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2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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(CBE) Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (223)

  
  • CBE 250 - Application of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Thermodynamics

    4 Credit Hours
    Basic concepts related to engineering applications of thermodynamics to the chemical and biomolecular industries; emphasis on flow processes, real gases and liquids, protein synthesis and hydration, estimation of physical properties, phase equilibria of industrial chemical and pharmaceutical processes, and chemical reaction equilibria including biomolecular applications.

  
  • CBE 301 - Application of Statistical and Numerical Techniques in Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Statistical methods for probabilities, expectations, sampling, and estimation; Numerical methods for regression, integration, solution of systems of linear/nonlinear algebraic and differential equations.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Engineering Fundamentals 230.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Mathematics 231.
  
  • CBE 310 - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory

    3 Credit Hours
    Thermodynamics, fluid flow, and heat transfer experiments in chemical and biomolecular engineering.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Engineering Fundamentals 230 and Mathematics 142.
    Registration Restriction(s): Chemical engineering major; 2.3 GPA.
  
  • CBE 340 - Mass Transfer and Separation Processes

    3 Credit Hours
    Stagewise operation. Application of analytical, graphical, and computer methods to design of stagewise separatory operations. Differential operations application of analytical and computer methods to the design of diffusive processes. Applications include gas absorption, stripping, binary distillation, and extraction.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201 and 250.
    Registration Restriction(s): 2.3 GPA.
  
  • CBE 360 - Process Dynamics and Control

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to process modeling and industrial control system design. Mathematical tools for characterizing dynamic behavior of processes. Theory and practice of operating and controlling such systems.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201 and 240.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Mathematics 231.
    Registration Restriction(s): 2.3 GPA.
  
  • CBE 380 - Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    Presentation and discussion of topics in the practice of chemical and biomolecular engineering.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit Grading only.
  
  • CBE 394 - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Co-op

    1 Credit Hours
    Co-op experiences in chemical and biomolecular engineering. Technical report writing and presentations.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CBE 401 - Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Fundamentals

    1 Credit Hours
    Review of selected topics covered on the discipline-specific part of the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam. Emphasis is on problem-solving strategies and solution methodology.

    Grading Restriction: Letter grade only.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 450.
  
  • CBE 407 - Honors Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    Presentations and discussions on topics of importance to chemical and biomolecular engineers.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CBE 425 - Chemical and Biomolecular Process Economics

    3 Credit Hours
    Concepts and methods of cost estimating, debt and equity financing, discounted cash flow methods, and estimation of product manufacturing costs. Includes case studies and the use of computer methods for financial and sensitivity analysis.

  
  • CBE 445 - Separation Process Technology for the Pharmaceutical and Chemical Process Industries

    3 Credit Hours
    Multicomponent distillation, theory and computer simulations; specialized technologies, including membrane separation, crystallization, adsorption, and chromatography.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 340.
  
  • CBE 447 - Honors: Transport Phenomena

    3 Credit Hours
    Overview of momentum, heat and mass transfer processes, the analogies, differential and macroscopic balances, applications involving molecular diffusion, including simultaneous mass transfer and chemical reaction.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 340.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CBE 450 - Chemical and Bioengineering Reactor Fundamentals

    3 Credit Hours
    Homogeneous and heterogeneous reaction kinetics; idealized homogeneous reactor models, both for closed and flow systems; analysis of batch reactor data; multiple reactions; non-isothermal reactions.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 240 and 301.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 340.
  
  • CBE 467 - Honors: Engineering Internship in Process Control

    4 Credit Hours
    Selected students work in small groups on industrial problems in process dynamics and control. Directed by faculty and engineers from host company.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 360.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CBE 475 - Applied Microbiology and Bioengineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross-disciplinary course combining basic concepts in microbiology, biochemistry, reaction kinetics, and biochemical and environmental engineering. Commercial processes, biodegradation/wastewater treatment, analysis of basic bioreactor systems, biosensors, and immobilization methods.

  
  • CBE 477 - Honors: Applied Process Automation Laboratory

    3 Credit Hours
    Interfacing flexible batch continuous processes to automation systems. Top down analysis with bottom up implementation, hierarchical structures and object-oriented concepts are used to design automation solutions including human-machine interfaces. Workstations with modern industrial equipment provide an interactive graphics and visualization environment.

    Recommended Background: 360.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CBE 478 - Honors: Applied Process Automation Design Projects

    3 Credit Hours
    Industrial programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and industrial automation and human-machine-interface (HMI) design software are used on workstations to develop automation solutions by small teams of students. Advanced control strategies, networking and Internet issues.

    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CBE 480 - Equipment Design and Economic Methods

    3 Credit Hours
    Design, optimization, and costing of chemical and biochemical plant equipment. Introduction to economic evaluation methods, capital investment, discounted cash flows, and net present value.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 360 and Chemistry 350.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 445 and 450.
  
  • CBE 481 - Green Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles and practical aspects of the design, commercialization, and use of processes and products for determining their feasibility and economic potential while minimizing the generation of pollution at the source and risk to human health and environment.

    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CBE 483 - Introduction to Reliability Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Nuclear Engineering 483.)
  
  • CBE 484 - Introduction to Maintainability Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Nuclear Engineering 484.)
  
  • CBE 486 - Chemical and Biological Process Safety

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to chemical process safety augmented with case studies. Topics include safety strategies and accident prevention; toxic substances in the workplace and industrial hygiene; accidental release of hazardous materials and dispersion modeling; fires and explosions ― design for prevention; design of emergency pressure relief systems; and identifying potential hazards.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 201 and 240.
  
  • CBE 488 - Honors: Design Internship in Green Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Selected students work in small groups to address the prevention of industrial pollution through improved design of chemical and biochemical processes. Directed by faculty and engineers from a host company.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 480.
    Comment(s): May be substituted for 490 with departmental approval.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CBE 490 - Process Design and Economic Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Development of process information into an integrated chemical or biochemical plant design. Process specifications, capital investment, operating costs, and economic feasibility. Computer simulation of final plant design.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 480.
  
  • CBE 494 - Special Problems in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Chemical and biomolecular engineering problems related to recent developments in industrial practice or engineering research.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CBE 498 - Honors Thesis

    3 Credit Hours
    Research on problems related to recent developments in chemical and biomolecular engineering.

    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(CHEM) Chemistry (235)

  
  • CHEM 100 - Principles of Chemistry

    4 Credit Hours
    Bonding and molecular structure, gas laws, liquid and solid state, solutions, colloids, acids and bases, oxidation and reduction, kinetics, and equilibria.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 1 lab.
    Credit Restriction: Credit may be received for only one of the following courses ― 100, 120, or 128.
  
  • CHEM 110 - Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry

    4 Credit Hours
    Organic chemistry ― alkanes, unsaturated and aromatic hydrocarbons, structures and reactions of various organic functional groups. Biochemistry ― amino acids and proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 1 lab.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 100 or 130 or 138 or consent of department head.
  
  • CHEM 120 - General Chemistry I

    4 Credit Hours
    A general course in theoretical and descriptive chemistry. Modern atomic theory, chemical bonding, stoichiometry, quantitative treatment of gas laws, quantitative aspects of solution chemistry, kinetics.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 1 lab.
    Credit Restriction: Credit may be received for only one of the following courses ― 100, 120, or 128.
  
  • CHEM 128 - Honors: General Chemistry I

    4 Credit Hours
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 1 lab.
    Credit Restriction: Credit may be received for only one of the following courses ― 100, 120, or 128.
  
  • CHEM 130 - General Chemistry II

    4 Credit Hours
    A general course in theoretical and descriptive chemistry. Chemical equilibria, thermochemistry, descriptive chemistry of non-metallic and metallic elements, electrochemistry, introduction to organic and biochemistry.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 120 or 128.
  
  • CHEM 138 - Honors: General Chemistry II

    4 Credit Hours
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 128.
  
  • CHEM 150 - Chemistry and Society

    3 Credit Hours
    Food and agricultural chemistry, chemistry of life, chemistry in medicine, air and water pollution, energy and fuels.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture.
    Credit Restriction: May not be used toward a major or minor in chemistry.
  
  • CHEM 160 - Chemistry and the Home

    3 Credit Hours
    Chemistry and the consumer, household products, chemistry in the kitchen and around the home.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture.
    Credit Restriction: May not be used toward a major or minor in chemistry.
  
  • CHEM 200 - Introduction to Chemical Research

    1 Credit Hours
    Participation in an active research program in analytical, inorganic, organic, physical, or polymer chemistry. Students work with researchers to acquire expertise in planning experiments, interpreting results, and formulating hypotheses.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
    Credit Restriction: May not be used toward a major or minor in chemistry.
    Comment(s): Chemistry course numbered 230 or higher is a corequisite.
    Registration Permission: Consent of department head.
  
  • CHEM 230 - Inorganic Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Periodicity, valence, bonding, and the descriptive chemistry of the elements. Coordination compounds, nuclear chemistry, transition elements, and inner-transition elements.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 138.
  
  • CHEM 240 - Chemical Programming

    2 Credit Hours
    Use of the computer in solving problems encountered in chemistry.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 1 hour and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 138.
  
  • CHEM 310 - Analytical Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles and practices of quantitative measurements in chemical systems. Acid-base, complexometric, and redox equilibria. Applications of titrimetric analysis; potentiometry; elementary spectrophotometry; chemical separations, including chromatography, ion exchange, and solvent extraction.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 138.
  
  • CHEM 319 - Analytical Chemistry Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Experiments on topics covered in 310.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 310.
  
  • CHEM 320 - Advanced Analytical Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Modern electroanalytical methods, mass spectrometry, optical spectroscopic techniques, magnetic resonance methods, and advanced chromatographic theory.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 310.
  
  • CHEM 329 - Advanced Analytical Chemistry Laboratory

    2 Credit Hours
    Experiments on topics covered in 320.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 320.
  
  • CHEM 350 - Organic Chemistry I

    3 Credit Hours
    Compounds of carbon and their reactions. Reaction mechanisms, synthesis, spectroscopic, and other physical properties.

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 350 and 358.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 138.
  
  • CHEM 358 - Honors: Organic Chemistry I

    3 Credit Hours
    Enhanced version of Chemistry 350 with added emphasis on reactive species, important structural variations, synthesis, and biological implications.

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 358 and 350.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 138 or 130.
    Comment(s): Students using 130 as a prerequisite must have a grade of B or better and permission of instructor. Intended and recommended for chemistry, biochemistry, and other physical science majors preparing for careers in science or health-related fields.
  
  • CHEM 360 - Organic Chemistry II

    3 Credit Hours
    Compounds of carbon and their reactions. Reaction mechanisms, synthesis, spectroscopic, and other physical properties.

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 360 and 368.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 350 or 358.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 369.
  
  • CHEM 368 - Honors: Organic Chemistry II

    3 Credit Hours
    Enhanced version of Chemistry 360 with added emphasis on reactive species, important structural variations, synthesis, and biological implications.

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 368 and 360.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 358 or 350.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 369.
    Comment(s): Students using 350 as a prerequisite must have a grade of B+ or better and permission of instructor. Intended and recommended for chemistry, biochemistry, and other physical science majors preparing for careers in science or health-related fields.
  
  • CHEM 369 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory

    2 Credit Hours
    Experiments on topics discussed in 350-360 and 358-368.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 1-hour lecture and 4-hour lab.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 360 or 368.
  
  • CHEM 400 - Research in Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced students work with faculty on projects requiring knowledge and skills acquired in chemistry curriculum. Written reports are required. May be followed by either 400 or 408 (but not both).

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Chemistry major; minimum student level ― senior.
    Registration Permission: Consent of department head.
  
  • CHEM 405 - Topics in the Development of Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Historical development of topics such as the atomic theory; chemical industry; interrelationship of population, energy, and food. Subject matter may vary from one offering to another. Assignments include readings from older original literature (Dalton, Faraday, Kekule) and from current journals and monographs. Includes the use and misuse of evidence, the impact of chemistry on society, how scientists reach conclusions, and the nature of scientific controversy. Written reports are required. Writing-emphasis course.

    Registration Restriction(s): Chemistry major; minimum student level ― senior.
  
  • CHEM 406 - Senior Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    Discussions by faculty and students of current research and topics from recent literature. Oral and written reports are required. All chemistry majors are encouraged to enroll.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC)
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 2 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Chemistry major; minimum student level ― senior.
  
  • CHEM 408 - Honors: Research in Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced students work with faculty on research projects requiring knowledge and skills acquired in chemistry curriculum. An honors thesis is written and is defended orally before a faculty committee.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 400.
    Registration Permission: Consent of department head.
  
  • CHEM 420 - Selected Topics in Chemistry

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Topics of current significance in chemistry.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Only 3 credits may be applied to a major or minor in chemistry.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CHEM 430 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Atomic and molecular structure, bonding theories, descriptive chemistry of the elements; kinetics and mechanism of inorganic reactions; applications of modern techniques for characterization, coordination, and organometallic chemistry.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 230.
  
  • CHEM 439 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Modern experimental techniques in inorganic chemistry, including synthesis, analysis, and handling of air-sensitive materials.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 430.
    Comment(s): Open only to chemistry majors (Bachelor of Science in Chemistry) or with consent of instructor.
  
  • CHEM 450 - Advanced Organic Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Modern organic reactions of mechanistic, synthetic, and theoretical interest. Content reflects current trends in the area.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 360.
  
  • CHEM 471 - Biophysical Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology 471.)
  
  • CHEM 473 - Physical Chemistry I

    3 Credit Hours
    Properties of gases; first, second and third laws of thermodynamics; chemical equilibria; simple phase equilibria; properties of solutions.

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 471 and 473.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 138.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Mathematics 241 or 247; Physics 136 or 138 or 222 or 231.
  
  • CHEM 479 - Physical Chemistry Laboratory I

    2 Credit Hours
    Experiments on topics discussed in 471 or 473.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 1 lab.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology 471 or Chemistry 473.
  
  • CHEM 481 - Biophysical Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology 481.)
  
  • CHEM 483 - Physical Chemistry II

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to statistical thermodynamics; kinetics of chemical reactions; introduction to quantum mechanics and applications to electronic structure of atoms and molecules; molecular spectroscopy.

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 481 and 483.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 138.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Mathematics 241 or 247 and Physics 136 or 138 or 222 or 231.
  
  • CHEM 489 - Physical Chemistry Laboratory II

    2 Credit Hours
    Experiments on topics discussed in 481 or 483.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 1 lab.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology 481 or Chemistry 483.
  
  • CHEM 490 - Introductory Polymer Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamental principles stressing the role of chemistry in the interdisciplinary field of polymer science. Relation of molecular structure to bulk properties of polymers.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 360.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology 471 or Chemistry 473.

(CFS) Child and Family Studies (245)

  
  • CFS 101 - Introduction to Child and Family Studies

    2 Credit Hours
    Orientation to the Department of Child and Family Studies, including requirements for the major, introduction to the faculty and their work, exposure to professional organizations, and learning about potential career possibilities. Includes observations.

    Registration Restriction(s): Freshmen and sophomores only.
  
  • CFS 106 - Introduction to ECE

    3 Credit Hours
    History of early childhood education programs, practices, and policies. Overview of children’s development and behavior. Introduction of application of developmental theory to curriculum development and classroom methods. Summary of current early childhood education issues and research. Introduction of impact of family, schools, and community on children’s learning. Readings, observations, colloquy, and exposure to a broad spectrum of early childhood education professionals.

  
  • CFS 210 - Human Development

    3 Credit Hours
    Conception through adulthood in various social/ecological contexts. Interrelationships among various aspects of development ― physical, cognitive, emotional, social. Normative and non-normative development.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (SS)
    Registration Restriction(s): Non-child and family studies majors only.
  
  • CFS 211 - Development in Infancy and Childhood

    3 Credit Hours
    Development from conception through middle childhood in various ecological contexts. Interrelationships among cognitive, emotional, social, and biological aspects of ontogeny. Normative and non-normative development. Includes observation.

  
  • CFS 213 - Development in Adolescence and Adulthood

    3 Credit Hours
    Development from adolescence through adulthood in various ecological contexts. Interrelationships among cognitive, emotional, social, and biological aspects of ontogeny. Normative and non-normative development. Includes observation.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 211.
  
  • CFS 220 - Marriage and Family: Roles and Relationships

    3 Credit Hours
    Emerging and declining roles. Changing relationships among family members across the life cycle from various theoretical approaches. Impact of gender roles on marital relationships. Marital quality, power, decision-making, communications, conflict management, and combining work-family roles.

    (Same as Women’s Studies 230.)
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (SS)
  
  • CFS 240 - Human Sexuality

    3 Credit Hours
    Sexuality through cultural, social, familial, and psychological factors.

  
  • CFS 312 - Families in Middle and Later Adulthood

    3 Credit Hours
    Adult life in society from youth through the elderly. Adjustment to internal and environmental changes through adulthood. Interrelationships among various aspects of development ― physical, cognitive, emotional, and social. Includes observation.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 210.
  
  • CFS 320 - Family Interaction

    3 Credit Hours
    Dynamics of family interactions and influences of diversity, including parent-child relations, development of parenting skills, and intrafamily verbal and nonverbal communication processes, patterns, and problems.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― junior.
  
  • CFS 345 - Family Resource Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory and application of managerial functioning in family settings. Analysis of goals, resource use, information systems, and constraints within families. Observation and analysis of diverse family practices.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― junior.
  
  • CFS 350 - Early Childhood Education I: Environments for Children

    4 Credit Hours
    Classroom management, behavior guidance, organization of day care environments, communication, interpersonal skills, interaction with children, child stress reduction, and management in classroom.

    Contact Hour Distribution: Includes laboratory participation.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 106 and 211.
  
  • CFS 351 - Early Childhood Education II: Curricula and Program Development for Young Children

    4 Credit Hours
    Planning effective early-learning programs for young children. Relating knowledge of children’s growth and development to appropriate experiences in art, music, number, logic, media, and physical knowledge. Planning, implementing, and evaluating curriculum activities.

    Contact Hour Distribution: Includes laboratory participation.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 350.
  
  • CFS 353 - Reading, Language, and Literacy

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory and methods for creating learning environments for the development of language, emergent literacy, and reading and writing skills from infancy through eight years.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 350.
  
  • CFS 360 - Family Stress

    3 Credit Hours
    Family’s response to stressful circumstances. Skills for intervention into family systems. Violence, abuse, divorce, illness, and death.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― junior.
  
  • CFS 385 - Diversity Among Children and Families

    3 Credit Hours
    Social class, race, ethnicity, culture, and religion are studied singly and in combination with gender and disabilities as shapers of the life chances and opportunities of individuals, children, and families.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― junior.
  
  • CFS 395 - Introduction to Research Methods and Statistics

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic research methods and statistics for child/human development, family studies, early childhood education, and related fields. Sampling, measurement, design, and data analysis. Quantitative and qualitative methods; natural and contrived settings; and principles for understanding research that impact children and families.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 220.
  
  • CFS 405 - Development of Professional Skills

    3 Credit Hours
    Development of interpersonal and other professional skills, along with ethical guidelines, needed for working with children, families, and other professionals from diverse backgrounds.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC) (WC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 220.
    Registration Restriction(s): Child and family studies major; minimum student level ― junior.
  
  • CFS 422 - Early Childhood Teaching Methods

    6 Credit Hours
    Fundamentals of teaching language arts, math, science, and social studies through a holistic, integrative approach to early childhood education. Focus on grades K-3. Includes field experience.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 351.
    Registration Restriction(s): Qualification ― admission to teacher education.
  
  • CFS 423 - PreK-K Teaching Methods

    6 Credit Hours
    The knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to become an inquiry-based, reflective practitioner who is a teacher of young children (birth through five years of age), in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms. Involves lecture and field placement components.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 350.
    Registration Restriction(s): Qualification ― admission to teacher education.
  
  • CFS 440 - Family Life and Parent Education

    3 Credit Hours
    Emphasis on skills required to develop family life education programs implemented in community settings. Overview of current approaches to the process of parenting and parent education programs.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 320.
    Registration Restriction(s): Child and family studies major.
  
  • CFS 460 - Directed Study in Child and Family Studies

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Individual learning experience arranged for students under supervision of faculty.

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic is different. Maximum 6 hours.
    Recommended Background: 9 hours in child and family studies.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CFS 470 - Practicum: Pre-K Teaching

    6-12 Credit Hours
    Responsibility for planning and guiding groups of infants, toddlers, or preschoolers under supervision of a classroom teacher and coordinator. Includes weekly seminar.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: Not repeatable for credit. May be taken once for 6-12 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 351 and 405.
    Comment(s): Fall and spring practicum placements begin on first day of registration and end on the last day of the final examination period. The practicum follows the ELC calendar and does not include fall or spring breaks. Summer practicum begins the day following spring commencement and ends on the last day of summer term. Priority for summer practicum is given to students who have completed all other program requirements, except practicum, prior to the summer session.
  
  • CFS 471 - Practicum: Child Development

    3-12 Credit Hours
    Supervised experiences working with children and families in early childhood settings.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 405.
  
  • CFS 472 - Practicum: Student Teaching PreK-K

    12 Credit Hours
    Field placement in PreK-K classroom settings with responsibility for curriculum planning and the supervision, assessment, and teaching of young children. Includes weekly seminar. This course is only for students in the PreK-K Teacher Licensure program and is designed to meet PreK-K licensure requirements.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 405 and 423.
    Comment(s): Fall placements are based on public school calendars and the beginning date will vary. Spring placements begin on the first day of registration. All placements end on the last day of the final examination period (Placements follow the school calendar, not the UT calendar and they do not include UT fall or spring breaks).
  
  • CFS 480 - Practicum: Community Placement

    9-12 Credit Hours
    Supervised experiences with an area agency serving the needs of children and families.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: Not repeatable for credit. May be taken once for 9-12 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 405.
    Comment(s): Summer practicum placement begins the Monday after spring commencement and concludes the last day of the summer session.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― senior.
  
  • CFS 481 - Research in Child and Family Studies

    3-6 Credit Hours
    Supervised research experiences.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 395.
    Recommended Background: 9 hours in child and family studies.
    Registration Restriction(s): 3.0 GPA.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CFS 485 - Special Topics in Child and Family Studies

    1-9 Credit Hours
    Personal or professional interest in human development or family studies.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Recommended Background: 9 hours in child and family studies.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― junior.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CFS 490 - Practicum: Research

    3-12 Credit Hours
    A supervised research experience with emphasis on the identification and examination of key aspects of research methods ― constructs, research questions and hypotheses, research design, measurement, and analysis.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 395 and 405.
  
  • CFS 497 - Honors: Child and Family Studies

    3-6 Credit Hours
    Issues or topics affecting children and/or families. Designed to meet particular interests of the student.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Recommended Background: 15 hours in child and family studies.
    Registration Restriction(s): 3.25 GPA; minimum student level ― junior.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(CHIN) Chinese (249)

  
  • CHIN 131 - Elementary Chinese I

    5 Credit Hours
    (See Asian Languages 131.)
  
  • CHIN 132 - Elementary Chinese II

    5 Credit Hours
    (See Asian Languages 132.)
  
  • CHIN 231 - Intermediate Chinese I

    5 Credit Hours
    (See Asian Languages 231.)
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
  
  • CHIN 232 - Intermediate Chinese II

    5 Credit Hours
    (See Asian Languages 232.)
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
  
  • CHIN 311 - Chinese Literature in English Translation

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Asian Languages 311.)
  
  • CHIN 312 - Chinese Literature in English Translation

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Asian Languages 312.)
  
  • CHIN 331 - Advanced Chinese I

    4 Credit Hours
    (See Asian Languages 331.)
  
  • CHIN 332 - Advanced Chinese II

    4 Credit Hours
    (See Asian Languages 332.)
  
  • CHIN 431 - Readings in Chinese Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Asian Languages 431.)

(CNST) Cinema Studies (251)

  
  • CNST 235 - Introduction to Cinematography as Art

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Art Media Arts 235.)
 

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