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Accounting
  

  • ACCT 211 - Principles of Accounting I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    An introduction to financial accounting. A study of the basic concepts of accounting, the accounting cycle and preparation of financial statements, and the analysis and recording of transactions for operating, investing, and financing activities.
    Prerequisite: MATH 121  or MATH 123  


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  • ACCT 212 - Principles of Accounting II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    An introduction to managerial accounting. A study of the uses of financial statements, the study of manufacturing operations, and the uses of accounting information by management.
    Prerequisite: ACCT 211  


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  • ACCT 300 - Accounting Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    This course provides basic knowledge of how accounting information systems function in business organizations. Transaction flowcharting and internal controls of the revenue, expenditure, and conversion cycles are covered in detail. Attention is also focused on basic computer terminology, EDP controls, and relational databases.
    Prerequisite: ACCT 211  with a minimum grade of B and ACCT 212  with a minimum grade of B


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  • ACCT 310 - Managerial Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A continuation of ACCT 212 . A study of cost terms; cost behavior; systems design; and the analysis, interpretation, and application of accounting data by management.
    Prerequisite: ACCT 211  and ACCT 212  


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  • ACCT 311 - Intermediate Accounting I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A continuation of ACCT 212 . A study of cost terms; cost behavior; systems design; and the analysis, interpretation, and application of accounting data by management.
    Prerequisite: ACCT 211  with a minimum grade of B


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  • ACCT 312 - Intermediate Accounting II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A continuation of Intermediate Accounting I. An in-depth study of accounting for investing and financing activities, leases, income taxes, and pensions.
    Prerequisite: ACCT 311  


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  • ACCT 320 - Federal and State Income Taxes

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 0

    A survey of basic tax laws and the determination of taxable income for individuals; introduction to tax research.
    Prerequisite: ACCT 211  with a minimum grade of B and ACCT 212  with a minimum grade of B


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  • ACCT 321 - Cost Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A study of the various cost concepts: accumulation of product costs, joint costs in job order and process cost systems, including analysis of variances for managerial control and decision making, direct and variable costing, cost-volume-profit analysis; the buy or make decision.
    Prerequisite: ACCT 211  with a minimum grade of B and ACCT 212  with a minimum grade of B


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  • ACCT 322 - Advanced Cost Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A continuation of ACCT 321 : budgets and analyses of costs and other variances for management action; capital budgeting, and operations management and yield variances.
    Prerequisite: ACCT 321  


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  • ACCT 411 - Advanced Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    Accounting and reporting for investment activities of business. Issues related to foreign currency, accounting diversity, disaggregated information, reorganizations, and liquidations.
    Prerequisite: ACCT 312  


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  • ACCT 412 - Government and Public Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A study of accounting for non-profit entities, including local, state, and federal government units; educational institutions; hospitals and other health care organizations; and welfare organizations. The course covers the classification and use of funds in such entities, including budgeting, purchasing and financial activities, and the presentation of financial reports by these types of organizations.
    Prerequisite: ACCT 312  


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  • ACCT 420 - Advanced Federal Income Taxes

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A continuation of ACCT 320 : tax laws applicable to corporations, partnerships, trusts, estates, gift tax, and tax planning; substantive research work resulting in formal reports.
    Prerequisite: ACCT 320  


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  • ACCT 422 - Auditing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    This course covers the conceptual and practical aspects of the examination of financial statements by independent accountants. Issues examined include: objectives and techniques of internal control; standards of presentation and disclosure in financial statements; objectives and procedures for auditing practice; statistical sampling techniques; and auditing of EDP records.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: ACCT 300  and ACCT 312  


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  • ACCT 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 accounting principles in order to successfully master the course content. While some accounting concepts may be reviewed, this course is about the analysis and evaluation of financial information based on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. 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 FINC 424 .
    Prerequisite: ACCT 211  and ACCT 212  with a grade of “B” or better and FINC 311  with a grade of “C” or better


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  • ACCT 425 - Forensic and Fraud Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    This course helps students understand the principles of forensic accounting and fraud examination. Students will learn how and why financial fraud occurs and techniques to identify and investigate these frauds. Topics include fraud prevention, fraud detection, fraud investigation, management fraud, and other key forensic topics.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite: ACCT 211  and ACCT 212  


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  • ACCT 430 - Accounting Theory

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A study of contemporary financial accounting issues, emphasizing the role of accounting theory in accounting policy decisions; the social, political, and economic influences on the establishment of accounting standards; and the history of the accounting profession and accounting thought.
    Prerequisite: ACCT 312  


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  • ACCT 450 - Accounting Internship

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    This course provides students with practical experience in the field of accounting in private and public organizations (including industry). Formal class meetings before and after the internship are required to evaluate the work experience of students. The program must be arranged in advance and approved by the department chairperson. This course is not open to students with credit from any similar program in the institution.


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Administrative Services
  

  • ADMS 320 - Administrative Services

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    This course is designed to provide for the development of basic desktop publishing concepts and skills which include the essentials of production and design, type and layout, and graphics and text for business and technical applications.
    Prerequisite: BEDU 110


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Anthropology
  

  • ANTH 210 - Introduction to Anthropology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    An introduction to the history and methods of anthropology, with special emphasis on early hominid and cultural evolution, the comparative study of social institutions, and the nature of cultural differences as they exist in traditional and modern societies.


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  • ANTH 305 - Selected Topics in Anthropology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    Students will examine in-depth a topic of anthropological importance chosen by the instructor. Particular attention will be focused on current theoretical and/or methodological explanations of the particular substantive topic.
    Prerequisite: ANTH 210   or permission of the instructor


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  • ANTH 310 - Cross-Cultural Studies in Anthropology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    This course is designed to introduce students to the major intellectual, practical, methodological, and ethical concepts of cultural anthropology. Students will examine in-depth anthropological concepts of culture, behaviors, and belief systems. The goal of this course is to provide a comparative analysis of the cultural differences in human adaptations, the appreciation of diverse values and lifestyles, and the application of the cross-cultural study of people throughout the world.
    Prerequisite: ANTH 210  or SOCI 150  or SOCI 210  or permission of instructor


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Aerospace Studies
  

  • ARSS 111 - Foundation of the USAF I

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 2

    ARSS 111 is a survey course designed to introduce cadets to the United States Air Force and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps. Featured topics include: mission and organization of the Air Force, officership and professionalism, military customs and courtesies, Air Force officer opportunities, and an introduction to communication skills. Leadership Laboratory is mandatory for AFROTC cadets and complements this course by providing cadets with followership experiences.


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  • ARSS 112 - Foundations of the USAF II

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 2

    ARSS 112 is a continuation of ARSS 111 .


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  • ARSS 211 - Evolution of Air and Space Power

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 2

    This course is designed to examine the general aspects of air and space power through a historical perspective. Utilizing this perspective, the course covers a time period from the first balloons and dirigibles to the space-age global positioning systems of the Persian Gulf War. Historical examples are provided to extrapolate the development of Air Force capabilities (competencies), and missions (functions) to demonstrate the evolution of what has become today’s USAF air and space power. Furthermore, the course examines several fundamental truths associated with war in the third dimension: e.g. Principles of War and Tenets of Air and Space Power. As a whole, this course provides the cadets with a knowledge level understanding for the general element and employment of air and space power, from an institutional doctrinal and historical perspective. In addition, the students will continue to discuss the importance of the Air Force Core Values, through the use of operational examples and historical Air Force leaders, and will continue to develop their communication skills. Leadership Laboratory is mandatory for AFROTC cadets and complements this course by providing cadets with followership experiences.


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  • ARSS 212 - Evolution Air and Space Power II

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 2

    ARSS 212 is a continuation of ARSS 211 .


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  • ARSS 311 - Air Force Leadership Studies I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 2

    This course guides the student through a study of leadership, management fundamentals, professional knowledge, Air Force personnel and evaluation systems, leadership ethics, and the communication skills required of an Air Force junior officer. Case studies are used to examine Air Force leadership and management situations as a means of demonstrating and exercising practical application of the concepts being studied. A mandatory Leadership Laboratory complements this course by providing advanced leadership experiences in officer-type activities, giving students the opportunity to apply the leadership and management principles of this course.


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  • ARSS 312 - Air Force Leadership Study II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 2

    ARSS 312 is a continuation of ARSS 311 .


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  • ARSS 411 - National Security Affairs and Prep Ac

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    ARSS 411 examines the national security process, regional studies, advanced leadership ethics, and Air Force doctrine. Special topics of interest focus on the military as a profession, officership, military justice, civilian control of the military, preparation for active duty, and current issues affecting military professionalism. Within this structure, continued emphasis is given to refining verbal and written communication skills. A mandatory Leadership Laboratory complements this course by providing advanced leadership experiences, giving students the opportunity to apply the leadership and management principles of this course.


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  • ARSS 412 - National Security Affairs and Prep II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 2

    ARSS 412 is a continuation of ARSS 411 .


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  • ARSS 421 - Physical Education and Training

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3

    This course is designed to introduce the student to physical fitness and the regulations and components of the Air Force Physical Fitness Assessment. Information on various topics contributing to a fit lifestyle (such as nutrition and hydration, the benefits of aerobic and anaerobic exercise, running shoe selection, etc.) will be interwoven throughout the course. The course will involve calisthenics, introduction to various sports, and running.


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  • ARSS 422 - Physical Education and Training

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 3

    This course is designed to introduce the student to physical fitness and the regulations and components of the Air Force Physical Fitness Assessment. Information on various topics contributing to a fit lifestyle (such as nutrition and hydration, the benefits of aerobic and anaerobic exercise, running shoe selection, etc.) will be interwoven throughout the course. The course will involve calisthenics, introduction to various sports, and running.


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Art
  

  • ART 110 - 2D Design

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    An introductory course in two-dimensional design. It provides a basic understanding of elements and principles of design as they relate to drawing, painting, and the graphic arts.


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  • ART 121 - Basic Drawing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    The study of basic principles of freehand drawing. This course emphasizes the elements and principles of art through self-expression and utilizes a variety of drawing media.


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  • ART 123 - Basic Digital Design

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    This course is a basic introduction of computer-based skills in the area of visual design. Limited graphic skills will be introduced to assist in self-marketing, advertising techniques, layout, and computer generated images.


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  • ART 150 - Manga and Sequential Art in World Culture

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A survey course examining works of sequential storytelling, Manga, graphic novels, and related formats throughout history. These works from various global cultures will be examined and discussed with a focus on major stylistic developments, intellectual movements, and cultural heritage and identity. Discussion will include the dissemination of these materials and the manner in which this demonstrates interdependence and communication among global cultures. The course will incorporate analysis of the materials, representing specific cultural concepts as they relate to international use of genres and social ideals.


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  • ART 210 - Survey of Art

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A general study of the visual arts and their use in business, industry, education, leisure activities, and culture.


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  • ART 211 - Introduction to Art History

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A study of the history of architecture, sculpture, painting, and the minor arts, with an historical summary of art form developments in various cultures.


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  • ART 212 - Introduction to Painting

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    The study of theories, methods and painting techniques for landscapes, still-lifes, and varied compositions with special emphasis on the elements and principles of art in painting.
    Prerequisite: ART 110  and ART 121  


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  • ART 215 - Survey of Global Art

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    An art survey course exploring artistic traditions, forms, and achievements from around the world. Students shall examine underlying cultural, social, and aesthetic developments outside western classical traditions, thereby drawing new perspectives on global literacy and cultural appreciation. Specific course content will focus primarily on the research of artists, signature movements, artworks, and processes.


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  • ART 222 - Advanced Drawing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    The study of compositional development through experimental drawing. This course emphasizes the technical expansion of drawing techniques with varied drawing media and subjects.
    Prerequisite: ART 110  and ART 121  


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  • ART 223 - Figure Drawing I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    An in-depth investigation of the figure as a means of exploring drawing as depiction, organizational device, metaphor and object. Students will explore various dry and mixed media such as pastel, color pencil, collage techniques. This course is designed for the advanced art major who seeks to master observation, interpretation, and foundation skills in figure drawing.
    Prerequisite: ART 110  and ART 121  


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  • ART 226 - Typography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    This course will provide discussion and exploration of the basic rules and principles of type as an artistic, mechanical, and advertising medium.
    Prerequisite: ART 110  and ART 123  


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  • ART 230 - Introduction to Ceramics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    The study and use of ceramic processes and techniques, including: hand forming, molding, introduction to wheel throwing, glaze utilization, and kiln operation.


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  • ART 231 - Introduction to Sculpture

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    A course which introduces basic three dimensional design principles and the application of those principles in a variety of traditional sculpture techniques.


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  • ART 250 - Digital Photography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    This course will cover digital photography and professional lighting techniques needed to produce commercial print and web images for promotional, retail signage, advertising and marketing themes, and business applications.


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  • ART 253 - Introduction to Printmaking

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    An introduction to printmaking processes, including history, development, and techniques. Two traditional categories of printmaking, the relief print and intaglio, are introduced and practiced. Using techniques in each category, students will practice reductive and additive processes; work in black and white and color; and understand the registration and printing of multiple matrixes. Traditional and experimental approaches are encouraged. Serigraphy and lithography are demonstrated by the instructor.
    Prerequisite: ART 110  and ART 121  


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  • ART 270 - Sequential Art I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    This class is meant to serve as a basic introduction to the elements of visual storytelling. Sequential Art as an artistic, mechanical, and advertising medium will be covered in detail as well. Historical examples will be used and the evolution of sequential, graphic, and comic art into its current forms will be explored.


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  • ART 310 - Creative Art Experiences for Young Children

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 1
    Lab Hours: 5

    A study of the planning and organization of creative art activities for children from kindergarten through the third grade.


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  • ART 311 - Arts and Crafts

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    An introduction to simple sculptured forms, construction, printing, carving, weaving, modeling, and lettering, and to the handling of such materials as wood, metal, clay, fabrics, and paper.
    Prerequisite: ART 110  and ART 121  


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  • ART 312 - Drawing and Painting

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    An introduction to the fundamentals of landscape, still life, and portrait drawing and painting, with special emphasis on line, form, texture, and color in objective and non-objective art.
    Prerequisite: ART 212  


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  • ART 313 - Figure Drawing II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    This course focuses on the figure as a central motif in the manipulation of space and pictorial investigation. Students will explore various wet pigment and dry media such as ink, watercolor, acrylic, and oil pigments. This course is designed for the advanced art major concentrating on mastering interpretative and technical aspects concerns of figurative representation.
    Prerequisite: ART 121  


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  • ART 321 - Ancient to Medieval Art

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    This course provides a detailed examination of visual art from ancient to medieval times. Students explore architecture, sculpture, and painting in relation to, background history, traditions, and cultural attributes. Museum and gallery visits, photographic slide presentations, and lectures will be integral elements in the course.


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  • ART 322 - Renaissance to Modern Art

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    This course provides a detailed examination of visual art from the Renaissance to the modern period. Students explore architecture, sculpture and painting in relation to, background history, traditions, and cultural attributes of art forms. Museum and gallery visits, photographic slide presentations, and lectures will be integral elements in the course.


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  • ART 330 - Computer Imaging in Visual art

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    This course investigates the concept and techniques of applying computer imaging to fine art. Macintosh and IBM computers will be used to generate desktop publishing from creative graphics. Focus will be given to the leading graphic software applications.
    Prerequisite: ART 110  and ART 121  and ART 123  or ART 250  


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  • ART 331 - Color Theory and Techniques

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    The study of color theories, color harmonies, and the orchestration of colors in design composition and nature to express symbolic, psychological, and aesthetic ideas.
    Prerequisite: ART 110  


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  • ART 340 - Woman, Culture, and Imaging

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    This course focuses on how Western aesthetics and cultural ideology have shaped women’s relationships to the visual arts from the medieval period to the present.


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  • ART 341 - Leathercraft

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 5

    A course in the design and production of craft projects fashioned in leather or with leather decoration.


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  • ART 351 - Commercial Photography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    Teaches the student all aspects of commercial photography and its practices including lighting techniques. Current trends in business practices for the photographic industry will be covered as well as small business techniques as they relate to photography.


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  • ART 352 - Commercial Art

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    A study of working theories and practical applications of design linked to the sale or promotion of a product or commodity. Skills developed include fashion design, cartooning, illustrating, lettering, and package design, as well as photographic, and airbrush techniques.
    Prerequisite: ART 110  and ART 123  and ART 330  


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  • ART 354 - Advanced Printmaking

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    This course moves the student into technical areas of printing to include the following: photo-silk screening, creative techniques in screening, and other advanced techniques.
    Prerequisite: ART 110  and ART 121  and ART 253  


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  • ART 355 - Multi-Media Print

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    A course designed to explore and combine traditional printmaking techniques with digital, computer generated, and other photo-based technologies.
    Prerequisite: ART 110  and ART 121  and ART 253  and ART 354  


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  • ART 361 - African Art

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    An introduction to the regional art of Africa, with attention given to historical, sociological, and theological backgrounds.


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  • ART 362 - African-American Art from 1800

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A survey of works by African-American artists, including an investigation of the historical and environmental influences on contemporary black art.


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  • ART 363 - Contemporary Art

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A study of late modern art to the present, the course is an analysis of works of art in their historical, social, and cultural context. Artists and works of art are examined within periods and style, influential art theories, the art market, and changes in consumer society.
    Prerequisite: ART 322  


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  • ART 365 - History of Photography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    The history of photography is traced from its inception to modern times. The advent of the camera and a prognostication of its destiny are contemplated. The course includes lecture, darkroom laboratory work, and field experience. Color, black and white, and digital photography are included. Photographic essay and thesis are required.


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  • ART 366 - Introduction to Metals

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    An introduction to metal sculpture using basic fabrication and casting techniques. Beginning metal fabrication includes the development of design concepts, as well as techniques for cutting, forming, welding, and finishing. Casting in metal includes basic lost wax methods, the foundry process, and finishing techniques.
    Prerequisite: ART 231  


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  • ART 367 - Subtractive Sculpture

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    An introduction to sculptural concepts developed through reductive carving techniques in the medium of wood, plaster, and stone as an expressive method of creating forms in space. Technical proficiency is based on understanding materials, use of specialized hand tools and equipment (power and pneumatic), safety practices, shaping, finishes, and presentation.
    Prerequisite: ART 231  


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  • ART 368 - Introduction to Woodworking

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    An introduction to wood and wood fabrication as a sculpture medium, this course includes an overview of general wood properties; medium specific wood working hand tools; safety and equipment in cutting; and joinery and finishing techniques.
    Prerequisite: ART 231  


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  • ART 370 - Sequential Art II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    This class is meant to serve as an advanced introduction to the elements of visual storytelling. This class will focus on classical animation and current animation technologies. The course uses historical and international examples and explores the evolution of sequential, graphic, and comic art into contemporary forms and genres.
    Prerequisite: ART 270  


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  • ART 371 - Clay Modeling I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    A course in clay modeling where students work from the figure to understand systems of sculpting from life.
    Prerequisite: ART 121  


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  • ART 372 - Clay Modeling II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    A course that instructs students in the process of mold-making and the preparation for casting in metal, plaster, hydrocal, or concrete.
    Prerequisite: ART 121  


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  • ART 375 - Installation Art: Ceramics and Mixed Media

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    This course explores many of the twentieth century sculptural issues related to installation art. Topics may include indoor and outdoor site-specific work, sculpture on a grand scale, and 3-D public art. Students are required to execute an installation piece complete with proposals and preliminary models.
    Prerequisite: ART 121  or ART 230  or ART 231  or ART 250  


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  • ART 380 - Art Education: Methods and Materials

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    This course focuses on the creative abilities of the elementary school child. The course will explore the graphic abilities of the child, the philosophy of sequential learning, and various production techniques and processes appropriate for elementary school. In addition to creating and executing production lesson plans, students will learn to discuss exemplary works of art with the elementary student. Required course for Art Education Majors.


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  • ART 381 - Islamic Art

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A survey of Islamic art from the period of the early caliphates (c. 700) to the heights of the Islamic empires (c. 1700), combined with close examinations of the issue of aniconism in the Islamic artistic tradition and of relationships between the Islamic and western traditions.


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  • ART 391 - Computer Graphics in Fine Arts

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    This course explores the development of computers as a tool to produce art. This class will allow students to experience the creation of their own art using computers, and to understand the concepts and rules of fine art production as they relate to this medium.
    Prerequisite: ART 123  and ART 250  or ART 330  


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  • ART 400 - Art Thesis

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 1

    A course involving individual projects that investigate survival strategies, materials and techniques, theory of art, methods of criticism, and exhibition and presentation in the selected area. Intended for specialized studies in painting, ceramics, sculpture, graphics, and art history.
    Prerequisite: Senior standing


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  • ART 410 - Art Criticism

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A course aimed at the evaluation of art concepts, the philosophy of aesthetics, and an analytical approach to discussing art forms.
    Prerequisite: ART 363  


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  • ART 411 - Art in Childhood Education

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 1

    An investigation into the problems in children’s art, the nature of art for children, art for creative expression, and the correlation of art with other subjects, with practical experience in the making and the teaching of simple art projects and activities appropriate to elementary school children.


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  • ART 412 - Advanced Painting

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    The study of painting techniques and composition, emphasizing a variety of painting media and the treatments of surface and subject matter to the development of styles.
    Prerequisite: ART 121  and ART 212  


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  • ART 413 - Direct Study in Advanced Painting III

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A directed study course for students seeking contemporary water media painting problems. This course emphasizes the study of design principles, color structure, and fundamental methods of pictorial organization.
    Prerequisite: ART 121  and ART 212  


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  • ART 414 - Directed Study in Advanced Painting IV

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A directed study course for students seeking a comprehensive analysis of painting media, experimentation of painting styles and self-expression.
    Prerequisite: ART 121  and ART 212  


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  • ART 422 - Art in the Intermediate Grades(4-9)

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 1

    A developmental study of creative expression facilitated through art in the intermediate grades, with students required to participate in activities involving a variety of art media such as drawing, painting, graphics, ceramics, etc., to develop a background for teaching art and to refine personal skills for artistic expression.
    Prerequisite: ART 311  and ART 322  


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  • ART 430 - Ceramics II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    Further study and use of ceramic processes and techniques: hand forming, molding and wheel throwing, glaze utilization, and kiln operation.
    Prerequisite: ART 121  or ART 230  or ART 231  


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  • ART 431 - Ceramics III

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    A practical course focusing on advanced techniques in wheel throwing, clay formulation, glaze mixing, and glaze application, with students learning “how to,” and gathering experience in loading and firing gas and electric kilns. Variable credit may be earned in this course.
    Prerequisite: ART 121  or ART 230  or ART 231  


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  • ART 433 - Directed Study in Advanced Printmaking III

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    This course is a directed study for students seeking extensive experimentation in printmaking techniques particular to traditional and contemporary printmaking processes.
    Prerequisite: ART 253  and ART 354  


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  • ART 434 - Directed Study in Advanced Printmaking IV

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A direct study for students seeking to apply their knowledge of advanced printmaking techniques with an emphasis on development of personal style.
    Prerequisite: ART 253  and ART 354  


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  • ART 440 - Basic Photography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 2
    Lab Hours: 4

    A course including activities such as camera operation, picture taking, darkroom techniques and procedures, and photo printing. Students must have access to a camera.


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  • ART 441 - Weaving

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A study of cloth making, with emphasis on design and on the use of hand, floor, and table looms.


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  • ART 450 - Studio Problems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    A course designed for independent work in the student’s area of concentration. Advanced studio problems will be investigated. Variable credit may be earned.
    Prerequisite: ART 110  and ART 121  


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  • ART 452 - Ceramics IV

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    A studio course in advanced ceramics emphasizing formulations of clay bodies and glazes. Advanced wheel throwing, sculpturing, and combining materials. Instruction in kiln repair will be covered.
    Prerequisite: ART 222  or ART 231  or ART 375  


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  • ART 453 - Directed Study in Ceramics V

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    An advanced directed study in ceramics which explores and emphasizes innovative utilization of slab, coil, and wheel throwing methods. Electric and gas firing, decorative, personalized, advanced glazing, and formulation of techniques will be integral parts of this course.
    Prerequisite: ART 222  or ART 231  or ART 375  


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  • ART 461 - Advanced Photography

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    A course providing additional and advanced experiences in photographic production through the mastery of photo materials and equipment, with emphasis on visual literacy, the aesthetic manipulation of compositional elements, and successful photographic production.
    Prerequisite: ART 250  


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  • ART 462 - American Art

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A course that covers the history of painting, graphics, sculpture, and architecture in American history.
    Prerequisite: ART 210  


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  • ART 473 - Advanced Metals

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 6

    This course builds on the basic techniques of casting and fabricating metal sculptures. Application of advanced three-dimensional design principles, mixed media, finishing techniques and patinas are explore.
    Prerequisite: ART 231  and ART 366  


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  • ART 481 - Computer Design Multimedia

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    This course introduces students to interactive art, a form that allows the viewer or user to interact with visual communication. Students will be challenged to produce interactive art through the use of two types of software: PowerPoint and MacroMedia.
    Prerequisite: ART 123  and ART 330  and ART 352  


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Astronomy
  

  • ASTR 101 - Introduction to Astronomy I: The Solar System

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A general introductory course in astronomy that covers celestial motions of the earth, sun, moon, and planets; nature of light; ground and space-based telescopes; comparative planetology; the earth and the moon; terrestrial and gas planets and their moons; dwarf planets, asteroids, and comets; planetary system formation; extrasolar planets; and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). Although this is not a lab course, telescopic observations and student-led inquiry are incorporated into the course.
    Prerequisite: MATH 123  or MATH 126  


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  • ASTR 101L - Introduction to Astronomy Lab I: Rocket Science

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 2

    This laboratory course features activities that are designed to enhance student understanding of the practice of modern astronomy as well as to enhance hands-on STEM competency. The organizing principle of this lab is “rocket science,” a recapitulation of the intellectual quest that has enabled humans to journey amongst the planets. Activities will include telescope design, a study of electromagnetic radiation, using telescopes at the FSU Observatory, and launching rockets. The course will also incorporate an examination of the prospects for the continuation of this enterprise indefinitely into the future, this incorporating sustainability into the course.
    Corequisite: ASTR 101  


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  • ASTR 102 - Introduction to Astronomy II: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A course designed to provide students with a follow-up examination of astronomy, reinforcing a theoretical and practical understanding of the scientific process and an enthusiasm for its utilization in the solution of relevant challenges that they may expect to face in their own lives. Relevant scientific principles will be utilized throughout the course, including mechanics and the nature of light. Coverage will include the sun; stellar observables; star birth, evolution, and death; novae and supernovae; white dwarfs; neutron stars; black holes; the Milky Way galaxy; normal galaxies; active galaxies and quasars; dark matter; dark energy; cosmology; the early universe; the possible multiverse; and the prospects for the existence of life elsewhere in the universe.
    Prerequisite: ASTR 101  


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  • ASTR 102L - Introduction to Astronomy Lab II: Our Place in Space

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 2

    In this course, students will learn how to use robotic telescopes in the Chilean Andes and around the world, and use these telescopes to observe planets, dwarf planets, moons, asteroids, binary and variable stars, supernovae, star-forming regions, star clusters, and galaxies. Through these observations, students will explore the following topics: the seasons, the Galilean revolution, the cosmic distance ladder, the Great Debate, dark matter, Hubble’s Law, and dark energy.
    Corequisite: ASTR 102  


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  • ASTR 213 - Life in the Universe

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    The aim of this course is to convey the detailed conceptual ideas associated with the important and topical question of the formation of life in the universe. The course will discuss all the environmental circumstances that seem to encourage the start of any life form and investigate the current state of our knowledge of life outside of the earth. This course addresses fundamental questions regarding the prospects of life elsewhere in the universe and the best ways to search for evidence of such life. These questions are looked at from a multidisciplinary viewpoint, which includes astronomy, biology, chemistry, and geology. However, other issues, including historical, cultural, and philosophical perspectives, are also included.
    Prerequisite: ASTR 101  


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