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

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(ANSC) Animal Science (113)

  
  • ANSC 492 - Animal Science Experiential Learning

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Off-campus work experience approved by the department. Objective is to compliment traditional classroom activities and give the student an opportunity to gain experience in industry. Students must submit official approval form prior to registration. The student will be evaluated based on feedback from the student’s supervisor.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – sophomore.
    Registration Permission: Consent of undergraduate coordinator.
  
  • ANSC 493 - Independent Study in Animal Science

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Approved supervised study to improve or enhance student’s learning, including assisting in research and teaching. Not intended for students wanting to conduct a formal research project.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – sophomore.
    Registration Permission: Consent of undergraduate coordinator.
  
  • ANSC 494 - Animal Science Teaching Assistant

    1 Credit Hours
    Assist the primary instructor in laboratory instruction and demonstrations.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – senior.
    Registration Permission: Consent of department head.
  
  • ANSC 495 - Ethics in Animal Agriculture

    1 Credit Hours
    Discussion and presentations on issues related to ethics in animal research and industry. Topics may include transgenics, cloning, xenotransplantation, animal waste, animal welfare, research ethics and use of animals in medical research.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – senior.
  
  • ANSC 499 - Undergraduate Research

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Approved supervised research project in areas not formally presented in a course offered in the department. After completion of study, a report (oral or written) is required.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – sophomore.
    Registration Permission: Consent of Undergraduate Coordinator.

(ANTH) Anthropology (122)

  
  • ANTH 110 - Human Origins

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of humanity’s background, fossil primates, fossil human remains, and living races of humankind.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 110 and 117.
  
  • ANTH 117 - Honors: Human Origins

    3 Credit Hours
    Honors survey of humanity’s background, fossil primates, fossil human remains, and living races of humankind.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 117 and 110.
    Comment(s): Same as 110 but designed for high-achieving students.
  
  • ANTH 120 - Prehistoric Archaeology

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to methods and techniques used to identify and date archaeological cultures, reconstruct past lifeways and describe cultural evolution. Overview of the prehistory of Africa, western Europe, southwest Asia, and the Americas from earliest dated human cultures to rise of complex civilizations.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 120 and 127.
  
  • ANTH 127 - Honors: Prehistoric Archaeology

    3 Credit Hours
    Honors introduction to methods and techniques used to identify and date archaeological cultures, reconstruct past lifeways and describe cultural evolution. Overview of the prehistory of Africa, western Europe, southwest Asia, and the Americas from earliest dated human cultures to rise of complex civilizations.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 127 and 120.
    Comment(s): Same as 120 but designed for high-achieving students.
  
  • ANTH 130 - Cultural Anthropology

    3 Credit Hours
    Major concepts and methods in the study of culture; survey of cross-cultural similarities and differences in subsistence, social organization, economic, political, and religious institutions; language, ideology and arts. Contributions of anthropology to resolving contemporary human problems.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (SS)
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 130 and 137.
  
  • ANTH 137 - Honors: Cultural Anthropology

    3 Credit Hours
    Honors introduction to major concepts and methods in the study of culture; survey of cross-cultural similarities and differences in subsistence, social organization, economic, political, and religious institutions; language, ideology and arts. Contributions of anthropology to resolving contemporary human problems.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (SS)
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 137 and 130.
    Comment(s): Same as 130 but designed for high-achieving students.
  
  • ANTH 210 - Principles of Biological Anthropology

    3 Credit Hours
    Mechanisms of biological evolution and adaptation in living and prehistoric humans.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 110 or 117.
  
  • ANTH 302 - Anthropology of Religion

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Religious Studies 302.)
  
  • ANTH 303 - Human Biology and Society

    3 Credit Hours
    Issues and controversies of human biology and an exploration of the biological mechanisms and social pressures that have influenced human adaptation and variation.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 110 or 117.
  
  • ANTH 305 - Evolution and Society

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 305.)
  
  • ANTH 306 - Dental Anthropology

    3 Credit Hours
    Provides advanced undergraduate students with an in-depth knowledge of the human dentition and a thorough understanding of the current research issues in dental anthropology.

  
  • ANTH 310 - North American Indians

    3 Credit Hours
    Comparative overview of Indian cultures of North America. Topical coverage ranges from prehistory and aboriginal lifeways to problems resulting from contact and acculturation. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 137.
  
  • ANTH 311 - Southeastern Indians

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey of Southeastern American Indian cultures at the time of European contact. Emphasis on Cherokee culture and on the social, economic, and religious organization of aboriginal groups.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 137.
  
  • ANTH 313 - Peoples and Cultures of Mesoamerica

    3 Credit Hours
    Pre-Columbian and Hispanic cultures of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras. Patterns of cultural continuity and cultural change throughout Mesoamerica’s history. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Latin American and Caribbean Studies 313.)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 137.
  
  • ANTH 314 - Latinos in the United States

    3 Credit Hours
    Histories, cultures and politics of various Latinos in the U.S., including Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and recent immigrants. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as American Studies 314.)
    Recommended Background: 130.
  
  • ANTH 315 - The African Diaspora

    3 Credit Hours
    An overview of anthropological perspectives on people of African descent and the impact of an African presence on societies in the Americas. The sociocultural experiences of U.S. African Americans and their counterparts elsewhere in the hemisphere are situated in the context of a broader diaspora. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Africana Studies 315.)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 137.
  
  • ANTH 316 - Peoples and Cultures of South America

    3 Credit Hours
    An introduction to contemporary analysis and debate on South America that places the concept “culture” in historical perspective and discusses the anthropological notion of “people” within the complexity of indigenous and black social formations. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Latin American and Caribbean Studies 314.)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 137.
  
  • ANTH 319 - Caribbean Cultures and Societies

    3 Credit Hours
    Anthropological approaches to key aspects of Caribbean history, sociocultural pluralism, racial and class stratification, patterns of economic development, and local and national-level political processes. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Africana Studies 319; Latin American and Caribbean Studies 319.)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 137.
  
  • ANTH 320 - American Cultures

    3 Credit Hours
    Anthropological perspectives on cultural diversity in America, including the immigrant experience and expressions of ethnicity, intercultural relations, occupational and interest group subcultures. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as American Studies 320.)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 137.
  
  • ANTH 322 - Topics in U.S. Ethnography

    3 Credit Hours
    Overview of culture patterns and ethnographic research on selected social groups or culture areas in the United States. Writing-emphasis course.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 137.
  
  • ANTH 323 - Topics in Latin American Ethnography

    3 Credit Hours
    Overview of culture patterns and ethnographic research on selected social groups or culture areas in Latin America. Writing-emphasis course.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 137.
  
  • ANTH 324 - Topics in African Ethnography

    3 Credit Hours
    Overview of culture patterns and ethnographic research on selected social groups or culture areas in Africa. Writing-emphasis course.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 137.
  
  • ANTH 325 - Migration and Transnationalism

    3 Credit Hours
    Case studies of immigrant, refugee, and displaced populations and changing patterns of culture, identity, and community under conditions of globalization. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 137.
  
  • ANTH 357 - Junior Honors in Anthropology

    3 Credit Hours
    Analytical, integrative review of current directions of research and theory in anthropology.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Two courses from 117, 127, 137 with grades of B or above or consent of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Anthropology major.
  
  • ANTH 359 - Selected Topics in Biological Anthropology Method and Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    Biological anthropology method and theory topics for undergraduate students. Topics may include practical experience or laboratory study of anthropological materials.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 110 or 117.
  
  • ANTH 360 - North American Prehistory

    3 Credit Hours
    Prehistoric cultures of North America from initial occupation of the continent to European contact. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 120 or 127.
  
  • ANTH 361 - Historical Archaeology

    3 Credit Hours
    Historical archaeology of Euro American, African American, and Asian American cultures in the United States from 15th to 20th centuries.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 120 or 127.
  
  • ANTH 362 - Principles of Archaeology

    3 Credit Hours
    Research strategies used in developing method and theory, constructing cultural histories, identifying site function and settlement-subsistence patterns, and evaluating explanations of cultural change.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 120 or 127.
  
  • ANTH 369 - Selected Topics in Archaeology Method and Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    Archaeological method and theory topics for undergraduate students. Topics may include practical experience or laboratory study of archaeological materials.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 120 or 127.
  
  • ANTH 373 - Religions of Africa

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Religious Studies 373.)
  
  • ANTH 400 - Readings in Anthropology

    1-6 Credit Hours
    Problem-oriented directed readings in anthropology.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ANTH 410 - Principles of Cultural Anthropology

    3 Credit Hours
    Exploration and illustration of major concepts, theories, and methods in cultural anthropology, with application to analysis of specific ethnographies.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 137.
  
  • ANTH 411 - Linguistic Anthropology

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic linguistic concepts applied to research in cultural anthropology, particularly investigation of relationships between language and culture.

    (Same as Linguistics 411.)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 137 or Linguistics 200.
  
  • ANTH 413 - Dynamics of Culture

    3 Credit Hours
    Definition and in-depth study of major forms of culture change, ranging from evolution and diffusion to religious revitalization and political revolt. Continuity and change in diverse cultural settings examined through use of archaeological, ethnohistoric, and contemporary cases.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 137.
  
  • ANTH 414 - Political Anthropology

    3 Credit Hours
    Examination of the organization and dynamics of power and politics in both stateless and state-level societies. The role of symbols, rituals, and ideologies in producing and reproducing power relations. The relationship between actors (individuals) and structures. The encapsulation of traditional political forms and systems within modern states. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 137.
  
  • ANTH 415 - Environmental Anthropology

    3 Credit Hours
    Overview of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of human/environmental interactions. Impacts of environmental change on society and culture; human impacts on environmental change.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 137.
  
  • ANTH 416 - Applied Anthropology

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to principles, practice and ethics of anthropology applied to practical problems in non-academic settings. Overview of career opportunities in various domains of applied anthropology.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 137.
  
  • ANTH 419 - Anthropology of Human Rights

    3 Credit Hours
    Overview of the development and global spread of modern human rights concepts and instruments, with intensive focus on problems of universal rights, cultural relativism, and the anthropological study of specific human rights issues such as terror, torture, and violence against women. Writing emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 137.
  
  • ANTH 420 - Disasters

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines how anthropological approaches and research can play a vital role in disaster prevention, preparedness, and response using communities in crisis as our foci of discussion. Will examine the topic of disasters from both an analytical and case studies approach.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 137.
  
  • ANTH 421 - Refugees and Displaced People

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines historical and contemporary issues facing refugees and displaced people worldwide from socio-cultural and human rights perspectives. Topics addressed include the theory, methods and ethics of research with refugees and displaced people, international legal frameworks, the role of culture, political dynamics of refugee movements and internal displacement, and critical approaches to humanitarian responses.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 137.
  
  • ANTH 430 - Fieldwork in Archaeology

    3-9 Credit Hours
    Practicum work in archaeological data recovery and analytical techniques.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 120 or 127.
  
  • ANTH 430R - Fieldwork in Archaeology

    3-9 Credit Hours
    Practicum work in archaeological data recovery and analytical techniques.

    Repeatability: Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 120 or 127.
  
  • ANTH 432 - Anthropology of Warfare, Violence, and Peace

    3 Credit Hours
    Origins and tactics of warfare; overview of cultural foundations and impacts of warfare and nonviolence; distinctions among aggression, conflict, violence, war; dynamics of militarization and peacebuilding.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 137.
  
  • ANTH 435 - Historical Archaeology Laboratory

    3 Credit Hours
    Laboratory procedures for the processing, identification, and interpretation of artifacts from historical sites. Artifactual material from historic East Tennessee sites will be used for class projects.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 120 or 127.
    Recommended Background: 361.
  
  • ANTH 436 - Cities and Sanctuaries of the Greek and Roman World

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Classics 436.)
  
  • ANTH 442 - Archaeology of the Prehistoric Aegean

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Classics 442.)
  
  • ANTH 443 - Archaeology and Art of Ancient Greece

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Classics 443.)
  
  • ANTH 444 - Archaeology and Art of Ancient Italy and Rome

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Classics 444.)
  
  • ANTH 450 - Current Trends in Anthropology

    3 Credit Hours
    Analytical, integrative review of current directions of research and theory in anthropology.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
  
  • ANTH 451 - Hunter-Gatherers

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines current literature and thinking about hunter-gatherers worldwide, encompassing archaeological, biological anthropological, and cultural anthropological approaches. Humanity has followed a hunting-gathering way of life for much of its existence and understanding this way of life helps us to understand what it means to be human.

    Recommended Background: Introductory classes in archaeology and anthropology.
  
  • ANTH 452 - Paleoindian Archaeology

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines the archaeological, bioanthropological, linguistic and paleoenvironmental evidence associated with the initial human settlement of the Americas during the Late Pleistocene. The initial human colonization of other parts of the world will also be briefly explored, as will theories and approaches to the study of human migration.

    Recommended Background: Introductory classes in archaeology and anthropology.
  
  • ANTH 454 - Archaeology of the African Diaspora

    3 Credit Hours
    Historical archaeology of African, North American and Latin American sites relating to the transatlantic slave trade and the experiences of enslaved Africans in the New World from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 120 or 127.
    Recommended Background: 361.
  
  • ANTH 457 - Senior Honors in Anthropology

    3 Credit Hours
    Research and writing of the senior honors thesis.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 357 with grade of B or above.
  
  • ANTH 459 - Selected Topics in Biological Anthropology Applied Area

    3 Credit Hours
    Applied biological anthropology topics for undergraduate students. Topics may include practical experience or laboratory study of anthropological materials.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ANTH 461 - Archaeological Resource Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Federal legislation and regulations affecting identification, protection, and management of archaeological resources. Professional ethics and responsibilities and relationship of federal and state agencies, public interest groups, and professional archaeologists in conduct of federally sponsored archaeology.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 120 or 127.
  
  • ANTH 462 - Early European Prehistory

    3 Credit Hours
    Origins and evolution of human culture in Europe through the beginnings of settled life. Primary focus on Paleolithic/Mesolithic chronology and lifeways. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 120 or 127.
  
  • ANTH 463 - Rise of Complex Civilizations

    3 Credit Hours
    Development of complex societies in Old World from origins of agricultural economics to rise of states. Focus on Mesolithic, Neolithic, and Metal Age lifeways in Africa, Europe, and Asia. Writing-emphasis course.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 120 or 127.
  
  • ANTH 464 - Principles of Zooarchaeology

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic osteological studies of major vertebrate groups, with emphasis on the aboriginal’s use of animals in subsistence and culture. Identification and interpretation of archaeologically derived molluscan and vertebrate remains, with introduction to laboratory use of comparative collections.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 120 or 127.
  
  • ANTH 466 - Archaeology of Southeastern United States

    3 Credit Hours
    Archaeological research on prehistoric American Indian cultures in Southeastern United States.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 120 or 127.
  
  • ANTH 469 - Selected Topics in Archaeological Area

    3 Credit Hours
    Area studies in archaeological topics for undergraduate students. Topics may include practical experience or laboratory study of anthropological materials.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ANTH 480 - Human Osteology

    4 Credit Hours
    Intensive examination of the human skeleton.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 110 or 117.
  
  • ANTH 483 - Evolutionary Biology for Anthropologists

    3 Credit Hours
    This lecture course provides advanced undergraduate students with a fundamental background in evolutionary biology, both from historical and modern theoretical perspectives.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 110 or 117.
    Recommended Background: Human osteology and human evolution
  
  • ANTH 484 - Museum Studies III: Field Projects

    1-12 Credit Hours
    (See Art 484.)
  
  • ANTH 485 - Oral Biology

    4 Credit Hours
    Intense examination of human dentition and oral skeletal structures including dento-facial embryology/growth, histology, gross tooth morphology and pathology.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 110 or 117; 480.
  
  • ANTH 486 - Introduction to Forensic Anthropology

    4 Credit Hours
    Introduction to forensic anthropology, the science that utilizes methods from skeletal biology and archaeology as tools in human identification in a medico-legal context. Covers the human skeleton and dentition, methods employed in the estimation of age, sex, ancestry, stature, time since death, and trauma, and working in a medico-legal setting.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 110 or 117; 480.
  
  • ANTH 489 - Forensic Science and Human Rights

    3 Credit Hours
    Overview of the intersection of forensic science and human rights, emphasizing forensic anthropologists’ role in human rights investigations. Practical, ethical, and theoretical implications of scientific work in the human rights arena. Special topics and in-depth case studies illustrating the complexity of human rights oriented forensic science work.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 110 or 117; 419.
  
  • ANTH 490 - Primate Evolution

    3 Credit Hours
    Living and fossil primate taxonomy, ecology, and comparative anatomy. Survey of primate fossil record with emphasis on the origin or major primate lineages.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 110 or 117.
    Registration Restriction(s): Anthropology major.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ANTH 491 - Foreign Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ANTH 492 - Off-Campus Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ANTH 493 - Independent Study

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • ANTH 494 - Primate Behavior

    3 Credit Hours
    Social organization and behavior of selected primates including group composition, size, and structure; patterns of mating; other social interactions; communication; and cultural behavior. Application of primate studies to human ethology.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 110 or 117.
    Registration Restriction(s): Anthropology major.
  
  • ANTH 495 - Human Paleontology

    4 Credit Hours
    Intensive survey of the human fossil record from the earliest hominid remains to the earliest origins of modern human form.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 110 or 117.
    Registration Restriction(s): Anthropology major.

(ARAB) Arabic (127)

  
  • ARAB 121 - Elementary Modern Standard Arabic I

    4 Credit Hours
    Introduction to Arabic.

    Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
    Credit Restriction: Not available for students eligible for 122 or higher.
  
  • ARAB 122 - Elementary Modern Standard Arabic II

    4 Credit Hours
    Introduction to Arabic.

    Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
    Credit Restriction: Not available for students eligible for 221 or higher.
  
  • ARAB 221 - Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic I

    4 Credit Hours
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 122 with grade of C or better.
  
  • ARAB 222 - Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic II

    4 Credit Hours
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 221.
  
  • ARAB 331 - Advanced Arabic Composition and Grammar

    3 Credit Hours
    Provides preparation in writing skills and develops a better understanding of grammar through developing reading comprehension, vocabulary acquisition and compositions on assigned topics.

    (Same as Middle East Studies 331.)
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 221 and 222 or by placement test.
  
  • ARAB 332 - Formal Spoken Arabic

    3 Credit Hours
    Increases spoken Arabic proficiency by focusing on interactive functional skills in communicative situations such as vocabulary retention and listening comprehension. This course enables students to actively and appropriately communicate with native speakers of Arabic on a wide range of topics.

    (Same as Middle East Studies 332.)
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 331 or by placement test.
  
  • ARAB 431 - Media Arabic

    3 Credit Hours
    This course focuses on authentic Arabic media, print media, blogs, videos, and computer based material. Activities will include reading/listening news sources for comprehension, in-class discussions of current events in the Arab world, the geo-political situation, different Arab countries’ economies, arising social issues and popular culture.

    (Same as Middle East Studies 431.)
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 332 or permission of instructor.
  
  • ARAB 432 - Introduction to Modern Arabic Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    This course introduces students to the canonical texts of modern Arabic literature. It focuses on various trends in modern Arabic literature across genres, regions and national literatures. Making use of film and social media will help students better understand the literary culture of the Arab world. Taught in Arabic.

    (Same as Middle East Studies 432.)
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 332 or permission of instructor.
  
  • ARAB 490 - Internship

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Career-related experiences in the United States or abroad.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Arabic major/language and world business concentration.
  
  • ARAB 491 - Arabic Foreign Study

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

    1-15 Credit Hours
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of Instructor.

(ARCH) Architecture (133)

  
  • ARCH 101 - Introduction to the Built Environment

    3 Credit Hours
    Architectural design as a creative process based on visual thinking and ideas related to space, technology, and/or place. Scope and definition of the built environment in relation to contemporary society, building industry, and allied design professions. Orientation to courses and programs of the school.

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 101 and 111.
  
  • ARCH 102 - Visual Design Theory

    2 Credit Hours
    Principles of visual design, addressing form and space. Exploration of visual ideas through analysis. Introduction of terminology and vocabulary.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 172.
  
  • ARCH 107 - Honors: Introduction to the Built Environment

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will attend 101 classes with supplementary assignments and/or class meetings.

    Registration Permission: Consent of architecture program director.
  
  • ARCH 111 - Architecture and the Built Environment

    3 Credit Hours
    An introduction to architecture and the built environment for non-architecture majors. Significance of our surroundings, forces that create them. Creative aspects of design. Survey of examples from local to global. Strategies for individual and collective involvement.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 111 and 101.
  
  • ARCH 117 - Honors: Architecture and the Built Environment

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will attend 111 classes, with supplementary assignments and/or class meetings.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
    Registration Permission: Consent of architecture program director.
  
  • ARCH 121 - Representation I: Visual Logic and Perception

    2 Credit Hours
    Introduction of analog and digital representation methods in two and three dimensions. Emphasis is on learning how various techniques impact design exploration and visual logic through drawing, visualization, and analysis, including drawing conventions, representational and graphic structure.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 101 and 171.
  
  • ARCH 122 - Representation II: Intention and Communication

    2 Credit Hours
    Exploration of analog and digital representation methods and their relationships to design intent. Emphasis is on developing an understanding of how a variety of media address perceptual phenomena, abstraction, concepts of mapping and diagramming.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 121.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 172.
  
  • ARCH 171 - Design Fundamentals I: Space

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamentals of spatial composition and design. Two- and three-dimensional compositions to explore ideas of form and space. Introduction to architectural representation in drawings, sketches, and models.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 101 and 121.
    Registration Restriction(s): Architecture major or interior architecture major.
  
  • ARCH 172 - Design Fundamentals II: Space

    4 Credit Hours
    Fundamentals of architectural design and analysis. Diagramming to communicate analysis of design ideas and principles. Design projects with site implications, scale and spatial sequence. Development of architectural representation.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 171 with a grade of C or better.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 102 or Interior Architecture 200; and 122.
    Registration Restriction(s): Architecture major or interior architecture major.
  
  • ARCH 211 - History and Theory of Architecture I

    3 Credit Hours
    Architecture and ideas of building and community form in major world cultures from the prehistoric era to about 1750 CE.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • ARCH 212 - History and Theory of Architecture II

    3 Credit Hours
    Architecture and ideas of building and community form in major world cultures from 1750 CE to the late-20th century.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 211.
  
  • ARCH 213 - Modern Architecture: Histories and Theories

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines the history and theory of modern and contemporary architecture through broad-based examinations of the questions of modernity and specific case studies of buildings, projects, landscapes and theories.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 212.
 

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