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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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.
 

Social Work
  

  • SWK 575 Focus on Techniques and Skills in Social Work (3 Credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or consent of department.
    Taught: Variable-chck w/dept
    Demonstrates specific skills for collecting high quality information from clients, uncovering the deep structure (the story beneath the story) of client communication, building and maintaining rapport and specific techniques for helping clients achieve their desired outcomes. Aids students in discovery of what internal states, beliefs and values prevent the client from achieving the desired outcomes, and learn techniques to overcome or by-pass those obstacles.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SWK 594 Topics: Issues in Social Welfare (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A specific aspect of social welfare practice or social welfare concern. See Schedule of Classes for current offerings and prerequisites.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 12

Sociology
  

  • SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology - SB (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Sociology is the scientific study of society. More specifically, it is the study of ways in which humans construct meanings and organize social relationships and activities. This discipline seeks to develop students’ ability to observe and think critically about their own and other societies and to become more sensitive to behavioral and value differences among people (which powerfully shape attitudes and opinions). Serious students of sociology will learn that sociological concepts, theories, and methods are powerful analytical tools for making connections between personal problems and larger social issues and for understanding how local, regional, national and global communities are intertwined. Such understanding and skills will facilitate decision-making and constructive ethical and responsible action to address the issues we face today.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Individual and Society, Global Viewpoints
  

  • SOC 101 Global Inequalities - SB (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Global Inequality is the study of ways in which humans construct meanings as they relate to similarities and differences and organize social relationships and activities in ways that advantage some groups over others. Special emphasis is paid to inequalities across and within countries, effects of imperialism and colonialism on linguistic or cultural diversity; theories of cultural development, the interconnections between and differences among local, national, and global communities; and the influence of cultural and socioeconomic background in shaping attitudes and opinions (in themselves and others).
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Cultural Pluralism, Global Viewpoints
  

  • SOC 202 Juvenile Delinquency (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Definition; investigation of evidence and etiology; judicial change and youth corrections.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SOC 205 Current Social Issues (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall only
    Analysis of one or more major current issues, e.g., abortion, nuclear proliferation, poverty, or fundamentalist religious movements; advancement of student comprehension of social issues, using the perspective and methods of sociology. Topics will change regularly and will be announced at time of offering.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • SOC 300 Race and Ethnic Relations (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Spring only
    Dominant-minority intergroup relations; prejudice, discrimination, and other intergroup processes; racial and ethnic minorities in U.S. society.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SOC 301 World Patterns of Race Ethnicity (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100  or ANT 100 .
    Taught: Fall only
    Patterns of intergroup relations in multi-ethnic societies; similarities and differences between these and U.S.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SOC 303 Social Psychology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Interactionist approach to study of development of the self; social roles; identity; social relationships; creativity; deviance; social control.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • SOC 305 Criminology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Concepts, theories, and major research findings of crime and criminal behavior; analysis of the criminal justice system, including various forms of corrections and rehabilitation.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SOC 307 Social Stratification (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Theories of social class; distribution of wealth, prestige, and power in U.S.; patterns of social mobility.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SOC 308 Social Organization (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Structure and function of organized groups and organizational behavior; formal organization.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SOC 315 Marriage and the Family (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Major theoretical approaches with emphasis on interaction; the family as a social institution, with cultural, social, and emotional implications of dating and mate selection; meeting family crises and problems; marital adjustment; social changes affecting the family.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SOC 318 Sociology of Work and Occupations (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    An analysis of work and occupations in the global economy as well as the structural forces that impact work in the USA and internationally.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SOC 319 Managing and Analyzing Databases (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Introduction to database creation, management and analysis. Designed to give students hands-on experience assessing, building, evaluating, applying and drawing conclusions related to large data sets.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SOC 320 Social Research (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Fall only
    Overview of the research process; principles of research design; major methods of data collection; interviewing techniques; hand-on experience with selected research design and analysis.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SOC 321 Applied Social Research (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100  (SOC 320  strongly recommended).
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Application of standard social science techniques for analyzing social data; introduction to use of computers, social science software programs, and frequently used statistical routines in processing information generated by research studies.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SOC 322 Qualitative Research Methods (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Introduction to the theory and methods of qualitative research. Students will learn the basics of research design and analysis, featuring data gathered using interview techniques, content analysis, ethnography, observation, and other qualitative research methods. Special attention will be given to the research ethics that guide sociological research.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SOC 330 Classical Sociological Theory (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Major classical sociological theories and their exponents.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SOC 332 Collective Behavior (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Crowd, mass, and public behavior; relationship to social improvements (especially contemporary); analysis of leadership roles in various types of collective behavior; factors and processes at work in emergence of social order.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • SOC 334 Contemporary Sociological Theory (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Spring only
    Provides students with an analysis and an understanding of the major contemporary theories that underlie both quantitative and qualitative sociological research.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SOC 335 Popular Culture (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Expression and contest of popular culture as it relates to social change and thought in U.S. during the 20th century; social implications of democratic ideals, sexual mores, arts vs. pornography, youth culture, roles of music and advertising, images of women, and social and ethnic stereotypes.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SOC 340 Population (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Fertility, mortality, and internal and international migration; population dynamics; interdependence of demographics and social and economic variable.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SOC 342 Sociology of Aging (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Social and demographic characteristics of the elderly population; sociological theories and methods for studying the elderly; adjustment problems of aging; prejudice and discrimination against the elderly.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SOC 345 Native American Social Issues (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course covers a range of social issues faced by contemporary Native Americans on and off reservations. Issues are presented within diverse social and historical contexts. Activist responses are considered along with the social consequences of past and current initiatives and policies.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SOC 350 Women and Crime (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Sociological analysis of gender issues for women as victims, offenders, and professionals in law enforcement; power imbalance experienced by women in criminal justice.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SOC 355 Sociology of the Environment (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Analysis of social causes and consequences of environmental degradation; examination of responses to U.S. environmental problems by government, communities, and environmental organizations; assessment of U.S. environmental policies; application of sociological theory and research methods to environmental issues.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • SOC 357 Guns and Society (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Social and demographic analysis of the characteristics of the ownership, usage, and impact of guns in the U.S.; cross-cultural perspective on the development of gun cultures.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SOC 360 Technology and Social Change (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Sociological analysis of interaction of technology and society; social issues arising with technological advancement; sociological factors influencing the direction of technological change and the adoption of technology; issues of the role of science in contemporary society.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SOC 364 Women and Men in Society (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Using major theoretical perspectives, the course provides an analysis of the roles of women and men in American society, as well as cross culturally; provides a greater understanding of the social forces influencing women and men in society.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SOC 369 Sex Crimes (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100  or JUS 101 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Sociological analysis of patterns of sex crimes and responses to them; primary focus on the United States.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SOC 370 The Sociology of Surveillance (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
    Taught: Fall only-even years
    A trans-disciplinary approach to how surveillance technologies and societies interacted to change social life post-9/11 including the production of security, fear, control, vulnerability and/or empowerment to resist it. Includes the surveillance capacities of social media, the systematic monitoring of institutions, individuals, public and private spaces, and how social behavior has responded.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SOC 371 Environment, Society, and Public Health (3 Credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100  
    Taught: Variable-check w/department
    Critical examination of environmental basis of public health issues. Topics include: role of science and scientific burdens of proof in determining environmental impacts on health, uneven distribution of environmental health risk factors across race and class, analysis of community responses to environmental health issues (i.e. environmental justice campaigns, health social movements).
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SOC 381 Deviance and Social Control (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Forms of social control used to maintain social order; techniques of control ranging from manners to law.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SOC 394 Topics: Sociology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A recent development in any phase of sociology. See Schedule of Classes for current topic and prerequisites.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 12
  

  • SOC 400 Urban Society (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Urbanization, industrialization, metropolitanization, and urban ecology; impact of large-scale population aggregations on social institutions; adaptation and adjustment of migrants; developing nations.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SOC 415 Sociology of Planning and Development (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Provides students with a sociological perspective of the planning and development process. Examines who, what, where, and when of the planning process and at what point in planning and development do various populations have access to the process and to what extent do all have a say in the process.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SOC 425 Political Sociology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 , or PSC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Theories of power and legitimacy; elites and masses; power structures of U.S. and other societies: social correlates of political ideology; socio-political movements.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SOC 430 Sociology of Religion (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Religion as a social institution; religious behavior; structure and function of religious institutions; interdependence with other social institution.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SOC 435 Sociology of Sexualities (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    While ‘human sexuality’ may seem to be static and biologically determined, in sociology we see sexualities as complex, varied, and shaped by social forces, influencing life chances and quality of life for people of various cultural, social, and historical circumstances. This course examines sexualities in these contexts.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SOC 450 Medical Sociology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Major sociological theories of sickness and health; social and cultural aspects of disease definition, help seeking, and response to illness; provider-patient roles and relationships; health care delivery systems in various societies.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SOC 460 Research Practicum Preparation (1 credit)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 322  or ANT 325 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Small-group seminar to introduce practicum skills: finding a placement assignment, writing a project proposal, making a contract, working with agency/business personnel, working in teams, scheduling projects, writing reports, managing time,
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SOC 480 Global Aging Issues and Policies (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Global aging issues and policies with emphasis on the health and care of aging populations, theories of adult development, cross-cultural comparisons and social gerontology. Addresses the relationships and interactions between and among the elderly, their families, social and health care professionals, and the various organizations that serve them.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SOC 485 Sociology of Global Issues (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Provides an analysis of concepts, theories, and social and cultural relationships among and within societies. Examines the institutional structures as well as counter structures (e.g. NGOs) that influence the networks of power among societies and the well being of their populations.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SOC 488 Sociology of Law (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Social and cultural factors influencing emergence and maintenance of law as a social institution and affecting relations between law and deviant behavior; theoretical and methodological issues encountered in study of law.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SOC 491 Research Practicum II (3 credits)

    Hours: 3-6 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Continuation of SOC 391.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • SOC 494 Seminar: Sociology Senior Seminar (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SOC 100  and at least 21 semester hours in sociology and senior standing.
    Taught: Fall only
    Senior seminar required as a capstone experience for seniors majoring in sociology.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SOC 499 Readings: Sociology (1-6 credits)

    Hours: 3-6 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Specialized topics or research interest.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SOC 594 Topics: Sociology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Selected topics in sociology. May be repeated as topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

    ♦
  

  • SOC 599 Independent Study (3 credits)

    Hours: 3-6 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individually supervised readings and study of a selected topic in sociology. May be repeated as topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

    ♦

Spanish
  

  • SPI 101 Elementary Spanish I - AH (3 credits)

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

  • SPI 102 Elementary Spanish II (3 credits)

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

  • SPI 201 Intermediate Spanish I (3 credits)

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

  • SPI 202 Intermediate Spanish II (3 credits)

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

  • SPI 304 Spanish Composition and Conversation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SPI 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Advanced practice in writing Spanish compositions and in oral conversation skills.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SPI 310 Spanish Culture and Civilization (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SPI 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of eras, institutions, and issues in the history and culture of Spain and the Iberian peninsula; readings primarily in Spanish.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SPI 311 Spanish-American Culture and Civilization (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SPI 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Eras, institutions, and issues in Spanish-speaking countries of Central and South America; the Hispanic presence in the United States; readings primarily in Spanish.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SPI 320 Survey of Peninsular Spanish Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SPI 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Overview of major authors and movements from the middle ages to the 20th century; readings in Spanish.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SPI 321 Survey of Spanish-American Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SPI 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Overview of major authors and movements from the 18th to the 20th century; readings in Spanish.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SPI 322 Hispanic Drama (3 credits)

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

    ♦
  

  • SPI 323 Hispanic Prose Fiction (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SPI 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Focus on novel, novella, or short story. May be repeated as topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 9

    ♦
  

  • SPI 330 Studies in Spanish Language Cinema (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SPI 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Survey of films produced in the Spanish 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

    ♦
  

  • SPI 340 Business Spanish (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SPI 202  or equivalent.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    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 Spain and Latin America; business communication; Relations between the Spanish-speaking world and the U.S.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • SPI 350 Methods of Teaching Spanish (3 credits)

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

  • SPI 401 Spanish Phonetics and Pronunciation (3 credits)

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

  • SPI 402 Advanced Spanish Grammar and Syntax (3 credits)

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

  • SPI 480 Studies in Spanish and Spanish-American Culture (3 credits)

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

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  • SPI 481 Studies in Spanish and Spanish-American Literature (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 6 semester hours of Spanish on 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

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  • SPI 499 Independent Study: Spanish (1-3 credits)

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

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  • SPI 520 Readings in Spanish (3 credits)

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

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Sports Business
  

  • SPB 200 Rivalry and Rituals: International Sport (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    ‘Rivalry and Rituals’ uses the socially prominent context of international sports to examine cultural development, influence and conflict within and across persons and geographic boundaries.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • SPB 305 Sports Marketing and Events Research (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in MKT 205 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Sports Marketing will build upon the marketing knowledge base and provide an overview of all the issues faced by marketing managers within the sports industry and outside the industry who market through sports. Students will be introduced to the unique qualities of the sports product and also examine the promotion mix, pricing and distribution issues as they relate to the sports industry.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SPB 307 Moneyball: Economics of Sports & Events (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in ECO 201 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Challenges students to apply economic theory to the unique aspects of college and professional sports. Highlights of the course include the industrial structure of sports, public financing of sports, and labor markets in sports.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SPB 309 Sports and Events Public Relations (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in MKT 205  or MKT 305.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Introduction to the elements of the promotional mix that identify, establish and maintain mutually beneficial relationships between the sports organizations and the various publics on which its success or failure depends.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SPB 330 Sports and Events Law (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    This course will explore the landmark decisions and social environment, which have transformed sports into a very powerful industry enjoying special protection under the law. Topics will include sports franchise rights, legal issues, anti-trust laws, sports agents, injuries to athletics, intercollegiate sports, collective bargaining issues, the powers of the Commissioner and gender equality.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SPB 335 Event Planning and Management (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in MKT 205  or MKT 305.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    A comprehensive look at factors to consider for successful event planning, marketing, and management. Topics will include analysis of event budgets, design and implementation of promotional campaigns, strategies for sponsorship program development, selection of facilities or venues, coordination of staffing needs, and key legal issues such as contracts.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SPB 350 Development and Fundraising in Sports (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in MKT 205 , SPB 305 .
    Taught: Fall only
    This course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview for the fundraising, donor relations, non-profit, premium seating, and ticket sales profession. Students are provided with an ethical foundation and are introduced to basic terminology and concepts in the field. While students develop an understanding of the essentials of fundraising operations, they will also examine larger issues confronting today’s fundraising managers. Topics will include major gift fundraising, annual funds, booster club organizations, priority seating programs, and benefits, the importance of donor research in the fund raising process, and the process from development to the transaction.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SPB 394 Topics: Sports Business Issues (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SPB 305 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Specialized topics of faculty and student interest. Topics vary. May be taken two times for elective credit if topics differ.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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  • SPB 396 Internship: Sports Business (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SPB 305  and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Supervised professional work experience in approved sport or sports related organization.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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  • SPB 480 Sports Business Strategies and Policies (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SPB 305 , SPB 308, certification as Sports Business major and senior standing.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Application of theories to a wide variety of current issues and problems within the sports industry using case analysis.
    Repeatable: No
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  • SPB 496 Sport and Events Practicum (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SPB 305  with a C or better and permission from instructor.
    Taught: Fall and summer
    This professional experience course involves 60 hours per credit hour of applied learning experiences within the sport industry. Students log field experience hours that include observing and providing assistance to a sports business professional in order to learn about the field of sports business and to gain professional experience and contacts.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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  • SPB 499 Independent Study: Sports Business (3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): SPB 305 , senior standing and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Students pursue a topic or project of interest to them under faculty supervision. Meeting times by arrangement with instructor.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦

Statistics
  

  • STA 110 Introductory Probability (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAHD 092  or MAHD 095  or MAHD 099  or placement.
    Taught: Spring and Summer
    Enumeration techniques and probability theory. Not open to students who have completed STA 250 . Same as MAT 110 .
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • STA 111 Basic Probability (1 credit)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): STA 205  or STA 212  and consent of chairperson.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Probability; basic counting techniques.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • STA 113 Probability and Statistics with Elementary Education Applications - QR (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAHD 092   or MAHD 095  or MAHD 099  or placement.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Concepts of probability, statistical description, and statistical inference and their use in elementary education; basic counting techniques; graphical descriptive methods; numerical descriptive methods; normal distribution; sampling distribution of a proportion and mean; estimation of a proportion and mean; Use of statistical software. Not open to students who have completed both MAT 110 /STA 110  and either STA 204  or STA 205 , or both MAT 110 /STA 110  and STA 212 , or STA 250  or STA 314 .
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Mathematics
    ♦
  

  • STA 204 Statistics for Middle Grades Teachers (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAHD 092  or MAHD 095  or placement.
    Taught: Spring only
    Concepts of statistical description and inference as they relate to middle and secondary standards; graphical displays of qualitative and quantitative data; measures of central tendency, variability, and position; normal distributions; linear regression and correlation; patterns of association in bivariate categorical data; simulation for inferential techniques, including confidence intervals and randomization tests; use of statistical software. Open only to students majoring in elementary or middle grades education or by instructor permit.
    Repeatable: No
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  • STA 205 Introduction to Statistical Methods - QR (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAHD 092  or MAHD 095  or MAHD 099  or placement.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Graphical descriptive measures; numerical descriptive measures; probability; hypothesis testing, estimation; analysis of variance; chi-square; regression; analysis by means of statistical software. Credit is not given for both STA 205 and STA 212 . Not open to students who have completed STA 250  or STA 314 .
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Mathematics
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  • STA 212 Statistics for Business Applications I - QR (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAHD 092  or MAHD 095  or MAHD 099  or placement.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Concepts of statistical description and inference and their use in business decision making; measures of central tendency and variability; hypothesis testing; estimation; linear regression and correlation; use of statistical software. Credit is not given for both STA 205  and STA 212. Not open to students who have completed STA 250  or STA 314 .
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Mathematics
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  • STA 213 Statistics for Business Applications II (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in STA 212 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Further development of key topics in STA 212 ; analysis of variance; chi- square tests; non-parametric inference; regression analysis; additional inference topics; use of statistical software.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • STA 250 Probability and Statistics I (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in MAT 129  
    Co-requisite(s): MAT 227 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Introduction to probability and statistics; discrete distributions, continuous distributions, sampling distributions, estimation and hypothesis testing.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • STA 292 Introductory Statistical Research (0 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Introduction to research in statistics by participation in a special project or original research directed by a member of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics faculty. Course intended for statistics majors interested in statistics research but not ready or able to enroll in more advanced research courses. Pass/fail grade only.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 0.5

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  • STA 294 Topics: Statistics (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Varies with topic (see Schedule of Classes).
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Various topics in Statistics.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15

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  • STA 299 Directed Readings/Independent Study (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 15

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  • STA 312 Elementary Survey Sampling (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in STA 205  or STA 212  or STA 250 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Describing sets of data; estimation; elements of survey samples; single random, stratified, cluster, and systematic sampling methods; ratio and regression estimation; sampling from wildlife populations. Students will be required to conduct and analyze an actual survey.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • STA 314 Design and Analysis of Experiments (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in STA 213  or STA 250 ; or B- or better in STA 205  or STA 212 .
    Taught: Fall only
    Analysis of variance and experimental design; multiple comparison techniques; factorial experiments; random and fixed effects models; nested and split plot designs; use of statistical software.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • STA 316 Regression Analysis (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in STA 213  or STA 250 ; or B- or better in STA 205  or STA 212 .
    Taught: Spring only
    Simple linear regression; multiple regression; diagnostics and remedial measures; logistic regression; additional topics in regression; use of statistical software. Not open to students who have completed STA 315.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • STA 317 Introduction to Time Series Analysis (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in STA 213  or STA 316  or STA 341 .
    Taught: Fall only-odd years
    Development of ARIMA models; estimation and confidence limits for model parameters; time series smoothing techniques; forecasting with ARIMA models; diagnostic checking.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • STA 327 Categorical Data Analysis (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): B- or better in STA 205 , STA 212 , or STA 213 ; or C- or better in STA 250 , STA 314  or STA 341 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A study of categorical variables and their analyses. Topics include: 2- way contingency tables; difference in proportions; marginal and conditional probabilities; independence; chi-square tests; relative risks and odds ratios; Simpson’s paradox; logistic regression; Poisson regression; use of advanced statistical software (such as R, SAS). Other topics, time permitting.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • STA 340 Probability II (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in STA 250  and (MAT 228  or MAT 229 ).
    Taught: Fall only
    Further study of topics in STA 250 ; multivariate distributions, approximations, functions of random variables; additional topics.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • STA 341 Statistics II (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C- or better in STA 250 .
    Taught: Spring only
    Further study in statistics topics introduced in STA 250 . Topics include confidence intervals and hypothesis testing, one-factor analysis of variance, simple linear regression, chi-square analyses, and nonparametric tests.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
 

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