2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Computer Science

  
  • CSC 473 - Parallel Processing


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

    This course gives the students basic knowledge about parallel processing. Topics include hardware architecture of parallel machines; software environment that enables parallel computing; performance analysis of parallel algorithms; techniques for developing parallel algorithms; and case studies on typical parallel algorithms.
    Prerequisite: CSC 220 


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  • CSC 480 - User Interface Development


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

    A course on user-interface technology and human-computer interaction issues including user productivity, system habitability, abstraction barriers, and human factors. Topics include command languages, hierarchical menus, direct manipulation (graphical user interfaces), multimedia interfaces, multimodal interaction, and user interface management systems.
    Prerequisite: CSC 220 


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  • CSC 490 - Senior Project


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

    This course presents a formal approach to state-of-the-art techniques in computer science and provides a means for students to apply the techniques. An integral part of the course is the involvement of students working in teams in the organization, management, and development of a large project. Project topics include software systems and methodology, computer organization and architecture, theory and mathematical background, computer security and social issues.
    Prerequisite: Senior standing and 9 hours of CSC at the 300 level and 6 hours of CSC at the 400 level


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Dance

  
  • DANC 203 - Fundamentals of Dance


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

    Beginning survey and participatory dance class that explores jazz, ballet, modern, and cultural dance styles.


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  • DANC 204 - Survey of Dance Techniques


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

    This is a dance technique course exploring dance training in ballet, jazz, and modern dance. This class will focus solely on dance technique. Students will learn to increase their endurance as well as distinguish dance styles, form, and vocabulary. Each section of this course will concentrate on the different aspects of dance technique and will enable students to improve their overall level of technical ability. Recommended for students who want to continue their dance training.
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. This course can be taken more than once.


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  • DANC 210 - Intermediate Contemporary Dance


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

    For students who have previous training in dance (3 years or more), this course offers practice in modern and ballet techniques. The course also makes connections between jazz, cultural, and contemporary dance. Dance warm-up exercises are included to build strength, flexibility, coordination, and endurance.
    Prerequisite: DANC 203  or permission of instructor


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  • DANC 255 - Dance History


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

    This survey course emphasizes the historical, social, and cultural contexts of dance.
    Prerequisite: HUMN 211 


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  • DANC 315 - Modern Dance: Explorations in Techniques and Theories


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

    This course is for students interested in modern dance. Emphasis will be placed on exploring the historical and movement dynamics of various modern dance styles. Personal movement strengths and theatricality as well as performance presentation will be emphasized to develop learners into adept performers in the art of modern dance.
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor


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  • DANC 320 - Cultural Dance for Contemporary Applications: Cultural Dance for Contemporary Applications


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

    By exploring various dance exercises, this course analyzes the philosophical and rhythmic components of African, Caribbean, and Latin dance styles. Through an exploration of historical and social context, the course draws comparisons to contemporary dance genres, including hip hop, step, and liturgical dance. Emphasis will be on the participants’ coordination, rhythm, musicality, and sense of ensemble. Students are expected to practice assignments outside of class. Previous dance experience helpful, as there will be movement repetition and corrections in class.
    Prerequisite: DANC 203  or DANC 210  or permission of instructor


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  • DANC 455 - Composition and Repertory


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

    Workshop class intended to help students explore, define, learn, and create dances. Dance technique required in addition to rehearsals outside of class time.
    Prerequisite: DANC 203  or DANC 210  or permission of instructor


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Economics

  
  • ECON 200 - Entrepreneurship and the Economy


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

    This course focuses on the logic of economic decisions. This course will look at what it takes to set up, manage, and grow new ventures. In the process, the course reviews economic decision making and provides a survey of basic economic concepts. This course is designed to teach students the decision skills necessary to negotiate their roles as consumers, savers, investors, voters, and above all, as productive citizens in a global setting.


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  • ECON 211 - Principles of Macroeconomics


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

    An examination of the basic concepts and principles of macroeconomics and their application to current domestic and international issues.
    Prerequisite: MATH 123 


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  • ECON 212 - Principles of Microeconomics


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

    An introduction to the subject of economics, with emphasis on microeconomic principles and their application to business decision making and current domestic and global issues.
    Prerequisite: MATH 123 


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  • ECON 301 - Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation


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

    Using applied economics and business principles, this course focuses on issues that face entrepreneurs who start new enterprises or create new ventures within existing firms. The topics covered in the course include the evaluation of new venture ideas; the planning, formulation and implementation of strategies for creating new ventures and finally the evaluation of economic conditions and the financing of new ventures. This course is cross listed with ENTR 301 .
    Prerequisite: ECON 212  and ACCT 211 


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  • ECON 303 - Entrepreneurial Strategy and Opportunity Analysis


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

    This course provides a foundation for the analysis of entrepreneurial opportunities. The course reviews a variety of strategic considerations derived from managerial economics, industrial organization and entrepreneurial finance in the context of specific entrepreneurship cases. This course is cross listed with ENTR 303 .
    Prerequisite: ACCT 211  and ECON 212 


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  • ECON 310 - Managerial Economics


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

    An in-depth study of the managerial decision-making process and its tools, including such topics as forecasting demand, cost analysis, pricing, capital budgeting, and risk and uncertainty.
    Prerequisite: ECON 211  and ECON 212  and MATH 123 


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  • ECON 315 - Intermediate Microeconomics


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

    An in-depth study of the working of price mechanism within the framework of a free enterprise economy; a detailed examination of the behavior of consumers and firms, the theory of distribution, and welfare economics (with applications to international trade and personal income distribution).
    Prerequisite: ECON 211  and ECON 212  and MATH 123 


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  • ECON 316 - Applied Macroeconomics


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

    An in-depth study of theories of national income determination, employment, interest, inflation, balance of payments, exchange rate, fluctuations in the aggregate economic activity, and their relevance to managerial decision making.
    Prerequisite: ECON 211  and ECON 212  and MATH 123 


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  • ECON 321 - Applied Econometrics


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

    An Internet survey course designed to teach students the decision making skills necessary to negotiate their roles as consumers, savers, investors, voters, and above all, as productive citizens in a global setting. The course also emphasizes the practical aspect of economics and examines the microeconomic (individual) and the macroeconomic (aggregate) implications of decision making.
    Prerequisite: MATH 123  and BADM 216 


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  • ECON 322 - 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 FINC 323 .
    Prerequisite: ECON 211  and ECON 212  and MATH 123 


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  • ECON 340 - Economic Development


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

    An examination of the leading issues and theories of economic development and their relevance to the developing countries. The course will also examine some of the unique problems of businesses in these countries.
    Prerequisite: ECON 211  and ECON 212  and MATH 123 


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  • ECON 351 - 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 FINC 354 .
    Prerequisite: ECON 211  and ECON 212  and MATH 123 


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  • ECON 430 - Economic Problems


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

    An in-depth study of current economic and social problems and their implications for business and society. Among the issues covered are: crime and the justice system, poverty, discrimination in labor markets, health care and social security, as well as government antitrust policies and regulation of markets.
    Prerequisite: ECON 211  and ECON 212  and MATH 123 


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  • ECON 432 - Industrial Organization and Public Policy


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

    An analysis of industrial organization, vertical and horizontal relationships between firms, pricing, output, and advertising policies of firms in a variety of market structures, including a detailed study of the content, success, and failure of anti-trust legislation.
    Prerequisite: ECON 315 


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  • ECON 440 - Seminar in Economics


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

    The culmination of the undergraduate study of economics providing opportunities for students to apply knowledge and training to the analysis of current economic problems. Students select projects of their choice and work under the supervision of the instructor.


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  • ECON 450 - Economics Internship


    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    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 FINC 453 .


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  • ECON 453 - Financial Markets


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

    A course in macro finance which focuses on financial markets and financial institutions. Money and capital markets and their role in the savings investments process are considered. Topics such as the market for loanable funds, flow-of-funds accounts and securitization are covered.
    Prerequisite: FINC 323  or ECON 322 


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  • ECON 460 - Seminar in Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation


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

    Study and analysis of contemporary issues and entrepreneurship and the creation of new ventures: The issues covered in the course may include the economic theory of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial opportunities and risks caused by economic change, the role of creativity and innovation in the economy, entrepreneurial strategy, the identification of new venture opportunities, and case studies of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial ventures.


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Middle Grades Education

  
  • EDMG 400 - The Middle School


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

    An introduction to the basic principles, policies, and philosophies that undergird middle school education in the United States. (Fall and Spring)
    Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education and permission of instructor.


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  • EDMG 433 - Methods and Materials of Teaching Mathematics in the Middle Grades


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

    Candidates are introduced to instructional and professional practices, tools, and resources to design, implement, and assess learning experience for middle grades math education (6-9). (Fall)
    Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education and permission of instructor.


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  • EDMG 461 - Methods and Materials of Teaching Language Arts in the Middle Grades


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

    Candidates are introduced to instructional and professional practices, tools, and resources to design, implement, and assess learning experiences for middle grades English language arts education (6-9). (Fall)
    Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education and permission of instructor.


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  • EDMG 462 - Methods and Materials of Teaching Social Science in the Middle Grades


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

    Candidates are introduced to instructional and professional practices, tools, and resources to design, implement, and assess learning experiences for middle grades social studies education (6-9). (Fall)
    Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education and permission of instructor.


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  • EDMG 463 - Methods and Materials of Teaching Science in the Middle Grades


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

    Candidates are introduced to instructional and professional practices, tools, and resources to design, implement, and assess learning experiences for middle grades science education (6-9). (Fall)
    Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education and permission of instructor.


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  • EDMG 470 - Clinical Experience in the Middle Grades


    Credit Hours: 11
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 11

    The clinical experience in the public middle schools pairs candidates with clinical educators in the classroom to further develop content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, pedagogical skills, and integrate technology in all areas to produce a positive impact on student learning. The goal of the clinical experience is to link theory and practice within the clinical setting to contextualize and cultivate knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions. (Fall and Spring)
    Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education and permission of instructor.


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  • EDMG 498 - Middle Grades Capstone Course


    Credit Hours: 1,2, or 3
    Lecture Hours: 1,2, or 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    Candidates are introduced to instructional and professional practices, tools, and resources to design, implement, and assess learning experiences for middle grades subject area content (6-9). This course provides candidates with a comprehensive conceptual review and analysis of discipline-specific content from national and state standards. (Fall)

     
    Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education and permission of instructor.


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Education

  
  • EDUC 210 - Technology Applications for Teachers


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

    This course is an introduction to computers, as well as to educational technology and its uses in the facilitation of learning. The course includes the history of computers in education; ethics in technology; appropriate hardware, software, and systems connectivity; elementary computer operating procedures; computer applications; teaching and learning theories for diverse populations; instructional technology; technology integration; web evaluation rubrics; and the evaluation of educational technology. The activities presented in this course will help the candidate to acquire essential education technology knowledge and to develop the skills necessary to become a professional facilitator of learning. (Fall, Spring, Summer)


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  • EDUC 211 - Laboratory Experiences in Area Schools


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

    An introduction to laboratory experiences in area elementary, middle, and secondary schools, providing facilitation opportunities for prospective education professionals to observe student-teacher interactions and to develop an understanding of learning in the school setting. Fifteen (15) hours of field experience and thirty (30) hours in the Plato instructional series are required. Documentation of Plato Profile is required. Performance on Plato Pre-Test will reduce the number of required Plato Lab hours/supplemental instruction. (Fall, Spring, Summer)


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  • EDUC 303 - Teaching the Young Child with Special Needs


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

    The course offers the foundations of early childhood education along with pioneers in the special education field as the base for child development. Policies and practices, early and current are examined along with assessment planning and screening processes, intervention practices, teaching strategies and reflection. Further, the student candidate will gain knowledge of the components needed to create an environment that supports all children’s learning, teaching strategies and adaptations. Student candidates will engage in child study observations, develop two child content studies, and conduct a parent interview. Thirty observation hours are included within the course.
    Prerequisite: EDUC 308  and EDUC 350  


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  • EDUC 306 - Birth Through Kindergarten Curriculum Development


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

    This course is geared for non-teaching Birth-Kindergarten students. The course covers child development for children aged birth-kindergarten and developmentally appropriate curriculum development for these ages. Other concepts introduced are the physical environment, teaching typical and atypical children, developing lesson plans, and teacher/parent relationships. Students will develop an inquiry-base integrated lesson plan set.
    Prerequisite: EDUC 350  


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  • EDUC 308 - Observation and Assessment in Preschool Education


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

    This course is designed to focus on observation of young children, including techniques for recording observations and using them to inform instruction and parents. Emphasis is placed on understanding and using different assessment procedures and their purposes and limitations, including ongoing observation, data collection and analysis. Assessment techniques which support children’s development and learning will be highlighted. Adaptations in assessments which are relevant to the children’s backgrounds and values, health appraisal, and referral practices as well as types of assessment will be stressed. Observation, assessment, and reporting are treated as a complementary process. Candidates are required to develop a case study. Fifteen field hours are included within the course.
    Prerequisite: EDUC 350  


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


    Credit Hours: 4
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 1

    This course will provide 21st century Birth-Kindergarten teacher candidates with content knowledge in infant and toddler development. BK student candidates will learn theoretical frames for infant and toddler development, strategies for teaching typical and atypical infants and toddlers, how to develop an appropriate curriculum, how to create adaptive environments, and the importance of working with families. Students are required to develop an inquiry-based, integrated lesson plan set and inquiry-based integrated unit plan. The 60 hours field study allows the BK student candidate first hand field experience in infant and toddler early learning environments. This is a four credit hour course with three hours of lecture and one hour for field observations.
    Prerequisite: EDUC 303  and EDUC 308  and EDUC 350  and Admission to Teacher Education
    Corequisite: EDUC 314  


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  • EDUC 310 - Foundations of Education


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

    This course is a comprehensive overview of the foundations of education in the United States. It is an interdisciplinary attempt (incorporating the historical, political, economic, legal social, philosophical, and curricular foundations) to provide pre-service teachers with a clear understanding of the teaching profession and the issues and controversies confronting American education today. (Fall, Spring, Summer)


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  • EDUC 311 - Foundations of Multicultural Education and Diversity


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

    The facilitator of learning will explore the historical development of multicultural education, definitions of multicultural education and diversity concepts, the intercultural conflicts from philosophical cultural differences, and principles guiding multicultural education. (Fall, Spring, Summer)


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  • EDUC 314 - Preschool/ Kindergarten Curriculum Development and Field Study


    Credit Hours: 4
    Lecture Hours: 3
    Lab Hours: 1

    This course will provide 21st century Birth-Kindergarten teacher candidates with the content knowledge needed to work with typical and atypical children. The student candidates will learn theoretical frames in early childhood education that allow them to adapt environments that meet the needs of all children, develop an integrated approach to curriculum development, foster parent involvement, and develop a global sense in the early childhood field. The 60 hour field study offers needed hands on experience in preschool and kindergarten settings. Students are required to develop an inquiry-based integrated lesson plan set and inquiry-based integrated unity plan. This is a four credit hour course with three hours of lecture and one hour of field observations.
    Prerequisite: EDUC 303  and EDUC 308  and EDUC 350  and Admission to Teacher Education
    Corequisite: EDUC 309  


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  • EDUC 330 - Educational Psychology and Human Development


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

    An exploration of psychological principles and their applications to the problems of teaching and learning, including characteristics of stages in human development, theories of motivation and learning, classroom management strategies, individual differences, exceptional children, and the measurement and evaluation of student achievement and teaching strategies. Field experience required. (Fall, Spring, Summer)


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  • EDUC 331 - Instructional Design and Assessment of Learning


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

    An exploration of instructional design and assessment principles and their application to the problems of teaching and learning, including the design of instruction; task analysis; curriculum development; instructional match; assessment of learning; types of assessment; and the alignment of curriculum, teaching, and assessment. (Fall, Spring, Summer)


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  • EDUC 350 - Introduction to Birth through Kindergarten Education


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

    This course is designed to provide an overview of child development and how the knowledge of growth and development is related to preparing appropriate experiences for birth through kindergarten children. Emphasis is placed on considering the child, family, and the community when planning curriculum experiences for preschool children.


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  • EDUC 361 - Family Culture and School


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

    This course is designed to help B-K professionals to understand the characteristics of families and the role families play in the lives of their children as their first teachers. Emphasis is placed on respecting different family structures and values. Strategies for dealing with children with learning disabilities, home language i.e., especially language which is different from the B-K professional’s language is stressed. Ethnicity, at-risk, socio-economic and health care services will also be discussed. Candidates are required to complete the Military Family project.
    Prerequisite: EDUC 350  


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  • EDUC 400 - The Middle School


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

    An introduction to the basic principles, policies, and philosophies that undergird middle school education in the United States.


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  • EDUC 421 - Principles of Secondary Education


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

    A comprehensive overview of the history and development of secondary education, the philosophy undergirding the knowledge base of the curriculum, and the influence of contemporary social forces in shaping the curriculum. (Fall and Spring)
    Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education and permission of instructor.


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


    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 2

    An introduction to the knowledge base, teaching strategies, materials, and resources basic to middle grades mathematics education.


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  • EDUC 434 - Current Issues and Trends in Early Childhood Education


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

    This capstone course is designed to provide 21st century Birth-Kindergarten teacher candidates with a global perspective of economic and social contexts that concern young children and their families in today’s society. The focus of the course is to complete a Leadership Collaboration Project while examining current issues and trends in the early childhood field.
    Prerequisite:   EDUC 308  and EDUC 350  


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  • EDUC 440 - Guidance and Counseling Practicum


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

    A practicum providing supervised counseling experiences in a true-to-life setting, with emphasis given to practical and applied aspects of counseling and various guidance activities.


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  • EDUC 450 - Classroom Management


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

    An introduction to strategies for facilitating learning through better classroom management, with emphasis on the role of parents in classroom management and on counseling techniques related to management strategies and parenting. (Fall and Spring)


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  • EDUC 455 - Classroom Management and Principles of Secondary Teaching


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

    Candidates will develop values, confidence, assertiveness skills, decision-making skills in classroom management, concepts and practices that are appropriate for successful teaching. An exploration of evidence-based practices related to effective teaching in schools and the social, legal, and historical contexts in which those practices occur. The clinical field experience aspect of this course enables candidates to observe and participate in methods of teaching in specific content areas. These experiences include aspects of individualized and interdisciplinary teaching and learning; classroom management; legal aspects of teaching; cultural, ethnic, and minority concerns; and applications of other special methods to large and small groups of students.

     

     

     
    Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education and permission of instructor.


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  • EDUC 460 - Methods and Materials in Secondary School Subjects


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

    Candidates are introduced to instructional and professional practices, tools, and resources to design, implement, and assess learning experiences to facilitate effective teaching and learning of secondary school subjects. (Fall, Spring)
    Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education and permission of instructor.


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  • EDUC 461 - Methods and Materials in Teaching Language Arts


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

    An introduction to the teaching strategies, resources, and materials basic to middle grades (6-9) education.


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  • EDUC 462 - Methods and Materials in Teaching Social Sciences


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

    An introduction to the knowledge base, teaching strategies, resources and materials basic to middle grades social studies education.


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  • EDUC 463 - Methods and Materials in Teaching Science


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

    A brief review of the scientific principles, laws, and concepts prescribed in the knowledge base for teachers of science in the middle grades (6-9), with emphasis on science units and lesson planning, laboratory demonstrations, experimental replication, and simulated teaching experiences.


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  • EDUC 464 - Methods and Materials in Health and Physical Education


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

    An introduction to activities, teaching strategies, materials, and resources applicable to the physical education of students in grades K-12. Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education and permission of instructor.


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  • EDUC 480 - Clinical Experience in the Secondary School


    Credit Hours: 11
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 11

    The clinical experience in the public secondary schools pairs candidates with clinical educators in the classroom to further develop content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, pedagogical skills, and integrate technology in all areas to produce a positive impact on student learning. The goal of the clinical experience is to link theory and practice within the clinical setting to contextualize and cultivate knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions. (Fall and Spring)
    Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education and permission of instructor.


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  • EDUC 490 - Professional Education Seminar


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

    A forum for discussions of teaching strategies, methodologies, materials, and experiences observed during the student-teaching experience and of such issues as mainstreaming, multicultural education, use of computers, new trends to facilitate learning in educational settings, and effective resume writing and interviewing techniques. (Fall and Spring)
    Prerequisite: Admission to teacher education and permission of instructor.


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Elementary Education

  
  • EDUC 291 - Educational Simulations


    Credit Hours: 1,2, or 3
    Lecture Hours: 1,2, or 3
    Lab Hours: 0

    A course designed to enhance professional education competencies of traditional and non-traditional students using class discussions, simulations, computers, and interactive videos. Topics will include the following: test-taking skills, critical thinking skills, and related course content.


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  • ELEM 320 - Teaching Healthful Living in K-6


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

    This course will provide 21st century K-6 teacher candidates with foundational knowledge and understanding of the need to develop and use healthful living choices. Teacher candidates will learn to make explicit connections to healthy choices that lead to the improvement of student learning, interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships, and overall quality of life.


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


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

    This course provides students with foundational knowledge and understanding of school mathematics. Content will include common mathematical knowledge, problem solving, reasoning and proof, number sense, numerical operations, spatial sense, patterns, relationships and functions, and algebraic thinking.


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  • ELEM 400 - Teaching Communication Skills in K-6


    Credit Hours: 6
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 2

    This course is designed to introduce the basics of reading instruction with emphasis on emergent reading, the initial stages of reading development, and primary and intermediate reading programs. Also, it is designed to encourage the critical study of current practices, teaching methodologies, strategies, and resources for teaching language arts in the elementary school. Candidates will be required to complete a three-week clinical experience in an assigned elementary school.
    Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education


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  • ELEM 401 - Teaching Math and Science in K-6


    Credit Hours: 6
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 2

    In this course, K-6 teacher candidates develop their understanding of mathematical conventions and process skills as well as the principles of scientific inquiry. Emphasis is placed on the use of best practices that promote integrative teaching and inquiry based learning, such as problem solving, reasoning, communication, connection, representation, and debating issues involving science and technology from a global perspective. Candidates will be required to complete a three-week clinical experience in an assigned elementary school.
    Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education


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  • ELEM 402 - Social Studies and the Arts in Elementary Education


    Credit Hours: 6
    Lecture Hours: 4
    Lab Hours: 2

    This course will provide K-6 teacher candidates with an in-depth focus on the alignment of the state standards and objectives from the elementary social studies and arts curriculum. Teacher candidates will also incorporate instructional strategies and research-based best teaching practices when designing lesson plans for specific learning segments. Candidates will be required to complete a three-week clinical experience in an assigned elementary school.
    Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education


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  • ELEM 451 - Classroom Management for Elementary Teachers


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

    An introduction to the strategies for facilitating learning through effective classroom management, parent counseling, and guidance strategies for the elementary classroom. This course helps elementary pre-service and in-service teachers develop systematic strategies and techniques for effectively leading students to cooperate with the teacher and each other, and to be on task and engaged in planned learning activities. Field experience is required. (Fall, Spring).


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  • ELEM 471 - Clinical Experience for Teacher Candidates in Elementary Education


    Credit Hours: 10
    Lecture Hours: 0
    Lab Hours: 0

    This course is designed to be taken concurrently with ELEM 491: Elementary and Birth to Kindergarten Professional Seminar. It is developed to provide the prospective teacher candidate an opportunity to demonstrate skills in planning and in guiding the activities of children while being supervised and supported by experienced clinical educations (P-12 and EPP). It is the culmination of general education, professional education, ethical dispositions, specialty area courses, as well as early field experiences. Teacher candidates are assigned to partnership schools in local education agencies.


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  • ELEM 491 - Elementary and Birth-Kindergarten Professional Seminar


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

    A series of seminars on selected teacher education topics, to include teaching strategies, knowledge, skills, abilities, and documentation needed for the initial teaching year, and preparation for the assessments required for North Carolina licensure.


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English

  
  • ENGL 108 - English Grammar and Usage


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

    This course introduces students to issues of grammar and usage within an integrated literacy program that includes reading, writing and speaking. Standard grammatical and rhetorical conventions are examined to assess their current significance for acceptable social expression, especially in academic prose.


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  • ENGL 110 - English Composition I


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

    A course designed to give extensive practice in the writing process, with emphasis on expository forms appropriate to everyday personal, business, and academic writing. When taken for 4 credits, two lab hours are included.


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  • ENGL 120 - English Composition II


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

    A course that continues practice in the composing process, with emphasis on argumentation and research. The course involves gathering, analyzing, and documenting information from secondary sources. When taken for 4 credit hours, two lab hours are included.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110 


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  • ENGL 211 - World Literature I


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

    A study of major works of the Ancient World, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance, focusing on representative genres.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110 


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  • ENGL 212 - World Literature II


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

    A comparative study of major works of the Enlightenment, the Romantic Age, the period of Realism and Naturalism, and the Modern World.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110 


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  • ENGL 220 - African-American Literature I


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

    An historical and critical exploration of African American writers’ contributions to American fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction, beginning with writers of the 1700s and continuing through 1900.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110 


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  • ENGL 222 - History of the English Language


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

    An historical study of the nature of the language from its beginnings to the present.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110 


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  • ENGL 223 - African-American Literature II


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

    A continuation of an historical and critical exploration of African American writers’ contributions to American fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction, beginning with the 1900s and proceeding to the present.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110 


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  • ENGL 230 - Introduction to Linguistics


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

    An introduction to the inductive method of studying language, exploring the phonological, morphological, and syntactical aspects of language, dialectical variations, graphemics, sound, spelling, linguistic changes, bilingualism, field linguistics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, uses of linguistics, and related topics.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110 


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  • ENGL 231 - Advanced Grammar


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

    A reinforcement of students’ skills in grammatical analysis, focusing on the major theories of grammar and on the study of language acquisition in light of current research.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110 


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  • ENGL 232 - Introduction to Film and Visual Literacy


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

    This course will introduce students to basic concepts in film and other visual media such as video and Internet imaging. The course introduces students to formal vocabulary and methodology for developing the ability to consider visual texts critically. Through understanding and application of the basic concepts of film language, students will learn how elements such as editing, lighting, and composition within the frame, cinematography, and sound combine to constitute filmic discourse. In order to understand development in these categories, consideration will be given to film history.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110 


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


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

    This course draws connections between rap, oral traditions, and African American poetry. The course also explores hip hop’s intersection with commerce, social policy, ethics, and civic engagement. Students will read articles, watch videos, and listen to podcasts addressing not only artistry, but also such issues as censorship, sexism, obscenity, social responsibility, and race politics in the U.S. as they relate to hip hop culture. Students will write essays, reports, and raps, and will also engage in service learning projects.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110 


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  • ENGL 240 - Introduction to Literature


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

    An introduction to the major genres of literature, with intensive work in developing the critical skills of reading, evaluating, and interpreting literary works and in writing critical papers about literature.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110 


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  • ENGL 241 - Editing and Proofreading


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

    The study and practice of writing and revising prose in multiple genres with emphasis on developing and adapting rhetorical patterns for particular audiences and effects and addressing common proofreading issues.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110  


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  • ENGL 250 - Women in Literature


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

    This course examines the roles of women in literature as characters readers, and writers. Included in the readings are short stories, novels, novellas, essays, poetry, and drama, all by women and about women. The course will provide a historical overview of women’s writing and will focus on the challenges of women writing, the creation and treatment of women’s lives in literature, the form and content of women’s writing, and the literary and feminist theories that discuss women’s place in history and society by investigating the evolving conditions of women. Also the course examines how women represent themselves and what their expectations and hopes are for their own and daughters’ futures.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110 


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  • ENGL 253 - Images of Women


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

    This course introduces students to traditional and nontraditional images of women as they have appeared in film, music, art, and literature of the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. This course will encourage students to interrogate images of women in the popular culture of the present day.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110 


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  • ENGL 260 - North Carolina Writers


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

    A study of literature by writers who are from or have settled in North Carolina. The course draws from a range of novelists, playwrights, poets, and short story writers to engage students in a study of voices from across North Carolina who question, reflect, and define what it means to be North Carolinian.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110 


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  • ENGL 300 - Children’s Literature


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

    An introduction to works of children’s literature from a variety of ethnic origins and genres including folklore, myths, epics, biographies, fiction, poetry, and informational books.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110  and ENGL 120 


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  • ENGL 301 - Adolescent Literature


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

    A study of literature for and about the adolescent, examining reading programs and approaches to literature genres and modes characteristic of the literature, and essential elements of literary works for the adolescent.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110  and ENGL 120 


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  • ENGL 310 - Introduction to Folklore


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

    An introduction to the forms, aesthetic characteristics, and social contents of oral literatures and folk traditions, folktales, legends, myths, folksongs, proverbs, riddles, customs, and beliefs.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110  and ENGL 120 


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  • ENGL 311 - English Literature I


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

    A survey of the literature of England from the Anglo-Saxon period through the eighteenth century. Requirement for English majors.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110  and ENGL 120 


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  • ENGL 312 - English Literature II


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

    A continuation of the survey of English literature, extending from the Romantic period to the present. Requirement for English majors.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110  and ENGL 120 


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  • ENGL 320 - The Renaissance


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

    A study of the prose and poetry of representative authors of the Renaissance, including dramatists other than Shakespeare.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110  and ENGL 120 


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  • ENGL 321 - American Literature I


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

    A survey of the major writers of America from the earliest efforts at colonization through the Civil War.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110  and ENGL 120 


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  • ENGL 322 - American Literature II


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

    A survey of the major writers of America from the Civil War to the present. Requirement for English majors.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110  and ENGL 120 


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  • ENGL 323 - Literature of the Bible


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

    A literary overview of the Bible, with major emphases on the stylistic and formal influences of the Bible in world literature.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110  and ENGL 120 


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  • ENGL 330 - The Seventeenth Century


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

    A survey of the metaphysical poets.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110  and ENGL 120 


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  • ENGL 331 - American English Dialects


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

    A study of dialectical variations in American English, emphasizing the reasons for historical, regional, and social variations in American English.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110  and ENGL 120 


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  • ENGL 335 - Publishing Studio


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

    This foundation course engages students in applying rhetorical principles, research methods, analytical skills, and technologies to problem-based writing projects that model communications challenges faced by professional writers in complex, real-world settings. Students will consider political, cultural, ethical, and practical issues relevant to professional writing.
    Prerequisite: ENGL 110  and ENGL 120  


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