Jun 17, 2024  
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 

Art

  
  • ART 4723:Comic Storytelling III

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ART 4722 
    Building on ART 4722, this class furthers the development of student comic storytelling techniques by illuminating the relationship between text and image on the comic page, ideas of plot versus theme, the use of composition and symbolism in the comic panel, and how all of these correlations work together to serve the goal of the artist in communicating their personal narrative vision in the comic form.

  
  • ART 4736:Experimental Comics I

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ART 3150  and ART 3705  
    This course rigorously combines theory and practice, exploring how different genres (e.g. poem, short story, novel, journalism, film) can be adapted into a sequential art format.

  
  • ART 4737:Experimental Comics II

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ART 4736  
    This course has a more advanced approach to combining theory and practice, exploring how different genres (e.g. poem, short story, novel, journalism, film) can be adapted into a sequential art format.

  
  • ART 4738:Experimental Comics III

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ART 4737 
    This course builds upon ART 4737 and fosters professional theory and practice while exploring different genres (e.g. poem, short story, novel, journalism, film) and adapting them into a sequential art format.

  
  • ART 4800:Computer Aided Design for Textiles II

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ART 3880  
    Building on the skills gained in CAD I, this course will explore advance computer design methods and innovative product development. Students will learn how to create application sketches and various simulations that will provide pivotal portfolio development, industry insight and knowledge.

  
  • ART 4810:Weaving II

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ART 3860  
    Building on Weaving I, this course will stress methods of advance woven structures utilizing multi-harness and AVL dobby looms.

  
  • ART 4820:Technical Development & Drafting II

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ART 3800  and ART 3870  
    Building on Technical Development and Drafting I, this course will stress advance drafting methods and the development of unified fashion focused collections.

  
  • ART 4850:Textile Senior Exit

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ART 3880 
    Designed to provide students with integrated knowledge from previous textile courses, this course facilitates the development of a cohesive body of work. By emphasizing critical thinking and researching students will define their personal intentions as a textile artist and/or designer. To prepare for graduation, students will also work on concepts such as personal branding, portfolio development and professional industry skillsets.

    Notes: This course is taken in the last or next-to-last semester in the Art, B.F.A. program.
  
  • ART 4980:Senior Portfolio and Applied Project

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of 90 hours of coursework
    This graduating senior capstone course focuses on the development of a student resume and professional portfolio showcasing work designed for varied platforms. There is also a research component through which to hone knowledge of current job market demands and requirements, as well as graduate school requirements. The work completed in this course should represent an individual style and high level of conceptual ability and professionalism.

    Notes: This course is taken in the last or next-to-last semester in the Art, B.F.A. program.
  
  • ART 4990:Senior Art Seminar and Exhibition

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Completion of 90 hours of coursework
    This graduating senior capstone course focuses on the development of a professional graduation exhibition, resume and professional portfolios. Career and graduate school research are course components. Selected topics dealing with professional artists and exhibition practices, culminating with the exhibition of participants’ work. The exhibition pieces will demonstrate work that represents an individual style and a high level of conceptual abilities and professionalism.

    Notes: This course is taken in the last or next-to-last semester in the Art, B.F.A. program.
  
  • ARTS 1100:Art Appreciation

    3 Credit Hours
    This course is a 3 semester-credit-hour course focused on fostering an awareness, understanding, and appreciation for the visual arts. Through exposure to cross-cultural art images throughout history, students will build a global artistic vocabulary that allows for the constructive analysis of art objects. Students will also gain an understanding of the influence of art on other important aspects of culture including politics, history, religion, and science. This course is managed through the cooperative academic agreement known as eCore.


Art Education

  
  • ARED 3302:Teaching, Learning and Development in Visual Arts

    2-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to a program in the School of Art and Design
    This course is designed to help students gain an understanding of the current teaching issues in the field of art education and to understand development and learning in the P-12 art room. Creative, artistic, and perceptual development will be presented through an examination of the characteristics of diverse learners and an emphasis on the physical, psychosocial-emotional, and cognitive development of P-12 learners.

    Notes: This course will include 40 field placement hours.
  
  • ARED 3304:Teaching Art History, Criticism and Aesthetics

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARED 3302 , admission to the educator preparation program, current teacher liability insurance, and a currently issued PSC Pre-Service Certificate
    This course is designed to prepare students to develop strategies for teaching art history, art criticism, and aesthetics in the P-12 art classroom. Students will develop materials appropriate for classroom instruction that stimulate and assess art learning. In addition, this course meets the required learning for Fine Arts Georgia Performance Standards and National Standards for Visual Arts.

  
  • ARED 3306:Materials, Methods and Management for Teaching Art (P-12)

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the educator preparation program (EPP), current teacher liability insurance, and a currently issued GaPSC Pre-Service Certificate
    This course is an intensive laboratory experience using the media and materials for teaching art. Intended for prospective art specialists teaching grades P through 12. Methods and strategies for teaching various art media and processes will be covered. Classroom management strategies are integrated into teaching methods.

    Notes: This course will include 40-hours of required pre-recorded video observations.
  
  • ARED 3308:Special Populations in Art Education

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the educator preparation program (EPP), current teacher liability insurance, and a currently issued GaPSC Pre-Service Certificate
    This course focuses on content knowledge and applications for art educators teaching students with exceptionalities. Content includes current legal, educational, and therapeutic issues as they relate to teaching art to special populations. Distinctions between art education and art therapy are discussed.

    Notes: This course will include a combined 40-hours of required pre-recorded video observations and field experiences coordinated by the Center for Educational Placements and Partnerships (CEPP). Students in the EPP are required to earn a “B” or better to be eligible for certification. This course addresses the GaPSC Rule 505-3-.01 certification rule.
  
  • ARED 3309:Visual Art for Early & Middle Grades

    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 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

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the educational preparation program (EPP), current teacher liability insurance, and a currently issued GaPSC Pre-Service Certification
    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: This course will include a 40-hours of field experience coordinated by the Center for Educational Placements and Partnerships (CEPP).
  
  • ARED 4490:Special Topics in Art Education

    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

    2 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to an educator preparation program (EPP), current teacher liability insurance, a currently issued GaPSC Pre-Service Certification, and ARED 4410  Concurrent:
    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 and English learners, candidates practice professional competencies that impact student achievement. This experience includes regularly scheduled professional seminars.

  
  • ARED 4660:Yearlong Clinical Experience II

    8 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to an educator preparation program (EPP), current teacher liability insurance, a currently issued GaPSC Pre-Service Certification, and ARED 4650  Concurrent:
    EDUC 4610 
    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.

  
  • ARED 4990:Senior Seminar and Portfolio

    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.

    Notes: This course is taken in the last or next-to-last semester in the Art, BFA program.

Art History

  
  • ARH 2750:Ancient through Medieval Art

    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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

    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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

  
  • ARH 4150:African-American Art

    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 4300:Ancient Mythology in Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ARH 2750  or HIST 1111  or ANTH 1102  or LATN 1001  
    The mythology of ancient world cultures are explored via artworks, archaeology, and artifacts. Students will learn how artworks tell stories, and how to read and interpret them.

  
  • 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

    Notes: This course is taken in the last or next-to-last semester in the Art, B.F.A. program.

Asian Studies

  
  • ASIA 1102:Introduction to Asian Cultures

    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 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 3030:K-pop and the Korean Wave

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    This course offers an intensive survey of South Korean popular culture in the midst of Hallyu, the Korean Wave. It focuses on performances that have shaped phenomena such as K-pop, musical theatre, film, TV drama, reality shows, and food culture as analyzing sources. Through close reading, students investigate various forms of race, gender and sexuality, and Koreanness paying close attention to specific historical contexts in which performances were produced and circulated in relation to globalization.

  
  • ASIA 3306:Understanding China through Films

    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 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 3333:Queer Asia

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    This course examines the changing meanings of “normal” and “queer” genders and sexualities in Asia and its diasporas. Working through the leading scholarship in Asian queer theories, students identify major issues about bodies, genders, and sexualities in Asian context, learn sex theories and norms, examine their representations in visual culture, and critically evaluate the knowledge production around queerness and sexuality in the encounters of Asia and the West.

  
  • ASIA 3340:Contemporary South Asian Literature

    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 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 3398:Asian Studies Internship

    6-12 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Declared Asian Studies Major and at least 60 credit hours
    This internship course offers a structured professional experience in a supervised setting for students to work in Asian or American companies and organizations. Qualified students are placed at selected internship sites based on internship partners’ needs and students’ competencies in Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) and cultures. Students meet regularly with the course instructor and company or organization supervisors to learn and practice critical career skills in a multicultural work environment.

  
  • ASIA 3500:Culture & Society of Postwar Japan

    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 3670:Survey of Asian Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    This course is a lecture/discussion course to survey the art of India and Southeast Asia, China, Japan, and Korea from prehistory to the present. Students in this course study the chronological developments of the major styles of painting, sculpture, architecture, and decorative arts from these regions. This course highlights important examples of works of art to discuss the artistic achievements and the aesthetics of these regions, and to explore how cultural, political, religious, and social climates have shaped the visual arts in Asia from the beginnings of its civilization to the 21st century.

  
  • ASIA 3760:Asian American Cultural Identities

    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 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 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 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 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 4425:Asian Women and Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    This course is a study of women’s role and its manifestations in literature in major countries of East and Southeast Asia: China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Students examine women’s imagery in masterpieces of literature and appraise important literary works by female authors to explore how women are portrayed in literature and how they view themselves and perceive the world in which they live.

  
  • ASIA 4435:Sociology of South Asia

    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 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 4490:Special Topics for Asian Studies

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1102  
    Selected special topics of interest to faculty and students working in Asian Studies.

  
  • ASIA 4517:Tea Cultures in Asia

    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

    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

    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 1011K:Introductory Biology and Lab

    4 Credit Hours
    An introduction to fundamental unifying principles in biology. Topics covered in the course include: chemistry of life, cell structure and membranes, cellular functions (metabolism, respiration, photosynthesis, communication, and reproduction), genetics (inheritance patterns, DNA structure and function, gene expression, and biotechnology), and evolution. This course involves both lecture and lab components. Biology 1011K is designed for non-STEM students and is not allowed for STEM majors.

    This course is managed through the cooperative academic agreement known as eCore.

  
  • BIOL 1012K:Introductory Biology and Lab II

    4 Credit Hours
    This course covers the evolution and diversity of organisms, including microbes, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. Additional topics include body systems, the immune system, reproduction and development, and ecology. For non-biology majors only. Biology 1012K is designed for non-STEM students and is not allowed for STEM majors.

    This course is managed through the cooperative academic agreement known as eCore.

  
  • BIOL 1107:Principles of Biology I

    3 Credit Hours
    Lecture part of a sequence designed for science majors. 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:Principles of Biology I Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Concurrent:
    BIOL 1107  
    Laboratory exercises supplement the lecture material of 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:Principles of Biology II

    3 Credit Hours
    Lecture part of a sequence designed for science majors. 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.

  
  • BIOL 1108L:Principles of Biology II Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Concurrent:
    BIOL 1108 
    Laboratory exercises supplement the lecture material of BIOL 1108. 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

    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 2251:Anatomy & Physiology I

    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 )
    This lecture course is the first course in a two-semester sequence designed to explore the biological and chemical processes underlying the structure and function of the human body at the cellular, tissue, organ, and whole-body level. Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, biological chemistry; cellular structure and function; tissues; and the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems. This course is designed primarily for non-biology majors, especially those pursuing majors in nursing and the allied health professions. Cannot be used for credit toward a degree in Biology.

  
  • BIOL 2251L:Anatomy & Physiology I Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Concurrent:
    BIOL 2251  
    This course is the laboratory component of BIOL 2251. It is designed to provide hands-on experiences that will enhance and reinforce the content covered in BIOL 2251 including basic anatomy and physiology of the skeletal, nervous, and muscular systems as well as basic histology. Structural and functional relationships will be emphasized.

  
  • BIOL 2252:Anatomy & Physiology II

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 2251  
    This lecture course is the second course in a two-semester sequence designed to explore the biological and chemical processes underlying the structure and function of the human body at the cellular, tissue, organ, and whole-body level. Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, the cardiovascular, endocrine, lymphatic and immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems. Metabolism and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance will also be covered. This course is designed primarily for non-biology majors, especially those pursuing majors in nursing and the allied health professions. 

    Notes: Cannot be used for credit toward a degree in Biology
  
  • BIOL 2252L:Anatomy & Physiology II Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 2251L   Concurrent:
    BIOL 2252  
    This course is the laboratory component of BIOL 2252. It is designed to provide hands-on experiences that will enhance and reinforce the content covered in BIOL 2252, including basic anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urinary endocrine, and reproductive systems. Structural and functional relationships will be emphasized.

  
  • BIOL 2260:Foundations of Microbiology

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 2251  and BIOL 2251L  
    This lecture course provides an introduction to microbiology. This course introduces the student to the diversity and classification of medically significant microorganisms, their modes of pathogenesis and transmission, and the infectious diseases they cause. Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, microbial cell biology and genetics; major classes of disease-causing microorganisms; host immune response; microbial control; aseptic technique; disinfection; and isolation, culture, staining, and identification of microorganisms. This course is designed primarily for non-biology majors, especially those pursuing majors in nursing and the allied health professions.

    Notes: Primarily for nursing majors; cannot be used for credit toward a degree in Biology.
  
  • BIOL 2260L:Foundations of Microbiology Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BIOL 2251  and BIOL 2251L   Concurrent:
    BIOL 2260  
    Select laboratory exercises will provide training in the basic laboratory techniques for culture and identification of microbes. 

    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

    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 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

    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.

 

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