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2021-2022 Titusville Campus Catalog
University of Pittsburgh Titusville
   
2021-2022 Titusville Campus Catalog 
    
 
  Mar 28, 2024
 
2021-2022 Titusville Campus Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Course Information


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Engineering, Computer

  
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    COE 0031 - LINEAR CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS 1


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    The analysis of linear circuits. Electric variables and circuit elements; kirchoff’s and ohm’s law; mesh and node equations; thevenin and norton equivalent circuits; first and second-order circuits; time domain analysis.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: (MATH 00150 or 0230 or 0231 or 0235) and (PHYS 0152 or 0175 or 0202 or 0476); PLAN: Computer Engineering (BSE)
  
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    COE 0041 - LINEAR CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Sinusoidal steady-state analysis, network functions, real and reactive power, three-phase circuits, laplace transform method, two-port networks, and fourier series.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ECE 0031 OR COE 0031
  
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    COE 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
    Course Requirements: PREQ: (MATH 00150 or 0230 or 0231 or 0235) and (PHYS 0152 or 0175 or 0202 or 0476); PLAN: Computer Engineering (BSE)
  
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    COE 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 or computer engineering.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COE 0441 - DISCRETE STRUCTURES FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The purpose of this course is to understand and use abstract discrete structures that are the 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 0031
  
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    COE 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 are 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: COE 0401 or CS 0401
  
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    COE 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: CREQ: COE 0445 or CS 0445; PLAN: Computer Engineering

Communication

  
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    COMM 0101 - INTRO TO HUMAN COMMUNICATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction survey course designed to familiarize students with the many contexts of human communication, such as interpersonal, small-group, organizational, public speaking and media communication.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COMM 0201 - MASS MEDIA AND SOCIETY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Survey of the role of the mass media in American society and exploration of the uses of these media in public relations. Special emphasis will be given to methods of examining the control, content, audience, and effects of the press, radio, television, and motion pictures.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COMM 0205 - SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Designed to help students improve leadership and membership skills within the small group environment. A major research project is required.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade

Communication: Rhet & Comm

  
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    COMMRC 0320 - MASS COMMUNICATION PROCESS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed to introduce students to the basic concepts of mass communication research and to the history and development of various media (TV., Radio, newspapers, magazines, etc.).
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COMMRC 0500 - ARGUMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces students to fundamental principles of argument, and develops argumentative skills through practice analysis and criticism.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COMMRC 0520 - PUBLIC SPEAKING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed to help students develop increased skill in public speaking by means of theory and practice. This course covers research, organization, style, delivery, and criticism of informative, deliberative, and ceremonial speeches.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Attributes: DSAS Creative Work General Ed. Requirement, SCI Expression: Communication General Ed. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req.
  
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    COMMRC 0530 - INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION


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


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed to increase skills in critical thinking, decision making, and small group discussion. Students are introduced to theories of group process and practice step-by-step group problem solving related to contemporary issues.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    COMMRC 1106 - SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Principles of small group communication are examined in this course. In particular, the examination will reveal the principles of group entry, group formation, group cohesiveness, group verbal and nonverbal message exchanges, group leadership, group problem solving and discussion, and group performance and satisfaction. Individual beliefs, attitudes and behaviors will be compared and contrasted with group beliefs, attitudes and behaviors.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: (COMMRC 0300 or 0030 or 0100 or 7300 or COMM 0101) and [ENGCMP 200 or (ENGCMP 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0250 or FP 0003 or 0006 or ENGCMP 0004 or 0006 or 0020 or ENG 0102)]

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 0007 - INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER PROGRAMMING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This is a first course in computer science programming. It is recommended for those students intending to major in computer science who do not have the required background for cs 0401. It may also be of interest to students majoring in one of the social sciences or humanities. The focus of the course is on problem analysis and the development of algorithms and computer programs in a modern high-level language.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Attributes: DSAS Algebra General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Quant.-Formal Reason General Ed. Requirement
  
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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 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 0135 - ADV SOFTWARE-PERSNL COMPUTING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Advanced study of the application and efficient use of software tools. Advanced word, advanced excel, access, PowerPoint, basic publisher, and basic FrontPage will be reviewed.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CS 0131
  
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    CS 0180 - DATABASE DESIGN


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Programming in a high-level language (such as visual basic). Integration of data collected into a database (such as access). Designed for business students.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    CS 0334 - INTERMEDIATE WEB SITE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The course will consist of advanced implementations of both markup as well as scripting languages. In addition, students will be introduced to a graphical interface application that will allow them to explore concepts of server side web development. A reflective programming language and database application will be used to introduce the server side web development concepts.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: CS 0007 or CS 0134
  
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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
    Course Attributes: DSAS Quant.-Formal Reason General Ed. Requirement
  
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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 0031
  
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    CS 0445 - ALGORITHMS AND DATA STRUCTURES 1


    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 that 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 COE 0401 or 0422 or CIST 0150 (MIN GRADE ‘C’ or Transfer)
  
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    CS 0446 - INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE CONCEPTS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course provides the student with a basic exposure to all major computer science concepts and specialties. It is not programming intensive, although basic uses of programming languages is a component of the course. Students are to gain an early perspective of computer science and to achieve a common level of knowledge of its major concepts, regardless of which upper-level courses they should later select.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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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: CREQ: CS 0445 or COE 0445 or 0458 (Min Grade ‘C’ or Transfer)
  
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    CS 1399 - COMPUTER SCIENCE INTERNSHIP


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Internship
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: GPA greater or equal to 2.5; LVL: Sophomore

Electrical Engineering

  
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    ECE 0031 - LINEAR CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS 1


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    The analysis of linear circuits. Electric variables and circuit elements; Kirchhoff’s and Ohm’s Law; Mesh and Node Equations; Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits; first and second-order circuits; time domain analysis.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: (MATH 0150 or 0230 or 00231 or 0235) and (PHYS 0152 or 0175 or 0202 or 0476); PROG: Swanson School of Engineering
  
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    ECE 0041 - LINEAR CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Sinusoidal steady-state analysis, network functions, real and reactive power, three-phase circuits, laplace transform method, two-port networks, and Fourier series.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ECE 0031 or COE 0031; PLAN: Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
  
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    ECE 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
    Course Requirements: PREQ: (MATH 0150 or 0230 or 0231 or 0235) and (PHYS 0152 or 0175 or 0202 or 0476); PROG: Undergraduate Swanson School of Engineering
  
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    ECE 0142 - COMPUTER ORGANIZATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Digital computer data representation, instruction formats, control, memory and input-output units, microprocessors, minicomputers.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ECE 0132 or COE 0132; PROG: Swanson School of 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

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
    Course Attributes: DSAS Social Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.
  
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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
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0031 or permission of instructor
    Course Attributes: DSAS Social Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.
  
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    ECON 0200 - GAME THEORY PRINCIPLES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces the basic concepts of game theory. The emphasis is on the unifying perspective that game theory offers to questions in economics, other disciplines, and everyday life. The course draws on a wide range of substantive and intellectually stimulating applications of game theory across areas in economics, other disciplines, and beyond. It will enable students to view social interactions as strategic games, to use game theoretic concepts to predict behavior in these interactions and to conceive of ways in which altering the game affects social outcomes.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ECON 0206 - INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The theories and techniques of price and output are studied. Topics include the theory and measurement of demand, production functions, cost output relationships, pricing practices in competitive and oligopolistic markets, the roles of prices and profit in resource allocation and the functioning of a decentralized economic system.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ECON 0100, CS 0135, STAT, algebra proficiency, or permission of instructor
  
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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
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ECON 0100 or ECON 0800
  
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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
  
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    ECON 0400 - LABOR AND THE ECONOMY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introductory survey of contemporary labor developments and issues. Readings and lectures have a more historical and institutional perspective and less emphasis on analytical techniques than other labor offerings.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ECON 0500 - INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Provides an introduction to international economics. Half the topics are pure theory, half international monetary economics. Topics from the real world are analyzed. Topics include alternative pure trade theories; effects of trade barriers; U.S. commercial policy; forms of regional integration; balance of payments; elimination of balance of payments disequilibrium; international monetary system.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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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 1307 - ECONOMICS OF ENERGY & ENVIRONMNT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The course will examine the role of energy in economic development, models of efficient energy management, OPEC behavior and world oil crisis. Coverage extends into environmental issues (air pollution, solid waste, acid rain) and government policies.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ or COREQ: MATH 0031

Educational Psychology

  
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    EDPSY 0006 - INTRO TO EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Deals with the psychological aspects of the educational process. Theories and research from both psychology and educational psychology are examined in the areas of cognitive and social development, individual differences, culture, cognitive processes, learning, motivation, classroom management, and measurement.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade

English

  
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    ENG 0100 - INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE COMPOSITION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Designed to build self-confidence in the use of standard written English, including the ability to compose clear and correct standard English prose in sentences, paragraphs, and short essays.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
  
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    ENG 0101 - ENGLISH COMPOSITION 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The first of two required competency courses in English composition, this course focuses on the writing process and on the kinds of writing common in the academic disciplines.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREREQ: C- or better in ENG 0100 or by placement exam or SAT
  
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    ENG 0102 - ENGLISH COMPOSITION 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This is an extension of the skills mastered in ENG 0101, this course focuses on the processes of researching, writing, and presenting a term paper.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: ENG 0102 Requires PREQ of C- or better in ENG 0101
  
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    ENG 0218 - INTRO TO LITERATURE & ENVIRON


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to some of the ways nature and the environment have been represented in poetry, fiction, film, and essays.  Students will read some of the major literary statements about the environment by such writers as Alto Leopold, John Muri, Henry David Thoreau, William and Dorothy words worth, and others.  The course will also look at nature writing as an exploration of religious, ethical, aesthetic, and other human concerns not obviously related to the non-human world.
    Academic Career: UGRD
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade

English Composition

  
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    ENGCMP 0150 - WORKSHOP IN COMPOSITION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course is designed to give students who have had limited experience with writing an opportunity to increase their control of written language and their confidence in performing academic inquiry, analysis and argument. Students write in response to weekly assignments, and instruction focuses on helping students to extend, revise, and edit their work.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Attributes: DSAS Workshop in Comp. General Ed. Requirement
  
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    ENGCMP 0200 - SEMINAR IN COMPOSITION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This introductory course offers students opportunities to improve as writers by developing their understanding of how they and others use writing to interpret and share experience, affect behavior, and position themselves in the world. Specific reading and writing assignments may vary from section to section, but student writing will be the primary focus in all sections. The course is designed to help students become more engaged, imaginative, and disciplined composers.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGCMP 0150 or ENGCMP 0152
    Course Attributes: DSAS Seminar in Comp. General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Workshop in Comp. General Ed. Requirement, SCI Expression: Intro Composition General Ed. Req.
  
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    ENGCMP 0211 - LIBRARY RESEARCH METHODS


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    Provides the opportunity for students to acquire skills in library research techniques. Professional librarians instruct students in developing search strategies for gathering information using such resources as the online catalog, periodical indexes, electronic resources, and others.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: ENGCMP 0211 requires PREQ or COREQ ENG 0101
  
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    ENGCMP 0400 - WRITTEN PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course explores the methods of inquiry, analysis and composition characteristic of written communication in professional settings. The course will examine such writing’s specialized use of language, conventions and formats, premises, motives, and purposes. By preparing letters, resumes, proposals, reports, etc. Students will get a feel not only for what “professional” communication is, but also for how and why it does, or can, or should function.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGCMP 0200
    Course Attributes: SCI Expression: Tech/Bus/Res writing Gen. Ed. Req., Writing Requirement Course
  
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    ENGCMP 0440 - CRITICAL WRITING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Students in this course will be trained in the responsible development and articulation of written opinions. Material drawn from various media will be used to help students increase their powers of observation and analysis that they may learn the art of making discriminating evaluations of situations, events, issues, controversies, artifacts and objects.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGCMP 0200 or equivalent
    Course Attributes: Writing Requirement Course
  
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    ENGCMP 0600 - INTRODUCTION TO TECHNICAL WRITING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This introductory course is for students in various technical fields. Representative technical reports will be studied, as well as abstracts, the presentation of visuals and oral communication. Writing assignments will emerge from case studies reflecting on-the-job challenges.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

English Film

  
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    ENGFLM 0400 - INTRODUCTION TO FILM


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This is a basic course on the visual arts that offers the student abroad introduction to the medium of film. As part of this overview, the class will consider such issues as: the process of contemporary film production and distribution; the nature of basic film forms; selected approaches to film criticism; comparisons between film and the other media.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Attributes: DSAS The Arts General Ed. Requirement, Film Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req.

English Literature

  
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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
    Course Attributes: DSAS Literature General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req., Writing Requirement Course
  
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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
    Course Attributes: DSAS Literature General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req., Writing Requirement Course
  
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    ENGLIT 0345 - LITERATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    In this course, students will read and write about the environment and its issues as expressed through literature. Readings in fiction, poetry, and non-fiction will explore how the geography of a location influences the character of its inhabitants, and how the forces of nature affect their lives and fortunes. Writing will consist of personal and critical short essays as well as a longer essay/project involving independent readings and research.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    ENGLIT 0354 - WORDS AND IMAGES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This interdisciplinary course explores the relationships between language and the diverse kinds of images that often accompany it (film, video, photography, book illustration, painting, etc.). The goal is to study the parallels and differences between images and words (as systems of communication) and to understand how they can productively interrelate within creative works such as literature, films, videos, and photographic studies.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: C- or better in ENGCMP 0150
  
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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
    Course Attributes: DSAS Literature General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req., Writing Requirement Course
  
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    ENGLIT 0500 - INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL READING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course studies three to five significant literary works in conjunction with influential criticism on each text. Students explore the uses and limits of different critical methods. The course seeks to develop a critical understanding of both classic literary texts and dominant modes of reading as changing cultural practices.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ENGLIT 0570 - AMERICAN LITERATURE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This first course in American literature explores the characteristic features of writings from the colonial period to the present. It emphasizes the interaction between literary texts and their social contexts, and examines the emergence of a national literature.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Attributes: DSAS Literature General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req., Writing Requirement Course
  
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    ENGLIT 0580 - INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will focus on a number of Shakespeare’s major plays from all phases of his career. Class discussion will consider the historical context of the plays, their characterization, theatrical technique, imagery, language and themes. Every attempt will be made to see the plays both as poems and as dramatic events.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Attributes: DSAS Literature General Ed. Requirement, Medieval & Renaissance Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req., West European Studies, Writing Requirement Course
  
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    ENGLIT 0590 - FORMATIVE MASTERPIECES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will study in some detail eight or nine of those masterpieces which form the largest part of what we now regard as the Western tradition of literature. The works chosen will come from various genres—epic poetry, drama, the novel, and satire. They will span the centuries from the classical periods of ancient Greece and Rome through the Renaissance and into the nineteenth century.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ENGLIT 0597 - BIBLE AS LITERATURE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This introductory course acquaints students with what is in the bible and provides background information drawn from various disciplines about the elements and issues that give it its distinctive character. Attention is necessarily given to its religious perspectives, since they govern the nature and point of view of the biblical narratives, but no specific religious view is urged.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ENGLIT 0610 - 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
    Course Requirements: C- or better in ENGCMP 0150
  
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    ENGLIT 0617 - CHANGING FAMILIES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will explore varying literary representations of unconventional families including families made by adoption, foster families resulting from migration, multiracial families, and families involving gay, lesbian, or transgender parents or children. Considering different points of view, it will examine plots involving search for family, search for identity, construction of family, loss, conflict, poverty, prejudice, and reconciliation. The course will explore how these works portray and relate to changing attitudes toward childhood, parenthood, heredity, nurture, race, class, nation, and sexuality. As a literature course, it will train students in close reading and critical analyses of texts.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Attributes: DSAS Literature General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req.
  
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    ENGLIT 0625 - DETECTIVE FICTION


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines detective fiction in terms of its history, its social meaning and as a form of philosophizing. It also seeks to reveal the place and values of popular fiction in our lives.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
    Course Attributes: DSAS Literature General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req.
  
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    ENGLIT 1325 - MODERNISM


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines major works in the modernist tradition poetry, fiction, drama—to determine the role these texts have played in creating the world that seems so familiar to us now.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: C- or better in ENGCMP 0150
  
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    ENGLIT 1380 - WORLD LITERATURE IN ENGLISH


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course examines contemporary literature, primarily in English, written in eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America, etc. It pays particular attention to its depiction of social, political and moral concerns.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    ENGLIT 1647 - LITERATURE FOR ADOLESCENTS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will read classics as well as modern works written specifically for an adolescent audience. We will also read and discuss sociological and psychological constructions of adolescents and books on pedagogy.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

Engineering

  
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    ENGR 0011 - INTRO TO ENGINEERING ANALYSIS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will provide an introduction to Excel and an introduction to design and entrepreneurship. In addition, we will address teamwork and professional integrity, both important aspects of engineering. This is a team-based, hands-on course, in which most of our class time will be spent working in teams to solve problems and participate in discussions, using what we learn in the course.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ or COREQ: MATH 0220 and ENGR 0081
  
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    ENGR 0012 - INTRO TO ENGINEERING COMPUTING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    In this course, we will learn basic programming skills using MATLAB and C. In addition, we will address teamwork and professional integrity, both important aspects of engineering. This is a team-based, hands-on course, in which most of our class time will be spent working in teams to develop programs, solve problems, and participate in discussions, using what we learn in the course.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGR 0011 and CREQ: MATH 0230 and ENGR 0082
  
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    ENGR 0020 - PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS FOR ENGINEERS 1


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    An introductory course in statistics. Topics covered include: data analysis, probability, randon variables, selsected discrete and continuous probability distributions, one sample and two sample estimation, hypothesis testing, experiments with two factors and introduction to regression analysis.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0150 or 0230 or 0231 or 0235; PROG: Swanson School of Engineering
  
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    ENGR 0022 - MATERIALS STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to the basic concepts of materials science and engineering. The concepts of atomic, crystal, micro- and macro-structure, their control and effects on chemical, electrical, magnetic, optical, and mechanical properties. Modification of properties by heat treatment and control of processing. Fundamental considerations in materials selection.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: Letter Grade
    Course Requirements: PREQ: (MATH 0150 or 0230 or 0231 or 0235) and (PHYS 0150 or 0174 or 0201 or 0475); PROG: School of Engineering
  
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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
    Course Requirements: CREQ: ENGR 0011 or 0711
  
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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
    Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGR 0081; CREQ: ENGR12

English Writing

  
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    ENGWRT 0400 - INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course offers the opportunity to experiment with forms of poetry and fiction and to read and discuss from a writer’s point of view contemporary writing in these genres.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: C- or better in ENGCMP 0200
  
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    ENGWRT 0530 - INTRODUCTION TO POETRY WRITING


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Through writing exercises, analysis of modern and contemporary poetry and frequent revision of their own poetry, students learn the basic elements of poetry writing.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Seminar
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: C- or better in ENGCMP 0200

French

  
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    FR 0001 - ELEMENTARY FRENCH 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will introduce the student to the oral-aural and reading-writing skills in the language. From the outset, students learn to use the spoken language and begin to work on good pronunciation, while at the same time developing the listening comprehension, reading, and writing skills.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    FR 0002 - ELEMENTARY FRENCH 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course introduces the students to the oral-aural and reading-writing skills in the language. From the outset, students learn to use the spoken language and begin to work on good pronunciation, while at the same time developing the listening comprehension, reading, and writing skills. This course is a logical continuation of elementary French 0001.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: PREQ: FR 0001
  
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    FR 0101 - ELEMENTARY FRENCH 1


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A study of the grammar and vocabulary of elementary spoken and written French. Stresses grammatical structure and its correct application.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Attributes: UPB Global General Ed. Requirement, UPB Language General Ed. Requirement
  
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    FR 0102 - ELEMENTARY FRENCH 2


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A continuation of elementary French 1. A study of the grammar and vocabulary of elementary spoken and written French. Stresses grammatical structure and its correct application.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Requirements: FR 0102 requires pre-requisite of FR 0101
    Course Attributes: DSAS Second Language General Ed. Requirement, UPB Global General Ed. Requirement, UPB Language General Ed. Requirement

Freshman Studies

  
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    FS 0002 - FRESHMAN SEMINAR


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 1
    This course will acquaint freshmen with the many policies and procedures of college life.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

Geology

  
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    GEOL 0024 - METEOROLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    This course will provide students with an overview of the earth’s weather systems. Emphasis will be on lab-centered, hands-on activities designed to demonstrate weather phenome non through a holistic approach. Topics will include, but are not limited to, structure and composition of the atmosphere, global patterns of circulation, pressure systems, fronts, air masses, weather maps and weather prediction, and climate systems. Students will be required to complete weekly assignments; there will be a semester project; at least one class session will be a field trip.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SU3 Elective Basis
  
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    GEOL 0101 - PHYSICAL GEOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 4
    Maximum Credits: 4
    This course serves as an introduction to the earth sciences. The lectures and laboratory exercises will cover a broad range of topics related to the physical geology, but also minor aspects of the historical geology. The topics covered include, but not limited to, Maps, Minerals, Rocks, Tectonic activity, Volcanoes, Sediments, Geologic time, Natural resources, Landscapes, Hazards, Life through time, and Evolution, etc. The course has a three (3) hour lab component during which you will be conducting a variety of laboratory exercises which will allow you to review and understand important geologic concepts and processes. Physical Geology is a laboratory science course and satisfies the Physical Science (PH) and science lab requirement for the General Education (GE). The lecture and the laboratory elements are integrated.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    GEOL 0800 - GEOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Geology is the study of how the earth works. This class covers the classification and origin of basic rocks and minerals; examines the role of plate tectonics in shaping the earth and producing such hazards as earthquakes and volcanoes; and examines the forces that shape beaches and rivers and sometimes threaten our lives and property. We also survey the evidence for changing climate and the future of such resources as groundwater, fossil fuels, and ores.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    GEOL 0802 - GEOLOGY OF THE NATIONAL PARKS


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The magnificent scenery of the national parks provides a backdrop to an exploration of the basic geological principles that govern the creation and development of landscapes. The geological history of the North American continent will be explored in order to provide a framework in which to understand the development of the landscapes of our country.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    GEOL 0860 - ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course takes an integrated earth systems approach to understanding our planet and its resources. We will investigate geologic processes and hazards (e.g., earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, and weather hazards), geologic resources (water, soil, minerals, energy) and the local and global ramifications of human interaction with the earth (e.g., air, soil and water pollution, ozone depletion, and climate change). This course also serves as an introductory course for three majors in the department of geology and planetary science.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

History of Art and Architecture

  
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    HAA 0010 - INTRODUCTION TO WORLD ART


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course explores the question `what is art through a close analysis of select art works from around the globe, introducing students to the types of questions art historians bring to the images, objects and sites human beings have taken particular care to craft and conceptualize. What role has art played in a diverse range of human cultures across time?
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Attributes: DSAS Cross-Cult. Awareness General Ed. Requirement, DSAS The Arts General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req., West European Studies
  
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    HAA 0020 - INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN ART


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This base level survey is meant, on the one hand, to introduce the student to the arts of Japan, China, and India and on the other, to teach some fundamental techniques of visual analysis. The course considers the development of Chinese bronzes, Chinese Buddhist sculpture, Indian Hindu and Buddhist sculptures, and Japanese temples, sculptures, and paintings.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Attributes: Asian Studies, DSAS Cross-Cult. Awareness General Ed. Requirement, DSAS The Arts General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req.
  
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    HAA 0040 - INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN ARCHITECTURE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Introduces students to the conscious observation and analysis of architecture and to a broad survey of the major masterpieces of architecture in Western civilization. Formative concepts behind the designs, structural principles involved in the construction, and societal values promoted and reinforced by the formal character of buildings will be considered along with the analysis of style. Required for the architectural studies major and recommended as a beginning course for others interested in architecture.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Attributes: Architectural Studies, DSAS The Arts General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req., West European Studies
  
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    HAA 0050 - INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL ART


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    A survey of the architecture, painting, sculpture and minor arts of the medieval world from ca. 300 To ca. 1450 With the emphasis on visual analysis of period styles.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Attributes: DSAS The Arts General Ed. Requirement, Medieval & Renaissance Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req., West European Studies
  
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    HAA 0070 - ART OF EUROPE


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    An introduction to European art and architecture from the early Renaissance to the present. The course will also include American works from the 18th century onwards.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Attributes: DSAS The Arts General Ed. Requirement, Medieval & Renaissance Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req., West European Studies
  
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    HAA 0150 - ANCIENT ART


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    The Mediterranean Sea is a lake and its shores have produced many important cultures and artistic traditions. The course will survey the artistic and cultural traditions of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Aegean, from the Neolithic to the end of the Bronze Age (ca. 6000-1200 BCE), a formative period for the cultures that developed in these regions. Special attention will be paid to: 1) the relationship between the artistic traditions of these areas and the societies which produced them, and 2) the way in which influences from one culture were transformed by another.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    HAA 0302 - RENAISSANCE ART


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    We will explore the arts - painting, sculpture, architecture, and the decorative arts - that flourished in Italy between 1250 and 1590. The renaissance is one of the great epochs of western culture; this course offers an introduction to the visual evidence that reveals the development of new attitudes about human life and its meaning. Emphasis will be on works of those revolutionary individuals who transformed the arts - Giotto, Donatello, Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Bellini, titian, and Palladio, to name only the most important.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
    Course Attributes: DSAS Geographic Region General Ed. Requirement, DSAS The Arts General Ed. Requirement, Medieval & Renaissance Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req., West European Studies
  
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    HAA 0440 - FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT


    Minimum Credits: 3
    Maximum Credits: 3
    This course will deal with the life of the man who was America’s greatest architect and one of the principal world figures in the art of building in the Twentieth Century. The lectures will treat his formation as an architect as well as the development of his career and will focus upon a theoretical analysis of wright’s work in comparison with that of his great contemporaries.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Lecture
    Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
  
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    HAA 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY


    Minimum Credits: 1
    Maximum Credits: 3
    Independent reading and research with one faculty member.
    Academic Career: Undergraduate
    Course Component: Independent Study
    Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
 

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