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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

 

Foreign Language Education
  

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

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

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

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

  • FLED 4414:Technology for Foreign Language Teaching

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

  • FLED 4650:Yearlong Clinical Experience I

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

  • FLED 4651:FLED Seminar I

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

  • FLED 4660:FLED Yearlong Clinical Experience II

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

  • FLED 4661:FLED Seminar II

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

  • FLED 4670:FLED Yearlong Clinical Internship I

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

  • FLED 4671:FLED Internship Seminar I

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

  • FLED 4680:FLED Yearlong Clinical Internship II

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

  • FLED 4681:FLED Internship Seminar II

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

French
  

  • FREN 1001:Introduction to French Language and Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This course is an introduction to French language and culture, stressing progressive acquisition of effective communication skills in both the written and spoken language and an understanding of the practices and products of French and Francophone cultures.

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of French.
  

  • FREN 1002:Introduction to French Language and Culture II

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

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of French.
  

  • FREN 2001:Intermediate French Language and Culture I

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

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of French.
  

  • FREN 2002:Intermediate French Language and Culture II

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

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of French.
  

  • FREN 2003:Accelerated Intermediate French Language and Culture

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

  • FREN 2290:Special Topics

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

  • FREN 3200:Critical Reading and Applied Writing

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

  • FREN 3302:Practical Conversation

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

  • FREN 3303:Grammar and Composition

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

  • FREN 3304:Literature and Culture I

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

    Notes: Readings and discussion in French.
  

  • FREN 3305:Literature and Culture II

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

    Notes: Readings and discussion in French.
  

  • FREN 3390:Upper-division Study Abroad in French

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

  • FREN 3398:Internship

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

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

  • FREN 4400:Directed Study

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

    Notes: Requires prior approval by instructor and department chair.
  

  • FREN 4402:Contemporary Culture

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

    Notes: Readings and discussion in French.
  

  • FREN 4404:Commercial French

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

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

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

    Notes: Course taught in French.
  

  • FREN 4456:Advanced Grammar and Linguistics

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

    Notes: Course taught in French.
  

  • FREN 4490:Special Topics in French

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

  • FREN 4499:Senior Seminar

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

    Notes: Papers and presentation in French.

Gender and Womens Studies
  

  • GWST 1102:Love and Sex

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

  • GWST 2000:Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    This course is a survey of the foundational figures, themes, and texts in the history of gender and women’s studies in an interdisciplinary and global context. Themes to be addressed include sameness vs. difference feminisms; the sex/gender distinction; internal and external critiques of Western feminisms; transnational and global feminisms; feminism’s relationship to critical race studies, postcolonialism, queer theory; and gender, trans-gender, and masculinity studies.

    Notes: All sections include a required supervised civic and community engagement project.
  

  • GWST 2050:Global Perspectives on Gender

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    This course offers global perspectives and contexts within which gender can be explored, analyzed, and critiqued. The course will be driven by cross-cultural and comparative study and may include analysis of the construction of gender in relation to social practices, the law, tradition, religion, institutional culture, economics, and popular culture.

    Notes: This course may be repeated for credit with prior approval.
  

  • GWST 3001:Feminist Theories

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    Feminist Theories involves the study of concepts and ideologies that articulate and define theories of feminism through the intersections of gender with race, class, nationality, sexuality, and other social differences. Students will engage with several foundational and vibrantly contested conversations within feminist theory that draw from a variety of theoretical perspectives, including those influenced by liberalism, Marxism/socialism, psychoanalysis, radical feminism, post-modernism, and post-colonialism.
  

  • GWST 3010:Queer Theory & Sexuality

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    Queer Theory & Sexuality is an interdisciplinary course that considers the global emergence and significance of theories and practices that 1) refute and destabilize the notion of an essential, normative sexuality and gender and 2) suggest that sexuality is fluid and varied and is constructed by social, political, and economic factors. The course surveys a broad array of scholarship and other forms of print and non-print media and explores a range of topics that might broadly be identified as 1) practices, identities, and communities; 2) the cultural construction of gender and sexuality; 3) sexual citizenship and the nation-state.
  

  • GWST 3020:Black Feminisms

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    A survey of historical and contemporary black feminist traditions. Core themes could include the intersections of race and gender with class, sexuality, generation, and place; black feminist thought and its relationship to womanism and other feminisms; outsider-within positionality of black women; black feminist epistemologies; mediated representations of black women’s identities; black lesbian feminism; commodification of black women’s bodies; black women’s global resistance to racism and sexism.
  

  • GWST 3030:Gender in Popular Culture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    An examination of gender as depicted in popular culture texts. Focusing on one medium (e.g., film, television, periodicals, music) or surveying a range of popular culture forms, students will critique depictions of gender; practice using theories and methods from gender and women’s studies to understand popular culture’s role in shaping gender identity; and do research on gender in the context of popular culture.
  

  • GWST 3060:Gender in the Workplace

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    Gender and the Workplace examines work and professional-related gender issues from several perspectives, including the legal, sociological and economic viewpoints. Students will engage with a variety of relevant and timely topics that include gender stereotyping and discrimination, career development, diversity issues, sexual harassment, and work/life balance. As part of the course requirements, students will complete a civic/community engagement assignment relative to the course.
  

  • GWST 3070:Gender and Social Justice

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    This course offers an interdisciplinary approach to the social and historical constitution of gender in a social justice framework. Students will explore a wide variety of critical and literary materials to analyze interlocking systems of hierarchy and domination; to evaluate gendered experience across local, regional, national, and global contexts; and to identify critical responses to systemic forms of oppression in the contemporary world.
  

  • GWST 3080:Masculinity Studies

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    Masculinities Studies is an interdisciplinary introduction to this growing and often contested field. Using a variety of texts, students explore historical, political, and theoretical development, as well as social and cultural constructions, of the category “masculinity.” Students map central debates surrounding masculinity, including why it is frequently thought to be “in crisis.” The course examines political and social movements related to masculinity as it considers masculinity in relation to other theories, including feminist, postcolonial, etc.
  

  • GWST 3090:Transnational Feminisms

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    Transnational Feminisms is an interdisciplinary study of the economic, social, and political consequences of the phenomenon known as globalization, particularly those consequences that affect issues of gender. As such, students analyze transnational feminisms, studying both the opportunities and challenges that are inherent in transnational feminist scholarship and activism. Through critical inquiry into a variety of texts, the course dynamically reconceptualizes relationships between women and nation; between gender and globalization; and between feminist theory and practice.
  

  • GWST 3100:Gender and the US South

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    Gender and the U.S. South examines intersections between cultural norms and values of the southern United States with gender and related identity categories such as race, class, and sexuality. The course invites students to consider ways that gender, race, class, and sexuality are complicated by and related to regional ideas, history, and identity. Additionally, the course explores gender in the U.S. South in connection with other cultures in the Global South.
  

  • GWST 3200:Disability & Culture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    This course is an interdisciplinary study of social understandings of disability, particularly its relationship to categories of sex/sexuality, gender, and identity. Using examples drawn from various points in history, various countries around the world, and various disability categories (psychiatric/psychosocial, intellectual, physical, etc.), students read a variety of texts including ethnographies, autobiographies, and case studies in order to understand the variety of the disability experience. This class draws from critical disability studies, feminist, and queer theory.
  

  • GWST 3398:Internship

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GWST 3000 and approval of the internship coordinator.
    A structured off-campus experience in a supervised setting that is chosen in relation to student’s focus and interests. Practical experience is combined with a research approach that investigates issues relevant to the internship. Students will meet with the internship coordinator to develop an appropriate plan that will lead to the writing of a research-oriented paper or research project, a required part of the internship. Students should consult with the internship coordinator at the midpoint of the semester prior to the internship to choose from an approved list of internship sites, none of which may be with a current employer
  

  • GWST 4000:Research in Gender and Women’s Studies

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GWST 2000  and completion of 60 credit hours.
    A study of research models of scholarship in gender and women’s studies, combined with an opportunity for students to conduct a research project of their own. Students will read examples of outstanding research and survey discipline-based scholarship focusing on gender and women’s studies. Topics for studying methods could include debates regarding different methodologies, critiques of traditional research methodologies, integrating feminist theory with scholarship, and ethical questions associated with producing research in gender and women’s studies.

    Notes: This course should be taken as the final course of the GWST minor.
  

  • GWST 4040:Major Topics & Figures

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    This course offers an in-depth examination of a major topic or major figure relevant to the field of gender and women’s studies. Students will learn how to conduct interdisciplinary research and employ gender analysis through the advanced study of one major thinker or the advanced, comparative study of a set of thinkers grouped according to a major topic.

     

    Notes: Specific content may vary, so course may be repeated.

  

  • GWST 4400:Directed Study

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Another GWST course, approval of the instructor, and approval of the program coordinator.
    The Directed Study is an advanced, individual study of a selected topic not offered in the regular curriculum. Students may conduct in-depth, gender-related research under the supervision of a faculty member. The directed study is student driven, and students are responsible for selecting the subject matter to be studied, method, data sources, and theoretical question(s), all under the direction of a faculty member.
  

  • GWST 4498:GWST Certificate Colloquium

    1 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Declaration of GWST certificate.
    This course provides a capstone experience for students pursuing a GWST certificate. Students examine interdisciplinary perspectives on knowledge, engage in cultural and intellectual activities beyond the classroom, and participate in an online discussion forum.
  

  • GWST 4499:Senior Seminar in GWST

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GWST 2000  and completion of sixty credit hours.
    This capstone course is designed to complete the major by integrating prior academic experiences in Gender and Women’s Studies. Students research, write, and present a senior thesis that addresses the relationship between theory and practical experience. A seminar format is used throughout the course.

Geographic Information Systems
  

  • GIS 3398:Internship

    0 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1-9 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (GEOG 4405  or GEOG 4500 ) and permission of the GIS program director.
    A structured off-campus experience in a supervised setting that is related to the student’s major and career interests. Practical experience is combined with scholarly research under the guidance of GISc faculty and the internship supervisor. Sites must be selected in advance of the semester of the internship and must be approved by the director of the GISc program.

    Notes: Geography students seeking a B.A. in Geography need to take GEOG 3398.
  

  • GIS 4100:Directed Applied Research

    0 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1-6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (GEOG 3305  or GEOG 3315 ) and consent of instructor and chair
    This course offers students an opportunity to investigate geographically-oriented concepts and issues by assisting in faculty-led research or scholarship. Course content and instructional methodologies are identified by the faculty’s needs and expectations.
  

  • GIS 4415:Practicum in Geographic Information Systems

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (​​GEOG 4405  or GEOG 4500 ) and permission of the GIS program director.​
    This is a capstone course for the GIS Certificate Program and is designed to integrate students’ prior training in geospatial theory, technologies and/or data analyses through the use of geographic information systems in on-site work settings. Student experiences are applied in nature and are on campus or with selected private or public organizations in the community. Students find and obtain their own practicums, which require the program director’s approval.

Geography
  

  • GEOG 1101:Introduction to Human Geography

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This course is a survey of global patterns of resources, population, culture, and economic systems. Emphasis is placed upon the factors contributing to these patterns and the distinctions between the technologically advanced and less advanced regions of the world.
  

  • GEOG 1102:Earth from Above

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This is a survey course for any student with an interest in geography, maps, or geospatial data and technologies. Students will obtain fundamental geographic principles of place and space, and learn introductory geospatial techniques such as map reading, coordinate systems, and scale by using global positioning satellite receivers, aerial photos, satellite imagery, and Google Earth technologies. The course is designed to give students hands-on experience to collect, manipulate, analyze, and understand geospatial data.

     
  

  • GEOG 1112:Weather and Climate

    3 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    This course examines aspects of physical geography, specifically earth-sun relationships, atmospheric processes, climate and weather patterns, and vegetation patterns and principles. Emphasis is on the distribution and interactions among these environmental variables as well as the impact humans have had on these natural systems. The lab focuses on practical and applied aspects of these environmental systems. Lab work includes maps reading, data collection, and data analysis.
  

  • GEOG 1113:Introduction to Landforms

    3 Class Hours 1 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    This course examines aspects of physical geography such as plate tectonics, rocks and soils, river systems, coastal systems, glaciers, and karst topography. Emphasis is on the evolution and distribution of these physical landforms and resultant landscapes, as well as the processes that have shaped them. The lab focuses on practical and applied aspects of landform patterns and processes. Lab work includes the use of topographic maps and aerial photographs, the identification of rocks and minerals, and the analysis of landscape features.
  

  • GEOG 1125:Resources, Society, and the Environment

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Interactions between physical systems and human activities, and their effects on environmental quality and sustainability are emphasized. Topics include: geography of population and resource consumption, food production, water and air quality, energy policy, land/biotic resource management. Contrasting social, ethical, and technological perspectives on environmental concerns are explored.
  

  • GEOG 1130:World Regional Geography

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    An introduction to world regions through the context of human geography. The course focuses on basic geographic concepts to analyze social, economic and political issues at local, regional and global scales. Elements of fundamental physical geography will be discussed to illustrate the spatial relationships between the physical environment and human geography.
  

  • GEOG 2200:Research Methods

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (ANTH 1102 , or GEOG 1101 , or GEOG 1130 ) and (GEOG 1112  or GEOG 1113 ) and GEOG 1102  
    This course is designed to prepare students for scientific research in the environmental field and related disciplines. It introduces students to a variety of spatial and environmental research concepts, approaches, methods and techniques. This course guides students through aspects of scientific research. 
  

  • GEOG 2391:Professionalism and Ethics

    2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1101  or GEOG 1102  or GEOG 1112  or GEOG 1113  or GEOG 1125  or GEOG 1130  
    This course develops the current professional accomplishments and abilities of students for future professional settings. Students recognize soft skills that promote personal and professional development and competences, and prepare portfolios for their chosen professions. Students also examine ethical problems faced by professionals, and focus on issues of personal decision making and public policy.
  

  • GEOG 3000:Geography of Beer

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (GEOG 1101  or GEOG 1102  or GEOG 1112  or GEOG 1113  or GEOG 1125  or GEOG 1130  or GEOG 2200 ) and Students must be 21 years of age.
    This course examines the geographic origins of beer and brewing, and how location influences beer types, styles, and varieties. Students explore the physical, cultural, and economic dimensions that showcase the importance of place, as well as the local to global factors that influence the creation and distribution of beer.
  

  • GEOG 3300:Urban Geography

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1101  or GEOG 1130  
    An analysis of the location and distribution of urban centers, urban land uses and the geographical aspects of general urban issues.
  

  • GEOG 3305:Introduction to Cartographic Processes

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This course is an introduction to the processes and technology of cartography, the science and art of map making. The foundations of map construction and design are presented from theoretical and applied perspectives. Students use hands-on and computerized mapping, leading to a basic appreciation of the map as the integral component of geographic information systems data analysis. This course does not count as an upper-division GEOG requirement toward the degree program for SSED majors.
  

  • GEOG 3310:Historical Geography

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1101  or GEOG 1130  
    A global approach to the study of the geographic factors affecting historical events associated with the human exploration and settlement of the planet. The influence of geography on economic and political changes over time will be reviewed for selected historical phenomena.
  

  • GEOG 3312:Geography of Europe

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1101  or GEOG 1130  
    A geographical survey of Europe and its environs, with emphasis on the tremendous diversity found in both the physical and human geography of the region. Economic, political and cultural geography are examined within the framework of the forces that are rapidly restructuring the landscapes of Eastern and Western Europe.
  

  • GEOG 3315:Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Students are introduced to the basic design of state-of-the-art GIS and its analytical capabilities. Topics may include: Geodatabases, applications in GIS, map projection information, raster/vector data models, introduction to available data on the internet, and basic GIS analytical functions such as querying and overlaying. The course uses ArcGIS 10 to introduce these concepts in a hands-on environment.
  

  • GEOG 3320:Political Geography

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1101  or GEOG 1130  
    This course is intended to explore the following concepts and issues from a geographical perspective: territoriality, theories of the state, spatial expressions of ideology, boundary issues, imperialism, geopolitics, nationalism, electoral geography, national identity, religion and governing power in a spatial context, and cultural and/or economic hegemony.
  

  • GEOG 3330:Economic Geography

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1101  or GEOG 1130  
    A geographic analysis of global resources and economic growth. The underlying theme of the course is the impact of space (location, distance, area, boundaries) on economic decision-making. Topics to be discussed include population, transportation, rural and urban land use, industrial location, natural resource management, and development/underdevelopment. Differing spatial theories will be employed to explain the global economy in transition.
  

  • GEOG 3340:Cultural Geography

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1101  or GEOG 1130  
    A thematic approach is applied to analyze human cultures, to examine world cultural regions, to note the spread of cultural traits, to interpret interactions between culture and environment, and to appreciate multiple traits of cultures and cultural landscapes. The five themes of region, diffusion, ecology, integration, and landscape are used to explore historical and contemporary issues of population, agriculture, politics, language, religion, ethnicity, popular culture, and urban spaces. The philosophy of the course is based on the premise that the built environment is a spatial expression of the beliefs, attitudes, and practices of a people.
  

  • GEOG 3345:Population Geography

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1101  or GEOG 1130  
    This course examines key issues that affect population patterns and change at different geographic scales, including fertility, mortality, demographic change, race and ethnicity, internal and international migration, refugee movement, and internal displacement. Students gain a theoretical framework to understand local, national, regional, and global population dynamics, and an applied framework to assess contemporary issues such as population growth, labor migration, refugee resettlement, immigration policy, and transnational identity.
  

  • GEOG 3350:Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1101  or GEOG 1130  
    A spatial survey that focuses on the physical, historical, cultural, and economic forces at work on the African continent, south of the Sahara. Special emphasis is placed on the roles of the natural environment, population geography, historical geography, agriculture, economic development, and other factors that shape the landscapes of Sub-Saharan Africa.
  

  • GEOG 3360:Geography of Asia

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1101  or GEOG 1130  
    This course is designed as a survey of the physical and cultural geography of the Asian region. Students will be provided with an overview of Asian landform features and climate coupled with a discussion of human interaction with a variety of Asian landscapes in terms of historical, political, economic, religious, and ethnic factors using geographic and cartographic analytical techniques.
  

  • GEOG 3370:Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1101  or GEOG 1130  
    This course studies the major physical, cultural and geopolitical sub-regions in Latin America and the Caribbean. In-depth geographic awareness and knowledge of the Latin American and Caribbean region is gained from the study of physical landscapes, natural hazards, economics, historical geography, environmental and resource issues, cultures and societies, urbanization, development, current events, and prospects for the future.
  

  • GEOG 3380:Geography of North America

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1101  or GEOG 1130  
    A geographical survey of North America emphasizing the significant diversity found in both the physical and human geography of the region. Past, current and changing locational arrangements of people and resources are examined as they relate to economic, political, urban and cultural geographic perspectives within the framework of the forces that have created the variety of landscapes of the North American continent.
  

  • GEOG 3390:Geography of the Middle East and North Africa

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1101  or GEOG 1130  
    This course is a spatial survey that focuses on the physical, historical, cultural, and economic forces at work in the Middle East & North Africa. Special emphasis is placed on the roles of the natural environment, demography, historical geography, agriculture, economic development, and other factors that shape the landscapes of this particular region.
  

  • GEOG 3398:Internship

    1-9 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 4405  for GIS internships, or at least 15 hours of upper division geography courses for non-GIS internships.
    A structured off-campus experience in a supervised setting that is related to the student’s major and career interests. Practical experience is combined with scholarly research under the guidance of geography faculty and the internship supervisor. Those seeking experience in a GIS environment will work under the guidance of the GIS Program Director. Sites must be in advance of the semester of the internship and must be approved by the student’s advisor or internship coordinator.

    Notes: This course is for GEOG majors. GIS majors should register for GIS 3398 and GIS certificate students should register for GIS 4415. A departmental internship orientation session is scheduled once a semester.
  

  • GEOG 3700:Introduction to Environmental Studies

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Any general education science lab sequence.
    This course is designed to give students an overview of the human dimensions of US environmental issues and is a core course for the environmental studies minor. From a geographical perspective, the course explores how US environmental laws, ethics, viewpoints and economics interact, shape, and manifest themselves across the landscape. Students will be introduced to technologies, such as geographic information systems and satellite images, used by geographers to study environmental issues. The course will examine spatial patterns arising from the ways in which we manage our natural resources and environment. Natural resources such as water, air, soil, energy and fossil fuels will be used as examples in the discussion of spatial patterns arising from resource extraction, transportation and use.
  

  • GEOG 3710:Local & Global Sustainability

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  and 75 credit hours.
    This course is a critical review of the concept of sustainability and sustainable development in theory and practice. Students analyze ideological arguments, sustainability indicators and other tools, and case studies of sustainability projects worldwide. Students examine different interpretations of sustainability across the globe with special attention given to how sustainability is viewed and implemented in both the developed (core) and developing (periphery) regions.
  

  • GEOG 3800:Climatology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1112  
    This course examines the nature of Earth’s climate and the physical processes that determine the variations in climate and weather worldwide. Emphasis is on the interactions among the atmosphere, the hydrologic cycle, and earth’s surface. Aspects of climate change will also be addressed.
  

  • GEOG 3850:Global Climate Change

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1112  
    This course gives students an overview of Global Climate Change by bringing together science, impacts, abatement technologies, and policy solutions. From an interdisciplinary perspective with geographical emphasis, it leads students to examine the scientific basis, current scientific understanding, future projections, and impacts of climate change, uncertainties and debates on climate change, and technologies and policies to deal with climate change, through lecture presentations, group projects, readings, exams, and a research paper.
  

  • GEOG 3900:Biogeography

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1112  
    This course examines the geographic distribution of plants and animals from historical, cultural, and ecological perspectives. Emphasis is on the local, regional, and global patterns and processes that have influenced the distribution and evolution of plant and animal species. Aspects of environmental change and conservation is also addressed.
  

  • GEOG 4100:Directed Applied Research

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Any upper-division geography course; consent of instructor and chair.
    This course will offer students an opportunity to investigate geographically-oriented concepts and issues by assisting in faculty-led research or scholarship. Course content and instructional methodologies will be identified by the faculty’s needs and expectations.
  

  • GEOG 4400:Directed Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Approval of advisor, instructor, major area committee and department chair prior to registration.
    Covers special topics and seminars external to regular course offerings.
  

  • GEOG 4405:Advanced Geographic Information Systems

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 3305  and GEOG 3315   
    This course builds upon basic concepts addressed in the Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) course. The use of topological data procedures and relational database concepts within the GIS context will be investigated along with procedures relevant to building Geodatabases, including map projections, coordinate systems, digitizing vectors, and transformations. Fundamental spatial analysis operations are expanded upon, including spatial query, address matching, spatial aggregations, buffering, polygon overlay, and point-in polygon operations.

    Notes: ArcGIS software is used in class.
  

  • GEOG 4410:Introduction to Remote Sensing

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: SURV 3320  
    Students investigate various mapping techniques used in GIS and geospatial technologies. These techniques can include data collection and management, mapping and visualization, 3D GIS, spatial analytics, and scripts and automation. Students demonstrate their comprehension of GIS techniques by way of exercises that render the production of digital maps. Notes: ArcGIS software is used in this course.
  

  • GEOG 4490:Special Topics in Geography

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Approval of the instructor and department chair.
    Selected topics of interest to faculty and students.
  

  • GEOG 4499:Senior Seminar in Geography

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: At least 18 hours upper-division required geography courses, and permission of the instructor.
    Required capstone course for all geography and GISc majors. This seminar helps students apply their geographic knowledge and skills culminating in a research project. The course also includes preparation for graduate study and job opportunities in geography.
  

  • GEOG 4500:Advanced Topics in Geospatial Science

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (GEOG 3305  and GEOG 3315 ) or admission to GIS Certificate program
    This course examines advanced topics in geospatial science that fit the needs and interests of students and faculty. Example topics include ArcGIS server, online mapping, geospatial databases, geodatabase modeling, python programming, global positioning systems, and spatial statistics in GIS. This course is theme-based and does not focus solely on any one geospatial technique or application. The course can be taken more than one so long as it is not identical in content.
  

  • GEOG 4700:Geomorphology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1112  or GEOG 1113  
    This course examines Earth surface processes and landforms, including tectonic, volcanic, hillslope, karst, fluvial, glacial, periglacial, eolian, and coastal geomorphic systems, as well as weathering and soils. Relationships between environmental change and the evolution of landscapes are addressed.

Geology
  

  • GEOL 1121K:Introductory Geosciences I

    3 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: A grade of ‘C’ or better in any two 1000-level or 2000-level science courses
    This course covers Earth materials and processes. This course introduces students to the study of Earth, and processes which modify it over time. The course provides an overview of plate tectonics, describes relationships between rocks and structures, examines the role of water in landscape evolution, and places an emphasis on the environmental applications of Earth processes. Lecture and lab familiarize students with the methodology and tools of the geologist, and emphasize the connections between the components of the Earth system.

German
  

  • GRMN 1001:Introduction to German Language and Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to German 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 German culture.

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of German.
  

  • GRMN 1002:Introduction to German Language and Culture II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: One year of high school German, or GRMN 1001 , or the equivalent.
    Introduction to German 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 German culture.

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of German.
  

  • GRMN 2001:Intermediate German Language and Culture I

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

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of German.
  

  • GRMN 2002:Intermediate German Language and Culture II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Three years of high school German, or GRMN 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 the language.

    Notes: Not open to native speakers of German.
  

  • GRMN 2003:Accelerated Intermediate German Language and Culture

    6 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Two years of high school German or GRMN 1002  
    This accelerated intermediate level course in German language and culture covers in one semester the materials presented in GRMN 2001 and GRMN 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 German culture.
  

  • GRMN 3200:Critical Reading and Applied Writing

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

    Notes: This course is taught in German.
  

  • GRMN 3302:Practical Conversation

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GRMN 2002  or GRMN 2003  
    In this course, students learn to express themselves verbally, using role-play, skits and extemporaneous speaking on a variety of topics including basic situations as well as discussions of professional areas. This course is taught in German.
  

  • GRMN 3303:Grammar and Composition

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GRMN 2002  or GRMN 2003  
    This course provides an introduction to the more difficult points of German grammar, syntax and style. In addition to the development of writing skills, students will concentrate on expanding their active vocabulary. This course is taught in German.
  

  • GRMN 3304:Literature and Culture I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GRMN 3200  or GRMN 3302  or GRMN 3303  
    An introduction to the literature and culture of Germany and German-speaking countries from the Middle Ages to 1848. Students examine literary and artistic movements as well as cultural issues of the period.

    Notes: Readings and discussion in German.
 

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