Apr 29, 2024

2016-2017 Augusta University Undergraduate Catalog

2016-2017 Augusta University Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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	COMM 1100 - Fundamentals of Human Communication An introduction to the practice of public communication with special emphasis on public speaking. Includes the historical roots of communication models, audience adaptation, systematic library research, preparation and delivery of presentations, and preparation and use of visual aids. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 2000 - Writing for Communication Professionals The course introduces students to writing for the communications professions.Students develop writing and information acquisition skills required in the various communications professions (print, digital, etc.). Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: (ENGL1101 >= C or ENGL1113 >= C) and (ENGL1102 >= C or ENGL1114 >= C) and (COMS1100 >= C or COMM1100 >= C or COMS1010 >= C or COMS1020 >= C or HONR1010 >= C) Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 2010 - Media Literacy A study of communication media in the United States. Students learn basic media concepts and how media influence and/or reflect cultural processes and products, social institutions, and human experience. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM1100 >= C or COMS1100 >= C or COMS1010 >= C or COMS1020 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 2020 - Introduction to Research An introduction to qualitative and quantitative methods of research in communication. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM1100 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 2101 - Theatre Performance Practicum Participation as an actor in a university Theater production. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Permission of Instructor. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 1 TO 2 Lab Hours: 1 TO 2 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 2102 - Theatre Production Practicum Participation as a crew member or shopworker in a university Theater production. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Permission of Instructor. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 1 TO 2 Lab Hours: 1 TO 2 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 2200 - Introduction to Theatre This course examines theatre as a unique form of artistic expression of human experiences and values. It provides a survey of constituent elements of theatrical works. Attendance at live theatre productions required. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 2300 - Acting I An introduction to the craft of the actor, including training in voice, movement, emotional sensitivity, improvisation, and scene study. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3000 - Theoretical Perspectives This course provides an overview of theories and key concepts in the comminucation discipline, and their relation to understanding human culture. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2020 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3010 - Advanced Public Speaking This course provides further development of skills learned in the COMM 1100 course, including speech research, writing, and delivery, and additional development of skills for speaking in group formats. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM1100 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3020 - Narrative Reporting This course covers news gathering and writing practices across platforms with emphasis on establishing connection between factual information and coherent story form. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2000 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3030 - Filmmaking This course examines the practical skills and associated technologies used in producing moving images. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM1100 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3040 - Interpersonal Communication This course addresses the theories and practice of interpersonal communication. Topics to be explored include family communication, friendship communication, communication in romantic relationships, and conflict in interpersonal relationships. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2020 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3050 - Film History This course surveys the development and influence of lankmark films and filmmakers form the early silent era to the present day. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2010 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3060 - History of Mass Media This course examines the development of American mass media and related industries and practices from colonial times to the present. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2010 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3070 - Film Appreciation This course focuses on aesthetic understanding of the motion picture. Topics covered may include mise en scene, cinematography, editing, acting, and story. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2010 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3100 - Communication for Professionals A skill-building course in various forms of professional oral and written communication. Included are business memo and letter writing, short report writing, informal and formal oral presentations, and the use of modern technology to improve written and oral presentations. Students will learn and demonstrate skills in organizing, writing, and presenting factual, promotional, attitudinal, and technical materials for various audiences. Technology will include current library research methods for business, presentation software, and communication media. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: (COMM1100 >= C or COMS1100 >= C or COMS1010 >= C or COMS1020 >= C or HONR1010 >= C) and ENGL1102 >= C and (MINF2201 >= C or CSCI1301 >= C or CSCI1200 >= C) Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Major Restrictions: Accounting, Applied Information Systems, Communication, Finance, Management, Management Info Systems, Marketing Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3120 - Television Production This course is intended to help students develop familiarity with studio and program production covering single and multi-camera approaches. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2010 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3150 - History of Performance This course provides a survey of a particular era or event in theatre and/or performance history. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2000 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3170 - Small Group Communication This course covers the concepts of group dynamics and interpersonal communicative behavior including group interaction; member characteristics that influence groups; the effects of the environment, group size, and structure; leadership and social influence; communication process; and conflict resolution and decision making. As a result of taking this course students will be able to evaluate small group decision making, interaction, process, and effectiveness. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2020 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3180 - Television History This course surveys the development and influence of the television medium from its begining in the late 1940s to the present day. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2010 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3200 - Rhetoric and Popular Culture This course explores the relationship between U.S. culture and popular media. Students will learn to apply rhetorical and critical methods of analysis to language, visual images, and other forms of symbolic communication. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2010 >= C or COMM2020 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3220 - Public Relations Writing Study of various forms of public relations writing used in both corporate and non-profit settings. Grade Mode: Audit, Normal Prerequisites: COMM2000 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3240 - Screenwriting This course examines the craft and development of short-form and/or feature-length screenplays. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2000 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3250 - Persuasion This course explores how communication influences perceptions, thoughts, and actions. Students learn the skills necessary to critically analyze persuasive communication in various contexts, including speeches, advertising, and popular culture. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2020 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3300 - Visual Communication I This course provides training in advanced visual production techniques used in print and digital communication, with emphasis on use of static design elements. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM1100 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3320 - Digital Editing This course examines the theory and application of nonlinear video and audio editing. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM3030 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3370 - Digital Public Relations This course provides training in development of communication across media platforms, with emphasis on design and production of digital media messages. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2000 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3400 - Voice and Movement This course helps students to develop fundamentals of voice and movement in performance, including breathing, kinesthetic awareness, vocal placement and resonance, physical performance, and integration of vocal and physical elements of performance. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM1100 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3430 - Cinematography This course provides an overview of the art and craft of motion pictue photography. Students will learn cinematographers’ essential principles, tools, practices, and protocols, and how choices in their application affect creative outcomes, in a hands-on environment. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2010 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3450 - Acting II A continuation of COMM 2300. A study of text and subtext, the course will concentrate on scene study and character analysis. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2300 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3500 - Intercultural Communication This course explores intercultural theories and research and examines the interactions of members of various cultures. Barriers to effective intercultural communication will be examined, as will methods of improving intercultural communication. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2010 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3520 - Special Effects This course demonstrates and explains composition, animation, and manipulation of images and other elements in moving image production. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2010 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3600 - Public Relations Practices This course examines common practices in the field of public relations, including study of the publics served and an evaluation of the effectiveness of public relations campaigns with emphasis on image building. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2000 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3620 - Writing for the Theatre A workshop int he writing of one-act and full-length plays. Topics include dramatic theory, plot structure, character, dialogue, naturalism, symbolism, theme, production problems, and manuscript format. Students will write a one-act play or a short screen play. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2000 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3650 - Health Communication This course surveys the field of health communication, including rational communication in healthcare settings, the role of technology, message and campaign design, and how effective communication can promote wellness for individuals and society. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2000 >= C or COMM2020 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3700 - Directing for the Stage This course explores the theory and practice of directing diverse texts for the stage. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2300 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3750 - Scenography This course introduces students to the theoretical, practical, and technical elements, in the creation and execution of the theatrical stage production. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2010 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 3900 - Junior Seminar in Communication This course is a seminar-style exploration of a specific area of scholarly inquiry in the communication discipline. In this undergraduate research course, students will ne expected to develop original work for presentation on- or off-campus, in a conference, colloquium, or similar professional venue. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM3000 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 4000 - Communication Law and Ethics Introduction to the study of first amendment law and its associated areas that are relevant to communications professionals, including public relations, advertising, broadcasting, freedom of information, libel, privacy, and intellectual property. Consideration is also given to ethical concerns arising within these areas. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM3000 >= C and COMM3010 >= C and COMM3020 >= C and (COMM3030 >= C or COMM3300 >= C) Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 4010 - Performance for the Camera This course devlops the skills needed for effective on-camera performance, including interviewing, television anchoring, and film and television acting. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2300 >= C or COMM3010 >= C or COMM3030 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 4020 - Public Life Reporting The course covers advanced news gathering and writing, with emphasis on reporting events and issues in specific communities. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM3020 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 4100 - Deliberation and Decision-Making This course examines argumentation, debate, deliberation, and decision-making as forms of rhetorical communication. Students will learn effective argumentaion and group-based decision-making, make decisions through deliberative process, and develop skills in policy debate. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM3010 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 4120 - Gender and Communication This course explores gendered communication patterns in a variety of contexts and examines how communication creates and reinforces gender. Theories that explain how culture shapes gendered communication and how gendered communication shapes culture will be examined. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM3000 >= C or COMM3040 >= C or WGST1101 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 4150 - Performance Studies This course examines performance as a way of knowing and understanding the workd and as a critical tool for engaging, analysing, and creating aesthetic texts. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM3010 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 4300 - Visual Communication II This course provides advanced work in visual communication. Students will learn to use images to tell stories in non-text-based-forms, such as infographics, photo essays, data visualization, and moving images. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2010 >= C and (COMM3030 >= C or COMM3300 >= C) Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 4450 - Performance Theory and Practice Advanced study of selected theatre and performance theories and methods. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM4150 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 4950 - Advanced Special Topics in Communication Advanced study of various topics in communications. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2000 >= C and COMM2010 >= C and COMM3000 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 4960 - External Internship This course provides additional preprofessional training in a professional workplace and the chance to apply formal education to a real-world experience. Students will apply skills and concepts, clarify career goals, and benefit from professional networking. In addition to the course prerequisites listed for this course, students applying for External Internship should have a 3.25 GPA, 90+ credit hours, and permission of the instructor.” Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM3000 >= C and COMM3010 >= C and COMM3020 >= C and (COMM3030 >= C or COMM3300 >= C) Credit Hours: 1 TO 3 Lecture Hours: 1 TO 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 4970 - The Agency This course represents a capstone experience, and should be taken during the student’s final semester, after sucessful application. Students will develop, produce, and distribute media using skill-sets acquired in earlier coursework. Relevant skills include print and digital journalism and public relations, performance, and visual media. Prerequisite(s): Permission of Instructor. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 6 Lab Hours: 12 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	COMM 4990 - Undergraduate Student Research This course provides an undergraduate experience in communication research. Focus is split among scholarly creative work, professional research, and academic research. Students will develop a research project appropriate for presentation or exhibition in an academic or professional venue. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: COMM2000 >= C and COMM2010 >= C and COMM2020 >= C and COMM3000 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	LING 4410 - Phonetics and Phonology This course is an advanced (senior-level) linguistics seminar in phonetics and phonology, using data from a variety of languages. Topics include articulatory phonetics, phonetic translation, formal phonological theory, stress and intonation, Optimality Theory, and acoustic phonetics. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: ENGL1102 >= C or ENGL1114 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	LING 4500 - Second Language Acquisition This course introduces second language acquisition from the linguistic, cognitive, and social perspectives, aiming at helping students understand and solve issues in second language learning and teaching. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: ENGL1102 >= C or ENGL1114 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	LING 4600 - Translation Theory and Method This course will explore the basic principles of translation and interpretation, the theory, the methods, the challenges, the problems, and the satisfaction involved in rendering both written texts and oral statements from one language to another without losing the basic ideas, the intent, the stylistic level, and the linguistic register. It will focus on the means by which cross-cultural communication can be facilitated and the actual process of translating-what the translator does, and why (i.e. how translators make decisions of language, style, format, and cultural equivalency). Special attention is paid to the on-going problems of translatability, fidelity, literalness, freedom, and imitation. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: ENGL1102 >= C or ENGL1114 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	LING 4711 - Introduction to Linguistics This course is an introduction to the systems of language including sound and sound patterns, meaning, sentence patterns, and the social functions of language. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: ENGL1102 >= C or ENGL1114 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	LING 4712 - Modern Grammatical Systems This course is an examination of modern grammatical systems, with an emphasis on a description of the morphology and syntax of languages. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: ENGL1102 >= C or ENGL1114 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
Accounting
	ACCT 2101 - Principles of Accounting I This is an introductory course in financial accounting. The focus is on accounting as a system for reporting business activity. It includes study of the accounting cycle, the preparation and interpretation of basic financial statements, and the study of fundamental accounting principles. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: MATH1101 >= C or MATH1111 >= C or MATH1113 >= C or MATH1220 >= C or MATH2011 >= C or MATH2012 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ACCT 2102 - Principles of Accounting II This is an introductory course in managerial accounting. The focus is on accounting as a system for providing information for organizational management. It includes the study of budgeting, cost-volume-profit analysis, and information for decision making. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: ACCT2101 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ACCT 3311 - Intermediate Accounting I This course is the first of three courses covering current accounting concepts, principles, theory, and techniques involved in the accounting process and preparation of financial statements. Emphasis is on accounting for most working capital assets, financial statements, the accounting standard-setting process, and economic consequences of accounting standards on a firm’s stakeholders. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: ACCT2101 >= B Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ACCT 3312 - Intermediate Accounting II This is the second of three courses in intermediate financial accounting. In this course students will learn how to account for complex business transactions. Emphasis is on accounting for long-term assets, investments, current and long-term liabilities, stockholders’ equity, and dilutive securities and earnings per share. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: ACCT3311 >= C and ACCT2101 >= B and ACCT2102 >= B Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ACCT 3313 - Intermediate Accounting III This is the third of three courses in intermediate financial accounting. In this course students will learn how to account for complex business transactions. Emphasis is on revenue recognition, income taxes, pensions and postretirement benefits, leases, accounting for changes and error analysis, and full disclosure in financial reporting. In addition, students will learn how to prepare a complex statement of cash flows. Students will also analyze real world cases and learn how to evaluate firm performance using financial statements. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: ACCT3312 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ACCT 3321 - Cost Accounting This is a basic course in cost accounting for manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors. The emphasis is on the development of cost systems for organizational planning and control. The course includes study of such areas as analysis of variances; determination of overhead rates; job order and process cost product costing; and capital, operating and financial budgets. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: (ACCT2102 >= B or ACC212 >= B) Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ACCT 3331 - Federal Income Taxation This course is a survey of theories and practices governing federal income taxation of individuals and business entities, including partnerships and corporations. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: (ACCT2101 >= B or ACC211 >= B) and (ACCT2102 >= B or ACC212 >= B) Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ACCT 4322 - Cost Management This course provides the student with an in-depth analysis of managerial-cost concepts and techniques required for developing, analyzing, and interpreting information for organizational planning and control. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: (ACCT3321 >= C or ACC411 >= C) Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ACCT 4332 - Advanced Federal Income Taxation This course presents an overview of federal tax law for corporations, partnerships, estates, and trusts, with an emphasis on tax research. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: (ACCT3331 >= C or ACC451 >= C) Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ACCT 4350 - Accounting Information Systems The course introduces students to the design and operation of accounting information systems as affected by information theory, computer and behavioral concepts. This includes a study of internal controls in the design and analysis of systems. EDP audit concepts and techniques are considered. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: (MINF2201 >= C or MIS210 >= C) and ACCT3311 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ACCT 4360 - Auditing This course provides basic coverage of financial statement audits and related attest, assurance and other services performed by certified public accountants. The emphasis is on audits of financial statements, including auditing standards and procedures as well as the auditor’s professional responsibilities. The course also covers the use of analytical skills, the study and testing of internal controls, evidence accumulation and evaluation techniques, forensic accounting topics, and the ethical responsibilities of certified public accountants. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: ACCT3312 >= C or ACCT4350 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ACCT 4370 - Advanced Accounting The emphasis of this course is on the application of accounting theory to business combinations and international operations. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: (ACCT3312 >= C or ACC312 >= C) Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ACCT 4380 - Governmental and Institutional Accounting The emphasis of this course is on accounting for state and local governments. The accounting requirements and processes for hospitals, universities, and other not-for-profit organizations are also examined. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: (ACCT2102 >= B or ACC212 >= B) and (ACCT2101 >= B or ACC211 >= B) Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ACCT 4620 - Spreadsheet Modeling and Decision Analysis Will use visual techniques to understand, document, and communicate business models and then apply information technology to the modeling process for business decisions in accounting, management, operations, finance, and marketing. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: MATH2210 >= C and MINF2201 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ACCT 4950 - Selected Topics in Accounting This is a course and/or directed study of a major issue, practice, or problem in the area of accounting. Content is to be decided based on needs and professional objectives of students and the expertise and availability of faculty. Prerequisite(s): permission of the instructor. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ACCT 4999 - Financial and Managerial Accounting Concepts This course provides students with an understanding of basic financial accounting terminology, processes, and statements; the ability to analyze financial statements; an understanding of managerial accounting terminology and techniques such as process costing, standard costing, and cost-volume-profit analysis. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
Allied Health Science
	CAHS 3110 - Human Physiology Introduction to the major systems of the body, how they are controlled in health, and the pathological effects of system dysfunction. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Other Contact Hours: 3 College Restrictions: College of Allied Health Sciences Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	CAHS 3610 - Ethics for Health Professionals Prevailing philosophies and basic ethical principles will be presented and legal issues common to allied health professionals will be discussed. Clinical application of ethical theory and ethico-legal decision making will be emphasized. Each of the Departments will provide profession-specific content for discussion and application with their students. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 College Restrictions: College of Allied Health Sciences Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	CAHS 3660 - US Healthcare Delivery System This course will allow allied health professionals to develop an understanding of the organization and structure of the healthcare industry as a whole and the healthcare facilities comprising the industry. Healthcare delivery systems in the areas of ambulatory care, home health, and long-term care are rapidly increasing in addition to the increasing demand for allied health professionals. The healthcare delivery systems in the twenty-first century will be faced with increased regulations and standards, with focus on cost containment, accessibility, and quality. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	CAHS 4300 - Professional Issues and Ethics Introduction to current critical issues impacting allied health science; the role of the allied health professional within the healthcare system and its relationship to other healthcare disciplines. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 College Restrictions: College of Allied Health Sciences Level Restrictions: Undergraduate Semester Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	CAHS 4451 - Child Life Clinic I Child Life Clinic will expose students to the following: children’s and families responses to experience in illness and hospitalization/injury from birth through adolescence, stress and coping issues, therapeutic and medical play, activity planning/coordination/implementation, psychological preparation for healthcare experiences and associated coping processes, parental interactions, and children’s understanding of illness/death. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 10 TO 15 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 27 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	CAHS 4452 - Child Life Internship Child Life internship will provide students with the opportunity to be independent in a Child Life specialist role with an in-depth understanding and practice of the above mentioned skills. Documentation and advanced assessment skills will be utilized. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 10 TO 15 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 20 TO 40 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	CAHS 4453 - LIFE - Learning in Family Environments This course will familiarize students with components and essentials of family centered care. Emphasis is placed on direct experiences with patients and families in various settings. Theories of development and family systems will be explored. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 1 TO 3 Lecture Hours: 1 Other Contact Hours: 39 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	SAHS 3620 - Principles of Education Introduces basic principles of educational design with application to patient education, staff development, continuing education and clinical education. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 0 Other Contact Hours: 2 Program Restrictions: BSMT_MEDT-Medical Technology, CERMT_MEDT-Medical Technology Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
Anatomy
	ANAT 3100 - Sectional Anatomy The course is designed to provide students in radiologic and imaging sciences a supplement to the student’s knowledge of anatomy through presentation of longitudinal, sagittal, coronal, and oblique sections of the human body. Correlation with computed tomography, magnetic resonance, sonographic, and SPECT images is made. Students should be able to use the material presented as a foundation for further study in any of the modalities. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 2 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 0 Other Contact Hours: 4 College Restrictions: College of Allied Health Sciences Program Restrictions: BSRS_DIMS-Diagnostic Medical Sonography, BSRS_NUMT-Nuclear Medicine Technology, BSRS_RADT-Radiation Therapy Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ANAT 3320 - Systemic Anatomy Study of the Anatomy of the Human Body as applicable to Clinical Practice. Lectures, laboratory and demonstration materials are directed studies. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 5 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 9 Other Contact Hours: 0 College Restrictions: College of Allied Health Sciences Program Restrictions: BSRS_DIMS-Diagnostic Medical Sonography, BSRS_NUMT-Nuclear Medicine Technology, BSRS_RADT-Radiation Therapy Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
Anthropology
	ANTH 1102 - Introductory Anthropology This is a general survey of the biological and cultural origins and development of human beings and their cultures. Based on archaeology, physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, and linguistics, this course emphasizes human adaptation through both biological and cultural evolution. Students will learn the four interrelated subfields of anthropology, have a broader perspective of how complex and diverse humans are over time, to question and understand the world through the lens of culture, and to recognize self as a global citizen. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ANTH 2011 - Cultural Anthropology By investigating what is culture and how culture influences our lives, students will gain an appreciation and understanding of the differences and similarities in diverse societies including their own. Students will learn how to view other societies holistically, comparatively, and to see things from others’ point of view. By gaining an appreciation of cultural differences, students in this class will also be more knowledgeable and better prepared for future multicultural experiences. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ANTH 3001 - Methods in Cultural Anthropology This course combines discussion of an overview of larger theoretical trends in cultural anthropology and provides an introduction to “doing” ethnography through the study and practice of fieldwork. In seminar-style discussions and workshop exercises, students become familiar with qualitative research practices (like participant-observation and interviewing) and types of writing (like fieldnotes and ethnography); and develop their understanding of key ideas (like intersubjectivity, reflexivity, and interpretation). Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 4 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ANTH 3002 - Methods in Archaeology The course will be a seminar-style class in which students will discuss the various theoretical trends in archaeology and the analytical methodologies used in artifact interpretations. Students will also receive training in historic period artifact identification. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 4 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ANTH 3290 - Archaeology of the Americas This course examines the archaeology of the Americas from the arrival of the first peoples until European contact. It will focus on adaptations to a changing physical and social environment, including technological changes and the development of agriculture, the rise of large-scale societies and long-distance trade, and the emergence of social ranking systems. Examples will be drawn primarily from North America but may include Mesoamerican and South American case studies as well. Prerequite(s): ANTH 1102 or ANTH 2011 or permission of the instructor. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: ANTH1102 >= D or ANTH2011 >= D Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ANTH 3411 - Native Americans This course examines the origins and cultures of native peoples of the U.S. and Canada as well as challenges that Native Americans have faced due to contact and continued interactions with Euro-Americans. Historical processes including population deline, culture change, and federal Indian policy will be considered along with modern cultural issues that affect the tribes today. Students will also be exposed to Native critiques of academic treatments of their cultures and histories. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1102 or ANTH 2011 or HIST 2111 or permission of instructor. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: (ANTH1102 >= C or ANT101 >= C) or (ANTH2011 >= C or ANT201 >= C) or (HIST2111 >= C or HIS211 >= C) Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ANTH 3535 - Medical Anthropology This course is designed to introduce students to two main aspects of the health care field, the structure considerations and the cultural considerations. Structural considerations include the way that health care is organized, funded and delivered throughout the cultural considerations. Structural considerations include the ways we create meaning of concepts of health and illness and the ways in which different cultures construct notions of what is means to be healthy and sick and how to maintain healthiness. This course may be taken more than once with permission if the culture of geographic focus is significantly different. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: ANTH1102 >= C or ANTH2011 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ANTH 3817 - African Comparative Cultural Issues This course seeks to introduce students to an understanding of Africa that reaches beyond the sound bites and stereotypes of the evening news as well as presents the diversity among African cultures. Students will explore both northern and sub-Saharan Africa. The course will consider the impact of colonialism on the formation of contemporary Africa’s geographic political, economic, social and religious landscapes. Students will debate such topics as the relevance of circumcision, polygyny, sexual education, and religious syncretism. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1102 or ANTH 2011. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: ANTH1102 >= C or ANTH2011 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ANTH 3831 - Archaeology This course will introduce students to the theories and methods used by modern archaeologists to investigate and understand the past. Prehistoric and historic examples will be used to illustrate how archaeologists use artifacts and other data to interpret the past. Students will be encouraged to think critically about the use of archaeological data and the interpretations of the past it produces. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1102 or ANTH 2011 or permission of instructor. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: (ANTH1102 >= C or ANT101 >= C) or (ANTH2011 >= C or ANT201 >= C) Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ANTH 3841 - Physical Anthropology This course will provide students with a background in human evolution from the biological and cultural standpoints by tracing behavior patterns we consider uniquely human back to non-human primates and our prehuman ancestors. The course will also consider how evolution still operates in modern human populations. Topics will include primatology, the human family tree, human variation and adaptation, and applied methods. Prerequistie(s): ANTH 1102 or permission of instructor. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: ANTH1102 >= C or ANT101 >= C or ANT201 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ANTH 3851 - Religion, Culture, and Society This course examines the theories about the origins of religions and how religious belief shapes and is shaped by human behavior and thought. The course will examine basic concepts such as ritual, myth, and symbolism through consideration of a wide range of religious practices and beliefs. Case studies may address topics such as shamanism, cults, withchcraft, magic, healing, and the social power of religion. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1102 or ANTH 2011 or permission of instructor. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: (ANTH1102 >= C or ANT101 >= C) or (ANTH2011 >= C or ANT201 >= C) Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ANTH 3870 - Identity: Ethnicity, Gender, and Class This course examines the processes through which identities are culturally constructed and experienced. The focus is on key ideas and theoretical debates surrounding race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and class through a cross-cultural perspective. These identities intersect with each other and with other identities such as religious, educational, parental, etc. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1102 or ANTH 2011 or permission of the instructor. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: ANTH1102 >= D or ANTH2011 >= D Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ANTH 4210 - Historical Archaeology This course will cover primarily the archaeology of North America from the arrival of the European colonists until the early twentieth century. It will show students how the archaeological record articulates with the historical record to expose parts of the past that may not be earily visible in written history. Case studies may address colonial American, slavery and plantation life, finding and preserving sites, situating women and minorities in the past, and using documents and artifacts in tandem to critically deconstruct interpretations of the past. The course may also include examples from other areas of the world. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1102 or ANTH 2011 or permission of the instructor. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: ANTH1102 >= D or ANTH2011 >= D Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ANTH 4217 - Travelers, Migrants and Refugees The purpose of this course is to explore the movement of people and the impact of that movement on home and globalization. The course will discuss the meaning of home and the reasons why people travel. Each motivation affects people’s perceptions of their destination and their attachments to home. These issues are global issues as well as localized (e.g., rural to urban). Students will discuss issues such as the impact of war, HIV/AIDS, political and religious policies, tourism, religious missions, fieldwork, etc. on people’s movement. The course will consider how globalization and movement impacts identity and inter- and intra-group dynamics. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1102 or ANTH 2011. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: ANTH1102 >= C or ANTH2011 >= C or ANT101 >= C or ANT201 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ANTH 4541 - Food and Culture Food provides a window onto the human experience: how we find the means to survive and meet our basic needs, how we form communities, how we give our lives meaning and express our identities. This course will consider what food, the ways we obtain and use it, and the meanings we give it tell us about being human and being in community. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: ANTH1102 >= C or ANTH2011 >= C Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ANTH 4950 - Selected Topics A variable content, variable credit course intended to meet the needs of students minoring in anthropology. Offered by special arrangement. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1102 or ANTH 2011 or permission of instructor. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: ANTH1102 >= C or ANTH2011 >= C Credit Hours: 1 TO 3 Lecture Hours: 1 TO 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ANTH 4960 - Internship A service-learning experience based in an institution or agency, the internship requires the completion of a specific task and the acquisition of specific knowledge and skills under the supervision of the university and the cooperating institution or agency. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: ANTH1102 >= C and ANTH2011 >= C Credit Hours: 1 TO 3 Other Contact Hours: 1 TO 3 Major Restrictions: Anthropology, Anthropology Click here for the Schedule of Classes.
	ANTH 4990 - Undergraduate Research A variable content, variable credit course offered by special arrangement and intended to meet the needs of anthropology minors. Students will carry out supervised independent research in a selected area of anthropology. Prerequisite(s): ANTH 1102 or ANTH 2011 or permission of instructor. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit Prerequisites: (ANTH1102 >= C or ANT101 >= C) or (ANTH2011 >= C or ANT201 >= C) Credit Hours: 1 TO 3 Lecture Hours: 1 TO 3 Click here for the Schedule of Classes.

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COMM 1100 - Fundamentals of Human Communication

COMM 2000 - Writing for Communication Professionals

COMM 2010 - Media Literacy

COMM 2020 - Introduction to Research

COMM 2101 - Theatre Performance Practicum

COMM 2102 - Theatre Production Practicum

COMM 2200 - Introduction to Theatre

COMM 2300 - Acting I

COMM 3000 - Theoretical Perspectives

COMM 3010 - Advanced Public Speaking

COMM 3020 - Narrative Reporting

COMM 3030 - Filmmaking

COMM 3040 - Interpersonal Communication

COMM 3050 - Film History

COMM 3060 - History of Mass Media

COMM 3070 - Film Appreciation

COMM 3100 - Communication for Professionals

COMM 3120 - Television Production

COMM 3150 - History of Performance

COMM 3170 - Small Group Communication

COMM 3180 - Television History

COMM 3200 - Rhetoric and Popular Culture

COMM 3220 - Public Relations Writing

COMM 3240 - Screenwriting

COMM 3250 - Persuasion

COMM 3300 - Visual Communication I

COMM 3320 - Digital Editing

COMM 3370 - Digital Public Relations

COMM 3400 - Voice and Movement

COMM 3430 - Cinematography

COMM 3450 - Acting II

COMM 3500 - Intercultural Communication

COMM 3520 - Special Effects

COMM 3600 - Public Relations Practices

COMM 3620 - Writing for the Theatre

COMM 3650 - Health Communication

COMM 3700 - Directing for the Stage

COMM 3750 - Scenography

COMM 3900 - Junior Seminar in Communication

COMM 4000 - Communication Law and Ethics

COMM 4010 - Performance for the Camera

COMM 4020 - Public Life Reporting

COMM 4100 - Deliberation and Decision-Making

COMM 4120 - Gender and Communication

COMM 4150 - Performance Studies

COMM 4300 - Visual Communication II

COMM 4450 - Performance Theory and Practice

COMM 4950 - Advanced Special Topics in Communication

COMM 4960 - External Internship

COMM 4970 - The Agency

COMM 4990 - Undergraduate Student Research

LING 4410 - Phonetics and Phonology

LING 4500 - Second Language Acquisition

LING 4600 - Translation Theory and Method

LING 4711 - Introduction to Linguistics

LING 4712 - Modern Grammatical Systems

ACCT 2101 - Principles of Accounting I

ACCT 2102 - Principles of Accounting II

ACCT 3311 - Intermediate Accounting I

ACCT 3312 - Intermediate Accounting II

ACCT 3313 - Intermediate Accounting III

ACCT 3321 - Cost Accounting

ACCT 3331 - Federal Income Taxation

ACCT 4322 - Cost Management

ACCT 4332 - Advanced Federal Income Taxation

ACCT 4350 - Accounting Information Systems

ACCT 4360 - Auditing

ACCT 4370 - Advanced Accounting

ACCT 4380 - Governmental and Institutional Accounting

ACCT 4620 - Spreadsheet Modeling and Decision Analysis

ACCT 4950 - Selected Topics in Accounting

ACCT 4999 - Financial and Managerial Accounting Concepts

CAHS 3110 - Human Physiology

CAHS 3610 - Ethics for Health Professionals

CAHS 3660 - US Healthcare Delivery System

CAHS 4300 - Professional Issues and Ethics

CAHS 4451 - Child Life Clinic I

CAHS 4452 - Child Life Internship

CAHS 4453 - LIFE - Learning in Family Environments