2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog

May 15, 2024

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Education
	EDUC 308 - Observation and Assessment in Preschool Education Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is designed to focus on observation of young children, including techniques for recording observations and using them to inform instruction and parents. Emphasis is placed on understanding and using different assessment procedures and their purposes and limitations, including ongoing observation, data collection and analysis. Assessment techniques which support children’s development and learning will be highlighted. Adaptations in assessments which are relevant to the children’s backgrounds and values, health appraisal and referral practices as well as types of assessment specified in IEPs will be stressed. Observation, assessment, and reporting are treated as complementary process. Students are required to develop an in-depth case study on a child between the ages of birth and kindergarten. Prerequisite: EDUC 350 Please click here for Book Information
	EDUC 309 - Infant and Toddler Curriculum Development and Field Study (Teaching Majors) Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 0 This course will provide 21st century Birth-Kindergarten teacher candidates with content knowledge in infant and toddler development. BK student candidates will learn theoretical frames for infant and toddler development, strategies for teaching typical and atypical infants and toddlers, how to develop an appropriate curriculum, how to create adaptive environments, and the importance of working with families. The 60 hour field study allows the BK student candidate first hand field experience in infant and toddler early learning environments. Students are required to develop an inquiry-based integrated unit plan for infants and toddlers. Prerequisite: EDUC 303 and EDUC 308 and EDUC 350 and PRAXIS I and a GPA of 2.5 or higher and Admission to Teacher Education Corequisite: EDUC 314 Please click here for Book Information
	EDUC 310 - Foundations of Education Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is a comprehensive overview of the foundations of education in the United States. It is an interdisciplinary attempt (incorporating the historical, political, economic, legal social, philosophical, and curricular foundations) to provide pre-service teachers with a clear understanding of the teaching profession and the issues and controversies confronting American education today. (Fall, Spring, Summer) Please click here for Book Information
	EDUC 311 - Foundations of Multicultural Education and Diversity Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 The facilitator of learning will explore the historical development of multicultural education, definitions of multicultural education and diversity concepts, the intercultural conflicts from philosophical cultural differences, and principles guiding multicultural education. (Fall, Spring, Summer) Please click here for Book Information
	EDUC 314 - Preschool Curriculum Development and Field Study (Teaching Majors) Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 0 This course will provide 21st century Birth-Kindergarten teacher candidates with the content knowledge needed to work with typical and atypical children. The student candidates will learn theoretical frames in early childhood education that allow them to adapt environments that meet the needs of all children, develop an integrated approach to curriculum development, foster parent involvement, and develop a global sense in the early childhood field. The 60 hour field study offers needed hands on experience in preschool and kindergarten settings. Students are required to develop an inquiry-based integrated unit plan for preschool and kindergarten children. Prerequisite: EDUC 303 and EDUC 308 and EDUC 350 and Core Academics test and a GPA of 2.5 or higher and Admission to Teacher Education Corequisite: EDUC 309 Please click here for Book Information
	EDUC 330 - Educational Psychology and Human Development Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An exploration of psychological principles and their applications to the problems of teaching and learning, including characteristics of stages in human development, theories of motivation and learning, classroom management strategies, individual differences, exceptional children, and the measurement and evaluation of student achievement and teaching strategies. Field experience required. (Fall, Spring, Summer) Please click here for Book Information
	EDUC 331 - Instructional Design and Assessment of Learning Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An exploration of instructional design and assessment principles and their application to the problems of teaching and learning, including the design of instruction; task analysis; curriculum development; instructional match; assessment of learning; types of assessment; and the alignment of curriculum, teaching, and assessment. (Fall, Spring, Summer) Please click here for Book Information
	EDUC 350 - Introduction to Birth through Kindergarten Education Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is designed to provide an overview of child development and how the knowledge of growth and development is related to preparing appropriate experiences for birth through kindergarten children. Emphasis is placed on considering the child, family, and the community when planning curriculum experiences for preschool children. Please click here for Book Information
	EDUC 361 - Family Culture and School Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is designed to help B-K professionals to understand the characteristics of families and the role families play in the lives of their children as their first teachers. Emphasis is placed on respecting different family structures, and values. Strategies for dealing with children with learning disabilities, home language i.e., especially language which is different from the B-K professional’s language is stressed. Ethnicity, at-risk, socio-economic and health care services will also be discussed. B-K professionals will also develop strategies for getting parents involved in the school and their children’s learning and development. This course includes a military family project. Please click here for Book Information
	EDUC 400 - The Middle School Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the basic principles, policies, and philosophies that undergird middle school education in the United States. Please click here for Book Information
	EDUC 421 - Principles of Secondary Education Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A comprehensive overview of the history and development of secondary education, the philosophy undergirding the knowledge base of the curriculum, and the influence of contemporary social forces in shaping the curriculum. (Fall and Spring) Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education and permission of instructor. Please click here for Book Information
	EDUC 433 - Methods and Materials for Teaching Mathematics in Middle Grades Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 2 An introduction to the knowledge base, teaching strategies, materials, and resources basic to middle grades mathematics education. Please click here for Book Information
	EDUC 434 - Current Issues and Trends in Early Childhood Education Capstone Course Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is designed to provide 21st century Birth-Kindergarten teacher candidates with a global perspective of economic and social contexts that concern young children and their families in today’s society. Students will practice problem solving and critical thinking skills through a Leadership Collaboration Research Project. Students are required to collaborate with an early childhood learning program, a child and family agency, shelter, or a community agency to revise, develop, or to implement a policy change that may involve any one of the following concepts: child neglect and abuse, parent involvement, cultural diversity, quality care, children and technology, and gender issues. Prerequisite: EDUC 308 and EDUC 350 Please click here for Book Information
	EDUC 440 - Guidance and Counseling Practicum Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A practicum providing supervised counseling experiences in a true-to-life setting, with emphasis given to practical and applied aspects of counseling and various guidance activities. Please click here for Book Information
	EDUC 450 - Classroom Management Credit Hours: 2 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to strategies for facilitating learning through better classroom management, with emphasis on the role of parents in classroom management and on counseling techniques related to management strategies and parenting. (Fall and Spring) Please click here for Book Information
	EDUC 460 - Methods and Materials in Secondary School Subjects Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Candidates are introduced to instructional and professional practices, tools, and resources to design, implement, and assess learning experiences to facilitate effective teaching and learning of secondary school subjects. (Fall, Spring) Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education and permission of instructor. Please click here for Book Information
	EDUC 461 - Methods and Materials in Teaching Language Arts Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the teaching strategies, resources, and materials basic to middle grades (6-9) education. Please click here for Book Information
	EDUC 462 - Methods and Materials in Teaching Social Sciences Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the knowledge base, teaching strategies, resources and materials basic to middle grades social studies education. Please click here for Book Information
	EDUC 463 - Methods and Materials in Teaching Science Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A brief review of the scientific principles, laws, and concepts prescribed in the knowledge base for teachers of science in the middle grades (6-9), with emphasis on science units and lesson planning, laboratory demonstrations, experimental replication, and simulated teaching experiences. Please click here for Book Information
	EDUC 464 - Methods and Materials in Health and Physical Education Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to activities, teaching strategies, materials, and resources applicable to the physical education of students in grades K-12. Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education and permission of instructor. Please click here for Book Information
	EDUC 480 - Clinical Experience in the Secondary School Credit Hours: 11 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 11 The clinical experience in the public secondary schools pairs candidates with clinical educators in the classroom to further develop content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, pedagogical skills, and integrate technology in all areas to produce a positive impact on student learning. The goal of the clinical experience is to link theory and practice within the clinical setting to contextualize and cultivate knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions. (Fall and Spring) Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education and permission of instructor. Please click here for Book Information
	EDUC 490 - Professional Education Seminar Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A forum for discussions of teaching strategies, methodologies, materials, and experiences observed during the student-teaching experience and of such issues as mainstreaming, multicultural education, use of computers, new trends to facilitate learning in educational settings, and effective resume writing and interviewing techniques. (Fall and Spring) Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education and permission of instructor. Please click here for Book Information
Elementary Education
	ELEM 320 - Teaching Healthful Living in K-6 Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will provide 21st century K-6 teacher candidates with foundational knowledge and understanding of the need to develop and use healthful living choices. Teacher candidates will learn to make explicit connections to healthy choices that lead to the improvement of student learning, interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships, and overall quality of life. Please click here for Book Information
	ELEM 335 - Math for 21st Century K-6 Teaching Candidates Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides students with foundational knowledge and understanding of school mathematics. Content will include common mathematical knowledge, problem solving, reasoning and proof, number sense, numerical operations, spatial sense, patterns, relationships and functions, and algebraic thinking. Please click here for Book Information
	ELEM 400 - Teaching Communication Skills in K-6 Credit Hours: 6 Lecture Hours: 6 Lab Hours: 0 This course is designed to give an introduction to the basics of reading instruction with emphasis on emergent reading, the initial stages of reading development, and primary and intermediate reading programs. Also, it is designed to encourage critical study of current practices, teaching methodologies, strategies, and resources for teaching language arts in the elementary school. Course requirements include a practicum in a partner elementary school classroom. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Please click here for Book Information
	ELEM 401 - Teaching Math and Science in K-6 Credit Hours: 6 Lecture Hours: 6 Lab Hours: 0 In this course, K-6 teacher candidates develop their understanding of mathematical conventions and process skills as well as the principles of scientific inquiry. Emphasis is placed on the use of best practices that promote integrative teaching and inquiry based learning, such as problem solving, reasoning, communication, connection, representation, and debating issues involving science and technology from a global perspective. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Please click here for Book Information
	ELEM 402 - Teaching Social Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts in K-6 Credit Hours: 6 Lecture Hours: 6 Lab Hours: 0 This course enables K-6 teacher candidates to develop teaching approaches that help students to develop global literacy and critical thinking skills. The course focuses on the creation of interdisciplinary lessons and units that integrate the social sciences, humanities, and the arts in ways that enhance classroom instruction and student learning. Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Please click here for Book Information
	ELEM 451 - Classroom Management for Elementary Teachers Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the strategies for facilitating learning through effective classroom management, parent counseling, and guidance strategies for the elementary classroom. This course helps elementary pre-service and in-service teachers develop systematic strategies and techniques for effectively leading students to cooperate with the teacher and each other, and to be on task and engaged in planned learning activities. Field experience is required. (Fall, Spring). Please click here for Book Information
	ELEM 471 - Elementary and Birth-Kindergarten Teacher Internship Credit Hours: 12 Lecture Hours: 12 Lab Hours: 0 An internship in the public schools providing prospective elementary education professionals with opportunities to observe professionals in the classroom, to plan and deliver instruction under supervision, to participate in professional development activities, and to engage in other activities expected of regular in-service teachers. Please click here for Book Information
	ELEM 491 - Elementary and Birth-Kindergarten Professional Seminar Credit Hours: 2 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 A series of seminars on selected teacher education topics, to include teaching strategies, knowledge, skills, abilities, and documentation needed for the initial teaching year, and preparation for the assessments required for North Carolina licensure. Please click here for Book Information
English
	ENGL 108 - English Grammar and Usage Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 This course introduces students to issues of grammar and usage within an integrated literacy program that includes reading, writing and speaking. Standard grammatical and rhetorical conventions are examined to assess their current significance for acceptable social expression, especially in academic prose. Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 110 - English Composition I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A course designed to give extensive practice in the writing process, with emphasis on expository forms appropriate to everyday personal, business, and academic writing. When taken for 4 credits, two lab hours are included. Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 120 - English Composition II Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A course that continues practice in the composing process, with emphasis on argumentation and research. The course involves gathering, analyzing, and documenting information from secondary sources. When taken for 4 credit hours, two lab hours are included. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 211 - World Literature I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of major works of the Ancient World, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance, focusing on representative genres. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 212 - World Literature II Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A comparative study of major works of the Enlightenment, the Romantic Age, the period of Realism and Naturalism, and the Modern World. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 220 - African-American Literature I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An historical and critical exploration of African American writers’ contributions to American fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction, beginning with writers of the 1700s and continuing through 1900. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 222 - History of the English Language Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An historical study of the nature of the language from its beginnings to the present. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 223 - African-American Literature II Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A continuation of an historical and critical exploration of African American writers’ contributions to American fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction, beginning with the 1900s and proceeding to the present. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 230 - Introduction to Linguistics Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the inductive method of studying language, exploring the phonological, morphological, and syntactical aspects of language, dialectical variations, graphemics, sound, spelling, linguistic changes, bilingualism, field linguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, uses of linguistics, and related topics. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 231 - Advanced Grammar Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A reinforcement of students’ skills in grammatical analysis, focusing on the major theories of grammar and on the study of language acquisition in light of current research. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 232 - Introduction to Film and Visual Literacy Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will introduce students to basic concepts in film and other visual media such as video and Internet imaging. The course introduces students to formal vocabulary and methodology for developing the ability to consider visual texts critically. Through understanding and application of the basic concepts of film language, students will learn how elements such as editing, lighting, and composition within the frame, cinematography, and sound combine to constitute filmic discourse. In order to understand development in these categories, consideration will be given to film history. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 233 - Hip Hop: Poetry, Politics, and Pop Culture Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course draws connections between rap, oral traditions, and African American poetry. The course also explores hip hop’s intersection with commerce, social policy, ethics, and civic engagement. Students will read articles, watch videos, and listen to podcasts addressing not only artistry, but also such issues as censorship, sexism, obscenity, social responsibility, and race politics in the U.S. as they relate to hip hop culture. Students will write essays, reports, and raps, and will also engage in service learning projects. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 240 - Introduction to Literature Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the major genres of literature, with intensive work in developing the critical skills of reading, evaluating, and interpreting literary works and in writing critical papers about literature. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 241 - Writing With Style Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 The study and practice of techniques used in traditional genres and emerging media, with emphasis on developing and adapting patterns of arrangement and stylistic techniques to particular audiences or for particular effects, as well as foundations of analyzing and incorporating visual and narrative rhetorical strategies. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 250 - Women in Literature Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course examines the roles of women in literature as characters readers, and writers. Included in the readings are short stories, novels, novellas, essays, poetry, and drama, all by women and about women. The course will provide a historical overview of women’s writing and will focus on the challenges of women writing, the creation and treatment of women’s lives in literature, the form and content of women’s writing, and the literary and feminist theories that discuss women’s place in history and society by investigating the evolving conditions of women. Also the course examines how women represent themselves and what their expectations and hopes are for their own and daughters’ futures. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 253 - Images of Women Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course introduces students to traditional and nontraditional images of women as they have appeared in film, music, art, and literature of the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. This course will encourage students to interrogate images of women in the popular culture of the present day. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 260 - North Carolina Writers Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of literature by writers who are from or have settled in North Carolina. The course draws from a range of novelists, playwrights, poets, and short story writers to engage students in a study of voices from across North Carolina who question, reflect, and define what it means to be North Carolinian. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 300 - Children’s Literature Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to works of children’s literature from a variety of ethnic origins and genres including folklore, myths, epics, biographies, fiction, poetry, and informational books. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 301 - Adolescent Literature Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of literature for and about the adolescent, examining reading programs and approaches to literature genres and modes characteristic of the literature, and essential elements of literary works for the adolescent. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 309 - Sociolinguistics and Pragmatics Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Sociolinguistics is the study of language in society, including dialectology, gender issues, politeness, language policy, and pedagogy. Pragmatics is the study of communication in context, including deixis, implicature, speech acts, metaphor, and other tropes. Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 310 - Introduction to Folklore Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the forms, aesthetic characteristics, and social contents of oral literatures and folk traditions, folktales, legends, myths, folksongs, proverbs, riddles, customs, and beliefs. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 311 - English Literature I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of the literature of England from the Anglo-Saxon period through the eighteenth century. Requirement for English majors. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 312 - English Literature II Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A continuation of the survey of English literature, extending from the Romantic period to the present. Requirement for English majors. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 320 - The Renaissance Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the prose and poetry of representative authors of the Renaissance, including dramatists other than Shakespeare. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 321 - American Literature I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of the major writers of America from the earliest efforts at colonization through the Civil War. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 322 - American Literature II Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of the major writers of America from the Civil War to the present. Requirement for English majors. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 323 - Literature of the Bible Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A literary overview of the Bible, with major emphases on the stylistic and formal influences of the Bible in world literature. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 330 - The Seventeenth Century Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of the metaphysical poets. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 331 - American English Dialects Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of dialectical variations in American English, emphasizing the reasons for historical, regional, and social variations in American English. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 335 - Issues in Professional Writing Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This foundation course engages students in applying rhetorical principles, research methods, analytical skills, and technologies to problem-based writing projects that model communications challenges faced by professional writers in complex, real-world settings. Students will consider political, cultural, ethical, and practical issues relevant to professional writing. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 340 - Short Prose Fiction Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of representative modern British, American, and continental writers of the short story and the short novel, with emphasis upon the techniques of the genre. Course offered as needed. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 341 - Advanced Research and Argumentation Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of rhetorical strategies, sentence combining, editing, logic and persuasion, diction, usage, and research methods. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 342 - Creative Writing Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to various forms of modern fiction and poetry, with opportunities for the creation of original poetry and fiction. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 343 - Teaching and Tutoring Writing Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of composition as a discipline and current issues in the field of teaching and tutoring writing in secondary school English classes. This course emphasizes effective teaching strategies for high school English composition. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 344 - Business and Professional Writing Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course explores the principle of effective writing in business and administration with special focus on the elements of mechanics, organization, technical style, and documentation. Students will learn various forms of writing commonly used in business communications, such as business letters, memorandums, reports and proposals. The course emphasizes clarity, conciseness, organization, format, style, tone, and correctness. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 345 - Technical Writing Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course explores effective writing in technical genres, with a focus on adjusting content, organization and style for various audiences including peer, managerial, and lay audiences. Students will examine and produce various technical documents, such as instructions or manuals and reports, and engage in usability testing and revisions of documents. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 346 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will introduce students to the art and craft of writing creative nonfiction for publication. Students will focus on three subgenres within the discipline: reportage (editorial writing), the personal essay, and travel writing. The course is conducted as a workshop; thus, students will submit drafts of their work to their classmates, receive verbal and written feedback, and revise accordingly. Towards the end of the course, students will develop a portfolio of their work for grading and submit at least one revised work to a journal or magazine for publication. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 347 - Writing Children’s Literature Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will provide students with an understanding of how to write for children in different literary genres and with an opportunity to create written manuscripts for children. The course will also consider issues and trends in the children’s publishing industry. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 350 - Modern Poetry Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of British and American poetry from Whitman, Dickinson, and Hardy to the present, with emphasis on the major poets of the twentieth century. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 360 - Modern Drama Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of works of major playwrights from lbsen and Strindberg to contemporaries such as Pinter and Stoppard. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 370 - Junior Seminar Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Directed study on special topics in English conducted by members of the department. Prerequisite: Junior standing Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 371 - Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will introduce students to contemporary trends in literary theory and criticism against the historical background, which contemporary theory is often a reaction against. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 380 - Legal Studies Seminar Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course helps students to develop their skills in logical reasoning, reading comprehension, and analytical reasoning. Students in the seminar will focus on preparing for a career in law. Completion of this course requires successful participation in out of class workshops. Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 381 - Legal Writing Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course helps students to develop writing skills and familiarize themselves with writing conventions associated with the legal profession. Students in the course will prepare case briefs, analyze statutes, and develop effective strategies for reading, commenting on, and citing legal documents. Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 401 - Chaucer Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A course on The Canterbury Tales and on other works selected from the Chaucer canon, with consideration of literary, social, religious and philosophical backgrounds of the time. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 and Junior Standing Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 411 - Shakespeare Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of selected major Shakespearean dramas, including comedies, histories, and tragedies, and of Shakespeare’s development as a dramatist. Requirement for English majors. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 and Junior Standing Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 412 - Eighteenth Century Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of the major English writers from the Restoration - the age of Dryden, of Pope, and of Johnson to the beginning of Romanticism and a study of the rise of the English novel in the eighteenth century. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 and Junior Standing Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 420 - Portfolio Development Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course emphasizes the analysis and production of professional reports and presentations. Students will read, analyze, format for printing and transmission, draft, revise and edit reports in multiple formats, for multiple audiences, and for flexible purposes. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 and Junior Standing Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 431 - The Novel Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the novel as a literary mode with emphasis on selected major works. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 and Junior Standing Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 432 - Romantic Poetry and Prose Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the major British Romantics, with an examination of representative works by Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats in their cultural and critical contexts. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 and Junior Standing Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 470 - Senior Capstone Course Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Directed study on special topics in English conducted by members of the Department. Prerequisite: Senior Standing Please click here for Book Information
	ENGL 480 - Internship Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Supervised practical experience in a professional setting. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 and Senior Standing Please click here for Book Information
Engineering
	ENGR 101 - Introduction to Engineering and Problem Solving Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides general information on engineering disciplines, common engineering practices, the engineering profession and history, engineering education, engineering design, engineering ethics and engineering opportunities from the instructor and/or invited speakers. Preliminary work on a design project will be undertaken by student teams. Please click here for Book Information
	ENGR 102 - Introduction to Engineering Graphics Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course introduces the students to skills of effective communication through engineering drawing. Topics include drawing instruments, lettering, geometric drawing, freehand sketching, orthographic projection, CAD systems, and examples of actual engineering drawings. Please click here for Book Information
	ENGR 103 - Introduction to Computing Environments Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 This course introduces the students to the computing environments that enable engineering students to get familiar to the hardware/software used in performing computer related tasks. Topics include: basic operation of the computer operating systems; office application tools; engineering application tools; and web page creation. The course will emphasize the computing environment in the field of engineering computation so the students are ready when they transfer to the engineering departments of participating universities. Please click here for Book Information
	ENGR 201 - Engineering Statics Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Basic concepts of forces in equilibrium are introduced. Distributed forces, frictional forces are discussed. Inertial properties are analyzed in application to machines, structures, and systems. Prerequisite: PHYS 121 and MATH 242 (may be taken concurrently) Please click here for Book Information
	ENGR 202 - Engineering Dynamics Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to kinematics of particles in rectangular, cylindrical, and curvilinear coordinate systems; energy and momentum methods for particles; kinetics of systems of particles; kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies in two or three dimensions; motion relative to rotating coordinate systems. Prerequisite: MATH 242 and ENGR 201 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGR 204 - Properties of Engineering Materials Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is an introduction to the fundamental physical principles governing the structure and constitution of metallic and nonmetallic materials and the relationship among these principles and the mechanical, physical, and chemical properties of engineering materials. The influence of the atomic the and grain structure of structural materials on mechanical properties will be considered. The effects of mechanical and heat treatments on structure and properties of materials are examined. Fatigue and creep of materials, fracture toughness, mechanical and non-destructive evaluation, environmental effects are studied. This course also addresses design considerations as well as characteristics of metals, ceramics, polymers and composites. Prerequisite: CHEM 141 and CHEM 142 and CHEM 161 and CHEM 162 and PHYS 121 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGR 206 - Probability and Statistics for Engineers Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is a calculus based introduction to probability and statistics with emphasis on Monte Carlo simulation and graphical display of data on computer workstations. Statistical methods include point and interval estimation of population parameters and curve surface fitting (regression analysis). The principles of experimental design and statistical process control are introduced. Prerequisite: MATH 241 Please click here for Book Information
	ENGR 214 - Solid Mechanics Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Concepts and theories of internal force, stress, strain, and strength of structural elements under static loading conditions. Constitutive behavior for linear elastic structures is discussed. Deflection and stress analysis procedures for bars, beams, and shafts will be considered. Introduction to matrix, analysis of structures will be made. Prerequisite: MATH 242 and ENGR 201 and ENGR 204 (may be taken concurrently) Please click here for Book Information
Entrepreneurship
	ENTR 100 - Entrepreneurial Thinking Credit Hours: 2 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides an introduction on how to think and act entrepreneurially. The course examines how creative and innovative thinking along with initiative allow the student to see and seize opportunities. This course also takes the approach that everyone (not just those who want to start businesses or enterprises) can benefit from understanding and applying an entrepreneurial mindset to any situation that demands change in their lives. Please click here for Book Information
	ENTR 300 - Entrepreneurial Discovery and Creativity Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will promote entrepreneurial thinking and explore a variety of problem solving approaches. Students will experience what it means to fully engage their brains to discover the patterns that produce breakthrough ideas. This course will explore the creative process and help students identify their own creative problem-solving styles. Please click here for Book Information
	ENTR 301 - Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Using applied economics and business principles, this course focuses on issues that face entrepreneurs who start new enterprises or create new ventures within existing firms. The topics covered in the course include the evaluation of new venture ideas; the planning, formulation and implementation of strategies for creating new ventures and finally the evaluation of economic conditions and the financing of new ventures. This course is cross listed with ECON 301 . Prerequisite: ECON 212 and ACCT 211 Please click here for Book Information
	ENTR 303 - Entrepreneurial Strategy and Opportunity Analysis Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides a foundation for the analysis of entrepreneurial opportunities. The course reviews a variety of strategic considerations derived from managerial economics, industrial organization and entrepreneurial finance in the context of specific entrepreneurship cases. This course is cross listed with ECON 303 . Prerequisite: ACCT 211 and ECON 212 Please click here for Book Information
	ENTR 312 - Entrepreneurial Marketing Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course clarifies key marketing concepts, methods, and strategic issues relevant for start-up and early-stage entrepreneurs. Topics addressed include: (1) Marketing issues facing entrepreneurs today; (2) Identification and evaluation of marketing opportunities; (3) Achieving competitive advantages given limited marketing resources, and (4) Major marketing/sales tools that are useful in an entrepreneurial setting. This course is cross listed with MKTG 312 . Prerequisite: MKTG 311 Please click here for Book Information
	ENTR 415 - Entrepreneurial Finance Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will help students to develop the understanding and skills necessary to become more effective stewards of their small business finances. This course integrates all aspects of planning using finances in a person’s small business. It incorporates the preparation of a financial plan for a small business that involves the preparation of balance sheets, income statements, sources of financial resources and the various forms of business ownership. Various techniques and tools will be reviewed, as will the understanding of income tax laws and their impact on small business. This course is cross listed with FINC 415 . Prerequisite: FINC 311 Please click here for Book Information
Ethics and Civic Engagement
	ETCE 101 - Foundations of Ethics and Civic Engagement Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides an introductory foundation for students’ orientation to civic engagement, social action, and the relationship between learning and engaged citizenship. The course also introduces students to the contexts, issues, skills, and experiences of citizenship and civic leadership in a democratic society. Finally, the course assists students with developing students’ readiness to accept personal and social responsibility, as well as their preparation for responsible citizenship. Please click here for Book Information
	ETCE 102 - Intermediate Ethics and Civic Engagement in Action Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 This course builds upon the foundation of students’ orientation to civic engagement, social action, and the relationship between learning and engaged citizenship developed in ETCE 101 . The focus of this course is to introduce students to the contexts, issues, skills, and experiences of citizenship and civic leadership in a democratic society. Finally, the course assists students with developing students’ readiness to accept personal and social responsibility, as well as their preparation for responsible citizenship. Prerequisite: ETCE 101 or instructor permission Please click here for Book Information
	ETCE 103 - Advanced Ethics and Civic Engagement in Action Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 This course builds upon the foundation of students’ orientation to civic engagement, social action, and the relationship between learning and engaged citizenship developed in ETCE 101 . The course also builds upon ETCE 102 ’s introduction of students to the contexts, issues, skills, and experiences of citizenship and civic leadership in a democratic society. The focus of this course is to assist with developing students’ readiness to accept personal and social responsibility, as well as their preparation for responsible citizenship. Prerequisite: ETCE 102 or instructor permission Please click here for Book Information
	ETCE 200 - Ethics and Civic Engagement in Action Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides a foundation for students’ orientation to civic engagement, social action, and the relationship between learning and engaged citizenship. The course also introduces students to the contexts, issues, skills, and experiences of citizenship and civic leadership in a democratic society. Finally, the course assists students with developing students’ readiness to accept personal and social responsibility as well as their preparation for responsible citizenship. Please click here for Book Information

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Course Descriptions

EDUC 308 - Observation and Assessment in Preschool Education

EDUC 309 - Infant and Toddler Curriculum Development and Field Study (Teaching Majors)

EDUC 310 - Foundations of Education

EDUC 311 - Foundations of Multicultural Education and Diversity

EDUC 314 - Preschool Curriculum Development and Field Study (Teaching Majors)

EDUC 330 - Educational Psychology and Human Development

EDUC 331 - Instructional Design and Assessment of Learning

EDUC 350 - Introduction to Birth through Kindergarten Education

EDUC 361 - Family Culture and School

EDUC 400 - The Middle School

EDUC 421 - Principles of Secondary Education

EDUC 433 - Methods and Materials for Teaching Mathematics in Middle Grades

EDUC 434 - Current Issues and Trends in Early Childhood Education Capstone Course

EDUC 440 - Guidance and Counseling Practicum

EDUC 450 - Classroom Management

EDUC 460 - Methods and Materials in Secondary School Subjects

EDUC 461 - Methods and Materials in Teaching Language Arts

EDUC 462 - Methods and Materials in Teaching Social Sciences

EDUC 463 - Methods and Materials in Teaching Science

EDUC 464 - Methods and Materials in Health and Physical Education

EDUC 480 - Clinical Experience in the Secondary School

EDUC 490 - Professional Education Seminar

ELEM 320 - Teaching Healthful Living in K-6

ELEM 335 - Math for 21st Century K-6 Teaching Candidates

ELEM 400 - Teaching Communication Skills in K-6

ELEM 401 - Teaching Math and Science in K-6

ELEM 402 - Teaching Social Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts in K-6

ELEM 451 - Classroom Management for Elementary Teachers

ELEM 471 - Elementary and Birth-Kindergarten Teacher Internship

ELEM 491 - Elementary and Birth-Kindergarten Professional Seminar

ENGL 108 - English Grammar and Usage

ENGL 110 - English Composition I

ENGL 120 - English Composition II

ENGL 211 - World Literature I

ENGL 212 - World Literature II

ENGL 220 - African-American Literature I

ENGL 222 - History of the English Language

ENGL 223 - African-American Literature II

ENGL 230 - Introduction to Linguistics

ENGL 231 - Advanced Grammar

ENGL 232 - Introduction to Film and Visual Literacy

ENGL 233 - Hip Hop: Poetry, Politics, and Pop Culture

ENGL 240 - Introduction to Literature

ENGL 241 - Writing With Style

ENGL 250 - Women in Literature

ENGL 253 - Images of Women

ENGL 260 - North Carolina Writers

ENGL 300 - Children’s Literature

ENGL 301 - Adolescent Literature

ENGL 309 - Sociolinguistics and Pragmatics

ENGL 310 - Introduction to Folklore

ENGL 311 - English Literature I

ENGL 312 - English Literature II

ENGL 320 - The Renaissance

ENGL 321 - American Literature I

ENGL 322 - American Literature II

ENGL 323 - Literature of the Bible

ENGL 330 - The Seventeenth Century

ENGL 331 - American English Dialects

ENGL 335 - Issues in Professional Writing

ENGL 340 - Short Prose Fiction

ENGL 341 - Advanced Research and Argumentation

ENGL 342 - Creative Writing

ENGL 343 - Teaching and Tutoring Writing

ENGL 344 - Business and Professional Writing

ENGL 345 - Technical Writing

ENGL 346 - Creative Nonfiction Workshop

ENGL 347 - Writing Children’s Literature

ENGL 350 - Modern Poetry

ENGL 360 - Modern Drama

ENGL 370 - Junior Seminar

ENGL 371 - Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism

ENGL 380 - Legal Studies Seminar

ENGL 381 - Legal Writing

ENGL 401 - Chaucer

ENGL 411 - Shakespeare

ENGL 412 - Eighteenth Century

ENGL 420 - Portfolio Development