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Physical Education |
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PED 436 - Tests and Measurements in Physical Education Credit Hours: 3
Techniques of constructing, administering, and analyzing written and skill test in health and physical education.
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PED 437 - Physical Education for the Exceptional Child Credit Hours: 3
The nature of certain physical and mental handicaps and methods for working with handicapped students in a physical education program.
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PED 438 - Sport Law Credit Hours: 3
An in-depth look at the legal aspects of sport.
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Physical Science |
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PHS 151 - Physical Science Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
A basic study of chemistry and physics.
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PHS 201 - Earth and Space Science Credit Hours: 3
An introduction to astronomy, geology and meteorology.
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Physics |
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PHY 101 - General Physics Credit Hours: 4
A study of the fundamental principles of mechanics and sound the first trimester; of heat, light, magnetism, and electricity the second trimester. Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory a week, both trimesters.
Prerequisite(s) MAT 131 , MAT 132
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PHY 102 - General Physics Credit Hours: 4
A study of the fundamental principles of mechanics and sound the first trimester; of heat, light, magnetism, and electricity the second trimester.
Prerequisite(s) MAT 131 , MAT 132 Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory a week, both trimesters
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PHY 103 - Introduction to Modern Physics Credit Hours: 3
An extension of, and addition to the material covered in PHY 101 and PHY 102 . It is to start with the fundamentals of optics leading to the wave-particle duality of quantum mechanics, lasers, relativity, atomic, nuclear and particle physics.
Prerequisite(s) MAT 131 , MAT 132 , and PHY 101 and PHY 102
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PHY 211 - Engineering Physics Credit Hours: 4
A study of the principles of physics with calculus designed especially for pre-engineering students.
Prerequisite(s) MAT 151 Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory a week, both trimesters Offered on demand
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PHY 212 - Engineering Physics Credit Hours: 4
A study of the principles of physics with calculus designed especially for pre-engineering students.
Prerequisite(s) MAT 151 Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory a week, both trimesters Offered on demand
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Political Science |
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PSC 201 - American Federal Government Credit Hours: 3
A survey of the structure and dynamic of the American polity.
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PSC 202 - State and Local Government Credit Hours: 3
A study of the organization and functions of state and local governments.
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PSC 301 - Comparative Government Credit Hours: 3
A comparative analysis of major European governments.
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PSC 311 - United States Foreign Policy Credit Hours: 3
The policies and problems of the foreign relations of the United States from the foundation of the Republic to the Gulf War.
Same As HIS 311
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PSC 410 - Political Communication Credit Hours: 3
Historical and critical study of leading political speakers, their speeches, and philosophies. Special attention is given to presidential communication.
Same As COM 410
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Psychology |
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PSY 201 - General Psychology Credit Hours: 3
The fundamentals of psychology. Emphasis on learning, motivation, emotion, perception, psychological measurement, personality behavior disorders and physiological bases of behavior. This course is a prerequisite for all other courses in psychology.
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PSY 202 - Child Psychology Credit Hours: 3
Significant aspects of child growth and development from the standpoint of psychology and related disciplines. Emphasis on principles of growth, stages of physical growth, motor development, and behavior pertaining to social, intellectual, and personality development.
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PSY 203 - Adolescent Psychology Credit Hours: 3
Significant aspects of adolescent behavior and development. Emphasis on physical, mental, social, emotional, and moral development of adolescents.
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PSY 204 - Educational Psychology Credit Hours: 3
The study of the process of learning and the behavior of children in school. Emphasis on teacher personality; the relationships of growth, learning and teaching; the nature of the learner; intelligence and individual differences; and the improvement of the teaching-learning situation.
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PSY 205 - Developmental Psychology Credit Hours: 3
A life-span approach to the study of human development emphasizing the physical, social, and cultural influences on the cognitive and psychological processes of the individual.
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PSY 228 - Introduction to Marriage and Family Counseling Credit Hours: 3
A study of relationship changes over the family life cycle with an emphasis on counseling.
Same As SOC 228
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PSY 306 - Dynamics of Personality Credit Hours: 3
A study of personality theories and human behavior for effective living.
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PSY 318 - Social Psychology Credit Hours: 3
The role of psychology in the investigation and evaluation of interpersonal relationships.
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PSY 327 - Counseling Psychology Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to provide students with an orientation to counseling psychology. Emphasis on counseling theories and practices.
Prerequisite(s) 12 hours of psychology or consent of instructor
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PSY 333 - Introduction to Christian Counseling Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces and provides experiences in sound principles of psychology which are consistent with counseling in a Christian setting. Offered spring trimester of even-numbered years.
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PSY 334 - Psychology of Religion Credit Hours: 3
A study of religious beliefs, practices, and customs in light of historical and current psychological thought. Offered spring trimester of odd-numbered years.
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PSY 350 - Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology Credit Hours: 3
A practical and theoretical introductory course dealing with various work groups. Theories from organizational and social psychology provide a context for skill building related to training and development and basic research.
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PSY 351 - Introduction to Psychological Statistics Credit Hours: 3
A foundation for more advanced courses in statistics. Computation of measures of central tendency, variability, and correlation. Tests of significance and introduction to analysis of variance. No mathematical ability is assumed beyond the basic skills of arithmetic and algebraic manipulations.
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PSY 360 - Principles and Theories of Learning Credit Hours: 3
An empirical and theoretical analysis of learning theory, memory, and cognitive processes.
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PSY 366 - Psychology of Addiction Credit Hours: 3
Addictions are examined from psycho/social/spiritual perspectives with implications for therapeutic relationships. Particular attention is given to the dynamics of addiction and the psychological factors involved in recovery.
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PSY 370 - Introduction to Gerontology Credit Hours: 3
Same As GER 370
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PSY 374 - Introduction to Case Management Credit Hours: 3
Same As GER 374
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PSY 375 - Use and Interpretation of Tests Credit Hours: 3
Theory of individual and group tests of intelligence, personality, interests, and attitudes.
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PSY 389 - Introduction to Sign Language Credit Hours: 3
This course covers signing and deaf culture, as well as deaf history and the origins of American Sign Language.
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PSY 399 - Survey of Autism Credit Hours: 3
This course covers the autism spectrum disorders and their causes, diagnosis strategies, treatments, and interventions.
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PSY 410 - Abnormal Psychology Credit Hours: 3
The dynamics of normal and abnormal behavior, major psychiatric disorders, and a survey of modern therapy.
Writing Intensive Yes
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PSY 430 - History and Systems of Psychology Credit Hours: 3
A historical survey of psychology with special reference to schools of psychology.
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PSY 441 - Experimental Psychology Credit Hours: 3
Introduction to psychological experimental techniques.
Prerequisite(s) PSY 201 and PSY 351
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PSY 475 - Psychology of Workforce Training Credit Hours: 3
The need for learning and creativity in organizations from a broad perspective and the development of skills in thinking and problem solving are emphasized. The course covers the topics of organizational learning, knowledge management, creativity, and adaptive systems.
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PSY 495 - Introduction to Field Experience Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on professional conduct, ethical guidelines, and training on how to maximize the student’s field experience in PSY 497 Internship in Psychology.
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PSY 497 - Internship in Psychology Credit Hours: 1-6
Actual work experience which is supervised by the employer and the academic advisor.
Prerequisite(s) PSY 327 and PSY 480
Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): Prerequisite: PSY 495 Introduction to Field Experience
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Recreation |
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REC 301 - Outdoor Recreation Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to give students an overview of outdoor recreation. Emphasis will be given in camping, canoeing, fishing, and hiking.
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REC 302 - Intramural Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to give students the knowledge of how to organize an intramural program in a recreational setting.
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REC 303 - Recreation for Children Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to give students the knowledge of recreational games for children and young adults.
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REC 304 - Recreation for Adults Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to give the students the knowledge of recreational games for adults and how to administer a program for senior citizens.
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REC 305 - Practicum in Recreation Credit Hours: 3
Practical field experience (30 hours) under the supervision of a specialist.
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REC 306 - Leisure Services Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to inform the student of available services in public and private recreation.
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REC 307 - Recreation for Persons with Handicapping Conditions Credit Hours: 3
This course is designed to give the student a knowledge of the organization and administration of a recreation program for persons with a handicap.
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RN-BSN Nursing |
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NRN 345 - Introduction to Baccalaureate Nursing Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3.75
Assists the RN in understanding the role of the baccalaureate nurse. Current issues of healthcare, healthcare delivery, the changing roles of healthcare providers, and opportunities for baccalaureate nurses are explored.
Prerequisite(s) RN licensure and admission to nursing program
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NRN 346 - Applied Assessment and Health Promotion for RNs Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 3.75 Lab Hours: 3.75
A study focusing on building upon the basic concepts and the advancement of RN skills to assess the health status of the individual adult client, including the older adult. Emphasis is placed on obtaining health history, physical examination techniques for the different body systems, communication, documentation, health promotion concepts, and application of assessment skills to clinical reasoning.
Prerequisite(s) RN licensure and admission to nursing program
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NRN 347 - Introduction to Professional Writing and Informatics for RNs Credit Hours: 2 Lecture Hours: 2.50
A writing intensive course that includes clinical practice guidelines and scholarly journals to introduce concepts of professional writing including APA style. RN students will be formally introduced to information technology in nursing, health, and healthcare. They will develop an understanding of the foundations of applied informatics including the ethical use of electronic health records in nursing documentation. This course is focused upon gaining foundational informatics literacy that can enhance their current nursing practice.
Prerequisite(s) RN licensure and admission to nursing program
Writing Intensive Yes
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NRN 348 - Gerontology Nursing for RNs Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3.75
The focus of this course provides didactic guidance and application in assessment, diagnostic reasoning, and decision making regarding patient advocacy and health promotion of the geriatric client.
Prerequisite(s) RN licensure and admission to nursing program
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NRN 460 - Evidence-Based Practice for RNs Credit Hours: 2 Lecture Hours: 2.50
A writing intensive course that will expound upon the role of the professional nurse in evidence-based practice. This course will provide RN students with an understanding of issues pertaining to global health. Focus will be placed on utilization of scientific inquiry to achieve cost-effective, high quality patient outcomes. Emphasis will be placed on economic, social, political, and professional trends in relation to their implications for a continually changing practice and utilization of the research process to enhance their current nursing practice.
Prerequisite(s) RN licensure and admission to nursing program
Writing Intensive Yes
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NRN 461 - The Role of the RN in Interdisciplinary Teams Credit Hours: 2 Lecture Hours: 2.50
The knowledge and skills nurses need to contribute to shaping the future of health care. Health care delivery systems, the nurse’s role in interprofessional/ interdisciplinary teams, and organizational development from a nursing perspective.
Prerequisite(s) RN licensure and admission to nursing program
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NRN 462 - Transition to Baccalaureate Nursing Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 5.0
Builds on previous knowledge & skills applicable to the practice of professional nursing. This course provides an integration of professional concepts basic to the development of professionalism in nursing practice. Emphasis is placed on changes in the health care environment and the impact on the professional nurse’s role. Accountability and responsibility issues as they relate to professional nursing are discussed.
Prerequisite(s) RN licensure and admission to nursing program
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NUR 332 - Pathophysiology for RNs Credit Hours: 2 Lecture Hours: 2.50
Examines the disturbances of normal physiology, the mechanisms producing these disturbances and the ways in which they are expressed symptomatically.
Prerequisite(s) Admission into the RN-BSN program
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NUR 425 - Managing Health Care for RNs Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 2.50 Lab Hours: 3.75
The study of basic leadership theories and skills, models for health care delivery and the political, socioeconomic, and professional issues of the workplace.
Prerequisite(s) RN licensure and admission to the nursing program
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NUR 432 - Community Nursing for RNs Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 2.50 Lab Hours: 3.75
focuses on the nursing process outside the acute care setting. Man, nursing, health, and environment are analyzed as to their effect on community health.
Prerequisite(s) RN licensure and admission to the nursing program
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Sociology |
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SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology Credit Hours: 3
The theory and practice of sociology.
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SOC 111 - Introduction to Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
A survey of cultural anthropology.
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SOC 228 - Introduction to Marriage and Family Counseling Credit Hours: 3
A study of relationship changes over the family life cycle with an emphasis on counseling.
Same As PSY 228
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SOC 301 - Introduction to Social Problems Credit Hours: 3
Review of concepts and data relevant to the study of social problems.
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Spanish |
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SPA 101 - Elementary Spanish I Credit Hours: 3
A course of study designed for students who have no or very limited prior knowledge of Spanish. Students who have had at least one year of high school Spanish should consider taking SPA 102.
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SPA 102 - Elementary Spanish II Credit Hours: 3
Continuation of the elementary Spanish sequence. Emphasis will be given to the four basic language skills (speaking, writing, reading, and listening).
Prerequisite(s) SPA 101 , at least one year of high-school Spanish, or other equivalent
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SPA 106 - High Beginner Spanish Credit Hours: 3
An intensive review course designed for students who have had at least one year of Spanish but feel the need of reviewing SPA 101 and SPA 102 . Students completing this class would go into Intermediate Spanish. This class is designed to replace, not to be taken in addition to SPA 101 and SPA 102 .
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SPA 201 - Intermediate Spanish I Credit Hours: 3
A course of study which examines the Spanish language and culture, with a particular emphasis on grammar and communicative skills.
Prerequisite(s) SPA 102 or the equivalent
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SPA 202 - Intermediate Spanish II Credit Hours: 3
A continuation of the intermediate level sequence. This course examines the Spanish language and culture with a particular emphasis on grammar and communicative skills.
Prerequisite(s) SPA 201 or the equivalent
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SPA 305 - Spanish Grammar and Composition Credit Hours: 3
An intensive review of grammar with emphasis on composition.
Prerequisite(s) SPA 202 or the equivalent
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SPA 317 - Conversational Spanish Credit Hours: 3
Extensive practice in oral Spanish including drill in vocabulary, idiom, and basic linguistic structure.
Prerequisite(s) SPA 202 or the equivalent or permission of the instructor
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SPA 323 - Spanish and Latin American Cinema Credit Hours: 3
A course where students view and analyze the best in Spanish and Latin American films.
Prerequisite(s) SPA 202 or the equivalent
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SPA 331 - Survey of Spanish Literature I Credit Hours: 3
Representative masterpieces from the literature of Spain from the eleventh to the eighteenth centuries.
Prerequisite(s) SPA 333
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SPA 332 - Survey of Spanish Literature II Credit Hours: 3
Representative masterpieces from the literature of Spain from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Prerequisite(s) SPA 202 , SPA 333
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SPA 333 - Reading Spanish Literature Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces students to the reading and analysis of Spanish literature through a variety of short literary excerpts from Spanish and Latino American authors.
Prerequisite(s) SPA 202 or the equivalent
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SPA 369 - Occupational Spanish Credit Hours: 3
A course for students who desire to research, learn, and practice specialized vocabularies needed to communicate in Spanish in the work place.
Prerequisite(s) SPA 202 or the equivalent or permission of the instructor
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SPA 420 - Life and Culture of Latin America Credit Hours: 3
A study of all aspects of Latin American life.
Prerequisite(s) 3 hours at the 300 level
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SPA 421 - Life and Culture of Spain Credit Hours: 3
A study of all aspects of life in Spain.
Prerequisite(s) 3 hours at the 300 level
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SPA 430 - Spanish Language and Culture Studies-Special Topics Credit Hours: 3
Study of diverse topics such as medical or legal Spanish, Spanish on the Internet, etc.
Prerequisite(s) SPA 201 , SPA 202 and two SPA upper-level courses or consent of department
once for credit with different content. Writing Intensive.
Writing Intensive Yes
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SPA 434 - Advanced Language Skills Credit Hours: 3
A study course to help develop professional language skills through class work and organized field projects.
Prerequisite(s) SPA 202 plus one upper-level Spanish class or consent of department
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SPA 477 - Methods of Teaching Spanish Credit Hours: 3
A course in which students explore studies in the theories, techniques, and materials of teaching Spanish. Writing Intensive.
Prerequisite(s) SPA 202 or the equivalent plus six to nine hours at the 300 and 400 level
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SPA 480 - Spanish Practicum in the United States Credit Hours: 3
A supervised learning experience in working with Spanish-speaking individuals or groups in a church and/or school setting.
Prerequisite(s) SPA 202 or the equivalent, one 300 or 400 level course, and permission of instructor
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SPA 482 - Spanish Practicum Abroad Credit Hours: 3
A supervised learning experience in working with Spanish-speaking individuals or groups in mission work within a Spanish-speaking country.
Prerequisite(s) SPA 202 or the equivalent, one 300 or 400 level course, and permission of instructor
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SPA 484 - Internship in Spanish in the US Credit Hours: 3
Work experience in a community agency that deals with native Spanish speakers. Emphasis on cultural understanding and communicative skills.
Prerequisite(s) SPA 201 /SPA 202 And Two SPA upper-level courses or consent of department
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SPA 486 - Internship in Spanish Abroad Credit Hours: 3
Work experience in a community agency that deals with native Spanish speakers. Emphasis on cultural understanding and communicative skills.
Prerequisite(s) SPA 201 /SPA 202 and two SPA upper-level courses or consent of department
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HUM 200 - Strategies in Learning Credit Hours: 3
A course designed to provide techniques for effective reading comprehension and critical thinking. Emphasis is given to time management, notetaking techniques, patterns of paragraph organization and development, and evaluation of written material. This course will not fulfill any core curriculum requirement.
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Theatre |
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THE 125 - Theatre Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
Practical, hands-on theatre experience.
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THE 126 - Theatre Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
Practical, hands-on theatre experience.
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THE 127 - Rehearsal and Performance Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
Participation onstage or serving in the capacity of stage manager or rehearsal assistant in a theatre production.
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THE 128 - Rehearsal and Performance Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
Participation onstage or serving in the capacity of stage manager or rehearsal assistant in a theatre production.
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THE 135 - Theatre Appreciation Credit Hours: 3
A study of theatre as an art form and as performance medium; limited consideration of dramatic literature.
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THE 150 - Movement for the Actor Credit Hours: 1
An introduction to general movement techniques for the actor.
Same As PED 150
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THE 152 - Jazz Dance for Theatre Credit Hours: 1
An introduction to jazz dance as a tool in theatre.
Same As PED 152
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THE 153 - Tap Dance for Theatre Credit Hours: 1
An introduction to tap dance as a tool in theatre.
Same As PED 153
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THE 154 - Modern Dance for Theatre Credit Hours: 1
An introduction to modern dance as a tool in theatre.
Same As PED 154
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THE 166 - Stage Combat Credit Hours: 1
Basic principles and techniques of unarmed and selected armed combat for the stage.
Same As PED 166
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THE 225 - Theatre Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
Practical, hands-on theatre experience.
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THE 226 - Theatre Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
Practical, hands-on theatre experience.
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THE 227 - Rehearsal and Performance Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
Participation onstage or serving in the capacity of stage manager or rehearsal assistant in a theatre production.
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