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University of Pittsburgh Greensburg    
2016-2017 Greensburg Campus Catalog 
    
 
  Jun 26, 2024
 
2016-2017 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 1377 - ENVIRON SCI 2 - SOIL SCIENCE


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    Nature and property of soil as it relates to environmental (landfills, toxic waste, erosion, etc.) And land management issues (forestry, agriculture, urbanization, etc.). Knowledge of soils and land use planning will be utilized in a variety of case studies that will implement current geo graphic information systems technology.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1372
  
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    BIOSC 1378 - ENVIRON SCI 3 - WATER QUALITY


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    This course is a broad overview of water quality. Water pollutants will be studied in terms of their types, sources, migration in the environment, effects on humans and ecosystems, and remediation. Both surface water (lakes and streams) and ground water contamination will be examined. Course will cover principles and practices of field sampling monitoring, and analysis of water quality. Physical, chemical, and biological methods of water quality determination will be employed. Waste water treatment and drinking water treatment will also be studied.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1372
  
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    BIOSC 1380 - GLOBAL ECOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Compelling evidence points to the 1990’s as the decade of environmental crisis. Human quality of life, and probably survival, likely depends more on treaties about land, air, and water than on weaponry. This course will examine environmental issues of the decade and the basic concepts of the fundamental environmental science - ecology - that underlie them. The nature of key environmental changes, their extent and rates, will be considered, along with likely consequences and possible solutions.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    BIOSC 1385 - ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    This course addresses areas of major environmental concerns after a foundation in selected ecological principles is established. The basic understanding of natural systems, including organism, population, community, and ecosystem ecology will be explored. Then current issues related to human population growth, natural resource use, and pollution will be examined using a global case study approach. Student discussion and writing concerning controversial issues will be stressed.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PLANS: Pre-Education/Early/Secondary Education
  
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    BIOSC 1470 - BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will deal with fundamental physical chemical principles especially applicable in the study of molecular biology. Topics will include (1) thermodynamics and chemical equilibrium; (2) kinetic theory and transport; and (3) chemical and enzyme kinetics. These subjects will be richly highlighted with numerous examples from biological systems, and techniques for studying these systems will be described. The topics covered will be developed from a physical chemical point of view.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    BIOSC 1480 - EMBRYOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The development of some invertebrates’ and vertebrates’ eggs, embryos, organs and systems is examined in the light of basic concepts and problems of embryology, emphasizing the techniques, critical approaches, and analytic methods of experimental embryology.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0180/0080; COREQ: BIOSC 1490
  
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    BIOSC 1490 - EMBRYOLOGY LABORATORY


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    The embryological development of the frog, chick and pig are intensively studied in microscopic preparations emphasizing the integration of temporal and spatial events with attention to homology and adaptation.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: COREQ: BIOSC 1480
  
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    BIOSC 1500 - CELL BIOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will be devoted to a discussion of the current state of our understanding of cell structure and function. Eukaryotic cells will be emphasized with particular attention to animal cells. However, prokaryotic cells will be discussed for comparative purposes. Course material will emphasize the experimental basis for our understanding of cell biology and the relationship between structure and function. Most of the techniques to be considered will involve biochemical and molecular biological approaches used in the study of cell function. Thus the course will assume a familiarity with the principles of biochemistry covered in the prerequisites and will not repeat this material. Topics will include membranes, the nucleus, mitochondria and chloroplasts, the cytoskeleton, cell motility, growth and division, endocytosis and exocytosis, and selected topics on the cellular biological aspects of cancer and the immune system.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0180/0080; COREQ: BIOSC 1510
  
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    BIOSC 1510 - CELL BIOLOGY LABORATORY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    This experimental methods course is designed to give upper division majors and opportunity to learn modern techniques used in cell biology research. Students will master the fundamentals of light microscopy (bright field, phase contrast, and dark field) and explore more advanced techniques such as fluorescence, confocal, video, and differential interference contrast microscopy. Students will isolate plasma membranes, mitochondria, nuclei, brush borders, and flagella and characterize these organelles by microscopy, enzyme assays and antibody labeling.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: COREQ: BIOSC 1500
  
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    BIOSC 1535 - SENSATION AND PERCEPTION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines the nature of the mechanisms that transform sensory input into our perceptual experience of the world. Topics include: structure and function of sensory system, perception of color, object, motion, etc. Both information-processing and ecological approaches to the study of perception are considered.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0170 or PSY 0010
  
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    BIOSC 1560 - CELL & DEVELM BIOLOGY SEMINAR


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    In this seminar course, a single topic each term is developed by student presentations of research articles from the original scientific literature, as chosen by the instructor. Possible topics might include genes encoding major developmental switch proteins, the cytoskeletal basis of morphological movements in development, or establishing and subdividing body axes in development.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1480 or BIOSC 1500 or BIOSC 1520
  
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    BIOSC 1580 - BIOCHEMISTRY SEMINAR


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    In this seminar course, a single topic each term is developed by student presentations of research articles from the original scientific literature, as chosen by the instructor. Recent topics have included biosynthesis of peptide hormones, recombinant DNA technology, processing of mRNA precursors, protein folding with emphasis on the molecular biology and biochemistry of chaperonins, and protein translocation within cells.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1000 or BIOSC 1810
  
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    BIOSC 1600 - STREAM ECOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A lecture, field, and laboratory course covering geological, physical, chemical, and biological aspects of lotic ecosystems.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    BIOSC 1760 - IMMUNOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Course will describe the role of the immune system invertebrates. The molecular and cellular basis of immunity will be emphasized. The roles of antigens, antibodies and immunocompetent cells in pathogenesis and immunity will be covered. The applications of immunology in the design of vaccines, immunotherapeutic, immunodiagnostics, organ transplantation, cancer therapy, and immune system diseases will be discussed, as will the use of immunology in biological research.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0180/0080
  
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    BIOSC 1770 - DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The content of this course varies from year to year. Topics have included: genetic control of cell lineage in development; DNA transformation as a tool in developmental genetics.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    BIOSC 1810 - MACROMOLECULAR STRUCT & FUNCTN


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is concerned primarily with the structure and functions of proteins and nucleic acids. These are large polymers where structure and function are determined by the sequence of monomeric units. Topics will include the physical and chemical properties of the monomer units (amino acids/nucleotides); the determination of the linear sequence of these units; analyses of the three-dimensional structures of the macromolecules; kinetics and mechanisms of enzyme catalyzed reactions, including RNA enzymes; regulation of enzyme activity; molecular recognition; and fidelity of protein synthesis. Emphasis throughout will be on experimental methods, molecular mechanisms and problem solving.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    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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    BIOSC 1820 - METBLC PATHWAYS & REGULATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The primary focus of this course will be on the pathways of intermediary metabolism by which all cells and organisms synthesize and degrade carbohydrates, lipids (fats), nitrogenous compounds, and nucleotides. Specifically, we will examine the chemistry of the reactions that constitute these pathways, and discuss how energy is derived from the breakdown of nutrients. A strong emphasis will be placed on how the pathways are regulated by specific molecules and hormones in living systems. Finally, we will consider how several human diseases arise from defects in metabolic pathways, and will review papers in the current scientific literature on new techniques by which the components of metabolic pathways are characterized in the laboratory.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1810; CREQ: BIOSC 1825
  
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    BIOSC 1830 - BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Course introduces several basic experimental techniques of biochemistry including spectrophotometry, ion-exchange and gel-permeation chromatography, radio-chemical methods, gel electrophoresis, enzyme isolation, and nucleic acid purification. Lecture will concern the techniques under study.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 1810; CREQ: BIOSC 1820
  
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    BIOSC 1850 - MICROBIOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will introduce students to the basic biology, diversity in types, and survival strategies of microorganisms. We will study basic topics, including microbial growth, metabolism, nutrition and genetics, as well as the relevance of microorganisms to human disease, biotechnology and environmental science.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0180/0080; COREQ: BIOSC 1860
  
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    BIOSC 1860 - MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    This laboratory course introduces basic techniques used for isolation of microorganisms in pure culture, identification of groups of microorganisms, and study of microbial physiology, genetics, and ecology. Some topics in applied microbiology that are covered include food microbiology, water and waste water analysis, and identification and antibiotic sensitivity-testing of pathogenic isolates. Viruses, archaebacterial, bacteria, algae, protozoa, and fungi that students isolate from soil, pond water, human skin, and other sources are used to illustrate these methods.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: COREQ: BIOSC 1850
  
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    BIOSC 1870 - ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Course is a survey of the current state of our knowledge of how animals work. The emphasis will be on physiological mechanisms for survival in natural environments. A comparative approach will stress the diversity of physiological adaptations throughout the animal kingdom. Topics include nutrition, metabolism, muscle, respiration, circulation, osmoregulation, sensory and neural physiology, and hormones. The material will stress multi-cellular systems of organization at the levels of tissues, organs, and whole animals.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0180/0080; COREQ: BIOSC 1875
  
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    BIOSC 1875 - ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    A comprehensive study of the various physiological mechanisms employed by different animal groups in adapting to their environment.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: COREQ: BIOSC 1870
  
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    BIOSC 1880 - ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Course designed for the serious student who intends to pursue a professional career requiring first-hand experience in current techniques of animal physiology. Experimental topics include energy metabolism, osmoregulation, muscle physiology, neurophysiology, cardiovascular physiology, respiratory physiology, and endocrinology. A major goal is to develop familiarity with the use of current laboratory research procedures through rigorous structured experiments and written laboratory reports.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    BIOSC 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 0.5
    Maximum Credits: 6
    A program of independent reading with individual tutorials on a topic chosen in consultation with the BIOSC faculty member who will supervise the program.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
  
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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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: BIOSC 0070 /BIOSC 0170 , BIOSC 0080 /BIOSC 0180 / CHEM 0110 /CHEM 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: UGRD
    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 - BIOL RSRCH - 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: UGRD
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: LVL: second semester junior with an overall GPA of at least 3.0; PLAN: Biologocial Science Major; BIOSC 1960 . NOTE: Instructor consent required.
  
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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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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 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 0250 - INTRO 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: UGRD
    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 - INTRO 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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Credit Laboratory
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CHEM 0800 - CHEMISTRY FOR NONSCIENTISTS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course offers a general introduction to chemistry with an emphasis on basic chemical concepts. It starts by describing how atoms and molecules were discovered and how their properties are understood. Next the process of a chemical reaction is described. Emphasis is on understanding principles, rather than on mathematical theory or calculations.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CHEM 0810 - CONTEM ISS IMPCT PUBLIC POLICY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines problems facing society where chemistry has immediate impact. Topics include such issues as environmental pollution, new vs. Old sources of energy, new sources of raw materials, nuclear energy and associated problems, and development of new pharmaceuticals, drugs and future needs in medicine, and the synthesis of new life forms. Controversial issues are presented and include debates between experts of competing viewpoints. The emphasis is scientific and the topics serve to increase the scientific depth of the students.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0960
  
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    CHEM 1035 - INTRO TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHEM


    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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 spectrometric methods, gas and liquid chromatographic methods, GC/MS, voltammetric methods), which are capable of producing large amounts of data for multiple samples and analytes 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: UGRD
    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 water with accent on aqueous environmental problems which include cost, increased energy consumption, national sacrifices, and the benefits of environmental quality.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 0320 /CHEM 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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHEM 1410
  
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    CHEM 1430 - PHYSICAL CHEMSTRY 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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CHEM 1952 - ANALYTICAL LAB 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: UGRD
    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 0012 - FIRST YEAR READING


    Minimum Credits: 2
    Maximum Credits: 2
    The second term and a continuation of Chinese 0011, first year reading. This course is taught in conjunction with Chinese 0002, first year spoken. The student continues training in reading and writing Chinese.
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHIN 0021  or permission of instructor.
  
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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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHIN 0022  or permission of instructor
  
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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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHIN 0031  or permission of instructor
  
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    CHIN 0041 - THIRD YEAR CHINESE LEVEL 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHIN 0032  or permission of the instructor
  
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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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CHIN 0041  or permission of instructor

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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CLASS 0100 - MASTERPIECES GREEK & ROMAN LIT


    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    CLASS 1130 - CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY & LIT


    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Directed Studies
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

Communication: Rhetoric and Communication

  
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    COMMRC 0005 - INTERVWNG AND INFOR 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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COMMRC 0053 - ORAL INTRPRETATION OF LITRATUR


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An investigation of the process of rendering literature aloud, with attention to problems of impersonation, consideration of style, and application of specific vocal techniques.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COMMRC 0330 - CULTURAL STUDIES 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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COMMRC 0560 - ORL INTRPRETATION OF LITERATUR


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An investigation of the process of rendering literature aloud, with attention to problems of impersonation, consideration of style, and application of specific vocal techniques.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: COMMRC 0320 , ENGCMP 0020 , OR INSTRUCTOR’S CONSENT
  
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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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    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: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: COMMRC 1012  or instructor permission required
  
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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 COMMRC 1012 . In this course, students will refine and advance the skills they acquired in COMMRC 1012  and use those skills to produce an in-depth personal digital narrative or immersion project.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: COMMRC 1012 
 

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