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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.
High Impact Practice Code: Learning Community, Study Abroad
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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 - Financial Accounting 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 - Managerial ACCT/Non-Acct Major 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. NOTE: Not Required for Acct. Majors PREREQUISITE: ACCT 2010 , MATH 1710 or MATH 1830 .
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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 3100 - Foundations of Accounting Credit Hours: 3
Description: Development of foundational skills required for professional accountants including an accounting practice set, review of the accounting cycle, study of the form and content of published corporate financial statements, financial accounting standards, the time value of money, and introduction to the application of MS Excel in accounting. PREREQUISITE: ACCT 2010 with a B- or better
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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 3000 or ACCT 3100.
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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 - Intermediate Managerial 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 with a B- or better.
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ACCT 3320 - Accounting Data Analytics I Credit Hours: (3) Former: ACCT 4310
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 applying 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 3100
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ACCT 4020 - Accounting Information Systems ** 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 3110 and ACCT 3310 .
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ACCT 4030 - Systems Assurance/Advisory I Credit Hours: 3
Description: Overview of SOC CPA engagements; introduction to the IT Audit process; planning a SOC 2 examination; IT Audit tools and techniques; risk management techniques; application system risks and controls; audit of information systems operations. PREREQUISITE: ACCT 4020 PREREQUISITE or COREQUISITE: ACCT 4240
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ACCT 4521 - Individual Tax Compliance/Plan ** Credit Hours: (3) Former: ACCT 3510
Description: Introduction to the federal income taxation of individuals. PREREQUISITE: ACCT 2010
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ACCT 4531 - Personal Tax Advisory Credit Hours: 3
Description: individual tax planning, including tax reduction/management techniques; timing of income and expenses, tax consequences of charitable giving, and gift & estate planning. PREREQUISITE: ACCT 4521
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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 3120
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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 experience in a business organization to assist students in becoming professionally prepared and career-ready in Accountancy. A successful end-of-course assignment is required as well as supervisor evaluations for final grading. Approved and supervised by departmental faculty advisor, course offered by permit only. PREREQUISITE: Junior or Senior standing, 2.0 overall GPA, and two upper division courses in the major. Students must apply for credit through the Fogelman Internship Online Network before beginning the internship experience. 150 work hours required for 3 hours credit to be awarded based on the internship’s learning content.
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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 - Intro to Advertising ** Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Exploring advertising as a career and a field. Both traditional and non-traditional 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. Concepts such as using brands to create market value, brand equity and brand power, and developing brand strategies and tactics 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 3320 - Strategic Account Management Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Exploration of how account management is the center of decision-making and problem-solving—critical skills in today’s strategic media structure. Trends in account management, such as the account management information system will be included. PREREQUISITE: ADVR 3300 or PBRL 3400
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ADVR 3321 - Copywriting Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Strategic thinking, message development, execution and production, with a concentration on on-target and on-strategy copywriting for all advertising media. PREREQUISITE: JRSM 2121
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ADVR 3324 - Creative Strategy Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Introduction to advertising creative strategy. Students learn the creative process, copywriting, and design. Students learn how to create print advertising, banner advertising, radio advertising, TV advertising, outdoor advertising and social media advertising. PREREQUISITE: JRSM 3905 or JRSM 3900 .
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ADVR 3330 - Digital Analytics & Evaluation Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Gathering, understanding, and utilizing social media analytics for a variety of platforms. Students will become certified in multiple social media analytics platforms. PREREQUISITE: ADVR 3300 or PBRL 3400
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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. 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: “Heritage and Values of the United States Air Force,” is a survey course designed to introduce students to the United States Air Force and provides an overview of the basic characteristics, missions, and organization of the Air Force.
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AERO 1112 - Heritage & Values of the USAF II Credit Hours: (1)
Description: Continuation of AERO 1111 .
“Heritage and Values of the United States Air Force,” is a survey course designed to introduce students to the United States Air Force and provides an overview of the basic characteristics, missions, and organization of the Air Force. 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: “Team and Leadership Fundamentals,” focuses on laying the foundation for teams and leadership. The topics include skills that will allow cadets to improve their leadership on a personal level and within a team. The courses will prepare cadets for their field training experience where they will be able to put the concepts learned into practice. The purpose is to instill a leadership mindset and to motivate sophomore students to transition from AFROTC cadet to AFROTC officer candidate.
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AERO 2212 - Team & Leadership Fundamentals II Credit Hours: (1)
Description: Continuation of AERO 2211 .
“Team and Leadership Fundamentals,” focuses on laying the foundation for teams and leadership. The topics include skills that will allow cadets to improve their leadership on a personal level and within a team. The courses will prepare cadets for their field training experience where they will be able to put the concepts learned into practice. The purpose is to instill a leadership mindset and to motivate sophomore students to transition from AFROTC cadet to AFROTC officer candidate. 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: “Leading People and Effective Communication,” teaches cadets advanced skills and knowledge in management and leadership. Special emphasis is placed on enhancing leadership skills and communication. Cadets have an opportunity to try out these leadership and management techniques in a supervised environment as juniors and seniors.
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AERO 3312 - Leading People/Effective Communication II Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Continuation of AERO 3311 .
“Leading People and Effective Communication,” teaches cadets advanced skills and knowledge in management and leadership. Special emphasis is placed on enhancing leadership skills and communication. Cadets have an opportunity to try out these leadership and management techniques in a supervised environment as juniors and seniors. 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: “National Security Affairs/Preparation for Active Duty,” is designed for college seniors and gives them the foundation to understand their role as military officers in American society. It is an overview of the complex social and political issues facing the military profession and requires a measure of sophistication commensurate with the senior college level. The final semester provides information that will prepare the cadets for Active Duty.
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AERO 4412 - National Security/Active Duty Prep II Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Continuation of AERO 4411 .
“National Security Affairs/Preparation for Active Duty,” is designed for college seniors and gives them the foundation to understand their role as military officers in American society. It is an overview of the complex social and political issues facing the military profession and requires a measure of sophistication commensurate with the senior college level. The final semester provides information that will prepare the cadets for Active Duty. 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. 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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American Sign Language |
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AMSL 1010 - Intro Amer Sign Lang l Credit Hours: (3) Former: AUSP
Description: Basic comprehension and expressive skills in American Sign Language (ASL), including vocabulary, grammar, and finger spelling. Includes in- and out-of-class practice and practical applications.
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AMSL 1020 - Intro Amer Sign Language ll Credit Hours: (3) Former: AUSP
Description: Further development of production and comprehension of ASL, including vocabulary, grammar, sentence structures, conversational strategies, and cultural/linguistic aspects. PREREQUISITE: AMSL 1010 or Permission of Instructor.
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AMSL 2010 - Inter Amer Sign Language l Credit Hours: (3) Former: AUSP
Description: Development of visual-spacial (gestural) skills and improvement of expressive fluency and receptive skills. The use of lexicalized signs and fluency/accuracy of finger-spelling will be developed. PREREQUISITE: AMSL 1020 or Permission of Instructor.
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AMSL 2020 - Inter Amer Sign Language II Credit Hours: (3) Former: AUSP
Description: Continued development of conversational ASL skills, expressive fluency, and receptive skills. The use of lexicalized signs and fluency of fingerspelling will be honed. PREREQUISITE: AMSL 2010 or permission of instructor.
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AMSL 3010 - Advanced American Sign Language Credit Hours: (3) Former: AUSP
Description: This course continues development of conversational skills, receptive skills, and expressive fluency in American Sign Language. PREREQUISITE: AMSL 2020 or permission of instructor.
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AMSL 3020 - Advanced Fingerspelling Credit Hours: (3) Former: AUSP
Description: This course will develop expressive and receptive fingerspelling skills that focus on whole-word and phrase recognition as well as identifying fingerspelling words in context and developing speed, clarity, and fluency. PREREQUISITE: AMSL 1020 or permission of instructor.
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AMSL 4205 - ASL for Speech, Audio, & Educ Credit Hours: (3) Former: AUSP
Description: This course presents (1) basic vocabulary and grammar of American Sign Language appropriate for use in the classroom and therapy setting and (2) specific topics, information, and strategies that provide exposure to elements of Deaf Culture and the Deaf community for speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and educators
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AMSL 4206 - Deaf Culture and Deaf History Credit Hours: (3) Former: AUSP
Description: This course is designed to introduce the most important aspects of the American Deaf experience by exploring the history, contributions, and contemporary lives of Deaf people in America.
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AMSL 4207 - Psychological, Sociological, and Educational Perspectives of Deafness Credit Hours: (3) Former: AUSP
Description: This class focuses on multiple perspectives including psychological, sociological, and educational issues from the point of view of d/Deaf adults and professionals in these fields who work with the d/Deaf. PREREQUISITE: AMSL 1010 OR AMSL 4205 /6205
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AMSL 4208 - Introduction to Interpreting ASL Credit Hours: (3) Former: AUSP
Description: This course guides the student through the process necessary for becoming a qualified interpreter in a market that is rapidly changing by providing a broad base of knowledge that addresses current trends and promotes critical thinking and open dialogue about the necessary competencies, conditions, boundaries and ethics to become an interpreter.
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AMSL 4209 - Linguistics in American Sign Language Credit Hours: (3) Former: AUSP
Description: This course defines language and linguistics as it refers to American Sign Language focusing on the primary traditions 0f communication, pattern formation, and cognition.
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AMSL 4800 - Independent Study in American Sign Language Credit Hours: (3) Former: AUSP
Description: Exploration of emerging topics in American Sign Language and their implication on the changing social, cultural, political, economic and spiritual needs and goals of the Deaf.
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AMSL 4900 - ASL/Deaf Studies Field Experience Credit Hours: (3) Former: AUSP
Description: Offers students authentic experiences using American Sign Language in the broader community.
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AUSP 4400-4410 - Special Topics in Audiology and Speech Pathology Credit Hours: (3)
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 )
High Impact Practice Code: Learning Community
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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]
High Impact Practice Code: Learning Community
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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 3010 - Practicing Anthropology Credit Hours: (3)
Description: This course is designed to help prepare undergraduate anthropology majors and minors to pursue “anthropological” careers. It surveys the history, ethics, and methods of applied and practicing anthropology, and the contribution of anthropologists to solving human problems. It explores the differences between academic and practicing anthropology and offers opportunities to engage with professionals in a range of fields. Finally, it covers graduate studies and admissions and how to search and prepare for jobs in applied anthropology.
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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 - Culture and Change around the World Credit Hours: (3)
Description: Ethnographic perspectives on culture and change in various contexts around the world. Required for Anthropology major or minor. PREREQUISITE: ANTH 1200, or permission of instructor.
Cross listing: 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 3203 - Anthropology of Popular Music Credit Hours: (3)
Description: This course considers the cultural meanings, politics, and experiences of popular music. In this class, we will use anthropological theory to examine key issues in the study of popular music as a cultural artifact including the “popular,” authenticity, appropriation, ideology, high/low art, consumption, performance, subculture, and more. In addition, this class will explore the relationship between popular music and identity (race, class, gender, sexuality) and the processes of social construction and reification. Our aim in this class is to understand and apply anthropological approaches to popular music.
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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 3260–3625 - Special Topics in Anthropology Credit Hours: (1-3)
Description: Topics vary by semester, see online class schedule listing.
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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]
High Impact Practice Code: Study Abroad
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ANTH 3300 - Ancient Civilizations 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 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: Students will critically examine core theoretical perspectives—both historical and contemporary—within the field of anthropology; apply theoretical perspectives to contemporary social phenomena and connect theory to research methods.
Required for Anthropology major or minor. PREREQUISITE: ANTH 3200
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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.
High Impact Practice Code: Learning Community
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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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