May 17, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
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Course Descriptions

Many course descriptions include a designation of Term(s) Offered: with one or more of the following: Fall, Spring, Summer. This indicates the term(s) in which the course is typically offered and is intended to aid students in planning their programs of study. Departments reserve the right to change the term(s) in which a course is offered.
 

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Business Administration
  

  • BUAD 499 - Business Professional Practice

    Credits: 1-3

    A cooperative work-study program designed to: (1) provide undergraduate business students realistic work experience to improve the depth of understanding of the nature of American and international business; (2) develop student maturity and confidence to determine in which areas of business  they should seek their professional careers; and, (3) create a work situation where advanced business courses are made more meaningful as a result of the perspective that comes from such a professional experience. 

    Prerequisite(s): Students must have completed or be enrolled in his/her 63rd semester hour of credit including the following courses:  ACCT 201 , ACCT 202 , ECON 208 , ECON 209 , ECON 265 , ENG 201 , CMST 101 .  A minimum overall 2.75 GPA, and minimum 2.75 GPA in all business courses.  Consent of the Assistant Dean.

    Repeatability: Repeatable for a maximum of six credit hours applied as electives in a business bachelor’s degree program.
    Grading: Grades assigned as Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory only.
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer


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Business Communication
  
  
  
  

Business Law
  
  

Chemistry
  
  
  

  • CHEM 108 - Chemistry for Educators

    Credits: 2

    This course provides an inquiry based approach to learning foundational concepts of chemistry with coverage of chemistry’s influence on society where appropriate.  Topics will include scientific method, nature of matter, atomic structure, bonding theories, chemical reactions and thermochemistry.  Issues related to laboratory safety including proper handling, storage, and disposal of chemicals are addressed. This course is intended for teacher candidates only.

    USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Scientific and Mathematical Inquiry; Natural Science with Lab (BA and BS).

    Prerequisite(s): Grade of C or better in PHYS 108 , PHYS 175  or PHYS 205  or consent of instructor.

    Lecture-Lab (ex: 3-1 means 3 hrs lecture and 1 hr lab): (1-1.5)
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring


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  • CHEM 451 - Polymer Chemistry

    Credits: 4

    Polymer chemistry studies the chemical synthesis and chemical and physical properties of polymers. It is one of the most relevant of the sub-disciplines of chemistry with a large number employment opportunities. This course is four credit hours with a three hour laboratory, and is designed to familiarize students with the basic structure, classification, synthetic techniques, physical properties and applications of polymer compounds and to show the interrelation of basic polymer concepts with their everyday use. Students will gain current knowledge of polymer concepts and an ability to apply them in career situations.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 354  or consent of instructor.

    Lecture-Lab (ex: 3-1 means 3 hrs lecture and 1 hr lab): (3-3)
    Term(s) Offered: Spring, odd-numbered years.


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  • CHEM 490 - Undergraduate Teaching Experience in Chemistry

    Credits: 1-3

    This course is designed to provide students with practical exposure to and experience with the college teaching profession. Students will work closely with individual faculty to learn and experience firsthand the range of duties performed by college professors in chemistry. Students will assist faculty in activities such as laboratory instruction, exam preparation, grading, and development of course materials and exercises. This course is intended for academically talented chemistry majors who aspire to careers in the professorate or high school teaching. Tuition waiver provided.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing plus consent of supervising instructor and department chair. This course does not satisfy any requirement in the Core Curriculum and will not be counted toward the chemistry major.

    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer


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Chinese
  
  
  
  
  

Civil Engineering
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Communications
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Communication Studies
  
  
  

  • CMST 201 - Introduction to Communication Studies

    Credits: 3

    This course is designed to introduce students to the academic discipline of Communication Studies. For decades, Communication Studies has been mistaken as a discipline that focuses solely on presentational speaking, speechmaking, and public address. However, these elements within CMST represent only a small fraction of the discipline. This course will be an exploration of all the major areas of the field, the history of CMST as a discipline, the research and writing style associated with CMST, the practical and theoretical tools expected of CMST graduates, and the many careers CMST graduates can explore.

    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring


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  • CMST 400 - Independent Study in Communication Studies

    Credits: 1-3

    This course is designed to provide an opportunity for upper division communications majors and minors to research subject areas in the discipline. A maximum of six hours may be taken; only three may be taken in any one semester. Students who wish to take independent study courses in the Communication Studies curriculum should be aware of the following points: 1) Only six hours of independent study may apply toward a major in communications; 2) No more than three hours of CMST 400 may be directed by the same instructor; 3) Students wishing to enroll in independent study courses must receive written permission from their instructors prior to registration.

    Prerequisite(s): CMST 301 , 21 hours of Communications Studies courses, upper division status, and written consent of instructor.

    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer


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  • CMST 407 - Communication and Healthcare

    Credits: 3

    In this course, students will be introduced to the many ways that we, as human beings, communicate about our health. This seminar has been designed to integrate numerous theoretical and methodological perspectives on health communication in order to give students a broader scope of how health messages and health communication processes are enacted, mediated, conceptualized, and studied. In this course, students will read and analyze how we communicate health messages interpersonally, organizationally, rhetorically, and through the mass media. Furthermore, through studying diverse health communication processes, students should become more aware of how these processes influence and impact each other (e.g., television messages about smoking impact how people discuss tobacco use interpersonally).

    Prerequisite(s): CMST 107  (grade of C or better), CMST 301  and junior standing.

    Term(s) Offered: Fall, odd-numbered years


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