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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

 

Environmental Science
  

  • ENVS 4200:Research Methods

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Any geography or science lab course and 60 credit hours.
    This course is designed to prepare students for scientific research in the environmental field and related disciplines. It introduces students to a variety of spatial and environmental research concepts, approaches, methods, and techniques. This course guides students through aspects of scientific research. 

    Notes: This course is crosslisted with GEOG 4200.
  

  • ENVS 4300:Environmental Ethics

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: STS 1101  
    This course is designed to extend the traditional boundaries of the ethical relationships between humans to the nonhuman world in the natural environment. Philosophical and social issues have surfaced in the twenty-first century emerging as environmental ethical dilemmas demanding resolution. Case studies and a variety of interdisciplinary literature pieces are incorporated which allow students to consider the impact of ethical dilemmas and evaluate their social influences.
  

  • ENVS 4399:Environmental Science Seminar

    1 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    This seminar will explore current topics in environmental science, regulation, and policy. Faculty and outside speakers from government and private industry will give presentations and lead discussions. Students will be expected to attend all lectures and participate.

European Studies
  

  • EUST 2050:Introduction to European Studies

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of all Learning Support English Requirements, including ENGL 1101, if required
    This course is a survey of the foundational figures, themes, and texts in European Studies in an interdisciplinary and global context. It serves as an introduction to European Studies with a focus on the Modern Era. Students engage with appropriate texts from a variety of European countries and cultures in an interdisciplinary intellectual environment.
  

  • EUST 4040:Capstone in European Studies

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: EUST 2050   or permission of the instructor 
    This course offers an in-depth examination of a topic or major figure relevant to the field of European Studies. This course may include but not be limited to humanistic, analytical research and / or literary analysis; and / or community engagement exercises with the express purpose of applying knowledge in the field of European Studies in the community.

Exercise Science
  

  • ES 2100:Physical Activity in Health and Disease

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This course provides an epidemiological foundation to physical activity research specific to public health. Participants will examine the literature relative to the physiological impact of regular physical activity on chronic diseases (e.g., cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, etc.).
  

  • ES 2200:Safety Training for the Fitness Professional

    2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Exercise Science or Sport Management majors.
    The purpose of this course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to help provide a safe environment for athletes while they are participating in sport/exercise and, in an emergency, to help sustain life and minimize the consequences of injury or sudden illness until advanced medical help arrives. Students will have the opportunity to become certified in First and CPR/AED for the Professional.
  

  • ES 2290:Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    This course includes select physical activity units not regularly offered through the Department of ESSM.

    Notes: Repeatable.
  

  • ES 2300:Medical Terminology

    2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Exercise Science Major or Public Health Education Major Concurrent:
    BIOL 2221 or HPE 2250
    This course will cover the basic techniques for anatomical, physiological, and medical word-building. The course will teach a systematic approach to defining general medical terms and terms for pathological disorders by dividing them into word roots, combining forms, suffixes, and prefixes.
  

  • ES 2500:Principles of Nutrition

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Exercise Science or Sport Management major.
    This course is designed to introduce students to the basic principle of nutrition as needed for general health. Topics include the role of diet inthe development and prevention of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, etc.; macro- and micro-nutrient needs for optimum health; U.S. dietary guidelines (and international equivalents); tools to assist with menu planning; and dietary analysis.
  

  • ES 3100:Group Exercise Leadership

    2 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Exercise Science major, a grade of “C” or better in BIOL 2221   Concurrent:
    ES 2200
    This course is designed to provide students with leadership skills and experience that directly apply to group exercise programming. Topics include current trends in group exercise, program design and implementation, monitoring exercise, evaluation of existing programs, and administrative considerations.
  

  • ES 3200:Research Methodology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Exercise Science major, a grade of “C” or better in STAT 1107  , and 60+ credit hours.
    This course provides an overview of the research process applied in the study of exercise and health science. Students are introduced to simple experimental design, data gathering techniques, statistical concepts and methods, and research writing.
  

  • ES 3398:Internship in Exercise Science

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Exercise Science major and approval of the department chair
    This course offers students a supervised, credit-earning experience of one academic semester with a previously approved business firm, sport organization, private agency or governmental agency. Students must have current professional liability insurance and CPR/AED certification. Credit may be placed in the elective areas.

    Notes: S/U grading only. Repeatable once.
  

  • ES 3600:Health Fitness Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Exercise Science major, a grade of “C” or better in BIOL 2221   and ES 2200  
    This course provides an introduction to the professional standards and guidelines that assist a health and fitness facility with providing quality service and program offerings in a safe environment. Course content will include an overview of risk management and emergency policies, operating practices, facility design and construction, equipment concerns and signage issues related to health and fitness facilities.
  

  • ES 3700:Strength and Conditioning

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Exercise Science major a grade of “C” or better in BIOL 2221  and ES 2300   Corequisite: ES 3750 Strength and Conditioning Laboratory
    This course offers students an introduction to scientific and practical foundations associated with strength and conditioning programs. The course content promotes the use of a structured scientific approach in the prescription of progressive resistance training and cardiorespiratory conditioning.
  

  • ES 3750:Strength and Conditioning Laboratory

    0 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Exercise Science major, a grade of “C” or better in BIOL 2221   and ES 2300   Corequisite: ES 3700: Strength and Conditioning
    This laboratory course provides an introduction to techniques commonly associated with instructing strength and conditioning programs. The laboratory content promotes the use of a structured scientific approach in the prescription of progressive resistance training and cardiorespiratory conditioning.
  

  • ES 3800:Biomechanics

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Exercise Science major, a grade of “C” or better in BIOL 2221   and ES 2300  
    This course introduces students to the study of neuromuscular and mechanical principles of motion related to the analysis of human movement.
  

  • ES 3900:Physiology of Exercise

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Exercise Science major, a grade of “C” or better in BIOL 2222  
    This course provides an overview of the human body’s responses to the stress of physical exercise. Students are introduced to the metabolic, cardiovascular, pulmonary and neuromuscular adaptations to acute and chronic exercise.
  

  • ES 4000:Service Learning in Exercise Science

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 60+ semester hours, Exercise Science major and permission of the department chair.
    This course offers students a community activity which links learning to life by connecting meaningful community service activities with academic learning, personal growth, and civic responsibility. The community activity is designed with the instructor and approved by the department chair.
  

  • ES 4200:Nutrition and Performance

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Exercise Science major, a grade of “C” or better in (ES 2500   or CSH 2500  )  and ES 3900  
    This course covers the nutritional needs of individuals participating in exercise and sport. Topics include but are not limited to the dietary needs of the human body before, during and after various modalities and intensities of athletics in order to optimize performance.
  

  • ES 4300:Physiology of Exercise and Aging

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Exercise Science major. a grade of “C” or better in ES 3900  
    This course provides an overview of exercise physiology and healthy aging. The course emphasizes special considerations during fitness assessment, exercise prescription, and health promotion for special populations including the older adult, children, adolescents, and females during pregnancy and the post-partum period.
  

  • ES 4400:Directed Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 2.75 Institutional GPA, Exercise Science major, 60+ semester hours and permission of the department chair
    This course covers topics and seminars of an advanced nature external to regular course offerings.
  

  • ES 4490:Special Topics in Exercise Science

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 2.75 Institutional GPA, Exercise Science major
    This course includes selected topics of interest to faculty and students not regularly offered by the Department of ESSM.
  

  • ES 4500:Physiology of Exercise II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Exercise Science major, a grade of “C” or better in ES 3900   Corequisite: ES 4550:Exercise Science Laboratory Techniques
    This course examines the study of the physiological basis of training and factors limiting human performance. Students are introduced to concepts of neuromuscular function, hormonal control, environmental conditions and ergogenic aids as they relate to acute and chronic exercise.
  

  • ES 4550:Exercise Science Laboratory Techniques

    0 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Exercise Science major, a grade of “C” or better in ES 3900   Corequisite: ES 4500: Physiology of Exercise II
    This course provides an introduction to laboratory techniques commonly used in the field of exercise science. The course includes an overview of ergometry, energy expenditure, blood pressure, cardiovascular, pulmonary, and musculoskeletal responses during exercise. The topics within the course include safe, legal, and ethical practices required when working in an exercise physiology laboratory.
  

  • ES 4600:Exercise Prescription

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Exercise Science major, a grade of “C” or better in ES 4500   and ES 4550   Corequisite: ES 4650: Exercise Testing
    This course introduces students to methods utilized in creating exercise prescriptions and developing exercise programs. Emphasis is placed on developing and delivering safe and valid exercise prescriptions.
  

  • ES 4650:Exercise Testing

    0 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Exercise Science major, a grade of “C” or better in ES 4500   and ES 4550   Corequisite: ES 4600: Exercise Prescription
    Exercise Testing is a detailed examination of various fitness assessments. This course emphasizes current test procedures used for determining body fat percentage, maximum oxygen uptake, maximum power output, and muscular strength and endurance. This course thoroughly familiarizes students with lab procedures, test protocol, and the interpretation.
  

  • ES 4700:Clinical Exercise Physiology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Exercise Science major, a grade of “C” or better in ES 4500  and ES 4550  
    This course is designed to address the clinical aspects and implications of exercise physiology principles for those with or at risk of developing cardiovascular, pulmonary or metabolic disease.
  

  • ES 4800:Clinical Biomechanics

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 2.75 Institutional GPA, Exercise Science major, a grade of “C” or better in ES 3800  
    This course includes a survey of acute and chronic activities related to injury and biomechanical mechanisms. The course will expose students to basic kinetic and kinematic analyses. The course includes an examination of contemporary theories of prevention using a bioomechanical perspective.
  

  • ES 4900:Exercise Science Senior Seminar

    1 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Exercise Science major, a grade of “C” or better in ES 4500   and ES 4550  , 90+ credit hours
    This course is a capstone course designed as a culminating experience for the major by integrating the student’s prior academic experience in exercise science. Students are provided an overview of contemporary issues, trends, theories, and research related to exercise science. The course is delivered in a seminar format to encourage student participation and interaction with peers and faculty.
  

  • ES 4950:Exercise Science Senior Internship

    3 to 12 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Exercise Science major, a grade of “C” or better in ES 4500  and ES 4550  , 90+ credit hours, and approval of the department chair.
    This course is a senior-level credit-earning experience at an approved exercise science internship site. During this course, students work under the direct supervision of an exercise science professional and university supervisor. Students must have current professional liability insurance and CPR/AED certification.

    Notes: Credit for the course can be placed in the elective areas only.

Film
  

  • FILM 2290:Special Topics

    1-12 Class Hours
    Prerequisite: Varies based on subject 
    Special topics selected in the study of Film. 
  

  • FILM 3105:Fundamentals of Writing for Film and Television

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: One of the following courses: ENGL 2110  , ENGL 2111  , ENGL 2112  , ENGL 2120  , ENGL 2121  , ENGL 2122  , ENGL 2130  , ENGL 2131  , ENGL 2132  , or ENGL 2300  
    This is a professional seminar for anyone interested in learning about and/or breaking into the entertainment industry - specifically focusing on film and television. Hollywood blockbusters and great television shows are studied from a story structure perspective. Students learn how to develop, pitch, write, and sell commercial film and TV concepts/scripts; they examine film and TV production jobs, including how to get one in Georgia. This is essential training for screenwriters, novelists, directors, and executives.
  

  • FILM 3200:Film History and Theory I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: One of the following courses: ENGL 2110 ,  ENGL 2111  , ENGL 2112  , ENGL 2120  , ENGL 2121  , ENGL 2122  , ENGL 2130  , ENGL 2131  , ENGL 2132  , or ENGL 2300  
    A survey of the major developments, movements, and critical approaches in international cinema from 1895-1950, this course emphasizes an understanding of the historical, cultural, commercial, and aesthetic contexts that influence film. The course also develops the student’s understanding of a film’s narrative and visual structure and its place within established theoretical traditions.
  

  • FILM 3210:Film History and Theory II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: One of the following courses: ENGL 2110  , ENGL 2111  , ENGL 2112  , ENGL 2120  , ENGL 2121  , ENGL 2122  , ENGL 2130  , ENGL 2131  , ENGL 2132  , or ENGL 2300  .
    This course is a survey of the major developments, movements, and critical approaches in international cinema since 1950, including a consideration of American independent film and recent digital cinema. The course emphasizes an understanding of the historical, cultural, commercial, and aesthetic contexts that influence film, but also develops the student’s understanding of a film’s narrative and visual structure and its place within established theoretical traditions.
  

  • FILM 3220:Studies in Film

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: One of the following courses: ENGL 2110  ,ENGL 2111  , ENGL 2112  , ENGL 2120  , ENGL 2121  , ENGL 2122  , ENGL 2130  , ENGL 2131  , ENGL 2132  , or ENGL 2300  
    This course features the analysis of film from such perspectives as genre, literary and film aesthetics, and literary adaptation. It may include screening of selected films.

    Notes: This course can be taken more than once provided the course content differs entirely from the previous offering.
  

  • FILM 4105:Advanced Writing for Film and Television

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FILM 3105  
    Using the basic skills gained in the fundamentals course  students will now expand beyond mastery of the scene and write an entire film or television script over the course of the semester. This is an intensive writing course. Along with a strong desire to write professionally, independence, discipline and collegiality are requisites for success in this course. Students must come to class prepared with at least one story idea for an original full-length movie, pilot TV series, or speculative episode of a TV series in mind. Students will be divided into groups, based loosely on genre. In addition to their work in class, students will also work with each other out of class. Students will complete the class with an original script, advanced knowledge of the screen and television writing crafts, and experience in the professional collaborative process.
  

  • FILM 4200:Advanced Studies in Film

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FILM 3200  or FILM 3220   or permission of the instructor.
    An intensive study of selected topics in American and international cinema, emphasizing critical theory and analysis of films and related readings.

    Notes: This course can be taken more than once provided the course content differs entirely from the previous offering.

Finance
  

  • FIN 2500:Consumer Finance

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Completion of all Learning Support English an Mathematics courses, if required
    A nontechnical course designed to develop an understanding of the basic principles and techniques as they apply to personal income, spending and investing. Emphasis is placed upon financial planning, budgeting, saving, home ownership, estate planning, and retirement.

    Notes: This course is for non-business majors. This course will not count for business majors.
  

  • FIN 3100:Principles of Finance

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (Grades of “B” or higher in (MATH 1160   or MATH 1190  ), ACCT 2100  , ACCT 2200  , ECON 2100  , ECON 2200   and ECON 2300  ) or Admission to Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or completion of 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, ACCT 2100, ACCT 2200, ECON 2100, ECON 2200, (ECON 2300 or MATH 1107) and student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    An introductory course designed to develop knowledge of the basic concepts, principles, and functions of managerial finance. Topics include the time value of money, valuation of bonds and stocks, financial analysis, working capital management, capital budgeting, and capital structure strategies.
  

  • FIN 3396:Cooperative Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FIN 3100  , Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program and approval of the Career and Internship Advisor (KSU Career Planning and Development).
    A supervised work experience program for a minimum of two academic semesters at a site in business, industry, or government. For sophomore, junior, or senior level students who wish to obtain successive on the job experience in conjunction with their academic training.

     

    Notes: Co-op credit can be used only in the “Business Electives” area of the BBA.

  

  • FIN 3398:Internship

    1-12 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FIN 3100  , Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program and approval of the Career and Internship Advisor (KSU Career Planning and Development).
    A supervised, credit-earning work experience of one academic semester with a previously approved business firm, private agency, or government agency. A research paper is required to receive credit. For junior or senior students who wish to participate in an on the job experience in which they may apply their academic education. The work experience may not be with a current employer. This course will be graded on an S/U basis.

     

    Notes: Internship credit can be used only in the “Business Electives” area of the BBA.

  

  • FIN 4220:Corporate Finance

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FIN 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    Application of the principles and concepts of finance to the acquisition and management of corporate assets and financial resources, the management of the firm’s capital structure, and development of dividend policy.
  

  • FIN 4260:Short Term Financial Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FIN 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    Focuses on the structure and functioning of payment systems, the management of short-term assets and short-term liabilities of the business firm, and the impact of computer and communications technologies on financial management systems.
  

  • FIN 4320:Fixed Income Securities

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FIN 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    This course provides students with knowledge of the fixed-income markets. The course will cover the pricing and risk management of fixed-income securities, and an introduction to fixed-income derivatives. It covers interest rate management, product fundamentals, and portfolio strategies. This course is a valuable preparation for students interested in taking the Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) examination.
  

  • FIN 4360:Investments

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FIN 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    This course provides students with working knowledge of equity securities and portfolio management with an emphasis on the fundamental trade-off between risk and return. The course covers securities markets, efficient diversification, asset pricing models, and investment strategies of individual and institutional investors. It also introduces students to bonds and financial derivative products.
  

  • FIN 4400:Directed Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FIN 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 3.0, Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course, and approval of instructor and Department Chair prior to registration.
    Special topics of an advanced nature not in the regular course offerings.
  

  • FIN 4420:International Financial Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FIN 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    Investigates the implications for financial decision making rules and policies that result from consideration of an international financial perspective.
  

  • FIN 4460:Financial Statement Analysis

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FIN 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    This course focuses on financial statement users, their information needs, and how effective financial statement analysis addresses those needs. Students will be instructed in methods to assess the financial health and performance of a firm to make realistic valuations and sound financial decisions (e.g., as to investing, lending, liquidity, and risk) in light of industry and economic conditions.
  

  • FIN 4490:Special Topics in Finance

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FIN 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course, and approval of instructor and department chair prior to registration.
    Selected special topics of interest to faculty and students. This course may be taken more than once.
  

  • FIN 4520:Financial Derivatives and Financial Engineering

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FIN 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    This course is designed to help students gain a thorough understanding of the roles of futures, options, and other financial derivatives in allocating risk; the design of financial derivatives; the valuation of financial derivatives; and their applications to financial risk management problems.
  

  • FIN 4560:Behavioral Finance

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FIN 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    The tools and applications of behavioral finance are presented. Topics include expected utility, prospect theory and mental accounting; conventional finance and challenges to market efficiency; heuristics and biases, overconfidence and emotion; financial decision-making stemming from psychology; behavioral explanations of observed behavioral anomalies; aggregate stock market puzzles; and retirement and pensions.
  

  • FIN 4620:Financial Management of Financial Institutions

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FIN 3100  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program  or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    Financial decision making concepts are applied to the particular financial management issues of financial institutions, including funds acquisition and management of operations and capital investments.
  

  • FIN 4660:Advanced Corporate Finance

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FIN 4220  , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College Undergraduate Professional Program or student in a Coles College Partner Program that includes this course.
    This course provides an in-depth coverage and quantitative analysis of the firm’s decisions to raise capital publicly, privately, domestically, and globally. The course also covers restructurings of debt obligations (bond refunding, exchange and tender offers), and equity/asset restructurings.

Foreign Language
  

  • FL 1001:Introduction to Foreign Language and Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of English Learning Support, if required. Successful completion of Mathematics Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    Introduction to a foreign language and culture, stressing progressive acquisition of effective communication skills in both the written and spoken language and an understanding of the practices and products of the culture being studied.

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of the language.
  

  • FL 1002:Introduction to Foreign Language and Culture II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    Introduction to foreign language and culture, part II, stressing continued, progressive acquisition of effective communication skills in both the written and spoken language and an understanding of the practices and products of the culture being studied.

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of the language.
  

  • FL 2001:Intermediate Foreign Language and Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FL 1002   or permission of the instructor.
    The student will continue to develop proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and learn to communicate in culturally appropriate ways.

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of the language.
  

  • FL 2002:Intermediate Foreign Language and Culture II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FL 2001   or permission of the instructor.
    Students continue to increase linguistic and cultural proficiency through the use of a variety of materials and activities.

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of the language.
  

  • FL 2209:World Languages and Cultures

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Completion of all Learning Support English courses, if required
    An overview of world languages and cultures and their manifestations in our society. Class discussions and readings are reinforced through supervised field experiences in the metro Atlanta area. In addition, students survey academic and professional career opportunities in fields that require linguistic skills and cultural competence.
  

  • FL 3309:Survey of Chinese Literature and Culture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    This course, is a survey of Chinese literature and culture, examining major works and literary and artistic movements as well as cultural issues. Readings and discussions are in English; some readings are in the original for Chinese language students.

    Notes: FL 3309, cross-listed as ASIA 3309
  

  • FL 4400:Directed Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FL 2002  
    Covers special topics external to course offerings in order to allow a student to work individually with an instructor.
  

  • FL 4490:Special Topics in Foreign Language

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FL 2002  or permission of the instructor.
    Selected topics of interest to faculty and students.
  

  • HEBR 1001:Introduction to Hebrew Language and Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of all Learning Support English requirements if required.
    This course introduces students to Hebrew language and Israeli culture, stressing progressive acquisition of effective communication skills in both the written and spoken language and an understanding of the practices and products of Israeli culture. Not open to native speakers of Hebrew.
  

  • HEBR 1002:Introduction to Hebrew Language and Culture II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HEBR 1001   or permission of the instructor
    Introduction to Hebrew Language and Culture II stresses continued, progressive acquisition of effective communication skills in both the written and spoken language and an understanding of the practices and products of Israeli culture. Not open to native speakers of Hebrew.
  

  • HEBR 1050:Introduction to Biblical Hebrew

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Successful completion of all Learning Support English requirements, if required.
    This course introduces students to the ancient Hebrew language. It lays a solid foundation for reading and analyzing Biblical texts. Note: This course does not prepare students for the study of modern Hebrew, nor is it sequenced with other HEBR courses.
  

  • HEBR 2001:Intermediate Hebrew Language and Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HEBR 1002  
    Students continue to develop proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing and learn to communicate in culturally appropriate ways. Not open to native speakers of Hebrew.
  

  • HEBR 2002:Intermediate Hebrew Language and Culture II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: HEBR 2001  
    Students continue to increase linguistic and cultural proficiency through the use of a variety of materials and activities. Not open to native speakers of Hebrew.

Foreign Language Education
  

  • FLED 4408:Second Language Acquisition

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program or ASIA 3001   or permission of instructor.
    This course examines theories of second language acquisition (SLA) and their practical application to second language teaching and learning. It addresses the theoretical foundations of working with second language learners. It focuses on the classroom applications of this theoretical base to interactions with language learners, curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Students interpret relevant SLA research that informs language teaching and takes ownership of SLA theories and research as a rationale for pedagogical decisions
  

  • FLED 4410:Methods, Materials, and Curriculum of Foreign Language Education, P-8

    3 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FLED 3303
    This course is an overview of methods, materials and curriculum in foreign language instruction grades P-8. The field experience emphasizes principles of classroom and behavior management as well as ways to put theory into practice.
  

  • FLED 4412:Methods, Materials, and Curriculum of Foreign Language Education, 9-12

    3 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FLED 4408 and FLED 4410 Corequisite: FLED 4414
    This course is an overview of methods, materials and curriculum in foreign language instruction grades 9-12. The field experience emphasizes principles of classroom and behavior management as well as ways to put theory into practice. Field experience is required. Proof of liability insurance is required for field experience.
  

  • FLED 4414:Technology for Foreign Language Teaching

    3 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FLED 4408   and FLED 4410   Corequisite: FLED 4412
    This course introduces teacher candidates to the use of instructional technology in foreign language education. Specifically, teacher candidates learn to evaluate, design, create, and implement a variety of technology-enhanced teaching and learning materials. A particular focus is placed on forming the essential connections between Second Language Acquisition theories, sound pedagogical approaches, and cutting edge technologies to ensure that teacher candidates can integrate technology meaningfully into P-12 curriculum planning and teaching practices.
  

  • FLED 4650:Yearlong Clinical Experience I

    0 Class Hours 24 Laboratory Hours 6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education, FLED 4408  , FLED 4410  , FLED 4412  , FLED 4414  , Issued Pre-Service Certificate, and Admission to Yearlong Clinical Experience Corequisite: FLED 4651, EDUC 4610, and INED 3305
    This course is the first semester of an intensive and extensive co-teaching yearlong clinical experience in Foreign Language Education. Under the guidance of a collaborating teacher and university supervisor and working in a diverse environment that includes students with exceptionalities and English learners, candidates practice professional competencies that impact student achievement. This experience includes regularly scheduled professional seminars.
  

  • FLED 4651:FLED Seminar I

    1 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FLED 4408  , FLED 4410  , FLED 4412  ,FLED 4414  , Pre-Service Certificate, and Admission to Yearlong Clinical Experience. Corequisite: FLED 4650
    This FLED Seminar I course corresponds to the FLED Yearlong Clinical Practice I course and is designed to support teaching candidates in successful completion of edTPA tasks and assessments, focusing as well on the ethics and practice of culturally-responsive foreign language pedagogy and instruction.
  

  • FLED 4660:FLED Yearlong Clinical Experience II

    0 Class Hours 24 Laboratory Hours 6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FLED 4650  , FLED 4651  , and eligibility to take GACE Corequisite: FLED 4661
    This course is the second semester of an intensive and extensive co-teaching yearlong clinical experience in foreign language education. Under the guidance of a collaborating teacher and university supervisor and working in a diverse environment that includes students with exceptionalities and English learners, candidates practice professional competencies that impact student achievement. This experience includes regularly scheduled professional seminars and the completion of a content pedagogy assessment.
  

  • FLED 4661:FLED Seminar II

    2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FLED 4650   and FLED 4651   Corequisite: FLED 4660
    This FLED Seminar II course corresponds to the FLED Yearlong Clinical Practice II course and is designed to support teaching candidates in successful completion of edTPA tasks and assessments, focusing as well on the ethics and practice of culturally-responsive foreign language pedagogy and instruction.
  

  • FLED 4670:FLED Yearlong Clinical Internship I

    0 Class Hours 20 Laboratory Hours 5 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FLED 4410  , FLED 4412  , FLED 4408  , FLED 4414  , and FL 4400   Corequisite: FLED 4671
    This course is the first semester of an intensive and extensive supervised, credit-earning yearlong clinical work experience in Foreign Language education for student in the Alternative Teacher Preparation program.
  

  • FLED 4671:FLED Internship Seminar I

    1 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FLED 4410  , FLED 4412  , FLED 4408  , FLED 4414  , FL 4400   Corequisite: FLED 4670
    This FLED Internship Seminar I course corresponds to the FLED Yearlong Clinical Internship I course and is designed to support teaching candidates in successful completion of edTPA tasks and assessments, focusing also on the ethics and practice of culturally-responsive foreign language pedagogy and instruction. This course provides candidates the opportunity to work under the guidance of the FLED instructor and engage in discussion of issues related to language teaching with the FLED ATP cohort.
  

  • FLED 4680:FLED Yearlong Clinical Internship II

    0 Class Hours 16 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FLED 4670   and FLED 4671   Corequisite: FLED 4681
    This course is the second semester of an intensive and extensive supervised, credit-earning yearlong clinical work experience in Foreign Language education for students in the Alternative Teacher Preparation program.
  

  • FLED 4681:FLED Internship Seminar II

    2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FLED 4670   and FLED 4671   Corequisite: FLED 4680
    This FLED Internship Seminar II course corresponds to the FLED Yearlong Clinical Internship II course and is designed to support teaching candidates in successful completion of edTPA tasks and assessments, focusing also on the ethics and practice of culturally-responsive foreign language pedagogy and instruction. This course provides candidates the opportunity to work under the guidance of the FLED instructor and engage in discussion of issues related to language teaching with the FLED ATP cohort.

French
  

  • FREN 1001:Introduction to French Language and Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    Completion of all Learning Support English courses, if required.
    This course is an introduction to French language and culture, stressing progressive acquisition of effective communication skills in both the written and spoken language and an understanding of the practices and products of French and Francophone cultures.

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of French.
  

  • FREN 1002:Introduction to French Language and Culture II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: One year of high school French or FREN 1001   or the equivalent.
    Introduction to French language and culture, “Part II,” stressing continued, progressive acquisition of effective communication skills in both the written and spoken language and an understanding of the practices and products of French and Francophone cultures.

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of French.
  

  • FREN 2001:Intermediate French Language and Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Two years of high school French or FREN 1002   or the equivalent.
    The student will continue to develop proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and learn to communicate in culturally appropriate ways.

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of French.
  

  • FREN 2002:Intermediate French Language and Culture II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Three years of high school French or FREN 2001   or the equivalent.
    Students continue to increase linguistic and cultural proficiency through the use of a variety of materials and activities. Course will serve as a transition between intermediate and upper-level courses in French.

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of French.
  

  • FREN 2003:Accelerated Intermediate French Language and Culture

    6 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Two years of high school French or FREN 1002  
    This accelerated intermediate level course in French language and culture covers in one semester the materials presented in FREN 2001 and FREN 2002. The course stresses continued, progressive acquisition of effective communication skills in both the written and spoken language and an understanding of the practices and products of French and Francophone cultures.
  

  • FREN 2290:Special Topics

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of the department chair.
    Covers special topics and study abroad courses external to course offerings at the intermediate level.
  

  • FREN 3200:Critical Reading and Applied Writing

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 2002   or FREN 2003  
    This course emphasizes skill development and refinement in the areas of critical reading and writing in French. Designed to give students extensive experience in reading and writing in French, the course focuses on the relationship between writing and reading, and on ways to improve one through the other.
  

  • FREN 3302:Practical Conversation

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 2002   or FREN 2003  
    This course stresses expansion of effective listening comprehension and speaking skills through culturally and linguistically appropriate activities.
  

  • FREN 3303:Grammar and Composition

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 2002   or FREN 2003  
    This course provides a general review of grammar through composition and other written activities, such as summaries, correspondence, descriptions, narration, literary analysis, and other rhetorical and culturally appropriate forms.
  

  • FREN 3304:Literature and Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 3200  and FREN 3303  
    An introduction to French and Francophone literature and culture from the Middle Ages to 1820. Students examine literary and artistic movements as well as cultural issues of the period.

    Notes: Readings and discussion in French.
  

  • FREN 3305:Literature and Culture II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 3200  and FREN 3303  
    An introduction to French and Francophone literature and culture from 1820 to the present. Students examine literary and artistic movements as well as cultural issues of the period.

    Notes: Readings and discussion in French.
  

  • FREN 3390:Upper-division Study Abroad in French

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Junior or Senior status and permission of the department chair.
    This course fulfills the study abroad requirement for the B.A. in Modern Language & Culture with a primary language of French. The content of the course may vary depending on available course offerings in the foreign institution. The chair of the Department of Foreign Languages must preapprove the use of this course as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree in Modern Language & Culture.
  

  • FREN 3398:Internship

    1-9 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 3302  and FREN 3303   or permission of the instructor.
    Supervised, credit-earning work experience of one semester requiring use of French in the work place.

    Notes: Prior approval by department coordinator and internship supervisor is required. No more than three semester hours may be applied toward the major.
  

  • FREN 4400:Directed Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 3302  and FREN 3303   or permission of the instructor.
    Covers special topics and seminars external to course offerings that allow a student to work individually with an instructor.

    Notes: Requires prior approval by instructor and department chair.
  

  • FREN 4402:Contemporary Culture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 3304   or FREN 3305  
    An examination of the historical, social, and political contexts of the contemporary French and Francophone experience through the analysis of cultural representations such as film, media, plastic arts, music, and literature.

    Notes: Readings and discussion in French.
  

  • FREN 4404:Commercial French

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 3302   and FREN 3303   or permission of the instructor.
    An in-depth study of business practices and the language of business in the French-speaking world. This course will prepare students for the exam for the Certificat Pratique de Francais Commercial given by the Paris Chamber of Commerce.
  

  • FREN 4434:Topics in Language, Literature, and Culture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 3304   or FREN 3305  
    An exploration of a period, movement or genre in literature, a topic in culture, or language related issues. Topics are chosen for their significance and impact on French and Francophone cultures.

    Notes: Course taught in French.
  

  • FREN 4456:Advanced Grammar and Linguistics

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 3302  and FREN 3303  
    Advanced study of grammar from a linguistic perspective. Provides an overview of phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax. Exposes students to dialectical variations of the French-speaking world. Stresses development of oral proficiency.

    Notes: Course taught in French.
  

  • FREN 4490:Special Topics in French

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 3302   or permission of the instructor.
    Special topics relevant to the study of French speaking societies.
  

  • FREN 4499:Senior Seminar

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 3304   and FREN 3305   and senior status.
    This is a capstone course designed to synthesize and connect the student’s prior academic experiences in the major and related fields of study. Students will prepare a reflective essay and a research paper to present to the faculty.

    Notes: Papers and presentation in French.

Gender and Womens Studies
  

  • GWST 1102:Love and Sex

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Successful completion of English Learning Support, if required. Successful completion of Mathematics Learning Support or concurrent registration, if required.
    This course examines the phenomena of love and sex from multi- and interdisciplinary perspectives in a global context. Students critically evaluate the personal and social significances of intimacy and analyze the ethical, political, and cultural dimensions of love and sex through a variety of media. Topics may include family, marriage and monogamy, sexual identity and orientation, reproductive politics, sex work, consent, and representation.
 

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