May 02, 2024  
2019-2020 Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Please Note

The listing of a course in this catalog does not imply that the course will be offered in a particular semester, or that the course is offered on a regular basis. Please check the Shawnee State University Course Offerings or the Department for up-to-date information on what will be offered during a particular term.

In addition, it should be noted that some upper level courses are not included on these pages. Please contact your faculty advisor for further information.

COURSE FEES

Summer 2019, Fall Semester 2019, Spring Semester 2020

Course fees are charged when the department code appears in the far right column of each course listing.  The fee is calculated by multiplying the number of credit hours for the course by the amount shown for the department below:

NOTE:  The course fee covers costs that exceed basic instruction, such as lab equipment and software; program materials and supplies; and coordination of field placements and internships.  The fee is applied to selective courses where appropriate.

Fee Per Credit Hour

ADNR - Nursing 25.00
ART1 (tier 1) - Arts 7.00
ART2 (tier 2) - Arts 15.00
ART3 (tier 3) - Arts 25.00
ATTR - Athletic Training 25.00
BIOL - Biology 25.00
BSHS - Health Science 5.00
BSNR - Nursing 25.00
BUHE - Health Care Administration 20.00
BUIS - Information Systems 45.00
BUSI - Business 10.00
CCAA - Course Credit by Arrangement Administrative Fee 150.00
CHEM - Chemistry 25.00
DTHY - Dental Hygiene 45.00
EDUC - Education 15.00
EMTP - Emergency Med 20.00
ENGT - Engineering 22.00
GCAA - Grad Course Credit by Arrangement Administrative Fee 150.00
HUMA - Humanities 10.00
MATH - Mathematics 15.00
MTH1 - Mathematics, Graduate 15.00
MTH3 - Mathematics, Graduate 35.00
MTH4 - Mathematics, Graduate - Off Campus Cohorts 60.00
MECI - EDCI, Masters 20.00
MEIS - EDCU, Masters 20.00
MEUC - EDUC, Masters 20.00
MLTC - Medical Lab Tech 25.00
MOT - Masters Occupational Therapy 75.00
NSCI - Natural Science 25.00
OTAT - Occupational Therapy 20.00
PTAT - Physical Therapy 20.00
RDLT - Radiology 25.00
RPTT - Respiratory Therapy 25.00
SSCI - Social Science 10.00
SSES - Exercise Science 15.00
SSPE - Physical Education 5.00
SSSM - Sports Management 15.00
UNC1 - University College 1 - Developmental Reading and Writing 3.00
UNC2 - University College 1 - First Year Experience 12.00
UNC3 - University College - Developmental Mathematics 17.00

Flat Rates

EDU1 - Education Field Fee 294.00
EDU2 - Education Field Fee 147.00
CIPA - Studenty Abroad Course Fee 120.00

Student fees listed here are for the Summer 2016, Fall 2016 & Spring 2017 semesters and are subject to change.  Shawnee State University reserves the right to make, without prior notice, any fee adjustment that may become necessary.

Explanation of Prerequisites

Most learning beyond basic skills is dependent upon mastery of some prior skill or subject content. As a result, many courses at the University require the satisfaction of prerequisites prior to course enrollment. Prerequisites may be met by successful completion of the prior courses listed or by placement, via testing, into the course.

The academic division/college may withdraw a student from a course for which prerequisites have not been satisfied.

Explanation of Abbreviations

These abbreviations are found throughout the course descriptions on the following pages.

Prereq. — Prerequisite
Coreq. — Corequisite
   
$ Indicates lab fees apply to this course, see the box on the left.
   
GEP Indicates General Education Program course (see the General Education Program Requirements by Content Category  for details)

 

 
  
  • GEOL 3301 - Paleobiology

    Study of common and important fossil-forming invertebrates. Objectives are to understand how fossils are generated, why they are important, and how they can help us to understand the diversity of life today. Vertebrate-invertebrate relationships are also considered.

    Credits: 4

    Prereq: GEOL 1202
    Lecture hours: 3
    Lab hours: 2
    Course/lab fee: $
  
  • GEOL 3306 - Facies Models and Stratigraphy

    A study of the terrestrial, marginal, and marine depositional environments of sedimentary rocks. Emphasis on facies model patterns and development, stratigraphy, and sequence analysis.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: GEOL 2205
    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • GEOL 3390 - Seminar in Geology

    Discussion of advanced topics in Geology.

    Credits: 1-4

    Prereq/coreq: GEOL2204
  
  • GEOL 4206 - Structural Geology/Tectonics

    Study of the principles and causes of deformation of the Earth’s lithosphere. Recognition and analysis of primary and secondary structural features and their bearing on theories concerned with the origin and development of major landscape features, continents, and ocean basins.

    Credits: 4

    Prereq: GEOL 2205, GEOL 3205, and MATH 1250 or MATH 2110
    Lecture hours: 3
    Lab hours: 2
    Course/lab fee: $
  
  • GEOL 4212 - Advanced Geologic Mapping

    Development of integrative skills through a series of applied field projects.  Offered as an 8-week course. 

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: GEOL 2111 and GEOL 2204 or GEOL 2205 (GEOL 4206 is recommended.)
    Lecture hours: 1
    Lab hours: 6
    Course/lab fee: NSCI
  
  • GEOL 4310 - Geomorphology

    A study of the genesis and evolution of landforms, resulting from the action of running water, glaciers, waves, wind, groundwater, and other gradational agents as a function of time and space.

    Credits: 4

    Prereq: GEOL 1201 and GEOL 1202
    Lecture hours: 3
    Lab hours: 2
    Course/lab fee: NSCI
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • GEOL 4311 - Surface and Groundwater Hydrology

    Study of the occurrence, distribution, movement, and chemistry of water at and near the Earth’s surface. Characterization of aquifer materials and methods for determining groundwater flow directions and velocities. Consideration of exploitation and degradation of water resources.

    Credits: 4

    Prereq: GEOL 1201 and MATH 1250 or MATH2110
    Lecture hours: 3
    Lab hours: 2
    General Education Program Course NSCI
  
  • GEOL 4420 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

    An introduction to the use, creation and upkeep of geographic information systems through the use of the ArcGIS software. Includes a review of map reading and basic cartography.

    Credits: 4

    Prereq: GEOL 1201 or GEOL 1202, or permission.
    Lecture hours: 3
    Lab hours: 2
    Course/lab fee: $
  
  • GEOL 4486 - Senior Project

    In-depth study of a selected topic in Geology culminating in the completion of a research paper.

    Credits: 1-4

    Prereq: Senior Only and faculty consent required.
    Course/lab fee: $
  
  • GEOL 4495 - Undergraduate Research

    Independent Earth Science investigation under the direction of a faculty member.

    Credits: 1-4

    Prereq: Junior or Senior Standing and Instructor Permission.
    Course/lab fee: $
  
  • GRMN 1111 - Elementary German I

    Instruction in spoken and written German as well as the cultures of German-speaking countries.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
    Course/lab fee: $
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • GRMN 1112 - Elementary German II

    Instruction in spoken and written German as well as the cultures of German-speaking countries.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
    Course/lab fee: $
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • HIST 1330 - American History to 1865

    Survey of United States history from the conquest and colonization of the New World to the origins and outcome of the American Civil War.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • HIST 1340 - American History Since 1865

    Survey of United States history from the period of Reconstruction to the beginning of the twenty-first century.

    Note: This course is Distance Learning approved.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • HIST 1999 - Topics in History

    Individual or small-group study, under the supervision of instructor, of topics not otherwise available to students.

    Credits: 1-3

  
  • HIST 2102 - Medieval/Renais Europe 476-1517

    Survey of European history from the fall of Rome to the start of the Reformation.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • HIST 2103 - Revolutionary Europe 1517-1921

    Survey of European history from the start of the Reformation to the end of World War I.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • HIST 2150 - Banned Books

    A variable-content course, this class will examine texts that have been condemned, burned, and reviled throughout history.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • HIST 2223 - Ancient History of the Near East

    This course surveys the history of the ancient Near East, specifically in Western Asia, from the Uruk period through the Persian Empire, ca. 3500-323 BCE. It focuses on the rise of civilization and the subsequent history and society of the kingdoms of Mesopotamia, the Mediterranean coast, Asia Minor and the Iranian plateau.  The class will explore the formation and interrelations of the different cultures, including: Sumer, Akkad, Babylonia, Assyria, the Hittites, Syria, Phoenicia Canaan, and Persia.

    Note: This course is Online/Hybrid approved.

    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • HIST 2430 - World History I

    The World History sequence of courses (HIST2430 and HIST2440) will provide an analysis of the evolutionary development of world civilizations, of global historical interactions and relationships, to provide a framework for understanding the modern world. History 2430 will cover World Civilizations from pre-History to approximately 1500 C.E.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • HIST 2440 - World History II

    The World History sequence of courses (HIST2430 and HIST2440) will provide an analysis of the evolutionary development of world civilizations to provide a framework for understanding the modern world.  Special attention will be paid to global historical interactions and relationships.  World History 2440 begins with maritime explorations and covers world civilizations from 1600 C.E. to 1950.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • HIST 2540 - Introduction to the Middle East: History, Peoples and Culture

    This course will survey the history, peoples and culture of the Middle East.  It will also elaborate on social, religious, and cultural organizations, which in turn underlies political systems and actions in the region, such as the lack of democracy, the use of terrorism, and gender conservatism.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • HIST 2999 - Topics in History

    Individual or small-group study, under the supervision of instructor, of topics not otherwise available to students.

    Credits: 1-3

  
  • HIST 3101 - Ancient History

    An examination of ancient civilizations in the West, from Egypt and Sumeria to classical Greece and Rome.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • HIST 3110 - Nazi Germany and Fascist Europe

    An examination of fascism and national socialism in its various forms, with an emphasis on Adolf Hitler, World War II, the concentration camps, and genocide.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • HIST 3115 - Women in Medieval Europe

    Survey of women’s roles and contributions in the history of Medieval Europe.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • HIST 3130 - History of Russia

    Survey of Russian history beginning with the conversion of Russia to Christianity. Emphasis on the history of imperial Russia since Peter the Great, efforts at reform and modernization, the emergence of Russian radicalism, the collapse of the Tsarist state, and the rise and fall of the Soviet Union.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • HIST 3140 - Europe & the Modern World System

    The World History sequence of courses (HIST2430 and HIST2440) will provide an analysis of the evolutionary development of world civilizations, of global historical interactions and relationships, to provide a framework for understanding the modern world. History 2430 will cover World Civilizations from pre-History to approximately 1500 C.E.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105
    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • HIST 3170 - Alternative Religions and Cults

    An examination of non-traditional religions, their histories, beliefs, and ethics. Apocalyptic, Racist, Eastern, Magickal, Neo-Pagan, Satanic, UFO, and Sexual cults will be examined.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • HIST 3177 - Early Christianity

    Introduction to the main beliefs, doctrines, and heresies of the early orthodox Christians and their opponents.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • HIST 3300 - Christianity in Early America

    An examination of the role of Christianity in the history of North America from the beginnings of New World colonization through the Age of Enlightenment and the years leading up to the American Civil War.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105
    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP (WI)
  
  • HIST 3301 - Revolutionary America

    An examination of the social and political origins, course, and consequences of the American Revolution.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105
    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • HIST 3303 - Civil War America

    An examination of the origins of the sectional conflict and the resulting American Civil War.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105
    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • HIST 3320 - History of Ohio

    A history of the “Buckeye State” from prehistory to the space age, emphasizing economic, social and political topics.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • HIST 3325 - History of the American South

    An examination of major themes and issues in southern history from the Jamestown colony to the present.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105
    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • HIST 3330 - Digital History

    An examination of current methods and technologies used in the production of digital history, with particular focus on the practice of oral history and the creation of on-line historical media.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105
    Lecture hours: 3
    Course/lab fee: $
  
  • HIST 3341 - The U.S. and the Modern World System

    An examination of the rise of the U.S. as a major world economic and political power. Specific attention will be paid to the impact of industrialization on the U.S. and the role of the rest of the world and the American South in U.S. Industrialization.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105
    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • HIST 3346 - Hist American Women 1865-Present

    An exploration of women’s struggles for equality and control over their lives from post-Civil War era to the present, focused on women’s activism in the public realm.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • HIST 3350 - Asian American History

    SOSC2210 examines and provides comprehensive understanding of the life and culture of Asians in America, and Ohio in particular. Asians represent one of the new immigrant groups of America. This course surveys the arrival and early settlements of Asians in America, and their life up to the present day. This course pays special attention to the immigration and settlement of Asians in Ohio.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1102
    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP (WI)
  
  • HIST 3355 - Ohio River Valley History

    An examination of the social, economic, and political history associated with the Ohio River Valley from prehistoric times to the present, with special attention paid to the city of Portsmouth and the tri-state region of Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • HIST 3400 - History of Hinduism

    This course surveys the five thousand year history of Hinduism, basic teachings, cultural geography. It addresses the philosophical and theological aspects of Hinduism, from the Vedas to the Modern Vedanta and Hinduism.  The cultural aspects of Hinduism, represented through artistic expressions in art and architecture of the temples, dance, drama and literature is also analyzed.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105
    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • HIST 3410 - East Asian History

    Survey of the history of East Asia, focusing on China and Japan and emphasizing the past two centuries.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105
    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • HIST 3414 - Asia: History and Culture

    This is a History of Asia course in the History major; however, this is also a required course for anyone interested in obtaining a minor in Asian Studies. An introduction to current theoretical debates about Asia, modernization and area studies. This course provides a comprehensive survey of the diverse peoples, languages, religions and cultures, from the ancient past to current day issues of global economics and ecological cooperation. This course studies the ancient background as well as current political and social cultures of Asia. This course addresses concerns defining the self-understanding of Asian nation states, in terms of topics such as participation in global economics and ecological cooperation.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105
    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP (WI)
  
  • HIST 3420 - The Aum and the Crescent: Islamic Crusades in India

    This course examines the Islamic crusades in to India and results of the early Islamic religious wars up to the modern era. This course will also examine the Hindu-Muslim relations in the Subcontinent and the historic precedents.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105
    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • HIST 3430 - Ancient Indian Culture/Society

    This course examines the history of one of the ancient, rich cultural heritages of the world, the Indian subcontinent.  In this course we will trace Indian history from ancient period to 1000 C.E. and our survey will not confine itself to the modern political limits of India.  We will pay special attention to interconnections between religion, politics, social institutions, and gender ideology.  The course will address the development of Indian society from tribe to state to civil society.  In particular, the course stresses the nature of culture-contact and exchange, and the development of a composite culture and civilization of South Asia.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105
    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • HIST 3432 - Gandhi and Modern India

    This course is designed to provide an understanding of the colonial and post-colonial, socio-political economic changes in South Asia. Perhaps one of the most influential personalities of this struggle is Gandhi, who changed the course of the national movement through his focus on non-violence and social reform.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
    Course/lab fee: $
    General Education Program Course GEP (WI)
  
  • HIST 3435 - India in the Global World

    India is the seventh largest country with the second largest population of the world.  From 1950, India embarked on developing a planned industrialized democracy.  To understand this fast changing country, this course examines the major historical events in the last five decades.  This course analyzes the continuity and change in India, in the fields of society, economy and culture and helps understand the role of India in the global world.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105
    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • HIST 3474 - Peace and Justice

    This course is an introduction to the history, theory, and practice of non-violence, with a critical examination of violence. This course contains three sections to facilitate the understanding of violence and non-violence, both at personal and social levels.

    This course begins by reviewing the origins of non-violence and traces the understanding of violence and non-violence, and traces the understanding of violence and non-violence in various religious traditions of the world. This course also investigates modern theories, strategies, and practitioners of non-violence including Thoreau, Tolstoy, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, etc. Particular attention is paid to the spiritual values that underlie the rejection of violence, and the methods that have been developed to bring about social change non-violently, historically, and in the present. This course incorporates service service learning projects.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP

  
  • HIST 3500 - History of Southern Africa

    Survey of the historical and cultural ideas and movements among the ancestors and descendants of the Khoisan, the Bantu speaking peoples, and the European colonizers in Southern Africa from the 16th century to the present.  This course provides students with broad strokes of Southern Africa’s separate and interrelated stories within a global framework.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105
    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP (WI)
  
  • HIST 3510 - History of Islam, 7th through the 15th Century

    An examination of the medieval Islamic world from the seventh to the fifteenth centuries, covering the major political, religious, and social developments of the period, including the rise of Islam, the early caliphates, decline and fragmentation, and the rise of the Ottoman empire until the fall of Constantinople.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP (WI)
  
  • HIST 3520 - History of the Crusades: The Crescent and the Cross

    This course will trace the history and phenomenon of the Crusades to the Holy Land from the 11th to the 13th centuries and their influence on the 20th century Middle East political thought.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105
    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP (WI)
  
  • HIST 3540 - Arab-Israeli Conflict

    This course will examine the root causes of the Arab-Israeli conflict, trace its complex and often bloody history from both an Arab and an Israeli perspective before finally embarking on an effort to explore possible conflict resolution scenarios.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105 and HIST 2540
    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP (WI)
  
  • HIST 3550 - Islam: Religion, Politics and Society

    This course will introduce students to the study of Islam by taking up the question of the relationship of Islam, politics and society in the contemporary world.  It will focus on the challenges that Islam faced from the West in the last 200 years, “The Shock of Modernity”, and their transformative impact on Islam as a faith, society and ideology, including its use as a force in politics by radical Islamist groups today.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105 or ENGL 1107
    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP (WI)
  
  • HIST 3999 - Special Topics in History

    Individual or small-group study, under the supervision of instructor, of topics not otherwise available to students.

    Credits: 1-3

  
  • HIST 4100 - Historical Methods and Thought

    An examination of the philosophy, methodology, and practice of history as an academic discipline, with an emphasis on the diversity of modern historiography, the problem of objectivity, and the professional standards of historical scholarship. History Majors Only.

    Note: History Majors Only

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • HIST 4101 - History of Medicine

    An examination of the history of medicine from prehistory to the modern era. Topics include shamanism and magical methods of healing, exorcism, Chinese acupuncture, classical Greek medicine, and the rise of modern dentistry, obstetrics, surgery, and psychiatry.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • HIST 4110 - Intellectual History

    An examination of humanity’s ideas about our cosmos, our earth, and our species from pre-history to the modern era.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • HIST 4111 - Legend, Myth, and Folklore

    An examination of legendary and mystical places and beings, the realms and activities of the gods, the demons, and the dead.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • HIST 4175 - Terrorism and Crime

    An examination of the outlaw and the rebel in history–bandits, Guerillas, terrorists, pirates, mafias and the police, the spies, and the informants that fight them.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • HIST 4420 - Middle East in Modern Times

    An examination of recent conflicts and turmoil in the Middle East through the following sequence: concise overview of Middle East history, relationships between today’s turmoil and the development of nationalism and emergence of nation-states, specific conflicts like the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Arab-Israeli conflict, and the Gulf War.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105 and HIST 2540
    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP (WI)
  
  • HIST 4474 - History/Practice of Nonviolence

    This course is an introduction to the history, theory and practice of nonviolence with a critical examination of violence.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105
    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • HIST 4500 - History Capstone Seminar

    A research project-based seminar course that serves as the capstone to the History major.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105, HIST 4100, and 12 credit hours for the HIST introductory survey courses.
    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • HIST 4999 - Special Topics in History

    Individual or small-group study, under the supervision of instructor, of topics not otherwise available to students.

    Note: Separate courses repeatable for credit.

    Credits: 1-3

  
  • HONR 1101 - Introduction to Honors

    In Introduction to Honors, students gain a sense of community and become acclimated to the University and what it means to be an Honors scholar.  Guest Honors Program faculty provide lectures on a wide variety of topics, including scholarship, research, leadership, community service and citizenship, personality and career development, and study abroad.  Introduction to Honors is required for all incoming Honors Program students and is offered each fall.

    Credits: 2

    Prereq: Admission in the Honors Program
  
  • HONR 1110 - First Year Honors Conference

    This is a 2 credit hour, special topics honors symposium designed for honors students to combine with a 1000-level course of their choosing. During most semesters, for one of their classes, honors students will complete conference work: an in-depth individual project developed in collaboration with faculty during bi-weekly, one-on-one meetings.

    Lecture hours: 1
  
  • HONR 2220 - Second Year Honors Conference

    This is a 2-credit-hour special topics honors conference, designed for students to combine with a 2000-level course of their choosing.

    Credits: 2

    Lecture hours: 2
  
  • HONR 3320 - Third Year Honors Conference

    This is a 2-credit-hour, special topics honors conference designed for students to combine with a 3000-level course of their choosing.

    Credits: 2

    Lecture hours: 2
  
  • HONR 3999 - Honors Special Topics

    Special Topics course offered in a variety of disciplines for students in the Honors Program.

    Credits: 3-4

    Prereq: ENGL 1105
  
  • HONR 4440 - Fourth Year Honors Conference

    This is a 2-credit-hour, special topics honors conference designed for students to combine with a 4000-level course of their choosing.

    Credits: 2

    Lecture hours: 2
  
  • HONR 4479 - Honors Capstone

    This is a 3-credit-hour course in which the honors student develops one of their Conference Projects into an Honors Capstone project that demonstrates mastery of the Honors Program Learning Outcomes.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • HUMA 2225 - Foundational Texts in Western Cultural History

    An interdisciplinary introduction to foundational texts important in the development of the cultural history of the western world.

    Note: HONORS SECTION: An enhanced interdisciplinary introduction to foundational texts important in the development of the cultural history of the western world.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105 or ENGL 1107
    General Education Program Course GEP (WI)
  
  • HUMA 2226 - Studies in American Cultural History and Literature

    An interdisciplinary introduction to the foundational texts important in the development of the cultural history and literature of the United States.

    Note: HONORS SECTION: An enhanced interdisciplinary introduction to the foundational texts important in the development of the cultural history and literature of the United States.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105 or ENGL 1107
    General Education Program Course GEP (WI)
  
  • HUMA 2227 - Influential Works in Global Transnational Cultures

    This course offers a thematic analysis of influential works that either capture, or are situated within, global processes of circulation and transnational interactions.  Distance Learning approved.

    Note: HONORS SECTION: This course offers an enhanced thematic analysis of influential works that either capture, or are situated within, global processes of circulation and transnational interactions.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105 or ENGL 1107
    General Education Program Course GEP (WI)
  
  • IDST 1999 - Tps in Interdisciplinary Studies

    A study of interdisciplinary topics not otherwise available to students.

    Credits: 1-4

  
  • IDST 3999 - Sp Tps Interdisciplinary Studies

    A study of interdisciplinary topics not otherwise available to students.

    Credits: 1-3

  
  • IDST 4490 - Senior Seminar

    Provides an opportunity for students to place their chosen field of study in an interdisciplinary context with intellectual, ethical, and historical perspectives. The seminar focuses on the synthesis and integration of various concepts by applying them to the analysis and solution of problems chosen in the context of their academic disciplines. Oral and written presentations of a persuasive paper are required.

    Note: HONORS SECTION: Students engage in extended class discussion of relevant readings for the chosen theme for that semester’s Honors Senior Seminar in addition to meeting the normal requirements of Senior Seminar. Such themes might include the conflict between science and cultural values, different ways of making and validating knowledge claims, or more extensive discussion of what it means to engage in critical thinking.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: 75 cumulative hours at time of enrollment, and all prior GEP requirements, including Ethics (31 semester hours).
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • LANG 1999 - Special Topics in Language

    Beginning course in any critical language not currently listed in the SSU catalog.  Covers basic grammatical concepts and patterns in that language.  Emphasis is on development of reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills.

    Credits: 3-5

    Lecture hours: 4
  
  • LANG 2999 - Special Topics in Language

    An intermediate level course in any critical language.  Covers higher level grammatical concepts and patterns in that language than LANG1999.  Emphasis is on development of reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills.

    Credits: 3-5

    Lecture hours: 4
  
  • LING 3360 - Language and Linguistics

    A discussion and analysis of the fundamental properties and processes of the world’s languages. A comprehensive review of the major language structural subsystems and areas of semantics that constitute language. A discussion of language change, typology, L1 and L2 acquisition, neuro-linguistics, socio-linguistics, dialectology, kinesics, writing systems, origins of language, and animal communication.

    Credits: 3

  
  • LING 3362 - Patterns of English

    This course examines English parts of speech, and phrase, clause, and sentence patterns and structure (i.e. grammar).  Related topics, such as English and American dialects and questions of English variation and usage, may also be addressed.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105
  
  • LING 3365 - History of the English Language

    A survey of the patterns and events which shaped the English language from the time of the early Germanics to present.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1105
  
  • LING 3670 - Languages of the World

    Explores language diversity around the world; language families and genetic relationships between individual languages; linguistic typology and language universals; sounds, words, and sentence formation, and how linguistics illuminates human history.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: ENGL 1101 or Equivalent
    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • LING 4452 - Language Acquisition

    An introduction to theory and research on language development, with an emphasis on word learning and grammatical development.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: LING 3360
  
  • LING 4455 - English Language in Society

    A detailed examination of English language dialects, dialect formation, dialectology, sociolinguistic patterns resulting in English language change in progress, style, register, variation in usage, English social dialects (including men and women’s speech), languages in contact, English pidgins and creoles, Black English, and other themes that are appropriate.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: LING 3360
  
  • LING 4460 - Teaching English As A Second Language

    This course will introduce the most important ideas on the theory and practice of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and how they relate to teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language (ESL/EFL).  The course introduces major theoretical approaches to SLA and the survey of the recent language teaching methodologies.  It informs students with understanding of how and why various instructional choices are made in teaching ESL/EFL and how to apply theoretical knowledge in implementing those choices.

    Credits: 3

    Lecture hours: 3
    Course/lab fee: $
  
  • LING 4490 - Seminar in Linguistics

    An individualized studies course in a seminar context. The student will select an approved sub-area of linguistics for study that he/she needs for professional development or is simply interested in. The students share the results of study in seven themes in the sub-area with the other students, both in the form of a 15-30 minute talk and discussion and a 5 to 15 page written description of the theme’s material.

    Note: Repeatable for credit.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: LING 3360
  
  • LING 4999 - Special Topics in Linguistics

    Topics not otherwise available to students.

    Credits: 1-3

  
  • MATH 0099 - Fundamental Mathematics

    A brief review of the fundamentals of arithmetic, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division as applied to integers and rational numbers. Introduces the elementary concepts of basic algebra with emphasis on manipulation of algebraic expressions, solutions to simple equations, graphs, and formula rearrangement.

    Note: (Does not count toward a degree.)

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: Placement
    Lecture hours: 3
  
  • MATH 0100A - Beginning Algebra for Reasoning with Mathematics Plus

    This course consists of beginning algebra material to assist students whose placement levels are close to, but not sufficient for, MATH 1000. This course is designed to be taken at the same time as MATH1000A. The course includes percentages, radicals, interpreting graphs, exponents, linear equations, and logarithms.

    Credits: 1

    Prereq: Placement
    Coreq: MATH 1000A
    Lecture hours: 1
    Course/lab fee: $
  
  • MATH 0101 - Bas Alg w/Geometry & Application

    This is a course for students with a good background in arithmetic, but little or no background in algebra and geometry.  Topics include linear expressions and equations in numeric, graphic, and symbolic form; solving linear equations and inequalities; linear models; operations with exponents; scientific notation; roots, radicals, and fractional exponents; radical equations; polynomial expressions.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: MATH 0099 or placement
    Lecture hours: 3
    Course/lab fee: $
  
  • MATH 0102 - Intermediate Algebra/Application

    This is a continuation of MATH 0101. Topics include system of linear equations, application of linear systems, factoring polynomials, solving quadratic equations, application of quadratic equations, functions, and rational expressions.  Students cannot receive credit for both MATH 0102 and MATH 0120A.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: MATH 0101 or placement
    Lecture hours: 3
    Course/lab fee: $
  
  • MATH 0115A - Beginning Algebra for Statistics Plus

    This course is a partial beginning algebra course designed for students taking the principles of statistics course, but are in need of some beginning algebra remediation. This course concentrates on linear equations and radicals.

    Credits: 1

    Prereq: MATH Placement; or Instructor Permission and a grade of an A in MATH 0101
    Lecture hours: 1
    Course/lab fee: $
  
  • MATH 0120A - Intermediate Algebra Plus

    This course is an intermediate algebra course designed for students who are in need of some intermediate algebra remediation.  This course is to be taken in conjunction with MATH1200A.  Topics include, system of linear equations, application of linear systems, factoring polynomials, solving quadratic equations, application of quadratic equations, functions, and rational expressions.  Students cannot receive credit for both MATH0102 and MATH0120A.

    Note: Distance Learning approved.

    Credits: 2

    Prereq: Placement, or a grade of an A in MATH 0101.
    Coreq: MATH 1200A
    Lecture hours: 2
    Course/lab fee: $
  
  • MATH 1000 - Reasoning Using Mathematics

    This course is designed to increase students’ quantitative and logical reasoning abilities, and improve students’ ability to communicate mathematics.  The course covers numeracy, statistics and probability, and modeling using mathematics.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: MATH 0101 or Placement
    Lecture hours: 3
    Course/lab fee: $
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • MATH 1000A - Reasoning with Mathematics Plus

    This course is a reasoning with mathematics course designed for students who are in need of some beginning algebra remediation. This course is to be taken in conjunction with MATH0100A.  This course is designed to increase students’ quantitative and logical reasoning abilities, and improve students’ ability to communicate mathematics.  The course covers numeracy, statistics and probability, and modeling using mathematics.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: Placement
    Coreq: MATH 0100A
    Lecture hours: 3
    Course/lab fee: $
  
  • MATH 1100 - Mathematics Core Course

    Course Requirement:The course focuses on problem solving, heuristics, critical thinking, and the collection and interpretation of data. Additional topics included at the discretion of the instructor.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: MATH 1010 or placement
    Lecture hours: 3
    Course/lab fee: $
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • MATH 1170 - Applied Finite Mathematics

    The focus of this course is the applications of mathematical models for students in business, economics, and life and social sciences. Models will include linear functions, systems of equations, linear programming, matrices, and mathematics of finance. The course will implement the use of technology as a catalyst for critical thinking.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: MATH 0101 with a minimum grade of C or placement
    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • MATH 1200 - College Algebra

    A study of functions represented numerically, graphically and symbolically. Students learn the basic properties of linear, polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Topics also include conditionally defined functions and operations on functions. Students learn to use functions and their graphs as tools for modeling.  Students cannot receive credit for both MATH 1200 and MATH1200A.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: MATH 1020 or placement
    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • MATH 1200A - College Algebra Plus

    Course Description
    This course is a college algebra course designed for students who are in need of some intermediate algebra remediation.  This course is to be taken in conjunction with MATH0120A.   This course is a study of function represented numerically, graphically, and symbolically.  Students learn the basic properties of linear, polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions.  Topics also include conditionally defined functions and operations on functions.  Students learn to use functions and their graphs as tools for modeling.  Students cannot receive credit for both MATH1200 and MATH1200A.

    Note: Distance Learning approved.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: Placement or a grade of A in MATH 0101.
    Coreq: MATH 0120A
    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP
  
  • MATH 1250 - Trigonometry

    The study of trigonometric functions, inverse trigonometric functions, solving trigonometric equations, measures of angles, trigonometric identities, vectors, and applications of trigonometry.  This course may be taken by students preparing for the calculus sequence.

    Credits: 3

    Prereq: MATH 1200 or placement
    Lecture hours: 3
    General Education Program Course GEP
 

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