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ACAD 1100 - Academic Strategies Credit Hours: (3)
Description: History, philosophy, and principles of higher education, with emphasis on the University of Memphis. Special attention to developing student skills necessary to meet the intellectual expectations of the university.
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ACAD 1102 - Intro To University II Credit Hours: (2)
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ACAD 2200 - Academic Success Seminar Credit Hours: (1)
Description: Strategies and practices that have proven successful with students returning from academic suspension. Permit required.
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Accountancy |
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ACCT 2010 - Fundamentals of Acct I ** Credit Hours: (3) Former: (TBR: ACCT 1010)
Description: Introduction to measurement, realization, classification and disclosure concepts about businesses’ financial statement; emphasis on how managers, creditors, and investors can analyze financial accounting information to make investment, financing, and operating decisions.
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ACCT 2020 - Fundamentals of Acct II ** Credit Hours: (3) Former: (TBR: ACCT 1020)
Description: Introduction to measurement and disclosure concepts about cost and profit of products, services, and organizational units; emphasis on how managers can use internal and external information to make resource allocation decisions, to plan and to control investment and make operating decisions. PREREQUISITE: ACCT 2010 , MATH 1710 or MATH 1830 .
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ACCT 3000 - Career Development for ACCT Credit Hours: (3)
Description: An examination of the principles of managing career change through a review of employment trends, contemporary human resource, recruiting objectives, perception theory related to employability, and employment requirements for today’s global business environment. Self-leadership, managing change, and personal career development techniques will be highlighted as concepts related to applying career change effectively. This course also requires completion of an accounting practice set. Students are encouraged to take MGMT 3510 before or at the same time as this class. PREREQUISITE: ACCT 2020
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ACCT 3011 - Business Law ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Elements of law and legal principles encountered in business; emphasis on basic law of contracts, sales and secured transactions, negotiable instruments, real and personal property, agency, forms of business organizations, suretyship, insurance contracts and torts. For non-accounting majors, accounting majors should instead take ACCT 4250 .
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ACCT 3110 - Intermediate Accounting I ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Review of accounting process and financial statements; time value of money; cash and receivables. PREREQUISITE: ACCT 2010 and ACCT 2020 with a B- or better. COREQUISITE: ACCT 3000
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ACCT 3120 - Intermediate Accounting II ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Inventories; long-term tangible and intangible assets; investments; current and long-term liabilities. PREREQUISITE: ACCT ACCT 3000 and ACCT 3110
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ACCT 3130 - Legal/Social/Political Environ ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Emphasis on legal, social, and political environment in which business and its executives exist; legal, social, and political forces that affect business operations; lectures and case discussions.
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ACCT 3310 - Cost Accounting ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Cost systems, including job order, process, and standard, as management information systems for planning and control. Allocation of indirect costs, preparation of variable budgets, and determination of standard cost variances and their meaning. PREREQUISITE: ACCT 2010 and ACCT 2020 with a B- or better.
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ACCT 3510 - Federal Income Tax I ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Introduction to the federal income taxation of individuals. PREREQUISITE: ACCT 2020 .
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ACCT 4020 - Accounting Info Technology ** Credit Hours: (3) Former: (Accounting Systems)
Description: Accounting systems analysis and design emphasizing the accounting cycles approach; theory of systems control in an organizational setting; holistic approach of synthesizing the accounting, financing, operating, and production functions where applicable. PREREQUISITE: ACCT ACCT 3110 and ACCT ACCT 3310
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ACCT 4130 - Intermediate Accounting III ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Advaned topics in financial accounting including leases, pensions, earnings per share, and accounting changes and errors. PREREQUISITE: ACCT 3120 .
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ACCT 4240 - Audit/Assurance Services ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Internal and external auditing from a broad perspective that includes topics such as standards and procedures, internal controls, information technology, business processes and improvements, risk assessment, audit programs and reports to managers and clients. PREREQUISITE: ACCT ACCT 3110 and ACCT ACCT 3310
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ACCT 4250 - Accounting Ethics/Regulation ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Foundations of ethics including integrity, objectivity, independence, ethical reasoning, ethical decisionmaking and ethical dilemmas from the point of view of a professional accountant; legal topics, codes of professional conduct relating to accounting profession and accountancy regulatory bodies; related state and national regulatory requirements. Ethical case studies on topics of professional accounting responsibility. PREREQUISITE or COREQUISITE: ACCT 4240 .
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ACCT 4310 - Data Analytics for Accountants Credit Hours: (3)
Description: The course covers the analysis of data as it pertains to accounting professionals. The focuses include analytic techniques for business intelligence and the examination of “big data” involving accounting information. Identifying and using archival databases for accounting-oriented decision-making, and apply necessary processes to unstructured data sources. Hands-on experiences via multiple detailed cases and projects will develop skills with select software tools used in data analytics in accounting. PREREQUISITE: ACCT ACCT 3120 , ACCT ACCT 4020 , and MIS MIS 3210
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ACCT 4320 - Managerial Decision Making/Accounting Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Evolution of management accounting: functional tools used by managers/controllers; written and oral communication skills in the context of management accounting. Students will develop accounting data analytic skills and apply them to business setting using business cases. PREREQUISITE: ACCT 3120 , ACCT 3310 .
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ACCT 4540 - Govt/Health/Non-Profit Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Basic accounting and reporting procedures for governmental units, universities and other not-for-profit entities. PREREQUISITE: ACCT 3110 or permission of instructor.
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ACCT 4625 - Internl Acct/IFRS/US GAAP ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Major similarities and differences between US GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS); international issues related to taxation and financial statement analysis. PREREQUISITE or COREQUISITE: ACCT 4130
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ACCT 4910 - Problems in Accounting ** Credit Hours: (1-3)
Description: Students will conduct approved projects in major area under supervision of faculty. PREREQUISITE: permission of director.
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ACCT 4911 - Internship in Accounting Credit Hours: (1-6)
Description: Internship in business organization to gain on-the-job experience. Project to be approved, supervised by departmental faculty member. Credit allowed only after acceptance of report, varies with complexity of duties. PREREQUISITE: Junior or Senior standing, 2.75 overall GPA or a minimum 3.0 GPA based on upper division business courses completed; completed a minimum of two major courses; and completed 15 hours of Upper Division business courses.
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ACCT 4920-4929 - Special Topics in Accounting
Description: Topics vary by semester, see online class schedule listing.
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ACCT 4996 - Senior Honors Thesis Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Independent research open only to those students enrolled in the honors program. Thesis supervised by faculty member; approved by the Director of the School. PREREQUISITE: senior standing and permission of the director of the college honors program.
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Advertising |
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ADVR 3300 - Survey of Advertising ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Broad survey of advertising in an economy of abundance and its relationship to marketing. Traditional, non-traditional and social media advertising will be studied. Problems and techniques of planning and coordinating an integrated series of advertising efforts for a successful plan will be discussed.
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ADVR 3310 - Branding and Strategic Media Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Exploration of how branding and strategic media (advertising and public relations) move members of the target audience from the point of awareness to the point of engagement. Trends in branding such as targeted, viral and interacive technieques will be explored. Branding campaigns will be created and evaluated. PREREQUISITE: ADVR 3300 or PBRL 3400 and Permit and 45 hours
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ADVR 3324 - Creative Strategy Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Principles of advertising psychology in relation to proven techniques for understanding the creative process, including writing effective copy and designing effective advertising. One lecture hour, four laboratory hours per week. PREREQUISITE: JRSM 2121 , JRSM 3900 .
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ADVR 4326 - Advertising Research Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Fundamentals in advertising research; nature of the market, appropriate advertising strategies, message effectiveness and media audiences; primary and secondary research, sampling, questionnaire design, survey, and data processing and analysis. PREREQUISITE: JRSM 2121 , ADVR 3300 , MKTG 3010 . COREQUISITE: ADVR 4327 .
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ADVR 4327 - Media Planning Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Procedures for analyzing the advertising situation, writing advertising and media goals, and setting advertising appropriations. Use of a microcomputer program to develop and evaluate optimum advertising media schedules. PREREQUISITE: JRSM 2121 , ADVR 3300 and MKTG 3010 . COREQUISITE: ADVR 4326
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ADVR 4328 - Strategic Adv Campaigns Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Development of an integrative campaign and its execution in include all advertising and promotion applications. (Sp) PREREQUISITE: ADVR 3324 , ADVR 4326 , ADVR 4327 , or permission of instructor.
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ADVR 4830 - Directed Indiv Study Credit Hours: (1-3)
Description: Independent study and research, or practicum, or project under supervision. Repeatable. Repeatable May be repeated for a maximum of 3 hours credit. PREREQUISITE: Permission of instructor
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Aerospace Studies |
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AERO 1111 - The Heritage & Values of the USAF I Credit Hours: (1)
Description: Survey course designed to introduce students to the United States Air Force and Air Force ROTC. Topics include Air Force mission and organization, customs and courtesies, officer opportunities, problem solving, and communication skills.
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AERO 1112 - Heritage & Values of the USAF II Credit Hours: (1)
Description: Continuation of AERO 1111 . NOTE: *Leadership Laboratory. Freshman/Sophomore level topics (supporting the General Military Course) include Air Force customs and courtesies, drill and ceremonies, issuing military commands, instructing, environment of the Air Force officer, and officer opportunities. Junior/Senior level topics (supporting the Professional Officer Course) include such advanced leadership experiences as planning and controlling cadet wing activities, preparing and presenting oral and written communication, and providing the guidance and information needed to train and motivate other cadets. One and one-half hours per week.
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AERO 2211 - Team & Leadership Fundamentals I Credit Hours: (1)
Description: Survey course designed to examine aspects of air and space power through a historical perspective. The course covers the time period from the first balloons and dirigibles to the space age global positioning systems of the Persian Gulf War. Leadership Laboratory is mandatory for AFROTC cadets.
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AERO 2212 - Team & Leadership Fundamentals II Credit Hours: (1)
Description: Continuation of AERO 2211 . NOTE: *Leadership Laboratory. Freshman/Sophomore level topics (supporting the General Military Course) include Air Force customs and courtesies, drill and ceremonies, issuing military commands, instructing, environment of the Air Force officer, and officer opportunities. Junior/Senior level topics (supporting the Professional Officer Course) include such advanced leadership experiences as planning and controlling cadet wing activities, preparing and presenting oral and written communication, and providing the guidance and information needed to train and motivate other cadets. One and one-half hours per week.
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AERO 3311 - Leading People/Effective Communication I Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Study of leadership, Air Force personnel and evaluation systems, management fundamentals, professional knowledge, leadership ethics, and communication skills required of an Air Force junior officer. Case studies are used to demonstrate and exercise practical application of concepts studied.
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AERO 3312 - Leading People/Effective Communication II Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Continuation of AERO 3311 . NOTE: *Leadership Laboratory. Freshman/Sophomore level topics (supporting the General Military Course) include Air Force customs and courtesies, drill and ceremonies, issuing military commands, instructing, environment of the Air Force officer, and officer opportunities. Junior/Senior level topics (supporting the Professional Officer Course) include such advanced leadership experiences as planning and controlling cadet wing activities, preparing and presenting oral and written communication, and providing the guidance and information needed to train and motivate other cadets. One and one-half hours per week.
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AERO 4411 - National Security/Active Duty Prep I Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Examines the national security process, regional studies, advanced leadership ethics, and Air Force doctrine. Special topics include the military as a profession, officership, military justice, civilian control of the military, and preparation for active duty. Within this structure, continued emphasis is given to refining communication skills.
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AERO 4412 - National Security/Active Duty Prep II Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Continuation of AERO 4411 . NOTE: *Leadership Laboratory. Freshman/Sophomore level topics (supporting the General Military Course) include Air Force customs and courtesies, drill and ceremonies, issuing military commands, instructing, environment of the Air Force officer, and officer opportunities. Junior/Senior level topics (supporting the Professional Officer Course) include such advanced leadership experiences as planning and controlling cadet wing activities, preparing and presenting oral and written communication, and providing the guidance and information needed to train and motivate other cadets. One and one-half hours per week.
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African and African American Studies |
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AAAS 2100 - Intro Afr/Afr American Study ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Status of Africans and African Americans in historical and modern times.
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AAAS 3100 - Research Method/Afr American ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Students design research project focusing on African and African American experiences and issues.
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AAAS 4100 - Seminar Afr/Afr Amer Studies ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Capstone course to provide an integrated and interdisciplinary understanding of the black experience which arises from culture, society, and the natural world.
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AAAS 4251 - African Religions/Diaspora Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Transplantation of African religions to the Western hemisphere; change in religions over time; African religious thought; retention, adaptation, hybridity in religious movements.
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AAAS 4351 - Ghanaian Hist/Culture Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Study of the history and cultures of Ghana.
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AAAS 4451 - Rhetoric of Hip Hop ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Movement of hip-hop from its original expressions of a hidden sub-culture to its widespread acceptance in mainstream American culture.
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AAAS 4501 - Internship Credit Hours: (3-6)
Description: Supervised internship working with public and private institutions. Seminar sessions to discuss and analyze problems facing interns. PREREQUISITE: permission of program director.
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AAAS 4901 - Independent Study ** Credit Hours: (1-3)
Description: Readings and writing assignments designed to further understanding of specialized areas within African and African American Studies. Repeatable May be taken for a maximum of 6 hours credit when topic varies.
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AAAS 4990-4999 - Special Topics in African and African American Studies.
Description: Topics vary by semester, see online class schedule listing.
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Anthropology |
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ANTH 1100 - Biol Anth & Prehistory ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Evolutionary basis of human origins and contemporary biocultural variation; fossil record of primate and hominid evolution; beginnings of human society; discovery of agriculture and emergence of complex societies; controversies in the search for human origins. [G] Cross listing: (Same as ESCI 1100 )
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ANTH 1200 - Cultural Anthropology ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Global comparison of cultural traits and traditions such as social relations, language, religion and ritual, and problems of developing nations or minority groups in modern world. [G]
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ANTH 2300 - Great Discoveries Archaeology Credit Hours: 3
Description: Great discoveries of archaeology that underlie our understandings of ancient societies and social institutions are explored. Overviews of major archaeological investigations, the archaeologists, and contemporary excavation practices; beginnings of society; discovery of agriculture; and the emergence of complex societies provide the basis to emphasize basics of the scientific methods of archaeology and the obligation to learn from prehistory. Cross listing: ESCI 2300
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ANTH 2301 - Fundamentals of Archaeology Credit Hours: (4)
Description: Hands-on experience in archaeological methods; survey of past civilizations; critical evaluation of how modern archaeological methods and theories are applied. PREREQUISITE: ANTH 1100 , recommended. Cross listing: (Same as ESCI 2301 )
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ANTH 3111 - Human Paleontology Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Hominid fossil record starting with primate developments; human evolution; human osteology.
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ANTH 3200 - Peoples/Cultures World ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Major ethnographic areas and selected cultures of the world. Required for Anthropology major or minor. PREREQUISITE: ANTH 1200 , or permission of instructor. Cross listing: (Same as ESCI 3200 )
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ANTH 3201 - Anthropology of the Internet Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Anthropological perspectives on the Internet and related technologies; on-line cultures, culture change, and novel cultural interactions; meanings and implications of cyborg nature; technologies as tools of power and resistance; on-line ethnographies; applied anthropology and virtual communities.
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ANTH 3242 - Peoples of Africa Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Description and distribution of peoples and cultures of Africa; comparisons and interrelationships during pre- and post-contact periods.
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ANTH 3253 - Anthropology of Religion Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Explores magic and religion around the world; links between myth, magic and ritual in broader cultural context; roles of magical and religious specialists; impact of culture change on belief systems. Designed for both majors and non-majors.
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ANTH 3282 - American Communities ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Cultural historic interpretation of formation, development and transformation of diverse community life patterns in United States; analysis of community as it reflects change in American society; exploration of contemporary approaches to community-building. [G]
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ANTH 3300 - Rise To Civilization Credit Hours: (3)
Description: The origin of social complexity, agriculture, and urbanism; comparison of early civilizations; was civilization a good thing?
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ANTH 3500 - Anth of Global Health ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Anthropological approaches to understanding and addressing global health inequalities; cultural, ecological and political economic factors shaping health and illness across the globe; role of states, non-governmental organizations and other institutions in health policy. Designed for both majors and non-majors.
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ANTH 3511 - Culture/Kin/Family Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Changing structure of family in Western and non-Western societies; cross-cultural approaches to mate selection, courtship rituals, kinship organization, institution of marriage, division of labor and authority in household, and childbearing; variation and flexibility in family structures as adaptive strategies for environmental, social and cultural change.
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ANTH 3541 - Anthropology of the Food and Nutrition Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Relationship between food and culture; foodways; meanings of food in relation to identity, nationalism, political economy, gender, class, race, labor, globalization; cultural perspectives on diet and nutrition; hunger.
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ANTH 4010 - Ethnographic Methods Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Various qualitative and quantitative methods of anthropological research; includes preparing for field research, collecting data, analyzing data and writing ethnographic descriptions of contemporary societies. PREREQUISITE: ANTH 3200 , or permission of instructor.
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ANTH 4065 - Anthropological Theory ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Contemporary growth of theories and methods in anthropology. Required for Anthropology major or minor.
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ANTH 4111 - Evolution and Human Health Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Implications of human evolutionary history for understanding human variation and contemporary health issues, including chronic and infectious disease; focus on importance of ecological and social context in shaping human development across the lifespan. PREREQUISITE: ANTH 1100 , or permission of instructor.
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ANTH 4220 - Culture, Environment and Justice Credit Hours: (3)
Description: This course looks at the intersections of culture, the environment, and social justice. This includes how people construct ideas about “nature” and attribute value to it, how people construct claims to “nature,” and how those claims produce and perpetuate social and health inequalities. It examines historical and contemporary environmental movements including market-based strategies (conservation tourism, going “green,” ethical consumption) and rights-based initiatives (human rights, environmental justice, indigenous rights). Cross listing: 6220
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ANTH 4221 - Gender and Culture Credit Hours: (3)
Description: This course provides an overview of different anthropological approaches to the study of gender and sexuality. Issues discussed will include: evolutionary perspectives and bio-cultural perspectives on sex/gender, the domestic/public divide and the division of labor, social variations in cultural constructions of femininity and masculinity, queering the anthropological approach to gender and sexualities, and the mutually-constitutive roles of the state in gendered/sex practices. The course provides students a theoretical foundation for understanding gender as a central issue in anthropological pursuits. Cross listing: 6221
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ANTH 4223 - Refugees and Humanitarianism Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Critical look at human displacement from the perspective of refugees; modern category of the “refugee”; the refugee camp; displacement; statelessness, and the state; the politics and practices of humanitarian aid; repatriation and resettlement. Cross listing: 6223
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ANTH 4270 - Ancient Human Soc/Envir Chng Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Examination of past people and their environments from the Ice Age to recent times; archaeological and paleoecological data. Three lecture hours per week. Cross listing: (Same as ESCI 4270)
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ANTH 4301 - Archaeology of the Americas Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Intensive study of various prehistoric cultures of the Americas from earliest times until historic contact. PREREQUISITE: ANTH 1100, ANTH 1200, or permission of instructor. Cross listing: (Same as ESCI 4301)
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ANTH 4302 - Native People of North America Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Ethnology of North America; intensive study of various prehistoric cultures from earliest times until historic contact. PREREQUISITE: ANTH 1100 , ANTH 1200 , or permission of instructor.
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ANTH 4325 - Archaeol Fld/Lab Techn Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Instruction in field excavation, specimen preparation, use of survey instruments and photography, map making, archaeological record keeping; methods and techniques in archaeological laboratory analysis; emphasis on organization and supervision of laboratory procedures. PREREQUISITE: permission of instructor. Cross listing: (Same as ESCI 4325 )
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ANTH 4335 - Analysis of Stone Artifacts Credit Hours: 3
Description: Much of the prehistoric cultural record is pieced together through the analysis of stone artifacts. The class outlines the basics of stone “lithics” artifact anlysis through an in-depth study of current techniques, instrumentation, and theory. Lecture is augmented by class discussion and hands-on experimentation “flintknapping.” Cross listing: ESCI 4335
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ANTH 4350 - Archaeology of Collapse Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Emphasis on archaeology of regional politics and archaic states throughout the world. Overview of social and political collapse of complex societies. Cross listing: (Same as ESCI 4350 )
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ANTH 4352 - Archaeology/World Prehistory Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Global survey of cultures from first humans to early civilizations. Cross listing: (Same as ESCI 4352)
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ANTH 4365 - Cultural Resource Mgmt Credit Hours: (3)
Description: The majority of archaeological work in North America is conducted in compliance with tribal, state, and federal legislation in Cultural Resource Management (CRM). The ultimate goals of this course is to prepare students for CRM roles and responsibilities through learning the historic development, current legislation, practices and real world skills needed to conduct CRM work.
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ANTH 4411 - Urban Anthropology Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Urban anthropology is concerned with the origin, development and evolution of cities as well as with the description and comparison of urban/suburban/exurban life and culture. In this course we will explore a range of techniques and theoretical approaches to understanding the nature and culture of contemporary cities. The seminar will focus on several themes, including urban poverty; urban health inequalities; race, class and housing; and social connectivity within urban environments. Cross listing: 6411
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ANTH 4412 - Neighborhood Development Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Role of various institutions and their relationship to developmental needs of inner city neighborhoods; evolution of American cities as context for understanding urban neighborhoods and poverty; role of government and foundations in shaping policy at local level; rise of neighborhood associations and non-profits as extensions of family values; contributing to better understanding of neighborhoods and various intervention strategies. Cross listing: (Same as PADM 4412 )
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ANTH 4415 - Anthropology Human Rights Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Anthropological approaches to critical human rights issues, debates, practices including gender, children, health, land, genocide, resettlement; broadly-defined human rights in specific national and cultural contexts; explores what anthropology, practitioners, and ethnographic methods offer our understanding of how human rights are interpreted and negotiated. PREREQUISITE: ANTH 1200 , or permission of instructor.
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ANTH 4416 - Culture/Identity/Power Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Anthropological approaches to human identity in cross-cultural contexts. Examines how culture and power inform understandings and practices related to difference and stratification, and the forces of identity formation and reproduction cross-culturally with emphasis on ways that race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, religion, nation, and community are constructed, negotiated, and resisted. PREREQUISITE: ANTH 1200 , or permission of instructor.
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ANTH 4417 - Food, Culture, Power Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Anthropological study at the intersection of the global industrialized food system and emerging alternatives; construction and negotiation of value, taste, and meaning of food throughout the life cycle of the food system, from field to fork and table to trash; marginality, power, and social action in food systems. Cross listing: 6417
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ANTH 4418 - Anthropology of Organizations Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Anthropological approaches to studying organizations and institutions; ongoing development and change of organizational culture; knowledge and innovation in organizations; non-governmental organizations (NGOs); global, multi-sited, and virtual organizations; applied anthropology in an organizational context; power relationships among communities, organizations, institutions, and elites; collaborative ethnographies in organizations.
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ANTH 4431 - Shopping as a Social Science Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Advanced study of shopping and consumption from an anthropological perspective; contemporary consumer culture in the U S and around the world; emphasis on how consumption shapes/reflects individual identities and cultural trends; consumer movements and anticonsumerism; sociocultural and environmental impacts of consumer behavior; the role of ethnography in the market.
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ANTH 4511 - Medical Anthropology Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Surveys the anthropology of health, illness, and curing systems, and how cultural, evolutionary, and environmental forces shape health and healing. Topics include ethnomedicine, nutrition, mental health, reproduction, addictions, health ecology, and evolutionary medicine. Examines how illness perceptions and health behaviors yield deeper insight into identity, values, agency, and health disparities. Considers roles for applied medical anthropology to improve care.
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ANTH 4521 - Culture, Soc & Mental Health Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Examination of mental health and illness as a set of subjective experiences, social processes and objects of knowledge and intervention; cultural models of mental illness and healing; therapy as a cultural practice; substance abuse and addiction; mental health and relations of power; sociocultural dimensions of psycho-pharmacology.
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ANTH 4531 - Alcohol/Drugs/Culture Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Cross-cultural comparison of beliefs, meanings and behaviors regarding alcohol and other drug use; biological, social, economic, and political dimensions of alcohol and drugs; implications for prevention and treatment.
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ANTH 4551 - Culture/Sex/Childbirth Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Review of biological, environmental, social and cultural factors influencing human reproduction; comparison of cultural and clinical perspectives on sexual orientation and behavior, sexually transmitted diseases, fertility, birth control, pregnancy, birth and post-partum care; evaluation of alternative delivery systems in Western and non-Western societies.
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ANTH 4571 - Race and Health Disparities Credit Hours: (3)
Description: History of scientific racism and race in the public and healthcare spheres; current understandings of human biological and genetic variation; role of cultural constructions of race in differential exposures to health hazards and access to health care; racial health disparities; strategies for addressing health inequalities.
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ANTH 4660 - Museum Collections Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Theory, methods, collection policy, development, preservation, documentation, interpretation of museum collections. PREREQUISITE: permission of instructor. Cross listing: (Same as ARTH 4660 )
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ANTH 4661 - Collections Research Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Introduces students in object based disciplines to museum collections research methods and application to exhibitions, catalogs, scholarly publications. PREREQUISITE: permission of instructor. Cross listing: (Same as ARTH 4661 )
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ANTH 4662 - Museum Exhibitions Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Methods and theory of research, design, layout, object selection and handling, installation, public programming and evaluation. PREREQUISITE: permission of instructor. Cross listing: (Same as ARTH 4662 )
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ANTH 4680 - Applied Archaeology/Museums Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Representations of cultural heritage in a broad array of public venues; repatriation, cultural patrimony, cultural resource management, civic engagement, rights and responsibilities of stakeholders, public involvement in museum representations, performance and education, culture and memory. Cross listing: (Same as ESCI 4680 )
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ANTH 4970 - Directed Anth Internshp Credit Hours: (1-3)
Description: Supervised practical experience in application of anthropological principles in agency or facility appropriate to discipline of anthropology. Student selects topic and partner organization in consultation with faculty supervisor and department chair. PREREQUISITE: permission of instructor.
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ANTH 4975 - Directed Ind Reading Credit Hours: (1-4)
Description: Intensive guided survey of anthropological and related literature; student selects a topic in consultation with a faculty member and department chair.
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ANTH 4985 - Direct Ind Research Credit Hours: (1-3)
Description: Intensive guided research, data analysis and presentation; student selects a topic in consultation with a faculty supervisor and department chair.
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ANTH 4989 - Senior Honors Thesis Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Under direction of faculty member, and with approval of Honors Committee, student writes thesis based on research in primary and/or secondary sources
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ANTH 4990-4999 - Special Topics in Anthropology
Description: Topics vary by semester, see online class schedule listing.
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MUAP 1100 - Introductory Class Piano Credit Hours: (1)
Description: Beginning instruction in piano; development of basic reading, music theory and performance skills; open to non-music majors.
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MUAP 1105 - Class Piano l Credit Hours: (1)
Description: Basic technique, repertoire, and skills based on major and minor white-key scales and diatonic harmonies. PREREQUISITE: MUTC 1001 or permission of instructor.
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MUAP 1106 - Class Piano ll Credit Hours: (1)
Description: Technique, repertoire, and skills based on major, minor, and modal scales. PREREQUISITE: MUAP 1105 ; MUTC 1008 , MUTC 1010 .
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