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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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(ARTD) Art Design/Graphic

  
  • ARTD 403 - Experiments in Systems

    4 Credit Hours
    (See Art Four-Dimensional Arts 403.)
  
  • ARTD 405 - Interaction Design

    4 Credit Hours
    Exploration of current technologies and their significance to interactive and screen-based design.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 251 and 350.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 252.
  
  • ARTD 410 - Advanced Typographic Investigation

    3 Credit Hours
    Expands on principles introduced in Typography (Art Design/Graphic 400). Projects will include work in reflective as well as electronic environments with an emphasis on personal exploration.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 400.
  
  • ARTD 425 - Illustration

    3 Credit Hours
    Develops skills and critical analysis for effective visual communication. Projects will explore the relationship between image and meaning. Students will explore a variety of media as they develop a personal visual vocabulary.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Art 101, Art 102, and Art 103.
  
  • ARTD 444 - Graphic Design Research

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Active research investigations in faculty-led initiatives.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ARTD 450 - Design in Culture

    3 Credit Hours
    A consideration of design as an act of cultural interpretation. Historic and contemporary design and design issues are examined through presentations, discussions, readings, and writings. Student assessment will come from writing, projects, presentations, and contributions to class discussion.

  
  • ARTD 451 - Advanced Graphic Design

    4 Credit Hours
    Advanced design investigations into the theory and techniques of visual problem-solving as applied across many applications of design. Emphasis on the study of identity and systems.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 352.
  
  • ARTD 452 - Graphic Design Capstone

    4 Credit Hours
    Student-led project under faculty direction including advanced application of research, project-development and execution. Includes individual presentations to professional panels.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 451.
  
  • ARTD 455 - Graphic Design Professional Seminar

    3 Credit Hours
    Professional practices including client relationships, design management, and business practices. Assembly, organization, and editing of the professional portfolio.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 452.
  
  • ARTD 456 - Graphic Design Practicum

    1-12 Credit Hours
    On-site, practical work designed to bridge the university experience with the workplace prior to graduation. Must be pre-arranged with the department.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 351 and 400.
  
  • ARTD 459 - Intersections in Design

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced investigations into the role of design in a broader context.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 350 or permission of instructor.
  
  • ARTD 493 - Independent Study

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ARTD 494 - Individual Problems

    3 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ARTD 495 - Visiting Artist Seminar

    2 Credit Hours
    Study and discussion of contemporary art issues conducted by different visiting artists each semester.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 8 hours.
    Credit Restriction: May not be applied toward the art history requirement.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(ARTH) Art History

  
  • ARTH 162 - Art of Africa, Oceania, and Pre-Columbian America

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of the traditional arts of the cultures of Black Africa, the Pacific and the Americas (focusing primarily on the period before the European conquest). Sculpture, painting, pottery, textiles, architecture and human adornment will all be examined.

    (Same as Africana Studies 160.)
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • ARTH 167 - Honors: Art of Africa, Oceania, and Pre-Columbian America

    3 Credit Hours
    Consent of instructor required. Survey of the traditional arts of the cultures of Black Africa, the Pacific and the Americas. Study grounded in reading, writing and discussion. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • ARTH 172 - Western Art: Ancient through Medieval

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

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • ARTH 173 - Western Art: Renaissance to Contemporary

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

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • ARTH 177 - Honors Western Art: Ancient through Medieval

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  
  • ARTH 411 - Art of South and Southeast Asia

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

  
  • ARTH 413 - Art of China I

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

  
  • ARTH 414 - Art of China II

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

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

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

  
  • ARTH 419 - Art of Japan

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of the art and architecture of Japan from the Neolithic period to the 19th century. The major achievements of each period are examined in relation to their religious, political, and social contexts. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • ARTH 421 - Greek Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Achievements of Greek art in architectural decoration, sculpture, minor arts, and painting from their beginnings in the Geometric period, through the Classical periods of the fifth century BC, to their dissemination during the Hellenistic period across the Mediterranean, Europe, and the Near East. Special emphasis on stylistic developments, the contributions of known artists, and the relationship between art and various aspects of Greek life and thought.

  
  • ARTH 422 - Roman Art

    3 Credit Hours
    Architecture, sculpture, and painting during the 1000+ years of Rome’s cultural dominance from the hyper-realism of the Republic, to Classical beauty of the Augustan age, and abstract symbolism in Late Antiquity. Considers how adaptations of earlier traditions such as the Greek and Etruscan and the diverse artistic heritages encompassed within the empire fused into something new and substantially different than what had come before.

  
  • ARTH 425 - Early Christian and Byzantine Art to 1350

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

    (Same as Judaic Studies 426 and Middle East Studies 425.)
  
  • ARTH 431 - Medieval Art of the West, 800-1400

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  
  • ARTH 454 - Renaissance and Baroque Theory

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  
  • ARTH 470 - African American Art

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

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

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

  
  • ARTH 473 - 19th-Century American Art

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

  
  • ARTH 474 - Transatlantic Modernism

    3 Credit Hours
    American-European artistic exchange during the first three decades of the 20th century leading to the creation of an art that was both modern and American. Considers Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O’Keeffe, Gerald Murphy, Marsden Hartley, Gertrude Stein, Josephine Baker, Arthur Dove, Marcel Duchamp, and others.

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

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

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

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

  
  • ARTH 479 - Special Topics in Art History

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

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

    3 Credit Hours
    Concentration in individually selected area.

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

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

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

(ASL) American Sign Language

  
  • ASL 111 - Elementary American Sign Language I

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

    Comment(s): Deaf education majors, educational interpreting majors, and American sign language minors must earn a minimum grade of B, and non-majors must earn a minimum grade of C to advance to 112.
  
  • ASL 112 - Elementary American Sign Language II

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

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 111 with a grade of C or better.
    Comment(s): Deaf education majors, educational interpreting majors, and American sign language minors must earn a minimum grade of B, and non-majors must earn a minimum grade of C to advance to 211.
  
  • ASL 211 - Intermediate American Sign Language I

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

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 112 with a grade of C or better.
    Comment(s): Deaf education majors, educational interpreting majors, and American sign language minors must earn a minimum grade of B, and non-majors must earn a minimum grade of C to advance to 212.
  
  • ASL 212 - Intermediate American Sign Language II

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

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 211 with a grade of C or better.
    Comment(s): Deaf education majors, educational interpreting majors, and American sign language minors must earn a minimum grade of B, and non-majors must earn a minimum grade of C to advance to 311.
  
  • ASL 311 - Advanced American Sign Language I: Educational Contexts

    3 Credit Hours
    This course emphasizes advanced expressive and receptive American Sign Language skills in an educational context. Review of grammatical structures.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 212 with a grade of C or better.
  
  • ASL 421 - Deaf Culture and Community

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

  
  • ASL 435 - Linguistics of American Sign Language

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

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 211.

(ASST) Asian Studies (145)

  
  • ASST 161 - Elementary Persian I

    4 Credit Hours
    Taped language program.

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

    4 Credit Hours
    Taped language program.

    (Same as Persian 162.)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 161.
  
  • ASST 261 - Intermediate Persian I

    4 Credit Hours
    Taped language program.

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

    4 Credit Hours
    Taped language program.

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

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Religious Studies 332.)
  
  • ASST 339 - Islam in the Modern World

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Religious Studies 339.)
  
  • ASST 374 - Emerging Landscapes of East Asia

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Geography 374.)
  
  • ASST 401 - South Asian Cinema: Bollywood and Beyond

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduces classic, Bollywood, and diasporic South Asian film. Presents films beloved by diverse audiences across the globe for their entertainment values but that also pose questions of identity, nationalism, and modernity. Examines why the storytelling in the films viewed is so compelling and how the films are situated the in social, cultural, and historical contexts in which they were created.

  
  • ASST 471 - Selected Topics in Asian Studies

    3 Credit Hours
    Content varies.

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

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

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

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

(ASTR) Astronomy (150)

  
  • ASTR 151 - A Journey through the Solar System Lecture

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(AUSP) Audiology and Speech Pathology (160)

  
  • AUSP 300 - Introduction to Communication Disorders

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

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

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

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

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

    Registration Restriction(s): Restricted to students majoring in Child and Family Studies, Special Education, and Interdisciplinary Studies or consent of instructor.
  
  • AUSP 305 - Phonetics

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

  
  • AUSP 306 - Anatomy and Physiology of Speech

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

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

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

    Registration Restriction(s): Restricted to students majoring in Child and Family Studies, Special Education, and Interdisciplinary Studies or consent of instructor.
  
  • AUSP 433 - Observation of Clinical Practice

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

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

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 300 and 305.
  
  • AUSP 455 - Problems in Speech Pathology

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 305.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 473.
    Registration Restriction(s): Restricted to students majoring in Child and Family Studies, Special Education, and Interdisciplinary Studies or consent of instructor.
 

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