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PSY 0184 - PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is intended to be an introduction to the theories and current research on the psychological nature of women and the psychology of gender roles. The male perspective on gender roles will also be included. The effects of cultural factors that determine both female and male roles in our society will be examined as well as how these roles affect different interpersonal relationships between women and men. The potential for change at both the societal and individual level will be discussed.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 or 0012 or 0105 or 0101 or 0200 or PSY 0203 or 0210
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PSY 0203 - SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An examination of the effects of people on other people, social factors in attitude formation and change, person perception, social influence, and interpersonal relations (e.g. affiliation, aggression, and altruism).
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 or PSY 0101
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PSY 0265 - DATA ANALYSIS & RESEARCH WRIT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course covers SPSS data analyses and the introduction to the writing style required by the American psychological association. (APA style)
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREREQ: STAT 1000
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PSY 0310 - DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course focuses on development of the child from birth to adolescence, the current theory and research concerning social, emotional, intellectual, perceptual and language development. The organization of the course is topical. Coverage is confined to normal development; what develops, how and why in the average child. Little attention to abnormal development.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 or 0012 or 0015 or 0101 or 0200
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PSY 0405 - LEARNING AND MOTIVATION
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
This course elucidates fundamental principles of learning and motivation as derived predominantly from animal research. Focus is given to the empirical and conceptual processes underlying the facilitation and suppression of behavior, e.g. primary and conditioned reinforcement, non-reinforcement, punishment and avoidance as well as the generalization and discrimination of these processes.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010 or 0012 or 0015 or 0101 or 0200
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PSY 1050 - TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A topics course. Content will vary from term to term depending on instructor.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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PSY 1205 - ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides an overview of the major issues in the area of mental illness. This course emphasizes the scientific approach to understanding the major psychological and behavioral disorders. The research and clinical literatures regarding the etiology, course and treatment of these disorders will be presented.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: PSY 0010
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PSY 1270 - CHILD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course considers research and theory which bear on the development of psychological disorders in children. Biological and environmental factors which contribute to childhood disorders are considered with special emphasis on the role of the family. Childhood psychosis, hyperactivity, and depression are studied to illustrate theoretical models and empirical findings.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PSY 0010
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PSY 1355 - ADOLESCENCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The period of adolescence will first be studied from both a psychological and sociological perspective. Focus is on the individual as he/she experiences physical, cognitive, and social changes. Contributions of such theorists as Freud, Erikson, and Piaget are highlighted. A number of critical issues and conflicts of adolescence are discussed i.e. the generation gap, sex roles and behaviors, juvenile delinquency.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: (PSY 0010 or 0012 or 0015 or 0101 or 0200) and (PSY 0310 or 0202 or 0230)
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Education, Psychology in Education |
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PSYED 0005 - LIFE SPAN DEVELOPMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course follows the developing person from conception until the end of life. The course combines theory, research and practical applications from developmental psychology. Lecture topics include genetic influences on development; prenatal and birth factors; physical, cognitive, social, personality, and cultural variables which influence development in infancy, childhood, adolescence, early-, middle-, and late adulthood.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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Religious Studies |
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RELGST 0115 - 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: UGRD
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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RELGST 0135 - CHRISTIAN BIBLE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An introduction to the text of the Christian bible.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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RELGST 0283 - US AND THE HOLOCAUST
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
With increasing interest in the Holocaust in Europe, this course focuses on the American side of the Atlantic - on issues of anti-Semitism and anti-immigrant sentiment in this country and on America’s response to the holocaust. We will also look at some post-Holocaust issues as well.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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RELGST 0405 - RELIGION IN EARLY AMERICA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A survey of American religious history from the colonial period through the Civil War.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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RELGST 0415 - RELIGION IN MODERN AMERICA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An examination of the major developments in American religion from the Civil War to the present.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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RELGST 0715 - PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An examination of the arguments for and against the existence of God.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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RELGST 1120 - ORIGINS OF CHRISTIANITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
An historical investigation of Christian origins against the backdrop of both the Greco-Roman and Jewish worlds.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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RELGST 1130 - VARIETIES OF EARLY CHRISTNITY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will examine the many different and often competing forms of Christianity that existed during the first five centuries of our common era. We will include an historical survey of Mediterranean culture and society in the historical Roman Empire to help us understand the ways in which Christianity developed in relation to the philosophical, sociological, theological, and political environment of this period. We will also focus on the contribution of the early varieties of Christianity to modern Western views of the relationship between the individual body and society. The literature of this period represents a broad variety of beliefs and practices ranging from philosophical views of god and matter (and the nature of each), to notions of life-long celibacy.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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RELGST 1144 - 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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Russian |
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RUSS 0800 - MASTERPIECES 19THC RUSSIAN LIT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will focus on selected masterpieces of Russian literature of the nineteenth century. The chosen works will be studied and discussed for their intrinsic literary value and as examples of main literary trends. Readings will include short stories by Pushkin, Gogol, Leskov, and Chekov, as well as Gogol’s novel “dead souls”, Dostoevsky’s “crime and punishment”, and Tolstoy’s “war and peace”.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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RUSS 0870 - HISTORY OF RUSSIAN FILM 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course presents the history of Russian and Soviet films, filmmaking, and the film industry from the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II to the death of Stalin.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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Studio Arts |
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SA 0120 - PAINTING STUDIO 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Foundation painting is an introductory course in the principle practices of painting. The course develops compositional and color awareness and basic painting techniques. This course will explore the formal and expressive aspects of painting.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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SA 0130 - DRAWING STUDIO 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Foundation drawing is an introductory course that instructs students in traditional drawing approaches and visual analysis through the act of drawing. Principles of perspective, composition, and methods of modeling form are explored for the development of individual skills and perception.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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Sociology |
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SOC 0003 - TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
To acquaint the student with major sociological concepts, approaches and theories that are applicable to the analysis of the interaction between technology and society. The discussions are organized around three issues; 1. The effects of technology upon various aspects of the social structure and functioning, 2. The social conditions which lead to innovations and the diffusion of innovations throughout society, and 3. Technology assessment and environmental impact statement processes as they bear on current national decisions bearing on technology/society interfaces.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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SOC 0007 - SOCIAL PROBLEMS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The major aims of this course are to understand the nature of important social problems in American society and analyze their causes and consequences. The two competing perspectives, one, that social problems are created when individuals fail to conform to societal norms, and two, that social problems are caused when institutions fail to meet changing needs and aspirations of individuals will be used in our analysis. Future trends and policy alternatives toward amelioration will be examined.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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SOC 0010 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces the student to the discipline of sociology, its development, theories, major findings, and to the sociological interpretation of modern society. Emphasis will be given to the importance of careful empirical investigation for the understanding of recent social and cultural changes. Students should be prepared to encounter basic issues in sociological method and in theory; an inclination toward systematic and abstract reasoning will help.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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SOC 0150 - SOCIAL THEORY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The aim of this course is to provide a survey of major developments in sociological theory in recent times. The classic background for these developments is included as part of the course. Lectures, readings and discussions help the student to acquire a grasp of the significance of theoretical analysis in sociology and of basic sociological problems addressed by a variety of theorists.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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SOC 0199 - INTERNSHIP
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
This is an internship for human relations majors to allow them to apply the knowledge and skills learned in the classroom to practical situations in a professional setting. Internships are assigned on a basis of student’s interest and the availability of positions.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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SOC 0438 - SOCIOLOGY OF THE FAMILY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces students to the sociological perspective on the family and analyzes how the structure and nature of family life are shaped by larger historical and social forces. We will look at how changes in the economy and technology affect the family; how ideas concerning gender roles affect male/female relationships and the socialization of children; how race, ethnicity, and class shape family life; and the wide variety of family forms, historical and contemporary.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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SOC 0446 - SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will analyze the various processes and institutions through which gender roles are defined and shaped in our society. It will analyze the interaction between individual conceptions of gender and larger social institutions such as the family, the workforce, the media, religion, etc. The current changes in these roles will be related to changes in other social institutions. We will also examine the multiple forms of inequality in our society—based on sex, race, class, and sexual preference—and see how they interact.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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SOC 0471 - DEVIANCE AND SOCIAL CONTROL
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course raises questions about what is “deviant” and how certain actions and beliefs come to be considered deviant. It also raises questions concerning the social, structural and cultural determinants of the decision to view something as “deviant” and in need of “control”. The course explores changes in the definition of behavior which lead the same behaviors to be considered ‘sins’, ‘crimes’, ‘illnesses’, and ‘alternative life-styles’.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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SOC 0472 - INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Criminology refers to the scientific study of crime, its causes, and social responses to it. This course provides a broad overview of the study of crime. It examines the legal definitions and elements of crime; surveys the major categories of crime, i.e. predatory and non-predatory acts; reviews the major measures of crime; identifies the major correlates of crime, reviews and assesses the major theories of crime; differentiates types of offenders and explores various dimensions of their offending; and examines and evaluates the workings of the criminal justice system.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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SOC 0474 - SOCIETY AND THE LAW
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Every society regulates behavior and the means, i.e. Either informal or formal, with which this is done varies according to level of social development. This course examines the regulation of behavior in primitive, transitional, and modern societies and traces the development of law and legal systems and their relationship to different characteristics of social development. We will examine legal jurisprudence and the application of the principles of these philosophies and explore how they have shaped legal action.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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SOC 0475 - SOCIOLOGY OF AGING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course studies the fate of being old in American society in terms of income-adequacy, participation in political life, family relations, the status of retirement as an institution, health, the loss of independence and life in nursing homes. These and related issues are examined in cross-national perspective to assess the level and some nationally distinctive ways in which modern society cares for its elderly.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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SOC 0477 - MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is a course on socio-cultural aspects of health, illness, disease and (medical) treatment in American society. The historical transformation of American medicine into a powerful sovereign profession with unparalleled authority, autonomy and control over all aspects of health and illness will be examined. On the basis of this historical survey, recent empirical studies of distribution of health, disease and medical care will be examined as well as specific substantive issues and contemporary debates.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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SOC 1117 - LAW AND POLITICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Examines law as an integral part of the political process. Topics include American legal culture; legal socialization; legal decision makers; the politics of formulating legal policy; the politics of implementing legal policy; and the effect of legal decisions on the operation of the political process.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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SOC 1316 - SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CHANGE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course presents sociology from a global perspective in three ways: it focuses on social change as a critical factor in understanding society today, it uses a cross international approach to compare nations and regions of the world, it examines the ties between societies and the manner in which these relationships create a global society.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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Spanish |
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SPAN 0001 - ELEMENTARY SPANISH 1
Minimum Credits: 5
Maximum Credits: 5
This course is designed to develop the student’s communicative proficiency through an integrated approach to the teaching of all four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Grammatical structures; vocabulary and readings are presented as tools for developing good communication skills. The course also aims to foster cultural awareness of the Spanish-speaking world.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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SPAN 0002 - ELEMENTARY SPANISH 2
Minimum Credits: 5
Maximum Credits: 5
A continuation of SPAN 0001 , the course builds on the skills acquired in the first term as students continue to develop their communicative language skills in Spanish.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: SPAN 0001
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SPAN 0101 - ELEMENTARY SPANISH 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A study of elementary spoken and written Spanish. Emphasis on communicative proficiency.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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SPAN 0102 - ELEMENTARY SPANISH 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A continuation of SPAN 0101 , training in spoken and written Spanish.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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Statistics |
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STAT 0200 - BASIC APPLIED STATISTICS
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
This course teaches methods of descriptive and inferential statistics. Topics include data collection and description, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression the analysis of variance, and contingency tables. Students will learn how to use a statistical computer package.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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STAT 1000 - APPLIED STATISTICAL METHODS
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
This course is an intensive introduction to statistical methods. It is designed for students who want to do data analysis and to study further ideas in applied statistics beyond this course. The topics covered include descriptive statistics, elementary probability, random sampling, controlled experiments, hypothesis testing, regression and the analysis of variance. Emphasis will be placed on the statistical reasoning underlying the methods. Students will also become proficient at the use of a statistical software package.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: C- or better in MATH 0031 or MATH 0110
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STAT 1100 - STAT & PROBLTY FOR BUS MGT
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
This is a one-term introduction to statistics and probability. Both modeling and data analysis will be emphasized. Various probability models for discrete and continuous variables will be analyzed. Inferential, descriptive and data analysis techniques will be covered with examples from management. A statistical package will be introduced and used to conduct data analyses.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: MATH 0120 or MATH 0220
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Supervision Technology |
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ADS 0026 - EFFECTIVE SUPERVISION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The student is provided with a completely organized, staffed and operating company. Through the operation of the company, the student applies the theories and techniques of supervision. Included are: management of resources (equipment, materials, energy, capital, human time), product and services (productivity, cost, quality), improving and unifying performance (work simplification, performance planning). Management games are utilized to achieve realism.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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Theatre Arts |
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THEA 0830 - INTRODUCTION TO PERFORMANCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to develop the students’ awareness of the actor’s process and to foster a general sense of theatre as an area of human endeavor. Students will be introduced to basic communication skills, including physical and vocal presence in front of an audience. The course will also develop an introductory level of acting skill through the use of regular warm-ups, theater games, improvisation, and simple scene study. The class will culminate in the performance of a final scene. Scenes will be selected from a diverse range of playwrights and students will examine the political, cultural and social context of each play. The course will also provide an introduction to basic theater terminology, and foster the ability to respond to and reflect on theatrical performances. Each student is required to buy a semester pass and attend university theatre productions.
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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UP Titusville |
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UPT 1307 - STUDY ABROAD- CZECH PRGM FEE
Minimum Credits: 0
Maximum Credits: 0
Program fee for Pitt Titusville study abroad program to Czech republic. May be used alone or in combination with one or more of these courses: BIOSC 1104 , BUS 1104 , and HAA 1901 .
Academic Career: UGRD
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: No Grade Required
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