May 16, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
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.

 

Sport Management

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • SPTM 333 - Sport Marketing


    Credits: 3

    This course introduces students to the marketing approaches and tolls utilized by the sport industry; at the professional, intercollegiate, and interscholastic levels.  Students will learn the theoretical background of sport marketing by focusing on the basic principles and foundational concepts within sport marketing and sport consumer behavior.  Students in this course will gain skills and practical experience by developing SWOT analyses, approaches to market segments, pricing schemes, promotions, and branding strategies.  Students will exhibit the culmination of their knowledge acquired by creating a marketing plan project derived by conducting research and collecting data on market trends as it pertains to a sport organization.

    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing

    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring


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  • SPTM 335 - Sport Publicity and Promotion


    Credits: 3

    This course introduces the responsibilities of college sport information directors or sport public relations professionals that includes having students write press releases, create media kits, and develop crisis communication plans pertaining to current events within the sport world. Additional topics of discussion include the integration of public relations as it pertains to concepts of strategic management, interviews and press conferences, internal and external communication, differentiating between marketing and promotional aims, legal aspects of PR, and the symbiotic relationship between sport and the media.

    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing

    Term(s) Offered: Spring


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  • SPTM 336 - Governance and Ethics in Sport


    Credits: 3

    This course introduces students to the ethical problems, dilemmas, and conflicts that contribute to the power and politics within sport organizations. Moreover, students will learn the basics of managerial activities necessary for governance and policy development that conceptualize the operational structure for various organizations. Students will be encouraged to integrate management and ethical theory into governance and policy development decisions pertaining to current events within the sport industry. Students will exhibit the culmination of their knowledge acquired by creating a case study comprehensively covering a governance topic of their choice.   

     

    USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Moral and Ethical Reasoning

    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing

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


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  • SPTM 338 - Collegiate Recreation Management


    Credits: 3

    Management of campus recreational sport facilities has expanded in both scope and complexity in the 21st century. Today’s state-of-the-art recreation and sport facilities offer high-end amenities for students, faculty, staff, and the surrounding community. Managing these diverse and complicated programs and facilities requires knowledge of operations, client services, and industry standards. This course will examine the multiple aspects of contemporary collegiate recreation management, including the multiple professional and organizational properties of campus recreation in the United States.

    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing

    Term(s) Offered: Spring


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  • SPTM 453 - Diversity in Sport


    Credits: 3

    This course explores how historical and contemporary forces in society have shaped the opportunities and experiences of various cultural groupings in the realm of sport.  In particular, the course will focus on diversity issues as they relate to race, ethnicity, gender, social class, sexuality and physical ability/disability.  Examples of possible topics include: Native American names and mascots for sport teams, homophobia in sport, social class stratification in sport, gender equity in collegiate sport, and the expansion of sporting opportunities for individuals with disabilities,.

    USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Social Inquiry; Social Science (BS); Embedded Experience-Diversity

    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing

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


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Statistics

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • STAT 365 - Design & Analysis of Experiments


    Credits: 3

    This course will cover topics in design and analysis of experiments including analysis of variance (ANOVA) for single-factor design, randomized complete block design, Latin square design, balanced incomplete block design, two-factor factorial design and response surface, two-level factorial designs (2​2 and 2​3), two-stage nested design and split-plot design.


    In addition, associated model for each design - fixed effect model, random effect model, and two-factor mixed effect model will be discussed estimating model parameters, checking model adequacy, comparing contrasts using Scheffe’s method, comparing pairs of treatment means using both Tukey-Kramer and Fisher least significance difference (LSD) methods, estimating both variance components and intraclass correlation coefficient. A statistical software will be used.

    Prerequisite(s): STAT 241  

    Term(s) Offered: Spring (even-numbered years)


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Technology

  
  
  
  
  
  • TECH 272 - Robotics


    Credits: 3

    This course is an introduction to industrial robots as used in modern industry.  Topics covered will include manipulator types, arm configurations, robotic system safety, system controller operations, and programming of robot paths using a variety of methods.  The student will become familiar with End Of Arm Tooling design concepts, sensors & peripherals used in robotic automation, and systems integration strategies and methods.  Laboratory experiences will provide the student with significant hands-on activities.  Students will engage in Team exercises.  Students will be expected to produce written reports documenting their laboratory exercises.

    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 104  or ENGR 107  

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


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  • TECH 362 - Manufacturing


    Credits: 3

    This course includes an introduction into the design and implementation of contemporary manufacturing systems. Single and multiple station, manual, mixed mode, automated, and flexible manufacturing systems are covered. Numerical analysis of these systems to determine production rates, product cost, defect rates, and efficiency will be performed. During the lab students will learn to program and operate various types of production hardware including CNC turning and milling machines.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing in industrial supervision or manufacturing engineering technology or consent of instructor

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


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  • TECH 471 - Senior Project


    Credits: 3

    A course which provides an opportunity for synthesis of technical, professional, and general knowledge for industrial supervision students. Problems provided by industrial sponsors are studied by individual students or small teams of students to develop solutions which consider technical, economic, social, environmental, sustainability, ethical and manufacturability aspects of the problems. Formal written and oral reports to faculty, industrial sponsors, and invited guests are required.

    USI Core 39: Embedded Experience-Writing

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 201 , senior standing in industrial supervision or advanced manufactured and consent of advisor and department chair

    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring


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Theatre Arts

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • THTR 320 - Theatre Laboratory II


    Credits: 1

    Assigned in one-hour units, four hours are required for the major.  Designed to provide credit for work completed on USI Theatre productions.  Students will be assigned placement in a technical area each semester either in accord with their individualized plan of specialization or to gather the broadest range of experience that is in their best interest as theatre generalist(s).  A minimum of 42 contact hours of work is required per semester.

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of director or production area coordinator

    Repeatability: Repeatable to a maximum of 4 hours; 4 hours are required for the Theatre major 
    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring


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  • THTR 400 - Independent Study in Theatre Arts


    Credits: 1-3

    This course is designed to provide an opportunity for upper division communications/theatre majors and minors to research subject areas in the field of theatre arts.  A maximum of six hours may be taken; only three may be taken in any one semester.  NOTE:  Students who wish to take independent study courses in the theatre arts 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 offerings of THTR 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): 21 hours of theatre arts, upper division status, and written consent of instructor 

    Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer


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