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2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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(ARTH) Art History

  
  • ARTH 172 - Western Art: Ancient through Medieval

    3 Credit Hours
    Major monuments in Western art with emphasis on Europe from antiquity through the Middle Ages.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 2-hour lecture and 1-hour discussion each week.
  
  • ARTH 173 - Western Art: Renaissance to Contemporary

    3 Credit Hours
    Major monuments in the history of European and American art from the Renaissance to the present.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 2-hour lecture and 1-hour discussion each week.
  
  • ARTH 177 - Honors Western Art: Ancient through Medieval

    3 Credit Hours
    Consent of Department required. Major monuments in Western art with emphasis on Europe from antiquity through the Middle Ages. Study grounded in reading, writing, and discussion. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • ARTH 178 - Honors Western Art: Renaissance to Contemporary

    3 Credit Hours
    Consent of Department required. Major monuments in the history of European and American art from the Renaissance to the present. Study grounded in reading, writing, and discussion. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • ARTH 183 - Asian Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Selected major monuments of South and East Asian art (archaeological material, sculpture, architecture, painting, prints) in their social, political and religious contexts.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • ARTH 187 - Honors: Asian Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Consent of instructor required. Selected major monuments of South and East Asian art (archaeological material, sculpture, architecture, painting, prints) in their social, political and religious contexts. Study grounded in reading, writing, and discussion. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • ARTH 279 - Special Topics in Art History

    3 Credit Hours
    Student- or instructor-initiated course offered at convenience of department.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • ARTH 375 - Seminar in Art History I

    3 Credit Hours
    Seminar for majors. Introduction to the practice and methodology of art history. Writing-emphasis course.

    Recommended Background: 9 hours of art history courses, 3 of which must be upper-division.
    Registration Restriction(s): Art History majors and minors only or consent of instructor.
  
  • ARTH 402 - Seminar in Art History II

    3 Credit Hours
    Seminar for majors. Builds on 375 but with an emphasis on research and effective written and oral presentation. Capstone class.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 375.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – junior.
  
  • ARTH 403 - History of Photography

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of the history of photography from the introduction of the daguerreotype and calotype to more recent trends. Emphasis will be placed on aesthetics and the use of photography as a medium for artistic expression.

  
  • ARTH 411 - Art of South and Southeast Asia

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of the art and architecture of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia from 2000 BC to the 20th century. The major achievements of each period are examined in relation to their religious, political, and social contexts. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 413 - Art of China I

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of the art and architecture of China from the Neolithic period through the Song dynasty (968-1279). The major achievements of each period are examined in relation to their religious, political, and social contexts. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 414 - Art of China II

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of the art and architecture of China from the Yuan period through the Qing dynasties (1644-1911). The major achievements of each period are examined in relation to their religious, political, and social contexts. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 416 - Chinese Art of the 20th and 21st Centuries

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of Chinese art from the late 19th century through the present. Hong Kong, Taiwanese, and expatriate artists are also considered. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 419 - Art of Japan

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of the art and architecture of Japan from the Neolithic period to the 20th century. The major achievements of each period are examined in relation to their religious, political, and social contexts. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 425 - Early Christian and Byzantine Art to 1350

    3 Credit Hours
    Art in Italy and the Eastern Empire from the beginnings of Christian art to c. 1350. Mosaic and painting, sculpture and architecture. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Judaic Studies 426.)
  
  • ARTH 431 - Medieval Art of the West, 800-1400

    3 Credit Hours
    Western European art of the Dark Ages, Romanesque, and Gothic periods. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Judaic Studies 432; Medieval and Renaissance Studies 432.)
  
  • ARTH 433 - History of Film and Modern and Contemporary Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Study of the development and interaction between the cinematic arts and the visual arts within the context of 20th- and 21st-century art history.

    (Same as Cinema Studies 433.)
  
  • ARTH 441 - Northern European Painting, 1350-1600

    3 Credit Hours
    From courtly art of late Middle Ages to Northern Renaissance. Jan van Eyck, Roger van der Weyden, and Durer; early printmakers. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Medieval and Renaissance Studies 442.)
  
  • ARTH 442 - Art of Northern Europe, 1600-1675

    3 Credit Hours
    Concentrated study of Bruegel, Rubens, Rembrandt, Georges de La Tour, Vermeer, Poussin, and Hals. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 451 - The Art of Italy, 1250-1450

    3 Credit Hours
    Development of exploration of naturalism. Revival of antiquity and development of theories of perspective in the Early Renaissance. Including Duccio, Giotto, Masaccio, Donatello, Botticelli. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Medieval and Renaissance Studies 452.)
  
  • ARTH 452 - Art of Italy, 1450-1575

    3 Credit Hours
    Concentrated study of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Titian, Raphael, Pontormo, and Giorgione. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 453 - Art of Southern Europe, 1575-1700

    3 Credit Hours
    Concentrated study of Caravaggio, Bernini, and Italian Baroque developments in all media. Spanish Baroque painting and sculpture with special attention to Velazquez. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 454 - Renaissance and Baroque Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    Addresses the theory of Western art in the early modern period with emphasis on the development and evolution in European art during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 172 and 173.
  
  • ARTH 461 - Art of Southern and Eastern Africa

    3 Credit Hours
    Art traditions of the eastern and southern regions of Africa. Sculpture, painting, pottery, textiles, architecture, and human adornment will be examined. Some ancient Stone and Iron Age traditions will be examined, but the main emphasis will be on the diverse ethnic and regional art traditions practiced in the area from the 19th century to the present. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Africana Studies 464.)
  
  • ARTH 462 - Art and Archaeology of Ancient Africa

    3 Credit Hours
    Historical art traditions of sub-Sahara Africa. Topics to be covered include prehistoric rock paintings, art from archaeological sites and ancient kingdoms. The time period covered ranges from the first and second millennia BC for some of the early terracotta sculpture and rock paintings, the 11th through 19th centuries AD for the later ancient kingdoms. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Africana Studies 465.)
  
  • ARTH 463 - Arts of the African Diaspora

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines the aesthetic, philosophical and religious patterns of the African descendants of Brazil, Surinam, the Caribbean and the United States. Emphasis will be placed on the full range of art forms, including the sculptural and performance traditions, as well as architecture, textile, basketry, and pottery art forms. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Africana Studies 466.)
  
  • ARTH 464 - Oceanic Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Concentrated study of selected sculpture, textiles, architecture and other traditional art forms of Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia. Objects are discussed on the basis of style, style relationship, iconography and the uses to which they were put in their traditional religious, political, and social contexts. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 470 - African-American Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Traces the artistic and social legacy of African-American art from the eighteenth century to the present day. Specifically, this class will focus on the ways in which artists used creativity to confront, deny, or complicate understandings of racial identity and racism. Examines broad scope of artistic production including painting, sculpture, photography, multi-media, fiction writing, and video art. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Africana Studies 471.)
  
  • ARTH 472 - History of 20th-Century American Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Developments in architecture, painting, and design from 1900. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 473 - 19th-Century American Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines painting, sculpture, and print culture from the Revolutionary War to the turn of the 20th century. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 475 - History of 19th-Century Painting and Sculpture in Europe

    3 Credit Hours
    The evolution of Romanticism, Neoclassicism, and Realism in Europe, including the innovations of Manet, Impressionism, Cezanne, Post-Impressionism, Art Nouveau, and Symbolism. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 476 - History of 20th-Century Painting and Sculpture in Europe

    3 Credit Hours
    Development of the Modern and Post-Modern movements in Europe. Investigation of the progression of abstraction through more recent conceptual trends. Analysis of the work of individual artists such as Picasso, Matisse, and many others. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 479 - Special Topics in Art History

    3 Credit Hours
    Student- or instructor-initiated course offered at convenience of department.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • ARTH 489 - Studies in Art History

    3 Credit Hours
    Concentration in individually selected area.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ARTH 493 - Independent Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ARTH 494 - Individual Problems

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(ASL) American Sign Language

  
  • ASL 111 - Elementary American Sign Language I

    3 Credit Hours
    Expressive and receptive skill development in sign communication. Video text and interactive teaching method used. Class conducted totally in sign.

  
  • ASL 112 - Elementary American Sign Language II

    3 Credit Hours
    Expressive and receptive skill development in sign communication. Video text and interactive teaching method used. Class conducted totally in sign.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 111.
  
  • ASL 211 - Intermediate American Sign Language I

    3 Credit Hours
    Sequence (211-212) stresses fluency of expressive and receptive sign communication skills. Using language in context is emphasized. Grammatical structures of ASL and cultural implications of the deaf community.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 112.
  
  • ASL 212 - Intermediate American Sign Language II

    3 Credit Hours
    Sequence (211-212) stresses fluency of expressive and receptive sign communication skills. Using language in context is emphasized. Grammatical structures of ASL and cultural implications of the deaf community.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 211.
  
  • ASL 421 - Deaf Culture and Community

    3 Credit Hours
    Comprehensive overview of the deaf and hard-of-hearing populations of North America. Consideration also given to similarities and differences with international deaf communities. Students will explore beliefs, theories, and evidence about the experience of deaf people. Examination of the concepts and implications of disability theory, social and medical models as ways of defining the deaf population; demographics of the deaf community; distinctions among the pre- and post-lingually deaf, oral and sign language users, and under-represented groups that comprise the larger deaf community; impact of deaf education on the history and organizational structure of the deaf community.

  
  • ASL 435 - Linguistics of American Sign Language

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to grammatical and linguistic structures of ASL. Language variations, discourse, bilingualism, and language contact also covered. Conducted in ASL.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 211.

(ASST) Asian Studies (145)

  
  • ASST 141 - Elementary Modern Hebrew I

    4 Credit Hours
    Taped language program.

    (Same as Hebrew 141.)
  
  • ASST 142 - Elementary Modern Hebrew II

    4 Credit Hours
    Taped language program.

    (Same as Hebrew 142.)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 141.
  
  • ASST 161 - Elementary Persian I

    4 Credit Hours
    Taped language program.

    (Same as Persian 161.)
  
  • ASST 162 - Elementary Persian II

    4 Credit Hours
    Taped language program.

    (Same as Persian 162.)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 161.
  
  • ASST 241 - Intermediate Modern Hebrew I

    4 Credit Hours
    Taped language program.

    (Same as Hebrew 241.)
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
  
  • ASST 242 - Intermediate Modern Hebrew II

    4 Credit Hours
    Taped language program.

    (Same as Hebrew 242.)
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 241.
  
  • ASST 261 - Intermediate Persian I

    4 Credit Hours
    Taped language program.

    (Same as Persian 261.)
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
  
  • ASST 262 - Intermediate Persian II

    4 Credit Hours
    Taped language program.

    (Same as Persian 262.)
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 261.
  
  • ASST 332 - Introduction to Islam

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Religious Studies 332.)
  
  • ASST 374 - Emerging Landscapes of East Asia

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Geography 374.)
  
  • ASST 471 - Selected Topics in Asian Studies

    3 Credit Hours
    Content varies.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • ASST 491 - Foreign Study

    1-5 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 5 hours.
  
  • ASST 492 - Off-Campus Study

    1-5 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 5 hours.
  
  • ASST 493 - Independent Study

    1-5 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 5 hours.

(ASTR) Astronomy (150)

  
  • ASTR 151 - A Journey through the Solar System Lecture

    3 Credit Hours
    Study of Earth’s nearest astronomical neighbors, including the sun, planets, asteroids, and comets. Seasons, solar and lunar eclipses, motion of the planets in the night sky, recent planetary space probe discoveries, development of our modern understanding of the origin and evolution of our solar system and its place in the universe, discovery of extrasolar planets in distant solar systems. A minimum of mathematical analysis.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both Astronomy 151 and Astronomy 217.
  
  • ASTR 152 - Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology Lecture

    3 Credit Hours
    Life and death of stars, exotic objects including white dwarfs, supernovae, neutron stars, pulsars, and black holes. Structure of galaxies, formation of large-scale structure in the universe, and cosmological issues such as the big bang, dark matter, dark energy, and the past, present, and projected future behavior of the universe in light of modern astrophysics and particle physics. Conditions for the existence of life in the universe and the possibility of extraterrestrial intelligence. A minimum of mathematical analysis.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both Astronomy 152 and Astronomy 218.
  
  • ASTR 153 - A Journey through the Solar System Lab

    1 Credit Hours
    Principles for interpretation of astronomical observations are reinforced in laboratory. ASTR 151 and ASTR 153 must both be completed to earn credit for a single semester of laboratory-based astronomy.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS with lab) if taken with ASTR 151.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 151.
  
  • ASTR 154 - Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology Lab

    1 Credit Hours
    Principles for interpretation of astronomical observations are reinforced in laboratory. ASTR 152 and ASTR 154 must both be completed to earn credit for a single semester of laboratory-based astronomy.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS with lab) if taken with ASTR 152.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 152.
  
  • ASTR 217 - Honors: Introductory Astronomy

    4 Credit Hours
    Introduction to astronomy and astrophysics. Historical perspectives in understanding the celestial universe with emphasis on the laws of physics as they apply to the changing conceptions of the universe; structure of the solar system and celestial motions; evolution and properties of stars; galactic structure and models of the universe; observational technique and interpretation of underlying physical laws in accompanying lab. The 217-218 sequence satisfies the College of Arts and Sciences’ requirement for a natural science with laboratory.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both Astronomy 151 and Astronomy 217.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Mathematics 141 or Mathematics 130.
  
  • ASTR 218 - Honors: Introductory Astronomy

    4 Credit Hours
    Introduction to astronomy and astrophysics. Historical perspectives in understanding the celestial universe, with emphasis on the laws of physics as they apply to the changing conceptions of the universe; structure of the solar system and celestial motions; evolution and properties of stars; galactic structure and models of the universe; observational technique and interpretation of underlying physical laws in accompanying lab. The 217-218 sequence satisfies the College of Arts and Sciences’ requirement for a natural science with laboratory.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both Astronomy 152 and Astronomy 218.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Mathematics 141 or Mathematics 130.
  
  • ASTR 411 - Stellar Structure and Stellar Evolution

    3 Credit Hours
    An introduction to stars and the physical principles governing stellar structure and stellar evolution. Topics include equations of state for stars, hydrostatic equilibrium, energy production and energy transport in stars, the birth of stars, extrasolar planets, main sequence stars, solar neutrinos and neutrino oscillations, red giants and post mainsequence evolution, pulsating variable stars, white dwarfs, neutron stars and pulsars, accretion in binary star systems, novae, X-ray bursts, supernovae, and production of the elements in various stellar processes.

    Recommended Background: 151-152 or 218; and Physics 136 or 138; and Physics 250 and 321; or permission of instructor.
  
  • ASTR 421 - General Relativity, Black Holes, and Cosmology

    3 Credit Hours
    An introduction to the general theory of relativity and its application to issues of current interest in astronomy and astrophysics. Topics include a review of special relativity, the equivalence principle and principle of general covariance, the mathematics (tensor calculus) of general relativity, the geometry of spacetime, motion of particles and light in flat and curved spacetime, spherical and rotating black holes, neutron stars and pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, quasars, gravitational waves, and current topics in modern cosmology: dark matter, dark energy, and the expanding and accelerating Universe; the big bang, the cosmic microwave background radiation, the theory of inflation; and the Planck scale and quantum gravity.

    Recommended Background: 151-152 or 218; and Physics 136 or 138; and Physics 250; or permission of instructor.
  
  • ASTR 490 - Special Topics in Astronomy

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Topics of current interest in astronomy and astrophysics.

    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with consent of department. Maximum 9 hours.

(AUSP) Audiology and Speech Pathology (160)

  
  • AUSP 300 - Introduction to Communication Disorders

    3 Credit Hours
    Nature, etiology, and incidence of speech, hearing, and language disorders.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – sophomore.
  
  • AUSP 302 - Acoustics and Perception

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic acoustics. Introduction to psychoacoustics and speech perception.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 305.
  
  • AUSP 303 - Introduction to Hearing Science

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to disorders of hearing. Fundamental aspects of auditory anatomy and physiology.

  
  • AUSP 305 - Phonetics

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic phonetics, including recognition and production of spoken English sounds with analysis of their formation, phonetic transcription of speech, phonetic aspects of dialect variation.

  
  • AUSP 306 - Anatomy and Physiology of Speech

    3 Credit Hours
    Anatomy, physiology and embryological development of the speech production mechanism.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 305.
  
  • AUSP 320 - Speech and Language Development

    3 Credit Hours
    Speech and language development in the normal child.

  
  • AUSP 431 - Stuttering

    3 Credit Hours
    Nature, appraisal, and treatment.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 300.
  
  • AUSP 433 - Observation of Clinical Practice

    1 Credit Hours
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 300 and 320.
  
  • AUSP 435 - Introduction to Speech Sound Disorders

    3 Credit Hours
    Etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of articulatory and phonological disorders.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 300 and 305.
  
  • AUSP 440 - Voice Disorders

    3 Credit Hours
    Etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of organic and functional voice disorders.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 300 and 306.
  
  • AUSP 445 - Clinical Practice in Audiology

    1-4 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 473 and 494.
  
  • AUSP 455 - Problems in Speech Pathology

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • AUSP 457 - Senior Honors Thesis

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Students in the speech pathology program work individually under the direction of a tenure-track faculty member to write an honors thesis. The thesis must be approved by the departmental honors committee.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • AUSP 461 - Introduction to Language Pathology in Children

    3 Credit Hours
    Etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of language impairments in children.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 300 and 320.
  
  • AUSP 473 - Introduction to Audiologic Assessment

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic principles of clinical audiometry, pure tone, speech, masking, and overview of special auditory tests.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 303.
  
  • AUSP 491 - Foreign Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 30 hours.
  
  • AUSP 492 - Off-Campus Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 30 hours.
  
  • AUSP 493 - Independent Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • AUSP 494 - Introduction to Aural Habilitation/Rehabilitation of the Hearing Impaired

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to psychosocial aspects, amplification components/characteristics, assistive devices, speech acoustics, speech perception, speech reading, parent-infant, pre-school and school years of children, communication impairments/handicaps/remediation of adults, effects of aging/remediation on the elderly, and case studies.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 305.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 473.
  
  • AUSP 499 - Senior Seminar in Communication Sciences and Disorders

    3 Credit Hours
    Capstone experience. A writing-emphasis course exploring the forces shaping the profession of communication disorders in the past, present and future.

    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 300.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – senior.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(BAS) Business Analytics and Statistics

  
  • BAS 310 - Analytic Models for Decision Optimization

    3 Credit Hours
    Analytical approaches for generating solutions to optimization problems, decision models, and queuing systems. Linear and integer programming, decision making under uncertainty, Monte Carlo simulation, and waiting line models. Formulation, solution, analysis, and interpretation of spreadsheet-based models for common business decision-making situations such as supply chain network design, portfolio analysis, scheduling, media mix and product mix decisions.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Statistics 201, 207 or 251.
  
  • BAS 320 - Regression Modeling

    3 Credit Hours
    Simple linear regression and correlation analysis, time series analysis, multiple regression, variable selection, regression diagnostics, partial correlation, and categorical data analysis techniques. Use of statistical computing software. Applied course appropriate for a general audience.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Statistics 201 or 207 or 251.
  
  • BAS 340 - Experimental Methods and Process Improvement

    3 Credit Hours
    Statistical methods for process improvement. Special/common cause model of variation directed towards understanding sources of variation affecting process operations. Strategies of process experimentation, including randomization, blocking, sequential experimentation, and replication. Use of statistical computing software.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Statistics 201 or 207 or 251.
  
  • BAS 370 - Search Engine Marketing: Paid Search Advertising Management and Optimization Strategies

    3 Credit Hours
    Learn the fundamentals of creating, managing and optimizing an online marketing campaign in a hands-on class. Students will learn by creating a Google AdWords campaign with an actual budget. During the semester they will be given an opportunity to analyze the performance and improve their campaigns. The class will prepare students for 2 of the 4 AdWords Certification Exams.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Statistics 201 or 207 or 251.
    Comment(s): Course is intended for juniors or seniors in marketing or business analytics.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • BAS 454 - Statistics for Business Analysts

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of statistical tools in the context of business problems. Data management, ANOVA, regression, predictive modeling, model performance. Use of SAS software. Preparation for SAS certification exam.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 320 with grade of C or better or Economics 381 with grade of C or better or consent of instructor.
  
  • BAS 471 - Business Analytics Capstone

    3 Credit Hours
    Numeric and graphic description of data, probability and probability distributions, simulation, and sampling distributions. Estimation and hypothesis testing for one and two samples, parametric and nonparametric approaches, and bootstrapping. Tests for count data, simple and multiple linear regression, diagnostics and validation, and analysis of variance. Data Screening. Use of SAS and other statistical software.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 320 with grade of C or better.
  
  • BAS 474 - Data Mining and Business Analytics

    3 Credit Hours
    Understanding and application of data mining methods. Data preparation, exploratory data analysis and visualization, cluster analysis, logistic regression, decision trees, neural networks, association rules, model assessment, and other topics. Applications to real world data. Use of standard computer packages.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 320 with grade of C or better or Economics 381 with grade of C or better or consent of instructor.
  
  • BAS 475 - Applied Time Series and Forecasting

    3 Credit Hours
    Model building techniques for linear time series models, practical methods for univariate time series forecasting, Box-Jenkins forecasting methods, forecasting based on exponential smoothing, autoregression and stepwise autoregression, and forecasting from regression models. Use of standard computing packages. Major writing requirement.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 471 or consent of instructor.
  
  • BAS 483 - Special Topics in Statistics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Topics vary.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • BAS 492 - Internship

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Supervised off-campus experience in application of statistical principles and methods in business, industry, or government, culminating in a written and oral report.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of department head.
  
  • BAS 493 - Independent Study

    2-6 Credit Hours
    Faculty directed reading and investigation of specified topic in probability or statistics culminating in a written report.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of department head.

(BCMB) Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology (188)

  
  • BCMB 230 - Human Physiology

    5 Credit Hours
    Fundamentals of human physiology, primarily from the perspective of cellular and organ-system interactions.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 4 hours and 1 lab.
    Credit Restriction: May not be applied toward the biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology concentration.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 110 or Chemistry 130.
  
  • BCMB 311 - Advanced Cellular Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Cellular structure and function at the molecular and supramolecular level. Topics include protein structure and function, membrane structure and function, signal transduction and cell regulation, mitosis and the cell cycle, cytoskeleton and cell motility, cell-cell interactions and tissues.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 240.
  
  • BCMB 320 - Physiology of Reproduction and Lactation

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Animal Science 320.)
 

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