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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [FINAL EDITION]

Course Descriptions

Writing enriched courses are designated W

Service learning courses are designated S.L.
 

Undergraduate Extended Learning
  

  • UHUM 380 - Rel Seasons and Festivals

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see HUM 380 .
    Formerly: HUM-380E
  

  • UHUM 399 - Special Topics in Humanities

    1 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see HUM 288 .
    Formerly: HUM-399E
  

  • UIS 101 - Introduction to Personal Computers

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see IS 101 .
    Formerly: IS-101E
  

  • UIS 105 - Introduction to Computer-Based Systems

    3 Credit(s)

    An overview of computer information systems and computer science. This survey course introduces computer hardware, software, procedures, systems, algorithms, and human resources and explores their integration and application in business, science, and in other segments of society. The fundamentals of problem solving and programming in a high-level programming language are discussed and applied.
    IS 105  
  

  • UMAT 101 - Fund Mathematics

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see MATH 101 .
    Formerly: MATH-101E
  

  • UMAT 111 - Mathematical Ideas I

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see MATH 111 .
    Formerly: MATH-111E
  

  • UMAT 112 - Mathematical Ideas II

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see MATH 112 .
    Formerly: MATH-112E
  

  • UMAT 115 - Conceptual Mathematics

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see MATH 115 .
    Formerly: MATH-115E
  

  • UMAT 117 - Elementary Functions

    4 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see MATH 117 .
    Formerly: MATH-117E
  

  • UMUS 101 - History and Literature of Music I

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see MUS 101 .
    Formerly: MUS-101E
  

  • UMUS 102 - History and Literature of Music II

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see MUS 102 .
    Formerly: MUS-102E
  

  • UMUS 308 - Music Of 20th Century

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see MUS 308 .
    Formerly: MUS-308E
  

  • UMUS 388 - Special Topics in Music

    1 Credit(s)

    Particular topics which have special appeal to instructors and students because of their timely quality or particular qualifi- cations of the instructor.
    Formerly: MUS-388E
  

  • UPHI 110 - Critical Thinking

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PHIL 110 .
    Formerly: PHIL-110E
  

  • UPHI 120 - Symbolic Logic

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PHIL 120 .
    Formerly: PHIL-120E
  

  • UPHI 210 - Major Philosophers

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PHIL 210 .
    Formerly: PHIL-210E
  

  • UPHI 215 - Ethics and Medicine

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PHIL 215 .
    Formerly: PHIL-215E
  

  • UPHI 350 - Ethics (W)

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PHIL 350 .
    Formerly: PHIL-350E
  

  • UPHI 352 - Business Ethics

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PHIL 352 .
    Formerly: PHIL-352E
  

  • UPHY 141 - College Physics I

    4 Credit(s)

    This first course in a two-semester noncalculus-based physics sequence covers both classical and modern physics. Students are expected to be familiar with basic geometry and trigonometry but need no background in calculus. Topics include classical mechanics, elementary fluids, wave motion, sound, thermodynamics, and kinetic theory. Students cannot claim credit for both the PHYS 141–PHYS 142  sequence and the PHYS 121 - PHYS 122  sequence. 3 hours lecture. 1 hour recitation. 
    Prerequisite(s): UMAT 117  Requisite(s): UMAT 117  Corequisite(s): PHYS 143  
  

  • UPOL 101 - American Government and Politics

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see POLS 101 .
    Formerly: POLS-101E
  

  • UPOL 204 - Current Issues and World Affair

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see POLS 204 .
    Formerly: POLS-204E
  

  • UPOL 205 - Public Policy

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see POLS 205 .
    Formerly: POLS-205E
  

  • UPOL 221 - Introduction to International Relations

    3 Credit(s)

    An introduction to various approaches and methods of analysis in international relations. The course examines the nature of the international system, the manner in which states and other actors behave, the causes of war and techniques of conflict resolution, economic interactions, and the implications of growing international interdependence. The course also addresses socio-economic imbalances among nations.
    Requisite(s): Sophomore standing required.
  

  • UPOL 315 - State And Local Goverment

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see POLS 315 .
    Formerly: POLS-315E
  

  • UPOL 319 - Constitutional Law

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see POLS 319 .
    Formerly: POLS-319E
  

  • UPOL 320 - Constitutional Rights and Liberty

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see POLS 320 .
    Formerly: POLS-320E
  

  • UPSY 105 - Introduction to Psychology

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PSY 105 .
    Formerly: PSY-105E
  

  • UPSY 200 - Industrial and Organizational Psychology

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PSY 200 .
    Formerly: PSY-200E
  

  • UPSY 204 - Social Psychology

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PSY 204 .
    Formerly: PSY-204E
  

  • UPSY 205 - Personality

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PSY 205 .
    Formerly: PSY-205E
  

  • UPSY 206 - Psychology Of Women

    3 Credit(s)

    The social construction of gender and its impact on the lives of women will be eamined in this course. It is designed as asurvey course that will cover a wide array of psychological topics as they relate to the female experience in american culture. The influence of historical, developmental (e.g., age) and social contexts (e.g., race, ethnicity, social class) on psychological experiences will also be examined.
    Formerly: PSY-206E
  

  • UPSY 211 - Human Growth and Development I

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PSY 211 .
    Formerly: PSY-211E
  

  • UPSY 212 - Human Growth and Development II

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PSY 212 .
    Formerly: PSY-212E
  

  • UPSY 215 - Multicultural Psychology (S)

    3 Credit(s)

    This course is an introduction to the principles, theories, and applications of multiculturalism. Students are required to examine their own sense of self and others’ identity, beliefs and assumptions, and behaviors. Theories, research, and skills are explored so that students can acquire the necessary multicultural competencies for effective work with children and adolescents from diverse backgrounds (i.e., culture, race, ethnicity, class, and gender) in multicultural environments (i.e., public schools, community organizations).
    Prerequisite(s): UPSY-105

    Formerly: PSY-215E
  

  • UPSY 216 - Community Psychology

    3 Credit(s)

    This course focuses on the application of psychological principles to understanding and addressing community issues. We will take an ecological or systemic perspective on human behavior, paying particular attention to the influence of cultural and contextual influences on the human experience. This course will also focus on the prevention of problems, promotion of health, and the empowerment of individuals and communities. A few of the topics to be explored are poverty, family, food security, community violence, education, health, stress and coping. This course has an optional service learning component.
    Prerequisite(s): UPSY-105

    Formerly: PSY-216E
  

  • UPSY 225 - Abnormal Psychology

    3 Credit(s)

    Similarities and differences between normal and abnormal behavior. Individual and environmental genesis and treatment of neurois and psychosis. Relation of abnormality to social, religious, educational, and other aspects of living.
    Prerequisite(s): UPSY-105

    Formerly: PSY-225E and PSY-325E
  

  • UPSY 230 - Cognition

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PSY 230 .
    Formerly: PSY-230E
  

  • UPSY 235 - Forensic Psychology

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PSY 235 .
    Formerly: PSY-235E
  

  • UPSY 245 - Group Dynamics

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PSY 245 .
    Formerly: PSY-245E
  

  • UPSY 260 - Paranormal Psy

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PSY 260 .
    Formerly: PSY-260E
  

  • UPSY 265 - Evolutionary Psychology

    3 Credit(s)

    This course examines a range of psychological phenomena within the framework of evolutionary psychology. The basic principles of evolution through natural selection are introduced followed by their application to animal and human behavior. Topics include ethnology, food preferences, short-term mating strategies, long-term mating strategies, parental investment, kinship, alliances, aggression, and dominance. An introduction to behavior genetics is also covered.
    Prerequisite(s): UPSY-105

    Formerly: PSY-265E
  

  • UPSY 331 - Cognition with Lab

    4 Credit(s)

    This course involves an in-depth analysis of human information processing through lecture and structured lab activities.
    Formerly: PSY-331E and PSY-291E
  

  • UPSY 332 - Human Dev I with Lab

    4 Credit(s)

    Through both lecture and structured lab activities, this course focuses on bosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial changes that occur from birth to adolescence.
    Formerly: PSY-332E and PSY-292E
  

  • UPSY 333 - Forensic Pscyhology with Laboratory

    4 Credit(s)

    The purpose of this course is to give students an understanding of the role of psychological research as it pertains to the fields of law and law enforcement. Through lecture and lab activities, students learn about basic methodological issues, lie detection, repressed memories, jury selection, line-up construction, eyewitness identification and testimony, courtroom persuasion, and group decision making. Students use experimental design, existing measures of legal attitudes, and computer technology to design studies to investigate some of the lecture topics. Students prepare laboratory reports using the APA style. Psychology majors only. Students take either PSY 235 or PSY 333; they may not take both.
    Prerequisite(s): UPSY-105 and UPSY-385 (grade C or better)

    Formerly: PSY-333E
  

  • UPSY 334 - Consumer Behavior with Laboratory

    4 Credit(s)

    Consumer Behavior with Laboratory is a course concerning the processes involved when people acquire, use, and dispose of goods,services, ideas, and experiences. Consumer behavior topics include attitude development and change, product knowledge and involvement,decision-making, learning, personality and social influences such as culture, race, income, age, and social class. In addition, this course is dedicated to learning about the research process in the field of consumer behavior. This includes the responsibilities of the Institutional Review Board, APA style, literature search, descriptive, survey, and experimental research methodologies, statistical analysis, interpretation and presentation of results, and the final written product of scientific work. Students participate in a number of research-related activities, including the replication of important research in consumer behavior as well as conducting their own original research. Psychology majors only. Students take either PSY 203 Consumer Behavior or PSY 334 Consumer Behavior with Laboratory; they may not take both. Psychology majors must receive a “C” or better in this course to satisfy psychology major requirements.
    Prerequisite(s): Grade of C or better in: UPSY-105, UPSY-385, and UPSY-387

    Formerly: PSY-334E
  

  • UPSY 355 - Biological Psychology

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PSY 355 .
    Formerly: PSY-355E
  

  • UPSY 375 - Counsel and Psychotherapy

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PSY 375 .
    Formerly: PSY-375E
  

  • UPSY 385 - Statistical Methods with Laboratoryýfor Social Sciences

    4 Credit(s)

    This is a course for those who wish to analyze data from their own research, as well as understand the presentation of others’ analyses. Topics include methods for graphing data, descriptive statistics such as measures of central tendency and dispersion, correlation and regression, and simple probability theory. Inferential statistics covered include t-tests, ANOVA, and non-parametric statistics such as chi-square. The use of SPSS, a statistical software package for the social sciences, is essential to this course. Students learn how to enter and analyze data, interpret results, and perform a wide range of statistical functions using SPSS. This course is required of psychology majors. Students may not receive credit for both PSY 385 and another statistical methods course such as ALLH390, CJ 380, ENGR 315, MATH 114, MATH 373, POLS 310, QA 251, or QA 252. This course may not be used to satisfy the social science general education requirement. Psychology majors must receive a “C” or better in this course to satisfy Psychology major requirements and advance to PSY387.
    Prerequisite(s): Grade C or better in: UPSY-105 and UMAT-116 (or above)

    Formerly: PSY-385E
  

  • UPSY 387 - Research Design For Psychology

    4 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PSY 387 .
    Formerly: PSY-387E
  

  • UPSY 409 - Senior Research I

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PSY 409 .
    Formerly: PSY-409E
  

  • UPSY 430 - Current Issues in Psychology

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PSY 430 .
    Formerly: PSY-430E
  

  • UPSY 499 - Independent Study

    3 Credit(s)

    Independent investigation of topics in Psychology. 
    Formerly: PSY-499E
  

  • UPWR 100 - Fundamentals of Professional Writing (W)

    3 Credit(s)

    This writing-enriched course introduces students to the diverse field of professional writing. Through required assignments and in-class exercises, students will learn, practice, and improve their own writing skills for various professional media, as well as begin compiling their first professional portfolio. Writing forms include print and electronic material. This course provides the suggested (but not required) basis for other courses in professional writing.
    Does not satisfy general education distribution requirement in humanities.
    Formerly: PRWR-100E and PRWR-260E
  

  • UPWR 215 - Effective Communication (W)

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see PRWR 215 .
    Formerly: PRWR-215E
  

  • UPWR 370 - Writing in the Sciences

    3 Credit(s)

    This writing-enriched course explores science communication by dissecting case studies and preparing documents that convey scientific and technological information; types vary from descriptive pieces and literature reviews to grant proposals and journal manuscripts. Audiences vary from research professionals to lay communities. Students select topics from their own fields and career interests to carry throughout the course projects. Although designed for students in biology, psychology, and other sciences, students in other disciplines may also benefit from this course.
    Does not satisfy humanities distribution requirement.
    Formerly: PRWR-370E
  

  • UPWR 380 - Writing for Health and Medicine (W)

    3 Credit(s)

    This writing-enriched course examines the types of writing particular to the fields of health and medicine. Students review and critique example documents from fields such as medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, and nursing; as needed, background on particular specialties, such as writing for the pharmaceutical industry, is provided. This course is especially relevant to students interested in careers in any health care or medical field.
  

  • UPWR 405 - Writing Practicum

    3 Credit(s)

    Students work six to eight hours a week in supervised writing, editing, or publishing settings either on- or off-campus; these settings include University Relations, Alumni Relations, and Community Engagement; paid or unpaid positions in area corporations; as well as individualized work with faculty on defined projects such as newsletters for units of the university. Students attend a seminar once a week to exchange expertise; they also write a final report that integrates their experiences with material covered in other courses in this discipline.
    Does not satisfy humanities distribution requirement.
    Requisite(s): At least 12 credits in the PRWR/UPWR sequence, plus permission of the instructor. May be repeated once for credit.

    Formerly: PRWR-405E
  

  • USCI 399 - Special Topics in Science

    2 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see corresponding day course.
    Formerly: SCI-399E
  

  • USOC 105 - Introduction to Sociology

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see SOC 105 .
    Formerly: SOC-105E
  

  • USOC 201 - Criminology

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see SOC 201 .
    Formerly: SOC-201E
  

  • USOC 202 - Social Activism

    3 Credit(s)

    This course is a service learning course that includes some form of civic/political engagement in the form of social activism. Students learn about social activism by doing it, reflecting on their experiences and doing research related to the activism they engage in. Experiential learning sites can be found in multiple settings that provide service or take action on behalf of groups or issues where action committees are organized. Social activism offers opportunities to develop leadership skills and work within political/activist organizations.
    Formerly: SOC-202E
  

  • USOC 203 - Sociology of Youth

    3 Credit(s)

    Youth, adolescence, young adulthood-different terms, but all imply a period in life when individuals face various new issues, physically and emotionally. In this course, students explore such issues in the context of social and cultural frameworks. Students consider how sociologists view a category termed “youth” and explore how social systems determine who is a part of this category. Students also look at the personal and social implications of “youth” and the intersections and impact of race, class, and gender on the experiences of youth. Students are introduced to the social constructionist approach to study the issues of youth in the United States, as well as comparative perspectives.
    Prerequisite(s): USOC-105

    Formerly: SOC-203E
  

  • USOC 215 - The Family

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see corresponding day course SOC 215 .
    Formerly: SOC-215E
  

  • USOC 235 - Minorities

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see SOC 235 .
    Formerly: SOC-235E
  

  • USOC 240 - Gender and International Development

    3 Credit(s)

    This course focuses on how gender inequality is structured globally and how economic and political changes in the last half of the 20th century have impacted these inequalities. To understand the impact of economic and political changes, students examine regions such as Latin America, Asia (Southeast, South Asia, China), Africa, and the Middle East and make comparisons with the United States. Students look at the social, economic, and political structures in different countries of these areas and see how gender inequality is socially constructed and impacted by changes. Students end the course by looking at some of the ways women have made changes in the structure of their countries and ultimately their own lives.
    Formerly: SOC-240E
  

  • USOC 245 - Race and Hip Hop

    3 Credit(s)

    This course explores the contemporary emergence of rap and hip hop culture. The course engages students in listening to music, viewing DVDs, and reading books and articles related to rap, hip hop, and cultural values. Societal issues of social control and freedom of speech are examined. Students explore these issues with the intent to broaden their sociological imaginations.
    Prerequisite(s): USOC-105

    Formerly: SOC-245E
  

  • USOC 304 - Film and Society

    3 Credit(s)

    Films allow us to understand a little of what it would be like to be someone else-a different race, gender, sexual orientation, class, ethnic group-and to imagine living in another place or time. This class is intended to engage students in social issues through the lens of an art form most of us enjoy but often do not analyze. The goal is to sharpen observations and develop perceptive viewing through the difficult task of total immersion in the film while, at the same time, maintaining objectivity and critical detachment.
    Formerly: SOC-304E
  

  • USOC 307 - Social Deviance

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see SOC 307 .
    Formerly: SOC-307E
  

  • USOC 310 - Medical Sociology

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see SOC 210 .
    Formerly: SOC-310E
  

  • USOC 317 - Sociology Sex/Gender

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see SOC 257 .
    Formerly: SOC-317E
  

  • USOC 330 - Modern Org and Work

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see SOC 330 .
    Formerly: SOC-330E
  

  • USOC 355 - Social Theory

    3 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see SOC 355 .
    Formerly: SOC-355E
  

  • USSC 399 - Special Topics in Social Science

    1 Credit(s)

    For most up to date course description, please see corresponding day course.
    Formerly: SSCI-399E
 

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