2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog

Apr 28, 2024

2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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Fire and Emergency Services Administration
	FESA 322 - Fire Investigations Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A course intended to provide the student with advanced technical knowledge on rules of law, fire scene analysis, fire behavior, evidence collection and preservation, scene documentation, case preparation and testifying. Open to Fire and Emergency Services Administration majors only. Please click here for Book Information
	FESA 345 - Firefighter Fitness and Wellness Credit Hours: 2 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 This course is applied in nature and is directed at enhancing the physical and mental health of the participant through the application and understanding of the cardio-muscular fitness requirements of the modern firefighter. It also provides an overview of the ramifications of emergency worker stress and potential coping strategies that can be utilized to cope with work induced stress. This course will enable the participant to design a personal and/or work-team fitness regime. Open to Fire and Emergency Services Administration majors only. Please click here for Book Information
	FESA 350 - Fire Prevention Organization and Management Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course examines the factors that shape fire risk and the tools for fire prevention, including risk reduction education; codes and standards; inspection and plans review; fire investigation; research; master planning; various types of influences; and strategies. Open to Fire and Emergency Services Administration Majors only. Please click here for Book Information
	FESA 360 - Applied Fire Service Ethics Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Ethics in the provision of fire, rescue, and emergency medical services are challenging and complex. No other government services are granted the same degree of public trust. This course increases student proficiency in making ethical decisions in the provision of emergency service. Students will discover how to consider problems in terms of their ethical implications. Students will also learn a model for making ethical decisions. Open to Fire and Emergency Services Administration majors only. Please click here for Book Information
	FESA 377 - Fire-Related Human Behavior Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An exploration of the dynamics of human behavior in fire incidents. The functions and implementation of prevention practices, program, codes, and ordinances are stressed. The concepts of risk, personal invulnerability, role, and group dynamics are examined in relation to design aspects of buildings and mitigation of the effects of fire on modern society. Discussion deals with proper ways of conducting post-fire interviews and emphasizes the psychological effects of communications during emergencies. Open to Fire and Emergency Servijces Administration majors only. Please click here for Book Information
	FESA 390 - Fire Dynamics Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is an examination of the dynamics within the context of firefighting and its application to fire situations. Course includes the examination of fire, including combustion, flame spread, flashover, and smoke movement; applications to building codes; large-loss fires; and fire modeling through a consideration of the physics and chemistry of fire and combustion. Open to Fire and Emergency Services Administration majors only. Please click here for Book Information
	FESA 400 - Political and Legal Foundations of Fire Protection Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An examination of the legal, political, and social aspects of the government’s role in public safety, including the American legal system, fire department operations, employment and personnel issues, fire officials’ roles, and legislative and political influence. Open to Fire and Emergency Services Administration majors only. Please click here for Book Information
	FESA 402 - Managerial Issues in an All Hazards Environment Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course examines regulatory issues, hazard analysis, multiagency contingency planning, response personnel, multiagency response resources, agency policies, procedures and implementation, public education and emergency information systems, health and safety, command post dynamics, strategic and tactical considerations, recovery and termination procedures, and program evaluation. Open to Fire and Emergency Services Administration majors only. Please click here for Book Information
	FESA 412 - Advanced Fire Administration Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course examines organizational and leadership tools for fire service administrators, including community approaches to administration, core skills, planning and implementation, leading change, and community management. Open to Fire and Emergency Services Administration majors only. Please click here for Book Information
	FESA 421 - Incendiary Fire Analysis and Investigation Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course examines technical, investigative, legal, and managerial approaches to the arson problem, including principles of incendiary fire analysis and detection, environmental and psychological factors of arson, gang-related arson, legal considerations and trial preparations, managing the fire investigation unit, intervention and mitigation strategies, and shaping the future. Open to Fire and Emergency Services Administration majors only. Prerequisite: FESA 322 or permission of program director Please click here for Book Information
	FESA 422 - Applications of Fire Research Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An examination of the rationale for conducting fire research, various fire protection research activities, and research applications, including fire test standards and codes, structural fire safety, automatic detection and suppression, life safety, and firefighter health and safety. Open to Fire and Emergency Services Administration majors only. Please click here for Book Information
	FESA 430 - Fire Service Personnel Administration Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Basic and advanced concepts and processes of designing, implementing, and administering the personnel functions of fire service organizations. Emphasis is placed on human resource planning, job classification, job analysis, equal opportunity organizations and resources, affirmative action, recruitment, retention, development, performance evaluation, and assessment centers. Open to Fire and Emergency Services Administration majors only. Please click here for Book Information
	FESA 440 - Fire Service Organizational Dynamics Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An exploration and examination of organizational dynamics, including organization culture as it applies to the American fire service. Knowledge gained through this course will assist the fire service administrator in solving complex organizational challenges. The focus will be on the many varieties of theories about public organizations; the consideration of the relationship between theory and practice; and the development of a coherent, integrated understanding of fire service organizations. Open to Fire and Emergency Services Administration majors only. Please click here for Book Information
	FESA 441 - Topics in Fire Department Management Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A course designed to cover contemporary topics of interest in the area of fire department administration. Open to Fire and Emergency Services Administration majors only. Please click here for Book Information
	FESA 455 - Community Risk Reduction for Fire and Emergency Services Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides a theoretical framework for the understanding of the ethical, social, organizational, political, and legal components of community risk reduction, as well as a methodology for the development of a comprehensive community risk reduction plan. Open to Fire and Emergency Services Administration majors only. Please click here for Book Information
	FESA 490 - Fire Service Internship Credit Hours: 6 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 0 An experience that offers an opportunity to apply content learned in the classroom to complete a project in management or investigation in the workplace. Open to Fire and Emergency Services Administration majors only. Prerequisite: Completion of a majority of Core Curriculum requirements and permission of program director. Please click here for Book Information
Finance
	FINC 100 - Financial Literacy Credit Hours: 2 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 This course examines basic financial terms and concepts and is designed to provide students with some of the skills and knowledge that they need to manage their finances and be informed consumers. Topics covered include savings, credit and debt; budgeting; student loans; credit cards; insurance; buying a car; your first house, etc. Please click here for Book Information
	FINC 311 - Principles of Finance Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A course in basic financial management, including the study of the nature of financial management, financial analysis, working capital management, and long-term investment decisions. Prerequisite: ACCT 211 and (ECON 211 or ECON 212 ) Please click here for Book Information
	FINC 320 - Financial Management Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A continuation of FINC 311 emphasizing the use of analytical tools dealing with capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy, cost of capital with consideration of long-term financing, expansion, and problems of small businesses in connection with decision-making techniques. Prerequisite: FINC 311 Please click here for Book Information
	FINC 323 - Money, Banking, and Monetary Policy Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A formal examination of the role of money, banking, and financial institutions, as well as rudimentary discussion of monetary policy issues in the domestic and international economies. This course is cross listed with ECON 322 . Prerequisite: ECON 211 and ECON 212 and MATH 123 Please click here for Book Information
	FINC 330 - Personal Finance Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of problems of money management, with special attention to credit borrowing, saving and funds allocation among stocks, bonds, insurance, property, and mutual investment companies. Please click here for Book Information
	FINC 336 - Healthcare Finance Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course focuses on the financial assessment, acquisition, allocation, and control of financial aspects of health care organizations. Topics include application of financial management principles to the unique decision-making in healthcare industry, budgeting processes, cost allocation, fees structure, and management control process. Prerequisite: FINC 311 Please click here for Book Information
	FINC 340 - Risk Management and Insurance Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A focus on the identification, analysis, and measurement of potential losses and on the alternative methods of managing them, with risk management being treated broadly and insurance treated in depth as a method of risk transfer. Prerequisite: FINC 311 Please click here for Book Information
	FINC 350 - Real Estate Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A presentation of the fundamental economic aspects of real property, with special attention to the changing character of the urban economy and its effect on land values and land utilization. Please click here for Book Information
	FINC 354 - International Trade and Finance Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of the theories of international trade, balance of payment, exchange rate determination, international portfolio investment (including currency swaps, options and futures) international financial management (global cost, budgeting, and capital flows) and related monetary issues. This course is cross listed with ECON 351 . Prerequisite: ECON 211 and ECON 212 Please click here for Book Information
	FINC 410 - Investments Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of portfolio models and theories; factors affecting corporate and other securities as portfolio choices; the organization of capital markets and the analysis and evaluation of securities. Prerequisite: FINC 311 Please click here for Book Information
	FINC 411 - Investment Analysis Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides an introduction to fixed income markets in the world. These markets include dealings in government, corporate debt instruments, mortgages, OTC (over-the counter) and exchange traded securities. The course topics include: the description and analysis of fixed income instruments; term structure of interest rates theory; evaluation of fixed income securities; portfolio management; asset backed securities; dynamic investment strategies; and other topics of current relevance to these markets. Prerequisite: FINC 410 Please click here for Book Information
	FINC 412 - Security Analysis Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides an overview of the securities industry and the different types of securities available for inclusion in a portfolio. Consistent with some objective a more detailed approach is then applied to evaluation of the different classes of securities. Prerequisite: FINC 410 Please click here for Book Information
	FINC 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 ENTR 415 . Prerequisite: FINC 311 Please click here for Book Information
	FINC 420 - Commercial Bank Management Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the fundamental principles underlying the management of a commercial bank; capital funds; assets and liability management; value maximization; legal and operational constraints. Prerequisite: FINC 311 Please click here for Book Information
	FINC 424 - Financial Statement Analysis Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is a study of the process of business analysis through the evaluation of financial statements. Topics include analysis of financial statements and ratio, strategic, prospective, equity, and credit analysis. This course presumes an understanding of finance and accounting principles in order to successfully master the course content. While some finance and accounting concepts may be reviewed, this course is about the analysis and evaluation of financial information. Students must be able to express the analysis of cases and other course work in writing that meets professional standards. This course is cross listed with ACCT 424 . Prerequisite: ACCT 211 and ACCT 212 with a grade of B or better and FINC 311 with a grade of C or better. Please click here for Book Information
	FINC 430 - Seminar in Banking and Finance Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of contemporary issues in Finance with areas of analysis drawn from corporate finance, investments, and financial markets and institutions. Prerequisite: FINC 320 Please click here for Book Information
	FINC 431 - Options and Futures Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This is an introductory course in financial futures and options. The course topics include: the description of futures, forward, and options markets; the determination of forward and future prices, interest rate and currency futures and swaps; properties of stock options; valuation of stock options with Binomial and Black-Scholes models; other types of options including stock index options, options on futures, and interest rate options; and hedging strategies using futures and options. Prerequisite: FINC 410 Please click here for Book Information
	FINC 440 - International Financial Management Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course examines factors that are critical to the financial decision making process in a global economic environment. Our approach will be from the perspective of a financial manager in private business enterprise. Prerequisite: FINC 320 Please click here for Book Information
	FINC 450 - Financial Markets Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A course in macro-finance which focuses on financial markets and the financial institutions that serve them. Money and capital markets and their role in the savings and investment are considered. Topics such as the market for loanable funds, flow-of-funds accounts, and securitization are covered. Prerequisite: FINC 311 Please click here for Book Information
	FINC 453 - Economics and Finance Internship Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A practical course enabling students to apply their theoretical knowledge of economics/finance to real situations and to gain practical experience in business, financial industry, and government institutions. This course is cross listed with BADM 430 and ECON 450 . Please click here for Book Information
	FINC 460 - Current Problems of Banking Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is intended to survey the current condition of the banking industry. Special emphasis is placed on topics and issues that are most relevant to students preparing to begin careers in banking and related fields. Please click here for Book Information
Foreign Language
	FORL 210 - Foreign Language I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is an introduction to a designated foreign language, and is intended for students with no prior knowledge of the language and culture it represents. Emphasis will be placed on the basic language skills (comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing) and culture. Course may be repeated for credit for different languages. Please click here for Book Information
	FORL 220 - Foreign Language II Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is a continuation of FORL 210 . FORL 220 will continue to improve on the language and cultural knowledge and skills acquired in FORL 210 with emphasis on comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing, as well as pragmatics. Prerequisite: FORL 210 Please click here for Book Information
	FORL 250 - Literature in Translation Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is a survey of the literature written in foreign language but studied in English translation. It differs from ENGL 211 , ENGL 212 in that they survey a wide variety of literary works originally in several languages while FORL 250 focuses on the literature of a single language. Students may take FORL 250 more than once for credit if taken in different languages. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
Forensic Science
	FORS 200 - Introduction to Forensic Science Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course introduces the basic principles and relationships between the applications of chemistry, biology, and physics to forensic science as they relate to the criminal investigative process. The course is designed to give students insight into the many areas of forensic science and to study the newest techniques used by forensic laboratories. Prerequisite: CHEM 141 and CHEM 142 and CHEM 161 and CHEM 162 and BIOL 150 and BIOL 150L Corequisite: PHYS 115 and PHYS 125L (may be taken concurrently) or PHYS 116 and PHYS 126L (may be taken concurrently) Please click here for Book Information
	FORS 250 - Crime Scene Investigation Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course introduces students to the theories and practices of crime scene processing. Topics will include evidence search and recovery, documentation of the scene, collection and preservation of evidence, and evidence submission to a crime laboratory. This course will provide a brief introduction to crime scene photography and crime scene reconstruction. Prerequisite: FORS 200 Please click here for Book Information
	FORS 300 - Forensic Professional Practice Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides basic knowledge of quality assurance and quality control, professional certification, and membership in professional organizations. In addition, the ethical issues relating to pre-trial discovery procedures, courtroom testimony, and qualifications of expert witnesses will be presented. Lastly, the course will discuss professional development, ethical considerations for experimental designs, and technical writing. Prerequisite: FORS 200 and CRJC 202 (may be taken concurrently) Please click here for Book Information
	FORS 325 - Molecular Biology Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2 An in-depth study of the structure, function, and biochemistry of proteins and nucleic acids. Isolation, purification and structural modification of DNA and protein in laboratory exercises will be utilized to provide an understanding of the various DNA/protein methodologies and their applicability to forensic science. This course is cross listed with BIOL 325 and BTCH 360. Prerequisite: BIOL 200 and BIOL 200L and CHEM 223 and CHEM 224 and CHEM 225 and CHEM 226 Please click here for Book Information
	FORS 325L - Molecular Biology Lab Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 2 Laboratory exercises will focus on isolation, purification, and structural modifications of DNA and proteins to provide an understanding of the nucleic acids and protein methodologies and their application in research and industry. Cross listed with BIOL 325L. Prerequisite: BIOL 200 and CHEM 222 and CHEM 223 and CHEM 224 Please click here for Book Information
	FORS 371 - Latent Print Examination Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 This course introduces students to the basic elements of fingerprint development and lifting from evidence found at crime scenes. Friction ridge analysis and comparison using Level I, II, and III characteristics will be covered. In addition, the use of forensic technology and databases will be introduced. Prerequisite: FORS 200 Please click here for Book Information
	FORS 400 - Forensic Microscopy Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 This course will familiarize students with the microscopy equipment common to most modern crime labs. The course will enable students to select mode-appropriate equipment and techniques and to make basic observations of the physical and optical properties of common evidential materials. This class is an introduction to microscopic analysis, identification, and characterization of materials, such as glass, hair, fiber, paint, and soil. Prerequisite: FORS 200 and PHYS 116 and PHYS 126L Please click here for Book Information
	FORS 410 - Technical Writing in Forensic Science Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides students with a working knowledge of various types of technical and scientific communication, including writing proposals, instructions, and forensic reports for both specialist and nonspecialist. It aims to enable the students to present information professionally in clear, concise and appropriate format. It deals with ethical issues involved in professional technical writing. Formal elements of reports with library research are also emphasized. Prerequisite: FORS 200 and FORS 300 Please click here for Book Information
	FORS 420 - Forensic Chemistry I Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 Applications of spectroscopic methods to forensic science. Background and applications of ultraviolet/visible spectroscopy, Fourier-transfer infrared spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, and mass spectroscopy will be discussed. Prerequisite: FORS 200 and FORS 300 and CHEM 222 Corequisite: FORS 400 Please click here for Book Information
	FORS 430 - Forensic Chemistry II Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 Applications of separation methods to forensic science. Techniques covered will include gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, and capillary electrophoresis. Prerequisite: FORS 420 Please click here for Book Information
	FORS 431 - Population Genetics Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2 A study of genetic and ecological forces that influence the structure of populations with two (2) hours of laboratory exercises and experimental studies. Students will evaluate the effects of random genetic drifts, mutations, natural selection, inbreeding, assortative mating, molecular evolution and quantitative/ecological genetics on populations. This course is cross listed with BIOL 431 . Prerequisite: ZOOL 310 and ZOOL 310L Please click here for Book Information
	FORS 445 - Forensic Serology Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 This course will introduce the concepts, theories, and principles used in the forensic identification of biological evidence, including laboratory analysis of physical properties for the identification, confirmation, and species origin of biological materials such as blood, fibers, hair, saliva, and semen, as well as immunological and microscopic techniques. The course applies methods that are used in forensic laboratories. May only be taken by students majoring in forensic science with a concentration in biology. Prerequisite: BIOL 200 and BIOL 200L and FORS 200 and FORS 300 Corequisite: FORS 400 Please click here for Book Information
	FORS 450 - Forensic DNA Analysis Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 2 This course will introduce the concepts, theories, and principles used in the forensic identification of biological evidence. The course will cover the characterization of body fluids including the determination of their human origin. Hands on laboratory techniques will be used to identify biological fluids for DNA extraction, quantitation, amplification, profiling, and interpretation. The course introduces laboratory methods, techniques, and instruments used in similar forensic laboratories. May only be taken by students majoring in forensic science with a concentration in biology. Prerequisite: FORS 325 and FORS 325L and FORS 445 Please click here for Book Information
	FORS 460 - Capstone Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 8 This course will evaluate students’ overall understanding and mastery of forensic science and criminal justice theories and applications of various laboratory techniques for evidence identification, application of analytical techniques, and communication skills. The course will enable students to select the most appropriate equipment and techniques to make basic observations of physical evidence and test this evidence by using the appropriate equipment and techniques of evidential materials analysis. Prerequisite: FORS 200 and FORS 250 and FORS 300 and FORS 371 and FORS 400 and FORS 445 Corequisite: FORS 450 and FORS 431 Please click here for Book Information
French
	FREN 110 - Elementary French I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the language, literature, and culture of French-speaking peoples, with emphasis on the basic language skills. Laboratory practice required. Please click here for Book Information
	FREN 111 - Elementary French (Honors) Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the language, literature, and culture of French speaking peoples, with treatment in greater breadth and depth than in French 110. Laboratory practice required. Admission based upon an entrance examination, previous study, and other relevant experiences. Please click here for Book Information
	FREN 120 - Elementary French II Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A continuation of studies in the language, literature, and culture of French speaking peoples begun in FREN 110 , including further development of the basic language skills, with special attention to improving oral language skills. Laboratory practice required. Prerequisite: FREN 110 Please click here for Book Information
	FREN 121 - Elementary French II (Honors) Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A continuation of honors studies in the language, literature, and culture of French-speaking peoples begun in FREN 111 , including further development of the basic language skills, with special emphasis on increasing proficiency in oral language skills. Laboratory practice required. Admission based upon an entrance examination, previous study, and other relevant experiences. Please click here for Book Information
	FREN 211 - Intermediate French I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Intermediate level studies of the language, literature, and culture of French speaking peoples, including further development of the basic language skills, with increased emphasis on reading comprehension and writing in French. Laboratory practice required. Prerequisite: FREN 120 Please click here for Book Information
	FREN 212 - Intermediate French II Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A continuation of intermediate level studies of the language, literature, and culture of French-speaking peoples, including further development of the basic language skills, with special emphasis on idiomatic usages and complex grammatical structures. Laboratory experience required. Prerequisite: FREN 211 Please click here for Book Information
	FREN 311 - French Conversation I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A course focusing on increasing fluency in conversational French. Laboratory practice required. Prerequisite: FREN 212 Please click here for Book Information
	FREN 312 - French Conversation II Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Conversation and Composition: A course focusing on developing the level of proficiency in the basic language skills necessary to complete advanced courses taught exclusively in French. Prerequisite: FREN 311 Please click here for Book Information
	FREN 321 - French Civilization and Culture Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the civilization, culture, and history of French speaking peoples, with attention given to the life, customs, philosophy, art, music, and general patterns of culture. Taught exclusively in French. Prerequisite: FREN 212 Please click here for Book Information
	FREN 322 - Survey of French Literature I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of representative French literary works from earliest times to 1800. Taught exclusively in French. Prerequisite: FREN 321 Please click here for Book Information
	FREN 331 - Survey of French Literature II Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of representative French literary works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Taught exclusively in French. Prerequisite: FREN 321 Please click here for Book Information
Geography
	GEOG 110 - Environmental Literacy Credit Hours: 2 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 An introductory course on the impact human beings have on the environment as well as the basic relationship between our environment and environmental policy. The course will discuss local, regional, and global environmental issues such as food resources, water resources, and energy resources. The focus will be on the transition to university life and campus resources that support sustainability for students as members of the campus community. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 200 - Weather and Climate Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Students will learn about the types and patterns of weather and variation and distribution of climatic regions. Emphasis is placed on the understanding of atmospheric composition, clouds, precipitation, and wind. Weather systems, fronts, and storms will be discussed. Interactions between the atmosphere and the earth in terms of current climate and long-term climatic variation and anthropogenic changes to weather and climate will be explored. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 210 - Principles of Geography Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introductory study of the physical and cultural elements of the surface of the earth, emphasizing the geographic relationships and surveying the interaction between human beings and their physical environment. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 220 - World Regional Geography Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A geographical study of the world by realms or regions and of the basic relationship between the physical and cultural elements within the major realms of the world, with a detailed study of some selected regions. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 250 - Basic Map Reading Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introductory map-reading course, with emphasis on map interpretation techniques and on the most commonly used types of maps and their interpretations. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 260 - Population Geography Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the patterns of population distribution on the surface of the earth, emphasizing patterns of population growth, density, and movement and alterations related to changes in selected socioeconomic and cultural phenomena. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 270 - Human Beings and the Environment Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An examination of the interaction between human beings and the environment on the surface of the earth, with attention to specific types of ecosystem degradation and to solutions of resulting problems. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 300 - Medical Geography Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 The geographic study of human ecology and health on the surface of the earth, with an analytical study of the world patterns of disease distribution and their cultural/environmental interactions, as well as alterations of disease patterns because of developments in various cultures. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 310 - Economic Geography Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A geographic analysis of the distribution of economic activities on the surface of the earth, with emphasis on present-day patterns and trends of production, distribution, and utilization of the world’s major commodities. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 311 - Cartography Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of principles and techniques of constructing maps and other graphic devices, emphasizing the construction of map projections and their uses, problems of scales, the interpretation of contour maps, lettering and sketching techniques, and graphic presentation of statistical materials. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 312 - Advanced Cartography Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of advanced principles and techniques of map and graphic construction and interpretation. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 313 - Aerial Photo Interpretation Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the basic principles of aerial photographic mapping and the interpretation of aerial photos in terms of both physical and cultural/human geography, with emphasis on detecting and identifying the natural/physical and human/cultural elements of the geographic complex on the surface of the earth from the perspective of space. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 314 - Introduction to Remote Sensing Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introductory study of remote sensing, emphasizing its application to environmental and land use analyses of the earth. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 316 - Computer Cartography Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the cartographical uses of computers and computer graphics, with emphasis on applications of computer mapping to geographic phenomena and problems. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 317 - Computer Techniques in Geography Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A course emphasizing computer usage and techniques applicable to studies of the geographical phenomena on the surface of the earth and to the study of geography as an academic subject. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 320 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introductory course covering the theory and application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) This course includes an overview of general principles of GIS and practical experience in its use. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 321 - Geography of the Soviet Union Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the physical features, natural resources, population distribution, and human/cultural geography of the Soviet Union across time. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 322 - Geography of Latin America Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A regional study of the physical environmental conditions, natural resources, economic development, and social and political conditions of Latin American countries. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 325 - Applied Geographic Information Systems Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Students will learn to apply geospatial technologies, particularly GIS, to real world problems by creating detailed maps and interpreting relationships based on space (connectivity, containment, etc.). Students will work with advanced concepts such as tools, behavior, and scripting and symbol creation and apply the results to spatial problems. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 330 - Geography of Africa Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A geographic study of the continent of Africa, with differentiating descriptions of its countries and regions, its distinctive character in comparison with other continents, and its current problems and developments. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 340 - Cultural Geography Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An examination of human experience as it occurs in different natural settings, with analyses of symbolic and material elements of culture, focusing on those areas with landscape and environment manifestations and using specific case studies to determine how processes such as innovation, diffusion, and cultural change function. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 350 - Physical Geography Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An examination of the physical systems and features of the earth, with emphasis on detailed analyses of systematic functions and interrelations of the geophysical processes of the earth’s physical/natural environment. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 360 - Climates Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of world climatic patterns with emphasis on the classification and distribution of various types of climates on the surface of the earth and their influence on human beings. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 370 - Introduction to Meteorology Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introductory study of the atmospheric phenomena of weather, emphasizing analyses of the weather elements, weather production processes, and techniques of weather forecasting. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 400 - Introduction to City and Regional Planning Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the principles, concepts, and reality of city and regional planning from the past to the present, with emphasis on urbanization and planning, and on analyses of current urban problems and forces responsible for urban and regional growth. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 411 - Industrial Geography Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of manufacturing regions and major industries of leading industrial nations of the world, with attention to factors relating to the nature, location, and development of manufacturing industries. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 412 - Ecology Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A geographic study of the ecological system of the earth and the relationship of earth’s organisms to their environment, with special attention to the effects of human activities on the ecosystem. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 420 - Conservation of Natural Resources Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of conservation practices related to natural resources of the earth, emphasizing techniques for preserving the earth’s waters, soils, forests, grasslands, animals, and human resources. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 421 - Geography of the South Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An analytical study of the physical, historical, economic, social and cultural environment of the present day southern United States, acquainting students with the geography of the South and with the distinctive and changing character of the South. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 430 - Geomorphology Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An examination of the geomorphological processes and factors creating and affecting the development of the natural landscape of the earth. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 431 - Political Geography Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the geographical nature of political states, emphasizing their organization, power, and boundaries, and the geographic influences on their internal and external relations, with additional attention to concepts of geopolitics and associated contemporary problems. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 440 - Urban Geography Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A geographical survey of the internal and external spatial relationships of cities and city systems, with special emphasis on patterns of growth, distribution, and functioning within and among cities in various parts of the world, particularly in the United States. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 480 - Seminar in Geography Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Research in geographic thought and concepts and their practical applications, with emphasis on quantitative and empirical analyses of some specific problems of physical and cultural/human elements of the earth’s environment from perspectives of geographic research. Please click here for Book Information
	GEOG 490 - Geography Internship Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 The internship offers students the ability to apply subject matter learned in the classroom to real world settings. Students gain experience in the workforce and can use the skills acquired in this course in future employment opportunities. Prerequisite: GEOG 320 or Permission of instructor Please click here for Book Information
Geology
	GEOL 311 - Introduction to Geology I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introductory course in physical geology concerned principally with the composition of the earth’s crust and the processes that act to change its upper surface. Please click here for Book Information

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FESA 322 - Fire Investigations

FESA 345 - Firefighter Fitness and Wellness

FESA 350 - Fire Prevention Organization and Management

FESA 360 - Applied Fire Service Ethics

FESA 377 - Fire-Related Human Behavior

FESA 390 - Fire Dynamics

FESA 400 - Political and Legal Foundations of Fire Protection

FESA 402 - Managerial Issues in an All Hazards Environment

FESA 412 - Advanced Fire Administration

FESA 421 - Incendiary Fire Analysis and Investigation

FESA 422 - Applications of Fire Research

FESA 430 - Fire Service Personnel Administration

FESA 440 - Fire Service Organizational Dynamics

FESA 441 - Topics in Fire Department Management

FESA 455 - Community Risk Reduction for Fire and Emergency Services

FESA 490 - Fire Service Internship

FINC 100 - Financial Literacy

FINC 311 - Principles of Finance

FINC 320 - Financial Management

FINC 323 - Money, Banking, and Monetary Policy

FINC 330 - Personal Finance

FINC 336 - Healthcare Finance

FINC 340 - Risk Management and Insurance

FINC 350 - Real Estate

FINC 354 - International Trade and Finance

FINC 410 - Investments

FINC 411 - Investment Analysis

FINC 412 - Security Analysis

FINC 415 - Entrepreneurial Finance

FINC 420 - Commercial Bank Management

FINC 424 - Financial Statement Analysis

FINC 430 - Seminar in Banking and Finance

FINC 431 - Options and Futures

FINC 440 - International Financial Management

FINC 450 - Financial Markets

FINC 453 - Economics and Finance Internship

FINC 460 - Current Problems of Banking

FORL 210 - Foreign Language I

FORL 220 - Foreign Language II

FORL 250 - Literature in Translation

FORS 200 - Introduction to Forensic Science

FORS 250 - Crime Scene Investigation

FORS 300 - Forensic Professional Practice

FORS 325 - Molecular Biology

FORS 325L - Molecular Biology Lab

FORS 371 - Latent Print Examination

FORS 400 - Forensic Microscopy

FORS 410 - Technical Writing in Forensic Science

FORS 420 - Forensic Chemistry I

FORS 430 - Forensic Chemistry II

FORS 431 - Population Genetics

FORS 445 - Forensic Serology

FORS 450 - Forensic DNA Analysis

FORS 460 - Capstone

FREN 110 - Elementary French I

FREN 111 - Elementary French (Honors)

FREN 120 - Elementary French II

FREN 121 - Elementary French II (Honors)

FREN 211 - Intermediate French I

FREN 212 - Intermediate French II

FREN 311 - French Conversation I

FREN 312 - French Conversation II

FREN 321 - French Civilization and Culture

FREN 322 - Survey of French Literature I

FREN 331 - Survey of French Literature II

GEOG 110 - Environmental Literacy

GEOG 200 - Weather and Climate

GEOG 210 - Principles of Geography

GEOG 220 - World Regional Geography

GEOG 250 - Basic Map Reading

GEOG 260 - Population Geography

GEOG 270 - Human Beings and the Environment

GEOG 300 - Medical Geography

GEOG 310 - Economic Geography

GEOG 311 - Cartography

GEOG 312 - Advanced Cartography

GEOG 313 - Aerial Photo Interpretation

GEOG 314 - Introduction to Remote Sensing