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University Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

The Fall (Fa), Spring (Sp), or Summer (Su) semesters indicated are expected but are not guaranteed. Expansive Core Curriculum courses are denoted by EXP.  Service Learning courses are denoted by SL.
 

Educational Leadership
  

  • EDLD 6008 - Leadership Theory and Behavior

    This course focuses on the theories of leadership and the behavioral styles of the leader. Trait, contingency, situational, behavioral, management, participative, distributive, spiritual, synergistic, and transformational leadership theories will be examined and compared. Prerequisite: None (3, Fa - 1)
  

  • EDLD 6010 - Long Range Planning and Data Analysis

    This course emphasizes strategic planning, visioning, goal setting, using data for programmatic improvements and the techniques of decision making. Utilizing the urban school context as the backdrop, participants will analyze case studies and data sets of urban school settings to investigate problems related to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of decisions impacting the turnaround process. (3, Sp-1)
  

  • EDLD 6012 - Advanced Educational Law

    This course will investigate the legal aspects of education in a global society.  Although the focus will be on educational law in the United States, educational law in other countries willalso be studies.  Candidates will be required to do a case study analysis to compare educational law in the US to other countries. Prerequisite: EDLD 6000 . (3, Su-1)
  

  • EDLD 6014 - Education in the Urban Community

    This  course will explore definitions of urban education and the issues and challenges of schools within urban communities. Public, private, parochial, and independent schools will provide a broad analysis of educational settings.  Institutional and social conditions that challenge urban schools will be explored in order to define barriers and determine strategies for change and transformation of urban education. Prerequisite: None (3, Su - 2)
  

  • EDLD 6020 - Management

    This course will explore the differences between leadership and management. It will provide participants with the necessary tools to facilitate change, create high performing work teams, and nurture the turnaround process. Participants will use the case study method to learn how to develop and manage a team to its full potential. (3, Fa-2)
  

  • EDLD 6030 - Leading a Professional Learning Community

    This course focuses on the leader’s role in promoting faculty and staff education and improvement in a climate of high expectations, mutual respect, and support. The supervision and staff development strategies are grounded in adult learning theory and best practices in teaching. Participants will develop a plan that provides professional development opportunities that identify obstacles and examine priorities to develop a cycle of continuous learning and self-improvement for faculty and staff. Prerequisite: EDLD 6002  (3, Sp-1)
  

  • EDLD 6040 - The Urban School: Leading to Promote Learning in a Diverse Setting

    Course discussions will examine learning, teaching, and scholastic development from a socio-cultural theoretical perspective that includes situated learning theory and activity theory. It examines learning achievement and social development of children and youth in culturally, linguistically, and ethnically diverse educational settings. The theme of the course is that people learn, achieve, and develop as participants in cultural communities. Throughout the course, students’ work will be expected to manifest sensitivity to issues of diversity in a pluralistic society. Prerequisite: EDLD 6002  (3, Sp-2)
  

  • EDLD 6050 - Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

    This course will teach participants the “people” side of the business of leading a school. Participants will apply knowledge about how people, individuals, and groups act in organizations by taking a system approach. Understanding the roles of organizational behavior and how to effectively manage human resources in sustaining change will be discussed. Prerequisite: EDLD 6002   (3, Fa-2)
  

  • EDLD 6060 - Current Issues in Special Education Leadership

    This course is a critical study of the contemporary and controversial issues within the field of special education leadership.  Candidates will be introduced to the philosophical, psychological, and sociological basis of teacher education, including an analytical review of research-based curricula, programmatic innovations, policy issues and their effects, and ethical practices.  Discussions will focus on evidence-based core concepts that contribute to effective program planning and future implications for the advancement of special education issues in schools. Prerequisite:  EDLD 6012   (3, Sp - 2)
  
  
  
  
  

Elementary Education
  

  • EDEL 2100 - Methods of Teaching Elementary School

    At the end of this course, the student will be able to effectively plan and implement lessons for the elementary classroom. Emphasis will be given to the contents of language arts, social studies, mathematics, and science. The student will learn how to implement the prevailing trends in pedagogy while studying the national standards and local frameworks. Prerequisite(s): None (3, Fa)
  

  • EDEL 3050A - Methods and Materials in the Teaching of Reading

    At the completion of this course, the student will be able to develop and implement a comprehensive classroom reading program. A balanced literacy approach that focuses on the five core components of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension is emphasized. Prerequisite(s): Admitted into TEP (3, Fa)
  

  • EDEL 3050B - Methods and Materials in the Teaching of Reading

    At the completion of this course, the student will be able to develop and implement a comprehensive classroom reading program. A balanced literacy approach that focuses on the five core components of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension is emphasized. Prerequisite(s): Admitted into TEP (3, Sp)
  

  • EDEL 3081 - Curriculum Applications

    At the completion of this course, the student will be able to use instructional methods, materials, and media specific to the elementary and middle school pre-service teacher. Course focus will include effective strategies for teaching of mathematics and science. Prerequisite(s): Admission into TEP (3, Sp)

Engineering
  

  • ENGR 1000 - Introduction to Engineering

    An introduction to the field of engineering, with an emphasis on the characteristics, methodology, and obligations of professional engineers. The breadth and unifying qualities of the field are described using historical references and guest lectures by practicing engineers. The characteristics of professional engineers are discussed in terms of the education, training, and apprenticeship required to become a licensed engineer. The engineering methodology, unifying all engineering disciplines and differentiating it from the sciences, is described using modern examples and first hand accounts. The ethical responsibilities of professional engineers will be heavily emphasized throughout. Corequisite: ENGL 1010  (1, Fa, EXP)
  

  • ENGR 1061 - Modern Engineering Graphics

    An introduction to the basic techniques of computer-aided engineering design including plane and descriptive geometry orthographic, isometric, sectional views, auxiliary views, and dimensional representations, and generating 2D computer designs. One hour of lecture and four hours of drawing and computer laboratory per week. (3, Fa)
  

  • ENGR 1100 - Introduction to Engineering Design

    An introduction to engineering design and methodology, with an emphasis on effective teamwork and systematic problem solving. Students will work within assigned groups on a series of design projects with limited guidance by the instructor. Each project of increasing challenges will require the systematic approach of defining the goal, formulating specific solutions, and producing the combined solution which will be described in a report and a presentation. Corequisites: ENGL 1010  and MATH 1030  (2, Sp, EXP)
  

  • ENGR 2020 - Mechanics-Dynamics

    (PHYS 3020 ) Systematic presentation of elements of classical mechanics using vector algebra and vector calculus. Topics include kinematics, kinetics, work, energy, impulse, and momentum. Prerequisites: PHYS 2530  and MATH 2080   (3, Fa)
  

  • ENGR 2120 - Circuits I

    (PHYS 3120 ) An introduction to the analysis of linear, time-invariant circuits in response to steady-state and time-varying signals using various analytical tools including Kirchhoff’s laws, and Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems. Prerequisites: PHYS 2530  and PHYS 2630  and MATH 2030  (3, Fa)
  

  • ENGR 2210 - Mechanics-Statics

    (PHYS 3210 ) Analysis of systems and bodies considering the fundamental concepts of statics, including vectors, two-dimensional and three-dimensional force systems, equilibrium, friction, centroids, and moments of inertia. Prerequisites: PHYS 2530  and MATH 2080   (3, Fa)
  

  • ENGR 2630 - Analytical Methods for Physics and Engineering

    (PHYS 2630 ) An introduction to mathematical methods used in physics and engineering such as vector and tensor analysis, Fourier analysis techniques, phasors, special functions, variation subject to constraints, and elementary renormalization group techniques. The topics are introduced in the context of specific physics and engineering problems in electricity and magnetism, network analysis, modern physics, thermodynamics and mechanics. Prerequisites: PHYS 2530  and MATH 2080   (3, Fa)
  

  • ENGR 3010 - Electricity and Magnetism I

    (PHYS 3010 ) The development of electromagnetic theory beginning with the fundamental laws of electricity and magnetism, developing Maxwell’s equations, and ending with plane electromagnetic waves. Prerequisites: PHYS 2530  , PHYS 2630 , MATH 2030 , and MATH 2080   (3, Fa)
  

  • ENGR 3030 - Optics

    (PHYS 3030 ) Study of the theories of geometrical and physical optics, including reflection, refraction, interference, diffraction, polarization, double-refraction, and lasers. Prerequisites: PHYS 2530  or PHYS 2020  and MATH 2070   (3, Fa)
  

  • ENGR 3040 - Thermodynamics

    (PHYS 3040 ) Study of heat and temperature, the thermodynamics laws, work, ideal gases, engines, refrigeration, reversibility, entropy, phase transitions. Prerequisites: PHYS 2530  or PHYS 2020  (3, Sp)

English

Prerequisites for English courses:

Completion of a 1000-level sequence for the 2000-level
Completion of a 2000-level course for the 3000-level
Completion of a 2000-level course and one 3000-level course for the 4000-level

All English courses enhance students’ skills in writing and critical thinking. In addition, these courses will specifically reinforce the College of Arts and Sciences’ Core Curriculum’s objectives of introducing students to the common elements of the human heritage and assisting students to develop a system of values.

THE FRESHMAN ENGLISH SEQUENCE (ENGL 1000/1010-1020 OR 1023H-2011H IS A PREREQUISITE FOR ALL COURSES NUMBERED 2020 OR ABOVE.
  

  • ENGL 0990 - Preparatory English

    A course which introduces students to college writing and revision. Includes individual tutorials in the Writing Center. Placement is determined by ACT and/or SAT scores. (3 hours non-degree credit, FaSp)
  

  • ENGL 1000 - Intensive English Composition and Rhetoric

    An intensive course in college writing in which students write in different patterns of organization for various audiences and purposes, including research. Four class meetings a week in addition to individual tutorials in the Writing Resource Center. Placement is determined by ACT, SAT, and/or COMPASS scores. (3 hours) FaSpSu
  

  • ENGL 1010 - English Composition and Rhetoric

    A course in college writing in which students write in different patterns of organization for various audiences and purposes, including research. Placement is determined by ACT, SAT, and/or COMPASS scores. (3, FaSpSu)
  

  • ENGL 1020 - English Composition and Literature

    A course in college writing in which students use different patterns of organization, including research, to respond to literary texts. Prerequisite: ENGL 1000  or ENGL 1010   (3) (FaSpSu)
  

  • ENGL 1023H - Introduction to Literature for Honors Students

    A course in college writing in which students learn different approaches to comprehending and analyzing literary texts and develop skills specific to writing about literature, including research. Placement is determined by ACT scores, SAT scores, advanced placement, and/or permission of the English Department head. (3, FaSp)
  

  • ENGL 2010 - Introduction to World Literature I

    A critical examination of significant works of literature from ancient Mesopotamia through the early modern period, including both Western and non-Western works. Prerequisite: ENGL 1020  (3, FaSpSu, EXP)
  

  • ENGL 2011H - Introduction to World Literature for Honors Students

    A critical examination of significant works of literature from ancient Mesopotamia through the early modern period, including both Western and non-Western works, for selected students. Prerequisite: ENGL 1023H  (or see discussion of AP credit under Honors in English) (3, Sp)
  

  • ENGL 2020 - Introduction to World Literature II

    A critical examination of significant works of Western and non-Western literature from the eighteenth century through the postmodern period. Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H  (3, FaSp, EXP)
  

  • ENGL 2070 - Survey of British Literature I

    An examination of significant literary works by British writers from the Middle Ages through the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century in their historical and linguistic contexts. This course also serves as an introduction to undergraduate literary studies: critical terms and approaches, research methods, and the history of the discipline. Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H   (3, Fa, EXP)
  

  • ENGL 2080 - Survey of British Literature II

    A Study of British literature from 1800 to the present. In addition, this course continues the introduction to undergraduate literary studies begun in ENGL 2070 . Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H   (3, Sp, EXP)
  

  • ENGL 2141 - Journal Practicum

    (CRWT 2141) Students gain hands-on experience in publishing. Course is offered for credit on a pass/fail basis and may be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: ENGL 1000/1010-1020 or 1023H-2011H (1 FaSp, EXP)
  
  

  • ENGL 2200 - Modern English Grammars

    PRWT 2200   This course is designed to give students some theoretical understanding of English syntax as well as the uses of Edited American English. Students will learn to manipulate their use of language at the sentence level for specific purposes and audiences, to edit their own writing confidently, and to analyze written texts. Other outcomes will enable students to understand some learners’ difficulty with grammar, to look beyond their surface errors, and to understand the difficulties ESL students have with English grammar. Throughout the course, students will read and analyze student and professional writing. Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H   (3)
  

  • ENGL 3001 - Special Topics

    Some topics considered for this course include “Law and Literature,” “Science Writing,” “Gothic Literature,” “Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner,” “Africa in Film,” and “The Black Hero in Film.” Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H  (1, FaSp)
  

  • ENGL 3002 - Special Topics

    Some topics considered for this course include “Law and Literature,” “Science Writing,” “Gothic Literature,” “Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner,” “Africa in Film,” and “The Black Hero in Film.” Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H  (2, FaSp)
  

  • ENGL 3003 - Special Topics

    Some topics considered for this course include “Law and Literature,” “Science Writing,” “Gothic Literature,” “Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner,” “Africa in Film,” and “The Black Hero in Film.” Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H  (3, FaSp)
  

  • ENGL 3004 - Special Topics

    Some topics considered for this course include “Law and Literature,” “Science Writing,” “Gothic Literature,” “Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner,” “Africa in Film,” and “The Black Hero in Film.” Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H  (4, FaSp)
  
  
  

  • ENGL 3040 - Shakespeare at the Globe

    A study of Shakespeare’s plays in their early modern contexts. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H   (3)
  

  • ENGL 3050 - Shakespeare in Adaptation

    A study of the adaptation, appropriation, and reception of Shakespeare’s plays from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H   (3, EXP)
  
  
  
  

  • ENGL 3135 - Language: History and Theory

    This course is an introduction to linguistic concepts including morphology, syntax, semantics/pragmatics, language history, language acquisition, language and the brain, and language and society. Examples of these concepts will come from the English language: its history, development, and variations. The goal of this course is to orient secondary education pre-service teachers in the different areas and aspects of the English language. Emphasis is on understanding language variety, production, and change. Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H  (3)
  
  

  • ENGL 3160 - Survey of American Literature I

    A multicultural study of the major movements, authors, and texts of American literature from the pre-colonial era through the Civil War. Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H  (3, Fa, EXP)
  

  • ENGL 3170 - Survey of American Literature II

    A multicultural study of the major movements, authors, and texts of American literature from the Civil War to the postmodern era. Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H  (3, Sp, EXP)
  
  

  • ENGL 3185 - Special Topics in African American Literature

    Genres studied in this course include drama, poetry, and fiction. Major topics (such as the Harlem Renaissance, the Slave Narrative, Toni Morrison) to be announced. This course may be repeated for credit as often as a different topic is available. Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H  (3)
  
  
  
  

  • ENGL 3275 - The Postcolonial Novel

    Introduces postcolonial theory and novels from 1960 to the present, representing areas such as the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, India, Asia, and Oceania. Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H  (3)
  

  • ENGL 3280 - Survey of African American Writers of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

    (AADS 3280 ) A study of African American texts from the eighteenth century to the Harlem Renaissance in their historical, cultural and literary contexts. Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H  (3)
  

  • ENGL 3290 - Survey of African American Writers of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries

    (AADS 3290 ) A study of African American literary texts from the Harlem Renaissance to the contemporary period. Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H  (3)
  

  • ENGL 3310 - Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of Writing

    This course is intended to introduce students to the theory and practice of rhetoric and composition with the intent of preparing them to become teachers of writing. Students will be introduced to the history of rhetoric, theories of composition, and current models for teaching writing. Students will create mini-lessons to be practiced in class. Students are also required to perform 15 hours of observations (combined with some instructional opportunities) in middle and/or secondary schools. Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H  (3)
  

  • ENGL 3320 - Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature

    Focusing on the pedagogy of literature in an integrated curriculum, this course investigates the reading process and different reading models. It examines different approaches to reading verbal and non-verbal texts and to teaching adult and young adult literature within the context of contemporary literary theory. Students are required to perform 15 hours of observations (combined with some instructional opportunities) in middle and/or secondary schools. Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H  (3)
  
  

  • ENGL 3500 - The Theology of Flannery O’Connor

    (THEO 3500 ) This course is an intensive study of the theological concepts found in the writings of American fiction writer Flannery O’Connor. In addition, students will consider the works purely as literature, therefore reinforcing skills learned in other literature courses. Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H  and ENGL 2010  (3, EXP)
  
  

  • ENGL 4010S - British Literature Seminar

    Intensive study of major figures and ideas in a selected period of British and/or postcolonial literature. Recent topics included “Irish Identities” and “Women and Work in the 1890s.” Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H  (3)
  

  • ENGL 4020S - American Literature Seminar

    Intensive study of major figures and ideas in a select period of American Literature. Recent topics included “Regionalism in American Literature”, and “Henry James: Novel into Film.” Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H  (3)
  

  • ENGL 4030S - Poetry Seminar

    An intensive study in American, British, or world literature. Recent topics have included “Women Poets” and “Modern Poetry.” Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H  (3, EXP)
  

  • ENGL 4040S - Drama Seminar

    A concentrated study of British, American, and European drama with emphasis on critical reading and analysis of major works. Topics have included “Self Against Society on the Continental Stage” and “Contemporary British Drama.” Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H  (3)
  

  • ENGL 4050S - Comparative Literature Seminar

    A critical study of the forms and themes of the major foreign literature in translation. Topics have included “Global Haiku,” “The Image of Woman in Nineteenth-Century Literature,” and “Reading and Writing the Other (Third and First World Literatures Juxtaposed).” Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H  (3)
  

  • ENGL 4060S - African American and African Diaspora Literature Seminar

    Intensive study of major figures, periods, and genres in African American literature and literature of the African Diaspora. Topics have included “African Diaspora Literature,” “The Black Arts Movement,” “Women Writers of the African Diaspora,” “Caribbean Women Writers,” and “The Literature or Negritude.” Prerequisite: ENGL 1000 /ENGL 1010 -ENGL 1020  or ENGL 1023H -ENGL 2011H  (3)
  

  • ENGL 4500 - Senior Thesis

    In this intensive course, the student will research, draft, and revise a major scholarly essay. The thesis will be directed by one faculty member and evaluated by a committee including the director and two other faculty members. Enrollment follows the selection of a research topic and the development of a proposal with bibliography to be approved by the thesis director and department head. The proposal must be approved by the thesis director and the department head prior to the registration period for the semester of study. Prerequisite: 24 semester hours in English with a 3.5 or better English GPA; and permission of the Department Head. (3, Fa)
  

Entrepreneurship
  

  • ENTR 1020 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship

    Exposes students to the knowledge and skills required to be a successful entrepreneur. Topics include: idea generation, challenges of entrepreneurship, marketing and financial concerns, and management issues. Students will have the opportunity to interact with local entrepreneurs and to complete a feasibility study. Membership in Enactus is required. Prerequisite(s): None (3, FaSu, EXP)
  

  • ENTR 3021 - Financial Management for Entrepreneurs

    This course introduces the student to various aspects of financing an entrepreneurial venture. Included topics are: attracting seed and growth capital from sources such as venture capital, investment banking, government, commercial banks, and credit unions. Among the issues discussed are capital budgeting decision making techniques, financial analysis, cost of capital, and the time value of money. Prerequisite(s): None (3, Fa)
  

  • ENTR 3780 - Organization and Operation of a Small Business

    An examination of methods that investigate the complexity of management practices in general entrepreneurship with a perspective that can explore the marketplace for successful venture opportunities. Strong emphasis is given to learning the skill factors related to planning, marketing, managing, and financing small business ventures. A two- to five-member team will develop a comprehensive consulting report including a full business plan. Membership in Enactus is required. Prerequisite(s): ENTR 1020  and junior or senior standing or permission of the instructor. (3, Fa)

Finance
  

  • FINC 1070 - Personal Finance

    Basics of budgeting and consumer purchases; evaluation of costs and benefits of housing and transportation; tax planning; comparison of investment and insurance choices; retirement and estate planning. May not be used as a Finance concentration elective Prerequisite(s): None May not be used as a Finance concentration elective(3, FaSp, EXP)
  

  • FINC 3010 - Monetary and Fiscal Policy

    (ECON 3010 ) Valuation of stocks and bonds, financial institutions, the structure of the interest rates, definitions of money, bank reserves and the money supply, the Federal Reserve System and the tools of the monetary policy, the role of money in an economy, foundation of the monetarist philosophy, the Keynesian framework, the IS-LM system, role of fiscal policy in the economy, understanding foreign exchange, and balance of payments. Prerequisite(s): ECON 2010  and ECON 2020  (3, Fa)
  

  • FINC 3050 - Corporate Finance

    An introduction to the theories and applications of financial decision-making and effects towards valuation. Topics include time value of money, valuation methodologies, capital budgeting, and forecasting. Prerequisite(s): ECON 2010  or ECON 2020  and ACCT 1010   (3, FaSp)
  

  • FINC 3060 - International Financial Management

    Study of the management of the financial resources of the multinational firm; focuses on the international business environment and financial decision-making in an international context. Prerequisite(s): FINC 3050   (3, Fa)
  

  • FINC 3070 - Financial Institution Operations and Management

    An examination of the role of commercial banking and other financial intermediaries in the economy with applied analysis of bank operations and management; including bank capital structure, the deposit and lending functions, financial institution portfolio management, and other decisions that affect value to the financial institution. Prerequisite(s): FINC 3050   (3, Sp)
  

  • FINC 3080 - Public Finance

    (ECON 3080 ) Organization and administration of revenues and expenditures of all levels of government, provision of public goods, introduction to Public Choice theory. Prerequisite(s): ECON 2010  and ECON 2020  (3)
  

  • FINC 3110 - Principles of Real Estate

    This course examines the principles of purchasing, owning, and managing real estate. Topics include valuation and financing of commercial, industrial, and residential properties; supply and demand factors influencing real estate; historic properties; and real estate development. Prerequisite(s): None (3)
  

  • FINC 3130 - Principles of Insurance

    This course presents an overview to principles of risk management and the various fields of insurance, including Life, Health, Property & Casualty, Automobile, and Social Insurance programs. Prerequisite(s): FINC 3050  (3)
  

  • FINC 3160 - Advanced Financial Management

    Analysis of decision-making techniques using quantitative tools and computer applications. Students gain insights into financial strategies and decisions using case studies. Topics include financial planning, working capital management, dividend policy, and mergers and acquisitions. Prerequisite(s): FINC 3050   (3, Sp)
  

  • FINC 3170 - Investments

    Students are introduced to securities and capital markets. Topics include principles of risk and return, stock and bond valuation, mutual funds and security analysis. Students gain practical experience to investments through trading simulations. Prerequisite(s): FINC 3050   (3, Fa)
  

  • FINC 3200 - Managerial Economics

    (ECON 3200 ) Use of Microeconomic methods as management decision making tools in order to assure the attainment of a firm’s goals and objectives; use of case studies with microeconomic applications. Prerequisite(s): BSAD 3055  and ECON 2010  (3)
  

  • FINC 4000 - Seminar in Portfolio Management

    Demonstration of portfolio analysis techniques using computer applications. Additional topics will focus on option pricing, futures markets, technical analysis, and international portfolio management. References for the course will be developed from classical works as well as recent journal articles. Prerequisite(s): FINC 3050  and FINC 3170  (3)
  

  • FINC 4999 - Senior Comprehensives

    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing. (0, FaSp)

French
  

  • FREN 1010 - Elementary French

    Usually offered fall and spring semesters.  An introductory course for students with little or no previous training in French. Experiential French learned through on-site historical and cultural observations and participation in regional activities throughout French-speaking Louisiana.  Emphasis on the four foundational skills:comprehension, reading, speaking, writing. (3, FaSpSu)
  

  • FREN 1020 - Elementary French

    A continuation of building communicative skills, with emphasis upon the four skills of comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Mastery of oral proficiency and grammatical structures appropriate to the development of intermediate-level communication. Experienced-based cultural interactions, present, past, and future tenses, description, developing  competency for  social and work situations. Prerequisite: FREN 1010  or equivalent as determined by placement exam. (3, FaSpSu)
  

  • FREN 1090 - Conversation and Culture

    An accelerated course built around two organizing principles, the development of language communicative capabilities and the acquisition of cultural competency. Students will spend the first week of the course becoming familiar with the key principles for discussing culture through an examination of their ideas about their cultures of origin. At the same time, students will review grammar concepts learned in their previous language study and will enhance their knowledge of these concepts through specific communication goals. Prerequisite: minimum placement exam score (see departmental policy or completion of FREN 1020 ). (3)
  

  • FREN 2010 - Intermediate French

    2010 usually offered fall semester. Continuing development of the four skills of comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Study of selected texts and cultural materials. Web-based study of cultural and social tasks, with extensive student oral reports. Films, computer drills, and audiovisuals required. Readings from texts by Francophone writers, especially North African (2nd semester). Prerequisites: FREN 1010 -FREN 1020  or equivalent as determined by placement exam. (3)
  

  • FREN 2020 - Intermediate French

    2020 usually offered spring semester. Continuing development of the four skills of comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Study of selected texts and cultural materials. Web-based study of cultural and social tasks, with extensive student oral reports. Films, computer drills, and audiovisuals required. Readings from texts by Francophone writers, especially North African (2nd semester). Prerequisites: FREN 1010 -FREN 1020  or equivalent as determined by placement exam. (3)
  

  • FREN 3001 - Advanced Grammar and Composition

    Intensive review of grammar. Emphasis is on verbs, idioms, the subjunctive, and the spoken language. Extensive use of films and readings to place structures under study in context. Prerequisites: FREN 2020  or permission of instructor and department head. (3)
  

  • FREN 3002 - Advanced Grammar and Composition

    Intensive review of grammar. Emphasis is on verbs, idioms, the subjunctive, and the spoken language. Extensive use of films and readings to place structures under study in context. Prerequisites: FREN 2020  or permission of instructor and department head. (3)
 

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