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2018-2019 Greensburg Campus Catalog
University of Pittsburgh Greensburg
   
2018-2019 Greensburg Campus Catalog 
    
 
  Mar 28, 2024
 
2018-2019 Greensburg Campus Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Course Information


Special Courses

Pitt-Greensburg offers a variety of special courses that students may use to enhance their educational experience. The special courses include independent studies, internships, excellence courses, study abroad courses, and capstone courses. Most of the special courses are optional, but for some majors (e.g. criminal justice) an internship is required, and the capstone course is required of all majors.

An independent study allows a student to explore a topic for which no course is available at Pitt-Greensburg or extend the exploration of a topic begun in a regular course. To arrange for an independent study, a student must find a faculty sponsor and work with the sponsor to develop a course plan. Independent study courses are available in every department. See an advisor for more details.

Internships allow students to earn credits toward graduation while gaining on-the-job experience in their majors. An internship is required in some majors (e.g. criminal justice and the journalism track in English writing), but it is available as an elective in most majors. Students are expected to find their own internship opportunities, but faculty advisors and the Office of Career Services may be aware of employers looking for interns and can provide suggestions about seeking an internship. Some departments ask students to complete an internship application. See a faculty advisor for more information.

Pitt-Greensburg students have an opportunity to study abroad in a country/region of their choice. Academic credits are earned while abroad and will transfer directly back into the student’s academic degree requirements. See the study abroad coordinator for more information.

As part of the new Pitt-Greensburg curriculum that took effect in fall 1999, every Pitt-Greensburg student must complete a senior seminar or a senior project as a capstone to the work in the major program. The faculty views the capstone course as a significant enhancement to the UPG degree program because it provides students with the opportunity to bring together the themes and skills of the major. Capstone work typically involves research and both written and oral reports.

Departmental Course Listings

Please note, when searching courses by Catalog Number, an asterisk (*) can be used to return mass results. For instance a Catalog Number search of ” 1* ” can be entered, returning all 1000-level courses.

 

Biological Sciences

  
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    BIOSC 1902 - DIRECTED STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Directed study in a specific area of biological science.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    BIOSC 1910 - INTERNSHIP


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Internship in the area of biological sciences.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
  
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    BIOSC 1915 - LABORATORY ASSISTANT


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This is a laboratory assistantship for general and upper-level laboratories. Primarily includes laboratory preparation, assisting students in the laboratory and possibly some lecturing under the supervision of the laboratory instructor
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0180/0080
  
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    BIOSC 1916 - LECTURE ASSISTANTSHIP


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This is a lecture assistantship for biology courses. Primarily includes attending lectures, assisting students during in class activities and offering study sessions.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0180/0080
  
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    BIOSC 1940 - MOLECULAR BIOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Course will examine the molecular basis of life processes, with a primary emphasis on genes (what they are, what they do, how they determine the properties of an organism). Topics covered will include replication of DNA, transcription of DNA into rna, and translation of RNA into protein. Much of the course will be concerned with how these processes are regulated in response to changes in the environment, and how this regulation relates to the observed properties and behavior of the organism.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0350; COREQ: BIOSC 1950
  
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    BIOSC 1950 - MOLECULAR GENETICS LABORATORY


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course will discuss the theories and methodologies that have recently emerged as the central theme of modern molecular genetics. Lectures will emphasize descriptions and applications of techniques such as molecular cloning, restriction site mapping, in vitro mutagenesis, the polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequence analysis that have led to the recent explosion in knowledge about chromosome organization, gene structure, and the regulation of gene expression. Laboratory sessions will emphasize polymerase chain reaction, agarose gel electrophoresis, cloning DNA fragments, bacterial transformation, restriction analysis, and the sanger method of sequencing DNA.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: COREQ: BIOSC 1940
  
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    BIOSC 1960 - SCIENTIFIC WRITING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Effective writing is essential for the communication of scientific knowledge, yet few biologists have any formal training in how to write a scientific paper. BIOSC 1960 would be a three-credit course, which is designed to teach students how to become more effective writers by demystifying the writing process. We will work throughout the semester on students’ research papers: we will start with outlines and rough drafts; the students will then review and critique each other’s writing in class, and in small peer groups; and we will revise each section of these papers several times before the final drafts are completed. By the end of the semester, students will have a better understand of the conventions of scientific writing and of readers’ expectations. Additionally, students will learn how to solicit high-quality feedback from faculty and their peers, and how to respond to feedback in thoughtful and deliberate ways when revising. This course would be required for all students to complete before taking their capstone course.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0070/0170, BIOSC 0080/0180/ CHEM 0110/0120, ENGCMP 0020 and 2nd semester Junior.
  
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    BIOSC 1962 - BIOLOGY UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will focus on projects that fall within the research interests of the supervising faculty member. Literature searching and review, solution preparation, laboratory safety training and experimental activity (including a final research report and presentation) will be contained in this course, which is offered under two options: a one-term laboratory course, or a two-term, individually-advised course.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1960; LVL: Junior; PLAN: Biological Science major
  
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    BIOSC 1963 - BIOLOGY RESEARCH - INDEPENDENT STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will focus on projects that fall within the research interests of the supervising faculty member. Literature searching and review, solution preparation, laboratory safety training and experimental activity (including a final research report and presentation) will be contained in this course, which is offered as a two-term, individually-advised course.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1960; LVL: second semester junior with an overall GPA of at least 3.0; PLAN: Biological Science Major
  
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    BIOSC 1999 - MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This is an advanced level lecture course educating students in the microbial aspects of human infectious diseases. Students will learn about the microbial basis of infection, the host response, and the nature of specific infections within the human body. The course also will present approaches for the diagnosis of infections and strategies for disease control. The topics of medical microbiology will be presented in a system-based rather than an organism-based approach.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

Chemistry

  
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    CHEM 0100 - PREPARATION GENERAL CHEMISTRY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed for those students who intend to take chemistry 0110 and 0120, but whose science and mathematical backgrounds are judged by their advisors to be relatively weak. The course emphasizes stoichiometry (chemical calculations), chemical equations, gas laws, elementary atomic structure and periodic properties of elements.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CHEM 0110 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY 1


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    Chemistry 0110 and 0120 comprise a two-term introduction to the fundamental properties of matter. The courses emphasize applications to industrial and environmental chemistry and biochemistry. CHEM 0110 covers stoichiometry, the properties of solids, liquids and gases, thermochemistry and the electronic structure of atoms and molecules.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: CO-REQ: MATH 0031  or MATH 0020  
  
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    CHEM 0110 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY 1


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    Chemistry 0110 and 0120 comprise a two-term introduction to the fundamental properties of matter. The courses emphasize applications to industrial and environmental chemistry and biochemistry. CHEM 0110 covers stoichiometry, the properties of solids, liquids and gases, thermochemistry and the electronic structure of atoms and molecules.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: CO-REQ: MATH 0031 or MATH 0020
  
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    CHEM 0120 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY 2


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    Chemistry 0110 and 0120 comprise a two-term introduction to the fundamental properties of matter. The courses emphasize applications to industrial and environmental chemistry and biochemistry. CHEM 0110  covers stoichiometry, the properties of solids, liquids and gases, thermochemistry and the electronic structure of atoms and molecules.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0110  
  
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    CHEM 0120 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY 2


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    Chemistry 0110 and 0120 comprise a two-term introduction to the fundamental properties of matter. The courses emphasize applications to industrial and environmental chemistry and biochemistry. CHEM 0110 covers stoichiometry, the properties of solids, liquids and gases, thermochemistry and the electronic structure of atoms and molecules.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0110
  
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    CHEM 0250 - INTRODUCTION TO ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is concerned with the rigorous treatment of equilibria that are of analytical importance and with an introduction into electroanalytical methods, emission and absorption spectrophotometry, and modern separation methods, particularly chromatography.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0120 or 0970; CREQ: CHEM 0260
  
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    CHEM 0260 - INTRODUCTION TO ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY LAB


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    The primary objectives of this course are to introduce the student to current analytical methods and to cultivate sound experimental technique. Laboratory work includes ion exchange separations, complexometric and potentiometric acid-base titrations, and absorption spectrophotometry.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: CREQ: CHEM 0250
  
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    CHEM 0310 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to theory and practice of organic chemistry through study of structural principles, reaction mechanisms, and synthesis leading toward end of second term, when complex molecules of biological interest are discussed. Basic goals of course are to develop appreciation and skill in methods of molecular analysis which have made organic chemistry such a powerful intellectual discipline. Course will prepare student for work in advanced topics of organic chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering and health related sciences.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0120 or CHEM 0970 or CHEM 0112/0114 (UPJ); COREQ: CHEM 0330
  
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    CHEM 0320 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to theory and practice of organic chemistry through study of structural principles, reaction mechanisms, and synthesis leading toward end of second term, when complex molecules of biological interest are discussed. Basic goals of course are to develop appreciation and skill in methods of molecular analysis which have made organic chemistry such a powerful intellectual discipline. Course will prepare student for work in advanced topics of organic chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering and health related sciences.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0310, 0330; COREQ: CHEM 0340
  
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    CHEM 0330 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY 1


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Chemistry 0330 is devoted to the purification, characterization, and identification of organic molecules using the techniques of recrystallization, distillation, thin-layer, column and gas-liquid chromatography, melting point determination, and infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: COREQ: CHEM 0310
  
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    CHEM 0340 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY 2


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Chemistry 0340 provides an opportunity to carryout important synthetic reactions discussed in the lecture course along with an introduction to the use of the chemical literature. Reactions are analyzed and products characterized using the skills learned in chemistry 0330.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: COREQ: CHEM 0320
  
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    CHEM 0430 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY 1 LABORATORY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Laboratory that accompanies CHEM 0110.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CHEM 0910 - CHEMICAL PRINCPL HEALTH PROFESSN


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    This is a one term course covering general and biological chemistry designed primarily for students enrolled in the school of nursing or preparing for health related professions. The course covers aspects of general chemistry including atomic structure and bonding and equilibria. A brief introduction to organic chemistry including physical properties and representative reactions of common functional groups and finally the chemistry of the major classes biomolecules and metabolism.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CHEM 0960 - GENERAL CHEM FOR ENGINEERS 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Essentially the same as CHEM 0110, but a total of 3 credits only and has no lab. Enrollment limited to school of engineering students.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CHEM 0970 - GENERAL CHEM FOR ENGINEERS 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Essentially the same as CHEM 0120, but a total of 3 credits only. Has lab, but only two lectures per week in contrast to CHEM 0120, which has 3. Enrollment limited to school of engineering.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0960
  
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    CHEM 1035 - INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Environmental chemistry is a course that discusses the origin, fate, toxicity and remediation of chemical pollutants in the air, water and soil. In addition green chemistry and the fundamentals of sustainability will be discussed.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0320
  
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    CHEM 1130 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Modern bonding theories are developed to the level that permits some understanding of the effects of structure and bonding on chemical properties. Periodic relationships are discussed and applied to selected families of elements. Emphasis is placed on those aspects of structure, bonding and periodic relationships that are helpful in unifying a large body of chemical knowledge. Selected topics of current interest in inorganic chemistry are discussed.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0320
  
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    CHEM 1250 - INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The basic principles and instrumentation of important methods and their application to analysis and research problems. The coverage includes spectroscopic and electrochemical methods and chromatography. Equilibrium and dynamic aspects of each are considered.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0250/0260; COREQ: CHEM 1255
  
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    CHEM 1255 - INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS LAB


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    The laboratory component of CHEM 1250. Students will be introduced to state of the art instrumentation being used in contemporary analytical chemistry.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: COREQ: CHEM 1250
  
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    CHEM 1275 - INTRODUCTION TO CHEMOMETRICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is an introduction to mathematical and statistical methods and techniques for analysis of data and results generated by various instrumental methods of chemical analysis (e.g., UV-visible, fluorescence, NMR, and FTIR spectrome tric methods, gas and liquid chromatographic methods, GC/MS, voltammetric methods), which are capable of producing large amounts of data for multiple samples and analyses in a single experiment. Topics to be covered include review of descriptive statistics, rejection and retention of outlier data, significance testing involving two or more data sets, matrix operations, analyte quantitation via univariate and multivariate calibration (e.g., direct and inverse calibration and quantitation) and regression (e.g., ordinary (OLS), inverse (ILS), and partial least squares (PLS), principal component (pc), and singular value decomposition (SVD) regression) methods, and analyte identification via pattern recognition methods (e.g., principal component analysis (PCA), factor analysis (fa), and singular value decomposition (SVD)). Emphasis will be placed on multivariate systems, and approaches for determination of multiple analyte concentrations in such systems using various chemometric tools. Software such as Microsoft excel’ and Matlab will be used extensively for analysis of large and small amounts of analytical data. The assessments for this course will be take-away assignments to be completed independently by the students.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0250
  
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    CHEM 1308 - ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    A comprehensive overview of the chemistry of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and terrestrial environment that includes ozone depletion, global warming, pollution, energy sources for the future, and green chemistry. In the lab component water and soil samples will be analyzed using techniques such as titration, pH determination, spectrophotometry, and chromatography. Three hours of lecture and four hours of lab per week. Prerequisite CHEM 0102 and competencies.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CHEM 1311 - ADVANCED ORGANIC CHEMISTRY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Advanced organic chemistry will cover several advanced topics of organic chemistry including: named organic reactions, other advanced reactions including stereoselective and stereospecific reactions, cycloaddition reactions, sigmatropic rearrangements, and organometallic reactions; mechanisms, synthetic applications, a detailed study of reactive intermediates, equilibria, and through the study of all of these topics, the principles of physical chemistry will be applied to the product distribution of organic reactions.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0320/0340
  
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    CHEM 1330 - MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0180/0080; CHEM 0310/0330; CHEM 0320/0340
  
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    CHEM 1380 - TECHNIQUES OF ORGANIC RESEARCH


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    A course which serves as a guide to the interpretation of ultraviolet, infrared, nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectra of organic compounds.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0320
  
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    CHEM 1410 - PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Basic lecture course dealing with quantum theory, atomic and molecular structure, symmetry, spectroscopy and diffraction methods.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0320/0340 and MATH 0240
  
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    CHEM 1420 - PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Basic lecture course dealing with gases, kinetic theory, chemical thermodynamics, equilibria, and chemical kinetics.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 1410
  
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    CHEM 1430 - PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY 1


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Approximately 8 experiments are performed during the term. Experiments are selected to illustrate important principles of physical chemistry and to make the student familiar with important experimental methods. The course is intended to make the student think critically about reliability of experimental results and to attempt to interpret them in the light of his previous chemical experience.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 1410; CREQ: CHEM 1420
  
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    CHEM 1461 - MOLECULAR MODELING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will provide a basic understanding of various methods used in molecular modeling computer programs and provide hands-on experience with several modeling programs. Background theory for various methods, including ab intio, semi-empirical, and molecular mechanics, will be discussed, and the techniques will then be used to examine chemical systems.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 1410
  
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    CHEM 1700 - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Seminar given by faculty on undergraduate research opportunities in chemistry. Open to all students regardless of departmental affiliation, but is designed especially to help those students who may take chemistry 1710 in their selection of a research project.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CHEM 1702 - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH WRITING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Seminar given by faculty on Undergraduate research opportunities in chemistry which will include a major research paper.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CHEM 1710 - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    This is an elective course where a research project is carried out under the direction of a member of the chemistry faculty. It is for the serious student who wishes to expand his scholarly interests. Approximately four hours research per week per credit; usually no more than three credits per term.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CHEM 1720 - UNDERGRAD TEACHING EXPERIENCE


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 4
    Students can gain teaching experience by serving as instructors in one of the undergraduate chemistry lab courses.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CHEM 1902 - DIRECTED STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Directed study in a specific area of chemistry to enhance preparation for undergraduate research.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CHEM 1950 - CHEMISTRY LAB INTERNSHIP 1


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Internship opportunities in chemistry lab.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CHEM 1951 - CHEMISTRY LAB INTERNSHIP 2


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CHEM 1952 - ANALYTICAL LABORATORY INTERNSHIP


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course will provide the student with an opportunity to gain teaching experience in the analytical chemistry laboratory.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

Chinese

  
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    CHIN 0011 - FIRST YEAR READING


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This course is taught in conjunction with Chinese 0001, first year spoken and provides training in writing Chinese. The student is introduced to the Chinese script in both traditional and simplified forms of the characters as well as regular reading assignments which parallel the development of oral skills.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CHIN 0021 - FIRST YEAR CHINESE LEVEL 1


    Minimum Credits: 5
    Maximum Credits: 5
    This beginning course in Chinese language and culture is intended for students with little or no experience in Chinese. Students will develop basic oral and written proficiency and an understanding of the basics of Chinese language and culture.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CHIN 0022 - FIRST YEAR CHINESE LEVEL 2


    Minimum Credits: 5
    Maximum Credits: 5
    This course is the second semester of first-year Chinese with a continued emphasis on basic oral and written proficiency. Students will learn to converse in limited daily life situations and write short paragraphs on personal topics.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHIN 0021
  
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    CHIN 0031 - SECOND YEAR CHINESE LEVEL 1


    Minimum Credits: 5
    Maximum Credits: 5
    This course aims to enhance speaking, reading and writing skills in Chinese beyond the first-year level. Students will learn to converse on a wider range of personal topics with some sophistication, to read and understand texts and relevant cultural material and write short narrative paragraphs with proper discourse connectors.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHIN 0022
  
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    CHIN 0032 - SECOND YEAR CHINESE LEVEL 2


    Minimum Credits: 5
    Maximum Credits: 5
    This continues the tasks from the first semester of second-year Chinese of practicing speaking, reading and writing skills with more challenging situations and texts. Students will be able to converse about some non-personal topics, read a wider range of texts, and write longer paragraphs with discourse connectors and idiomatic expressions.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHIN 0031
  
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    CHIN 0041 - THIRD YEAR CHINESE LEVEL 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHIN 0032
  
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    CHIN 0042 - THIRD YEAR CHINESE LEVEL 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course continues to build proficiency in speaking, oral comprehension, reading and writing, with emphasis upon vocabulary expansion, attention to a broadening array of daily life contexts, and continuing exposure to Chinese culture.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHIN 0041

Classics

  
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    CLASS 0010 - GREEK CIVILIZATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A general introduction to the culture and society of Ancient Greece, with emphasis on the Archaic Period and the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CLASS 0020 - ROMAN CIVILIZATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A general introduction to the culture and society of the Roman world, with emphasis on the period of the republic and the early empire.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CLASS 0030 - MYTHOLOGY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines in cultural context the traditional stories—myth, legend, and folktale—of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Theories drawn from various disciplines are critically evaluated. Attention to connections with ritual practice and to expression in daily life, art, architecture, etc.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CLASS 0100 - MASTERPIECES GREEK AND ROMAN LITERATURE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to the critical analysis of literary works through the medium of selected masterpieces of Greek and Roman literature in English translation.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CLASS 1130 - CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY AND LITERATURE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines how authors of classical antiquity used the traditional figures and stories of their culture’s mythology as material for works of literature.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CLASS 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 9
    In this course a student undertakes independent study in the field of classical civilization in consultation with a member of the faculty.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CLASS 1902 - DIRECTED STUDY FOR UNDERGRADS


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 9
    In this course a student undertakes directed study in the field of classical civilization under the close guidance of a member of the faculty.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

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    COMMRC 0005 - INTERVIEWING AND INFORMATION GATHERING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Students are introduced to the fundamental principles of interviewing, including the interpersonal communication process, the structure of an interview, interview preparation, techniques for giving and receiving information, and methods of transLating the data they collect during an interview. Common types of interviews (informational, employment, performance, counseling, and persuasive) will be covered to prepare students for a lifetime as interviewers and interviewees.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COMMRC 0083 - INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An analysis of various foreign cultures and U.S. Subcultures focusing on communication behavior. Attitudes held by each group and problems which may arise in exchange of ideas between groups are studied.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    COMMRC 0310 - RHETORICAL PROCESS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This is an introductory course designed to give students a sense of the role rhetoric plays in the construction of our social, political, and cultural worlds, and to introduce students to traditional and contemporary approaches to the analysis of rhetorical discourse. Students will prepare a series of short performances for presentation in the recitation sections.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: COMMRC major or Instructor’s Consent
  
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    COMMRC 0320 - MASS COMMUNICATION PROCESS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed to introduce students to the basic concepts of mass communication research and to the history and development of various media (TV., Radio, newspapers, magazines, etc.).
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COMMRC 0330 - CULTURAL STUDIES AND COMMUNICATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course provides an introduction to the interdisciplinary and disciplinary theories that inform a great deal of scholarship in communication. Specifically, we will study the roles that social, institutional, and cultural forces play in shaping the ways we live and interact.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COMMRC 0500 - ARGUMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed to acquaint students with fundamental principles of argumentation through the use of elementary debating techniques and strategies. Students will participate in several in-class debates on a question of policy.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COMMRC 0510 - DEBATE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course offers academic credit for preparation for, and participation in, intercollegiate debate.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COMMRC 0520 - PUBLIC SPEAKING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed to help students develop increased skill in public speaking by means of theory and practice. This course covers research, organization, style, delivery, and criticism of informative, deliberative, and ceremonial speeches.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COMMRC 0530 - INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The purpose of this course is to introduce students to theories and models of human communication in the face-to-face communication context. Focus of learning is on skill development; lecture, discussion, and practice of communication skills are used to facilitate student learning.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COMMRC 0540 - DISCUSSION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed to increase skills in critical thinking, decision making, and small group discussion. Students are introduced to theories of group process and practice step-by-step group problem solving related to contemporary issues.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COMMRC 0570 - INDEPENDENT FILM


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines the origins of film (before there were studios, when everyone was an indie filmmaker), early independent producers such as united artists, and later avant-garde directors working outside the mainstream studio system. We will focus on directors, films, and movements while examining key Indie films from the US and abroad. As part of their course work, students will produce either a significant research project on a film or filmmaker, or create, with a production team, a short independent film of their own.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: COMMRC 0320 or ENGCMP 0020
  
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    COMMRC 1012 - DIGITAL STORYTELLING 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will introduce students to the history and transformative power of digital technologies and to how these technologies influence the ways we create and share stories today. We will explore the ways technology helps us tell stories through new and emerging narrative forms, including blogs, podcasts, photo/sensory essays, and other combinations of audio and video forms. We will study methods digital storytellers use to connect with audiences in unique and intimate ways, and students will create their own stories with specific audiences in mind. Students will practice storytelling using a variety of digital mediums and will construct their own digital storytelling portfolios to showcase their work.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGCMP 0020, (ENGWRT 0550 or COMMRC 0320)
  
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    COMMRC 1020 - DIGITAL MEDIA STUDIES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    In an increasingly technologized world, it can be tempting to view technologies as the driving forces of social, political, and cultural change. Media theorist, Marshall McLuhan even said famously that ‘the medium is the message,’ meaning that how we receive communication messages inform our interpretations of those messages deeply. Such ‘technological determinism’ sees history as related closely with invention. In digital media studies we will examine the historical and technological developments that have altered communication in contemporary time. But we will also consider the many ways that technological artifacts reflect beliefs, values, assumptions, and conflicts of the societies in which they are created and used. In doing so we aim to achieve both analytic and appreciative understanding of the digital media that propagate modern communication. We will look historically at technologies as forces of influence, opportunity, division, and constraint. We will study digital media with critical and constructive lenses. We will produce digital artifacts of our own by using existing web-based tools with a goal of becoming creators in addition to consumers of digital media.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: COMMRC 0320
  
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    COMMRC 1021 - THE STUDIO: VIDEO PRODUCTIONS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    In this course students will gain knowledge, skills, and experience in creating media for a variety of formats and projects. Students will learn how to use HD cameras and advanced HD production techniques. Students will review and organize camera footage, interpret and write scripts, create storyboards, and mix audio and video with professional non-linear editing software. Students will work individually and in groups to complete a variety of video production projects for on-campus departments and groups and for community partners. Students will gain experience in all phases, from pre-production meetings with clients and developing projects, to planning and shooting on locations, to editing footage using professional nonlinear video editing software, and through the post-production process to complete media productions for a range of offline and online uses and formats. These completed projects will then be utilized by our clients and will provide students with a range of video productions for their professional portfolios. Course to be offered fall and spring semesters.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: COMMRC 1012
  
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    COMMRC 1022 - DIGITAL STORYTELLING 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Digital Storytelling 2 is the advanced-level, follow-up course to Digital Storytelling 1. In this course, students will refine and advance the skills they acquired in ds 1 and use those skills to produce an in-depth personal digital narrative or immersion project.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: COMMRC 1012
  
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    COMMRC 1030 - RESEARCH METHODS IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A survey of methods used in contemporary communication research, spanning qualitative, quantitative, and critical approaches. Through the study and practice of the research process, students will learn to evaluate data, hypotheses, and conclusions produced by others in addition to gaining firsthand research experience.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGCMP 0020 and (COMMRC 0310 or COMMRC 0320)
  
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    COMMRC 1035 - VISUAL RHETORIC


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The purpose of this course is to encourage students to explore the rhetorical nature of images and the increasing visualization of communication and of contemporary culture. Students will acquire knowledge of leading methodologies used to analyze a variety of visual texts including photography, advertising, television, film, and digital and online video sources. Students will conduct research and develop their creative and critical abilities through analyses and development of original projects that engage the rhetorical nature of images as carriers of diverse messages.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGCMP 0020
  
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    COMMRC 1040 - COMMUNICATING GENDER IN FILM


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines representations of gender in cinema. Students will consider the continuum of gendered identities; masculine and feminine, and the history of gendered roles and expectations as they have shifted over time in conjunction with popular culture. We will explore gendered representations as potential sites of influence that attempt to reflect and reiterate gender norms within the broader scope of social mores and attitudes. Two central aims of this course are to foster critical reading and thinking about gender identities as they function within increasingly mediated venues for communication. Of equal value, we will investigate the ways in which individuals have resisted institutional or social norms, striving to push for progression and change.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: COMMRC 0320
  
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    COMMRC 1101 - EVIDENCE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines the nature and structure of evidence and reason-giving in everyday discourse. Students develop critical skills in evaluating argument and reasoning by examining the evidential requirements of argument in specific rhetorical contexts; science, philosophy, and politics.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: COMMRC 0310
  
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    COMMRC 1103 - RHETORIC AND CULTURE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course explores the constitutive role that rhetoric plays in the formation of culture. Cultural texts and events will be examined both as reflecting and signifying practices. The course focuses on rhetoric’s relation to ideology, power, and desire, as well as to class formations and sexual divisions. Selecting two of the above perspectives, students will examine how cultural practices constitute and are constituted by rhetoric.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COMMRC 1105 - TELEVISION AND SOCIETY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course explores the relationship between television and society. It familiarizes students with the history of the broadcast industry along with related legal, political, and economic issues. The course focuses on analyzing various television programs as constitutive of and constituted by social relations (class, gender, and race).
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: COMMRC 0320
  
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    COMMRC 1108 - COMMUNICATION IN A TECHNICAL ORGANIZATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Communication is central to all types of organizations, but can take on greater significance in a scientific or technologically focused work place. Communication can enable organizational members to persuade, motivate, manipulate, insult, lead, facilitate, and it may enhance or undermine relationships. Communication is also central to organizational processes such as decision-making, teamwork, turnover, the diffusion of innovations, and member loyalty. The purpose of this course is to augment and enhance students’ understanding of the relationship between communication and organizations (e.g. for-profit companies, political parties, voluntary associations, and non-profit groups). This course will provide students with an opportunity to 1) think critically about the benefits and disadvantages of different modes of communication (face-to-face verses computer mediated, for example); 2) practice common communication skills such as conducting a meeting, memo writing, interviewing, and job performance reviews; and 3) explore different styles of decision-making and teamwork within a technical organization (nasa and bayer will be featured in several case studies). Student evaluations will take the form of interviews, presentations, written responses to case studies, and a final 8-10 page evaluation and presentation of a specific communication “event” within the student’s organization.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COMMRC 1111 - THEORIES OF PERSUASION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course surveys theories of persuasion that have been articulated during the twentieth century. It seeks to compare and contrast research about how the spoken word and the visual image influence public belief and action.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: COMMRC 0310 or COMMRC 1124
  
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    COMMRC 1114 - FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND PRESS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The purpose of the course is to provide students with a critical understanding of the historical themes and contemporary issues involved in the debate over free speech. This course examines philosophies of expression from Plato through the most recent supreme court decisions. Study focuses on cases, major doctrines, and competing interpretations of the first amendment to explore the freedoms and limits of individual expression and regulation of communication industries.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: COMMRC 0320
  
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    COMMRC 1127 - IMAGE RESTORATION IN THE MEDIA


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The central focus of this course is that human beings often participate in communicative behavior designed to reduce, redress or avoid damage to their reputation from perceived wrong-doing. This course is designed to analyze theory and research on image restoration discourse. It will include analysis of persuasive attack and defense strategies used in the media, such as that seen in television and print advertising, political campaigns, and various other mediated communication events.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: COMMRC 0310
  
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    COMMRC 1129 - ENVIRONMENTAL RHETORIC


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed to analyze discourse on the environment, from advertising campaigns and political viewpoints, to corporate policies and environmental/social movements. It will analyze theory and research in environmental rhetoric, with an emphasis on environmental communication studies found in academic journals in the field. Students will examine current environmental issues of importance found in television/print/electronic media and analyze the discourse from a rhetorical perspective.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: COMMRC 0310
  
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    COMMRC 1146 - INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course explores the constitutive role that rhetoric plays in the formation of culture. Cultural texts and events will be examined both as reflecting and signifying practices. The course focuses on rhetoric’s relation to ideology, power, and desire, as well as to class formations and sexual divisions. Selecting two of the above perspectives, students will examine how cultural practices constitute and are constituted by rhetoric.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COMMRC 1152 - DIGITAL AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    IN THIS COURSE, FORMERLY KNOWN AS ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION, WE WILL STUDY ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, WRITTEN PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION, AND DIGITAL PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION. COMMUNICATION IS ESSENTIAL TO BUSINESS, NONPROFIT, AND GOVERNMENT SECTORS. WE WILL EXAMINE STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNICATION WITHIN EACH SECTOR WHILE HONING THE PRACTICAL MARKETPLACE SKILLS NECESSARY TO SECURING EMPLOYMENT AND MAINTAINING/ADVANCING YOUR CAREER.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: COMMRC 0320
  
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    COMMRC 1153 - RHETORIC AND PUBLIC POLICY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Policy planners, decision-makers, and policy analysts often do their work in public, deliberative discourse, which rhetoricians have been modeling and analyzing at least since ancient Greece. In this course, students will develop a rhetorical perspective to analyze the features of the policy process, including problem selection, organizational identity, administrative strategy, public access and participation, and public relations. Participation in discussions, short in-class writings, and longer papers will help students to understand the rhetorical construction of policies, the role of expertise and authority (ethos) in the policy process, and the decision-making process.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGCMP 0020; COMMRC 0310 or COMMRC 0320
  
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    COMMRC 1154 - THE RHETORIC OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND CYBER-PROTEST


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Through active reading, writing, participation in discussions, and analysis of messages (speeches, posters, advertisements, slogans, blogs, websites, movies) students will be introduced to theory and research pertaining to persuasion, organized social advocacy and protest. Students will engage in critical thinking exercises while applying what they have learned in their studies of mass communication, rhetorical process, and persuasion to the analysis of messages published by historic and current social movements.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COMMRC 1155 - THE HISTORY OF RHETORIC IN AMERICAN ADVERTISING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines the history of strategic persuasion in American advertisements of the twentieth century. By studying the evolution of visual and rhetorical methods used in ads, students will gain theoretical and historical understanding of both the industry and the cultural contexts in which campaigns ran. We will review the many iconic and enduring ad slogans, images, logos, and jingles of twentieth century America, evaluating their purpose, their intended audience, and their rhetorical style.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: COMMRC 0310 and COMMRC 0320
  
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    COMMRC 1180 - HISTORY AND RHETORIC OF FILM GENRES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Introduce students to the historical, rhetorical, aesthetic, and commercial dimensions and traditions of Hollywood film genres. A wide variety of film genres will be addressed potentially including comedy, satire, romance, thriller, musical, horror, science fiction, war, and film noir. The course will examine the historical development, changing conventions, iconography, and mythology present within these various Hollywood film genres. The course will also enable students to investigate the rhetorical implications of how artistic and commercial interests converge to reflect, comment upon, and influence American popular culture and society through the stories of a diverse range of classic and contemporary Hollywood genre films.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGCMP 0020; COMMRC 0320
  
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    COMMRC 1220 - PUBLIC RELATIONS STRATEGY AND PRACTICES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will examine and critically analyze real-world public relations problems, cases and programs. It will concentrate on the four audiences of public relations (employees, communities, consumers and investors) and the four components (media relations, public issues, crisis management and ethics). The course will focus on the four- step process used in implementing public relations programs that include research, planning, implementation and evaluation.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: COMMRC 0320; ENGCMP 0020
  
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    COMMRC 1310 - ADVERTISING STRATEGY AND PRACTICES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    In recent years, new technology has created a world where the consumer is continually bombarded with advertising messages. This course will examine the issues that advertising practitioners face and look at ways to break through today’s advertising clutter and help make a product or service stand out from the competition. The course will focus on ways to create strategic advertising plans that are implemented with sound creative concepts and efficient media buys; and then evaluated for their effectiveness.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREREQ: COMMRC 0320 or COMMRC 1210
  
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    COMMRC 1410 - FILM AND PROPAGANDA


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Students will gain knowledge of film history and theory as well as the rhetoric and philosophy of propaganda to provide a background for analysis. Students will analyze a variety of films from various film genres through essays, examinations, and critical/creative projects that will address how film functions as a major form of propaganda and social influence upon public opinion in past and contemporary society and debate.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: Completion of at least one 1000 COMMRC level course
  
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    COMMRC 1520 - ADVANCED PUBLIC SPEAKING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course teaches students advanced skills needed in the preparation, delivery, and evaluation of formal public address. Advanced public speaking extends what was learned in the introductory public speaking course by examining more advanced theories and strategies of public address, critically evaluating public discourse in a variety of settings and sharpening the extemporaneous delivery skills of the student.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: COMMRC 0520
  
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    COMMRC 1730 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course covers a specialized topic in communication. Topics vary every semester.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: COMMRC 0300 and ENGCMP 0020
  
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    COMMRC 1731 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN RHETORIC


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course covers a specialized topic in rhetoric. Topics vary every semester.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGCMP 0020 and COMMRC 0310
  
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    COMMRC 1732 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN MASS COMMUNICATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course covers a specialized topic in mass communication. Topics vary every semester.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGCMP 0020 or 0200 or 0006 and COMMRC 0320
  
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    COMMRC 1900 - COMMUNICATION INTERNSHIP


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Internships provide practical work experience related to the student’s course of study.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
 

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