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Course Descriptions

Course Description Notes

Northern Kentucky University has established abbreviations for its various disciplines. These abbreviations, which are printed next to the name of each discipline in the following course descriptions, should be used in preparing course schedules and at other times when referring to specific courses.

Following course titles in parenthesis is the number of semester hours of credit in the course. Listed below the course title are the number of classroom and lab/studio hours in the course, course prerequisites and co-requisites, and the semesters in which the course is taught.

Many courses satisfy NKU general education requirements under guidelines of the Kentucky Transfer Policy. If a particular course is approved for general education credit, a two-letter general education category designation follows the course title. The category for which the course is approved is listed in full beneath the course description. The general education category designations are:

OC – Oral Communication
WC – Written Communication
AH – Arts and Humanities
QR – Quantitative Reasoning
NS – Natural Sciences
SB – Social and Behavioral Sciences

Please refer to the General Education section of this catalog for complete information.

The university reserves the right to withdraw or modify courses of instruction at any time.
 

English
  

  • ENG 546 Grant Writing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 291  or equivalent or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Theory and practice of preparing and analyzing grant applications. Special focus on the grant process in academic settings. WRITING STUDIES. Open to graduate students and, with permission of instructor, advanced undergraduate students.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENG 550 Playwriting Workshop (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 231  or equivalent or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Intensive exploration of playwriting theory, approach, creativity, and style. Focus on developing the individual playwright’s method and practice through creation of drama, research, and engagement with the theater community.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENG 552 Screenwriting Workshop (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 231  or equivalent or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced exploration of the elements and techniques of film production and screenwriting. Focus on style and form; camera, geography, staging, balance, timing, and rhythm; business analysis of films and screenplays; and role of the screenwriter and other personnel.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENG 556 Composition Theories (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study in composition/rhetoric. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

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  • ENG 560 American Literature Before 1865 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semester of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of American literature written before 1865. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS (PRE-1900)
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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  • ENG 565 American Literature After 1865 (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of American literature written after 1865. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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  • ENG 575 20th Century British Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of British literature written in the twentieth century. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS (POST-1900)
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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  • ENG 580 Studies in Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of literature at the undergraduate level.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Special topics in literature; genres, interdisciplinary subjects, individual authors. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

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  • ENG 581 Major Authors (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of one or more major literary authors. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. TRADITIONS.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

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  • ENG 582 Special Topics in Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Six semesters of literature at the undergraduate level or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced study of special topics in literary studies. May be repeated once for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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  • ENG 584 Literary Publishing and Editing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 291  or equivalent or graduate standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Current trends and challenges in publishing explored through research and practical editing of literary journals and other projects.
    Repeatable: No
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English Developmental
  

  • ENGD 080 Writing Laboratory (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 1 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): ENGD 090 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Supplementary writing instruction in small-group setting. Offered on a pass/fail basis. Not applicable toward graduation.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ENGD 090 Writing Workshop (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): ENGD 080 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Practice in a variety of writing forms, selecting topics, working through the writing process, and conferring with instructor and peers. Not applicable toward graduation. For students needing additional preparation for ENG 101 .
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ENGD 094 Special Topics: Reading and English Workshop (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Special Topics: English and Reading for development of critical reading strategies including practice and instruction in reading and supplementary writing instruction in small-group setting.
    Repeatable: No

English International
  

  • ENGI 080 Writing Laboratory for International Students (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 1 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): ENGI 099 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Supplementary writing instruction in small-group setting. Offered on a pass/fail basis. Not applicable toward graduation.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ENGI 099 Writing Workshop for International Students (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): ENGI 080 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Practice in a variety of writing forms, selecting topics, working through the writing process. For international students needing additional preparation for ENG 101 . Not applicable toward graduation.
    Repeatable: No

Entrepreneurship
  

  • ENTP 150 Overview of Accounting (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Introduction to financial information generated by typical business organizations, with special emphasis on the use and interpretation of this information in managerial and financial decision-making processes by entrepreneurs. May not be substituted for ACC 200 .
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ENTP 201 Principles of Entrepreneurship (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    In this course, students will learn how to determine if an idea is a viable opportunity for value creation, how to apply critical thinking skills, and how best to seize the opportunity they have identified. These skills provide the foundations for creativity and innovation in business.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ENTP 305 Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing
    Taught: Fall and spring
    This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the entrepreneurial thought processes of creativity, innovation, and critical thinking as well as the business planning process. It provides students with a framework in which to conduct a feasibility analysis that will help prepare them for a potential entrepreneurial venture. Not open to entrepreneurship majors or minors.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENTP 310 Enterprise Creation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 201  and junior standing
    Taught: Fall and spring
    The course focuses on the planning and creation of new business ventures. It provides students an overview of the business planning process and a framework in which to conduct a feasibility analysis that will help prepare them for their own future venture.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENTP 320 Social Entrepreneurship (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 201 .
    Taught: Fall only
    Introduce students to the concepts, practices, and challenges of social entrepreneurship in the U.S. and around the world. Topics include the relationship between traditional entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship; the impact of social entrepreneurs on society; and the skills needed to be a successful social entrepreneur.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENTP 375 Marketing Strategies for Entrepreneurial Businesses (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 201 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    A strategic marketing process approach will be illustrated emphasizing the design of entrepreneurial marketing plans; the innovation and new product or service process; implementation of product, price, place and promotion goals; and, methods of evaluation and control.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENTP 376 New Venture Financing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 150  or ACC 200  and ACC 201 , ENTP 201  
    Taught: Fall only
    Many new ventures and innovation fail due to inadequate funding. Major sources of funding for new ventures are reviewed and evaluated in this course, including: venture capital, informal investors, banks, investment banks, suppliers, buyers and the government. Some of the topics for this course include valuation, “guerilla financing,” joint ventures, strategic alliances, private placements, IPOs and management buyouts.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENTP 378 Emerging Enterprise Law (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 201  
    Taught: Spring only
    This course involves the study of legal issues surrounding emerging enterprises, including, new venture formation, choice of legal entity, financing, siting and leases, intellectual property, debtor-creditor relations, contracts and employment law.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENTP 379 Technology and Innovation Management (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 201  
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course is designed to explore the concepts of change, innovation, and corporate venturing. Issues associated with entrepreneurial behavior and the development and implementation of programs to encourage entrepreneurship (creating value through innovation in midsize and large firms are explored.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENTP 394 Topics: Entrepreneurship (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 201  and junior standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Specialized topics of student and business community interest. Topics for current offering listed in Schedule of Classes. With department approval may be repeated for elective credit when topics change.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 9

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  • ENTP 396 Entrepreneurial Internship (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 201 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Students will intern at a nascent or early stage business venture that will provide the student an opportunity to learn to apply entrepreneurial problem solving skills and theoretical knowledge obtained through coursework to actual business situations and problems. The student should plan on spending a minimum of 10 hours per week for 10 weeks at the internship.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENTP 433 New Venture Management (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 201  and certification of major in business or declared minor in ENTP
    Taught: Spring only
    As an integrative course in management; this class emphasizes managing growing companies in an increasingly professional manner, while maintaining a spirit of entrepreneurship. Topics will include strategic and operational planning, financial planning and measuring and controlling performance; managing innovation, marketing the entrepreneurial organization, managing human resources in rapidly growing firms, and exit strategies.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENTP 497 Writing the Business Plan (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 150  or ACC 200  and ACC 201 , ENTP 201 , ENTP 375  and ENTP 376 ; senior standing and certification of major in business or declared minor in ENTP.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Students will study the basic components and varied audiences for the business plan. Each student will write a business plan and will be required to present the plan to a panel of business leaders.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ENTP 499 Independent Study (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENTP 201  and certification of major in business or declared minor in ENTP.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Students pursue a topic or project of interest to them. Meeting times arranged with instructor.
    Repeatable: No
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Environmental Science
  

  • ENV 110 Introduction to Environmental Science and Issues - NS (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    A non-laboratory introduction to the basic tenets of environmental science and issues including: the biological and physical components of ecosystems; human impacts on the functionality of ecosystems; and the economic, political, and legal aspects of environmental decision making. A requirement for entry into the environmental science program.
    Repeatable: No
    General education credit: Natural Science
  

  • ENV 110H Honors Introduction to Environmental Science and Issues - NS (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): A minimum score of 24 on ACT.
    Taught: Spring only-even yrs
    A non-laboratory introduction to the basic tenets of Environmental Science and Issues including: the biological and physical components of ecosystems, human impacts on the functionality of ecosystems, and the economic, political and legal aspects of environmental decision making.
    Repeatable: No
    General education credit: Natural Science
    ♦
  

  • ENV 115 Orientation to Environmental Science Careers (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 3 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    An introduction to environmental careers and post-graduate options. Activities will include visits to local businesses, corporations, agencies, and organizations specializing in environmental work.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ENV 220 Protecting Water Resources - NS (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): A minimum score of 22 on the ACT math section or equivalent.
    Taught: Fall only
    An overview of water resources and threats. Focus is on U.S. waters, the Clean Water Act, storm-water, and reducing storm-water pollution of water resources.
    Repeatable: No
    General education credit: Natural Science
    ♦
  

  • ENV 220L Protecting Water Resources Laboratory - SL (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 3 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): ENV 220 .
    Taught: Fall only
    A laboratory course to accompany ENV 220 . Applied exercises in water quality assessment, land use, and storm-water management.
    Repeatable: No
    General education credit: Natural Science
  

  • ENV 291W Advanced Writing in Environmental Science - WC (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 101  or ENG 151, ENV 110 , and BIO 151 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Introduction to scientific literature, experimental design, research, and proposal development. Advanced techniques in information search and retrieval, scientific writing, and effective presentation. General education credit: Written Communication II
    Repeatable: No
    General education credit: Written II
    ♦
  

  • ENV 294 Topics in Environmental Science (1-5 credits)

    Hours: 1-5 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Intensive study of specialized subject matter in environmental science. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENV 308 Science Communication (3 Credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENV 110  or BIO 151  or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Fall Only
    Introducing and developing skills in communicating environmental science to the general public using film, radio, and photographs. The course is organized around three modules (photography, radio, and filmmaking). Students will learn the fundamentals, spend time examining and discussing successful examples, and then work in small groups with community partners to create materials.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENV 350 Environmental Toxicology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): BIO 151  and CHE 121 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A non-laboratory course designed for students in biology, chemistry or environmental science who have completed their first-year biology and chemistry courses. The course will cover principles of toxicology and environmental genetics, the movement of toxic chemicals in the environment, and their degradation, biotransformation, or accumulation over time. Case studies will be used to examine differences across species and across habitats from the tundra to the tropics.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENV 394 Topics: Environmental Science (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing in environmental science.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    In depth study of specialized subject matter in environmental science. May be repeated for credit once when topic varies.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • ENV 395 Study Abroad in Environmental Science (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    An opportunity for students to engage in one or more departmentally- approved courses abroad; topic listed in schedule of classes when course is offered. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENV 396 Internship: Environmental Science (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Experiential learning at institutions, universities, or businesses specializing in Environmental work. Course may be repeated for new internship project. Open only to students majoring in Environmental science or minoring in Environmental studies.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • ENV 408 Ecology of the City (4 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): BIO 304  and GEO 418 .
    Co-requisite(s): ENV 408L .
    Taught: Spring only-even yrs
    Using ecological theory to understand the links between the structure and function of cities. Topics covered include socio-ecological frameworks, solutions to modern environmental concerns as they relate to urban areas, the role of interdisciplinary research in urban ecology, human-environment interactions, and creating sustainable cities.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENV 408L Ecology of the City Laboratory (0 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 3 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): ENV 408 .
    Taught: Spring only-even yrs
    Laboratory to accompany ENV 408 .
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ENV 492 Directed Research: Environmental Science (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 3-9 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENV 291W  and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Development and completion of a research project chosen in conjunction with instructor and approval of environmental science director. Final project report is required. For students majoring in environmental science.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • ENV 494 Seminar: Environmental Science (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 3 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ENV 110  or BIO 123 , and junior standing.
    Taught: Spring only
    Discussion and analysis of current environmental problems. For junior and senior students majoring in environmental science or minoring in environmental studies.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ENV 578 Environmental Issues for Educators (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 4 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Information and application of environmental issues for classroom use. Interrelationship of local issues and global issues. Required field trips.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦

Finance
  

  • FIN 205 Personal Financial Management (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall only
    Practical and realistic methods to manage the basic concepts of personal finances effectively; covers the basics related to managing your personnel assets, credit, insurance, investments, retirement and estate planning.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 305 Principles of Finance (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 200  and ACC 201 , STA 205  or STA 212 , and junior standing.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Basic concepts in finance including security markets, interest rates, taxes, risk analysis, time value of money, security valuation, short term financial planning, capital budgeting, and capital structure.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 315 Financial Management (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in FIN 305  and junior standing.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Financial management concepts relating to dividend policy, capital structure theory, working capital management, common stock and bond issuance, hybrid financing, mergers, and acquisitions.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 345 Investment and Security Analysis (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in FIN 305  and junior standing.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Structure and regulation of security markets, capital market theory, portfolio theory, analysis of securities and opportunities, evaluation of portfolio goals, sources of investment Information, and introduction to derivatives.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 355 Principles of Risk Management and Insurance (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in FIN 305  and junior standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Fundamental principles of risk and insurance; applications to risk situations and pension and group insurance.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 365 Financial Markets and Institutions (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in FIN 305  and junior standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced coverage of financial markets and institutions and their role in the history of the US financial system. Coverage includes a discussion of financial market history, interest rate theory, financial and currency derivatives, international implications for financial markets and institutions and current topics.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 385 Financial Planning Process and Estate Planning (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in FIN 305  and junior standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Theoretical and practical approach to estate planning; estate and gift taxes, wills, trusts, and estate planning techniques and application of these techniques in overall financial planning.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 394 Topics: Finance (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in FIN 315 , FIN 345  and junior standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Specialized topics of faculty and student interest. Topics vary and may include advanced derivative securities, financial engineering, advanced corporate finance, advanced financial planning, financial ethics, and risk management. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours if topics differ.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • FIN 396 Internship: Finance (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of FIN 305  with grade of C or better.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Supervised work experience related to finance and coordinated by employer in conjunction with a member of finance faculty. Graded pass/fail.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

    ♦
  

  • FIN 405 Derivative Securities (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in FIN 315 , FIN 345  and certified major in any business program.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Definition and explanation of various risk transfer devices such as options involved in trading these securities, hedging and speculating with options and futures, supervision, regulation, and tax consequences of futures and options trading.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 415 International Finance (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FIN 305  with a grade of C or better; certified major in any business program.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Financial decision making process in a multinational environment, effects of devaluation expectations, foreign exchange, investment controls; case study materials related to actual decisions by multinational firms.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 425 Financial modeling and valuation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in FIN 315  and FIN 345 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Financial modeling and valuation focusing on major financial theories and practical applications; building financial models in Excel and applying them to various corporate valuation models. Open only to students certified as majoring in business or by consent of instructor.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 435 Case Studies in Corporate Finance (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FIN 315 , FIN 345  and ACC 308  with a grade of C or better, certified major in finance.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Analysis of finance problems through use of case studies; oral and written presentations of case solutions. Recommended to be taken during the last 18 semester hours of business coursework.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 445 Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FIN 305  with a grade of C or better, certified major in any business program.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Concepts of retirement planning and employee benefits and the application of these concepts to overall financial planning for individual and businesses.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FIN 450 Advanced Investment Analysis (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FIN 315  and FIN 345  with a grade of B or better and permission of the instructor.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    An in depth continuation of the material covered in FIN 345 . The students will gain practical experience in portfolio management, including asset allocation, risk management, securities analysis and portfolio monitoring through management of the Haile Student Investment Fund.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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  • FIN 499 Independent Student in Finance (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FIN 315 , FIN 345  and ACC 308  with a grade of C or better, certified major in any business program, and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Student investigation of a topic or completion of a project. Topics, meeting times, and outcomes arranged with instructor.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦

Financial Literacy
  

  • FLC 101 Pathways to Financial Success (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Knowledge and skills to make sound personal financial decisions that promote financial success during college and beyond. Emphasis on decisions related to navigating college costs; earning, spending; saving; borrowing; and protecting.
    Repeatable: No

French
  

  • FRE 101 Elementary French I - AH (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Fundamentals; introduction to French and Francophone cultures; development of skills in conversation, pronunciation, grammar, reading, and writing. General education credit: Culture and Creativity
    Repeatable: No
  

  • FRE 102 Elementary French II (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): For students who have completed FRE 101  or equivalent.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Continuation of FRE 101 .
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 201 Intermediate French I (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): For students who have completed FRE 102  or equivalent.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Review and extension of basic language skills learned in FRE 101  and FRE 102 ; reading and discussion of cultural, linguistic, and literary subjects.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 202 Intermediate French II (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): For students who have completed FRE 201  or equivalent.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Continuation of grammar review and enhancement of language skills begun in FRE 201 ; consideration of cultural and literary subjects.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 304 French Composition and Conversation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FRE 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Advanced practice in writing French compositions and in oral conversation skills.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 310 French Culture and Society Today (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FRE 202  or equivalent or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Basic aspects of contemporary French culture and society; reading and discussion of articles from leading French magazines, newspapers, and representative texts; comparison of French and American behavior and attitudes.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 311 French Cultural History (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FRE 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Eras, institutions, and issues in the history of France; readings primarily in French.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 320 Survey of French Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FRE 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Overview of major authors and movements from Old French to the 20th century.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 322 French Drama (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FRE 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of major authors and texts in the history of French theater, including representative 20th century playwrights; readings in French. May be repeated when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 9

    ♦
  

  • FRE 323 French Prose Fiction (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FRE 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of representative masters of the French novel and short fiction from the 18th century to the present; readings in French. May be repeated when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 9

    ♦
  

  • FRE 330 Studies in French Language Cinema (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FRE 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Survey of films produced in the French language. Emphasizes both the aesthetic aspects of the films as well as their historical, political, social and cultural content. May be repeated as topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 9

    ♦
  

  • FRE 340 Business French (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): FRE 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A study of language for broad commercial purposes; cultural awareness in both social and professional situations; historic and contemporary views of government, labor, media, and industrial organization in Francophone countries; business correspondence; Franco-American relations.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 350 Methods of Teaching in French (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of French at the 300 level or above.
    Taught: Spring only-even yrs
    Theoretical and practical considerations of teaching French in secondary schools. Required of all students seeking teaching certification in French.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 401 French Phonetics and Pronunciation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of French on the 300 level or above or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of French sound system, how sounds are produced, which ones are used in French, and in what contexts they occur. Satisfies the linguistics requirement for French Education majors.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 402 Advanced French Grammar and Syntax (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of French on the 300 level or above or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of French grammar through analysis of key linguistic structures and applied practice. Analysis of word formation, sentence structure, and semantics. Satisfies the linguistics requirement for French Education majors.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • FRE 480 Studies in French Culture (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of French at the 300 level or above or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Topics in culture and language of French speaking countries. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 12

    ♦
  

  • FRE 481 Studies in French Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of French at the 300 level or above or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Topics in literature, literary history, and literary theory. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 12

    ♦
  

  • FRE 499 Independent Study: French (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Readings in language and literature and culture.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15

    ♦
  

  • FRE 520 Readings: French (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 300- level French course.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Various literary, linguistic, cultural, and pedagogical topics. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15

    ♦

Geography
  

  • GEO 100 Global Viewpoints on Geography and the Human Landscape - AH (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Acquaints students with the key tools, themes, and perspectives by which geographers describe and analyze the global landscape, in its present condition as well as its transformation from past circumstances and its continuing transformation into the future.
    Repeatable: No
    General education credit: Global Viewpoints
  

  • GEO 101 World Regional Geography (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    The world’s regions; settlements, resource use, culture groups, and political patterns.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • GEO 108 Physical Geography - NS (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Acquaints students with the integration of key physical, chemical, and biological processes that produce the climate, soil, vegetation, and landform patterns on the Earth’s surface.
    Repeatable: No
    General education credit: Natural Science
  

  • GEO 301 Urban Geography (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall only-odd years
    Cities from inter urban and intra urban perspectives; evolution of cities and urban areas; their internal structure and the dilemmas they face.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 302 Cultural Geography (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Spring only-odd yrs
    Impact of various cultures on landscape; distribution of culture traits; development of culture areas.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 303 Geographic Patterns of Economic Development (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    Examines contemporary global economic patterns and trends, emphasizing the geographical underpinnings of the world economy.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 304 Political Geography and Geopolitics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    Examines the role of geography in the political process at both the domestic and international scales. Addresses the ways in which nation-states structure and organize territories.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 306 Environmental Resource Management (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Spring only
    Spatial issues of resources management; water and air pollution, solid wastes, energy, land use planning, wilderness preservation, and population pressures; interaction of ecosystems.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 308 Dynamics of Weather and Climate (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Scientific bases on which weather and climate function; general circulation systems of the atmosphere; climate regions; natural and anthropogenic climate change.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 309 Historical Geography of the U.S. (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Spring only-odd yrs
    Spread of settlement, growth of urbanization, and development of economic and culture regions; past and present distribution of religious groups, European ethnic groups, and Afro-Americans.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 310 Geography of Population (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall only-odd years
    Spatial distribution of world population; regional variations of growth rates, standards of living, urban/rural densities, migration patterns, and environmental impact of populations.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 314 Maps and Map Interpretation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Fall only
    Map reading and interpretation skills; overview of map sources; interpretation of aerial photographs and remote sensing data; Geographic Information Systems.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 330 Geography of Religion (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Distribution of religions with a strong emphasis on the areal spread of various religions; impact of religion on landscape and on the environmental settings of several religions; changing religious patterns in the United States.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 335 Geography Through Film, Art and Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Spring only-even yrs
    Uses film, art and literature to examine how human communities and cultures have conceptualized their relationship to the natural world and negotiated their places in the global system.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 340 Sustainable Food Systems (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    Production processes and environmental impacts of agriculture, food manufacturing, food retailing in U.S. Land ownership patterns, subsistence food production, and cash crop production in developing world. Sustainable alternatives in U.S. and developing world.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 389 Research Seminar in Geography (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    Reviews key concerns of geography as discipline. Guides students in research project culminating in high quality research paper and professional quality oral presentation.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • GEO 394 Topics: Geography (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of specialized topics in geography not covered through regular curriculum. Subfields will vary according to the interest of the instructor and will be listed in the on-line schedule of classes. May be repeated as topics change.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

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