2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog

May 26, 2024

2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Health Care Management
	HCM 490 - Healthcare Internship Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides supervised field work for exemplary senior students within the healthcare management concentration. Students work with health service professionals within the host organization to expand their expertise in solving management problems and to increase their awareness of the issues involved in the day to day operations of the organization. Student performance will be evaluated on the basis of an appraisal by the preceptor and a detailed project report submitted by the student. Prerequisite: HCM 310 and HCM 311 and HCM 330 and HCM 420 and Senior standing and Instructor permission Please click here for Book Information
Health Education
	HEED 112 - Health and Wellness Credit Hours: 2 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 This course deals with basic concepts of personal and community health in a complex modern society. Sexuality, population planning, mental health, nutrition, fitness, health care delivery system, and diseases of infectious and non-infectious nature are considered. Health behavior and behavior change for quality living for the individual and community are stressed. Please click here for Book Information
	HEED 212 - Health Promotion and Wellness Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to health concepts as they relate to the individual, family, and community. Designed to acquaint students with behaviors that promote health and reduce risks to diseases. Please click here for Book Information
	HEED 300 - Human Sexuality Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of concepts and methods for sex education programs, including physiological, social and educational aspects of human sexuality, and emphasizing preparation for teaching about human sexuality in K-12 programs. Please click here for Book Information
	HEED 301 - Drug Education Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An in-depth study of the use and abuse of legal and illegal drugs, alcohol and tobacco; the psychological and sociological factors associated with drug experimentation and abuse; and the psychosocial and physiological effects of drugs on health and behavior. Please click here for Book Information
	HEED 310 - Mental and Emotional Health Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the fundamental principles underlying emotional health, including human relationship, stress, social-learning adjustments, personality, and life styles. Please click here for Book Information
	HEED 311 - Environmental Health Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of major areas of environmental health, including the health concerns, problems, and diseases arising from environmental pollutants. Please click here for Book Information
	HEED 320 - Introduction to Health Education Credit Hours: 2 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 This is an introductory course to school health and to community health education. The basic philosophy, principles, and content of health education are discussed as basic background for suggested solutions of health problems. Twelve hours field experience is required. Please click here for Book Information
	HEED 321 - Health in Early Childhood Education Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the principles, content, practices, and procedures basic to health education in early childhood, K-3. Please click here for Book Information
	HEED 322 - Health in the Intermediate Grades Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the principles, content, practices, and procedures basic to health education at the intermediate level. Please click here for Book Information
	HEED 340 - Organization and Administration of School/Community Health Education Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of modern theories and guiding principles in the organization and administration of school-community health education programs, including coverage of such topics as program planning, fiscal management, vital statistics, and laws pertaining to school-community health. Please click here for Book Information
	HEED 372 - First Aid and Safety Education Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the principles and practices of first aid and safety techniques, with emphasis on emergency procedures and safety-related agencies and their services. Also includes the teaching of first aid and safety K-12. Please click here for Book Information
	HEED 401 - School Health Program Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the roles of the classroom teacher, the school nurse-teacher, and other related personnel in the development and implementation of a total school health curriculum, including content, methods, and materials appropriate to elementary, intermediate, and secondary levels. Please click here for Book Information
	HEED 410 - Introduction to Epidemiology Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 The principles of epidemiology used in the investigation of each event, such as disease, accidents, and other health-related problems. These principles will be demonstrated by a class project of epidemiologic investigation. An in-depth study of major public health problems, with emphasis on the K-12 classroom teacher as the change agent for a healthier society through health education. Please click here for Book Information
	HEED 411 - Public Health Problems Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An in-depth study of major public health problems, with emphasis on the K-12 classroom teacher as the change agent for a healthier society through health education. Please click here for Book Information
	HEED 420 - Nutrition Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the principles and concepts of nutrition, with emphasis on the importance of nutrition education for the development of healthy eating habits. Please click here for Book Information
	HEED 421 - Methods and Materials in Teaching Health K-6 Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the content, principles, practices, and procedures in health education at the elementary level, with special focus on the role of the teacher in the elementary school health program. Please click here for Book Information
	HEED 431 - Adapted Physical Education Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of principles and methods for adapting health and physical education programs to handicapping conditions. These principles and methods will be demonstrated by evaluations of physical, perceptual-motor and postural fitness levels, and the design, implementation, and evaluation of an active diversified adapted program. A 25 clock hour laboratory experience is required. Please click here for Book Information
	HEED 441 - Measurement and Evaluation in Health Education Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction of fundamental statistics for measuring and evaluating the effectiveness of health education and community health programs. Please click here for Book Information
History and Political Science
	HIPO 300 - Contemporary African American Politics Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of selected issues related to African-Americans living in America, with emphasis on contemporary political organizations and activities of African-Americans. Please click here for Book Information
	HIPO 310 - Political History of Contemporary China Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of political development in China from the Revolution of 1911 through the consolidation of power by Mao Tse-tung in the postwar period and continued through successive leaders to the present. Please click here for Book Information
	HIPO 341 - Constitutional Law and History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of basic principles of the constitutional system, with particular emphasis upon cases that deal with the framework of the American federal system. Prerequisite: POLI 210 Please click here for Book Information
	HIPO 342 - Civil Rights and Constitution Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of constitutional principles and their applications as they affect individual civil rights. Prerequisite: POLI 210 Please click here for Book Information
	HIPO 440 - Modern Ideologies Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the principal modern political ideologies: capitalism, communism, fascism, and socialism. Please click here for Book Information
History
	HIST 100 - Social Institutions Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An historical survey of the development of the basic social institutions such as family, religion, politics, economics, the arts, and education presented as a case study of the African-American experience from past civilizations in Africa to contemporary American society. Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 110 - World History to 1600 Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An historical survey of the development of civilizations in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas from their beginnings to 1600, with attention to the governmental, social, religious, economic, political, intellectual, and aesthetic movements and activities that contributed to their development. Offered every semester. Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 120 - World History since 1600 Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An historical survey tracing the continuing development of civilization from the beginning of the seventeenth century to the present day, with attention to the governmental, social, religious, economic, political, intellectual, and aesthetic movements and activities that contributed to their development, with special consideration of the movements, ideologies, revolutions, and wars that helped to shape modern history. Offered every semester. Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 210 - African-American History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of African-American social, economic, cultural and political history, with emphasis on the contributions of African-Americans to the social, cultural, economic, and intellectual life of American society and with attention to the role of African-Americans in the exploration, settlement, and development of America, the experience of slavery, and the struggle for civil rights. Offered every semester. Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 211 - The United States to 1865 Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of American history from the colonial period through the Civil War. Offered every semester. Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 212 - The United States since 1865 Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of American history from the era of Reconstruction to the present. Offered every semester. Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 270 - An Introduction to Africa in the World Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course seeks to explore the distinguishing features of the peoples and topography of Africa. Moreover, efforts will be made to assay the interactions of these peoples with the outside world in a way that will reveal the truth about them rather than to recycle myths and prejudices. Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 271 - Environmental History of the West, 1750 to Present Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will present a history from the eighteenth century to the present of interactions between humankind and the environment. Students will explore changing conceptions of the environment over time through lectures, discussions, readings, and research projects. This course will also emphasize major events historically, the transformed perceptions of nature, and the rise of historical phenomena such as colonization, imperialism, romanticism, industrialization, consumerism, conservation, and environmentalism. Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 280 - History of Alcohol and Drugs Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is a survey of the history of alcohol and drugs from 1500 to the present. This class will take an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the evolving role of alcohol and drugs in the history of the human experience over the past 500 years. By focusing upon economic, political, intellectual, and religious relationships to alcohol and drugs, the class will reveal the changing ethics of western society from the early modern period and the age of discovery through the recent War on Drugs and the medicalization of addition. The course begins with the introduction of new stimulants like coffee, tea, sugar, tobacco, and an array of distilled liquors (like rum, whiskey, brandy, and gin). In the eighteenth century, the beginning of modern regulation of alcohol is initiated by the British, followed by the development of a temperance movement in North America and western Europe. Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 301 - The Era of Civil War and Reconstruction Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the War Between the States, with an examination of the forces that led to the outbreak of the conflict between North and South, the ramifications of the Union victory, and the problems of reconstruction following the war. Prerequisite: HIST 211 and HIST 212 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 302 - Modern America 1914 to Present Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the United States as a modern industrial nation and as a world power, particularly since 1945. Prerequisite: HIST 211 and HIST 212 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 311 - Early Modern European History, 1600-1789 Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of the political, economic, social, and cultural developments in Europe from the late Reformation to the outbreak of the French Revolution. Prerequisite: HIST 110 and HIST 120 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 312 - Modern European History, 1789 to the Present Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of the political, economic, social, and cultural developments in Europe from the French Revolution to the present. Prerequisite: HIST 311 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 321 - American Social History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the daily life, institutions, intellectual developments, and artistic achievements in America from the Agrarian Era, 1607-1861, through the Urban Industrial Era, 1861 to the present. Prerequisite: HIST 211 and HIST 212 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 322 - Ethnic Minorities in American Urban History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the impact of urban life on the history of minority groups in the United States, with special emphasis on the relationships between the urban social order, the condition of minority groups since 1900, and the contributions of minority groups to the American city. Prerequisite: HIST 211 and HIST 212 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 323 - Oral History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of basic oral history techniques, including interviewing, transcribing, and writing a narrative based on the materials produced. Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 331 - History of Modern East Asia Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of modern China from the decline of the Manchu Dynasty in the mid-nineteenth century through the events of Tienanmen Square, and of modern Japan from the Meiji Restoration through its post-World War II development as a leading industrial nation. Prerequisite: HIST 110 and HIST 120 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 340 - American Diplomatic History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of American diplomacy from the colonial period to the present, with emphasis on U.S. foreign relations in the twentieth century. Offered on request. Prerequisite: HIST 211 and HIST 212 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 350 - History of Latin America Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the political, economic, and social institutions and problems of contemporary Latin American nations. Prerequisite: HIST 110 and HIST 120 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 351 - Ancient History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the origins, development, and contributions of the ancient Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman civilizations, through the fall of the Roman Empire. Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 352 - North Africa and the Middle East Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of Islamic civilization and culture in areas of the southern and eastern rims of the Mediterranean Sea spanning the time period from the seventeenth century to the present day. Prerequisite: HIST 110 and HIST 120 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 353 - History of Mexico Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the social, cultural, economic, and political history of Mexico, primarily since independence (1808), with a background on the colonial and Pre- Colombian periods. Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 362 - American Military Experience Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 The evolution of the American military profession from colonial times to the post-World War II era, with attention to such topics as American military concepts, strategies tactics, doctrines, and technology, and the influence of military experience on American society. Prerequisite: HIST 211 and HIST 212 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 370 - Africa South of the Sahara Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of ancient, medieval, colonial, and modern civilizations and nations in sub-Saharan Africa, with attention to issues relating to African heritage and to the rise of contemporary African nations and cultures. Prerequisite: Prerequisite: HIST 110 And HIST 120 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 371 - Renaissance and Reformation Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the rise of individualism and humanistic thought after 1300, the fragmentation of religious and political authority in Europe, the Reformation, and the religious wars through the Treaty of Westphalia. Prerequisite: HIST 110 and HIST 120 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 372 - History of Women in the Western World Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of the changes in the status of women in Western society from ancient to contemporary times, with special attention given to intergroup differences and to minority women. Prerequisite: HIST 110 and HIST 120 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 375 - Women In Africa Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course explores women’s history by region as it has changed over time under pre-colonial, colonial, and independence governments. Topics may include customs of female circumcision, bride wealth, and multiple wives; changes in the control over women’s labor and women’s roles in politics; the effect of structural adjustment on women; and women’s role in sustainable development. Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 380 - Medieval Europe Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of Europe from the fourth through the fourteenth centuries, with special emphasis on the characteristics of medieval political organization and socioeconomic life, the formative influence of the Church, and the cultural legacy of the Middle Ages. Prerequisite: HIST 110 and HIST 120 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 390 - North Carolina History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the history of the Tar Heel state from its origins to the present. Offered every year. Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 400 - History of the South Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the development of the southern United States since 1820, with special emphasis on race relations and on industrial growth in the region in the mid-twentieth century. Prerequisite: HIST 211 and HIST 212 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 410 - Survey of American Urban History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the forces that have shaped the development of the American city from the colonial era to the present time, with special attention given to the social, economic, political, and cultural effects of urban life on city dwellers. Prerequisite: HIST 211 and HIST 212 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 430 - Twentieth Century Europe Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of contemporary European issues originating from the two world wars, including the social and political upheavals of the twentieth century, with emphasis on the role of eastern Europe in the decade of the 1990┐s. Prerequisite: HIST 311 and HIST 312 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 431 - Russia to 1917 Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of politics and society in Imperial Russia and the collapse of the empire in the Revolution of 1917. Prerequisite: HIST 311 and HIST 312 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 432 - History of the Soviet Union Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the Soviet system and Soviet foreign policy from the Revolution of 1917 through its collapse in 1989. Prerequisite: HIST 311 and HIST 312 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 441 - History of England Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the development of modern England from the English Revolution to the present, with emphasis on the rise and fall of the British empire and the evolution of the Parliamentary system. Prerequisite: HIST 311 and HIST 312 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 442 - History of Modern Germany Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of German history through five periods: before unification (1815-1870), under Bismarck, under Wilhelm II, between the wars, and since 1945. Prerequisite: HIST 311 and HIST 312 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 450 - History of Terrorism and Insurgency Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the terrorism phenomenon throughout history, culminating in the present threat posed by transnational terrorism. Special attention is given to subjects including: different forms of historical terrorism, such as political and religious; asymmetrical warfare; the terrorism-media relationship; and anti- and counter- terrorism. Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 451 - French Revolution and Napoleon Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the collapse of the Ancient Regime, including an examination of the causes and effects of its demise; Napoleon’s attempt to establish a new order in Europe under French hegemony; the Congress of Vienna. Prerequisite: HIST 311 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 460 - Problems in American History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of selected issues in American history. Prerequisite: HIST 211 and HIST 212 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 470 - Colonialism and Neo-Colonialism Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the political, economic, and strategic interests of the Great Powers in colonies and former colonial possessions during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Prerequisite: HIST 311 and HIST 312 and HIST 331 or HIST 370 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 480 - Problems in European History Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of selected problems and issues in the history of Europe. Prerequisite: HIST 311 and HIST 312 Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 490 - Senior Seminar Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Selected Topics: In-depth studies in selected areas of special interest, with supervised research and directed readings required. (For History or Social Science majors and minors.) Please click here for Book Information
	HIST 491 - Methods of Historical Research Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to conventional methods of historical research and to new techniques in oral history, family history, and quantitative history. For History or Social Science majors and minors. Please click here for Book Information
Health Information Technology
	HIT 360 - Healthcare Information Systems Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course focuses on the applications of information technology to improve the quality of healthcare and to lower costs in providing healthcare services. Issues to be covered in this course include: information security, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the implementation of electronic medical records (EMR), the organization of IT functions, and IT project management. Prerequisite: MIS 300 and HCM 310 and HCM 311 Please click here for Book Information
	HIT 370 - Healthcare Information Applications Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course focuses on the application of information technology to improve the quality of healthcare and to lower costs in providing healthcare services. Issues in information security, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the implementation of electronic medical records (EMR), the organization of IT functions, and IT project management will be covered in this course. Prerequisite: HIT 360 Please click here for Book Information
	HIT 380 - Healthcare Business Intelligence Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course introduces students to the area of business intelligence and how it is used in healthcare. The need for business intelligence, concepts of business intelligence, big data in healthcare and enabling technologies will all be covered in this course. Prerequisite: HIT 360 and MIS 320 Please click here for Book Information
	HIT 460 - Advanced Healthcare Information Systems Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course expands the concepts taught in HIT 360 - Healthcare Information Systems . The course focuses on the application of information technology to improve the quality of healthcare and to lower costs in providing healthcare services. Issues in information security, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the implementation of electronic medical records (EMR), the organization of IT functions, and IT project management will be covered in this course. Prerequisite: HIT 360 Please click here for Book Information
Humanities
	HUMN 211 - Humanities: Music, Art, and Ideas I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An interdisciplinary survey course examining works of art, literature, music, philosophy, and religious thought, focusing on major stylistic developments, intellectual movements and cultural achievements of the ancient and medieval eras in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Completion of HUMN 211 is recommended before enrollment in HUMN 212 . Please click here for Book Information
	HUMN 212 - Humanities: Music, Art, and Ideas II Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 The second part of an interdisciplinary survey course examining works of art, literature, music, philosophy, religious thought, and focusing on major stylistic developments and intellectual movements from the Renaissance to the present day. Please click here for Book Information
	HUMN 215 - Arts in Performance Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Designed to introduce students to the basic tools an artist uses to create a work of art and to develop an awareness and appreciation of the history and ideas in the dramatic, musical, and visual arts through study and experience with these arts. Students are required to attend scheduled art, music, and theatre events outside of class and engage in critical analysis, form aesthetic judgments, and develop an appreciation of the arts. Attendance at pre- and post- production discussions and at live performances is required. Prerequisite: HUMN 211 or HUMN 212 Please click here for Book Information
Intelligence Studies
	INTL 200 - Intelligence and National Security Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course focuses on the concept, framework and applications of U.S. Intelligence and its role in the creation and implementation of national security policies. Please click here for Book Information
	INTL 210 - Introduction to Intelligence Analysis Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Research, Methods and Writing: This specialized course concentrates on the analytical production of strategic intelligence and serves as an introduction to the craft of intelligence analysis. Prerequisite: INTL 200 Please click here for Book Information
	INTL 220 - Intelligence Operations Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course covers human Intelligence (HUMINT), covert action and counterintelligence, as well as, the organizations, missions, and functions of international intelligence and security services. Prerequisite: INTL 200 Please click here for Book Information
	INTL 300 - Law Enforcement Intelligence Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course examines the role of Intelligence in the production of public policy and Law Enforcement implementation. Prerequisite: INTL 200 Please click here for Book Information
	INTL 310 - Corporate Intelligence Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course combines the study of traditional “corporate espionage” with the intelligence and counter-intelligence requirements inherent in protecting and managing intellectual property and national security information found in the industrial sector. Prerequisite: INTL 200 Please click here for Book Information
	INTL 320 - Intelligence and Military Operations Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course introduces the principles of Intelligence support for military operations including definitions and problems of strategic, operational and tactical intelligence; various aspects of military operations; and significant past, present and future events, operations and implications involving intelligence and military operations. Prerequisite: INTL 200 Please click here for Book Information
	INTL 330 - The History of Intelligence Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course explores the principles of the history of Intelligence. Topics include definitions and problems of the history of Intelligence; various aspects of the history of Intelligence; and significant past, present and future events, operations and implications involving the history of Intelligence. Prerequisite: INTL 200 Please click here for Book Information
	INTL 400 - Advanced Intelligence Analysis Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Research, Methods and Writing: This advanced course serves as follow-on to the introductory analysis course and provides for the application of knowledge and further skill development of the analytical tradecraft. Special topics include analytical research, methodologies and writing. Prerequisite: INTL 210 Please click here for Book Information
	INTL 410 - Ethics and Intelligence Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will examine the pertinent role of ethics in the business of Intelligence within the context of national security. Ethical theories, the role of ethics, protection of individual civil rights, ethical dilemmas posed by several current challenges and ways to make ethics a larger part of the national security dialogue will be addressed. Prerequisite: INTL 200 Please click here for Book Information
	INTL 420 - Anthropological Issues in Intelligence Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course investigates the historical and contemporary cultural, religious, and social distinctions between the world’s peoples as these variables bear on the Intelligence function. Prerequisite: INTL 200 Please click here for Book Information
	INTL 430 - Strategic Intelligence Issues Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Exploring a number of vital and current issues relative to strategic Intelligence, this advanced course is intended to assess intelligence requirements and develop strategies for the successful use of intelligence in U.S. foreign and security policy in the first decades of the twenty-first century. Prerequisite: INTL 200 Please click here for Book Information
	INTL 440 - Emerging International Security Threats Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course surveys a suite of emerging international threats which pose serious security risks to international development, stability and progress. The purpose is to assess the future international security environment in order to help develop government policy, strategy and plans for dealing with emerging security threats like genocide; organized crime; narcotics trade; human trafficking; weapons proliferation; environmental, energy, health and financial perils; regional issues; and other related topics. Prerequisite: INTL 200 Please click here for Book Information
	INTL 450 - International Terrorism Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course focuses on a wide range of relevant topics from the historical background and roots to the sociological, economic, and psychological aspects of International Terrorism and to the actual operational factors and policy implications. Prerequisite: INTL 200 Please click here for Book Information
	INTL 460 - National Security Policy Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will focus on U.S. national security and related-policy and the domestic and global factors affecting implementation. Prerequisite: INTL 200 Please click here for Book Information
	INTL 462 - International Weapons Proliferation and Weapons of Mass Destruction Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course explores worldwide proliferation of weapons and military hardware with special attention given to weapons of mass destruction. Prerequisite: INTL 200 Please click here for Book Information
	INTL 470 - Internship Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is designed for students to serve an external internship. As an intern, the students will be supervised in an experience in the application of principles and techniques to various areas of public service. Prerequisite: INTL 400 Please click here for Book Information
	INTL 480 - Senior Seminar Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course serves as a capstone class for students completing the Intelligence Studies program. It requires students to integrate and apply knowledge gained from the overall program curriculum. As part of the Senior Seminar, the students will research, write and present the findings and results of a topic that has significance to the profession of Intelligence Studies. Prerequisite: INTL 400 Please click here for Book Information
	INTL 490 - Advanced Readings and Research Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course allows students to conduct intensive, independent research studies of selected topics. The student will research, write and present the findings and results of the research. Prerequisite: INTL 400 Please click here for Book Information
Mathematics
	MATH 120 - Finite Mathematics Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to mathematical sets, logic, probability, statistics, and the metric system. Please click here for Book Information
	MATH 121 - Introduction to College Algebra Credit Hours: 3 or 4 Lecture Hours: 3 or 3 Lab Hours: 0 or 2 This course provides a foundation in algebraic concepts and problem solving skills for students who are preparing to take college algebra or precalculus I. Topics include arithmetic of real numbers, simplifying expressions (polynomial, rational, radical, etc.), and solving equations and inequalities (linear, quadratic, radical, etc.). When taken for 4 credits, two lab hours are included. Please click here for Book Information
	MATH 123 - College Algebra Credit Hours: 3 or 4 Lecture Hours: 3 or 3 Lab Hours: 0 or 2 An algebra course containing the following topics: sets, the real number system, exponents, radicals, polynomials, equations, inequalities, relations and functions, graphing, conic sections, exponential and logarithmic functions, systems of equations, complex numbers, mathematical induction, and the binomial theorem. A graphing calculator is required. When taken for 4 credits, two hours of lab are included. Prerequisite: MATH 121 or High School Algebra I, II, and Plane Geometry or equivalent, and satisfactory profile examination score. Please click here for Book Information
	MATH 124 - College Trigonometry Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A trigonometry course containing the following topics: trigonometric functions defined on angles, circular functions, graphs, inverse trigonometric functions, identities, trigonometric equations, law of cosines, law of sines, and complex numbers. A graphing calculator is required. Prerequisite: MATH 123 or High School Algebra I, II, and Plane Geometry or equivalent, and satisfactory profile examination score. Please click here for Book Information
	MATH 126 - Quantitative Reasoning Credit Hours: 3or 4 Lecture Hours: 3 or 3 Lab Hours: 0 or 2 This is a basic quantitative reasoning course with emphasis on concepts and applications of mathematical and statistical methods. This activity based quantitative reasoning course introduces students to basic mathematics, probability and risk, summarizing and analyzing data, regression and correlation, geometric modeling, and financial mathematics. Spreadsheets and course specific software will be used to deepen understanding of these concepts and increase student engagement with the course material. When taken for 4 credits,two lab hours are included. Prerequisite: MATH 121 or High School Algebra I, II, and Plane Geometry or equivalent, and satisfactory profile examination score. Please click here for Book Information
	MATH 129 - Precalculus Mathematics I Credit Hours: 3 or 4 Lecture Hours: 3 or 3 Lab Hours: 0 or 2 This course is the first of a two-semester sequence that provides a background for students who are preparing to take calculus. Topics include sets, the real number system, exponents, radicals, polynomials, equations, inequalities, functions, relations, graphing, conic sections, and rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions. A graphing calculator is required. When taken for four credits, two hours of lab are included. Prerequisite: High School Algebra I, II, and Plane Geometry or equivalent, and satisfactory profile examination score. Please click here for Book Information
	MATH 130 - Precalculus Mathematics II Credit Hours: 3 or 4 Lecture Hours: 3 or 3 Lab Hours: 0 or 2 This course is the second of a two-semester sequence that provides the background for students who are preparing to take calculus. Topics include graphing, systems of equations, matrices, complex numbers, mathematical induction, the binomial theorem, sequences and series, polar coordinates, parametric equations, trigonometric functions, inverse trigonometric functions, law of sines, law of cosines, and trigonometric identities. A graphing calculator is required. When taken for four credits, two hours of lab are included. Prerequisite: MATH 129 Please click here for Book Information
	MATH 131 - Algebra and Trigonometry Credit Hours: 3 or 4 Lecture Hours: 3 or 3 Lab Hours: 0 or 2 An in-depth study of the topics covered in MATH 129 and MATH 130 . A graphing calculator is required. When taken for four credits, two hours of lab are included. Prerequisite: High School Algebra I, II, and Plane Geometry Or equivalent, and satisfactory profile examination score. Please click here for Book Information

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HCM 490 - Healthcare Internship

HEED 112 - Health and Wellness

HEED 212 - Health Promotion and Wellness

HEED 300 - Human Sexuality

HEED 301 - Drug Education

HEED 310 - Mental and Emotional Health

HEED 311 - Environmental Health

HEED 320 - Introduction to Health Education

HEED 321 - Health in Early Childhood Education

HEED 322 - Health in the Intermediate Grades

HEED 340 - Organization and Administration of School/Community Health Education

HEED 372 - First Aid and Safety Education

HEED 401 - School Health Program

HEED 410 - Introduction to Epidemiology

HEED 411 - Public Health Problems

HEED 420 - Nutrition

HEED 421 - Methods and Materials in Teaching Health K-6

HEED 431 - Adapted Physical Education

HEED 441 - Measurement and Evaluation in Health Education

HIPO 300 - Contemporary African American Politics

HIPO 310 - Political History of Contemporary China

HIPO 341 - Constitutional Law and History

HIPO 342 - Civil Rights and Constitution

HIPO 440 - Modern Ideologies

HIST 100 - Social Institutions

HIST 110 - World History to 1600

HIST 120 - World History since 1600

HIST 210 - African-American History

HIST 211 - The United States to 1865

HIST 212 - The United States since 1865

HIST 270 - An Introduction to Africa in the World

HIST 271 - Environmental History of the West, 1750 to Present

HIST 280 - History of Alcohol and Drugs

HIST 301 - The Era of Civil War and Reconstruction

HIST 302 - Modern America 1914 to Present

HIST 311 - Early Modern European History, 1600-1789

HIST 312 - Modern European History, 1789 to the Present

HIST 321 - American Social History

HIST 322 - Ethnic Minorities in American Urban History

HIST 323 - Oral History

HIST 331 - History of Modern East Asia

HIST 340 - American Diplomatic History

HIST 350 - History of Latin America

HIST 351 - Ancient History

HIST 352 - North Africa and the Middle East

HIST 353 - History of Mexico

HIST 362 - American Military Experience

HIST 370 - Africa South of the Sahara

HIST 371 - Renaissance and Reformation

HIST 372 - History of Women in the Western World

HIST 375 - Women In Africa

HIST 380 - Medieval Europe

HIST 390 - North Carolina History

HIST 400 - History of the South

HIST 410 - Survey of American Urban History

HIST 430 - Twentieth Century Europe

HIST 431 - Russia to 1917

HIST 432 - History of the Soviet Union

HIST 441 - History of England

HIST 442 - History of Modern Germany

HIST 450 - History of Terrorism and Insurgency

HIST 451 - French Revolution and Napoleon

HIST 460 - Problems in American History

HIST 470 - Colonialism and Neo-Colonialism

HIST 480 - Problems in European History

HIST 490 - Senior Seminar

HIST 491 - Methods of Historical Research

HIT 360 - Healthcare Information Systems

HIT 370 - Healthcare Information Applications

HIT 380 - Healthcare Business Intelligence

HIT 460 - Advanced Healthcare Information Systems

HUMN 211 - Humanities: Music, Art, and Ideas I

HUMN 212 - Humanities: Music, Art, and Ideas II

HUMN 215 - Arts in Performance

INTL 200 - Intelligence and National Security

INTL 210 - Introduction to Intelligence Analysis

INTL 220 - Intelligence Operations

INTL 300 - Law Enforcement Intelligence