.
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ENVR 499 - Environmental Senior Seminar
4 Hour(s) Credit
Seminar and practicum focused on local environmental issue. Students will analyze the issue by doing background research and interviewing stakeholders. The seminar will culminate with a formal presentation in which students present their analysis and suggestions. Suggestions will be implemented if time and topic permits.
Three hours per week with enhancement.
Prerequisites ENVR 300 , junior status and completion of 20 core credits in environmental studies major.
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EXSC 185 - Introduction to Exercise Science
1 Hour(s) Credit
Introduces the student to the exercise science discipline. Examination of concepts including professionalism, ethics, certification and licensure, employment opportunities and scientific foundations of the various subdisciplines.
One hour per week.
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EXSC 213 - Injury Prevention and Emergency Management
4 Hour(s) Credit
Basic first aid and emergency concepts (CPR), as well as prevention, recognition, treatment and management of injuries and physical disabilities that effect exercise. Initial and follow-up care are studied, along with the influence of training and program design on adaptations associated with diseases, functional disabilities and injuries that affect strengthening techniques.
Four hours per week.
Cross-Listed With (May Not Receive Credit for Both) PHEC 213
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EXSC 240 - Fitness Testing
4 Hour(s) Credit
Presents practical as well as theoretical knowledge about the various models and protocols used in health-related fitness assessment. Focuses on developing expertise in preparation of clients for fitness testing, utilization of various modes of exercise testing and test interpretation.
Three hours lecture, two hours lab per week.
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EXSC 250 - Strength Training Techniques and Program Design
4 Hour(s) Credit
Examination of strength training techniques and program design. Emphasis placed on proper form and utilization of various workout designs to complement larger training goals. Gain experience in the theoretical and practical aspects of designing individual workout sessions, periodization and programming to enhance progression.
Three hours lecture, two hours lab per week.
Prerequisites FTWL 106 / PHED 175 .
May Not Receive Credit for Both EXSC 250 and EXSC 312
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EXSC 295 - Fitness Instruction
4 Hour(s) Credit
Learn to design and lead group exercise sessions and oneon- one personal fitness training exercise sessions offered in community and wellness settings. Demonstrate or lead exercise screening and clearance, assessment, evaluation, prescription and instruction for individualized and group exercise programming. Learn physiological and biomechanical principles related to group and individual exercise sessions as well as safety, motivation and adherence, and modifications for diverse populations. Progressive exercise programming for both individual and group exercise settings is applied through laboratory experiences. Assists in meeting the requirements to be eligible for and pass a group fitness instruction, personal fitness training, or strength and conditioning certification.
Three hours lecture, two hours lab per week.
Prerequisites EXSC 240 , EXSC 250 .
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EXSC 300 - Health-Fitness Programs and Professions
4 Hour(s) Credit
Introduction to the exercise science discipline, including certification and licensure, organizations, and employment opportunities. Examines the health-fitness specialist’s role in facility administration and program management, including health promotion programming, marketing, equipment maintenance, facility design and documented safety procedures.
Four hours per week.
Prerequisites FTWL 106 .
May Not Receive Credit for Both EXSC 300 and EXSC 335
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EXSC 301 - Research Methods in Exercise Science
4 Hour(s) Credit
Designed to help students understand, evaluate and conduct exercise science research. Class members will learn basic concepts and procedures used for conducting research and will become better consumers of research. Students will collaborate to design and present their original research study proposal.
Three hours per week with enhancement
Prerequisites Fifteen hours in exercise science and/or athletic training.
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EXSC 308 - Research in Exercise Science
3 Hour(s) Credit
Designed to help students understand, evaluate and conduct exercise science research. Examine the basic concepts and procedures used for conducting research, acquire skills required to become better consumers of research and develop an understanding of how to apply research findings. Collaborate to design and present an original research study.
Nine hours per week.
Prerequisites Permission of the instructor.
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EXSC 317 - Nutrition, Health and Human Performance
4 Hour(s) Credit
Examines human metabolism in relation to health and human performance. Analysis of nutrient pathways from ingestion, digestion, absorption and utilization provides the foundation for an understanding of nutrition, weight control, eating disorders and thermoregulatory processes.
Four hours per week.
Prerequisites C or better in both BIOL 215 and BIOL 216 .
Major Prerequisites PHED C or better in BIOL 205 .
May Not Receive Credit for Both May not receive credit for more than one of the following: EXSC 317, HLTH 217, HLTH 317.
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EXSC 325 - Obesity Prevention and Treatment
4 Hour(s) Credit
Explores topics related to the treatment and prevention of obesity. Topics include dietary and exercise considerations, behavioral strategies and modification techniques, and pharmacotherapy and surgical approaches for the prevention and treatment of obesity. Explore the theories of obesity, the clinical evaluation of an obese client, and the prevention and treatment approaches shown to be effective in obesity intervention programs.
Three hours per week plus enhancement.
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EXSC 333 - Kinesiology
4 Hour(s) Credit
Examination of the structure and function of the human body and the mechanical principles affecting its movement. Review of the musculoskeletal system followed by an in-depth study of how human movement occurs. Presentation of nomenclature of the body planes, axes and movement.
Five hours per week.
Prerequisites C or better in BIOL 215 .
Major Prerequisites PHED C or better in BIOL 205 .
May Not Receive Credit for Both EXSC 333 and PHEC 433
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EXSC 344 - Exercise Physiology
4 Hour(s) Credit
In-depth study of changes that occur due to acute and chronic exercise. Emphasis on circulatory, nervous and muscular systems.
Five hours per week.
Prerequisites C or better in both BIOL 215 and BIOL 216 .
Major Prerequisites PHED C or better in BIOL 205 .
May Not Receive Credit for Both EXSC 344 and EXSC 332
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EXSC 462 - Clinical Exercise Physiology
4 Hour(s) Credit
In-depth study of changes that occur due to acute and chronic exercise and the influence of aging on these processes. Examination of physiologic differences among individuals with various medical conditions. Behavioral modification counseling skills for various populations are developed.
Four hours per week.
Prerequisites EXSC 240 , EXSC 250 , EXSC 344 .
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EXSC 472 - Stress Testing and Exercise Prescription
4 Hour(s) Credit
Presents practical as well as theoretical knowledge about the various modes and protocols used in graded exercise testing, basic electrocardiography and exercise prescription based on testing results. Laboratory sessions provide opportunities for students to gain practical experience in performing various physiological testing procedures.
Three hours lecture, two hours lab per week.
Prerequisites C or better in EXSC 240 , EXSC 250 , EXSC 295 , EXSC 344 .
May Not Receive Credit for Both EXSC 472 and EXSC 481
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EXSC 479 - Internship in Exercise Science
3-10 Hour(s) Credit
Internship experience designed to provide students with an opportunity to gain real-world experience in exercise science settings. Students select an internship site and complete 375 hours of work, completing assignments as outlined in the Exercise Science Internship Manual.
37.5 hours per credit.
Prerequisites EXSC 333 , EXSC 344 and 90 credit hours or departmental approval.
(P/F)
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EXSC 480 - Exercise Science Seminar
2 Hour(s) Credit
Review of the American College of Sports Medicine’s knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA) for a Health-Fitness Specialist (HFS). Exercise science majors must pass a national credentialing exam in the health-fitness field. Prepares students for the American College of Sports Medicine’s HFS examination.
Two hours per week.
Prerequisites EXSC 333 , EXSC 344 and must have at least 100 credits.
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EXSC 490 - Selected Topics in Health
4 Hour(s) Credit
Provides opportunities to investigate special themes or issues of interest to students and the health profession. Topics will vary each semester.
Four hours per week.
Prerequisites Designated by topic.
May be repeated once under different course subtitles for a total of six credits.
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FINA 104 - Personal Finance
3 Hour(s) Credit
Comprehensive survey of personal financial topics including budgeting; borrowing; savings and investments; life, health and casualty insurance; and home buying. Emphasis on lifetime economic cycle.
Three hours per week.
Meets General education IIIB or IIIC.
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FINA 311 - Financial Management
3 Hour(s) Credit
Addresses fundamental concepts in financial management such as security markets, interest rates, taxes, risk analysis, time value of money, valuation models and related global issues. Explains how financial managers help maximize the value of a firm by making capital budgeting, cost of capital and capital structure decisions.
Three hours per week.
Major Prerequisites Admission to the professional program, ECON 211 , ECON 212 .
Non-Major Prerequisites junior standing, ACCT 201 , MATH 155 , ECON 150 or ECON 211 .
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FINA 312 - Risk Management and Insurance
3 Hour(s) Credit
Examines principles and practices of asset and income conservation for businesses and individuals through various risk management techniques including insurance.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites FINA 311 with grade of B or better.
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FINA 317 - Securities Regulations and Licensing
3 Hour(s) Credit
Helps to pass the General Securities Registered Representative Exam (Series 7). Topics currently covered by the Series 7 exam include, but are not limited to, corporate, equity/fixed-income securities, local/state/federal government securities, derivative securities and investment company products. Course is not affiliated with FINRA, the Series 7 exam provider, and does not exempt students from the examination eligibility requirements.
Three hours per week.
Major Prerequisites Admission to the professional program.
Non-Major Prerequisites Junior standing.
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FINA 338 - Special Topics in Finance
3 Hour(s) Credit
Advanced study of varying finance topics based on students’ interests and needs. May substitute for finance major elective depending on the topic (see director of undergraduate studies).
Three hours per week.
Major Prerequisites Varies by topics and admission to Professional Program.
Non-Major Prerequisites Varies by topics and junior standing.
May be repeated once for credit under different subtitle.
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FINA 440 - Corporate Finance
3 Hour(s) Credit
Study of corporate financial policy issues within the context of value creation. Topics include in-depth analysis of advanced capital budgeting methods, capital structure policy, dividend policy, derivatives and hedging risk within the context of corporate financial policy. Case studies, application-oriented articles and daily media reports used to bridge the academic/theoretical arguments to the real life problems/situations.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites FINA 311 with grade of B or better.
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FINA 441 - Investments I
3 Hour(s) Credit
Examines the capital market and marketable securities traded in the market, with emphasis on stocks and fixed income securities. Topics include portfolio theory, the efficient market hypothesis and evaluation of portfolio performance.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites FINA 311 with grade of B or better.
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FINA 442 - Financial Derivatives
3 Hour(s) Credit
Advanced study of security markets and investment alternatives. Topics include options, futures, advanced security analysis, portfolio theory, portfolio management and international dimensions of investing.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites FINA 441 .
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FINA 443 - Essentials of Real Estate
3 Hour(s) Credit
Analysis of the structure of real estate markets. Study of principles of mortgage lending, property appraisal and real estate investments.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites FINA 311 with grade of B or better.
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FINA 445 - Financial Institutions and Markets
3 Hour(s) Credit
Examines the structure and functions of depository and non-depository financial institutions, the money and capital markets, and the role of government in the financial markets.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites FINA 311 with grade of B or better or economics major with senior status.
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FINA 446 - Retirement Planning
3 Hour(s) Credit
Introduces the student to the study and application of contemporary techniques for individual retirement planning. The instruction will include the retirement field as a profession, as well as the personal financial planning process (budgeting, emergency fund planning, credit and debt management) and personal financial statements. Other specific topics covered include: the Social Security system and Medicare, defined benefit plans versus define contribution plans, vesting, tax effects of investing, qualified versus nonqualified plans and tax-advantaged retirement plans (401K, 403b, etc. accounts).
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites FINA 311 with grade of B or better.
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FINA 447 - International Financial Management
3 Hour(s) Credit
Analysis of the foreign exchange markets, exchange rate behavior and risk management, international trade financing, country risk analysis, international banking and the role of direct foreign investment.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites FINA 311 with grade of B or better.
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FINA 448 - Estate Planning
3 Hour(s) Credit
Introduces the student to the study and application of contemporary techniques for individual estate planning. The instruction will include the estate-planning field as a profession, as well as relevant financial services industry regulation. The course covers: the personal financial planning process (budgeting, emergency fund planning, credit and debt management), personal financial statements, property titling (types and consequences), monetary settlement, property transfer at death and estate documents.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites FINA 311 with grade of B or better.
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FINA 449 - Practicum in Portfolio Management
3 Hour(s) Credit
Practical experience in managing an investment portfolio in a teamwork environment, with emphasis on economic, industry and company analysis; report preparation; security selection; daily decision making; record keeping; and performance evaluation. Students will be responsible for making all material decisions in managing the Perdue School Student Managed Investment Fund and interact regularly with external advisors for feedback on their research. Completion of this course satisfies the ABLE requirement.
Three hours per week.
Prerequisites C or better in FINA 441 and permission of instructor.
May be repeated for an additional three hours credit.
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