May 10, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
Catalog Navigation
  Bulletin Home
  Academic Calendar
  The University
  Admission
  Student Financial Assistance
  Fees and Expenses
  Undergraduate Academic Information and Policies
  Student Life
  Student Policies
  Honors Program
  USI Athletics
  Academic Programs
  Course Descriptions
  Romain College of Business
  College of Liberal Arts
  College of Nursing and Health Professions
  Pott College of Science, Engineering and Education
  Outreach and Engagement
  University Division
  Core 39
  University Faculty
  Other University Offices and Services
  Student Handbook and Code of Student Behavior
  Bulletin User Guide
  Archived Publications
  My Portfolio
HELP
2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED PUBLICATION]

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.
 

Journalism
  
  
  
  

  • JRN 400 - Independent Study in Journalism

    Credits: 1-3

    This course is designed to provide an opportunity for upper-division communications majors and minors to research subject areas in the field of journalism. 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 journalism 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 Journalism 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): ENG 101  (grade of C or better) or ENG 201  (grade of C or better), upper division status, and written consent of instructor

    Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered


    Check course availability in Spring 2024

    Check course availability in First Summer 2024

    Check course availability in Second Summer 2024

    Check course availability in Fall 2024
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Kinesiology
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  • KIN 201 - Sport, Exercise & Culture in Film

    Credits: 3

    As an introductory course in sport, exercise and popular culture, emphasis is placed on the history and development of media, film, and critical analysis of popular culture. Students will gain a deep understanding and appreciation for the cultural impacts of sport in film and will examine how visual representations of sport and exercise in film shape modern society. Course topics will include the examination of various dominant cultural ideologies as seen in film, including race, gender, masculinity/femininity, (dis)ability, and nationalism (among others).  

    USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Creative and Aesthetic Expression

    This course meets the Indiana College Core (ICC)
    Term(s) Offered: Spring


    Check course availability in Spring 2024

    Check course availability in First Summer 2024

    Check course availability in Second Summer 2024

    Check course availability in Fall 2024
  
  
  
  
  

  • KIN 244 - Lifeguard Training

    Credits: 2

    ARC certification in lifeguarding.

    Prerequisite(s): Swim 300 yards continuously, using these strokes in the following order: 100 yards of front crawl using rhythmic breathing and a stabilizing, propellant kick; rhythmic breathing can be performed either by breathing to the side or to the front; 100 yards of breaststroke; 100 yards of either front crawl using rhythmic breathing or breaststroke or a mixture of front crawl and breaststroke. Swim 20 yards using front crawl or breaststroke, surface dive to a depth of seven-10 feet, retrieve a 10-pound object, return to the surface, and swim 20 yards back to the starting point with the object and exit the water without using a ladder or steps, within one minute, 40 seconds. When returning to the starting point, the participant’s face must remain above the water and the participant must hold the 10-pound object with both hands.

    Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered


    Check course availability in Spring 2024

    Check course availability in First Summer 2024

    Check course availability in Second Summer 2024

    Check course availability in Fall 2024
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Latin
  
  
  
  
  
  

Liberal Arts
  
  

Management
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  • MNGT 354 - Strategic Entrepreneurship

    Credits: 3

    Students in this course will bridge the gap between entrepreneurial thought and practice by focusing on activities that must be carried out by a company within the framework of strategic entrepreneurship.  This framework highlights the activities that create, deliver, and capture value for an enterprise.  The course is designed to immerse students actively in the strategic entrepreneurial process with the objectives to reinforce and develop divergent thinking, analytical thinking, and communication skills.  This course will develop skills associated with opportunity recognition (convergent and divergent thinking) and feasibility analysis (market and financial analysis), and extend these to the development and communication of a business model in an atmosphere that is based on team collaboration and coaching.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing

    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring


    Check course availability in Spring 2024

    Check course availability in First Summer 2024

    Check course availability in Second Summer 2024

    Check course availability in Fall 2024
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  • MNGT 452 - Policy Formulation and Implementation

    Credits: 3

    This capstone course requires students to develop interdisciplinary solutions for addressing contemporary business problems. In addition to integrating the major fields of business (accounting, finance, marketing, management, computer information systems), this course requires students to address a variety of different topics, such as social issues, diversity, environmental concerns, global/cultural differences, ethics, economics, critical thinking, problem identification, problem solving, communication skills, quantitative analysis, technology, current events, and politics. Through the use of cases, presentations, written projects, class discussions, lectures, and current periodicals, students are exposed to the complexities of conducting business in a changing world.

    USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 201 , MNGT 305 , FIN 305 , MKTG 305  and senior standing

    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer


    Check course availability in Spring 2024

    Check course availability in First Summer 2024

    Check course availability in Second Summer 2024

    Check course availability in Fall 2024
  

Manufacturing Engineering Technology
  

  • MFET 471 - Manufacturing Systems Integration

    Credits: 3

    This course is designed to prepare students with the technical and professional skills needed to complete a real-world project using a design process.  Students will learn a multidisciplinary design process which includes defining the problem; conceptualizing solutions; designing a solution; building or modeling a prototype; and creating and implementing a validation plan.  Students will demonstrate technical communication skills and professional practices in a multidisciplinary environment.  Students will also learn project management and teamwork skills.  Written technical reports are prepared in a standard format.  Formal oral presentations are required.

    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and consent of the instructor

    Lecture-Lab (ex: 3-1 means 3 hrs lecture and 1 hr lab): 2-2
    Grading: Standard
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring


    Check course availability in Spring 2024

    Check course availability in First Summer 2024

    Check course availability in Second Summer 2024

    Check course availability in Fall 2024

Marketing
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  • MKTG 355 - Digital Marketing

    Credits: 3

    his course focuses on the integration of state-of-the-art interactive technologies into the design and implementation of marketing programs for the new millennium. The functions of market identification through customer analysis, and the planning and implementation of conception, pricing, promotion and distribution of ideas, goods, and services to satisfy the market benefit immensely from the capabilities of the rapidly developing information technology (IT) infrastructure. The course also includes introduction into different techniques for differentiating products and services and developing systems to focus on the market niche, establishing interactive links to customers, retrieving online information from customers, and using data mining for market research.

     

    Prerequisite(s): MKTG 201  or MKTG 305  

    Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered


    Check course availability in Spring 2024

    Check course availability in First Summer 2024

    Check course availability in Second Summer 2024

    Check course availability in Fall 2024
  
  
 

Page: 1 <- 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 -> 18