Mar 28, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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(CFS) Child and Family Studies (245)

  
  • CFS 351 - Early Childhood Education II: Curricula and Program Development for Young Children

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – junior.
  
  • CFS 405 - Development of Professional Skills

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

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC) (WC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): English 102, 132, 290, or 298.
    Registration Restriction(s): Child and family studies major; minimum student level – junior.
  
  • CFS 422 - Early Childhood Teaching Methods

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

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

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

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

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

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 320.
    Registration Permission: Child and family studies majors only.
  
  • CFS 445 - Teaching in Kindergarten

    3 Credit Hours
    Curriculum planning, classroom organization, and management practices for teaching young children. Relationship of kindergarten to total elementary school.

    Registration Restriction(s): Admission to teacher education.
  
  • CFS 460 - Directed Study in Child and Family Studies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: Not repeatable for credit. May be taken once for 12 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 405.
    Comment(s): Summer practicum placement begins the Monday after spring commencement and concludes the last day of the summer session. Minimum grade of C in all child and family studies courses prior to enrolling.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – senior, cumulative GPA of 2.5.
  
  • CFS 481 - Research in Child and Family Studies

    3-6 Credit Hours
    Supervised research experiences.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(CHEM) Chemistry (235)

  
  • CHEM 100 - Principles of Chemistry

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

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

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

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

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

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 1 lab.
    Credit Restriction: Credit may be received for only one of the following courses – 100, 120, or 128.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Mathematics 119 or Math ACT score of 25 or higher, or SAT Math score of 620 or higher.
  
  • CHEM 128 - Honors: General Chemistry I

    4 Credit Hours
    A sophisticated treatment of the principles of chemistry designed for students who are well prepared for a thorough and systematic study of chemistry. Topics include atomic structure and bonding, molecular structure, spectroscopy, chemical reactions and stoichiometry, introduction to organic compounds and reactions, intermolecular forces and phase transitions, behavior of gases.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 1 lab.
    Credit Restriction: Credit may be received for only one of the following courses – 100, 120, or 128.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): ACT Composite score of 30 or higher or permission of instructor.
  
  • CHEM 130 - General Chemistry II

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

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

    4 Credit Hours
    A sophisticated treatment of the principles of chemistry designed for students who are well prepared for a thorough and systematic study of chemistry. Topics include chemical equilibrium, thermodynamics, kinetics, transition metal complexes, and nuclear chemistry.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 128.
  
  • CHEM 200 - Introduction to Chemical Research

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

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
    Credit Restriction: May not be used toward a major or minor in chemistry.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 120 or 128.
    Registration Permission: Consent of department head.
  
  • CHEM 210 - Foundations of Analytical Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles and practices of wet chemical and instrumental methods of chemical analysis with statistical treatment of acquired date.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 138.
    Recommended Background: Physics 135 or 137.
  
  • CHEM 219 - Foundations of Analytical Chemistry Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Experiments on the principles and practices of wet chemical and instrumental methods of chemical analysis with statistical treatment of acquired data.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 210.
    Recommended Background: Physics 135 or 137.
  
  • CHEM 260 - Foundations of Organic Chemistry

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

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 260 and 268.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 138.
  
  • CHEM 268 - Honors: Foundations of Organic Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Enhanced version of 260 with added emphasis on reactive species, important structural variations, synthesis, and biological implications.

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 268 and 260.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 138.
    Comment(s): Students using 130 as a prerequisite must have a grade of B or better and permission of instructor. Intended and recommended for chemistry, biochemistry, and other physical science majors preparing for careers in science or health-related fields.
  
  • CHEM 269 - Foundations of Organic Chemistry Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Experiments involving synthesis, purification, and characterization of organic compounds discussed in 260 and 268.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 138.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 260 or 268.
    Comment(s): Pre-professional and other majors requiring 2 credit hours of organic chemistry laboratory should take 269 and 359. Chemistry majors needing minimum 2 credit hours of organic chemistry for professional school should take 269 and 449.
  
  • CHEM 300 - Introductory Research in Chemistry

    1 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the principles and practice of research in chemistry for chemistry majors. Written report required

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 130 or 138.
    Registration Permission: Consent of department head
  
  • CHEM 311 - Advanced Analytical Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory and practical applications of advanced instrumentation in analytical chemistry.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 210 and 219 and Physics 136 and Mathematics 142.
  
  • CHEM 330 - Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the principles and practice of inorganic chemistry; atomic and molecular structure, periodicity, bonding, symmetry, main group and transition metal chemistry.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 260.
    Recommended Background: General chemistry plus one semester organic chemistry.
  
  • CHEM 339 - Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Experiments demonstrating the principles and practice of inorganic chemistry; synthesis, characterization and properties of inorganic complexes.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 260.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 330.
    Recommended Background: General chemistry plus one semester organic chemistry including a laboratory.
  
  • CHEM 359 - In-depth Organic Chemistry Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Experiments involving synthesis, purification, and characterization of organic compounds discussed in 360 and 368.

    Credit Restriction: May not be applied toward the major. Students may not receive credit for both 359 and 369.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 269.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 360.
    Comment(s): Primarily for non-chemistry degree track, preprofessional students. Students majoring in either chemistry degree track may not take this course for credit toward the degree.
  
  • CHEM 360 - In-depth Organic Chemistry

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

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 360 and 368.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 260 or 268.
  
  • CHEM 368 - Honors: In-depth Organic Chemistry

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

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 368 and 360.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 260 or 268.
    Comment(s): Students using 260 as a prerequisite must have a grade of B+ or better and permission of instructor. Intended and recommended for chemistry, biochemistry, and other physical science majors preparing for careers in science or health-related fields.
  
  • CHEM 369 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory – Preprofessional, Non-chemistry Majors

    2 Credit Hours
    Experiments on topics discussed in 260-360 and 268-368.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 1-hour lecture and 4-hour lab.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 360 or 368.
    Comment(s): Primarily for non-chemistry degree track, preprofessional students. Students majoring in either chemistry degree track may not take this course for credit toward the degree. They should take 269.
  
  • CHEM 370 - Foundations of Physical Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Quantum Mechanics, Chemical Thermodynamics, Kinetics, and Statistical Mechanics.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 138 and Physics 136 or 138 or 222 and Mathematics 142 or 148.
    Recommended Background: Mathematics 241.
  
  • CHEM 379 - Foundations of Physical Chemistry Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Experimental investigations at the microscopic level of chemical phenomena and molecular properties with examples relevant to Chemical Thermodynamics/Kinetics, Spectroscopy, and Statistical Mechanics. Written lab reports required.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 370.
  
  • CHEM 380 - Foundations of Chemical Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the principles of chemical biology including the structure, properties, and functions of biological molecules.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 138 and 260.
    Recommended Background: One semester organic chemistry.
  
  • CHEM 389 - Foundations of Chemical Biology Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Experiments illustrating the principles and practices of chemical biology focusing on the analysis, characterization, and detection of biological molecules.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 380.
    Recommended Background: One semester organic chemistry.
  
  • CHEM 400 - Research in Chemistry

    2 Credit Hours
    Advanced students work with faculty on projects requiring knowledge and skills acquired in chemistry curriculum. Written reports are required. May be followed by either 400 or 408.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 300.
    Registration Restriction(s): Chemistry major with junior or senior standing.
    Registration Permission: Consent of department head.
  
  • CHEM 405 - Topics in the Development of Chemistry

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

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

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

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

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

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

    3 Credit Hours
    Topics of current significance in chemistry.

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

    3 Credit Hours
    Transition metal and organometallic and bioinorganic chemistry, inorganic materials, nanomaterials, environmental impacts, synthesis and spectroscopic characterization.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 330.
  
  • CHEM 449 - Advanced Synthesis Laboratory

    2 Credit Hours
    Modern techniques of synthesis and characterization of organic and inorganic molecules and materials; handling air sensitive materials; chromatographic purification, spectroscopic characterization, X-ray structure determination.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 260 and 269 or 369 and 330 and 339; and English 102, 132, 290, or 298.
  
  • CHEM 459 - Advanced Measurement and Spectroscopy Laboratory

    2 Credit Hours
    Experiments introducing measurement of electronic signals, Fourier analysis, computer control of experiments, basic multivariate regression, and various advanced spectroscopies.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 210 and 219 and 370 and 379; and English 102, 132, 290, or 298.
  
  • CHEM 470 - In-depth Physical Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced topics in Quantum Mechanics, Spectroscopy, Intermolecular forces, and potential energy surfaces, Statistical Mechanics and Computational Modeling.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 370.
    Recommended Background: Mathematics 241 and 251.
  
  • CHEM 490 - Introductory Polymer Chemistry

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

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 360.

(CHIN) Chinese (249)

  
  • CHIN 131 - Elementary Chinese I

    4 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
  
  • CHIN 132 - Elementary Chinese II

    4 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 131 with grade of C or better.
  
  • CHIN 231 - Intermediate Chinese I

    4 Credit Hours
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 132 with grade of C or better.
  
  • CHIN 232 - Intermediate Chinese II

    4 Credit Hours
    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 231.
  
  • CHIN 331 - Advanced Chinese I

    4 Credit Hours
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 232.
  
  • CHIN 332 - Advanced Chinese II

    4 Credit Hours
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 331.
  
  • CHIN 401 - Contemporary Chinese Studies I

    3 Credit Hours
    Explores contemporary issues in the Chinese society through film and reading. Topics may include family relationship, gender roles and sexuality, gap between upper and lower classes, nationalism and revolution, and the reflection of important historical events. Conducted in Chinese.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 232.
  
  • CHIN 402 - Contemporary Chinese Studies II

    3 Credit Hours
    Further explores contemporary issues in the Chinese society through reading of authentic materials. Topics may include the clash between the traditional and new values, globalization and multiculturalism, changes in human relationships, and the identity of the Chinese people. Conducted in Chinese.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 232.
  
  • CHIN 431 - Chinese Literature and Culture

    3 Credit Hours
    Students will learn to express complicated ideas fluently both in speaking and in prose. Topics may include film, literature, news, business Chinese, etc. The class is conducted in Chinese.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 232 or equivalent.
  
  • CHIN 432 - Advanced Reading and Composition

    3 Credit Hours
    Through extensive reading and writing, students will acquire a large amount of vocabulary and become more skillful readers and writers of Chinese.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 232 or equivalent.
  
  • CHIN 471 - Introduction to Chinese Linguistics

    3 Credit Hours
    Surveys various linguistic aspects of Mandarin Chinese, including phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, and sociolinguistics. The class is conducted in English, but students will work with Chinese language data in their reading and written assignments.

    (DE) Prerequisite(s): 132 or equivalent.
  
  • CHIN 490 - Chinese Internship

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

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Chinese language and world business concentration.
  
  • CHIN 491 - Chinese Foreign Study

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

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

(CLAS) Classics (257)

  
  • CLAS 111 - Beginning Latin

    4 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
    Credit Restriction: Not available to students eligible for 150.
  
  • CLAS 112 - Beginning Latin

    4 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
    Credit Restriction: Not available to students eligible for 150.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 111 with a grade of C or higher.
  
  • CLAS 121 - Beginning Greek

    4 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
  
  • CLAS 122 - Beginning Greek

    4 Credit Hours
    Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 121 with a grade of C or higher.
  
  • CLAS 150 - Latin Transition

    4 Credit Hours
    Designed to prepare students for enrollment in 251.

    Grading Restriction: A, B, C, No Credit grading only.
    Credit Restriction: Since 150 is a review of elementary Latin, students who receive credit in this course may not also receive credit for any other 100-level Latin course and, therefore, also forfeit the 6 hours of elementary language credit awarded through placement examination.
    Comment(s): Placement exam required.
  
  • CLAS 201 - Introduction to Classical Civilization

    3 Credit Hours
    Introductory survey of civilization of ancient Greece and Rome. Includes aspects of history, literature, art and archaeology, philosophy, and religion. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
  
  • CLAS 221 - Early Greek Mythology

    3 Credit Hours
    Archaic Greek religion through comprehensive study of Greek myths with emphasis on how they reflect the early Greek vision of the universe and humanity’s place in it. Origins and development of Greek myths and the rise of organized religion from the Bronze Age to about 450 BCE. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • CLAS 222 - Classical Greek and Roman Mythology

    3 Credit Hours
    Use of myth in literature, history, religion, and philosophy of Greece and Rome from about 450 BCE to about 350 CE. Course focuses on the latter half of the 5th century BCE and the last quarter of the 1st century BCE. Covers Eastern intrusions such as early Christianity. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • CLAS 232 - Archaeology and Art of Ancient Greece and Rome

    3 Credit Hours
    Survey from the earliest human presence in the Mediterranean to the end of the Roman Empire (c. 200,000 BCE–476 CE). For prehistoric times, emphasis on material remains and anthropological theory used to recreate the cultures of the Minoans, Mycenaeans, Dark Age Greeks, and Etruscans. For the historical Greek and Roman periods, emphasis on developments in architecture, sculpture, vase painting, wall painting, mosaics, and minor arts. Relationship of art to society. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • CLAS 251 - Intermediate Latin I

    3 Credit Hours
    Grammar review and readings.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 112 or 150 with a grade of C or higher or placement exam.
  
  • CLAS 252 - Intermediate Latin II

    3 Credit Hours
    Selected readings.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 251.
  
  • CLAS 253 - Greek and Roman Literature in English Translation

    3 Credit Hours
    Major literature of ancient Greece and Rome. Variable content. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • CLAS 254 - Greek and Roman Epic in English Translation

    3 Credit Hours
    Epic literature of ancient Greece and Rome. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • CLAS 255 - Greek and Roman Drama in English Translation

    3 Credit Hours
    Theater plays (tragedy and/or comedy) of ancient Greece and Rome. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (AH)
  
  • CLAS 261 - Intermediate Greek: Grammar Review and Readings

    3 Credit Hours
    Systematic review of Attic Greek and readings from the New Testament, Lysias, and others.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 122 with a grade of C or higher.
  
  • CLAS 264 - Intermediate Greek: Epic Poetry

    3 Credit Hours
    Content varies.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (CC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 261.
  
  • CLAS 273 - Medical Terminology

    3 Credit Hours
    Extensive introduction to the language of medicine. This is an online course.

  
  • CLAS 299 - Research Practicum in Classics

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to research methods in major subdisciplines of Classics (Latin and Greek literature, history, archaeology, iconography, epigraphy, papyrology, and numismatics). Step-by-step instruction in techniques for writing a good research paper and constructing an effective argument using the recognized evidentiary standards of the discipline. Writing-emphasis course.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (WC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): English 102, 118, 132, 290, or 298.
  
  • CLAS 302 - History of Greece I

    3 Credit Hours
    Greek history from the collapse of Mycenaean civilization to the end of the Peloponnesian War (ca. 1200 - 404 B.C.), with emphasis on the origin and development of the city-state (polis) in the Archaic and Classical periods. Discussion centers on the two most important and powerful city-states, Sparta and Athens, and their influence on the Greek world. Other topics covered are the Dark Ages, Archaic colonization and tyranny, the Delian League, and the Persian wars.

    (Same as History – Europe 302.)
  
  • CLAS 304 - History of the Early Roman Empire

    3 Credit Hours
    (See History – Europe 304.)
  
  • CLAS 305 - History of the Late Roman Empire

    3 Credit Hours
    (See History – Europe 305.)
  
  • CLAS 306 - History of Greece II

    3 Credit Hours
    History of the Greek world from the end of the Peloponnesian War to the destruction of Corinth (404-146 B.C.). It covers the struggle between Sparta, Athens, and Thebes for dominance in mainland Greece, followed by the rise of Macedonia under Philip II and Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Persian Empire. It also explores the formation, development, and decline of the Hellenistic kingdoms, with emphasis on the Roman absorption of these states in the second century B.C.

    (Same as History – Europe 306.)
  
  • CLAS 309 - History of the Roman Republic

    3 Credit Hours
    (See History – Europe 303.)
  
  • CLAS 340 - Greek and Roman Athletics

    3 Credit Hours
    A survey of Greek and Roman athletic festivals and events, and the role of athletes in ancient society; special focus on the Olympic Games. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • CLAS 345 - Greek and Roman Religion

    3 Credit Hours
    An in-depth examination of religion among the Greeks and the Romans. Attention is given to cult sites, state religious calendars and ceremonies, religion in the daily lives of people, and the interplay of ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian religions with Greek and Roman religious beliefs and practices. Reading and study of primary sources in translation. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Religious Studies 345.)
  
  • CLAS 351 - Cicero and Sallust

    3 Credit Hours
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 252.
  
  • CLAS 352 - Roman Lyric Poetry

    3 Credit Hours
    Poetry of Catullus, Horace, and the elegists.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 252.
  
  • CLAS 362 - Roman Law

    3 Credit Hours
    Historical development of Roman law in the Classical period (50 BCE-250 CE) with particular attention to the analysis of case-law in the areas of contract, property, or delict. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • CLAS 381 - Greek Civilization

    3 Credit Hours
    Emphasis on the 6th and 5th centuries BCE. Major aspects of ancient Greek civilization – religion, fine arts, political life, Pan-Mediterranean relations, the prominence of Athens, and the role of modern archaeology in interpretation. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • CLAS 382 - Roman Civilization

    3 Credit Hours
    Emphasis on the late Republic and early Empire. Major aspects of ancient Roman civilization – political institutions, art and architecture, history, culture, and daily life. Writing-emphasis course.

  
  • CLAS 384 - Gender and Sexuality in Greece and Rome

    3 Credit Hours
    Examines Greek and Roman views of gender roles and sexuality. Evidence from literature, epigraphy, and material culture is used to consider what the ideals of behavior were for Greek and Roman women and men, what constituted deviation from these ideals, and how ‘real’ Greeks and Romans may actually have behaved. Writing-emphasis course.

    (Same as Women, Gender, and Sexuality 384.)
  
  • CLAS 401 - Greek Poetry

    3 Credit Hours
    Epic, lyric, drama. Authors vary.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 261.
  
  • CLAS 402 - Greek Prose

    3 Credit Hours
    History, philosophy, and oratory. Authors vary.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 261.
 

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