2014-15 University Bulletin 
    
    May 19, 2024  
2014-15 University Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 
  
  • AHA (0610) 151 - Beginning Sculpture


    Credits: 4

    This course is an introduction to three-dimensional art in the media of clay, plaster, wood, stone, and other materials, as well as to the basics of modeling, carving and construction.

     

     

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHA (0610) 170 - Digital Photography


    Credits: 4

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHA (0610) 201 - Ceramics


    Credits: 4

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHA (0610) 205 - Art History: Survey of Art Through the Ages


    Credits: 2-4

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHA (0610) 208 - Watercolor


    Credits: 3-4

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHA (0610) 214 - Beginning Painting


    Credits: 4

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHA (0610) 220 - History of Music


    Credits: 2-4

    This course examines the art of music from early beginnings through the centuries. The various styles and periods will be explored, focusing on the symphonies, concertos, sonatas, vocal and operatic literature by the great composers. The music will be illustrated at the piano by the instructor and through recordings.

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHA (0610) 242 - Film and Contemporary Thought


    Credits: 4

    This course encourages students to analyze current films as an expression of socio-political thought in the world community. Students will view films by John Sayles, Woody Allen, and David Lynch, among others, and will discuss relationships between men and women, the political situation in Central America, and the technological future.

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHA (0610) 244 - Art History: Classical Antiquity


    Credits: 4

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHA (0610) 245 - Art History: Medieval Art


    Credits: 4

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHA (0610) 246 - Art History: Italian Renaissance Art


    Credits: 4

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHA (0610) 249 - Art History: Contemporary


    Credits: 4

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHA (0610) 250 - Introduction to Drawing


    Credits: 3-4

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHA (0610) 253 - Photography


    Credits: 4

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHA (0610) 254 - Drawing and Composition I


    Credits: 4

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHA (0610) 255 - Painting Studio


    Credits: 4

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHA (0610) 256 - Survey of American Art


    Credits: 4

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHA (0610) 311 - The Films of Alfred Hitchcock


    Credits: 4

    Through this course, the student traces Hitchcock’s early developmental years as a filmmaker in England, his early American period in Hollywood, and his final creative period.  Students will discuss Hitchcock’s film techniques, themes, and characterization and will view and analyze several of his classic films.

    Free Note: Enrollment will be limited to University College students.
  
  • AHA (0610) 313 - African American History thru Films


    Credits: 4

     

    This course will consider the history of African Americans as depicted in full length films and documentaries such as, Amistadt, Glory, Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, Rosewood, Deadly Deception, Freedom Riders, and American Violet.  For each film, the historical accuracy and social context will be examined.



     

    Free Note: Enrollment will be limited to University College students.

  
  • AHA (0610) 314 - Genres of Film Comedy


    Credits: 4

    This course will make a comparative examination of several sub-genres of film comedy-slapstick, screwball, romantic, and satirical/farcical comedy-and determine the effectiveness of each sub-genre in successfully defining and communicating the human condition

    Free Note:

    Enrollment will be limited to University College students.

  
  • AHA (0610) 317 - Latino-American Experience Thru Film


    Credits: 4

    This course allows the student to examine the Latino-American experience as depicted in full length films and documentaries.  Students will view and analyze a number of films and documentaries.  For each film, the historical accuracy and social content will be considered.

     

    Free Note:

    Enrollment will be limited to University College students.

  
  • AHA (0610) 351 - Advanced Sculpture


    Credits: 4

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHA (0610) 352 - Advanced Ceramics


    Credits: 4

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHA (0610) 394 - Digital Photography II


    Credits: 4

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHA (0610) 409 - Advanced Printmaking


    Credits: 4

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHA (0610) 454 - Advanced Painting and Drawing


    Credits: 4

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHC (0678) 200 - Able Commonctns Elective


    Credits: 1.00 to 6.00

  
  • AHC (0678) 400 - Able Commonctns Elective


    Credits: 1.00 to 6.00

  
  • AHS (0611) 100 - Communications And Critical Thinking


    Credits: 1

    This course examines skills related to good study habits, informal logic, and written communication skills. The course focuses on the ability to understand, analyze, and evaluate ideas, arguments, and opinions. Emphasis is also placed on ‘skills development’ in areas such as test-taking preparation, reading for speed and comprehension, note-taking, outlining, composition, and library research techniques.

  
  • AHS (0611) 101 - Expository Writing


    Credits: 4

    This is the first required course in the writing sequence. Through in-class examination of sentence, paragraph, and essay structure, students will sharpen their writing skills. Students will be introduced to all types of college writing, including the formal research paper.

    When Offered: Fall

  
  • AHS (0611) 103 - Writing And Rhetoric


    Credits: 4

    This course is a sequel to Expository Writing. Through reading, writing, discussion, and research, students will build upon skills learned in the first course. Effective writing is founded upon analyzing, structuring, and developing ideas, and these techniques can be transferred from the classroom to any writing task. Particular emphasis will be placed on the techniques of argumentation and persuasion.

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHS (0611) 104 - Formal And Informal Logic


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 106 - Conceptions of God: East And West


    Credits: 4

    This course treats the development of both Western and Eastern religions, to include the rise of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Chinese and Japanese religions. Students will examine the common roots of religion in folklore and nature worship, as well as significant differences in perceptions of God and the Devil, to include cult and occult worship to gain a greater appreciation of not only their own religious roots but also of ones foreign to us. The class will take field trips to religious centers in the vicinity.

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHS (0611) 110 - Great Thinkers in Philosophy


    Credits: 4

    The ideas of major philosophers from antiquity to the present will be examined through reading and discussion of their work. Five or six significant thinkers will be covered each semester. Among those to be studied are Plato, Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, Spinoza, Jung, Hegel, Sartre, and Camus.

    When Offered: Fall

  
  • AHS (0611) 111 - History of Art


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 112 - Conversational Spanish I


    Credits: 4

    This course focuses on conversational practice and will allow the student to develop various skills while learning the Spanish language.

    When Offered: Fall

  
  • AHS (0611) 113 - Conversational Spanish II


    Credits: 4

    This course focuses on conversational practice and will allow the student to develop various skills while learning the Spanish language.

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHS (0611) 114 - Conversational French I


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 115 - Conversational French II


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 116 - Conversational Italian I


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 120 - Special Topics


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 121 - Expository and Professional Writing


    Credits: 4

    This course prepares students for college writing and in particular to meet the practical demands of contemporary professional communications, including research and presentation of written analytical reports and project proposals, visual design of written material, and oral presentations. Practice in clear writing for focused audiences will be emphasized.

    When Offered: Fall,Spring

  
  • AHS (0611) 190 - Independent Study


    Credits: 1.00 to 4.00

    When Offered: Fall,Spring

  
  • AHS (0611) 201 - Introduction To Literature


    Credits: 4

    This course examines the recognized masterpieces of Western literature. Assigned readings in fiction, poetry, and drama will include the writings of Hawthorne, Faulkner, Hemingway, Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Sophocles, Chekhov, and Ionesco. Characteristics of principal genres and literary terms will be discussed.

    When Offered: Fall,Spring

  
  • AHS (0611) 203 - Introduction To American Literature


    Credits: 4

    The fiction, drama, and poetry of major authors, to include Bradstreet, Franklin, Hawthorne, James, Frost, Hemingway, Heller, Updike, and Arthur Miller, will be examined to offer students a comprehensive overview of significant trends and developments in American literature from the Puritan settlement to the present.

  
  • AHS (0611) 204 - Introduction To European Literature


    Credits: 4

    An introduction to the major European authors from the post-Gutenberg era to the present. The works of major authors, including Cervantes, Dante, Swift, Dickens, Dostoyevsky, Zola, Kafka, and Mann, will be examined to offer students a comprehensive overview of significant trends and developments in European literature.

    When Offered: Fall

  
  • AHS (0611) 211 - Introduction To Poetry


    Credits: 3.00 to 4.00

  
  • AHS (0611) 212 - Conversational Spanish III


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 213 - Conversational Spanish IV


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 221 - Intro To The Theater


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 222 - Theories of Acting


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 226 - Introduction To Drama


    Credits: 4

    This course covers the three great periods of Western theater: the Greek, the Elizabethan, and the modern. Students will read Aeschylus, Sophocles, Shakespeare, and modern dramatists. The plays will be studied from various historical, psychological, and philosophical perspectives.

    When Offered: Fall,Spring

  
  • AHS (0611) 232 - American Culture And Literature:18 And 19 Centuries


    Credits: 4

    A focused analysis of the four great trends - Religion, Reason, Romanticism, and Realism - that shaped the first 300 years of American life, literature, and culture. Authors to be studied will include Puritan writers such as Bradstreet, Sewall, and Mather; colonials such as Franklin, Paine, and Jefferson; Romanticists and Transcendentalists such as Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman; and late-19th-century realists such as Twain, Howells, and Crane.

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHS (0611) 233 - Am Cultr&Lit: 20th Cent


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 247 - Art History: Modern European Art I


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 248 - Art History: Modern European Art


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 257 - History of The Arts


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 272 - Philosophy of Self


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 273 - Contemporary Moral Issue


    Credits: 3.00 to 4.00

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHS (0611) 282 - Religious Experiences of The West


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 283 - Religions of The East


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 292 - Myths About Women


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 320 - Spec Tops: Theater&Drama


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 330 - Special Topics


    Credits: 4.00

    Challenges the traditional approach to reading Shakespeare by focusing on an analysis of the texts that examines women’s relationships with each other, the nature and effects of the patriarchal structure, and the influence of the genre on the portrayal of women.

    When Offered: Fall,Spring

  
  • AHS (0611) 332 - American Social Protest Novel


    Credits: 4.00

    This course explores ways in which fiction is written as social protest.  These narratives originate in eighteenth century fiction.  Students will read fiction such as Sinclair’s The Jungle, Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Baldwin’s Go Tell it on the Mountain, and Wright’s Native Son.

    When Offered: Fall

  
  • AHS (0611) 340 - Special Topics in Film


    Credits: 4

    Explore the interplay between love and money as a major theme in selected classic American films based on novels, short stories, plays and as original screenplays. The focus will be on works from authors such as Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, Henry James, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Somerset Maugham.

    When Offered: Fall,Spring

  
  • AHS (0611) 350 - Special Topics in Art


    Credits: 4

    When Offered: Fall,Spring

  
  • AHS (0611) 360 - Special Topics in Music


    Credits: 4

    This course will examine the symphonic form through the music Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.

    When Offered: Spring

  
  • AHS (0611) 362 - Music in America


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 363 - The Opera


    Credits: 2.00 to 4.00

    When Offered: Fall,Spring

  
  • AHS (0611) 370 - Special Topics in Philosophy


    Credits: 2.00 to 4.00

  
  • AHS (0611) 372 - Mod Socl and Pltcl Thought


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 373 - Philosophy and Literature


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 374 - The Philosophy of Law


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 380 - Special Topics in Religion


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 390 - Special Topics, Communications


    Credits: 4

  
  • AHS (0611) 490 - Independent Study


    Credits: 1.00 to 4.00

    When Offered: Fall,Spring

  
  • AHT (0682) 190 - Independent Study


    Credits: 1.00 to 6.00

  
  • AHT (0682) 200 - Able Theology Elective


    Credits: 1.00 to 6.00

  
  • AHT (0682) 400 - Able Theology Elective


    Credits: 1.00 to 6.00

  
  • AMC (0615) 101 - Management Concepts


    Credits: 4

    This course examines the fundamental theories and ideas that influence organizing, planning, control, and decision making in the business world. These concepts will be analyzed and applied in reference to specific systems, techniques, and cases drawn from real life. The consequences of management decisions will be discussed and critiqued.

  
  • AMC (0615) 171 - Survey of Financial Planning


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 190 - Independent Study


    Credits: 1.00 to 4.00

    When Offered: Fall,Spring

  
  • AMC (0615) 211 - Principles of Accounting I


    Credits: 4

    This course examines the various aspects of accounting from balance sheets to inventories. The techniques and fundamental principles underlying financial accounting will be reviewed and analyzed. This course is particularly helpful for those managers wishing a broader understanding of financial procedures.

  
  • AMC (0615) 212 - Principles of Accounting, II


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 213 - Principles of Finance


    Credits: 4

    This course examines the role of finance in business management. Major areas of study include financial markets, financial organizations of business entities, analysis of budgets, credit, equity and debt financing, the uses of corporate securities in capitalization, and asset management.

  
  • AMC (0615) 222 - Effective Communications


    Credits: 4

    Analyze the principles of persuasive communication, both written and spoken. Examine the techniques of business report writing, Agood news@ and Abad news@ letter, and other business correspondence, learn how to give an oral presentation or speech, and examine the characteristics of non-verbal communication. Papers and oral reports required.

    When Offered: Fall,Spring

  
  • AMC (0615) 232 - Marketing Concepts


    Credits: 4

    This course explores the concepts of modern marketing and the strategies and techniques through which they are applied. Students will become familiar with the relation and interaction of the components of sound marketing, including pricing, distribution channels, product planning research, and advertising.

  
  • AMC (0615) 233 - Marketing Research


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 242 - Personnel Concepts


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 261 - Introduction To Computers With Basic Programming


    Credits: 4

    An introduction to electronic data processing and business concepts, including both the processing capabilities and the information storage facilities of computers. The fundamentals of computer problem solving and programming in BASIC will be discussed and applied. In addition, students will be prepared for more advanced courses in computer programming and computer systems.

  
  • AMC (0615) 271 - Principles of Investment


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 332 - International Marketing


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 333 - Consumer Psychology


    Credits: 4

    When Offered: Fall,Spring

  
  • AMC (0615) 334 - Advertising And Advertising Management


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 335 - Sales Management


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 337 - International Business


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 343 - Union Management Relations


    Credits: 4

  
  • AMC (0615) 344 - Business Law I


    Credits: 4

    This course examines the legal environment of business and analysis of the laws essential in daily life, including contracts, sales, insurance, and personal property.

  
  • AMC (0615) 345 - Business Law II


    Credits: 4

 

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