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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

 

Sociology
  

  • SOCI 3344:Biotechnology and Social Change

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SOCI 1101  or permission of the instructor
    This course is designed to examine the multiple manifestations of biotechnology and their social change implications. The course locates the biotechnology revolution in the broader socio-historical context within which it is emerging. The course focuses on the examination of the ways in which the development and deployment of biotechnology are transforming the cultural and institutional character of modern societies. This includes an examination of social, ethical/moral and legal/legislative issues and their impact on policy.
  

  • SOCI 3350:Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SOCI 1101  
    The primary objective of this course is to understand how race, class, and gender intersect to fundamentally shape social interaction, conditions, and institutions in American society. This course examines the ways in which race, class, and gender are socially constructed and how they interconnect to create and maintain systems of privilege and inequality.
  

  • SOCI 3354:Social Class and Mobility

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SOCI 1101  
    Examination of social class and hierarchy in America. Issues in empowerment, equality, styles of life, and the nature of poverty and social mobility will be highlighted.
  

  • SOCI 3360:Sociology of Violence

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CRJU 1101   or SOCI 1101  
    This course examines the root causes and consequences of violent behavior exhibited by individuals in our society. Topics covered include the social and cultural contexts that breed violence, society’s influence on specific crimes, and human social behavior.
  

  • SOCI 3364:Sociology of the Family

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SOCI 1101  
    Presents the institution of the family in historical and cross-cultural perspective, including an analysis of the American family system, its social structure and alteration, and its relation to other social institutions.
  

  • SOCI 3374:Sociology of Occupations

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SOCI 1101  
    An analysis of the contemporary occupations, with emphasis on large scale organizations, the structure of occupations and the nature of work.
  

  • SOCI 3380:Society, Community, & Health

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SOCI 1101  
    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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • SOCI 3398:Internship

    1-12 Laboratory Hours 1-12 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: 90 hours  
    This course is 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. Sites must be approved in advance of the semester of the internship. A departmental internship orientation session is scheduled at least once a semester.
  

  • SOCI 4200:Drugs, Alcohol and Society

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SOCI 1101  
    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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • SOCI 4410:Advanced Qualitative Research Methods in Sociology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite:  SOCI 3305  and SOCI 3300   Concurrent:
    SOCI 3300
    Students learn the qualitative strategies used in sociology research methods, including ethnographic techniques applied in sociology, participant observation, in-depth interviewing, and content analysis. Students learn ethical implications of social research, and how to design a qualitative research study, develop interview guides, construct content analysis templates, conduct observations on the field, conduct interviews, code data, and analyze qualitative data. Students learn skills using software applications for data management and analysis and write a research proposal.
  

  • SOCI 4420:Advanced Quantitative Research Methods in Sociology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SOCI 3305 , STAT 1107 , and SOCI 3300    Concurrent:
    SOCI 3300
    This course examines the concepts and techniques used for quantitative research in sociology. Students learn to interpret, calculate, and critique the basic statistics used in quantitative methods in sociology. Students acquire the skills to use Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) computer program for managing and analyzing numerical data. Students learn the ethical implications of social science research and write a research proposal for a quantitative study.
  

  • SOCI 4432:Criminology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CRJU 1101  or SOCI 1101  
    An overview of theory and practice, the nature and cause of crime, and the etiology of criminal offenses and offenders.
  

  • SOCI 4434:Emerging Social Issues in Africa

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SOCI 1101  or permission of the instructor.
    As the twenty-first century unfolds Africa and its peoples are being engulfed by a series of interrelated social issues that are set to shape their collective futures. This course examines these social issues in terms of their nature, patterns, sources and implications for Africa’s socioeconomic development. The examination of these factors from both historic and contemporary perspectives includes the use of critical pedagogy. This course also examines potential remedies to the various social issues.
  

  • SOCI 4435:Sociology of South Asia

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SOCI 1101  
    This course examines social change and development in the South Asian societies through a historically informed analysis of social institutions in the region. Some of the key themes explored include contested histories, identity politics and nationalism, democratization, growth, poverty, and inequality. The course includes case studies from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, but its main focus is on India.
  

  • SOCI 4442:Deviance and Social Control

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SOCI 1101  
    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.
  

  • SOCI 4443:Medical Sociology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SOCI 1101  
    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.
  

  • SOCI 4444:Social Change and Modernization

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SOCI 1101  
    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.
  

  • SOCI 4445:Sociology of Mental Illness

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SOCI 1101  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.
  

  • SOCI 4464:Population

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SOCI 1101  
    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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • SOCI 4499:Senior Seminar in Sociology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SOCI 3300  and SOCI 3305  
    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.

     

Software Engineering
  

  • SWE 3313:Introduction to Software Engineering

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (CSE 1322  and CSE 1322L ) or (IT 1323  and IT 1323L ) 
    This course provides an overview of the software engineering discipline, introducing the student to the fundamental principles and processes of software engineering. This course highlights the need for an engineering approach (both personal and team) to software with understanding of the activities performed at each stage in the development cycle. In this course, students will perform requirements analysis, design, implementation and testing. The course presents software development processes at the various degrees of granularity. Students will become aware of libraries of standards (IEEE, ACM, SWEBOK, etc.).
  

  • SWE 3623:Software Systems Requirements

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (SWE 3313  and CSE 2300 ) or CPE 3000  
    This course covers engineering activities related to the definition and representation of software system requirements. Topics include the elicitation, analysis, specification and validation of software system requirements. Emphasis is on the application of processes and techniques of requirements engineering. Projects focus on current analysis methods and supporting tools for specification, organization, change management, traceability, prototyping, and validating requirements.
  

  • SWE 3633:Software Architecture and Design

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SWE 3313  or CPE 3000  
    This course covers the fundamental design principles and strategy for software architecture and design. Architectural styles, quality attributes, design notations and documents, reference architecture, domain specific architecture in architecture process and pattern-oriented design, component-oriented design, and interface design in detailed design process are discussed.
  

  • SWE 3643:Software Testing & Quality Assurance

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SWE 3313  or CPE 3000  
    This course will show how software quality assurance and configuration management is performed and how software process improvement is maintained in order to assure the highest possible quality. Topics include software process metrics and their use in QA, testing approaches, methods and techniques. Development of QA plans, reviews, inspections and audits will be done. Configuration control boards and methods for software process improvement is discussed.
  

  • SWE 3683:Embedded Systems Analysis and Design

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CS 3305  and CS 3305L  
    The analysis and design course focuses on using modern methods, techniques, and tools for specification and design of embedded systems. Topics include analytical methods such as RMA, development methods such as HOOD, and notations like UML, Petri-nets, etc. are covered. Performance evaluation based on modeling and simulation techniques is also covered. This is a project based course.
  

  • SWE 3843:Embedded Systems Construction and Testing

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CS 3243
    This course covers fundamental principles and techniques for embedded software engineering. It focuses on a component-based development approach to designing, implementing, and testing embedded programs. Topics include building standard-along and networked embedded systems, validation and verification of trustworthy embedded software, testing tools and environment, quality assurance and metrics for embedded systems, and hardware/software co-design and co-testing.
  

  • SWE 4324:User-Centered Design

    4 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SWE 3313  
    A course that presents the fundamental knowledge, processes, skills, and practices leading to the user-centered design of computer systems and applications. The course addresses the effectiveness of human interactions with computers by examining issues of physical ergonomics, cognition and perception, human memory and information processing, and evaluation of prototype software. Usability engineering techniques are covered leading to improved system effectiveness in supporting use of computers, user learning, diversity in interaction styles, and individual versus group work. Class exercises provide practice of needed skills. A major project that integrates all aspects of user-centered task-oriented design is included.
  

  • SWE 4490:Special Topics

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This course offers advanced topics in Software Engineering selected by the Department. The course covers special topics at the senior level that are not covered in the regular course offerings.
  

  • SWE 4633:Component-Based Software Development

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CS 3305  and CS 3305L  
    This course covers the concepts and foundations of component-based software development (CBSD) and its related technologies. Component-oriented tools and languages, approaches for implementation of CBSD, including designing, building, assembling, and deploying reusable COTS components are discussed in depth. The current component technologies such as Microsoft .NET components, Sun JavaBeans and Enterprise JavaBeans components, and web services components will be explored.
  

  • SWE 4663:Software Project Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SWE 3313  and MATH 2332  
    This course focuses on organizational and technical roles in software engineering. Models of software engineering life cycle, software maturity framework, strategies of implementing software, software process assessment, project planning principles and tools, software configuration management, managing software quality and usability, leadership principles and legal issues will be covered. A required team project combines technical and managerial techniques of software design and development.
  

  • SWE 4713:SWE Application Domain

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Two of the three: SWE 3623 , SWE 3643 , SWE 4663  
    Students work as part of a team to develop solutions to problems posed by either internal or external customers in a specific SWE Application Domain. The purpose of the course is for the student to gain an understanding of the selected application domain, and its use of software to support functions/operations within that domain. Application domain selection is done every term from a variety of industrial domains including Security, Gaming, Automotive, Aerospace, Military, Finance and Commerce. Problems may require considerable software development or evolution and maintenance of existing software products. The course culminates with the completion and presentation of an increment of the project solution.
  

  • SWE 4724:Software Engineering Project

    4 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: TCOM 2010  & COM 1100  & Three of the following: SWE 3623 , SWE 3633 , SWE 3643 , SWE 4324 , SWE 4663  
    This is the capstone project course and constitutes a major design experience. The course focus is on a team project comprising the development of a realistic software system during all phases of the software development life cycle. Topics include software project management, design, verification and validation, development, evolution and quality assurance. Current methods, techniques, and software tools are utilized in the development of the project.
  

  • SWE 4743:Object-Oriented Development

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CS 3305  and CS 3305L  
    This course involves engineering activities related to the analysis, design, and implementation of object-oriented software systems. Topics include modeling foundations, requirements specification and documentation, design concepts and strategies, and OOAD methodologies with an emphasis on UML. The course includes a major project utilizing current analysis and design methods and tools implemented in a contemporary IDE.
  

  • SWE 4783:User Interaction Engineering

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SWE 3313  or SWE 4324  
    This course follows a complete software-engineering cycle to produce software objects (classes and/or components) that support users in effective, efficient, and enjoyable interactions with computers. Class exercises and a project incorporate concepts and methods including ethnographic and user analysis; cognitive ergonomics; usability metrics and criteria; software-engineering practices, conventions, standards, and documentation; device-user action mapping; person-system function allocation; quality management systems; conceptual proto-typing; embedded systems in support of ubiquitous computing; and function-behavior analysis.
  

  • SWE 4803:Independent Study

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Program Coordinator and Faculty approval
    Independent study/project under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty. Course description will vary.

Spanish
  

  • SPAN 1001:Introduction To Spanish Language and Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    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.

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of Spanish.
  

  • 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 SPAN 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • SPAN 2032:Spanish for Health Professionals

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This course focuses on Spanish language and culture appropriate for working with Hispanics in the medical field.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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 1850 to the present. Students examine literary and artistic movements as well as cultural issues of the period. Readings and discussion in Spanish.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.

Sport Management
  

  • SM 2100:Introduction to Sport Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    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.
  

  • SM 2200:History and Contemporary Aspects of Sport

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SM 2100 , minimum 2.75 Institutional GPA.
    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.
  

  • SM 2300:Legal Aspects of Sports

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SM 2100 , minimum 2.75 Institutional GPA.
    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.
  

  • SM 2400:Sports Information and Media

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SM 2100 , minimum 2.75 Institutional GPA.
    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.
  

  • SM 3100:Sports Sociology and Psychology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SM 2100 , minimum 2.75 Institutional GPA.
    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.
  

  • SM 3200:Leadership and Management of Sport Organizations

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SM 2100 , minimum 2.75 Institutional GPA.
    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.
  

  • SM 3300:Sport Event Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SM 2100 , minimum 2.75 Institutional GPA.
    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.
  

  • SM 3398:Internship

    1-6 Class Hours
    Prerequisite: SM 2100 , minimum 2.75 Institutional GPA, 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.
  

  • SM 3400:Sport Facility Design and Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SM 2100 , minimum 2.75 Institutional GPA.
    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.
  

  • SM 3500:Sponsorship and Fundraising in Sport

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SM 2100 , minimum 2.75 Institutional GPA.
    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.
  

  • SM 3600:Sports Broadcasting

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SM 2100 , minimum 2.75 Institutional GPA.
    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.
  

  • SM 3700:International Sport Governance

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SM 2100 , minimum 2.75 Institutional GPA.
    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.
  

  • SM 3900:Foundations of Recreation and Leisure

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SM 2100 , minimum 2.75 Institutional GPA.
    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.
  

  • SM 4200:Recreation Programming

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SM 2100 , minimum 2.75 Institutional GPA.
    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.
  

  • SM 4300:Commercial Recreation and Tourism

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SM 2100 ; minimum 2.75 Institutional GPA.
    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.
  

  • SM 4400:Directed Study

    1-6 Class Hours
    Prerequisite: SM 2100 , minimum 2.75 Institutional GPA, 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.
  

  • SM 4490:Special Topics in Sport Management

    1-3 Class Hours
    Prerequisite: SM 2100 , minimum 2.75 Institutional GPA.
    This course covers selected topics of interest in sport management that are not regularly offered by the Department of Exercise Science and Sport Management.
  

  • SM 4600:Research Methods in Sport Management

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SM 2100 , minimum 2.75 Institutional GPA.
    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.
  

  • SM 4650:Sports Analytics

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SM 4600  and SM 4700  
    This course focuses on statistical applications in the field of sport management. Students will be introduced to analytical methods used to explain current trends in the sports marketplace. Students will learn how to formulate a research hypothesis and analyze that hypothesis using statistical software and statistical techniques including correlation, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, nonparametric techniques, and regression. Students will also learn how to write a report based on the findings of their research.
  

  • SM 4700:Sports Economics

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SM 2100 , and ECON 2100 , minimum 2.75 Institutional GPA.
    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.
  

  • SM 4800:Sports Finance

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SM 2100 , minimum 2.75 Institutional GPA.
    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.
  

  • 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 Institutional GPA.
    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.
  

  • 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 Institutional GPA.
    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.

Statistics
  

  • STAT 1107:Introduction to Statistics

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MATH 1101  or MATH 1111  or MATH 1112  or MATH 1113  or MATH 1190  
    This course in basic statistics includes descriptive statistics, probability, distributions, hypothesis testing, inferences, correlation, and regression.
  

  • STAT 3010:Computer Applications of Statistics

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: STAT 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • STAT 3125:Biostatistics

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 1107  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.
  

  • STAT 3130:Statistical Methods II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: STAT 3010  and (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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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 used 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.
  

  • STAT 4030:Programming in R

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: STAT 3010  or STAT 3125  
    This course in statistical computing uses 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.
  

  • 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.

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.
  

  • SA 2290:Lower-division Study Abroad

    0-9 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Varies with discipline and subject.
    Lower division study abroad course denoting freshman, sophomore level work.
 

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