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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses

 

Art Education
  

  • ARED 3309:Visual Art for Early & Middle Grades

    2 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education.
    A course designed for preparing elementary school educators to integrate meaningful art experiences into the classroom. Prospective elementary classroom educators develop basic concepts, skills, methods of instruction, and teaching competencies in the specific area of the visual arts.
  

  • ARED 3310:Multiculturalism & Crossculturalism in Art Education

    1 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: EDUC 2201 , EDUC 2204   Corequisite: ARED 3302 
    This course involves an exposure to art education literature that focuses on diversity issues in historical and contemporary contexts (including ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, gender, exceptionalities, language, religion, sexual orientation and geography). Theories and models of contemporary art education practice are explored, which strengthen the respect proper to all classroom diversities. Students participate in field experience activities in schools, museums and other community settings.
  

  • ARED 3398:Internship

    1-12 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Approval of the instructor and department chair.
    A supervised, credit-earning work experience of one academic semester with an approved school, museum or educational organization involved in the visual arts.
  

  • ARED 4400:Directed Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Approval of the instructor and department chair.
    Selected topics of an advanced nature, which may include original research projects. The content of the directed study will be determined jointly by the instructor and the student.
  

  • ARED 4410:Intercultural Curriculum Model

    2 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to Art and Design.
    This course is designed to prepare prospective art teachers to be able to plan and organize effective art programs and curricula, to explore innovative and exemplary art programs and materials, to assess art learning, and to develop a rationale and strategy for articulating and promoting a quality art program. In addition, this course involves an exposure to art education literature that focuses on diversity issues in historical and contemporary contexts (including ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, gender, exceptionalities, language, religion, sexual orientation, and geography). Theories and models of contemporary art education practice are explored. Students also participate in a clinical practice activity in a partner school, involving the cooperative creation, delivery and assessment of an original art curriculum unit.

    Notes: Proof of liability insurance is required prior to school placement.
  

  • ARED 4425:Teaching of Art: Practicum

    0 Class Hours 6 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARED 4410  or ARED 3306 
    A comprehensive art education model-based course combining curriculum design and instructional methods with in-depth field experience in the public schools. Students will both observe and teach in a classroom setting. Campus seminars will relate the field experiences to current instructional theory. Admission to Teacher Education. Proof of liability insurance required prior to receiving a school placement.
  

  • ARED 4490:Special Topics in Art Education

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Approval of the instructor and department chair.
    Selected special topics and seminars of interest to faculty and upper-level students interested in art education.
  

  • ARED 4650:Yearlong Clinical Experience I

    0 Class Hours 6-9 Laboratory Hours 2-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Pre-service certificate, admission to Yearlong Experience Corequisite: EDUC 4610 
    This course is the first semester of an intensive and extensive co-teaching yearlong clinical experience in art education. Under the guidance of a collaborating teacher and university supervisor and working in a diverse environment that includes students with exceptionalities as English learners, candidates practice professional competencies that impact student achievement. This experience includes regularly scheduled professional seminars. Notes: Proof of liability insurance is required.

    Notes: Proof of liability insurance is required.
  

  • ARED 4660:Yearlong Clinical Experience II

    0 Class Hours 40-45 Laboratory Hours 8-9 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GACE eligibility, ARED 4650 
    This course is the second semester of an intensive and extensive co-teaching yearlong clinical experience in art 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 content pedagogy assessment. Notes: Proof of liability insurance is required.

    Notes: Proof of liability insurance is required.
  

  • ARED 4990:Senior Seminar and Portfolio

    2 Class Hours 4 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
    This graduating senior capstone course focuses on the development of a professional art educator portfolio and other supporting materials. Career and graduate school research are course components. Topics address current issues relative to the emerging art education professional. The portfolio will demonstrate work that represents an individual style and a high level of professionalism.

Art History
  

  • ARH 2750:Ancient through Medieval Art

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This lecture/discussion course surveys the art and architecture of the western world from prehistory through the middle ages. It includes an introduction to parallel developments in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
  

  • ARH 2850:Renaissance through Modern Art

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This is a lecture/discussion course in which students study major developments and trends in world art from the fifteenth through the twentieth centuries CE. It includes an introduction to parallel developments in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
  

  • ARH 3000:Asian Art and Architecture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (ARH 2750  or ARH 2850 ) and ENGL 1102  
    This lecture/discussion course surveys the art of India and Southeast Asia, China, Japan, and Korea from prehistory to the present. Students study the chronological developments of the major styles of painting, sculpture, architecture, and decorative arts from these regions. The course discusses artistic achievements and aesthetics, and it explores how cultural, political, religious, and social climates have shaped the visual arts in Asia from the beginnings of its civilization to the 21st century.
  

  • ARH 3100:African Art and Architecture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2750  and ENGL 1102 
    This course surveys select tradition-based African arts from the pre-colonial period up until the present day. Emphasis is placed on the study of key monuments and media within a regional and chronological framework, but also on the cultural principles and concepts reflected in canonical African art. The interrelation of art with ritual, religious belief, gender, politics, and history will be continuing themes. Primary media discussed include architecture, sculpture, masquerade, body adornments, and textiles.
  

  • ARH 3150:Islamic Art and Architecture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2750  and ENGL 1102  
    This course is a survey of visual culture from the Islamic world, beginning with its origins in the seventh century. It examines a range of media, including ceramics, metalwork, textiles, arts of the book, sculpture, and architecture. It considers artistic production and consumption in a variety of regions and social contexts in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, and Asia. And it explores issues such as the definition of Islamic art, its study in the West, and Orientalism.
  

  • ARH 3200:Ancient American Art and Architecture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2750  and ENGL 1102 
    This course surveys the arts of select Mesoamerica and Andean cultures up to the colonial period. Monuments are studied in a chronological framework with emphasis on the principles and concepts that underlie the art. Style, technique, and media are considered, as well as the varied contexts of art production and reception and the interrelation of art with religion, statecraft, gender, and nature. Sculpture, architecture, textiles, earthworks, metals, and ceramics are the principal art media under consideration.
  

  • ARH 3240:Native North American Art and Architecture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2750  and ENGL 1102 
    This course surveys key monuments and cultural principles in the arts of select native North American cultures from the pre-contact period until the present day. Architecture, earthworks, terracotta and stone sculpture, textiles, ceramics, and body arts are studied within a regional and chronological framework. The interrelations of art with ritual, religious belief, myth, nature, gender, politics, and history will be continuing themes.
  

  • ARH 3250:Latin American Art and Architecture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2750  and ENGL 1102 
    A study of Latin-American art from the colonial period to the present. Students in this course study art of the Spanish and Portuguese colonial period, art of the nineteenth century following independence, and major developments and trends in modern painting, sculpture, and architecture since 1900.
  

  • ARH 3300:Ancient Egyptian and Nubian Art and Architecture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2750  
    This course surveys the art and architecture of ancient Egypt and Nubia. Monuments are studied in a chronological framework with emphasis on the principles and concepts that underlie art. Style, technique and media are considered, as well as the varied contexts of art production and reception and the interrelation of art with religion, myth, social life, and history. Architecture, sculpture, and body modification and adornments are the principle media considered.
  

  • ARH 3320:Ancient Near Eastern Art and Architecture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2750  and ENGL 1102 
    This course is a survey of the art and archaeology of the ancient Near East (now the Middle East), from the 4th millennium BCE through the 7th century CE. It examines a range of media in their social, political, and intellectual contexts. It also explores issues such as cultural interaction; political art of ancient empires; gender, ethnicity, and identity; the definition of the “Near East”; Biblical archaeology; and heritage management (especially in times of conflict).
  

  • ARH 3350:Greek Art and Architecture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2750  and ENGL 1102 
    This course is a survey of ancient Greek visual culture through the Hellenistic period. It examines a range of media in their social, political, and intellectual contexts, exploring such issues as connoisseurship; portraiture; commemorative art; architecture and urban development; cross-cultural exchange; gender, ethnicity, and identity; and ancient art history and criticism. It incorporates new archaeological discoveries as much as possible, and it encourages students to visit museums.
  

  • ARH 3370:Roman Art and Architecture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2750 
    This course is a survey of the art and architecture of Republican and Imperial Rome, from the first century B.C.E. to the fourth century C.E. It examines a range of media (e.g., coins, pottery, mosaics, sculpture, painting, and architecture) within their social contexts, dealing with such issues as the viewer and viewing; portraiture; gender; ethnicity; social status; domestic space; and urban development. This course incorporates new archaeological discoveries as much as possible, and it encourages students to visit museums.
  

  • ARH 3398:Internship

    0 Class Hours 1-6 Laboratory Hours 1-6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: A 2.5 GPA and permission of the department chair.
    A supervised work experience of one academic semester with a previously approved gallery, museum, or arts organization. No more than 6 credits may be applied as upper-division art history in the major.
  

  • ARH 3400:Medieval Art and Architecture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2750 
    This course is a survey of medieval art and architecture in Europe and the eastern Mediterranean, from the fourth through fourteenth centuries. It examines a range of media within their social, political, and intellectual contexts, and it discusses such issues as the interaction among the visual cultures of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam; the art of the Crusades; the relationship between word and image; pilgrimage and monasticism; urban development; and gender, ethnicity, and social status.
  

  • ARH 3500:Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2850  and ENGL 1102 
    A survey of art and architecture in Italy from the early fourteenth century to the mid-sixteenth century. The veneration of classical antiquity and the development of naturalistic representation are examined. Issues of patronage, artists’ training, and technology are also addressed.
  

  • ARH 3600:Baroque Art and Architecture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2850  and ENGL 1102 
    A survey of major movements, artists and themes in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century art and architecture in Europe and the Americas.
  

  • ARH 3700:Nineteenth-Century Art and Architecture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2850  and ENGL 1102 
    This course is a survey of major developments and trends in nineteenth-century painting, sculpture, and architecture. It reviews major aesthetic theories and non-western art forms that shaped nineteenth-century art.
  

  • ARH 3750:History of American Art and Architecture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2850  and ENGL 1102  
    This course is a survey of the styles and movements of art and architecture in the United States from colonial times to present.
  

  • ARH 3830:History of Comics, Cartoons and Animation

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2850 
    This lecture course will examine the historical development of comics, cartoons, and animation in global culture, tracing their evolution against the background of social, cultural, and technological changes from the 17th to the 21st centuries. Topics may include the subsequent emergence of various related art forms such as animated cartoons and graphic novels.
  

  • ARH 3840:History of Illustration

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102   and ARH 2850  
    This is a lecture/discussion course in which students study major developments and trends in the art of illustration as a vehicle for telling of stories from the Paleolithic period to the present.
  

  • ARH 3850:Art Since 1900

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Art majors: ARH 2850  and ENGL 1102 . Non art majors: ENGL 1102  and permission of the instructor.
    This is a lecture/discussion course in which students study major developments and trends in visual arts since 1900. Students become familiar with the dominant artistic practices and critical theories that defined “modernism,” and with the social, political, and cultural changes that initiated the shift in visual art from modernism to post-modernism.
  

  • ARH 3990:Research Methods in Art History

    3 Class Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  and ARH 2750  and ARH 2850 
    This is a lecture/discussion course in which students are introduced to the main methodologies of art historical research and learn to apply them to the analysis of artistic practice. Lectures and discussions focus on how works and styles of art are looked at and studied, rather than the meaning/significance of the works or styles of art themselves. Students become familiar with the contributions of the most important art historians who have shaped the discipline of art history. During the semester we examine traditional as well as postmodern methodologies including formalism, biography, iconology, Marxism and feminist deconstruction, psychoanalytic and semiotic approaches (including structuralism and post-structuralism).
  

  • ARH 4000:Historical Studio Practices

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2850  and (ART 1100  or ART 1150 )
    This course examines one of four art historical periods by combining lecture/discussion with practical applications. The first week explores the character of the period as it developed according to historical, social, cultural and artistic trends, while the second week involves the practical application of painting techniques that were developed in the Italian Renaissance and applied by academics of art until the beginning of the twentieth century.

    Notes: May be repeated for credit when topics vary; BFA students may use this course for only one of their 3000-4000 level art history requirements.
  

  • ARH 4150:African-American Art

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2850  
    An introduction to African-American art designed to explore the diverse aesthetic expressions of African-American artists from colonial times to the present. Through an examination of aspects of the religious, social, cultural and creative history of Black Americans, students will develop an understanding of the wealth of contributions made by people of African descent to the development of American art and culture.
  

  • ARH 4400:Directed Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor and department chair.
    Selected topics of an advanced nature, which may include original research projects.

    Notes: Can be used in upper-level course requirements only twice with no more than 3 hours credit given each time.
  

  • ARH 4490:Special Topics in Art History

    1-3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  and (ARH 2750  or ARH 2850 )
    Selected special topics and seminars of interest to faculty and upper-level students interested in art history.
  

  • ARH 4500:Women in Art

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2850 
    This course introduces students to the history of women in the visual arts, particularly as artists, but also as subjects, focusing on western Europe and the Americas. It also considers the evolution of feminism and its applications in art history.
  

  • ARH 4700:Victorian Art and Culture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2850  and ENGL 1102 
    This course is in a seminar format. Unlike the straightforward lecture approach of survey courses, a seminar is a forum for open discussion of pertinent topics. The Victorian Period covers the reign of Queen Victoria of England, who sat on the throne from 1837 to 1901. An initial overview will touch on several different topics that define the Victorian era, and subsequent classes will consist of student presentations and in-depth class discussions based on assigned readings.
  

  • ARH 4750:American Landscape Painting

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2850  and ENGL 1102 
    This course consists of an in-depth exploration of the phenomenon of American landscape painting. It traces the development of this discipline in the United States and explores the artistic, social, political and historical implications of the images within the context of American Romanticism, Impressionism and Realism from its beginnings in the early eighteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century.
  

  • ARH 4820:History of Printmaking

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  and ARH 2850  
    This course introduces students to the rich and varied art history of prints in relief, intaglio, serigraphy, lithography and other graphic media. From the early Renaissance in Europe, to Edo Japan, to the 21st century, a variety of major artists have engaged in this challenging art form. This course covers the evolution of print processes and meanings through the centuries.
  

  • ARH 4840:History of Graphic Design

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This is a lecture/discussion course in which students will study the major developments in graphic design from the Industrial Revolution to the present. This course will familiarize students with major trends in European and American design, with a particular focus on graphic design in the context of art history and the history of material culture. Organized as a survey course, the class will focus on key examples of styles and innovations in graphic design, as they developed in relationship to their times and places. Students will recognize similarities and differences between the work of significant designers, and contemporary developments in modernist visual art, and the theoretical underpinnings of major design movements.
  

  • ARH 4870:History of Photography

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2850 
    A selective survey of nineteenth and twentieth century photography, primarily in Europe and America, emphasizing photography’s development as an artistic medium. Focus is on major practitioners of the medium, and on photography’s relationship to historical events, psychology, sociology and the development of art and architecture.
  

  • ARH 4880:History of Textiles and Fashion

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This course explores the history of textile and fashion to understand past to present usage of certain materials and how those materials influence past, current, and future fashion trends.
  

  • ARH 4900:Contemporary Art

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2850 
    This course begins with a consideration of the general reaction to Western Modernism that began in visual art after the 1950s and has come to be known as the period of “Postmodernism,” and proceeds to examine issues that define art and challenge artists today. Themes include but are not limited to originality, appropriation, deconstruction, identity politics, post-feminism, commodity critique, installation and performance, digital media, activism and globalism. Students become familiar with the key artists and critics whose ideas informed postmodernism and continue to inform artistic practice today, and the class examines art and critical theory associated with major themes that have emerged in recent art locally, nationally, and globally.
  

  • ARH 4990:Senior Capstone Project

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 3990  and ENGL 1102 ; senior status.
    This senior capstone course completes the curriculum of the art history major by requiring students to write a substantial paper and to give a presentation.

Asian Studies
  

  • ASIA 1102:Introduction to Asian Cultures

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    This course provides an overview of key concepts, themes, strategies, and methods in Asian Studies. This course focuses on traditional and contemporary cultures of East and South Asia, especially those of Greater China, Japan, Korea and India. The cultural investigation of Asia is infused with the historical, geographical, economical, political, and religious study of this region. This course also explores the identities of people in Asia and Asian Americans.
  

  • ASIA 3001:Understanding Asia

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 
    This is the introductory course to KSU’s Asian Studies Program. The course uses an interdisciplinary approach to understand Asia’s ever-changing contexts. With emphasis on greater China, India, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia, the course provides the foundation for further studies of Asia including an overview of the region, connecting past influences to the present. Students examine the origins and development of Asian civilizations from the aspects of geography, people, society, history, philosophy, religion, politics, economy, literature and arts.
  

  • ASIA 3306:Understanding China through Films

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of 30 credit hours
    This course is an exploration of China’s culture, history, and society through screening and analyzing prominent Chinese films. Placed in different historical contexts, the selected films address the fundamental question of the continuity between the cultural tradition and socio-economic organization of the past and the elements of change and “modernity” in the present. Course topics include China in tradition; social transformation; identity, gender, and love; intercultural communication; and opportunities in the era of globalization. Readings and discussions are in English.
  

  • ASIA 3309:Survey of Chinese Literature and Culture

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 
    ASIA 3309, cross-listed as FL 3309, is a survey of Chinese literature and culture, examining major works and literary and artistic movements as well as cultural issues. Readings and discussion in English; some readings in the original for Chinese language students.
  

  • ASIA 3340:Contemporary South Asian Literature

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2110 
    This course explores South Asian experiences by examining diverse aesthetic and cultural perspectives from 20th and 21st century diasporic South Asian literature. In order to familiarize students with the diverse South Asian population, this course introduces students to a variety of South Asian experiences through literary works from diasporic writers in this demographic. Through critical reading and analysis, reflection, discussion, and research, students discover how similar the South Asian experience is to other familiar communities.
  

  • ASIA 3355:Cultures and Capitalisms in Asia

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ANTH 1102  and ENGL 1102 
    This course compares and contrasts various forms of capitalisms and cultures in Asia to understand the dynamics of society and political life. This course enables students to develop a global perspective on critical issues that concern policymakers, business-strategists, development-workers, and academics from an anthropological perspective. Students compare and contrast various forms of capitalism in Asia from an anthropological vantage point for understanding dynamics of society and political life in Asia.
  

  • ASIA 3500:Culture & Society of Postwar Japan

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    Drawing on interdisciplinary texts (including ethnographic, historical, legal, and literary), this course provides students with an introductory overview of modern Japan, from the postwar to the present. Topics of the course include family, community, youth culture, minority cultures, gender, and sex.
  

  • ASIA 3760:Asian American Cultural Identities

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    This interdisciplinary course provides students opportunities to examine cultural identity issues of Asian Americans, the fastest growing ethnic minority group in the US. Through a variety of interdisciplinary learning materials and activities, students will gain understanding and appreciation of the complex concept “Asian Americans.”
  

  • ASIA 3780:Trends in Asian Studies

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    This course focuses on current issues and trends in the field of Asian Studies. Some topics include Popular Culture in Asia, Pan-Asian Cinema, Gender in Asia, and Environmental Issues in Asia. This course is interdisciplinary and includes Asian content in English. Course may be repeated with a change in content.
  

  • ASIA 3950:Technology Strategy in Asia

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 
    This is a case study course that looks at organizational approaches to the integration of technology in multiple cultures. In this course, students will look at the international high-tech mindset, from business, social, financial markets, and personal life.
  

  • ASIA 4001:Teaching English in Asia

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    This course provides students with knowledge of the socio-cultural issues related to the classroom in Asia. The focus of the course spans both cultural and social issues associated with classroom management in an Asian setting.
  

  • ASIA 4400:Directed Study

    Variable 1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Approval of instructor and department chair prior to registration
    Directed Study is a course in which a student works with a supervising faculty member to investigate a selected advanced topic not served by the existing curriculum.
  

  • ASIA 4422:Archaeology of Asia

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ANTH 1102  or ASIA 3001  or permission of the instructor.
    This course examines cultural and historical developments in Asia from approximately 10,000 BCE through 1600 CE. Students learn about the rise of complex societies, cities, and states; early economies; empires; and the role of archaeology in modern Asia. Along the way, students engage in major debates that have arisen from competing interpretations of the archaeological record.
  

  • ASIA 4435:Sociology of South Asia

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Learning Support Prerequisites:
    none Prerequisite: ASIA 1102  
    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.
  

  • ASIA 4457:South Asian Politics: A Comparative Perspective

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ASIA 3001  
    This course is an overview of the main issues that overlay politics in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. It covers the common historical background and the development of political institutions across the region. The course highlights the main cleavages along which politics are organized and related political, social, and economic outcomes, including the political party system, economic development, social movements, and ethnic conflict.
  

  • ASIA 4517:Tea Cultures in Asia

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    The course explores the significance of tea to Asians, and demonstrates how and why tea becomes such an important social beverage in Asia. Students have the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of Asian cultures and customs.

Astronomy
  

  • ASTR 1000K:Introduction to the Universe

    3 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MATH 1111  
    Students will learn the history of astronomy up to the Copernican Revolution including Galileo, Kepler, and Newton. They will also explore the workings of modern telescopes and study an overview of the solar system and the search for extra-solar planets. In lab students will use planetarium simulation software to explore the concepts and methods of observational astronomy.
  

  • ASTR 1010K:Introduction to the Universe II

    3 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MATH 1111  
    Students will learn the structure and life cycle of stars and the classification of galaxies. They will also explore cosmology and the early development of the universe. In lab students will use planetarium simulation software to explore the concepts and methods of observational astronomy.

Biology
  

  • BIOL 1107:Biological Principles I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    The course is an introduction to cell and molecular biology as well as molecular and population genetics. Students who successfully complete the class should be able to describe the fundamental biology of the cell, including cellular anatomy and cellular metabolic processes in both plants and animals. Students will also use molecular genetics to describe the basis for heredity and how this is expressed in populations as well as how it informs evolutionary principles.
  

  • BIOL 1107L:Biological Principles I Laboratory

    0 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Concurrent:
    BIOL 1107  
    This lab complements BIOL 1107. Students will learn how to use scientific equipment to explore the cell and molecular biology in plant and animals as well as the biochemistry of life. Students will learn about experimental design and how to generate and interpret scientific data.
  

  • BIOL 1108:Biological Principles II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (BIOL 1107  and BIOL 1107L ) 
    This is the second course in a two-semester sequence covering the fundamental principles of biology. Students will explore the evolution and diversity of life in this course. Students will have additional focus on organismal anatomy and physiology as well as learning basic principles of ecology.

    Notes: For science majors.
  

  • BIOL 1108L:Biological Principles II Laboratory

    0 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Concurrent:
    BIOL 1108  
    This lab corresponds with the organismal biology topics covered in BIOL 1108 lecture. Students will examine phylogenetics, organismal diversity, ecological principles, and physiology through a combination of lab observations and hypothesis-testing experiments. Students are also expected to perform a fetal pig dissection in order to explore vertebrate anatomy. Application of the methods of experimental design, data analysis, and data presentation will be a major component of this course.
  

  • BIOL 2099L:Biology Teaching Assistant

    0 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Greater than 60 credits with at least a 3.0 GPA
    Students will have an opportunity to assist in the lab portion of a biology course. Students will learn peer-to-peer communication skills, develop a deeper mastery of biological concepts, and enhance their leadership potential as they guide other students through the learning process.
  

  • BIOL 2221:Human Anatomy & Physiology I

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (CHEM 1151  and CHEM 1151L ) or (CHEM 1211  and CHEM 1211L ) or (PHYS 1111  and PHYS 1111L ) or (BIOL 1107  and BIOL 1107L )
    The course begins with cellular chemistry and function, tissues, and continues through the nervous, skeletal and muscular systems. Homeostasis and structural and functional relationships will be emphasized. Primarily recommended for students interested in nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, exercise science, and sports management. Cannot be used for credit toward a degree in Biology.
  

  • BIOL 2221L:Human Anatomy & Physiology I Laboratory

    0 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Concurrent:
    BIOL 2221  
    Basic anatomy and physiology of the skeletal, nervous, and muscular systems as well as basic histology. Structural and functional relationships will be emphasized.
  

  • BIOL 2222:Human Anatomy & Physiology II

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 2221  
    A continuation of Biology 2221. Emphasizes homeostasis and structural and functional relationships in the study of cardiovascular, respiratory, urinary, digestive, endocrine, and reproductive systems. Primarily recommended for students interested in nursing, physical therapy and health, physical education, and sports science. Cannot be used for credit toward a degree in Biology.
  

  • BIOL 2222L:Human Anatomy & Physiology II Laboratory

    0 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 2222  and BIOL 2221L   Concurrent:
    BIOL 2222  
    Basic anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urinary endocrine, and reproductive systems. Structural and functional relationships will be emphasized.
  

  • BIOL 2261:Fundamental Microbiology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 2221  and BIOL 2221L  
    This course will explore basic principles and techniques of microbiology. Students will learn about the various morphologies and metabolic processes within microbes and their relationships to humans.

    Notes: Primarily for nursing majors; cannot be used for credit toward a degree in Biology.
  

  • BIOL 2261L:Fundamental Microbiology Laboratory

    0 Class Hours 2 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 2221  and BIOL 2221L   Concurrent:
    BIOL 2261  
    This course teaches the basic principles and techniques of microbiology emphasizing fundamental isolation, identification, and culture techniques.

    Notes: Primarily for nursing majors. Cannot be used for credit toward a degree in Biology.
  

  • BIOL 3110L:Directed Methods

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 1107  and BIOL 1107L  and permission of the instructor.
    This course will allow students to gain in-depth skills with a specific set of research methodologies through direct involvement in faculty-led research or scholarship. Course content and instructional methodologies will be identified by the faculty’s needs and expectations.
  

  • BIOL 3250K:Ecosystem Ecology

    3 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (BIOL 1108  and BIOL 1108L ) and (CHEM 1211  and CHEM 1211L )
    Students in ecosystem ecology will study how energy and material flows and cycles through both the living (plants, animals, microbes) and non-living (soils, atmosphere) components of natural systems. Classes and lab exercises will be used to examine the influence of biological, geological and chemical processes. Students will consider factors that alter ecosystem function including human activities, from the molecular to the global scale.
  

  • BIOL 3300:Genetics

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (BIOL 1107  and BIOL 1107L ) and (CHEM 1211  and CHEM 1211L )
    This course presents fundamental principles and applications in genetics. Students learn how traits are inherited and to use this information in predicting and analyzing genetic outcomes. Students study nucleic acid structure, learn how DNA replicates and how genes are expressed. Mutation at the gene and chromosomal levels will be surveyed, and their effect on gene structure and function examined. Finally, students will explore various genetic methods, including pedigrees, mapping, and molecular techniques.
  

  • BIOL 3300L:Genetics Laboratory

    0 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Concurrent:
    BIOL 3300  
    This course is designed to reinforce principles and applications of transmission genetics, cytogenetics, and molecular genetics. Students will learn to use problem-solving, data analysis and quantitative methods to explore genetics. Exercises in molecular biology will expose students to methods of recombinant DNA technology.
  

  • BIOL 3301K:Introduction to Biotechnology

    3 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (BIOL 1108  and BIOL 1108L ) and (BIOL 3300  and BIOL 3300L )
    This course introduces students to the concepts, methods, and equipment currently associated with the field of biotechnology. Students learn the applications of microbes, plants, and animals in the context of food, medical, environmental, and forensic biotechnology. Students gain practical, hands-on experience with a variety of techniques commonly used in biotechnology.
  

  • BIOL 3310K:Invertebrate Zoology

    3 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (BIOL 1108  and BIOL 1108L ) and (CHEM 1212  and CHEM 1212L )
    This course is a survey of invertebrate animals. Students will explore the varied range of anatomical, physiological, and ecological relationships among these organisms in order to develop an understanding of evolutionary processes that brought about present day patterns in the biodiversity of animal phyla. In lab, students will collect, observe and identify common invertebrate taxa, and relate observed adaptations of form and function to habitat.
  

  • BIOL 3315K:Vertebrate Zoology

    3 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (BIOL 1107  and BIOL 1107L ) and (BIOL 1108  and BIOL 1108L )
    Students will use phylogenetic methods to explain evolutionary origins, ecological relationships, and life history traits of vertebrate organisms. In laboratories, students will identify North American vertebrates and analyze the relationship between morphology and taxonomy.
  

  • BIOL 3317:Pathophysiology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (BIOL 2222  and BIOL 2222L ) or BIOL 4431  
    Examines the biological basis of common, clinical disease states. Pathophysiology is treated as a disruption of normal homeostatic mechanisms that progresses beyond the normal compensatory capabilities of the human body.
  

  • BIOL 3320K:Plant Morphology

    3 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (BIOL 1107  and BIOL 1107L ) and (BIOL 1108  and BIOL 1108L )
    In this course students will explore the evolutionary trends and relationships of the phyla of non-vascular and vascular plants, as well as a number of groups of algae. Students will examine vegetative and reproductive morphology across varied life cycles and through paleobotany. Laboratory work is closely tied to lecture material and includes examination of microscope slides as well as dissections and observations of morphological features of specimens. Students will make drawings of many of their specimens. A trip to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens is required.
  

  • BIOL 3327:Medical Genetics

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 3300  or consent of the instructor.
    An introduction to the principles of medical genetics and the application of these principles to human genetic disorders. Topics include inborn errors of metabolism, cytogenetic anomalies, neural tube defects, and application of molecular genetics to the diagnosis of specific disorders. Genetic counseling procedures, prenatal options and the ethical dilemmas generated as a result of these options will also be discussed.
  

  • BIOL 3330K:Biology of the Algae

    3 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (BIOL 1107  and BIOL 1107L ) and (BIOL 1108  and BIOL 1108L )
    This course covers the physiology, ecology, systematics, and diversity of marine and freshwater algae. In particular, students will explore the role of algae in biogeochemical cycling, the evolution of photosynthesis, and ecosystem function in a changing biosphere. The course also focuses on the applied aspects of algal biology by examining their use as indicators of ecosystem health, food sources, and other social, cultural, and economic commodities. Field collections and experiments are an integral part of the course.
  

  • BIOL 3335:Natural History of Georgia

    2 Class Hours 6 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 3370  
    This course examines the flora, fauna, geology, and environments of selected Georgia ecoregions. Students will learn the historical and geological development of the state’s major habitats and landforms, which are examined by way of two four-day, overnight field trips during the Maymester term.
  

  • BIOL 3338K:Histology

    3 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (BIOL 1107  and BIOL 1107L ) and (BIOL 1108  and BIOL 1108L )
    This course is an investigation of structural and functional relationships in animal tissues. Students will learn to identify functional groups of tissues and relate them to organ functionality. In laboratory studies, students will practice the microscopic analysis of cells, tissues and organs to understand their structural organization from normal animal specimens.
  

  • BIOL 3340:Microbiology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (BIOL 1107  and BIOL 1107L ) and (BIOL 1108  and BIOL 1108L  )
    This course is a study of prokaryotes, unicellular eukaryotes and viruses. Students will learn about the nature of microorganisms and the techniques used to study microbes. Students will explore the morphology, metabolism, growth, and genetics of various microbes.
  

  • BIOL 3340L:Microbiology Laboratory

    0 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (BIOL 1107  and BIOL 1107L ) and (BIOL 1108  and BIOL 1108L )  Concurrent:
    BIOL 3340  
    This course emphasizes basic microbiology methods. Students will learn to culture, identify and quantify microorganisms. Students will also explore applications of microbiology, including food and environmental microbiology
  

  • BIOL 3341K:Advanced Microbiology

    3 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 3340 .
    This course explores microbial evolution, ecology and diversity. Students will explore infectious diseases and epidemiology to learn the applied uses of microorganisms in industry, agriculture and medicine. The laboratory exercises will help students learn the natural occurrences and processes of microbes in the environment and gene transfer in bacteria along with techniques for the isolation and identification of pathogens, and the use of microbes in industry.
  

  • BIOL 3370:Ecology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (BIOL 1108  and BIOL 1108L ) and STAT 3125  
    Relationships among living organisms and their environments at the individual, population, community and ecosystem level.
  

  • BIOL 3370L:Ecology Laboratory

    0 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 1 Credit Hours
    Concurrent:
    BIOL 3370  
    In laboratory and field activities students will utilize inquiry-based activities that emphasize environmental sampling procedures and statistical analysis of data to explore the role of variability and uncertainty in scientific decision-making as related to ecological processes.
  

  • BIOL 3371K:Freshwater Ecology

    2 Class Hours 4 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (BIOL 1107  and BIOL 1107L ) and (BIOL 1108   and BIOL 1108L )
    Students will develop a comprehensive and integrated understanding of physical, chemical, and biological processes occurring in lakes, streams, and wetlands. Particular emphasis will be placed on the ecology of aquatic organisms and the structure and function of freshwater communities and ecosystems that they inhabit. Laboratory exercises will use the scientific method to investigate and contrast basic ecological processes operating in various systems.
  

  • BIOL 3372K:Aquatic Biodiversity

    2 Class Hours 4 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 3370  and BIOL 3370L  or permission of the instructor.
    This course is an introduction to the major plant and animal taxa found in aquatic ecosystems. Students will develop field and laboratory identification and collection skills while examining major ecological and biogeographical factors influencing distribution and abundance of aquatic organisms. Notes: A series of three weekend field trips are required.
  

  • BIOL 3373K:Methods in Aquatic Ecology

    2 Class Hours 4 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (BIOL 1108  and BIOL 1108L ) and STAT 3125  
    This course provides students experience in design and execution of studies in aquatic ecology. Students will gain experience with field and lab techniques to conduct aquatic research in various aquatic assessments and wetlands delineation. Students will learn techniques for sampling fish, aquatic invertebrates and aquatic plants as well as techniques in aquatic toxicology. Field experiences are an integral part of the course.
  

  • BIOL 3375K:Behavioral Biology

    3 Class Hours 3 Laboratory Hours 4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: (BIOL 1107  and BIOL 1107L ) and (BIOL 1108  and BIOL 1108L ) or comparable research methods course.
    Students will explore the major concepts in behavioral biology. Students will relate neurophysiology to ethology and ecology, and will include a look at the behavior of social organisms. In the laboratory, students will use a quantitative approach to test hypotheses while observing the behavior of animals.
  

  • BIOL 3380:Evolutionary Biology

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 3300  
    Students will study the fundamental questions of evolutionary biology, and focus on how processes such as natural selection, mutation, and drift form the genetic basis of evolutionary change. Students will investigate the role that adaption, speciation, and genome evolution have played in the diversification of Life on Earth over time. Students will explore the application of evolutionary principles, such as phylogenetic inference, to human health, disease, and conservation efforts.
  

  • BIOL 3396:Cooperative Study

    Variable 1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Approval of Program Coordinator and Coordinator of Cooperative Education/ Internships (Career Services).
    A supervised work experience program for a minimum of two academic semesters at a previously approved site in business, industry or government or a private agency. For sophomore, junior or senior level students who wish to obtain successive on the job experience in conjunction with their academic training.

    Notes: Can be applied to free electives only.
  

  • BIOL 3398:Practical Internship

    0 Class Hours 3-12 Laboratory Hours 1-4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Approval of major area committee and Program Coordinator prior to registration.
    This course is a supervised, credit-earning, academic experience with a previously approved business firm, private agency or government agency. Students will learn to integrate biological skills and concepts with appropriate business or agency practice.

    Notes: Credit is allowed only in elective areas.
  

  • BIOL 3400:Drugs and Biologics: From Conception to Regulatory Approval

    3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 3300  and (CHEM 3361  and CHEM 3361L )
    This course examines the discovery and development of new pharmaceuticals and biologics. Students will learn the process of drug discovery and the role of the FDA and regulations in that process. Students will evaluate how drug entities are characterized through non-clinical testing and clinical trials.
 

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