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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.

 

Communication: Rhetoric and Communication

  
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    COMMRC 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Independent study is a program of academic reading and research taken under the direction of a faculty sponsor.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COMMRC 1950 - COMMUNICATION CAPSTONE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course focuses on research in communication. After a brief introduction of basic concepts, selected methodologies will be examined. Students will engage in individual research projects, utilizing one of these methodologies. Students will submit a written report as well as give a public oral presentation of their original research.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: LVL: Senior

Computer Science

  
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    CS 0004 - INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER PROGRAMMING-BASIC


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This is a first course in computer science. It is designed to be of special interest to students majoring in one of the social sciences or humanities. Objectives of this course include use of the computer in an interactive environment; problem analysis and the development of algorithms; learning the basic language; designing; coding; and documenting programs using techniques of good programming style.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CS 0085 - PC SOFTWARE FOR BUSINESS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introductory level course in pc software commonly used in business environments. Designed for students in the humanities and social sciences with applications of particular interest to management and accounting majors. The principal applicatons will be word processing, electronic spreadsheets and database management.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CS 0098 - DECSION MAKING WITH EXCEL


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course starts with an introduction to the use of spreadsheets and then builds on that foundation to develop proficiency in the use of spreadsheets for statistical and other analytic techniques in support of decision making.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CS 0131 - SOFTWARE FOR PERSONAL COMPUTING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An intermediate-level course in computer science for students majoring in areas other than computer science. Objectives include a non-technical study of the windows NT operating system; development of applications using software selected from the principal areas of applications for personal computing. These include word-processing (MS Word), spreadsheets (MS Excel), and relational databases (MS Access).
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CS 0134 - WEB SITE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will provide a basic understanding of the methods and techniques of developing a simple to moderately complex web site. Using the current standard web page language, students will be instructed on creating and maintaining a simple web site. After the foundation language has been established, the aid of an internet editor will be introduced. A second web-based language will be included to further enhance the web sites.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CS 0145 - INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL IMAGING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will introduce students to the tools of digital imaging. It is broken into four major parts that will offer students a foundation for incorporating digital tools into their artistic photo process as well as emphasize the unique opportunities of medium. Projects will support a critical examination of digital tools and provide a historical context. Foundations will have students experiment with a digital camera and a limited set of editing tools in Photoshop. Scanning and printing will also be explored. Process in digital imaging shows that digital media can be thought of not only as the software, hardware, and networks we utilize but also as the computational logic that underlies and structures these tools. New platforms for photography will be discussed as well as the concepts of compression and extraction.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CS 0146 - INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL VIDEO


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This hands-on introductory course will introduce students to the tools associated with the creation of digital videos. This course will address the concepts, issues, and practices associated with creating effective, custom videos. Included in the course topics are: storyboard development, camera and lighting techniques, digital video editing, audio recording and editing, graphics creation, and production management. Students will learn how shots work together, how to write compelling scripts, and how to use audio for best effect. The class will also have hands-on instruction in editing techniques using adobe premium 10. There will be individual and small group projects.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CS 0401 - INTERMEDIATE PROGRAMMING USING JAVA


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    This course is a rigorous introduction to the fundamental concepts and techniques of computer programming using the java programming language. This is a first course for students who intend to major in computer science.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CS 0405 - PROGRAMMING USING PYTHON


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed as a first class in computer programming for students from any major who wish to learn the fundamentals of coding. The focus of the course is on problem analysis, algorithm development and the use of tools for creating and testing Python programs.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0031
  
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    CS 0421 - PROGRAMMING USING JAVA


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introductory course in computer programming designed for students in computer-related majors. The emphasis is on structured techniques for problem analysis and algorithm development in an object-oriented paradigm.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0020 or MATH 0031
  
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    CS 0422 - ADVANCED PROGRAMMING USING JAVA


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A second course in computer programming designed for students in computer-related majors. The emphasis is on advanced programming techniques in an object-oriented paradigm.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CS 0421
  
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    CS 0441 - DISCRETE STRUCTURES FOR CS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The purpose of this course is to understand and use (abstract) discrete structures that are backbones of computer science. In particular, this class is meant to introduce logic, proofs, sets, relations, functions, counting, and probability, with an emphasis on applications in computer science.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0200 or MATH 0220 or MATH 0230
  
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    CS 0445 - DATA STRUCTURES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course emphasizes the study of the basic data structures of computer science (stacks, queues, trees, lists) and their implementations using the java language included in this study are programming techniques which use recursion, reference variables, and dynamic memory allocation. Students in this course are also introduced to various searching and sorting methods and also expected to develop an intuitive understanding of the complexity of these algorithms.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CS 0401 or CS 0422
  
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    CS 0447 - COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The purpose of this course is to study the components of computing systems common to most computer architectures. In particular, this class is meant to introduce data representation, types of processors, memory types and hierarchy, and device drivers. The students will learn MIPS assembly language, the design of arithmetic and logic units, and basic designs for RISC processors.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CS 0401 or CS 0422
  
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    CS 0449 - INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMS SOFTWARE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course covers topics related to the interface of hardware and software. It covers device interfaces and hardware synchronization at the lowest level of the operating system, the linkage of operating system services to application software, and the fundamental mechanisms for computer communications.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CS 1501 - ALGORITHM IMPLEMENTATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The course covers a broad range of the most commonly used algorithms: some examples include algorithms for sorting, searching, encryption, compression, and local search. The students will implement and test several algorithms. The course is programming intensive.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CS 0441, CS 0445, CS 0447, and MATH 0220
  
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    CS 1902 - DIRECTED STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed to give students the opportunity to design a plan of study to be agreed upon by the student and a supervising faculty member. This course does not satisfy the computer science capstone requirement.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CS 1950 - DIRECTED RESEARCH


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed to give students the opportunity to design a plan of study to be agreed upon by the student and a supervising faculty member.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

Criminal Justice

  
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    CJ 0002 - CRIME, LAW, AND PUBLIC POLICY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to crime, criminal law, the administration of justice process, and public policy as it pertains to crime and justice. This is a prerequisite for all required administration of justice courses, but has also been developed as a survey for non-ADMJ majors. Subject matter includes an introduction to the study of crime, a description of the sources, purpose, and application of the criminal law, and an examination of the interplay of politics, the problem of crime, and the implementation of public policies.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CJ 0110 - CRIMINOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course involves the scientific study of crime. Subject matter includes the measurement and dimensions of crime, a comprehensive examination of prominent biological, psychological, and sociological theories, an overview of some prominent contemporary issues in criminology, and a description of the structure and function of the criminal justice system.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 0130 - CORRECTIONAL PHILOSOPHY: THEORY AND PRACTICES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will introduce the history and philosophy of corrections. Included is the evolution of institutional and correctional practices, and the contemporary approach including new strategies as alternatives to incarceration.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 0145 - DRUGS AND SOCIETY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines the social implications of the use and abuse of psychoactive substances. Drawing on sociological, psychological, historical, and pharmacological research, questions about individual motivations and consequences, social problems, political and economic issues, and public policy will be explored. The primary focus will be on the United States, but the larger global context will also be considered
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CJ 0210 - AMERICAN SYSTEM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines the structure and function of the American criminal justice system. Subject matter involves an examination of criminal procedure as it has been established by the U.S. Constitution, state constitutions, and judicial interpretations. Case law and the manner in which case law shapes the work activities of criminal justice professionals are emphasized. Critical issues in the administration of justice are also examined (alternatives to incarceration, victims’ rights, and others).
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 0365 - MORAL PHILOSOPHY AND THE LAW


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An exploration of moral perspectives on the law via an examination of such questions as the following: does law have a moral basis or justification? Is there a moral duty to obey the law? Are there objective standards of conduct that are morally binding on everyone? Is it morally proper to use the law in an attempt to coerce moral behavior?
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CJ 0400 - ISSUES IN ETHICS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is in applied ethics in the field of criminal justice. This course explains the criteria necessary for an ethical issue as well as a discussion of ethical systems. The class focuses on ethics for police, courtroom personnel, and correctional officers as it applies to their day to day operations, as well as an emphasis on ethical issues unique to the criminal justice community.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 1050 - COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces students to a global, comparative approach to the study of common law and civil law criminal justice systems and their respective legal traditions (Westernized, Islamic, ancient, socialist, public, private, constitutional, etc.). The course surveys global criminal issues such as the spread of transnational crimes like human, weapon and drug trafficking, terrorism, corporate fraud, war crimes violations and global organized crime. The course examines the organic criminal justice problems various nations face (politically, economically, religiously, socially, historically and geographically) in processing crime, as well as how these same nations respond differentially to problems shared around the globe.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 1110 - VIOLENT CRIME


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will adopt a multi-disciplinary approach in examining the causes and consequences of violent behavior. We will study major theories of violent crime causation, and the relationship between the media, public perception, and public policy. Special topics will include serial murder, mass rape, genocide, domestic violence, and the violence perpetrated by street gangs.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 1116 - ORGANIZED CRIME


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will examine the historical evolution of organized criminal groups in the United States and the influence that foreign criminal cartels have had on American factions. Attention will be paid to the response by law enforcement to this criminal phenomenon, to include the passing of specific statutes to address this criminal behavior.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 1120 - COMMUNITY POLICING AND PROBLEM SOLVING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Explores the nature of relationships between police and various communities in American society as well as problems produced by those relationships. General understanding of structure, function, and operation of small, medium, and large police departments.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 1125 - HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Introduces various historical and philosophical approaches to law enforcement. Explores origins of policing, philosophical position on nature of law enforcement and its justification, comparisons of various types of policing in different historical epochs, and emergence of bureaucratized urban force.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 1126 - RESTORATIVE JUSTICE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Examines the restorative justice model as a viable form of alternative dispute resolution. Restorative justice will be compared and contrasted with the concepts and practices of the traditional justice system including the police, courts, and corrections. Students will also be introduced to the model of balanced and restorative justice (BARJ) that is utilized within the juvenile justice system in Pennsylvania. The history, theory, and evaluation research surrounding the restorative justice process will also be examined.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 1130 - MINORITY ISSUES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course presents an intense examination of how law and the criminal justice process impact minorities in general and the African-American community in particular. Students are familiarized with pertinent theories and issues, including the historic roles of law and legal institutions in the black community, and employment of blacks in law and criminal justice.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 1135 - CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will introduce the students to the field of investigations and serve as the foundation for criminal forensics. Topics will include principles of interviewing and interrogations, eyewitness identification of persons and things and analysis of crime scenes. An overview of the processes involved in the use of evidence and the challenges they face in the court system. Significant court decisions will be summarized.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 1138 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE ETHICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines the ethical dilemmas and questions that arise in policing, corrections and the judiciary. Various philosophical perspectives will be discussed and applied via practical case studies. Additionally, students will explore how the criminal justice system addresses competing interests in various ethical scenarios; the legal impact of certain types of ethical misconduct; and how the criminal justice system attempts to prevent and address ethical misconduct.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 1148 - DELINQUENCY AND JUVENILE JUSTICE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The purpose of this course is to understand the nature of juvenile delinquency and the treatment of juveniles within the juvenile justice system. The course defines the term, juvenile delinquency, provides overview of theories of delinquency, as well as risk factors for delinquent behavior. It traces the history of the juvenile justice system and provides an overview of the various dispositions for adjudicated youth. Critical supreme court cases, involving juvenile offenders are also considered.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 1154 - PROBATION AND PAROLE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Explores the nature of probation and parole, and strategies for effective use. The course examines the structure and operation of probation services, and impact of probation and parole upon the criminal justice system and larger society.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 1155 - CRITICAL ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY LAW ENFORCEMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Analysis of contemporary issues related to policies, goals, and procedures of all law enforcement agencies. Discussion of federal assistance to law enforcement, changing roles of police, police-court controversy, and future trends in criminal justice.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 1198 - INTERNSHIP


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Internship in Criminal Justice
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: Senior; (CJ 0002 or SOC 0020), and CJ 0110, CJ 0210, CJ 0130, CJ 1125
  
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    CJ 1199 - RESEARCH PRACTICUM


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Research opportunities in criminal justice
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002, 0110, 0210, 0130, 1125
  
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    CJ 1202 - AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A study of the interpretation of the constitution by the supreme court and of the place of the court in the American political system. Topics include the development of judicial review, civil and political rights, national and state powers over the economy, and the powers of the president. Major emphasis is given to the courts policymaking roles and to its decisions in the area of civil liberties and rights.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CJ 1230 - CRITICAL ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY CORRECTIONS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will use as a departure, the concepts learned in CJ 0130. It will be divided into three parts. First, it will reconsider the general justifications of punishment and how various sentence options may meet these alternatives. Second, it will examine current issues, including aging inmates, education in prison, and women in prison. Third, it will examine innovations in prisons, including privatization of prisons.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 1248 - WOMEN AND CRIME


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines the nature of female offenders, the response of the criminal justice system to them, and the applicability of criminological theories to female delinquency and criminality. The course also deals with the way female victims are treated by the system and the experience of women working within the criminal justice field.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 1250 - JUNIOR SEMINAR


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Sentencing is the step in criminal case processing that occurs after the defendant is pronounced guilty of a crime (by trial or guilty plea) and before the offender begins serving the pronounced punishment. This course 1) describes the various approaches to sentencing in the united states, 2) traces sentencing practices and the underlying assumptions of different approaches, 3) discusses the precipitating factors that led to modern sentencing reform, 4) details various reforms including sentencing guidelines, mandatory minimum sentencing and three-strikes laws, 5) identifies relevant legal issues that have accompanied modern sentencing reforms, 6) analyzes empirical studies to ascertain whether, how, and under what circumstances the goals of sentencing have been realized, 7) presents ethical and philosophical challenges to modern sentencing reform, and 8) to offers some conclusions about how modern sentencing reforms may impact prison populations as well as the correctional population under community supervision. This is a writing intensive course that satisfies the comp 3 requirement.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PLAN: CJ major; Junior; EngCmp 0020
  
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    CJ 1255 - SENTENCING AND MODERN REFORM


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course takes an in-depth examination into modern sentencing reform in the United States. It highlights the historical background of sentencing practices and details the goals of modern reforms. It provides an empirical assessment of whether the reforms have met their goals, an overview of relevant Supreme Court cases, and a consideration of the monetary and social costs of modern sentencing practices. The course ends with examining recent calls to “reform the reforms” and considers the future of sentencing practices in the United States.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 1310 - ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces the student to the role of criminal justice in protecting and reguLating the environment at both the micro and macro level. This includes environmental crimes of climate, water, air, ground, noise pollution and pollution found in the human body. The emerging field of environmental criminal justice demands fair treatment of all peoples with respect to environmental laws and their implementations including the right to safe and clean resources, work environments and living environments.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 1518 - WHITE COLLAR CRIME


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will examine the offenses related to white collar crime and the differences between these types of deeds, crimes of opportunity and violent crimes. In addition, the unique nature of this criminal behavior and the actor’s reliance on the victim to assist in the wrongdoing will be addressed. Attention to the role of law enforcement and the problems associated with the investigation of white collar crime will be discussed.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 1520 - VICTIMOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course traces the development of the field of victimology. It first examines the term “victim” and then provides an overview of the incidence, patterns, and consequences of criminal victimization. This course places special emphasis on victimization on college campuses and violence against women. It concludes by discussing victims’ programs and services.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 1750 - SPECIAL TOPICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CJ 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 6
    Allows advanced students to pursue topics and research of special interest which are not otherwise available.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: Junior; CJ 0002 or SOC 0020
  
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    CJ 1910 - TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course allows students the opportunity to assist the instructor, tutor students and/or work on research projects.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: Senior; (CJ 0002 or SOC 0020) and SOC 0110, SOC 0210, SOC 0130, SOC 1125
  
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    CJ 1950 - SENIOR SEMINAR


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Senior seminar for criminal justice majors.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: Senior; (CJ 0002 or SOC 0020), CJ 0110, CJ 0130, CJ 0210, CJ 1125 and (SOCSCI 0200 or STAT 0200)
  
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    CJ 1969 - SPECIAL TOPICS - STUDY ABROAD


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    The study of special topics related to a study abroad experience.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

Economics

  
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    ECON 0100 - INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMIC THEORY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Introduction to principles of economic analysis as applied to the study of prices and markets. The course builds a theoretical basis for understanding producer and consumer behavior, and prepares students to appreciate the importance of markets in our economic system.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ECON 0110 - INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMIC THEORY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introductory course which develops the basic tools needed to analyze the behavior of various macroeconomic phenomena including inflation, gross domestic product, and unemployment. In addition, these tools are used to study how and whether the government can impact the behavior of the overall economy. Finally, the course looks at the role various institutions such as banks and the stock and bond markets play in affecting the economic environment.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ECON 0130 - GLOBALIZATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will cover a wide range of topics dealing with the rapid internationalization of the global economy. It will include a discussion of international trade theory and policy, the role of foreign direct investment, attempts at a regional economic integration, the foreign exchange market and the global monetary system, the role of multi nationals in the global marketplace and the related host country aspirations, and issues in relation to economies in various stages of transition.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ECON 0100 and ECON 0110
  
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    ECON 0134 - PUBLIC ECONOMICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course explores current issues related to expenditure policies of governments, including the effects of government intervention on economic outcomes. Topic includes how alternative economic theories are used to provide intellectual justification for ideological, moral and ethical beliefs as in the use of public partnerships in education, health care and the future of social security. The course also evaluates topical dilemmas in government policy on the provision of such public goods based on certain criteria for evaluating government actions.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ECON 0100
  
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    ECON 0225 - COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Market failures are widespread in societies, resulting in the non- provision of some goods and services deemed desirable to society. Additionally firms often fail to take into account the negative effects of their actions on the society as a whole. In these situations government intervention is deemed necessary. Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is a tool used by government agencies to determine the effectiveness of public works projects. CBA is the application of economic, financial and quantitative reasoning tools to issues of resource allocation in public policy. It identifies, quantifies and aggregates the positives (benefits) and negative (costs) effects associated with a public policy decision. The course is taught partly in a seminar format and will often cover applications of CBA to crime, (such as a cost/benefit analysis of imprisonment in different states or the measurement of rehabilitation and special deterrence), health care, education, transportation, the environment and other public policies that are of current interest.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ECON 0100
  
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    ECON 0230 - INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC ECONOMICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The objectives of this course are - to illustrate how basic economic principles can be used to determine the economic effects of government expenditure and tax policies; to develop the students’ ability to analyze issues and to recognize the value judgments which lie behind various positions taken in current policy debates.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ECON 0280 - INTRODUCTION TO MONEY AND BANKING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The course is directed toward giving the student an insight into the role that monetary policy and financial markets play in the economy. It will cover both the theoretical and institutional aspects of banking necessary to function successfully in the business world. One object of the course is to give the student the ability to analyze and appraise critically the monetary policy of federal reserve system.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ECON 0110 and MATH 0100
  
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    ECON 0800 - INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A one-term course designed primarily for the non-major. The main goals are to create interest in the study of economics and introduce some basic tools economists use to analyze social issues. Issues range from farm subsidies to changes in income tax rates to changes in spending on crime reduction.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ECON 0835 - GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is concerned with government intervention into markets as a corrective measure to market failure. Issues involving public policy, regulation, de-regulation, and anti-trust will be analyzed.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ECON 0100
  
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    ECON 0905 - SPECIAL TOPICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Current topics of particular interest to economics majors are discussed and analyzed.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ECON 1745 - SPECIAL TOPICS - STUDY ABROAD


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The study of special topics related to a study abroad experience.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ECON 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 12
    Student designed project of study in a particular area of economics. Supervised closely by a faculty member.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

Education

  
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    ADMPS 1001 - SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Students in the course have the opportunity to develop a foundational understanding of the dynamics of schooling in society by addressing the cultural aspects that underlie society’s educational ideas and practices. Through an interdisciplinary approach, readings and activities are designed for school practitioners, or those contemplating careers in education, to engage in the study of those cultural aspects and consequences. The general intent of foundational study is to introduce students to interpretive uses of knowledge Germane to education and to establish a basis for lifelong learning through normative and critical reflection on education within its historical philosophical, cultural and social contexts. Special emphasis is focused on the role of schooling in cultivating the habits necessary for democratic citizenship which include ongoing efforts to secure equitable and just social relations, and to advance the common good.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: Pre-Educ majors
  
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    ADMPS 1010 - FIRST FIELD EXPERIENCE


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Students participate in ten hours of direct observations of one or more classrooms or student-related experiences to supplement the content received in a social foundations of education course. This course is required of education transfer students who earned credit for social foundations at another school and did not take ADMPS 1001 at Pitt-Greensburg.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Practicum
    Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
  
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    ELED 0010 - DIRECTED TUTORING PRACTICUM


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Provides elementary education and pre-education majors with tutoring experiences in area school districts or other field settings.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    ELED 0020 - DIRECTED TUTORING IN ELEM ED


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Provides elementary education and pre-education majors with tutoring experiences in area school districts or other field settings.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ELED 1900 - INDEPENDENT STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Course content to be decided between the professor and the student.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

Educational Psychology

  
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    EDPSY 0009 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Designed primarily for pre-service teachers, this course familiarizes students with basic materials, resources, and strategies for making appropriate accommodations in the regular classroom setting for students whose primary language is not English.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ADMPS 1001; PSY 0010

Engineering

  
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    EE 0132 - DIGITAL LOGIC


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Introduction to digital systems, Boolean algebra, minimization of logic functions, combinational and sequential circuit design.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    ENGR 0011 - INTRO TO ENGINEERING ANALYSIS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Introduces students to basic topics in engineering, the role of the computer in engineering, ill structured problem-solving and report writing. The course includes material on the use of Unix, HTML, spread sheets, and MATLAB. Data analysis and curve fitting is done in both MATLAB and Excel. The writing component includes four detailed reports and includes an oral presentation. The course goals are: to introduce the fundamentals of what engineering is, what engineers do, why a diverse work force is needed and what values come with working in a group environment; to introduce the required library research skills and communication skills used by all engineers; to introduce the role of the computer in engineering problem solving, including the basic analytical, programming design, graphical, and problem solving skills used by most engineers in their profession; and to provide an overview of how material in the basic sciences and mathematics is applied by engineers to solve practical problems of interest to society.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: CREQ: MATH 0200
  
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    ENGR 0012 - INTRO TO ENGINEERING COMPUTING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Introduces students to social topics in engineering, the role of the computer in engineering, ill-structured problem-solving and report writing. The course includes material on the use of MATLAB and C++. Students learn the fundamentals of computing in engineering, including program design, program development, and debugging. Applications to problems in engineering analysis with topics selected from ENGR 0011. The writing component includes four detailed reports and includes an oral presentation.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGR 0011
  
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    ENGR 0015 - INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING ANALYSIS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Introduces students to basic topics in engineering, the role of the computer in engineering, ill-structured problem-solving and report writing. The course includes material on the use of UNIX, HTML, spread sheets, and MATLAB. Data analysis and curve fitting is done in both MATLAB and Excel. The writing component includes four detailed reports and includes an oral presentation. The course goals are: to introduce the fundamentals of what engineering is, what engineers do, why a diverse work force is needed and what values come with working in a group environment; to introduce the required library research skills and communication skills used by all engineers; to introduce the role of the computer in engineering problem solving , including the basic analytical, programming design, graphical, and problem solving skills used by most engineers in their profession; and to provide an overview of how material in the basic sciences and mathematics is applied by engineers to solve practical problems of interest to society.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: CO-REQ: MATH 0200
  
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    ENGR 0016 - INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING COMPUTING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Introduces students to social topics in engineering, the role of the computer in engineering, ill-structured problem-solving and report writing. The course includes material on the use of MATLAB and C++. Students learn the fundamentals of computing in engineering, including program design, program development, and debugging. Applications to problems in engineering analysis with topics selected from ENGR 0015. The writing component includes four detailed reports and may include an oral presentation.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGR 0015
  
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    ENGR 0081 - FRESHMAN ENGINEERING SEMINAR 1


    Minimum Credits: 0
    Maximum Credits: 0
    An in-depth orientation in the various areas of engineering and the related fields of employment. Includes small group meetings with departmental representatives and special freshman academic advisors. A formal departmental choice is made at the conclusion of these courses.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis
  
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    ENGR 0082 - FRESHMAN ENGINEERING SEMINAR 2


    Minimum Credits: 0
    Maximum Credits: 0
    An in-depth orientation in the various areas of engineering and the related fields of employment. Includes small group meetings with departmental representatives and special freshman academic advisors. A formal departmental choice is made at the conclusion of these courses.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: H/S/U Basis

English Composition

  
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    ENGCMP 0010 - COLLEGE COMPOSITION 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Explicitly teaches the limits and basic structures of the sentence, the paragraph and the essay. Expository strategies are also explored. Additional competencies include, but are not limited to, standard English grammar; logical progression of thought; clear, effective sentences and diction; mechanics; and format.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ENGCMP 0011 - COMPOSITION TUTORIAL


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    This class teaches students how to write academic essays. They will learn how to establish a clear purpose for writing; to identify and respond appropriately to the needs of various audiences; to write in a variety of rhetorical modes; to understand and critically read a range of student, journalistic, academic and professional writing; to develop flexible strategies for generating ideas, revising, editing, and proofreading; to craft a clear and focused thesis statement and an organized structure of supporting claims; to employ evidence and offer support for claims; and to follow the rules of standard, edited American English.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ENGCMP 0020 - COLLEGE COMPOSITION 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    In addition to continuing to advance the goals of college composition 1, this class teaches students how to write an academic research paper. They will learn how to choose and focus on an appropriate research topic; to evaluate, select, and organize relevant research material from both print and electronic sources; to draft and revise an essay that draws on relevant research material in order to make an original argument; to analyze and synthesize information from sources and integrate it smoothly and coherently into their own discourse; to distinguish summary, paraphrase, and quotation from plagiarism, and thus ensure that both the wording and the sentence structure of summaries and paraphrases are essentially students’ own; and to properly use MLA documentation format for in-text and external bibliographic citations of scholarly, popular, and electronic sources
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGCMP 0010 or placement
  
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    ENGCMP 0030 - COLLEGE COMPOSITION 3


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This class teaches students how to write within the discipline or area of the major, so as to demonstrate sufficient subject-area knowledge of the field or discipline. Essays will reflect an awareness of disciplinary purposes, audiences, contexts, and genres of writing, as well as published research within the field or discipline. Students will also learn disciplinary conventions of documentation style. Depending on the academic program, students. Will take a writing-intensive or ‘w’ course that counts as a college composition 3 equivalent.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGCMP 0020; LVL: Junior
  
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    ENGCMP 0031 - BUSINESS WRITING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will help students gain experience in writing work-related letters and memos, a short report, and a long report; the kinds of writing done in business fields. Students will learn how to write documents that effectively meet the needs of particular readers (such as customers, clients, co-workers, and employers). The course will also help students master the standard formats of business writing; develop a reader-friendly style; refine their editing techniques; control tone, diction, sentence structure, and paragraphing; improve their research methods; grasp the fundamentals of the modern language association’s documentation system of parenthetical in-text citations; and review the most important principles of grammar, punctuation, and mechanics as they apply to the business world.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGCMP 0020; PLAN: Management major
  
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    ENGCMP 0032 - WRITING IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is an introduction to writing in the social sciences, with an emphasis on using the APA style (American psychological association). Students will develop analytical and critical thinking skills within the context of social science disciplines, and to prepare for the capstone course in various behavioral science majors. Emphasis will be placed on the process of formulating a research question and thesis; we will also address argument, evidence, interpretation, methodology, and critique in social science research.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGCMP 0020
  
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    ENGCMP 0905 - COLLEGIATE READING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Develops reading skills that will contribute to success in college and in life. Explicitly teaches vocabulary development and enrichment, various comprehension strategies, including context clues, sentence patterns, and paragraph and essay components through interesting, thought-provoking readings. Additional competencies include, but are not limited to, skills for critical reading and thinking and for finding appropriate reading rates.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ENGCMP 1103 - PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course studies the ways an organization communicates with its public through news releases, speeches, brochures, feature stories, annual reports, etc. The course examines the stylistic choices each writer makes and develops a critical language to describe how meaning is created through the way information is arranged. Issues of the media, ethics, propaganda and the uses of ambiguity will also be addressed.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGWRT 0410
  
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    ENGCMP 1150 - GRAMMAR AND COPY-EDITING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    After a brisk review of the fundamentals of grammar and punctuation, this course will help students learn to operate the American English language with precision, force, and elegance by accommodating themselves to the precepts that govern the prose in fastidiously edited books and magazines. Emphasis is practical rather than theoretical. The course will be especially pertinent to students preparing for careers in writing, editing, teaching, communications, and the mass media. This course may not be used as a substitute for ENGCMP 0030 (college composition 3).
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGCMP 0020; LVL Junior
  
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    ENGCMP 1551 - HISTORY AND POLITICS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces students to both historical and present use and descriptions of the English language. Students also learn techniques for analyzing and understanding the language.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

English Literature

  
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    ENGLIT 0066 - INTRO TO SOCIAL LITERATURE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Examines the changing social pressures and forces in the 19th and 20th centuries through an analysis of major works by Twain, Dickens, Steinbeck, Williams, Golding, Miller, and Hemingway.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ENGLIT 0070 - CERVANTES IN ENGLISH


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course uses a modern English translation of Cervantes, and all readings, assignments, and discussions are in English. Class sessions will situate Don Quixote in its historical and global context and identify twenty-first century instances of quixotism and neo-chivalry. Course themes explore major topics in cervantes criticism, including madness, chivalry, gender roles, class and race relations, and baroque perspective. Students will engage in close readings of the text, personal reading responses, analytic essays, and an individually defined final project. Spanish majors or minors enrolled in the course will have the option to develop a dual-language project.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ENGLIT 0110 - INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces students to an understanding and appreciation of the major literary genres including the poem, the drama, the short story, and the novel. A range of types and themes will be examined.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ENGLIT 0310 - THE DRAMATIC IMAGINATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces students to the major dramatic forms and compares the ways playwrights from several centuries use ideas, characters and dramatic techniques. We will consider how social, historical, and dramatic contexts influence our interpretations and evaluation, or may lead to alternative understandings of a play.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ENGLIT 0312 - AMERICAN OUTDOOR LITERATURE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course investigates the American literary and philosophical movement known as Transcendentalism. This course covers not only the writings of prominent Transcendentalist movement figures but also contemporary authors who were skeptical, and critical, of their teachings. Beyond physical texts, online databases will be consulted in order to achieve a comprehensive view of the movement. In order to integrate different styles of learning, this course will be conducted in three locations: the classroom, online, and outdoors.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    ENGLIT 0315 - READING POETRY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Poetry is usually the first literary form to evolve in a culture. Yet many today reject it as artificial, overly refined and removed from ordinary human experience. By studying various kinds of poetry, this course aims to help students break down the barriers between classic poems, contemporary poetry, and a more general lyric impulse. As the most highly condensed literary experience, poetry invites very close reading, so we will explore various techniques for making sense of poems.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ENGLIT 0325 - THE SHORT STORY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course studies short stories that explore a variety of themes. It seeks to define the short story as a specific literary genre and to distinguish it from earlier forms of short narrative literature. It then goes on to examine the effects of literary, cultural and historical traditions on these stories and their reception.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ENGLIT 0327 - LATIN AMERICAN FILM AND LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course pairs contemporary literature and film to offer an in-depth look at Latin America via authentic cultural forms. We will explore how Latin American writers and filmmakers distinguish themselves from European and North American traditions, particularly from the filmmaking of Hollywood. We will connect readings and viewings to contemporary political trends in Latin America, including the intellectual push for “decolonization.” The course is taught in English, and readings are in English translation. Students seeking SPAN credit must read and write in Spanish.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    ENGLIT 0350 - LITERATURE, TRADITION AND THE NEW


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines works from several different periods and cultures that both embody and challenge literary and cultural traditions. It explores the ways in which we are all active participants in the process by which traditions are reproduced and revised over time.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ENGLIT 0360 - WOMEN AND LITERATURE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An exploration of writings by and about women. Through our reading of various literary forms — poetry, fiction, autobiography — we will explore the aspirations and realities of women’s lives. We will consider how social issues — class, race, etc. — Affect women writers.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ENGLIT 0370 - LITERATURE AND IDEAS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course studies invention and interpretation, and explores the various ways writers produce texts and readers make them make sense. Though texts may change from section to section and instructor to instructor, they always stimulate investigation into reading and writing as ways of knowing.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
 

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