2020-21 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Sep 27, 2024  
2020-21 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Course descriptions are listed alphabetically by discipline name. The discipline abbreviation appears in parentheses immediately after the discipline name. The Schedule of Courses issued each semester by the Office of Academic Records lists courses alphabetically by discipline abbreviation, not discipline name. See the following table for a list of all disciplines listed alphabetically by discipline abbreviation.

Courses are offered in rotation. The frequency of course offerings is designated by (F) for fall semester, (Sp) for spring semester, (Su) for summer semester, or (as needed). If a course is offered only in odd or even numbered years, the designation will include -odd or -even. Frequency designations are located in Courses Offered by the Department at the end of each departmental section.

Courses taken for Graduate Credit (numbered 500 or above) have additional requirements for completion with graduate credit. Graduate students will be expected to perform at a more rigorous level. Additional content will be required. Graduate students will be expected to complete additional projects.

Modern Foreign Language courses designated as Elementary or Intermediate must be taken and passed in sequence. Placement tests are given in the Department Office, upon request, to students with prior experience with French, German, or Spanish in order to place them at an appropriate level.

 

English

  
  • ENGL 200 - Introduction to English Studies


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    Principles of and practice in literary analysis, including the opportunity to read and evaluate major texts, study rhetorical principles, and explore various theoretical approaches to literature. Because ENGL 200 explores basic concepts of literary study, it should be taken early in a student’s career.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
  
  • ENGL 250 - British Literary Tradition


    (TBR: ENGL 2210)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    English literature from Beowulf through the Neoclassic period.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
  
  • ENGL 250H - Honors British Literary Tradition


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Even

    The literature of Britain from its beginnings through the eighteenth century. Limited class size allowing in-depth discussions, projects and presentations. Open to students who have demonstrated superior academic quality.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
  
  • ENGL 251 - British Literary Tradition


    (TBR: ENGL 2220)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    English literature from the Romantic period to the present. ENGL 251 may be taken before ENGL 250 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
  
  • ENGL 251H - Honors British Literary Tradition


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Odd

    The literature of Britain from the romantic period to the present. ENGL 251H may be taken before ENGL 250H . Limited class size allowing in-depth discussions, projects and presentations. Open to students who have demonstrated superior academic quality.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113  and department approval.
  
  • ENGL 260 - American Literary Tradition


    (TBR: ENGL 2110)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    American literature from the pre-Colonial period through the Romantic period.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
  
  • ENGL 260H - Honors American Literary Tradition


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Odd

    American literature from the pre-Colonial period through the Romantic period. Limited class size allowing in-depth discussions, projects and presentations. Open to students who have demonstrated superior academic quality.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113  and departmental approval.
  
  • ENGL 261 - American Literary Tradition


    (TBR: ENGL 2120)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    American literature from the Realistic period to the present. ENGL 261 may be taken before ENGL 260 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
  
  • ENGL 261H - Honors American Literary Tradition


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Even

    American literature from the Realistic period to the present. ENGL 261H may be taken before ENGL 260H . Limited class size allowing in-depth discussions, projects and presentations. Open to students who have demonstrated superior academic quality.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113  and departmental approval.
  
  • ENGL 270 - World Literature


    (TBR: ENGL 2310)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    A survey of world masterpieces (excluding American and British writers) from the beginnings through the Renaissance.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
  
  • ENGL 271 - World Literature


    (TBR: ENGL 2320)
    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    A survey of world masterpieces (excluding American and British writers) from the eighteenth century to the present. ENGL-271 may be taken before ENGL 270 .

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
  
  • ENGL 305 - The Art of the Essay


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    Advanced study in the theory and practice of expository writing.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
    Crosslisted With: ENGL 505
  
  • ENGL 310 - Fiction Workshop


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    Principles of and practice in writing fiction.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
    Crosslisted With: ENGL 510
  
  • ENGL 311 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Principles of and practice in writing creative nonfiction.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
    Crosslisted With: ENGL 511
  
  • ENGL 315 - Poetry Workshop


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    Principles of and practice in writing poetry.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113 .
    Crosslisted With: ENGL 515
  
  • ENGL 320 - Introduction to Linguistics


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Even

    A linguistic study of sound system, word structure and syntax. Some attention to etymology and social and regional dialects.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 520
  
  • ENGL 325 - Technical Communications


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    Introduction to written, oral and electronic media in professional fields such as criminal justice, engineering, agriculture and business. Topics include memoranda, letters, proposals, feasibility reports, oral presentations and on-line communications.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113  and one course within the student’s major field of study.
    Crosslisted With: ENGL 525
  
  • ENGL 330 - Topics in World Literature


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    A study of selected authors, genres, or periods from world literature (Eastern and Western) in translation. Specific topics may include Greek and Roman Drama, Medieval European literature, the modern European novel, Russian literature and Japanese literature. Students may repeat course with variation in topic.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 530
  
  • ENGL 335 - Holocaust Literature


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    A study of literature of and about the Holocaust through selected texts in English and in translation.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 535
  
  • ENGL 341 - Topics in American Literature before ENGL 1900


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    A study of selected authors, movements and periods in American literature before 1900. Specific offerings may include Colonial American literature, American Renaissance, American Realism and Naturalism, nineteenth-century American Poetry, or nineteenth-century Women Writers. Students may repeat course with variation in topic.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 541
  
  • ENGL 343 - Literatures of Contemporary America


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Even

    A study of literature representative of the many cultural groups in America, with emphasis on aspects of race, ethnicity, religious background and gender since 1945.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 543
  
  • ENGL 345 - Black Writers in America


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    Prose, poetry and drama by black authors.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 545
  
  • ENGL 350 - Women Writers: Gender, Race and Class


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    A historical survey of women writers, including contemporary writers, which focuses on women writers’ concern with and presentation of issues such as race, ethnicity, religion and class. American and British authors will be represented.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 550
  
  • ENGL 355 - Folklore


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Odd

    A survey of folk literature and its significance as an aid to understanding racial and cultural heritage.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 555
  
  • ENGL 360 - Sixteenth-Century British Literature


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Even

    A study of British literature written between 1485 and 1603 excluding Shakespeare.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 560
  
  • ENGL 365 - Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Even

    A study of English literature from 1660 to 1798.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 565
  
  • ENGL 370 - Romantic Prose and Poetry


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Even

    A study of English literature from 1789 through the early nineteenth century.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 570
  
  • ENGL 375 - Development of English Drama


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Even

    A survey of English drama from the Medieval beginnings to Shaw and Wilde.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 575
  
  • ENGL 380 - Modern Drama


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Odd

    Major British, American and Continental playwrights since Ibsen.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 580
  
  • ENGL 385 - Modern Poetry


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Even

    Major twentieth-century poets and movements in England and America and their nineteenth-century predecessors.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 585
  
  • ENGL 390 - Playwriting


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Odd

    Writing exercises, scenes and one-act plays which may be performed in the lab theater.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 112 , ENGL 112H , or ENGL 113  and THEA 110  and THEA 220  or by permission of the instructor.
    Crosslisted With: ENGL 590
  
  • ENGL 395 - Literature and Film


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    A study of the interrelationships between literature and film, from such perspectives as genre, aesthetics, and adaptation studies. American and British authors will be represented.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 595
  
  • ENGL 401 - Studies in British and Commonwealth Writers Since ENGL 1660


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Odd

    An intensive study of one to four authors from England, Scotland, Ireland, or the Commonwealth (Canada, New Zealand, Australia, India and South Africa) writing after 1660.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 601
  
  • ENGL 420 - History of the English Language


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Odd

    The development of English from its Indo-European backgrounds to the present day. Elementary readings in Old and Middle English illustrating various stages of the language.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 620
  
  • ENGL 425 - Practical English Grammar


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    Study of system and pattern implicit in the English language. Basic sentence patterns, inflections, determiners, parts of speech, expansions, complementation and usage.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 625
  
  • ENGL 435 - Fantasy Literature


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Odd

    A study of the genre’s genesis and of works of Fantasy literature in the 19th and 20th centuries.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 635
  
  • ENGL 440 - Southern Literature


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Odd

    A study of humorists, local colorists and realists in relation to the Southern tradition in literature from William Byrd to the present.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 640
  
  • ENGL 445 - The American Novel to Faulkner


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Even

    Representative novels from the beginnings to Faulkner, with attention to the historical development of the genre.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 645
  
  • ENGL 450 - Introduction to Literary Criticism


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Even

    The concepts, terminology and procedures of formal literary study with readings in representative critics.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 650
  
  • ENGL 460 - Early English Literature


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Odd

    A survey of Old and Middle English literature in translation (excluding Chaucer) from the beginnings to 1485.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 660
  
  • ENGL 465 - Victorian Prose and Poetry


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Odd

    A study of English literature from 1832 to 1901.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 665
  
  • ENGL 470 - The British Novel to Joyce


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Odd

    Representative novels to Joyce, with attention to the historical development of the genre in Great Britain.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 670
  
  • ENGL 475 - Modern Novel


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Even

    Major twentieth-century novelists and movements, primarily in Great Britain and America.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 675
  
  • ENGL 480 - Chaucer


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Odd

    A study of representative works read in Middle English, with attention to the cultural context.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 680
  
  • ENGL 485 - Shakespeare


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    A study of representative poems and plays, with attention to the cultural background and to the theater of Shakespeare’s age.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 685
  
  • ENGL 490 - Seventeenth-Century British Literature


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Odd

    A study of the British literature written between 1603 and 1660 including Milton’s entire career.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 690
  
  • ENGL 493 - Seminar [Title TBA] in Film Studies


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Special topics in Film Studies. May be repeated with variation in topic.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 693
  
  • ENGL 494 - Internship in English


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

    To gain experience in the use of written and oral communications in the world of work. Service positions are not monetarily compensated. Course performance based on an agreement between student and English department chair, who stipulates specific academic and work assignments. In all cases, grades will be based upon academic evaluation and work evaluation by on-the-job supervisors. May be repeated once with permission of the English Department Chair.

  
  • ENGL 495 - Topics [Title TBA] in Gender and Cultural Studies


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Special topics in gender and cultural studies issues in literature. May be repeated with variation in topic.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 695
  
  • ENGL 496 - Seminar [Title TBA] in British Literature


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Special topics in British literature. May be repeated with variation in topic.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 696
  
  • ENGL 497 - Seminar [Title TBA] in American Literature


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Special topics in American literature. May be repeated with variation in topic.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 697
  
  • ENGL 498 - Seminar [Title TBA] in Rhetoric and Writing


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Special topics in rhetoric or writing. May be repeated with variation in topic.

    Crosslisted With: ENGL 698
  
  • ENGL 499 - Critical Approaches to Literature: A Senior Capstone Course


    Credit(s): 1
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    A capstone experience for English majors to read, write, review, evaluate, put the major’s academic career in perspective, and have a better grasp of the nature of the discipline as demonstrated through a senior writing project. A writing and speaking intensive course.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200 .

Exercise Science

  
  • EXSC 305 - Applied Human Movement


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    Introduction to the study of human movement. Includes anatomical terminology, joint movement, analysis and application of basic biomechanical principles emphasizing safe instructional and performance practices.

    Prerequisite(s): any human anatomy and/or physiology course with a lab, or HPED 300  or instructor’s approval.
  
  • EXSC 316 - Exercise Science Practicum


    Credit(s): 2
    When Offered: As Needed

    An introduction to a variety of career opportunities, developing a professional resumé, professional philosophy, professional goals and objectives and a professional portfolio. Includes a 45 hour supervised study and experience with a cooperating agency. Application must be approved and liability insurance purchased before student may enroll.

    Prerequisite(s): Student must be a Department of Health and Human Performance major.
  
  • EXSC 317 - Exercise Science Practicum


    Credit(s): 2
    When Offered: As Needed

    An introduction to a variety of career opportunities, developing a professional resumé, professional philosophy, professional goals and objectives and a professional portfolio. Includes a 45 hour supervised study and experience with a cooperating agency. Application must be approved and liability insurance purchased before student may enroll.

    Prerequisite(s): Student must be a Department of Health and Human Performance major.
  
  • EXSC 318 - Exercise Science and Wellness Directed Practicum


    Credit(s): 2
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    A 45 hour supervised study and experience with an appropriate on-campus department/personnel.

  
  • EXSC 319 - Exercise Science and Wellness Practicum


    Credit(s): 2
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    An introduction to a variety of career opportunities, developing professional resumé, professional philosophy, professional goals and objectives and a professional portfolio. The practicum includes a 45 hour supervised study and experience with a cooperating agency. Application must be approved one semester in advance.

  
  • EXSC 429 - Applications in Exercise Physiology


    Credit(s): 1
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    Application of exercise physiology knowledge, skills, and abilities as it relates to health and fitness of all ages in the general population. Emphasis is placed on developing proficiency in technology within the exercise science and wellness domain. May be repeated and/or taken alone with instructor’s permission.

    Corequisite(s): EXSC 430  for Exercise Science/Wellness.
  
  • EXSC 430 - Exercise Physiology


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    This course examines the basic principles of exercise physiology relating to the body’s initial and long term responses to physical activity and exercise to maintain homeostasis.

    Prerequisite(s): Any human anatomy and/or physiology with lab; Health and Human Performance majors only or instructor’s approval.
    Corequisite(s): EXSC 429 .
  
  • EXSC 431 - Exercise Testing and Prescription: General Populations


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    Application of exercise testing and prescription in the general patient/client populations. Develop proficiency in using testing equipment and evaluating results.

    Prerequisite(s): EXSC 429  and EXSC 430  or HPED 300  or instructor’s approval.
  
  • EXSC 433 - Exercise Testing and Prescription: Special Populations


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    Application of exercise testing and prescription in an array of patient/client populations including those with heart and/or pulmonary disease, diabetes, pregnancy and/or older adults. Develop proficiency in using testing equipment and evaluating results.

    Prerequisite(s): EXSC 431 .
  
  • EXSC 434 - Cardiovascular Exercise Physiology


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall, Spring

    Overview of the physiological mechanisms underlying healthy and disease cardiac function during acute and chronic exercise and how those components adapt to and benefit from a systematic program of exercise training.

    Prerequisite(s): HPER 327 , HPED 300  or EXSC 430 .
  
  • EXSC 436 - Introduction to Electrocardiograph


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    This course will introduce the students to basic electrocardiograph (ECG) interpretation. Topics will include the interpretation of axis, rate, rhythm, hypertrophy, infarction, 12 lead placement and Holter monitor use.

    Prerequisite(s): EXSC 430  or Instructor’s approval.

Family and Consumer Sciences

  
  • FCS 28- - Preprofessional Practice


    Credit(s): 1-3
    Lecture Hours: 1-3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Variable credit course with maximum allowable hours of three. Work experience in a professional setting matched with student’s curriculum and career goals. Scheduling arrangement must be made and approved by adviser one semester prior to registration. Subject matter area is indicated by the third digit: 0 for Family and Consumer Sciences, 1 for Child and Family Studies, 2 for Food and Nutrition, 3 for Consumer Resource Management, 5 for Fashion Merchandising, 6 for Family and Consumer Sciences Education, 7 for Dietetics, 8 for Gerontology, and 9 for Food Service Management. May be repeated; student can earn no more than three hours credit.

    Prerequisite(s): Minimum of 2. 50 cumulative grade point average.
  
  • FCS 47- - Topics: [Selected Area] [Topic Title]


    Credit(s): 1-6
    Lecture Hours: 1-6
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Topics in selected areas of Family and Consumer Sciences for students showing special ability and interest. The subject matter area is indicated by the third digit: 0 for Family and Consumer Sciences, 1 for Child and Family Studies, 2 for Food and Nutrition, 3 for Consumer Resource Management, 5 for Fashion Merchandising, 6 for Family and Consumer Sciences Education, 7 for Dietetics, 8 for Gerontology, and 9 for Hospitality and Food Service Management. Must be requested in advance of registration. May repeat enrollment up to six credit hours.

    Prerequisite(s): Departmental and instructor’s approval.
    Crosslisted With: FCS 67-
  
  • FCS 48- - Supervised Field Experience


    Credit(s): 3-5
    Lecture Hours: 3-5
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Supervised work experience in off-campus placement matched to the student’s curriculum and career goals. May be repeated with variable credit up to a maximum of five hours in 48- and five hours in FCS 49-  depending on available resources and student’s course load at time of registration. Scheduling arrangements must be made through the adviser and the department chair at least one semester prior to registration. The third digit will follow the pattern described in FCS 47-  (67-).

    Prerequisite(s): Minimum of 2.50 cumulative grade point average (3. 00 for Dietetic students) attained two semesters before enrolling in field experience and senior standing.
  
  • FCS 49- - Supervised Field Experience


    Credit(s): 3-5
    Lecture Hours: 3-5
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Supervised work experience in off-campus placement matched to the student’s curriculum and career goals. May be repeated with variable credit up to a maximum of five hours in FCS 48-  and five hours in 49- depending on available resources and student’s course load at time of registration. Scheduling arrangements must be made through the adviser and the department chair at least one semester prior to registration. The third digit will follow the pattern described in FCS 47-  (67-).

    Prerequisite(s): Minimum of 2.50 cumulative grade point average (3. 00 for Dietetic students) attained two semesters before enrolling in field experience and senior standing.
  
  • FCS 100 - Family and Consumer Sciences Perspectives


    Credit(s): 1
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    Family and consumer sciences as an academic discipline. Survey of the curriculum, its interdisciplinary nature, overview of professional opportunities and formulation of individual plans for education and career. Concepts and principles of decision making and resource management applied to family and consumer sciences. Required of all family and consumer sciences majors. Offered in fall semester only.

  
  • FCS 200 - Food Preparation Methodology


    Credit(s): 2
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    A study of the fundamental principles of food preparation with emphasis on developing teaching methodology.

  
  • FCS 200L - Family & Consumer Sci Lab


    Credit(s): 0
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 2
  
  • FCS 400 - Senior Seminar


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    Assessment of personal and academic potentials for professional careers by the Family and Consumer Sciences graduate. Examination of crucial past, present, and future issues that affect individuals, families, communities and job environments using systems theory. Analysis of these issues through teambuilding activities and assignments with focus on interrelationships of issues and capacity building. This is a speaking and writing intensive course.

    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing.
  
  • FCS 411 - Fundamentals of Cooperative Extension


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    History, philosophy and organizational structure of the Cooperative Extension Service, major areas of program emphasis, teaching methods used and relationships with other educational agencies.

    Crosslisted With: AGRI 411 
  
  • FCS 460 - Orientation to Field Experience


    Credit(s): 2
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring, Summer

    Intensive course emphasizing preparation for individualized field experience in area of career choice. Scheduled concurrently with FCS 48-  and FCS 49-  Supervised Field Experience (1-5, 1-5)

    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and minimum of 2.50 cumulative grade point average or permission of instructor.

Family and Consumer Sciences Education

  
  • FCSE 300 - Managing Family & Consumer Sciences Classrooms


    Credit(s): 1
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    An examination of skills and techniques for effective management of family and consumer sciences classrooms. Includes techniques for management of food and textiles labs, principles of behavioral management, and interpersonal relationships in the classroom. This course will serve as a checkpoint for the Educator Preparation Program (EPP) portfolio. Field experience required.

  
  • FCSE 330 - Introduction to Vocational Family & Consumer Sciences Education


    Credit(s): 2
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Program planning in Family and Consumer Sciences including Occupational Family & Consumer Sciences. Implications of TEAM and other models of teaching for curriculum and lesson planning. Leadership and supervision for Family, Career and Community Leaders of America programs and activities. Measurement and assessment.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Educator Preparation Program (EPP).
  
  • FCSE 340 - Methods of Teaching Family & Consumer Sciences


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Learning and teaching styles, lesson planning. Examination of various instructional strategies, equipment and resources. Examination of edTPA requirements. Student, parent and teacher relationship and counseling.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Educator Preparation Program (EPP).
  
  • FCSE 400 - Practicum in Family and Consumer Sciences Education


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Supervised field experience in a high school family and consumer sciences classroom. Includes lesson planning, instructional delivery, and assessment. To be taken the semester prior to student teaching.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Educator Preparation Program (EPP).
  
  • FCSE 404 - Student Teaching in Family & Consumer Sciences


    Credit(s): 6
    Lecture Hours: 6
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Supervised teaching experience in off-campus centers for the entire semester.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Educator Preparation Program (EPP).
    Corequisite(s): TCED 401 , FCSE 405 .
  
  • FCSE 405 - Student Teaching in Family & Consumer Sciences


    Credit(s): 6
    Lecture Hours: 6
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Supervised teaching experience in off-campus centers for the entire semester.

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Educator Preparation Program (EPP).
    Corequisite(s): TCED 401 , FCSE 404 .

Fashion Merchandising

  
  • FASH 102 - Fashion Selection and Personal Image


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    Principles and elements of design applied to the personal and professional clothing needs of men and women.

  
  • FASH 103 - Clothing Construction and Evaluation


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    Basic principles of fitting, pattern alterations and apparel construction; comparative study of factors influencing quality of ready-made garments.

  
  • FASH 103L - Fashion Merch Lab


    Credit(s): 0
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 4
  
  • FASH 200 - Introduction to Fashion Merchandising


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Odd

    Survey of the fashion business focusing on fashion socioeconomics, principles governing origins and activities involved in the delivery of goods and services to the consumer, including implications of these factors to apparel merchandising.

  
  • FASH 206 - Visual Merchandising and Presentation


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Even

    The exploration of creative techniques utilized in the display of retail merchandise and their effective application to the enhancement of product saleability; to include presentation strategies for use with clients. A study of local and regional markets.

    Prerequisite(s): INTD 100 or FASH 102 .
  
  • FASH 300 - Clothing/Adornment and World Culture


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    Functional and sociocultural aspects of dress and adornment in world cultures. Historical, technological and economic influences.

  
  • FASH 303 - Textiles


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    Consumer-oriented study of textiles emphasizing properties of fiber and fabric in relation to the selection, use and care of apparel and household textiles.

  
  • FASH 303L - Fashion Merch Lab


    Credit(s): 0
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 2
  
  • FASH 305 - Fashion Industry Processes


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring - Even

    Survey of the fashion industry from apparel production to marketing and distribution.

  
  • FASH 307 - Fashion Promotion


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Odd

    Fashion marketing communication techniques used to promote fashion merchandise. Evaluation of fashion retail sales promotion strategies.

  
  • FASH 308 - Buying Functions in Merchandising


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Even

    A comprehensive analysis of the buying structure, institutions and environments. Emphasis on buying practices, activities, techniques and underlying concepts fundamental to merchandising; computer applications.

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 140 .
  
  • FASH 309 - Fashion Merchandising Tour


    Credit(s): 1-3
    Lecture Hours: 1-3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Tour of wholesale and retail establishments in national fashion centers. A maximum of three hours credit can be counted toward a major.

    Prerequisite(s): Family and Consumer Sciences majors only or instructor’s permission.
  
  • FASH 405 - Fashion History


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall - Odd

    Apparel from ancient to modern times including a study of past and current designers, factors influencing the development of contemporary fashion.

  
  • FASH 412 - Environmental Textiles


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Selection of textiles based on design, use and care in environmental applications.

    Prerequisite(s): FASH 303  recommended.
    Crosslisted With: FASH 612
  
  • FASH 415 - Fashion Design


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Principles of fashion design using flat pattern techniques and computer aided design applications; including advanced clothing construction techniques. Graduate students will be required to complete a research project resulting in a written paper.

    Prerequisite(s): FASH 103  or instructor’s approval.
    Crosslisted With: FASH 615
  
  • FASH 415L - Fashion Design Lab


    Credit(s): 0
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 4
  
  • FASH 416 - Fashion Law and Media


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    An analysis of the changing media landscape within the fashion industry and the role of various media outlets in responding to these changes. Additionally, this course will prepare students in the growing importance of legal procedures within the fashion industry in relation to intellectual property rights and analyze the role of consumer-centered media outlets in contributing to the need for legal protections in fashion.


Fellows Research Program

  
  • FRP 201 - Fellows Research Seminar


    Credit(s): 1
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Fall

    Current topics in agriculture, geosciences, and natural resources management. Features topical subject delivery by Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources faculty with guest lecturers from industry, government agencies, and field practitioners. Students will complete an exhaustive literature review for FRP 202  in a subject area associated with their field of study.

    Prerequisite(s): Student must be a member of the Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources Fellows Research Program (AGN-FRP) and be in good standing (as determined by the AGN-FRP Committee).
  
  • FRP 202 - Fellows Research Seminar


    Credit(s): 1
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: Spring

    Current topics in agriculture, geosciences, and natural resources management. Features topical subject delivery by Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources faculty with guest lecturers from industry, government agencies, and field practitioners. Students will complete an exhaustive literature review for FRP 202 in a subject area associated with their field of study.

    Prerequisite(s): Student must be a member of the Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources Fellows Research Program (AGN-FRP) and be in good standing (as determined by the AGN-FRP Committee).
  
  • FRP 301 - Fellows Research Methods


    Credit(s): 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0
    When Offered: As Needed

    Foundations for scientific writing and presentation. Topics include: searching the scientific literature, experimental design, data analysis, scientific writing, and professional presentation of research. Students will collect relevant data and develop a portfolio demonstrating data analysis, scientific writing, and presentation skills.

    Prerequisite(s): FRP 210-FRP 202 , MATH 210 , and a member in good standing in the Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources Fellows Research Program (AGN-FRP) (as determined by the AGN-FRP Committee).
 

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