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FIN 4360:Investments 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: (MATH 1160 or MATH 1190 ) and 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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FIN 4590:Applied Equity Valuation 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Permission of the Department Chair, and FIN 3100 , 60 credit hours with a minimum GPA of 2.0, and Admission to the Coles College. Membership in Student Managed Investment Fund.
This course presents the practical applications of economic and quantitative analysis to determine the intrinsic value of a publicly-traded firm. Students apply contemporary valuation techniques to value an actual firm and prepare a comprehensive investment report based on an evaluation of industry-level economic and competitive conditions, and firm-specific operating risk and financial projections.
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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.
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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.
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FinTech Academy |
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FTA 3810:Payments Processing 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
This course focuses on the payment process ecosystem, lifecycle, regulation, security, fraud protection, and payment networks. The student will learn about products and services of the payments, fraud and risk reduction strategies, roles and responsibilities of issuers, acquirers, merchants and banks, and strategies for maximizing payment usage while minimizing loss. The student will also learn about payments negotiations, risk management, customer relationships, principles of authorization, settlement, chargeback, and procedures, strategies, and best practices.
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FTA 3850:Digital Payments Security 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
This course examines security issues in the payments vertical. Students explore application security addressing the challenges and weak points of applications, learn the tools and techniques of machine learning as a defensive security strategy overcoming the continuous automatic attack generated by machines, and engage in hands-on practice in penetration testing. Payments framework and standards including NIST cybersecurity framework, ISO 27001 information security management, and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) will be discussed. Administration of the information security function including the strategic planning process, policies, procedures, and staffing functions necessary to organize and administer ongoing security functions will be discussed. In addition, fraud, regulation, security practices, security architecture, competitive intelligence, and operating environments are emphasized throughout the course.
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FTA 3860:Emerging Payments Technology 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Emerging technologies promise immediate payment processing, execution, clearing, and settlement. In reality, businesses have critical infrastructure assets that present conversion challenges or incompatible. In this course, students learn the existing critical payments infrastructure assets to understand how the current technologies work. Students will also learn the opportunities presented by emerging payment technologies. This course will challenge students to develop ideas, write business cases, and develop mockup solutions for the transition.
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FTA 3890:Experiential Learning 0 Class Hours 9 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Students engage in a team-based interactive virtual experiential learning with a collaborating industry partner to gain on-the-job experience. Stakeholders from the industry partner interact with students synchronously and asynchronously. A virtual collaboration platform is used to enroll, onboard, empathize, reboot, experiment, and deliver business solutions for client problems. Students get mentored, trained, and practice on tools and techniques used in industry. Student progress is tracked using a feedback loop to improve their learning. Prototyping and experimentation are encouraged to understand “real world” issues. Partner companies share their anonymized dataset, tools and techniques. Coaching activities including design thinking, backlog management, and business modeling are used in this course.
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FTA 4001:Foundations of FinTech 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
The financial services industries are changing rapidly with the emergence of financial technology (FinTech). The objective of the course is to provide students with an overview of FinTech and introductions to its applications in financial services, such as commercial and investment banking, digital investing, financial advising, and insurance. Students are expected to develop a broad understanding of the recent FinTech development and its impact on different parts of the financial world. Students will also have hands-on problem-solving experiences that can be useful in FinTech applications and innovation. Topics may include but are not limited to: blockchain and cryptocurrencies, smart contracting, payments, digital banking, P2P lending, crowdfunding, robo-advising, and InsurTech.
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FTA 4002:Financial Technologies 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
This course examines the information and communications tools, technologies, and standards integral to consumer, merchant, and enterprise services in the payments and financial service sectors. Explores technology’s role in reshaping FinTech businesses. Technologies span messaging, communication networks and gateways, core processing, mobile and online software, and application program interfaces (APIs). Includes the challenges, standards, and techniques associated with securing systems and data.
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FTA 4003:Commercial Banking and FinTech 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
The FinTech revolution is creating significant disruption to the traditional processes of managing and regulating financial institutions, especially banks. Understanding, assessing and forecasting FinTech’s impact on banking is particularly important because proper management and oversight of financial institutions is essential to the efficient operation of the national, as well as global, economy. In this course, students will learn about the principles and practices of commercial bank management, bank regulation, and the tradeoffs between risk and return. Challenges presented by the FinTech evolution, including traditional and emergent competitors as well as demographic, social, and technology forces driving change in the industry, will be integrated throughout the entire course.
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FTA 4005:Introduction to Financial Data Analytics 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
This course provides the foundation for financial data analytics used in business and FinTech applications. The objective of this course is for students to gain experience in analyzing financial data using modern machine learning techniques, statistical methods, and prediction models. Students will develop computational skills to perform data analysis using a modern statistical programming environment, and apply these skills to address a range of problems encountered by business firms, including those in the FinTech industry. The topics discussed include an introduction to R language, visualization of financial data, cluster analysis, simple and multiple linear regression, classification models, high dimension data analysis using Lasso, tree regression, and model assessment and selection using cross validation. Students will have hands-on experience in the development of data analytics applications to analyze real world financial problems.
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FTA 4100:Introduction to Information Security for FinTech 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the rapidly evolving and critical international arenas of Privacy, Information Security, and Critical Infrastructure for FinTech. This course is designed to develop knowledge and skills for security of information and information systems within FinTech organizations. It focuses on concepts and methods associated with security across several systems platforms, including internal and Internet-facing systems. The course utilizes a world view to examine critical infrastructure concepts as well as techniques for assessing risk associated with accidental and intentional breaches of security in a FinTech network. It introduces the associated issues of ethical uses of information and of privacy considerations.
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Foreign Language |
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FL 1001:Introduction to Foreign Language and Culture I 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
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.
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FL 1002:Introduction to Foreign Language and Culture II 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
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.
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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.
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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.
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FL 2209:World Languages and Cultures 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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HEBR 1001:Introduction to Hebrew Language and Culture I 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
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.
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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.
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HEBR 1050:Introduction to Biblical Hebrew 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
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.
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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.
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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.
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Foreign Language Education |
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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FREN 1001:Introduction to French Language and Culture I 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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GWST 1102:Love and Sex 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
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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GWST 2000:Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
This course is a survey of the foundational figures, themes, and texts in the history of gender and women’s studies in an interdisciplinary and global context. Themes to be addressed include sameness vs. difference feminisms; the sex/gender distinction; internal and external critiques of Western feminisms; transnational and global feminisms; feminism’s relationship to critical race studies, postcolonialism, queer theory; and gender, trans-gender, and masculinity studies.
Notes: All sections include a required supervised civic and community engagement project.
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GWST 2050:Global Perspectives on Gender 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
This course offers global perspectives and contexts within which gender can be explored, analyzed, and critiqued. The course will be driven by cross-cultural and comparative study and may include analysis of the construction of gender in relation to social practices, the law, tradition, religion, institutional culture, economics, and popular culture.
Notes: This course may be repeated for credit with prior approval.
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GWST 3001:Feminist Theories 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
Feminist Theories involves the study of concepts and ideologies that articulate and define theories of feminism through the intersections of gender with race, class, nationality, sexuality, and other social differences. Students will engage with several foundational and vibrantly contested conversations within feminist theory that draw from a variety of theoretical perspectives, including those influenced by liberalism, Marxism/socialism, psychoanalysis, radical feminism, post-modernism, and post-colonialism.
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GWST 3010:Queer Theory & Sexuality 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
Queer Theory & Sexuality is an interdisciplinary course that considers the global emergence and significance of theories and practices that 1) refute and destabilize the notion of an essential, normative sexuality and gender and 2) suggest that sexuality is fluid and varied and is constructed by social, political, and economic factors. The course surveys a broad array of scholarship and other forms of print and non-print media and explores a range of topics that might broadly be identified as 1) practices, identities, and communities; 2) the cultural construction of gender and sexuality; 3) sexual citizenship and the nation-state.
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GWST 3020:Black Feminisms 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
A survey of historical and contemporary black feminist traditions. Core themes could include the intersections of race and gender with class, sexuality, generation, and place; black feminist thought and its relationship to womanism and other feminisms; outsider-within positionality of black women; black feminist epistemologies; mediated representations of black women’s identities; black lesbian feminism; commodification of black women’s bodies; black women’s global resistance to racism and sexism.
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GWST 3030:Gender in Popular Culture 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
An examination of gender as depicted in popular culture texts. Focusing on one medium (e.g., film, television, periodicals, music) or surveying a range of popular culture forms, students will critique depictions of gender; practice using theories and methods from gender and women’s studies to understand popular culture’s role in shaping gender identity; and do research on gender in the context of popular culture.
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GWST 3060:Gender in the Workplace 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
Gender and the Workplace examines work and professional-related gender issues from several perspectives, including the legal, sociological and economic viewpoints. Students will engage with a variety of relevant and timely topics that include gender stereotyping and discrimination, career development, diversity issues, sexual harassment, and work/life balance. As part of the course requirements, students will complete a civic/community engagement assignment relative to the course.
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GWST 3070:Gender and Social Justice 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
This course offers an interdisciplinary approach to the social and historical constitution of gender in a social justice framework. Students will explore a wide variety of critical and literary materials to analyze interlocking systems of hierarchy and domination; to evaluate gendered experience across local, regional, national, and global contexts; and to identify critical responses to systemic forms of oppression in the contemporary world.
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GWST 3080:Masculinity Studies 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
Masculinities Studies is an interdisciplinary introduction to this growing and often contested field. Using a variety of texts, students explore historical, political, and theoretical development, as well as social and cultural constructions, of the category “masculinity.” Students map central debates surrounding masculinity, including why it is frequently thought to be “in crisis.” The course examines political and social movements related to masculinity as it considers masculinity in relation to other theories, including feminist, postcolonial, etc.
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GWST 3090:Transnational Feminisms 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
Transnational Feminisms is an interdisciplinary study of the economic, social, and political consequences of the phenomenon known as globalization, particularly those consequences that affect issues of gender. As such, students analyze transnational feminisms, studying both the opportunities and challenges that are inherent in transnational feminist scholarship and activism. Through critical inquiry into a variety of texts, the course dynamically reconceptualizes relationships between women and nation; between gender and globalization; and between feminist theory and practice.
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GWST 3100:Gender and the US South 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
Gender and the U.S. South examines intersections between cultural norms and values of the southern United States with gender and related identity categories such as race, class, and sexuality. The course invites students to consider ways that gender, race, class, and sexuality are complicated by and related to regional ideas, history, and identity. Additionally, the course explores gender in the U.S. South in connection with other cultures in the Global South.
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GWST 3200:Disability & Culture 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
This course is an interdisciplinary study of social understandings of disability, particularly its relationship to categories of sex/sexuality, gender, and identity. Using examples drawn from various points in history, various countries around the world, and various disability categories (psychiatric/psychosocial, intellectual, physical, etc.), students read a variety of texts including ethnographies, autobiographies, and case studies in order to understand the variety of the disability experience. This class draws from critical disability studies, feminist, and queer theory.
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GWST 3398:Internship 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: GWST 3000 and approval of the internship coordinator.
A structured off-campus experience in a supervised setting that is chosen in relation to student’s focus and interests. Practical experience is combined with a research approach that investigates issues relevant to the internship. Students will meet with the internship coordinator to develop an appropriate plan that will lead to the writing of a research-oriented paper or research project, a required part of the internship. Students should consult with the internship coordinator at the midpoint of the semester prior to the internship to choose from an approved list of internship sites, none of which may be with a current employer
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GWST 4000:Research in Gender and Women’s Studies 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: GWST 2000 and completion of 60 credit hours.
A study of research models of scholarship in gender and women’s studies, combined with an opportunity for students to conduct a research project of their own. Students will read examples of outstanding research and survey discipline-based scholarship focusing on gender and women’s studies. Topics for studying methods could include debates regarding different methodologies, critiques of traditional research methodologies, integrating feminist theory with scholarship, and ethical questions associated with producing research in gender and women’s studies.
Notes: This course should be taken as the final course of the GWST minor.
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GWST 4040:Major Topics & Figures 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
This course offers an in-depth examination of a major topic or major figure relevant to the field of gender and women’s studies. Students will learn how to conduct interdisciplinary research and employ gender analysis through the advanced study of one major thinker or the advanced, comparative study of a set of thinkers grouped according to a major topic.
Notes: Specific content may vary, so course may be repeated.
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GWST 4400:Directed Study 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Another GWST course, approval of the instructor, and approval of the program coordinator.
The Directed Study is an advanced, individual study of a selected topic not offered in the regular curriculum. Students may conduct in-depth, gender-related research under the supervision of a faculty member. The directed study is student driven, and students are responsible for selecting the subject matter to be studied, method, data sources, and theoretical question(s), all under the direction of a faculty member.
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GWST 4498:GWST Certificate Colloquium 1 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Declaration of GWST certificate.
This course provides a capstone experience for students pursuing a GWST certificate. Students examine interdisciplinary perspectives on knowledge, engage in cultural and intellectual activities beyond the classroom, and participate in an online discussion forum.
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GWST 4499:Senior Seminar in GWST 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: GWST 2000 and completion of sixty credit hours.
This capstone course is designed to complete the major by integrating prior academic experiences in Gender and Women’s Studies. Students research, write, and present a senior thesis that addresses the relationship between theory and practical experience. A seminar format is used throughout the course.
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GIS 3398:Internship 0 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1-9 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: (GEOG 4405 or GEOG 4500 ) and permission of the GIS program director.
A structured off-campus experience in a supervised setting that is related to the student’s major and career interests. Practical experience is combined with scholarly research under the guidance of GISc faculty and the internship supervisor. Sites must be selected in advance of the semester of the internship and must be approved by the director of the GISc program.
Notes: Geography students seeking a B.A. in Geography need to take GEOG 3398.
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GIS 4100:Directed Applied Research 0 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1-6 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: (GEOG 3305 or GEOG 3315 ) and consent of instructor and chair
This course offers students an opportunity to investigate geographically-oriented concepts and issues by assisting in faculty-led research or scholarship. Course content and instructional methodologies are identified by the faculty’s needs and expectations.
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GIS 4415:Practicum in Geographic Information Systems 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: (GEOG 4405 or GEOG 4500 ) and permission of the GIS program director.
This is a capstone course for the GIS Certificate Program and is designed to integrate students’ prior training in geospatial theory, technologies and/or data analyses through the use of geographic information systems in on-site work settings. Student experiences are applied in nature and are on campus or with selected private or public organizations in the community. Students find and obtain their own practicums, which require the program director’s approval.
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GEOG 1101:Introduction to Human Geography 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
This course is a survey of global patterns of resources, population, culture, and economic systems. Emphasis is placed upon the factors contributing to these patterns and the distinctions between the technologically advanced and less advanced regions of the world.
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GEOG 1102:Earth from Above 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
This is a survey course for any student with an interest in geography, maps, or geospatial data and technologies. Students will obtain fundamental geographic principles of place and space, and learn introductory geospatial techniques such as map reading, coordinate systems, and scale by using global positioning satellite receivers, aerial photos, satellite imagery, and Google Earth technologies. The course is designed to give students hands-on experience to collect, manipulate, analyze, and understand geospatial data.
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GEOG 1112:Weather and Climate 3 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
This course examines aspects of physical geography, specifically earth-sun relationships, atmospheric processes, climate and weather patterns, and vegetation patterns and principles. Emphasis is on the distribution and interactions among these environmental variables as well as the impact humans have had on these natural systems. The lab focuses on practical and applied aspects of these environmental systems. Lab work includes maps reading, data collection, and data analysis.
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GEOG 1113:Introduction to Landforms 3 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
This course examines aspects of physical geography such as plate tectonics, rocks and soils, river systems, coastal systems, glaciers, and karst topography. Emphasis is on the evolution and distribution of these physical landforms and resultant landscapes, as well as the processes that have shaped them. The lab focuses on practical and applied aspects of landform patterns and processes. Lab work includes the use of topographic maps and aerial photographs, the identification of rocks and minerals, and the analysis of landscape features.
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GEOG 1125:Resources, Society, and the Environment 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
This course examines the interactions between physical systems and human activities, and their effects on environmental quality and sustainability. Students recognize the geographic and environmental perspectives related to such topics as population and resource consumption, food production, water and air quality, energy, and natural resources.
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GEOG 1130:World Regional Geography 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
An introduction to world regions through the context of human geography. The course focuses on basic geographic concepts to analyze social, economic and political issues at local, regional and global scales. Elements of fundamental physical geography will be discussed to illustrate the spatial relationships between the physical environment and human geography.
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GEOG 2200:Research Methods 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: (ANTH 1102 , or GEOG 1101 , or GEOG 1130 ) and (GEOG 1112 or GEOG 1113 ) and GEOG 1102
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.
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GEOG 2391:Professionalism and Ethics 2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: GEOG 1101 or GEOG 1102 or GEOG 1112 or GEOG 1113 or GEOG 1125 or GEOG 1130
This course develops the current professional accomplishments and abilities of students for future professional settings. Students recognize soft skills that promote personal and professional development and competences, and prepare portfolios for their chosen professions. Students also examine ethical problems faced by professionals, and focus on issues of personal decision making and public policy.
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GEOG 3000:Geography of Beer 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: (GEOG 1101 or GEOG 1102 or GEOG 1112 or GEOG 1113 or GEOG 1125 or GEOG 1130 or GEOG 2200 ) and Students must be 21 years of age.
This course examines the geographic origins of beer and brewing, and how location influences beer types, styles, and varieties. Students explore the physical, cultural, and economic dimensions that showcase the importance of place, as well as the local to global factors that influence the creation and distribution of beer.
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GEOG 3300:Urban Geography 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: GEOG 1101 or GEOG 1130
An analysis of the location and distribution of urban centers, urban land uses and the geographical aspects of general urban issues.
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GEOG 3305:Introduction to Cartographic Processes 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
This course is an introduction to the processes and technology of cartography, the science and art of map making. The foundations of map construction and design are presented from theoretical and applied perspectives. Students use hands-on and computerized mapping, leading to a basic appreciation of the map as the integral component of geographic information systems data analysis. This course does not count as an upper-division GEOG requirement toward the degree program for SSED majors.
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GEOG 3310:Historical Geography 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: GEOG 1101 or GEOG 1130
A global approach to the study of the geographic factors affecting historical events associated with the human exploration and settlement of the planet. The influence of geography on economic and political changes over time will be reviewed for selected historical phenomena.
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GEOG 3312:Geography of Europe 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: GEOG 1101 or GEOG 1130
A geographical survey of Europe and its environs, with emphasis on the tremendous diversity found in both the physical and human geography of the region. Economic, political and cultural geography are examined within the framework of the forces that are rapidly restructuring the landscapes of Eastern and Western Europe.
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GEOG 3315:Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Students are introduced to the basic design of state-of-the-art GIS and its analytical capabilities. Topics may include: Geodatabases, applications in GIS, map projection information, raster/vector data models, introduction to available data on the internet, and basic GIS analytical functions such as querying and overlaying. The course uses ArcGIS 10 to introduce these concepts in a hands-on environment.
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