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SOCI 3380 - Society, Community, & Health 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SOCI 2201.
This course explores the connections between society, communities, and the health of individuals. Topics include sociological approaches to global health inequalities, tensions between medicine and culture and the ethics of public health and biomedical research. Students critically analyze major issues of health and illness confronting selected subpopulations. The course introduces students to selected theoretical frameworks that address social determinants of health.
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SOCI 3396 - Cooperative Study 1-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Approval of the coordinator of cooperative education (CAPS) and department chair.
A supervised work experience program for a minimum of two academic semesters at a previously approved site in business, industry, government or private agency. For sophomore, junior or senior level students who wish to obtain successive on the job experience in conjunction with their academic training.
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SOCI 3398 - Internship 1-12 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: 90 hours and SOCI 3304.
A structured off-campus experience in a supervised setting which is related to the student’s major and career interests. Practical experience is combined with scholarly research in the topical area of the internship, under the guidance of an interdisciplinary faculty committee. Sites must be approved in advance of the semester of the internship. A departmental internship orientation session is scheduled at least once a semester.
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SOCI 4200 - Drugs, Alcohol and Society 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SOCI 2201.
This course examines drug use and abuse, including alcohol. Specifically, it examines how different drugs affect the body, theories of drug use, the sociological context of drug use, the impact of drug use and abuse on society, drug treatment, drug use policies, drugs and the law, and the extent of drug use in our society and globally.
Notes: Offered as an online course.
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SOCI 4400 - Directed Study in Sociology 1-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Approval of the instructor and department chair.
Covers special topics and seminars external to regular course offerings. May include original research projects and practicum experiences.
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SOCI 4432 - Criminology 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CRJU 1101 or SOCI 2201.
An overview of theory and practice, the nature and cause of crime, and the etiology of criminal offenses and offenders.
Notes: Offered as an online course.
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SOCI 4434 - Emerging Social Issues in Africa 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SOCI 2201 or SOCI 2105 or permission of the instructor.
As the twenty-first century unfolds Africa and its peoples are being engulfed by a series of social issues that are set to shape their collective futures. These interrelated social issues have important implications for Africa’s social development and the attainment of enhanced quality of life for Africa and its peoples. Among the most relevant social issues are population growth, the state of health in the face of the AIDS epidemic, environmental change (e.g. desertification and loss of flora/fauna), food security/insecurity, political stability, public security, socio-cultural transformation resulting from globalization, and economic transitions. The central purpose of this sociological course is to examine the nature, patterns, sources and consequences of the identified social issues as well as potential remedies.
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SOCI 4442 - Deviance and Social Control 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SOCI 2201.
A survey of the nature, causes, and consequences of deviant behavior. Provides an analysis of the problems of definition, identification, explanation, and social reaction to violations of institutional expectations. Presents techniques of social control.
Notes: Offered as an online course.
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SOCI 4443 - Medical Sociology 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SOCI 2201.
Provides an analysis of (1) the social processes affecting conditions of health and illness and (2) the cluster of social relationships and organizations that comprise the social institution of health. Emphasizes the sociocultural factors that influence definitions of health and illness, causes, preventions and treatments, cross-cultural and interclass comparisons of stress, delivery of health care, mental illness, death and dying, and health care professionals.
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SOCI 4444 - Social Change and Modernization 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SOCI 2201.
The nature, types, and causes of social change; technological and sociocultural factors affecting processes of change. Innovation, diffusion, and the process of acceptance and rejection of change by social systems and social groups.
Notes: Offered as an online course.
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SOCI 4445 - Sociology of Mental Illness 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SOCI 2201 or PSYC 1101 or permission of the instructor.
This course examines the social aspects of mental illness. Mental illness is not just a psychological or biological affliction. Because it is also, in part, socially created and controlled, the course is designed to help students understand who gets labeled “sick” and why. Included are a review of the social history of mental illness and an examination of the institutions assigned to manage it. Among the topics considered will be how mental disorder is defined and diagnosed, and how it is treated. Also considered will be the social factors that influence its severity and course. One of the questions addressed will be whether all “mental disorders” are “diseases.” The applicability of a resocialization model to this issue will likewise be studied. Finally, the ethical aspects of all of these approaches will be considered.
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SOCI 4464 - Population 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SOCI 2201.
An analysis of the size, growth, composition, distribution, and characteristics of the population with emphasis on application of demographic information to socioeconomic structure, and implications of population change.
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SOCI 4490 - Special Topics in Sociology 1-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Approval of the instructor and department chair.
Selected topics of interest to faculty and students.
Notes: Offered as an online course.
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SOCI 4499 - Senior Seminar in Sociology 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SOCI 2301, SOCI 3300.
This capstone course is designed to complete the major by integrating theory, research, and sociological issues from divergent specialty areas of the sociology curriculum. Students synthesize the material from previous sociology courses, highlighting the central importance of the intersecting impact of race, class, and gender. Students submit and present a final report.
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Spanish |
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SPAN 1001 - Introduction To Spanish Language and Culture I 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 0099 or READ 0099 if required.
Introduction to Spanish 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 Hispanic cultures. Not open to native speakers of Spanish.
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SPAN 1002 - Introduction to Spanish Language and Culture II 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: One year of high school Spanish or Spanish 1001 or the equivalent.
Introduction to Spanish 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 Hispanic cultures. Not open to native speakers of Spanish.
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SPAN 2001 - Intermediate Spanish Language and Culture I 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Two years of high school Spanish or SPAN 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. Not open to native speakers of Spanish.
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SPAN 2002 - Intermediate Spanish Language and Culture II 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Three years of high school Spanish or SPAN 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 Spanish. Not open to native speakers of Spanish.
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SPAN 2003 - Accelerated Intermediate Spanish Language and Culture 6 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 6 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Two years of high school Spanish or SPAN 1002.
This accelerated intermediate level course in Spanish language and culture covers in one semester the materials presented in SPAN 2001 and SPAN 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 Hispanic cultures.
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SPAN 2032 - Spanish for Health Professionals 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None.
This course focuses on Spanish language and culture appropriate for working with Hispanics in the medical field.
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SPAN 2034 - Spanish for Criminal Justice 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: One year of high school Spanish or SPAN 1001 or the equivalent.
This course focuses on Spanish language and culture appropriate for working in the fields of Criminal Justice with Hispanics. Not open to native speakers of Spanish.
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SPAN 2290 - Special Topics 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Permission of the department chair.
Special topics of interest at the intermediate level. Used primarily for studies abroad.
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SPAN 3200 - Critical Reading and Applied Writing 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SPAN 2002 or SPAN 2003.
This course emphasizes skill development and refinement in the areas of critical reading and writing in Spanish. Designed to give students extensive experience in reading and writing in Spanish, the course focuses on the relationship between writing and reading, and on ways to improve one through the other.
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SPAN 3302 - Practical Conversation 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SPAN 2002 or SPAN 2003..
This course stresses expansion of effective listening comprehension and speaking skills through culturally and linguistically appropriate activities.
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SPAN 3303 - Grammar and Composition 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SPAN 2002 or SPAN 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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SPAN 3304 - Literature and Culture I 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SPAN 3200 and SPAN 3303.
An introduction to Hispanic literature and culture from the Middle Ages to 1850. Students examine literary and artistic movements as well as cultural issues of the period. Readings and discussion in Spanish.
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SPAN 3305 - Literature and Culture II 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SPAN 3200 and SPAN 3303.
An introduction to Hispanic literature and culture from the 1850 to the present. Students examine literary and artistic movements as well as cultural issues of the period. Readings and discussion in Spanish.
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SPAN 3390 - Upper-division Study Abroad in Spanish 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 Spanish. 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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SPAN 3398 - Internship 1-9 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SPAN 3302 AND SPAN 3303 or permission of the instructor.
Supervised, credit earning work experience of one semester requiring use of Spanish in the work place. 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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SPAN 4400 - Directed Study 1-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SPAN 3302 AND SPAN 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. Requires prior approval by instructor and department chair.
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SPAN 4402 - Contemporary Culture 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SPAN 3304 or SPAN 3305.
An examination of the historical, social, and political contexts of the contemporary Hispanic experience through the analysis of different cultural representations such as film, media, plastic arts, music and literature. Readings and discussion in Spanish.
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SPAN 4404 - Commercial Spanish 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SPAN 3302 AND SPAN 3303 or permission of the instructor.
An in-depth study of business practices and the language of business that focuses on verbal and written communication as well as economic, social and political factors that are important to the conduct of business in the Spanish-speaking world.
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SPAN 4434 - Topics in Language, Literature, and Culture 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SPAN 3304 and SPAN 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 Hispanic cultures. Course taught in Spanish.
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SPAN 4456 - Advanced Grammar and Linguistics 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SPAN 3302 and SPAN 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 Spanish-speaking world. Stresses development of oral proficiency. Course taught in Spanish.
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SPAN 4490 - Special Topics in Spanish 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SPAN 3302 AND SPAN 3303 or permission of the instructor.
Special topics relevant to the study of Spanish-speaking societies.
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SPAN 4499 - Senior Seminar 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SPAN 3304 and SPAN 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. Papers and presentation in Spanish.
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SM 2100 - Introduction to Sport Management 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: None.
This course provides an introduction to sport management. Topics include historical development of the discipline, overview of the profession, professional organizations, current issues, future trends, and career opportunities.
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SM 2200 - History and Contemporary Aspects of Sport 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SM 2100, minimum 2.75 AGPA.
This course focuses on the evolution of sport within the United States and how it compares and contrasts with the development of sport around the world. Topics include the development, youth sport, collegiate athletics, professional sports leagues, international competition, culture, race, and gender.
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SM 2300 - Legal Aspects of Sports 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SM 2100, minimum 2.75 AGPA.
This course focuses on the application of legal principles to the sport, recreation, and fitness industries. Topics covered include agency law, tort liability, contract law, antitrust law, Constitutional law, labor law, and criminal law.
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SM 2400 - Sports Information and Media 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SM 2100, minimum 2.75 AGPA.
The primary purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the field of sport information including mass communication, the print media, the broadcast media, sports news releases, interviewing, and public relations. Emphasis is placed upon the gathering, managing, and delivering of information about sport organizations, teams, players, and coaches to the public.
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SM 3100 - Sports Sociology and Psychology 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SM 2100, minimum 2.75 AGPA.
This course provides a survey of social and psychological factors affecting performance in sports and physical activity. Topics include leadership, motivation, group cohesion, social facilitation, arousal/anxiety, cognitive processes, competition, and cooperation.
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SM 3200 - Leadership and Management of Sport Organizations 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SM 2100, minimum 2.75 AGPA.
Students explore the theoretical frameworks of the body of knowledge of Sport Management, the practical applications of those frameworks, and the ethical issues confronting today’s sport managers. This course also provides application for the development of skills necessary to be an effective and efficient leader regarding communication, motivation, and decision-making. The role of human resources and leadership theory in an atmosphere of complexity and diversity is also explored.
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SM 3300 - Sport Event Management 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SM 2100, minimum 2.75 AGPA.
This course focuses upon how to successfully plan and execute sport events. Topics addressed include the determination of objectives, developing a budget, marketing, recruiting attendees, and safety.
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SM 3398 - Internship 1-6 Class Hours
Prerequisite: SM 2100, minimum 2.75 AGPA, and permission of the department chair.
This course is a supervised, credit-earning experience of one academic semester with a previously approved business firm, sport organization, private agency or governmental agency. The course is repeatable for up to 6 credit hours.
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SM 3400 - Sport Facility Design and Management 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SM 2100, minimum 2.75 AGPA.
This course focuses upon the principles and theories involving the overall design and management of events in indoor and outdoor facilities for sport and physical activity. Topics covered include facility design, planning, management, operations, and maintenance.
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SM 3500 - Sponsorship and Fundraising in Sport 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SM 2100, minimum 2.75 AGPA.
This course focuses on the role of sponsorship and fundraising in sport. Students are exposed to sport-specific fundraising challenges and goals for events, facilities, and organizations in the sports industry. The roles of media and public relations are also addressed. This course stresses practical applications in unique situations faced by sport management practitioners.
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SM 3600 - Sports Broadcasting 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SM 2100, minimum 2.75 AGPA.
This course focuses on the many disciplines in the art of sports broadcasting. The course emphasizes current techniques and applications. Students are required to produce and present sports broadcasting materials encompassing studio and remote applications.
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SM 3700 - International Sport Governance 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SM 2100, minimum 2.75 AGPA.
This course introduces students to a wide spectrum of issues related to the governance of international sport organizations and events throughout the world. Students are introduced to the roles that politics, culture, and policy play in international sport organizations. Topics covered include the Olympics, Paralympics, intercultural communication and sport models throughout the world.
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SM 3900 - Foundations of Recreation and Leisure 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SM 2100, minimum 2.75 AGPA.
This course provides a foundation for the study of recreation and leisure and the organizations that deliver recreational services. It includes an overview of the philosophical, historical, social, cultural, and political factors which influence recreation and leisure. The course emphasizes the role of the professional in the delivery of recreational services.
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SM 4200 - Recreation Programming 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SM 2100, minimum 2.75 AGPA.
This course provides students with an overview of recreation programming across the age spectrum and diverse populations. Leisure programming trends and niche marketing are examined as well. This course also facilitates the understanding and application of the recreation program process for leisure delivery systems including an introduction to activity plans, program design, delivery, and evaluation.
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SM 4300 - Commercial Recreation and Tourism 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SM 2100, minimum 2.75 AGPA.
This course introduces students to historical and contemporary perspectives of the field of commercial recreation and tourism. The course stresses the necessary writing, technical, business management, and people skills needed to compete in the current recreation and tourism marketplace.
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SM 4400 - Directed Study 1-6 Class Hours
Prerequisite: SM 2100, minimum 2.75 AGPA, and department chair prior to registration.
This course covers topics of an advanced nature external to regular course offerings and requires independent instruction according to an agreement with a faculty supervisor.
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SM 4490 - Special Topics in Sport Management 1-3 Class Hours
Prerequisite: SM 2100, minimum 2.75 AGPA.
This course covers selected topics of interest in sport management that are not regularly offered by the Department of Exercise Science and Sport Management.
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SM 4600 - Research Methods in Sport Management 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 0 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SM 2100, minimum 2.75 AGPA.
This course provides students with an overview of the research process applied in the study of sport management. Students are introduced to experimental design, data gathering techniques, and statistical concepts and methods applicable to the sport management discipline. Students are expected to produce and critique academic research.
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SM 4700 - Sports Economics 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SM 2100, ECON 2100, minimum 2.75 AGPA.
This course applies economic principles to sports. Economic models from industrial organization, public finance, labor economics, game theory, macroeconomics, and other fields of economics are used to gain a better understanding of sports and the modern sports industry.
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SM 4800 - Sports Finance 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SM 2100, minimum 2.75 AGPA.
This course covers basic principles of finance as they relate to sports. Emphasis is placed current practices and issues relating to funding, budgeting, and revenue acquisition in sports through private and public means. Topics include taxing and borrowing, ticket sales, concessions, broadcast sales, and sponsorship. The course includes an introduction to collection and analysis of sports business data.
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SM 4900 - Senior Seminar in Sport Management 1 Class Hours 6 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Completion of all 2000-level and 3000-level non-elective Sport Management courses, minimum 2.75 AGPA.
This capstone course for the Sport Management major integrates the major coursework with field-based experience. Two-thirds of the course is devoted to a practicum field experiences at a site, which is located by the student and pre-approved by the instructor prior to the beginning of the semester. Contemporary issues, problems, research and theories are discussed. Additional course content includes: strategies for seeking internship and entry-level employment, long-term career planning, and post graduate study options.
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SM 4950 - Senior Internship in Sport Management 0 Class Hours 36 Laboratory Hours 12 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: SM 4900, 90+ credit hours, minimum 2.75 AGPA.
This course provides students with an opportunity for an in-depth work experience at an approved sport management internship site. Students are expected to acquire relevant skills and develop a professional network in order to prepare for entry-level employment in the sport marketplace.
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Statistics |
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STAT 3010 - Computer Applications of Statistics 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: MATH 1107 or ECON 2300 or STAT 3125 or MATH 3332.
This course is an introduction to the use of computer-based statistical software packages and applications in the analysis and interpretation of data. Topics include both descriptive statistics and inference methods. Software packages include SAS, Excel, and R, and one of JMP, SPSS, or Minitab.
Notes: Offered as an online course.
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STAT 3120 - Statistical Methods I 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: STAT 3010.
This course is designed to provide students with a foundation in statistical methods, including confidence intervals for population parameters, correlation, linear regression and hypothesis testing (F and T-tests for regression, chi-square for independence, 2 group and paired sample T-tests). These concepts are taught with heavy emphasis on statistical computing software and real world datasets. Students are expected to have a working knowledge of SAS, SPSS, and Minitab (satisfied through the pre-requisite of STAT 3010).
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STAT 3125 - Biostatistics 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: BIOL 2107 or CHEM 1212 or permission of the instructor.
In this course students use descriptive statistics and visual displays to describe data. They learn about some common population and sample distributions. They perform and analyze results of statistical inferences, including confidence intervals, correlation, linear regression, odds/risk ratios, and hypothesis testing (F and T-tests for regression, Chi-square for independence, 2 group and paired sample t-tests). Analyses are performed using MS-Excel. The student is required to select, analyze and interpret real life data for a project.
Notes: Offered as an online course.
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STAT 3130 - Statistical Methods II 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: STAT 3010 and either STAT 3120 or STAT 3125.
Students continue to build their foundation in statistical methods in this course beginning with review of t-tests. They perform and analyze results of Wilcoxon Signed Rank and Rank Sum tests (Non-Parametric t-tests), ANOVA, Kruskal Wallis (Non-Parametric ANOVA) and Multiple Regression. These concepts are taught with heavy emphasis on statistical computing software (especially SAS) and real world datasets.
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STAT 3396 - Cooperative Study 1-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Approval of the coordinator of cooperative education/internship.
This course is a supervised work experience program for a minimum of two academic semesters at a site in business, industry, or government. It is for sophomore, junior, or senior-level students who wish to obtain successive on-the-job experience in conjunction with their academic training.
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STAT 3398 - Internship 1-9 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Approval of the program coordinator and department chair.
This course is a supervised, credit-earning work experience of one academic semester with a previously approved business firm, private agency, or government agency.
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STAT 4025 - Clinical Trial Design 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: STAT 3125 or STAT 3120.
The course introduces students to statistical concepts upsed to design clinical trials, or randomized studies of humans. Students will be able to design, conduct, and analyze clinical trials in the format required by the Food and Drug Administration. The topics include endpoint definition, sources of bias, randomization schemes, types of blindness, phases of clinical studies (I-IV), hypothesis formation, sample size determination, patient recruitment, adverse events, and protocol development.
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STAT 4030 - Programming in R 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: STAT 3010 or STAT 3125.
course in statistical computing using the R/S-Plus programming environment for data management, and basic statistical analysis. The overall objective of this course is to prepare students to use the R package in practical statistical/quantitative application. Topics covered include object-oriented programming, porting data, general data management, basic statistical analyses, and writing customized user-defined functions.
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STAT 4120 - Applied Experimental Design 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: STAT 3130.
Methods for constructing and analyzing designed experiments are the focus of this course. The concepts of experimental unit, randomization, blocking, replication, error reduction and treatment structure are introduced. The design and analysis of completely randomized, randomized complete block, incomplete block, Latin square, split-plot, repeated measures, factorial and fractional factorial designs will be covered. Statistical software, including SPSS, Minitab and SAS will be utilized.
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STAT 4125 - Design and Analysis of Human Studies 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: STAT 3130.
This course serves as an introduction to epidemiologic methods used to investigate disease outbreaks and the effectiveness of public health interventions. At the end of the course, students are able to design, analyze, and report the results of a simple epidemiologic investigation and interpret literature related to analysis of studies of disease causality and treatment. Students seeking Capstone credit are asked to do further readings related to the theory underlying statistical measures of disease rates. They also are expected to give a presentation and write a paper.
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STAT 4210 - Applied Regression Analysis 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: STAT 3130.
Topics include simple linear regression, multiple regression models, generalized linear model, multicollinearity, qualitative predictor variables, model selection and validation, identifying outliers and influential observations, diagnostics for multicollinearity, and logistic regression and discriminant analysis.
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STAT 4310 - Statistical Data Mining 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: STAT 3130 or permission of the instructor.
Data Mining is an information extraction activity whose goal is to discover hidden facts contained in databases, perform prediction and forecasting, and generally improve their performance through interaction with data. The process includes data selection, cleaning, coding, using different statistical, pattern recognition and machine learning techniques, and reporting and visualization of the generated structures. The course will cover all these issues and will illustrate the whole process by examples of practical applications. The students will use recent SAS Enterprise Miner software.
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STAT 4330 - Applied Binary Classification 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: STAT 4210.
Binary Classification is a heavily used concept in statistical modeling. Common applications include credit worthiness and the associated development of a credit risk score, fraud detection, the presence of a disease or the identification of manufacturing units which fail inspection. Students will learn how to use logistic regression, odds, ROC curves, and maximization functions to apply binary classification concepts to real-world datasets. This course will utilize SAS-software and students are expected to have a strong working knowledge of SAS.
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STAT 4400 - Directed Study 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Approval of the instructor, major area committee, and department chair.
Special advanced topics external to regular course offerings.
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STAT 4490 - Special Topics in Statistics 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: STAT 3130.
Special topics of interest to faculty and students.
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Study Abroad KSU offers study abroad opportunities in a wide variety of countries and disciplines. All study abroad courses, whatever their discipline or level of study, are listed as SA courses for purposes of registration and administration. Full course titles appear on students’ transcripts. Computer numbers necessary for registration in SA courses are communicated to students by letter after they have been accepted into a study abroad program and paid a deposit. For more information, contact the Institute for Global Initiatives, Humanities 201, (770)423-6336. |
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SA 2290 - Lower-division Study Abroad
Prerequisite: Varies with discipline and subject.
Lower division study abroad course denoting freshman, sophomore level work.
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SA 4400 - Study Abroad Directed Study
Prerequisite: Approval of the instructor and department chair prior to registration.
Available for all disciplines.
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SA 4490 - Upper-division Study Abroad
Prerequisite: Varies with discipline and subject.
Upper division study abroad course denoting junior, senior level work.
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TPS 1107 - Arts in Society: Theatre and Performance 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ENGL 0099, READ 0099, if required.
Through an examination of the role of arts in society, and an in-depth study of selected theatre and performance events, this interactive course provides an understanding of the creative process and develops skills in creativity and critical analysis. Heightened perceptual abilities will be developed through class experiences and field visits to a variety of arts events in dance, music, and visual arts, as well as in theatre and performance. (Attendance at some events requires paid admission.)
Notes: Offered as an online course.
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TPS 1500 - Introduction to Theatre Studies 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: TPS interest. ENGL 099, READ 0099, if required.
An introduction to theatre as a field of study and as an art form.
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TPS 1600 - Introduction to Performance Studies 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: TPS interest. ENGL 0099, READ 0099, if required.
An introduction to performance as a field of study and as an art form.
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TPS 1713 - Stagecraft 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: TPS interest.
Theoretical and practical work in theatre crafts including carpentry, properties, costumes, scene painting, stage lighting, and sound. Special attention will be given to safety precautions in each area.
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TPS 2202 - Introduction to Acting 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Not available to declared TPS majors.
This course is an introduction to basic acting techniques. It is designed for non-Theatre and Performance Studies majors or those students who are considering a Theatre and Performance Studies major but are currently undeclared.
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TPS 2203 - Acting I: Principles of Acting 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: TPS interest. ENGL 0099, READ 0099, if required.
The theory and practice of the actor’s craft.
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TPS 2713 - Theatre Production 0 Class Hours 6 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: TPS interest. .
A study of the creative process of theatrical production from concept to performance. This course features the analysis of selected scripts as well as individually-designed production and/or performance assignments. Theatre and Performance Studies majors must complete TPS 2713 two times for a total of four hours credit.
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TPS 3000 - Performing Literature 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: TPS Major. TPS 1600.
The study of a variety of literary texts through solo and group performance. Students engage course topics through critical reading, written analysis, and embodied performance.
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TPS 3050 - Applied Performance and Production 0 Class Hours 4 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: TPS Major. TPS 2713.
This laboratory course focuses on the study, rehearsal, and performance or production for a Department of Theatre and Performance Studies production. This course may be repeated for upper division credit and can be used for applied professional sequence (APS) credit.
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TPS 3093 - Performing Folktales and Fairy Tales 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: TPS 1600 or ENGL 2110.
The study of folktales and fairy tales from world oral traditions through storytelling performance.
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TPS 3094 - Performing Classical Myth 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: TPS 1600 or ENGL 2110.
The study of Greek and Roman mythology through storytelling performance.
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TPS 3193 - Performing World Myth 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: TPS 1600 or ENGL 2110.
The study of world mythology through storytelling performance.
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TPS 3194 - Performing Personal Narrative 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: TPS 1600 or ENGL 2110.
The study of personal narratives through performance.
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TPS 3200 - Voice and Articulation 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: TPS 2203 or permission of the instructor.
This course is designed to help performers develop a healthy, expressive and flexible vocal technique equal to the demands of dramatic performance. Students learn to free their natural voices through physical exercises and by mastering the vocabulary of vocal mechanics. Breathing, posture, relaxation, and articulation are examined as key elements of voice and speech production.
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TPS 3213 - Acting for the Camera 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: TPS Major. TPS 3223.
An intermediate acting course applying acting techniques to the special demands of film and television.
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TPS 3223 - Acting II: Intermediate Acting 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: TPS Major, a grade of “B” or better in TPS 2203.
An intermediate acting course applying and advancing the principles of Acting I to intermediate level stage challenges.
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TPS 3243 - Acting III: Acting Styles 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: TPS Major. TPS 3203, TPS 3223.
This course explores advanced topics in the art of stage acting. Emphasis is on period and genre styles. Theoretical studies will be combined with the performance of selected scenes and critical evaluations of peer and professional work. *This course may be repeated more than once for credit provided that the course content differs entirely from the previous offering.
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TPS 3320 - Musical Theatre Performance: Applied Voice 0 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 1 (may be elected as 0 hours after taken twice) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Entrance by audition to Musical Theatre Ensemble.
Advanced practice and study in the craft and theory of musical theatre performance. Work will culminate each semester in either a production or a juried recital. May be repeated for credit up to six times.
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TPS 3398 - Internship 1-9 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Approval of the department chair.
A supervised, credit-earning work experience of one academic semester with a previously approved business firm, private agency, or government agency.
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TPS 3400 - Performance Composition 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: TPS Major. TPS 1600 or permission of the instructor.
Course examines and applies various approaches for composing live performance events. Additionally, students research and analyze a wide range of performance texts as inspiration for composing and mounting their own performances. Finally, the course culminates in a final presentation of student works.
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TPS 3403 - Play Analysis for Production 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: TPS Major. TPS 1500.
Textual analysis of playscripts, with an emphasis on the perspective of the practitioner of theatre. A preparatory course for the history of theatre and drama sequence.
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TPS 3493 - Performance Art 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: TPS 1600 or ENGL 2110 or DANC 4500 or permission of the instructor/department.
History, theories, and practice of performance art from futurism to the present. Emphasis is on the creation and performance of image, auteur approaches to literary, mythic, visual art, and personal sources, and the writing and staging of performance pieces.
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TPS 3500 - Dramaturgy 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: TPS Major. TPS 3403.
Close study of performance texts and source material, with an emphasis on dramaturgical praxis, including an overview of the history/theory of the dramaturg.
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TPS 3600 - Performing Culture 3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: TPS Major. TPS 1600.
The study of the forms and functions of cultural performance practices. Students engage course topics through critical reading, written analysis, original fieldwork, and embodied performance.
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