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2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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(COSC) Computer Science (266)

  
  • COSC 494 - Special Topics in Computer Science

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 18 hours.

(COUN) Counselor Education (255)

  
  • COUN 205 - Student Development

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Practice in acquiring knowledge and skill in areas such as interpersonal relations, career decision-making, communication, and self-awareness. Individual and small-group format.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • COUN 206 - Facilitation of Technical Work Teams

    3 Credit Hours
    Psychological and cultural dynamics of technical work team performance. Supervised experience in leading work teams.

    Grading Restriction: Letter grade only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Students in the College of Engineering; minimum student level ― sophomore.
  
  • COUN 212 - Career and Personal Development

    3 Credit Hours
    Systematic approaches to facilitating career development and life planning.

  
  • COUN 215 - Learning Skills and Study Systems

    3 Credit Hours
    Approaches to enhancing academic performance through study skills, efficient reading, and understanding of personal factors.

  
  • COUN 404 - Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Instructor-initiated course offered at convenience of the department on various topics of current interest.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
  
  • COUN 406 - Engineering Communication and Performance Field Work

    3 Credit Hours
    Capstone experience for the engineering communication and performance minor.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 306.
  
  • COUN 431 - Personality and Mental Health

    3 Credit Hours
    Perspectives of mental health with applications to education and other social institutions.

    (Same as Educational Psychology 431.)
  
  • COUN 480 - Skills for Counseling

    3 Credit Hours
    An introduction to basic helping skills necessary to the preparation of counselors, teachers, and others involved in human service delivery.

  
  • COUN 493 - Independent Study

    1-5 Credit Hours
    Independent investigation of problems in educational and counseling psychology.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.

(CSE) Cultural Studies in Education (271)

  
  • CSE 400 - Professional Studies: Teachers, School, and Society

    2 Credit Hours
    Focus on roles and responsibilities of teachers, on how schools are organized, and the relationship between schools and the broader society.

    Registration Restriction(s): Qualification ― admission to teacher education.

(DANC) Dance (274)

  
  • DANC 101 - Practicum: Dance Production

    1 Credit Hours
    Supervised technical and promotional production aspects of university dance company.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 2 hours.
  
  • DANC 201 - Practicum: Dance Performance

    1-2 Credit Hours
    Preparation and presentation of university dance company performances.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 16 hours.
    Comment(s): Audition required.
  
  • DANC 210 - Ballet: Level I

    2 Credit Hours
    Instruction and practice in elementary classical ballet techniques.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
  
  • DANC 220 - Jazz: Level I

    2 Credit Hours
    Instruction and practice in elementary jazz dance styles and techniques.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
  
  • DANC 230 - Modern: Level I

    2 Credit Hours
    Instruction and practice in elementary modern dance techniques.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
  
  • DANC 240 - Tap: Level I

    2 Credit Hours
    Instruction and practice in elementary tap dance techniques.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
  
  • DANC 310 - Ballet: Level II

    2 Credit Hours
    Instruction and practice in intermediate classical ballet techniques.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • DANC 320 - Jazz: Level II

    2 Credit Hours
    Instruction and practice in intermediate jazz dance styles and techniques.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • DANC 330 - Modern: Level II

    2 Credit Hours
    Instruction and practice in intermediate modern dance styles and techniques.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • DANC 340 - Tap: Level II

    2 Credit Hours
    Instruction and practice in intermediate tap dance techniques.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • DANC 380 - Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Selected disciplinary or professional areas of dance.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 16 hours.
  
  • DANC 410 - Ballet: Level III

    2 Credit Hours
    Instruction and practice in advanced classical ballet techniques.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 16 hours.
  
  • DANC 415 - Teaching Creative Dance for Children

    2 Credit Hours
    Theory, methods, materials, and practical experience in the presentation and integration of creative dance in grades K-6. A mini-teaching experience is involved in this class.

  
  • DANC 420 - Jazz: Level III

    2 Credit Hours
    Instruction and practice in advanced jazz and musical theater dance styles and techniques.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 16 hours.
  
  • DANC 430 - Modern: Level III

    2 Credit Hours
    Instruction and practice in advanced modern dance techniques.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 16 hours.
  
  • DANC 440 - Composition I

    2 Credit Hours
    Choreographic skills emphasizing the basic techniques and concepts of dance composition. This course focuses on the choreography of solos and duets.

    Recommended Background: Minimum of 4 hours of 310, 320, 330, 340, 410, 420, 430.
  
  • DANC 445 - Composition II

    2 Credit Hours
    Choreographic skills emphasizing the advanced techniques and concepts of dance composition. This course will focus on the choreography of group works and the technical aspects of production.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 440.
  
  • DANC 480 - Dance History through the 19th Century

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of the dance of various societies and cultures from pre-history through the 19th century.

  
  • DANC 490 - Dance in the 20th Century

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of the history and philosophy of dance in the 20th century.

  
  • DANC 493 - Directed Independent Studies

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Independent study in a specialized area with dance.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • DANC 495 - Dance Pedagogy

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles and methods of the teaching of dance with practical application in a mini-teaching experience.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― junior.

(EEB) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (278)

  
  • EEB 240 - Human Anatomy

    4 Credit Hours
    Gross and microanatomy of the human.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 3 hours lab.
    Credit Restriction: May not be applied toward the ecology and evolutionary biology concentration.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 130 or Biology 101 and 102 or Biology 111 and 112.
  
  • EEB 304 - Socio-Economic Impact of Plants

    3 Credit Hours
    Significance of plants in origin and development of human cultures, evolution of cultivated plants, and role of plants in present civilization.

    Contact Hour Distribution: Includes occasional field trips.
    Credit Restriction: May not be applied toward the ecology and evolutionary biology concentration.
  
  • EEB 305 - Evolution and Society

    3 Credit Hours
    Issues and controversies surrounding the teaching and learning of evolution in America today. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Anthropology 305.)
    Credit Restriction: May not be applied toward the ecology and evolutionary biology concentration.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 130 or Biology 101 and 102 or Biology 111 and 112 or Anthropology 110.
  
  • EEB 306 - Ecology and Society

    3 Credit Hours
    Issues and controversies in ecology and their biological, social, and economic significance.

    Credit Restriction: May not be applied toward the ecology and evolutionary biology concentration.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 130 or Biology 101-102 or Biology 111-112.
  
  • EEB 309 - Biology of Human Affairs

    3 Credit Hours
    Current topics in biology and their public relevance, especially the interaction between biology and government. Issues include conservation, health, agriculture, national parks, population, etc.

  
  • EEB 330 - Field Botany

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles of taxonomy, basic ecological concepts and identification, recognition, collection and preservation of local, native and naturalized plants.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 140.
  
  • EEB 353 - Comparative Vertebrate Biology

    4 Credit Hours
    Study of vertebrate animals, including identification, phylogeny, ecology and structural, behavioral, and physiological adaptations. Lab emphasizes local diversity of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and freshwater fish.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and a 3 hour lab.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 130 or Biology 101-102 or Biology 111-112.
  
  • EEB 360 - Comparative Invertebrate Biology

    4 Credit Hours
    Origins, phylogeny and functional anatomy of invertebrates with emphasis on diversity of life forms and adaptations to specific local environments.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 2 labs.
  
  • EEB 370 - Ethology and Sociobiology

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic concepts in the evolutionary approach to behavior, including applications to psychology, the social sciences, and the humanities.

    (Same as Psychology 370.)
  
  • EEB 400 - Undergraduate Research

    1-2 Credit Hours
    Research projects under supervision of faculty.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 8 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Maximum of 4 hours may be applied toward the biological sciences major.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • EEB 404 - Ecosystem Ecology

    3 Credit Hours
    Integrated study of biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems and their interactions with emphasis on southeastern ecosystems and current topics such as global change and species invasions.

    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 250.
  
  • EEB 405 - Ecosystem Ecology Laboratory

    2 Credit Hours
    Introduction to observational and experimental research in ecosystem ecology including field measurement of components of the carbon and nitrogen cycle, field and green house experiments, and laboratory manipulations. Requires periodic field trips to research sites and at least one overnight field trip.

    (DE) Corequisite(s): 404.
  
  • EEB 407 - Senior Honors Thesis

    3 Credit Hours
    Written preparation and oral presentation of faculty-supervised student research.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 400.
    Registration Restriction(s): Biological sciences major/honors ecology and evolutionary biology concentration.
  
  • EEB 409 - Perspectives in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Forefront considerations of ecology, behavior, and evolutionary biology. Emphasis on current developments for applications, including societal and economic impacts and moral and ethical implications. An oral presentation and a referenced library-research essay are required. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • EEB 410 - Plant Evolutionary Morphology

    4 Credit Hours
    Morphology, development, natural history, and evolution of fungi, cyanobacteria, non-vascular plants (algae and bryophytes), and vascular plants (ferns, fern allies, gymnosperms, and flowering plants).

    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 102 or Biology 111 or Biology 130.
  
  • EEB 413 - Art and Organism - Integrative Biology of Aesthetic Experience

    3 Credit Hours
    An integrative approach to fundamental concepts of developmental biology, ecology, evolutionary biology, and physiology applied to culture, art and aesthetic experience.

    (Same as University Studies 413.)
  
  • EEB 414 - Plant Anatomy

    3 Credit Hours
    Cells, tissues, and organs. Their development in vegetative and reproductive structures of vascular plants. Emphasis on seed plants.

    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 111 and 112 or Biology 130 and 140.
  
  • EEB 415 - Field Ecology

    4 Credit Hours
    Study of the field methods to examine fundamental concepts in ecology, including development of skills in hypothesis development, experimental design, field observation, plant, animal and microbial sampling techniques, data reduction and statistical analysis, and written and oral presentations.

    Contact Hour Distribution: Lectures and field trips.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 250.
  
  • EEB 421 - Community Ecology

    3 Credit Hours
    Interactions between individuals, species, communities and environments, including competition, coexistence, predation, herbivory. Causes and consequences of biological diversity; biological invasions. Application of advanced sampling and analysis techniques. Local to global environmental change. Includes periodic field trips or laboratories.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 250.
  
  • EEB 426 - Plant-Animal Interactions

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the evolutionary and ecological aspects of interactions between plants and animals, including herbivory, pollination, and seed dispersal. Emphasis is on historical development of the field, discussions of primary literature, design of experiments, and writing.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 250.
  
  • EEB 433 - Plant Ecology

    3 Credit Hours
    Interactions between individuals, species, communities and their environments. Circulation of energy and matter in ecosystems. Includes weekly field trips or laboratory periods and at least two weekend field trips.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 250.
  
  • EEB 450 - Comparative Animal Behavior

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles and methods of ethology with emphasis on ecological, developmental, physiological, and evolutionary aspects.

    (Same as Psychology 450.)
  
  • EEB 459 - Comparative Animal Behavior Laboratory

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to observational and experimental research in ethology.

    (Same as Psychology 459.)
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 450.
  
  • EEB 460 - Evolution

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles, facts, and theories regarding biological evolution. Concepts, processes, and product in development of organic diversity. Historical development of ideas concerning biological evolution.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 240.
  
  • EEB 461 - Special Topics in Organismal Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Evolution, ecology, biogeography, classification, and anatomy of selected animal and plant taxa.

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 12 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 240.
  
  • EEB 470 - Aquatic Ecology

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the physio-chemical nature of inland waters with description of biotic communities and their interrelationships.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 130 and Biology 250.
  
  • EEB 474 - Ichthyology

    4 Credit Hours
    Evolution, classification, collection and identification, distribution and biology of fishes with emphasis on freshwater fauna of eastern North America.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 2 labs.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 250.
  
  • EEB 484 - Conservation Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of principles and techniques of ecological research to conservation of biological diversity at genetic, population, community, and ecosystem levels.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 240 and Biology 250.
  
  • EEB 490 - Undergraduate Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    Weekly departmental research seminar presenting current research in the areas of ecology, behavior and evolutionary biology by UT faculty and researchers from around the world.

    Registration Restriction(s): Biological sciences major; minimum student level ― junior.
  
  • EEB 493 - Independent Study

    1-9 Credit Hours
    Independent study under the direction of a faculty member.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Maximum of 3 hours may be applied toward the major.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • EEB 495 - Evolutionary Ecology

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic concepts in evolutionary and ecological genetics. Biogeography, climate, population genetics, evolution and natural selection, population growth and regulation, competition, niche, experimental ecology, predation, phylogenetics in ecology, and biodiversity and conservation.

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 495 and 595.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 250.

(ECON) Economics (283)

  
  • ECON 201 - Introductory Economics: A Survey Course

    4 Credit Hours
    Theory of consumer behavior, theory of firms, supply and demand, costs of production, market models, national income and employment theory, money and banking, monetary and fiscal policy, debt, and international economics.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (SS)
  
  • ECON 207 - Honors: Introductory Economics

    4 Credit Hours
    Honors course for students of superior ability and interest. Students accepted on the basis of their records.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (SS)
    Comment(s): 28 ACT composite or 1250 composite SAT required.
  
  • ECON 300 - Special Topics I

    3 Credit Hours
    Variable topics treated at the introductory level.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201 or 207.
  
  • ECON 311 - Intermediate Microeconomics

    3 Credit Hours
    Theories of consumer behavior, of production and costs, of price and behavior of firms in perfectly competitive, monopolistic, and imperfectly competitive markets, input prices, income distribution, welfare, and general equilibrium.

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both Economics 311 and 312.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201 and Statistics 201.
  
  • ECON 312 - Managerial Economics

    3 Credit Hours
    Microeconomic fundamentals of managerial decision-making and strategy intended for business students. Topics include supply and demand interactions, production and cost, consumer behavior and demand, optimization, market structure, pricing strategy, risk and uncertainty, and game theory.

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both Economics 311 and 312.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201 and Statistics 201.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the College of Business Administration.
  
  • ECON 313 - Intermediate Macroeconomics

    3 Credit Hours
    Measurement of income and prices, aggregate demand, output, employment, price determination, inflation, business fluctuations, fiscal and monetary policies and growth.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201 and Statistics 201.
  
  • ECON 322 - The Global Economy: Trade and Development

    3 Credit Hours
    Analyses of international trade and finance and their effects on economic development. Utilization of a policy-oriented approach drawing upon introductory economic principles. Overview of relevant topics, such as theories of economic development, poverty and income inequality, comparative advantage and commodity composition of trade, regional economic integration, foreign investment, finance, and debt. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201 or 207.
  
  • ECON 331 - Government and Business

    3 Credit Hours
    Antitrust and regulatory economics, problems in regulation and social control of business organization, oligopoly models. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201 or 207.
  
  • ECON 333 - Law and Economics

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of legal decisions and rulings as they affect the allocation and distribution of resources in the economy. Topics include property law, contracts, torts and administrative law with applications drawn from various areas in economics and case law. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201 or 207.
  
  • ECON 351 - Monetary Economics

    3 Credit Hours
    Role of money in the economy. Federal Reserve System, evaluation of monetary policy, U.S. depository institutions, and money supply process.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 313.
  
  • ECON 361 - Regional and Urban Economics

    3 Credit Hours
    Overview of regional differences. Theory of industrial and agricultural location and human migration, economic basis for land use patterns, central places, and urban form, regional and urban structure, growth, and methods of analysis, examination of urban problems. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201 or 207.
  
  • ECON 362 - Environmental and Natural Resource Policy

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of introductory microeconomic principles to contemporary environmental and natural resource policy issues such as air pollution, global climate change, population growth, forest management, and endangered species protection. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201 or 207.
  
  • ECON 371 - Public Finance: Expenditure Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Problems of collective consumption, external effects, public investment, social decision making. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201 or 207.
  
  • ECON 381 - Introduction to Econometrics

    3 Credit Hours
    Introductory probability, statistics, and econometrics from an economic perspective with emphasis on skills related to gathering, managing, processing, presenting, and interpreting economic data. Includes the use of statistical software in hands-on research projects. Considers common econometric problems such as multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, and autocorrelation.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 311 or 313.
  
  • ECON 400 - Special Topics II

    3 Credit Hours
    Variable topics for advanced students.

    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 311 or 312 and 313.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ECON 413 - Macroeconomics: Business Cycles and Growth

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of macroeconomic short-run fluctuations and long-term growth. Coverage will also include the role of monetary and fiscal policy on aggregate output, employment, and interest rates.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 313.
  
  • ECON 421 - International Economics

    3 Credit Hours
    Balance of payments, exchange rate determination, monetary and fiscal policies, monetary arrangements, comparative advantage, tariff and nontariff trade distortions, protection arguments, and regional integration with analyses based upon intermediate-level economic theory.

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both Economics 421 and International Business 429.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311.
  
  • ECON 435 - Industrial Organization

    3 Credit Hours
    Monopoly and competition in United States economy. Interrelationship of market structure, business behavior, and economic performance.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311.
  
  • ECON 436 - Economics of Health and Health Care

    3 Credit Hours
    Medical care and health status, demand for medical care and insurance, physician and hospital supplies, government provision of services and insurance, and regulation of health care markets. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311.
  
  • ECON 441 - Labor Economics

    3 Credit Hours
    Extension of economic principles to labor markets, public policy questions, demand and supply, theory of wage differentials, unemployment, unions in the private sector, investment in individuals, education and training, and mobility.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311.
  
  • ECON 463 - Environmental Economics

    3 Credit Hours
    Economic foundations for public decision-making about environmental resources utilizing tools from intermediate microeconomic theory. Emphasis on the welfare economic approach for the provision of public goods with specific emphasis on market failure, externalities, benefit-cost analysis, and methods for valuing environmental resources and human health.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311.
  
  • ECON 472 - Public Finance: Taxation and Fiscal Federalism

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of federal, state, and local government revenue systems to include individual and corporate income, sales and property taxes, and other tax and non-tax revenue sources. Consideration of current policy issues and relations among various levels of government.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311.
  
  • ECON 482 - Introduction to Mathematical Economics

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of basic mathematical tools (e.g., calculus, matrix algebra, etc.) to major topics of economic theory.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311.
    Comment(s): Grade of B or better in 311 is required.
  
  • ECON 492 - Economics Off-Campus Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Internship or other supervised economic experience with firm, government agency, or other relevant organization. Student must seek approval from a faculty member prior to starting work, register for credit in the first semester following work completion, and write a paper describing the economic nature of the work performed.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311 and 313.
    Registration Restriction(s): Economics major.
    Registration Permission: Consent of faculty member.
  
  • ECON 493 - Independent Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Directed research on subjects of mutual interest to student and faculty member. Student must meet with the faculty member before registering.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 311 and 313.
    Comment(s): GPA of 3.0 or better in economics courses required.
    Registration Restriction(s): Economics major.
    Registration Permission: Consent of faculty member.
  
  • ECON 498 - Honors Thesis

    3 Credit Hours
    Completion of undergraduate thesis.

    Registration Restriction(s): Honors economics concentration.
    Registration Permission: Consent of faculty advisor.

(EDUC) Education (289)

  
  • EDUC 100 - Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Study in selected disciplinary or professional areas represented in the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences. Topics to be determined as needs/issues are identified and as resources are available to support the course.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.

(EDDE) Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (285)

  
  • EDDE 410 - Practicum with Deaf/Hard of Hearing

    3 Credit Hours
    Supervised practicum with hearing impaired students in preschool, public school, and/or residential school setting.

  
  • EDDE 415 - Language Development of Deaf/Hard of Hearing I

    3 Credit Hours
    Language problems of hearing impaired contrasted with scope and sequence of normal language development. Formal linguistic systems used to describe language development problems.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 425.
    Recommended Background: Completion of an introductory course in linguistics.
  
  • EDDE 416 - Language Development of Deaf/Hard of Hearing II

    3 Credit Hours
    Developmental and remedial systems of teaching language to hearing impaired children. Comprehension and production differences, idiomatic and figurative structures.

  
  • EDDE 419 - Speech Development of Deaf/Hard of Hearing

    4 Credit Hours
    Theories of speech development, approaches in training perception and production of speech, and aural habilitation. Practicum experiences.

  
  • EDDE 425 - Introduction to the Psychology and Education of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing

    3 Credit Hours
    Primarily for those planning to teach the hearing impaired. Research related to psychology, social adjustment, communication methodology, language development, and education of the hearing impaired. Survey of literature. Visits to programs.


(EI) Educational Interpreting (287)

  
  • EI 223 - 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.

  
  • EI 226 - 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): 223.
  
  • EI 335 - Interpreting Techniques

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduces students to linguistic techniques to enhance interpreting performance. Introduction of translation techniques that form the basis for interpreting. Students will practice intralingual technique designs to improve English and ASL skills.

  
  • EI 340 - Principles of Interpreting

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory and psycholinguistic processes involved in interpreting and transliterating between English and American Sign Language. Ethics and etiquette of interpreting in educational and community placements. History, organizations, certification procedures, and trends and issues related to the interpreting profession.

  
  • EI 345 - Interpreting in Educational Settings

    4 Credit Hours
    Covers issues related to working with deaf and hard of hearing children in mainstream programs. Examines interpreter roles and responsibilities within the classroom setting. Practicum experiences.

 

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