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ED 462 - Student Teaching 12 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: All Major Requirements listed above with a GPA of at least 2.50. Corequisite: EDX 462 . This course provides an internship experience for Education majors who apply their content knowledge teaching strategies and classroom management skills in an actual classroom setting. (FA, SP)
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EDA 352 - Teaching Practicum A 1 Credit Hour
Corequisite: ED 231 , ED 240 , ESE 200 . s Related methods courses. This course provides field experiences for teacher candidates to develop and implement competencies pertaining to individualized curricula and instruction. This course involves a field experience in conjunction with specialized methods courses. (FA,SP)
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EDB 352 - Teaching Practicum B 2 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ED 352 and EDA 352. Corequisites Related methods courses. Corequisite: s Related methods courses. This course involves a field experience in conjunction with specialized methods courses. Students must be cleared and approved by the TEI Office for registration in this course. (FA,SP)
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EDL 350 - Children’s Literature 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ED 231 , ED 240 and ESE 200 . This course develops an understanding of the role of children’s literature in the cognitive, language, and social development of elementary children. Students will read widely and design literary experiences in children and young adolescent’s literature, including picture books, fantasy, historical fiction, poetry, contemporary realistic fiction, and multicultural literature. (FA, SP)
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EDM 380 - Professional Seminar 0 Credit Hours
Students must enroll in this course each Credit, beginning at the sophomore year, except during student teaching. This course provides education majors with relevant information about matriculation and professional development as necessary to complete the program. (FA, SP)
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EDS 499 - Senior Seminar 3 Credit Hours
There is an emphasis in this course on the practical applications of research skills and methods for preparing a senior research paper. Special use of word processing will be required. (FA, SP)
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EDT 180 - Educator Skills Preparation 2 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: FC 110 . This course enables students to develop reading, writing, and mathematical competencies, and general test taking skills. The course also introduces students to skills and dispositions required of educators, as well as the path to successful educator certification.
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EDX 462 - Student Teaching Seminar 0 Credit Hours
Corequisite: ED 462 . This seminar provides assistance to student teachers during the student teaching experience. (FA, SP)
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MAE 301 - Contemporary Issues in STEM Education 3 Credit Hours
Provides middle school mathematics and science teacher candidates opportunities to explore STEM issues and their role in the STEM pipeline, experience integrated STEM learning opportunities, and develop problem and place-based learning activities.
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MAE 337 - Teaching Algebra in Middle School 3 Credit Hours
This course will provide prospective teachers with experiences in algebra that will help them develop the specialized content and pedagogical knowledge needed to support the teaching of mathematics in middle level education.
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MAE 343 - Teaching Geometry in Middle Schools 3 Credit Hours
This course provides prospective middle school teachers with initial skills to develop an inquiry-based learning environment that facilitates high academic achievement for all students, focusing on curriculum and learning at the task and lesson level.
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TSL 370 - Principles and Issues in ESOL 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ED 231 , ED 240 and ESE 200 . This course is designed to introduce students to the underlying theories and principles that shape the field of ESOL. The legal, sociological, historical, and professional issues which have shaped and influenced the field will be explored. The course will focus on the theories of first and second language acquisition as well as the general study of language and communication. Special attention will be given to the subsystems of language, role of language transfer, BICS and CALP, language pragmatics, and cultural issues in communication. It also provides a field clinical experience in classroom settings with second language learners. (FA, SP)
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TSL 440 - Methods of Teaching ESOL 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ED 231 , ED 240 and ESE 200 . (Elementary Education and English Education majors) This course focuses on major methodologies and strategies for teaching second language learners. It provides specific instructional techniques and practices for teaching the development of reading, language arts, and content specific subject matter for the majors. It provides guidelines and practice for unit and lesson planning, classroom management and organization, multilevel learning activities, instructional materials selection, and related instructional competencies. It also provides a field clinical experience in classroom settings with second language learners. (FA, SP)
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E 123 - Engineering Drawing. 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: MAT 134 or higher. A study of Dimensioning and Tolerancing, 3D Drawing and Modeling, Isometric Drawing, Orthographic Views and Solid Modeling. AutoCAD, a computer aided drawing software is used for the drawing assignments.
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E 124 - Introduction to Engineering 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: MAT 135 or higher. This course provides an understanding of the study and practice associated with computer engineering. Topics cover the definition of engineering, introduction to computer engineering, engineering design and problem solving methods, engineering communication methods, engineering ethics & professional societies, basics of computer and electrical systems, engineering computation and programming (MATLAB). In addition, students will discover principles of computer engineering through building and programming a robot.
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E 230 - Introduction to Electric Circuits 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PH 251 . Corequisite: PH 252 . A study of the principles of direct-current (DC) circuits, alternating-current (AC) circuits, Ohm’s and Kirchohoff’s laws and their application to electric circuits. Thevenin and Northon’s theorems, RC, RL and RLC circuits. Application of phasor diagrams in the analysis of AC circuits. Time domain solutions of first and second order circuit equations. Introduction to operational amplifiers. There is a laboratory component to this course.
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E 331 - Engineering Mechanics I, Statics 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: MAT 242 , MAT 334 , and PH 252 A study of force vectors, equilibrium of a particle, force system resultants, equilibrium of a rigid body, structural analysis, internal forces, friction, centroid, moments of inertia.
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E 332 - Engineering Mechanics II, Dynamics 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: E 331 . A study of kinetics and kinematics of a particle and rigid body including force and acceleration, work, energy, impulse and momentum.
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E 333 - Networked Autonomous Robotics 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CS 231 , CS 335 , and MAT 242 Corequisite: EL 333 and MAT 337 . This course deals with networked, autonomous and intelligent mobile robot systems. It is designed to help the student to develop fundamental understanding of planning and control issues for multiple autonomous mobile robotic systems. The course covers autonomous robot locomotion, mobile robot kinematics, perception using various sensors in robot systems, map building and localization, planning and navigation, and cooperative control of multiple robots. Results of current research and on-going research issues in the field of autonomous robotics are introduced in the course. Projects and hands-on lab experiments for the course are designed to enhance the student’s understanding and knowledge of autonomous robotics.
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E 334 - Introduction to Microcontrollers 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: E 230 , CS 231 . Corequisite: EL 334L. An introduction to microcontroller hardware and software applications. Interconnection of components, peripheral devices and bus timing relationships are explored. Assembly language and structured C-language are introduced and employed in microcontroller programming. Input/output (I/O) techniques are surveyed.
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E 335 - Electronics I 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PH 251 and E 230 . Corequisite: EL 335 The analysis and design of circuits utilizing electronic devices such as bipolar transistors, MOS transistors and operational amplifiers. Topics include Integrated Circuit (IC) biasing, the behavior and operating limitations of large-signal and small-signal amplifiers. Computer circuit simulation is an integral part of this course.
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E 336 - Electronics II 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: E 335 . Corequisite: EL 336 A continuation of the analysis and design of circuits utilizing electronic devices such as bipolar transistors, MOS transistors and operational amplifiers. Topics include the behavior and operating limitations of large-signal and small-signal amplifiers, differential amplifiers, high-frequency amplification, stability and compensation. Tuned amplifiers, oscillators and Integrated Circuit (IC) biasing.
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E 431 - VLSI Design I 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: E 336 , MAT 334 , and CS 437 . Corequisite: EL 431 This course covers the fundamental principles of NMOS and CMOS digital integrated circuit (IC) design. Principles of circuit analysis and design are emphasized. Modern CAD tools for Integrated Circuit layout and simulation are extensively used. Covers system level design issues, including testing.
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E 432 - VLSI Design II 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: E 431 . Corequisite: EL 432L the design and synthesis of Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) chips using CMOS technology. Design issues at layout, schematic, logic and RTL levels are investigated. Commercial design software is used for laboratory exercises. Theoretical concepts in VLSI architectures and algorithms are explored. Advanced level application of VLSI computer-aided design (CAD) tools.
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E 434 - Engineering Circuit Analysis 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: E 230 and MAT 334 A study of linear circuit analysis and techniques. In depth coverage of the properties of electric circuit elements, node and loop circuit equations, AC sources and impedance. Time domain, frequency domain and steady state analysis of RLC circuits are thoroughly covered. Laplace Transform, Fourier Analysis and Fourier Transform techniques are employed in the analysis of circuit characteristics.
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E 436 - Digital Signal Processing 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: E 230 and MAT 334 Corequisite: EL 436 A study of the fundamental principles and concepts of Digital Signal Processing (DSP). Course coverage includes discrete-time signals and systems, Ztransforms, discrete convolution and Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT). Analog-to-Digital conversion (ADC), Digital-to-Analog conversion (DAC) and digital filter design are also covered. In the laboratory, a programmable DSP board and a software package for digital signal processing are used for data acquisition, filter implementation, convolution calculations, signal modeling and real-time filtering. MATLAB software with Simulink is used in the laboratory for DSP algorithm design and analysis.
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E 437 - Microprocessor and Embedded Systems Design 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: E 336 , CS 335 , CS 437 , CS 438 . Corequisite: EL 437 . Covers the following areas Microprocessor architectures, instruction sets, bus structures, memory and I/O interfacing. Applications of assembly language programming, real-time system design, interrupt driven system design, microprocessor peripheral device configuration, and embedded-system design and application are emphasized. There is a laboratory component to this course.
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E 438 - Programmable Digital Logic Design 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CS 231 , E 336 , CS 437 . Corequisite: EL 438 . The course provides the student with a working knowledge of FPGAs, CPLDs and associated design tools. Students work with commercial computer-aided design (CAD) tools to synthesize and simulate designs described in hardware description languages such as VHDL and Verilog. There is a laboratory component to this course.
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E 439 - Electromagnetic Fields and Applications 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: PH 251 , PH 252 , MAT 242 , MAT 334 , E 230 . A study of the principles of electromagnetic fields and waves and their applications in engineering. Electrostatics, DC currents, magnetostatics and time-varying magnetic fields are covered. Maxwell equations, plane waves and the basics of guided waves are also covered.
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E 497 - Senior Design I 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: E 336 , CS 336 , Senior standing in Computer Engineering. This course consists of three components the design process for engineering systems, design tools and professional skills. The design process includes how to select projects and assess the needs of the user, how to develop and document requirements specification. It also includes concept generation and evaluation. The design tools component emphasizes system design techniques including functional decomposition, system behavior description, testing, and design reliability. The professional skills component focuses on developing skills in team work, effective communication, project management, ethical consideration and life-long learning. Students will form design teams, select a mentor for the design project, write a proposal for the design project, and make an oral presentation evaluating the feasibility of the project and describing the design experience.
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E 498 - Senior Design II 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: E 497 . Students will continue with system development and implementation based on the design specifications of the E 497 course. Emphasized skills include prototype development, design testing, alternative design consideration, risk management, and design improvement. Developed skills will include teamwork, effective communication, project management, ethical consideration and life-long learning. At the completion of this course, students will produce a senior thesis, and defend the thesis before the faculty, peer-students and invited guests.
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E 499 - Senior Seminar 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Senior standing in Computer Engineering. A senior research project chosen by the student-team with faculty assistance is designed and conducted by the student-team under faculty supervision. The results of the research are submitted to the Computer Engineering faculty in the form of a senior thesis. The students are is required to formally defend the senior thesis. The students are expected to pass an exit exam designed by the computer engineering faculty.
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EEL 333 - Networked Autonomous Robotics Laboratory 1 Credit Hour
Corequisite: E 333 Laboratory experiments related to material covered in E 333.
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EL 230 - Introduction to Electric Circuits Laboratory 1 Credit hour
Corequisite: E 230 Laboratory experiments related to material covered in E 230.
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EL 333 - Networked Autonomous Robotics Laboratory 1 Credit Hour
Corequisite: E 333. Laboratory experiments related to material covered in E 333.
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EL 334 - Introduction to Microcontrollers Laboratory 1 Credit Hour
Corequisite: E 334. Laboratory experiments related to material covered in E 334.
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EL 335 - Electronics I Laboratory 1 Credit Hour
Corequisite: E 335 . Laboratory experiments related to material covered in E 335 .
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EL 336 - Electronics II Laboratory 1 Credit Hour
Corequisite: E 336 . Laboratory experiments related to material covered in E 336 .
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EL 431 - VLSI Design I Laboratory 1 Credit Hour
Corequisite: E 431 . Laboratory experiments related to material covered in E 431 .
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EL 432 - VLSI Design II Laboratory 1 Credit Hour
Corequisite: E 432 . Laboratory experiments related to material covered in E 432 .
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EL 436 - Digital Signal Processing Laboratory 1 Credit Hour
Corequisite: E 436 Laboratory experiments related to material covered in E 436 .
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EL 437 - Microprocessor and Embedded Systems Design Lab 1 Credit Hour
Corequisite: E 437 . Laboratory experiments related to material covered in E 437 .
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EL 438 - Programmable Digital Logic Design Laboratory 1 Credit Hour
Corequisite: E 438 Laboratory experiments related to material covered in E 438 .
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EN 095 - Writing for Academic Success 3 Credit Hours
In this course, students will learn about the various stages of the writing process, from brainstorming ideas and developing a thesis to revising work and polishing it for an intended audience. In preparing to take various assessments, students will learn valuable skills that will serve them throughout their college career. Students will develop academic writing skills by learning to identify key ideas within a reading passage; write a brief summary of the key ideas in the reading; demonstrate basic critical thinking in response to these key ideas; identify a key idea in the reading passage and present a clearly written response to that idea; write an essay that is well organized and shows connections between ideas; support ideas with relevant personal experience, readings, schoolwork, and/or other sources of information; demonstrate competence in sentence construction, sentence variety, and word choice; and demonstrate correct usage, grammar, and mechanics
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EN 131 - College English I 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 095 or an acceptable score on the B-CU placement test, SAT, or ACT. This is the first of two sequential courses in freshman writing covering various rhetorical strategies. This course emphasizes developing skills for navigating the stages of writing, including pre-writing, organizing, drafting, revising and editing. Students are required to write a minimum of 6,000 words through informal writing activities, formal essays, and a documented paper. Students should be prepared to write extensively in this course and have their work reviewed through instructor conferences. (FA, SP, SU)
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EN 132 - College English II 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131 or EN 134 or equivalent Credit through Advanced Placement examination. This is the second of two sequential courses in freshman writing covering a variety of rhetorical strategies with an emphasis on choosing the most effective approach to suit purpose and audience. An emphasis is placed on using literature to inspire writing on a variety of relevant issues and subjects while continuing to reinforce the stages of the writing process. Students are required to write a minimum of 6,000 words through informal activities, formal essys, and a documented paper. Research and documentation are included. Students should be prepared to write extensively and have their work reviewed through teacher conferences. (FA, SP, SU)
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EN 134 - College English I Honors 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission into the B-CU Honors Program. This is the first of two sequential courses in freshman writing covering various rhetorical strategies with an emphasis on a polished writer’s voice and stylistic prose. Students are required to write a minimum of 8,000 words through informal writing activities, formal essays, and a documented paper. Students should be prepared to write extensively in this course and have their work reviewed through instructor conferences and peer editing groups. (FA)
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EN 135 - College English II Honors 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission into the B-CU Honors Program and completion of EN 134. This is the second of two sequential courses in freshman writing covering a variety of rhetorical strategies and developing a stronger awareness of the most effective tone, voice, and style. Essays, short stories, poetry, and drama are discussed to inspire students to write on a wide variety of issues and interests while reinforcing the stages of the writing process. Student should be prepared to write extensively and have their work reviewed through teacher conferences and peer editing groups. (SP)
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EN 210 - Introduction to Literary Analysis 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131, EN 132. An introduction to literary analysis. This course embraces basic types of literature and will introduce close reading techniques of practical criticism and schools of critical approaches to literature. (FA)
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EN 220 - Functional Grammar 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131 and EN 132. A course emphasizing the purposes, principles and procedures of the various approaches (traditional, structural and transformational) to English grammar and oral usage. It includes the history of the English language with examinations along linguistic, political and social dimensions. (FA)
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EN 230 - World Literature 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131, EN 132. A study of world masterpieces and literary movements from the earliest period to the present day. (SP)
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EN 235 - Film and Pop Culture 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131, EN 132.. An introduction to the fields of film studies and popular culture studies, with particular emphasis on the interpretive methodologies, histories, and critical vocabularies of each.
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EN 240 - Advanced Composition 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 132. This course focuses on advanced composition skills, with special attention given to standard American grammar usage and idioms, and the development of a mature voice and style in prose writing. A major component of the course also includes a study of research methodology and the research paper. (FA, SP, SU)
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EN 245 - Introduction to Poetry 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131, EN 132. This course will examine various genres of poetry written in English, including conventional and free verse. Emphasis will be placed on developing students’ skills in analyzing poetic language, tone and diction and how these elements contribute to the overall effect and meaning of a poem.
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EN 250 - Technical Communication 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131, EN 132. The course includes a study of various components of technical correspondence and a review of advanced composition skills. Emphasis will be placed on the production of a comprehensive technical document. (FA, SP)
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EN 255 - Literature of the African Diaspora 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131, EN 132. An introduction to the literary traditions of the African Diaspora, this course traces a link between ancient African oral epics, tales and poems to contemporary Diaspora fiction, poetry, and drama. The cultural and historic contexts of this - the voluntary and involuntary migration of African peoples across the world - will also be examined.
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EN 270 - Introduction to Linguistics 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131, EN 132. This course examines the changing nature of language, covers descriptive and prescriptive linguistics, phonology, morphology, semantics, and generative grammar. Special emphasis will be given to the historic and modern descriptions of anthropological linguistics, functionality, and treatment of practitioners in social contexts. (SP)
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EN 320 - Black American Literature 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131, and EN 132. For English majors, completion of EN 210 (Literary Analysis) is recommended. A historical survey and critical analysis of selected major African-American literature from the earliest vernacular records to the works of modern writers. (FA)
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EN 331 - English Literature I 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131, EN 132. For English majors, EN 210 (Literary Analysis) is required. This is a survey course of English literature from the Old English to neo-classical period. (FA)
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EN 332 - English Literature II 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131 and EN 132. For English majors, completion of EN 210 (Literary Analysis) is required. For English majors, completion of EN 210 (Literary Analysis) is required. This is a survey course of English literature from the Romantic period to the present, including literature of the British Commonwealth. (SP)
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EN 334 - American Literature 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131 and EN 132. For English majors, completion of EN 210 Literary Analysis is required. A survey of major American writers from the pre-colonial period to the Twenty-first Century. American history, literary movements, philosophies and cultures that influenced the writers will also be examined. (SP)
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EN 335 - Women in Literature 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131, EN 132. A study of women in literature both as writers and as characters as well as how the literature defines feminist discourse. (SP)
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EN 336 - Contemporary Literature 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131 and EN 132. For English majors, completion of EN 210 - Introduction to Literary Analysis is recommended. The study of a variety of works by contemporary authors from different world cultures. These may include works from the major genres. Emphasis will be placed on critical approaches that are pertinent to each selection and to contemporary forms, movements, cultures or philosophies that may have informed each of these works. A particular focus on the study will be on the cultural challenges of comprehension as a result of cultural, dialectical and political differences. (SP)
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EN 340 - Creative Writing 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131, EN 132. A course examining literature to discuss writer’s craft and style. Students will develop individual style through various genres of creative writing creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and drama. Peer and teacher review will be emphasized in a workshop atmosphere. (FA)
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EN 350 - Post-Colonial Literature 3 Credit Hours
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EN 421- 424 - Special Topics 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131 and EN 132. English majors must have completed EN 210. A course with a different focus each time it is offered. It examines literary and/or cultural movements and trends not otherwise covered in the curriculum. Topics may include Biography, African or Caribbean Literature, Diasporic Literature, American Science Fiction, Literature Of Death And Dying, Literature and Popular Culture, Immigration and Exile Literature, American Regional Literature, War Literature, etc. (FA)
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EN 431- 434 - Major Authors 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131 and EN 132. English majors must have completed EN 210. An in-depth study of the body of work of either a single author or a small group of 2-3 authors related by period, tradition, or movement. This course will focus on the historical and cultural context within which the author(s) worked, their subject matter, the major critical trends that have attempted to make sense of their work, and their influence upon later writers. (SP)
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EN 440 - Shakespeare 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 131, EN 132, and EN 240. A critical study of selected tragedies and comedies of Shakespeare. (FA)
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EN 490 - Internship 3-6 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 240. The internship program is optional. The internship will provide students with experience in the construction and execution of off-campus research projects relevant to the discipline such as archival research, service learning writing project, and summer research study/grant at another approved institution. Departmental approval is required. Credit Hours will depend on the department’s evaluation of the workload. (FA, SP, SU)
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EN 499 - Senior Seminar in English 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: EN 240. Advanced work for qualified seniors in the intensive review of courses in the English program. Emphasis will be placed on a comprehensive examination, principles of research and a defense of the research paper. (FA)
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LAB 180 - Professional Seminar (English) 0 Credit Hours
The College of Liberal Arts majors are required to register for the Liberal Arts Professional Seminar of their department every semester. The college seminar meets once a month every month that the university is in session. Department seminar meetings will convene every week to provide students with the opportunity to become better acquainted with their chosen field. A letter grade is assigned for participation in the seminar, and the grade appears on every student’s transcript, even though no hour credit is earned. (FA,SP)
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LAB 280 - Professional Seminar (English) 0 Credit Hours
The College of Liberal Arts majors are required to register for the Liberal Arts Professional Seminar of their department every semester. The college seminar meets once a month every month that the university is in session. Department seminar meetings will convene every week to provide students with the opportunity to become better acquainted with their chosen field. A letter grade is assigned for participation in the seminar, and the grade appears on every student’s transcript, even though no hour credit is earned. (FA,SP)
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LAB 380 - Professional Seminar (English) 0 Credit Hours
The College of Liberal Arts majors are required to register for the Liberal Arts Professional Seminar of their department every semester. The college seminar meets once a month every month that the university is in session. Department seminar meetings will convene every week to provide students with the opportunity to become better acquainted with their chosen field. A letter grade is assigned for participation in the seminar, and the grade appears on every student’s transcript, even though no hour credit is earned. (FA,SP)
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LAB 480 - Professional Seminar (English) 0 Credit Hours
The College of Liberal Arts majors are required to register for the Liberal Arts Professional Seminar of their department every semester. The college seminar meets once a month every month that the university is in session. Department seminar meetings will convene every week to provide students with the opportunity to become better acquainted with their chosen field. A letter grade is assigned for participation in the seminar, and the grade appears on every student’s transcript, even though no hour credit is earned. (FA,SP)
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ENT 315 - Financing New Business Ventures 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: AC 232 , ACL 232 and FI 335 . This is an in-depth assessment of successful techniques used to finance new business ventures. Discussion includes traditional and creative approaches. Emphasis is on new start-up, buyouts and franchises. (FA)
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ENT 320 - Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: MG 300 . This is a survey course covering fundamental concepts, theories and skills needed when running a successful small business. It covers small business challenges and critical issues, managing under adversity, start-up/buy-out/franchising opportunities, marketing and financial concerns, managing a business with rapid growth, and building a sound infrastructure. The course is organized around interactive and experiential opportunities where students, grouped in teams, work with real world projects and complete a feasibility study for their future business. The course integrates ethics, diversity and change issues. (SP)
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ENT 350 - Entrepreneurship 3 Credit Hours
An introduction to the practical and theoretical consideration involved in entrepreneurship. Surveys the preparation of business plans, strategies for financing, market assessment, development and protection of business ideas, management, and strategies for survival for new business ventures. (FA)
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ENT 395 - Creativity, Innovation, and Product Development 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: BA 232 and ENT 350. The course focuses on the process of creating a new concept and taking it to the marketplace. Examines new business ideas from the conception and development to commercialization of the product or service in the business cycle. Includes protecting ideas with patents, copyrights, and trademarks. (FA)
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ENT 410 - Legal Issues for Entrepreneurship 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: BA 234 and ENT 350 . The course focuses on legal issues that are especially relevant or important to entrepreneurs. Includes contract law, property law, agency law, intellectual property law, bankruptcy law and certain aspects of regulatory law pertaining to matters such as environmental, employment, securities and consumer product safety issues, legislation and regulation. (SP)
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ES 130 - Introduction to Environmental Science 3 Credit Hours
An introduction to basic concepts concerning the relationships among the physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment, and the impact upon them due to the activities of our own populations. The interaction between humans and the environment will be explored from organismal, ecosystem, and global perspectives
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ES 215 - Environmetrics 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ES 241 and ESL 241 , MAT 241 , and Junior standing or higher. An introduction to statistical and analytical techniques appropriate to the study of environmental data, including parametric, nonparametric, assumption checking, model building, and organization of data prior to data analysis to maximize data management. Includes understanding the appropriate statistical tests to conduct based on a research plan, and an introduction to statistical programming (i.e., SAS or JMP) to allow for conducting statistical tests with environmental data sets.
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ES 233 - Environmental Ethics 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ES 241 and ESL 241 , or approval of the instructor. A survey of theoretical ethical perspectives and tools, both religious and philosophical, that can be used to resolve ethical dilemmas in natural resources, resource planning, and environmental management. This course will employ a case-study approach to illuminate the ethics of human relationships when situated within the larger biotic community, with the goal of informing environmentally-focused ethical decisionmaking. (FA) (Alternating Years) (FA) (Alternating Years)
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ES 240 - Environmental Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ES 241 and ESL 241 , or instructor permission. Corequisite: ESL 240 A qualitative and quantitative introduction to the chemistry of environmentally important chemical cycles within the hydrosphere, atmosphere, and lithosphere. Both non-anthropogenic and anthropogenic principles that govern environmental proceses will be studied, including ecologically and environmentally important perturbations upon these processes. (FA) (Alternating Years)
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ES 241 - Principles of Environmental Science 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: BI 240 , EN 131 ,and MAT 135 Corequisite: ESL 241 Details of the relationships among the physical, chemical, and biological components of the environment, and the role of our own populations in these processes. The interaction between humans and the environment will be explored in an interdisciplinary fashion from organismal, ecosystem, and global perspectives. (SP)
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ES 244 - Environmental and Ecological Economics 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ES 241 and ESL 241 , or instructor permission. An introduction to the economic treatment of two major categories of environmental problems, natural resource depletion and pollution, from the perspectives of traditional environmental economics and the emerging alternative of ecological economics; both of which have the objective of achieving sustainable economic growth and development (i.e. “sustainable development”). (FA) (Alternating Years)
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ES 246 - Environmental Microbiology 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ES 241 and ESL 241 , or instructor permission. Corequisite: ESL 246 This course will focus on the interactions that microorganisms have with each other and with their environment. Students will study the vital role of microbes in marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems by exploring the dynamic microbial response to continually-changing environmental conditions. Specific areas of focus include microbial contamination and methods of controlling microbial growth, enzyme and growth kinetics, cell structure and physiology, microbial genetics, and biogeochemical cycles. (SP) (Alternating Years)
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ES 311 - IES Junior Seminar 1 Credit Hour
Prerequisite: SEM 222 and junior standing or greater. Discussions, presentations, and exercises focusing on the basics of data collection and research with a goal of preparing a senior research project proposal. (FA)
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ES 330 - Environmental Regulations 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ES 241 and ESL 241 , or instructor permission. A review of the topics, issues, influences, and approaches used to address the political and legal aspects of environmental issues, with an emphasis on the design and application of environmental regulations locally, nationally, and globally. (FA) (Alternating Years)
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ES 332 - Environmental Human Ecology 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ES 241 and ESL 241 , or approval of the instructor. A survey of the connection and feedback between human systems and the surrounding environment, including efforts to design more environmentally sustainable human systems. (SP) (Alternating Years)
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ES 334 - Microclimatology 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ES 241 and ESL 241 Corequisite: EL 334 . Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: MAT 135 or higher A study of the atmosphere near the earth’s surface, with particular attention to the interaction of atmospheric phenomena with the surface and things on that surface, including organisms. (SP) (Alternating Years)
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ES 335 - GIS and Remote Sensing 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ES 241 and ESL 241 or approval of the instructor. Corequisite: EL 335 An introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing, and related geospatial technology, with particular emphasis on their application to environmental issues. (FA) (Alternating Years)
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ES 338 - Research Methods 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ES 241 and ESL 241 , or approval of the instructor A study of the steps involved in scientific research, including information collection, hypothesis formulation, proposal design, experimental/statistical design, data analysis and hypothesis testing, and data/sample storage. (FA) (Alternating Years)
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ES 339 - Hydrology 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ES 241 and ESL 241 Corequisite: ESL 339 . Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: MAT 135 or higher. This course will explore the basics of the hydrologic cycle and its major components: oceans, groundwater, and lakes and streams. The course will touch on the properties of water as a substance, and the physical behavior of water in the air, the ground, and in bodies of standing and moving water including oceans and estuaries. (SP) (Alternating Years)
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ES 345 - Freshwater Aquatic Systems 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ES 241 and ESL 241 Corequisite: BI 337 , ESL 345 A study of the properties of water as a substance, the behavior of freshwater systems, and the ecology of the plants and animals that rely on these areas for survival, with an emphasis on an integrated systems perspective. (SP) (Alternating Years)
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ES 346 - Coastal Systems 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ES 241 and ESL 241 Corequisite: ESL 346 . Pre-requisite or co-requisite: BI 337 A study of the ecology, biology, chemistry, hydrology, and management of coastal habitats, including human interactions and impacts, with an emphasis on an integrated systems perspective. (SP) (Alternating Years)
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ES 410 - Special Problems in Integrated Environmental Science 1-3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ES 241 and ESL 241 , or approval of the instructor A variable-format course addressing an issue of current significance to environmental science from an interdisciplinary or higher-order perspective. May be offered any semester.
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ES 430 - Environmental Policy and Risk Management 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ES 241 and ESL 241 , or approval of the instructor A review of the topics, issues, influences, and approaches used to address the political and legal aspects of environmental issues, with an emphasis on methods to identify and manage environmental risk over both the short term and long term. (SP,SU) (Alternating Years)
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ES 435 - Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Coastal Science 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: E 335 and EL 335 The quantitative and applied aspects of the analysis of remotely sensed digital data for image processing analysis and interpretation techniques. Topics include digital data visualization; geometric, radiometric, and atmospheric correction; image enhancement and manipulation; information extraction; digital change detection; integration of GIS and remotely sensed data and spatial modeling. Requires knowledge of ENVI. (SP)
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ES 445 - Remote Sensing for Coastal and Water Resources 2 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ES 435 Introduction to the use of remote sensing technologies for monitoring coastal environments and aquatic resources. Requires knowledge of ENVI and ArcGIS. May be offered any semester.
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ES 450 - Ecosystems 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: ES 241 and ESL 241 , Senior standing as a major in Integrated Environmental Science A project-based service learning capstone course focusing on the complexities of natural systems, the control of human impacts upon them, and the development and achievement of functional goals for their maintenance from interdisciplinary and higher order ecosystem management perspectives. (SP) (Alternating Years)
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