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2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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(ESS) Environmental and Soil Sciences (345)

  
  • ESS 462 - Environmental Climatology

    3 Credit Hours
    Study of global energy budget, past climates, climate variability, climate distribution, and climate change. Emphasis on global warming and its potential impacts on ecosystems, societies, and global sustainability. Students are required to use quantitative, computer, and problem-solving skills to analyze and report climate data for environmental planning.

    Recommended Background: Computer proficiency.
  
  • ESS 492 - Internship

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Supervised experience with a departmentally-approved employer. Student is responsible for making arrangements. Requirements include maintaining a daily log, supervisor evaluations, and a final report.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ESS 495 - Professional Certificate Review

    1 Credit Hours
    This team-taught class will help students review and prepare for the Fundamentals of Soil Science and Professional Practice exam leading to certification as a Professional Soil Scientist.

  
  • ESS 499 - Research Problem in Environmental and Soil Sciences

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Special research problems in environmental and soil sciences.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Departmental approval.

(ETEC) Educational Technology

  
  • ETEC 486 - Integrating Technology into the Curriculum

    3 Credit Hours
    Use of technology to support teaching and learning; designed to prepare teacher preparation students to integrate a variety of computer-based technologies into the PreK-12 curriculum and adapt these technologies for diverse populations including students with mild disabilities as well as ESL students. Includes strategies and techniques of integrating the Internet, digital images, digital diagrams, multimedia, web-based tools and interactive whiteboards.


(FDST) Food Science and Technology (390)

  
  • FDST 100 - Science of Food

    3 Credit Hours
    Scientific principles involved with selection, preparation, and evaluation of quality food.

  
  • FDST 150 - History and Culture of Food

    3 Credit Hours
    Impact of people and historical events on the production, distribution, and consumption patterns of food. The role of food as an indicator of cultural, societal, and historical changes around the world. Major technological advances in food processing and their impact on the globalization of the food supply.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture.
  
  • FDST 201 - Professional Development

    1 Credit Hours
    Professional development requirements, resources, and opportunities. Individual written and oral report and group discussion on careers and food companies.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – sophomore.
  
  • FDST 240 - Field Observations in Food Processing

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to, observation of, and familiarization with processing, packaging, quality control, and distribution of different types of foods.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 1 hour discussion and one 4-hour lab.
    Registration Restriction(s): Food science and technology major.
  
  • FDST 241 - Food Preservation and Packaging

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles, methods, and equipment used for preservation of foods.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 1 lab.
  
  • FDST 269 - Meat Evaluation and Grading

    2 Credit Hours
    Grading standards for quality and yield. Principles for evaluating beef, pork and lamb. Application of standards for institutional meat cuts. Practice grading and judging carcasses and cuts. Application of purchase specifications.

  
  • FDST 390 - Food Laws and Regulations

    3 Credit Hours
    A comprehensive examination of the laws and regulations designed to preserve the safety, wholesomeness, and nutritional quality of the United States food supply, and the agencies that enforce them.

    Comment(s): Core courses in food science and technology will serve as an essential basis for understanding of material covered in this course.
  
  • FDST 401 - Professional Food Science Communication

    1 Credit Hours
    Individual reports and group discussion on current topics.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – junior.
  
  • FDST 410 - Food Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Reactions of water, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, minerals, enzymes, vitamins, and additives in foods.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 110 or 350.
  
  • FDST 415 - Food Analysis

    4 Credit Hours
    Principles, methods, and techniques for qualitative and quantitative analyses of composition and physical, chemical, and biological properties of food and food ingredients.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and one 2-hour lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 110 or 350.
  
  • FDST 418 - Honors: Food Chemistry

    4 Credit Hours
    Reactions of water, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, minerals, enzymes, vitamins, and additives in foods.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 110 or 350.
  
  • FDST 419 - Food Chemistry Lab

    1 Credit Hours
    Interaction of water, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, minerals, enzymes, vitamins, and additives in foods and methods of evaluation of chemical properties of foods.

    Contact Hour Distribution: One 2-hour lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 410.
  
  • FDST 421 - Food Microbiology

    3 Credit Hours
    Physical, chemical, and environmental factors moderating growth and survival of foodborne microorganisms. Pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms affecting quality of foods and their control.

    (Same as Microbiology 421.)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Microbiology 210.
  
  • FDST 428 - Honors: Food Microbiology

    3 Credit Hours
    Physical, chemical, and environmental factors moderating growth and survival of foodborne microorganisms. Pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms affecting quality of foods and their control.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Microbiology 210.
  
  • FDST 429 - Food Microbiology Lab

    2 Credit Hours
    Methods for examination, enumeration, cultivation, and identification of foodborne microorganisms.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 421.
  
  • FDST 430 - Sensory Evaluation of Food

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles and methods of sensory evaluation of foods.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
    Recommended Background: A statistics course.
  
  • FDST 441 - Food Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Units and dimensions, physical properties, transport processes, fluid flow, heat transfer, thermal and nonthermal preservation processes, refrigeration, freezing, evaporation, psychrometrics, mass transfer, membrane separations, and dehydration.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and one 2-hour lab.
    Credit Restriction: Students cannot receive credit for both 441 and 541.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Physics 101 or Physics 221.
  
  • FDST 442 - Special Topics In Food Science and Technology

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Topics of current concern to the food industry.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
  
  • FDST 445 - Applied Food Science

    3 Credit Hours
    Interactions and functions of dairy, egg, cereal, and other plant based ingredients during the production and storage of processed food products.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 100, 241, or consent of instructor; and Food Chemistry (FDST 410) and Food Microbiology (FDST 421).
  
  • FDST 461 - Fresh Meats

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic principles in the conversion of muscle to meat and the factors that contribute to the utilization and marketing of quality fresh meat products.

  
  • FDST 462 - Manufactured Meat Technology

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic principles of manufacturing value-added meat products.

  
  • FDST 490 - Food Product Development

    3 Credit Hours
    Food Science capstone course. Application of principles of food chemistry, food processing and engineering, food microbiology, food laws and regulations, sensory evaluation, and statistics in the development of a food product concept.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and one 3-hour lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 241, 390, 410 or 418, and 421 or 428.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 430.
    Registration Restriction(s): Only open to food science majors with science or technology concentrations. Minimum student level – senior.
  
  • FDST 493 - Practical Experience in Food Science and Technology

    1-12 Credit Hours
    Specialized research in areas of interest under faculty direction. Field experience in supervised internship in the food industry.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
  
  • FDST 495 - Quality Assurance and Sanitation Practices

    3 Credit Hours
    Design and evaluation of an industrial food processing operation that produces safe and high quality food products. Introduction to hazard analysis and critical control point programs (HACCP).

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 410 or 418; and 421 or 428.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – senior.
  
  • FDST 499 - Undergraduate Research in Food Science

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Experience in research projects under supervision of staff members. Student should make arrangements for research project with instructor prior to enrollment.

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

(FINC) Finance (349)

  
  • FINC 300 - Fundamentals of Finance

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of the basic principles of finance.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Management 201.
    Comment(s): Not for majors in the Haslam College of Business.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – junior.
  
  • FINC 301 - Financial Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles of financial management. Investment, financing, and asset management functions of the firm.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): C or better in all the progression courses – Accounting 200; Economics 201; Communication Studies 210 or 240; English 255 or 295; Management 201; Mathematics 123-125 or Mathematics 141-142; and Statistics 201 (or honors equivalents).
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
  
  • FINC 307 - Honors: Financial Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles of financial management. Investment, financing and asset management functions of the firm.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Management 207.
    Registration Restriction(s): Admission to the Haslam College of Business’s Global Leadership Scholars Program.
  
  • FINC 402 - Special Topics in Finance

    3 Credit Hours
    Junior- and senior-level finance seminar.

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 301 or 307 and Accounting 301 with grades of C or better.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
  
  • FINC 420 - Financial Statement Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Focus of course is on use of financial information rather than preparation of financial statements. Analysis is from the perspective of key users such as creditors, equity investors, financial analysts, and investment bankers.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 301 or 307.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
  
  • FINC 425 - Investment and Portfolio Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Rigorous introduction to the fundamental principles and concepts of the valuation of stock and bonds (financial assets) in competitive and efficient financial markets. Risk and return analysis of portfolios of financial assets, capital market theory, security market theory, financial market microstructure, and professional ethics.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 301 or 307 with grade of C or better.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): Accounting 301.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
  
  • FINC 435 - Financial Markets and Institutions

    3 Credit Hours
    Examine the process of capital formation and allocation, including an evaluation of money and capital markets. Study the theories and mathematics of interest rate determination and characterize the financial services firms which participate in these markets. Review the corporate policies and practices of financial service firms, including management of interest-rate, default, technology, and regulatory risks.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 301 or 307 and Accounting 301 with grades of C or better.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
  
  • FINC 440 - Fixed Income Analysis and Markets

    3 Credit Hours
    Course examines the markets for fixed-income securities and consists of a rigorous treatment of fixed-income securities, markets and portfolios. Topics include but are not limited to bond pricing, yield measures, duration, convexity, credit risk, bonds with embedded options, and construction of fixed-income portfolios.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 301 or 307 and Accounting 301 with grades C or better.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
  
  • FINC 445 - Financial Derivatives

    3 Credit Hours
    Different types of derivative financial assets are the focus of this course. Emphasis will be placed on real-world applications of theoretical and conceptual material discussed in this class.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 301 or 307 and Accounting 301 with grades of C or better.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
  
  • FINC 455 - Financial Management: Theory and Practice

    3 Credit Hours
    Decision-making topics in financial management, including valuation, capital budgeting under uncertainty, cost of capital, capital structure theory, and dividend policy. Major writing requirement.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 425 with grade of C or better.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
  
  • FINC 463 - Enterprise Risk Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Measuring and managing risks faced by financial institutions and nonfinancial corporations. Students will engage in hands-on application of Monte Carlo simulation via Excel spreadsheet modeling.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 301 and Accounting 301 with grades of C or better.
  
  • FINC 475 - Insurance and Financial Planning Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Course will cover the basic principles of risk management; insurance; and financial, estate and retirement planning. For students interested, an optional component of the class may include material for property and casualty pre-licensing education.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 301 or 307 and Accounting 301 with grades of C or better.
    Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
  
  • FINC 485 - Real Estate Finance and Investment Analysis

    3 Credit Hours
    Explores the utilization of cash flow models to evaluate the financing of and investment in real property. In addition to examining financial feasibility analysis in detail, emphasis is also placed on understanding the factors influencing the dynamics of urban land markets and the government policy issues that must be addressed in urban areas.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 301 or 307 and Accounting 301 with grades of C or better.
  
  • FINC 492 - Off-Campus Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Professional internship with practicing professionals under the direction of a faculty member.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
    Credit Restriction: Elective credit only.
    Comment(s): Finance majors only.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • FINC 493 - Independent Study

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: Letter grade only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
    Comment(s): Finance majors only.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • FINC 495 - Investment Fund Management

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Students manage a portfolio(s) of real dollars and have fiduciary responsibility regarding same. Emphasis is on decisions that must be made by and/or for the ultimate investor using analytical tools and empirical evidence. 

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
    Comment(s): 3.00 in all upper-division business courses is required. Grade of C or better in Finance 301 is required.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(FORS) Forestry (396)

  
  • FORS 100 - Forests and Forestry in American Society

    3 Credit Hours
    Introductory course examining the role of forests in shaping American culture and society and exploring the evolution of the forestry profession in North America.

  
  • FORS 214 - Tree Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    An introduction to the anatomy and development of woody plants, their reproduction, growth requirements, and functioning.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 101 or 111.
  
  • FORS 215 - Forest Ecology

    3 Credit Hours
    Ecological interactions among tree species, other plant and animal species, and their environment. Forest ecosystem classification; energy, nutrient, and hydrologic cycles; and site quality. Perturbations and growth, survival and forest composition; forest succession; and fire ecology. Regeneration ecology through establishment and stand dynamics. Physiological ecology, ecological strategies, and adaptations of trees.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries 212.
    Registration Restriction(s): Forestry, wildlife and fisheries majors.
  
  • FORS 217 - Honors: Tree Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will attend 214 classes with supplementary assignments.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 101 or 111.
  
  • FORS 305 - Prescribed Fire Management

    2 Credit Hours
    Prescribed fire ecology, use, and management in forest stands.

    Grading Restriction: Letter grade only.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries 312.
  
  • FORS 314 - Economics of Forest and Wildland Resources

    2 Credit Hours
    Basic principles of forest resource economics. Microeconomic applications in forestry and non-market valuation and analysis. Financial analyses of private and public forest resource management decisions.

    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Economics 201.
  
  • FORS 317 - Honors: Economics of Forest and Wildland Resources

    2 Credit Hours
    Students will attend 314 classes with supplementary assignments.

    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Economics 201.
  
  • FORS 321 - Wildland Recreation

    3 Credit Hours
    Philosophical foundation of recreation. Planning, development, and management of forest recreation resources. Interpretation of forest resources. Overnight weekend field trips may be required.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
  
  • FORS 322 - Silvicultural Practices

    3 Credit Hours
    Application of silvicultural techniques and tree improvement. Use of herbicides and fire management.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries 312.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 305 and 323.
  
  • FORS 323 - People and Forest Practices

    1 Credit Hours
    Examination of how people, institutions, and society at large affect and are affected by forest management practices. Case studies and field applications will concentrate on the wide variety of linkages that exist in society among people and forests. Application of basic skills of collaborative problem solving will be emphasized. Overnight field trips are required.

    Grading Restriction: Letter grade only.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 305 and 322.
  
  • FORS 327 - Honors: Wildland Recreation

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will attend 321 classes with supplementary assignments.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
  
  • FORS 329 - Forest Resource Inventory

    3 Credit Hours
    Tree, log, and lumber scaling and grading. Land inventory and stand mapping. Volume estimation.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries 313.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 305 and 323.
  
  • FORS 331 - Wood Science for Forestry Majors

    2 Credit Hours
    A survey of the anatomy, properties, applications and impacts of wood materials. Includes training in wood identification.

  
  • FORS 332 - Forest Products Industry

    1 Credit Hours
    An overview of the many steps in wood products manufacturing, from forest harvest to finished products. Includes visits to industrial facilities.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 331.
  
  • FORS 333 - Wood Science for Non-Majors

    2 Credit Hours
    A survey of the anatomy, properties, applications and impacts of wood materials. Includes training in wood identification. No prerequisite. Recommended for engineers, architects, materials scientists and anyone with an interest in this important natural resource.

  
  • FORS 335 - Principles of Urban Forestry

    3 Credit Hours
    Introductory course covers the history of the urban forest, benefits and costs of urban forests, tree biology, urban soil, urban forestry planning and management, urban forestry and public policy, and public works.

  
  • FORS 337 - Honors: Wood Properties and Uses

    2 Credit Hours
    Students will attend 331 classes with supplementary assignments.

    (DE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 112.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 332.
  
  • FORS 345 - Practical Arboriculture

    2 Credit Hours
    Students will be exposed to modern hands-on techniques in arboriculture that will demonstrate real-world situations and teach students to respond appropriately. Techniques covered will include climbing, cabling, bracing, and pruning.

  
  • FORS 411 - Principles of Wood Procurement and Forest Operations

    2 Credit Hours
    An introduction to wood procurement, forest road building, and harvest planning. Topics will include different procurement methods, financial and resource assessment, negotiation skills, and legal requirements of wood procurement; basic forest hydrology and road construction concepts; and harvest technology and planning.

  
  • FORS 414 - Tree Physiology

    3 Credit Hours
    Tree structure, growth, development, function, and how these are related to the environment and to cultural practices. Influence of environmental variables on plant growth and distribution. Effects of forest management practices on growth and function.

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 414 and 514.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Biology 112 or Biology 102.
  
  • FORS 420 - Forest Resource Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to forest-level management concepts from an economic perspective. Harvest determination; goal setting under multiple-use concepts; taxes; classical approaches to regulation, linear programming and harvest scheduling; and goal programming.

  
  • FORS 422 - Forest and Wildland Resource Policy

    3 Credit Hours
    Policy formulation and criteria for policy determination. Forest and wildland law and regulation. Theory of conflict resolution. Formal and informal resolution.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – senior.
  
  • FORS 423 - Wildland Recreation Planning and Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Planning processes, master and site planning, and site design projects. Management strategies and methods of visitor and recreation site management. Case studies. Weekend field trips may be required.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours and 1 lab.
  
  • FORS 427 - Honors: Forest Resource Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will attend 420 classes with supplementary assignments.

  
  • FORS 430 - Inventory and Assessment of Urban Land

    2 Credit Hours
    Students will actively participate in tree inventory techniques used in three major metropolitan cities in Tennessee. Different tree inventory techniques (i.e. fGIS, i-Tree, modification of FIA) are used throughout the state of Tennessee. Students will be exposed to the latest technology used both by Regional and City Urban Foresters.

  
  • FORS 433 - Urbanization and Urban Soils

    1 Credit Hours
    Course will cover the below-ground factors that affect tree establishment and survival in urban areas, specifically addressing the importance of soil structure, density, pH, water availability, and chemical properties (i.e. minerals, CEC).

  
  • FORS 435 - Trees and the Law

    2 Credit Hours
    Course will evaluate tree law cases in the United States, focusing primarily on tree problems between private neighbors, government, and public utilities.

  
  • FORS 492 - Practicum in Forestry

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Supervised experience at departmental-approved employment location.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – junior.
  
  • FORS 493 - Independent Study in Forestry

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Special research or individual problem in forestry.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • FORS 495 - Internship in Wildland Recreation

    1-6 Credit Hours
    A highly-structured field experience guided by specific learning objectives. Students earn one credit per two weeks of full-time field experience. The student is responsible for field placement. Must be pre-approved by the instructor and the field supervisor.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – junior.
  
  • FORS 496 - Internship in Forestry

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Supervised experience at departmental-approved employment location arranged by the student. Students earn one credit per two weeks of full-time field experience. Internship learning objectives must be pre-approved by the advisor/instructor and the field supervisor. Daily log, supervisor evaluations, and final report required.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – junior.

(FREN) French (405)

  
  • FREN 111 - Elementary French I

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to French.

    Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
    Credit Restriction: Not available to students eligible for 150 or higher.
  
  • FREN 112 - Elementary French II

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to French.

    Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
    Credit Restriction: Not available to students eligible for 150.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 111 with grade of C or better or placement score between 200 and 249.
  
  • FREN 123 - Intensive Elementary French

    6 Credit Hours
    Introduction to French.

    Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
    Credit Restriction: Not available to students eligible for 150 or higher.
    Comment(s): This course is equivalent to 111 and 112.
  
  • FREN 150 - Intermediate French Transition

    3 Credit Hours
    This course is designed to prepare students for enrollment in 211.

    Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
    Credit Restriction: For elective credit only. Since 150 is a review of elementary French, students who receive credit in this course may not also receive credit for any other 100-level French course and, therefore, also forfeit the 6 hours of elementary language credit awarded through placement examination.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Placement score between 150 and 199.
  
  • FREN 211 - Intermediate French I

    3 Credit Hours
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 112 or 123 or 150 with grade of C or better or placement score between 250 and 299.
    Comment(s): Students who place in 200-level courses from high school will receive 6 hours of elementary French credit.
  
  • FREN 212 - Intermediate French II

    3 Credit Hours
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 211 or placement score between 375 and 449.
    Comment(s): Students who place in 200-level courses from high school will receive 6 hours of elementary French credit.
  
  • FREN 217 - Honors: Intermediate French I

    3 Credit Hours
    For students of superior ability in French. Students follow enriched program with emphasis on speaking ability and reading, including literary selections.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    Comment(s): Departmental placement test required.
  
  • FREN 218 - Honors: Intermediate French II

    3 Credit Hours
    For students of superior ability in French. Students follow enriched program with emphasis on speaking ability and reading, including literary selections.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 217 or departmental placement test.
    Comment(s): Students with a grade of A in 211 may enter 218 with permission of instructor.
  
  • FREN 223 - Intensive Intermediate French

    6 Credit Hours
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 112 or 123 or 150 with grade of C or better or placement score between 250 and 299.
    Comment(s): Students who place in 200-level courses from high school will receive 6 hours of elementary French credit. This course is equivalent to 211 and 212.
  
  • FREN 302 - Elements of French for Upper-Division and Graduate Students

    3 Credit Hours
    Elements of language, elementary and advanced readings.

    Grading Restriction: No auditors.
    Credit Restriction: No credit for students who have completed 111-112 or equivalent.
    Comment(s): Open to graduate students (for undergraduate credit) preparing for language examinations and upper-division students desiring reading knowledge of the language.
  
  • FREN 333 - Intermediate Composition and Grammar

    3 Credit Hours
    Emphasizes writing skills. Review of major grammatical points in French.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 212 or 218 or 223 or placement score higher than 500.
  
  • FREN 334 - Intermediate Conversation and Phonetics

    3 Credit Hours
    Emphasizes speaking skills, especially pronunciation. Further review of French grammar. Required of all French majors.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 333 or placement score higher than 500.
  
  • FREN 345 - French for Business

    3 Credit Hours
    Contemporary French language as it applies to business transactions. Understanding and composing business letters. Oral communication and elements of French culture related to good business practices.

    Credit Restriction: Either 334 or 345 may be applied toward the major, but not both.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 333.
  
  • FREN 353 - Introduction to Literary Analysis in French

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to close reading and analysis of literary texts written in French. Works from a variety of periods and genres. Writing-emphasis course.

    Credit Restriction: 353 may not be taken for credit if students already have received credit for 351 or 352.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 333.
  
  • FREN 400 - Consecutive and Simultaneous French-English and English-French Translation

    3 Credit Hours
    Consecutive translation to and from English. Introduction to simultaneous translation to English.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 333.
  
  • FREN 410 - Topics in Medieval/Early Modern French Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Close reading and analysis of literary texts from the Medieval/early modern periods. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Medieval and Renaissance Studies 410.)
    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 353.
  
  • FREN 415 - Topics in Modern French and Francophone Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Close reading and analysis of modern and contemporary literary texts in French. Writing-emphasis course.

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 353.
  
  • FREN 420 - French Cinema

    3 Credit Hours
    The French cinema from its earliest days to the present; introduction to Francophone film. Taught in English. Films in French with English subtitles. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Cinema Studies 420.)
    Comment(s): Open to non-majors. Credit toward a major or minor in French available with additional reading and writing in French to students who have completed French 351, 352, 353 or the equivalent.
  
  • FREN 421 - Phonetics

    3 Credit Hours
    Foundation in the science of phonetics. Practical exercises and individual performance.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 333.
  
  • FREN 422 - Advanced Grammar

    3 Credit Hours
    Improving one’s written French by studying basic and more refined structures of the French language. Writing creative free-style compositions. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 334 and 353.
  
  • FREN 425 - Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics

    3 Credit Hours
    Initiation into the theory and practice of techniques of linguistic analysis in the subfields of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. Discussion of their relevance to the learning and teaching of foreign languages and to the study of literary texts. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as German 425; Linguistics 425; Russian 425; Spanish 425.)
    Recommended Background: Linguistics 200.
  
  • FREN 426 - Methods of Historical Linguistics

    3 Credit Hours
    (See German 426.)
  
  • FREN 430 - Theatrical French

    4 Credit Hours
    Comprehensive introduction to dramatic texts, performance, and theatrical production in French. Students collaborate in the creative staging of a French play and they actively participate in its public performance. May be applied toward the major as a literature course. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 353.
 

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