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2021-2022 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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Expeditionary Studies |
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EXP 599 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
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Finance |
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FIN 201 - Financial Literacy (3 cr.)
Learners will develop a personal financial plan, monthly operating budget, and assess the financial impact of major acquisitions in the housing and auto industries. We will examine the basic concepts associated with consumer credit, the various forms of insurance (consumer, life, health and property), planning (tax, estate, and retirement), and investment management (stocks, bonds and mutual funds). The impact of private and governmental financial decisions on society will further be discussed, examining inequalities that may lead to bias and discrimination from a financial perspective.
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Quantitative Reasoning
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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FIN 350 - Financial Planning for Entrepreneurs (3 cr.)
The course provides a foundation for the financial planning and management of a new venture start-up and acquisition. It examines the process of financial forecasting, the practice of effective financial management, sources of finance, bootstrapping strategy, valuation and exit planning. The course content follows the life cycle of a new venture. Topics are discussed in a manner that follows the logical order of the stages of development that entrepreneurs go through in the process of building a start-up and successfully transitioning it into a growing business.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ECO 110 and ACC 201 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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FIN 355 - Principles of Finance (3 cr.)
An introduction to financial concepts and methods used in contemporary corporate financial decision making. Students learn about the various types of business organizations and financial institutions and their role in the economy. Time value of money concepts are used to value stocks and bonds and to evaluate business proposals. The risk-return relation, the cost of capital, capital budgeting techniques, cash flow estimation, and capital structure are explored.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ACC 202 , either ECO 101 or both ECO 110 and ECO 111 ; ECO 260 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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FIN 385 - Corporate Financial Management (3 cr.)
The role of the financial manager in the modern corporation is examined with an emphasis on the use of financial statements in the context of financial analysis, forecasting, and financial planning. In addition, the topics of securities issuance and design, dividend policy, working capital management, risk management, and corporate control are examined. The special concerns facing multinational corporations are also explored.
Prerequisite(s): FIN 355 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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FIN 390 - Money and Banking (3 cr.)
Evolution of monetary institutions, including the Federal Reserve system, the commercial banking structure and financial intermediaries. Theoretical analysis involving creation of money and its effects on prices, interest rates, and incomes. Additional analysis directed toward international finance.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ECO 101 or ECO 111 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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FIN 396 - Money and Capital Markets (3 cr.)
Analysis of financial intermediaries, financial instruments and risk and rate of return. Discussion of stocks, bonds, investment banking, federal funds, commercial paper, treasury securities, repurchase agreements, futures and options, international banking and capital expenditures.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ECO 101 or ECO 110 ; ECO 111 and FIN 355 , or POI.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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FIN 399 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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FIN 400 - International Financial Management (3 cr.)
The key issues in international finance are examined. Students will study foreign exchange markets and exchange rates, banking and money markets, debt and equity markets, and portfolio management from an international perspective. Financial management issues including the capital structure decision, cost of capital, capital budgeting, trade finance, foreign direct investment, and cross-border acquisitions are examined from the perspective of a global corporation.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): ECO 110 , ECO 111 , FIN 355 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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FIN 401 - Alternative Investments (3 cr.)
The purpose of this course is to provide an understanding of the alternative investments industry. The course covers hedge funds, funds of hedge funds, managed futures, commodities, commodity trading advisors, venture capital, private equity and leveraged buyouts and how they play a role in traditional investment portfolios for downside equity risk management.
Prerequisite(s): FIN 355 .
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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FIN 410 - Fintech, Cryptocurrencies and the Blockchain (3 cr.)
This course is an introduction to cryptocurrencies and the blockchain technologies, with particular emphasis on the blockchain of Bitcoin and Ethereum. The course will teach the theoretical concepts of the blockchain, the financial tools to analyze and trade cryptocurrencies, as well as the programming skills to write a smart contract.
Prerequisite(s): FIN 355
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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FIN 420 - Portfolio Management Theory (3 cr.)
Asset allocation and investment selection as well as the basics of security markets are studied with an emphasis on the implications of efficient market theory. The uses and limitations of asset pricing models are examined. Techniques employed in the management of investment portfolios and the measurement of portfolio performance are explored.
Prerequisite(s): FIN 355 .
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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FIN 480 - Financial Modeling and Investment Analysis (3 cr.)
Provides students with hands-on experience in building computer-based models of financial systems to support managerial decision making. Topics include: Financial statement forecasting, Discounted-cash-flow business valuation, Capital budgeting, Portfolio models, and Option pricing. The primary software tool is Microsoft Excel, though other packages and programming languages may be included.
Prerequisite(s): FIN 385 or POI.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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FIN 486 - Financial Derivatives (3 cr.)
A study of options, futures, and other financial derivative contracts. The course includes the markets, valuation, and specification of these derivative contracts and their use in corporate financial risk management.
Prerequisite(s): FIN 355 , ECO 260 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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FIN 489 - Washington Internship Institute (3 to 15 cr.)
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FIN 490 - Senior Seminar in Economics and Finance (3 cr.)
Research seminar in finance. In consultation with the teacher, students conduct independent or group research in finance culminating in an original academic paper.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing or POI.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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FIN 496 - Teaching Practicum (1 to 3 cr.)
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FIN 498 - Internship (1 to 12 cr.)
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FIN 499 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
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Fitness (MS Online) |
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FIT 501 - Fitness Leadership and Professionalism (3 cr.)
This course focuses on the development and application of leadership skills for the fitness professional. Students will review pertinent leadership theories to increase awareness of the psychodynamics of personal leadership development, building leadership communication abilities; and becoming aware of cultural and psycho-social patterns that foster and promote effective fitness leadership that center on mentoring and goal achievement.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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FIT 505 - Advanced Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology (3 cr.)
In this course, students will study various factors that affect human performance including regulatory mechanisms, responses, adaptations, and changes that occur as a result of physical activity. Topics include physiology demands of exercise, energy systems, effects on human development, functional anatomy, kinesiology, and implications for personal fitness and to fitness professionals.
Liberal arts
Semester(s) Offered: Spring, Summer
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FIT 510 - Developing Health/Fitness Alliances (3 cr.)
Students will participate in learning methods for forming public, corporate or small business, non-profit, and community based relationships that relate to the fitness profession and industry. Students will be exposed to alliance development and networking methodologies that can be used to form meaningful relationships between organizations and among individuals in the fitness profession and industry. Each student will develop and test a strategic alliance and network action plan for an individual fitness related organization.
Semester(s) Offered: Winter
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FIT 515 - Health Screening and Fitness Assessments (3 cr.)
This course will provide the tools necessary for conducting an educational approach to the initial client meeting, proper pre-exercise screening, and assessment. In addition, this course provides the working knowledge of procedures to analyze client risk factors, informed consent, and selection of assessments.
Semester(s) Offered: Winter
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FIT 520 - Biomechanics in Exercise Movements (3 cr.)
This course examines the causes and consequences of human movement and body alignment from biomechanical and physiological perspectives. Emphasis will be placed on the muscles involved in human movement and biomechanical properties of joint alignment while performing exercise, functional training, and corrective performance movements.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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FIT 525 - Fitness Management and Entrepreneurship (3 cr.)
This course offers a comprehensive examination of all aspects of fitness management and starting a business in health and fitness. Topics include managing and operating facilities, marketing, sales, operations, financial management, legal issues, insurance, and implementing a business plan for establishing a modern health/fitness facility.
Semester(s) Offered: Summer
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FIT 530 - Nutrition for Fitness Professionals (3 cr.)
This course is designed to educate students about general nutrition recommendations to maintain health, body composition, and improve performance in their clients. Students will examine contemporary nutritional topics such as sports nutrition, vitamin/protein supplementation “functional foods”, antioxidants, and working in collaboration with Registered Dietitians (RDs). Additional nutrition topics designed to inform individuals about the latest research on topics such as “superfoods”, organic foods, and genetically modified foods.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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FIT 540 - Advanced Personal Fitness Training (3 cr.)
Students will learn business concepts and detailed insight into designing exercise programs to improve, maintain, and/or optimize health-related components of physical fitness for clients. Students will be shown a systematic approach to implement a personal trainer business model and resistance training, cardiovascular, and flexibility programs. After completing this course, students will be prepared for personal trainer certification exams that include the American College of Sports medicine (ACSM).
Prerequisite(s): FIT 505 .
Semester(s) Offered: Summer
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FIT 550 - Older Adult Fitness-Gerontology (3 cr.)
This course is designed to enhance the knowledge of the physical changes that occur with aging including its impact on the various body systems, psychological and social aspects, and predictors of successful healthy aging. Students will learn fitness instruction, testing protocols, and developing specialized exercise programs for older adults. After completing this course, students will be prepared to sit for certification testing from the American Senior Fitness Association.
Prerequisite(s): FIT 505 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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FIT 560 - Athletic and Sports Performance (3 cr.)
Examination of athletic and sports performance, including testing and developing strength training programs to enhance specific performance profiles. Students will learn to design programs for speed, agility, power, and quickness for athletes of various ages and developmental abilities. After completing this course, students will be prepared to sit for certification exams that include the National Strength and Conditioning Association Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA-CSCS) and National Academy of Sports Medicine’s Performance Enhancement Specialization (NASM-PES).
Prerequisite(s): FIT 505 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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FIT 570 - Field Internship (3 cr.)
Supervised field experience for graduate students; 120 hours on site. Students will be placed in a professional role in a fitness, health, or medical site that serves clientele in a profit, non-profit, college, high school, senior, sport, clinical, or other setting.
Prerequisite(s): Program Coordinator Approval, and for MS fitness and wellness majors only.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
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FIT 585 - Research Methods in Fitness (3 cr.)
This course provides an overview of the basic fundamentals of quantitative and qualitative research methods for use in exercise science and fitness studies. In addition, select descriptive and inferential statistics will be presented. A special emphasis will be placed on understanding research methods embedded in exercise science and fitness related journal articles. The course will also investigate related topics such as ethical concerns in conducting research, and the use of human subjects in exercise and fitness related studies.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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FIT 590 - Self-Assessment in Fitness (3 cr.)
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to reflect, self- assess, and implement their Fitness graduate program learning experiences. The course will focus on competencies and technical skills related to fitness professionals, the fitness business, research, leadership development, and communication. Students will summarize and appraise those learning experiences by providing documentation that will maximize their knowledge base while enhancing their employability and professional expertise in the fitness field through comprehensive project(s).
Prerequisite(s): Completion of 3 required courses in the MS in Fitness and Wellness Leadership.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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Food & Nutrition |
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FNI 101 - Introduction to Careers in Nutrition and Dietetics (1 cr.)
Introduction to the profession of nutrition and dietetics, including careers, course preparation and dietetic registration requirements.
Prerequisite(s): Nutrition major
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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FNI 199 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
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FNI 211 - Human Nutrition (3 cr.)
Introduction to the science of nutrition, with emphasis on nutrients, their actions, interactions, and balance in relation to health. Consideration given to selection of food to meet nutrient requirements.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): CHE 101 or CHE 111 (each course may be taken concurrently).
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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FNI 241 - Nutrition in the Life Cycle (3 cr.)
Nutritional needs throughout the life cycle including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and aging; physiological and environmental influences on food behavior and dietary recommendations for optimal health.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): FNI 191 or FNI 211 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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FNI 261 - Organization and Management (3 cr.)
This course provides an overview of the management theories and practices in nutrition and dietetics.
Prerequisite(s): Nutrition majors only.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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FNI 299 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
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FNI 301 - Nutrition Education and Counseling (4 cr.)
Application of current theories and techniques of counseling and education to the field if nutrition and dietetics. Experimental learning and practical application of instructional procedures, counseling methods, and motivational interviewing and behavior change techniques will be a large component of this class. Students will have the opportunity to develop and use resources and materials appropriate for various ages, abilities and situations unique to the field if dietetics and nutrition.
Prerequisite(s): FNI 211 , FNI 241 (FNI 241 may be taken concurrently), junior or senior status required.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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FNI 340 - Sports Nutrition (3 cr.)
Students will gain an enhanced understanding on how food, nutrients, sport supplements, and their interactions with the body’s biological systems can enhance exercise and sport performance. This course will provide practical, scientific information linking nutrition and exercise physiology, and apply the current nutritional recommendations to the diverse range of fitness enthusiast and competitive athletes.
Prerequisite(s): FNI 191 or FNI 211 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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FNI 350 - Research Methods in Health and Nutrition (3 cr.)
This course is designed to introduce Nutrition students to quantitative research methods in health. It will explore concepts and skills relevant to human and animal study designs, critiquing the literature, developing research questions and data analysis, interpretation, and research ethics. It will also introduce students to current topics in the field of nutrition, to give them an insight into changing recommendations, diet trends and new research.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): FNI 211 , FNI 241 , MAT 161 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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FNI 362 - Food Preparation (4 cr.)
Fundamental and scientific principles of food preparation, incorporating current information in food science, nutrition and food service. Emphasis is placed on the interpretation of chemical reactions in foods and the development of skills required for food preparation.
Prerequisite(s): FNI 191 or FNI 211 .
Fees: Food Preparation $75.00
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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FNI 399 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
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FNI 441 - Community Nutrition (3 cr.)
To provide an overview of assessment, program planning, and evaluation in community nutrition.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): FNI 191 or FNI 211 , FNI 241 (FNI 241 may be taken concurrently), and junior or senior status.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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FNI 443 - Food Science (4 cr.)
The principles of chemistry, physics and biology are applied to the processing and storage of foods. The processes used in food development and manufacture are discussed in relation to maintaining the quality, safety and security of our food supply.
Prerequisite(s): CHE 240 , FNI 362 .
Fees: Food Preparation (FNI 362 /443) $75.00
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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FNI 445 - Advanced Nutrition (4 cr.)
Nutrition with emphasis on integration of biochemical, physiological and cytological aspects.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): BIO 327 , FNI 211 or FNI 191 , and CHE 371 (CHE 371 may be taken concurrently).
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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FNI 446 - Medical Nutrition Therapy I (3 cr.)
Introduction to the nutrition care process, nutrition assessment, and applications of medical nutrition therapy to selected disease states and conditions.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): FNI 211 or FNI 191 , BIO 327 , and CHE 271 or CHE 371 (CHE 271 or CHE 371 may be taken concurrently).
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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FNI 448 - Seminar in Dietetics (3 cr.)
This course focuses on professional issues in dietetics, including preparing for professional status, career pathways, credentialing, code of ethics, and developing professional writing and oral communication skills. A selection of contemporary nutrition and health topics will be discussed. This course satisfies the advanced writing requirement for the college.
Liberal Arts
Prerequisite(s): ENG 101 , CMM 101 , (or equivalent) nutrition major, junior or senior standing.
Meets Advanced Writing Requirement
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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FNI 450 - Food Service Management (4 cr.)
Food service delivery management is the integration of nutrition science, food preparation and management with the practical application of quantity food preparation in a variety of areas. Emphasis is on menu planning, quantity food purchasing and production, delivery systems, sanitation, safety and financial control. Human resources, management and leadership, and marketing will also be discussed. In Lab, students will gain experience and skills in quantity food production from start to finish.
Prerequisite(s): FNI 261 or HMT 310 , and FNI 362 .
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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FNI 451 - Medical Nutrition Therapy II (3 cr.)
Explores selected topics in clinical nutrition and the applications of medical nutrition therapy utilizing the nutrition care process. Topics include nutritional genomics, eating disorders, sports nutrition, adverse reactions to foods, higher risk pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, pulmonary disease, critical care, and neuro-muscular disorders.
Prerequisite(s): FNI 446 , Junior or Senior standing.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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FNI 490 - Washington Internship Institute (3 to 15 cr.)
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FNI 494 - Field Practicum in Nutrition (2 cr.)
This course provides the students with the opportunity to integrate their academic learning in a nutrition practice setting under supervision. The field practicum requires a minimum of 90 hours of field practice and participation in field orientation. Each student will complete an educational plan of field practice activities consistent with the course objectives.
Prerequisite(s): Nutrition major, senior standing, FNI 446 (may be taken concurrently) and departmental permission.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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FNI 496 - Instructional Practicum (1 to 15 cr.)
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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FNI 498 - Internship (1 to 15 cr.)
Internship individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Learning Contract and Internship Proposal form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean. Minimum total of 45 hours practice per credit.
Prerequisite(s): Nutrition student, junior or senior standing, departmental permission.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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FNI 499 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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French |
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FRE 111 - Elementary French I (0 to 3 cr.)
Beginning study of French with emphasis on speaking, listening, reading and writing, while focusing on the cultures of the Francophone world. Open to students without previous knowledge of French or placement by exam.
Liberal arts
General Education Category: Foreign Lang 1st Level GE5
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Human Communities
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring
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FRE 112 - Elementary French II (0 to 3 cr.)
Continuation of FRE 111 . The main objectives of this course are to develop and reinforce basic skills in the four areas of listening, speaking, reading and writing and to provide students with cultural knowledge of the Francophone world.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): FRE 111 , 85 or higher on the Regents Exam, or placement by examination
General Education Category: Foreign Lang 2nd Level GE5
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Human Communities
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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FRE 150 - Intensive French Review (3 cr.)
For students who have successfully completed 2-3 years of French in high school or have placed in this course by examination. A review and expansion of French linguistic structures and cultural studies. French 150 is the equivalent of French 111-112.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): 2-3 years of high-school French, or 85 or higher on the Regents Exam, or placement by exam.
General Education Category: Foreign Language 2nd Level
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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FRE 199 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
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FRE 213 - Intermediate French I (0 to 3 cr.)
FRE 213 is the first part of an intermediate level language course in French. It reinforces grammatical accuracy, while familiarizing students with the products, practices and perspectives of the Francophone world.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): FRE 112 , or FRE 150 or placement by exam
General Education Category: Foreign Lang 2nd Level GE5
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Human Communities
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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FRE 214 - Intermediate French II (0 to 3 cr.)
FRE 214 is the second part of an intermediate level language course in French. It reinforces grammatical accuracy, while familiarizing students with the products, practices and perspectives of the Francophone world.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): FRE 213 , or placement by exam
General Education Category: Foreign Lang 2nd Level GE5
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Human Communities
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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FRE 299 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
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FRE 316 - Conversation avancee (3 cr.)
Expansion and improvement of oral expression through readings and discussions on specialized issues. Not for native speakers.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): FRE 214 , or POI.
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FRE 319 - Composition et grammaire avancees (3 cr.)
FRE319 offers an extensive practice of writing in French, with readings and assignments covering a variety of genres, styles and topics. Close analysis of French grammatical structures to foster greater mastery in written expression.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): FRE 214
Meets Advanced Writing Requirement
Semester(s) Offered: Every other Fall or every other Spring
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FRE 322 - Lecture et interpretation (3 cr.)
An introduction to literature in French. Emphasis will be on improving reading speed and proficiency and on developing skills for textual analysis involving a variety of forms and genres.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): FRE 214 .
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FRE 333 - La France: Themes Varies (3 cr.)
An introduction to French culture and literature from the earliest times to the present. (May be taken more than once different content).
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): FRE 214 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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FRE 334 - La Francophonie: Themes Varies (3 cr.)
A survey of interdisciplinary issues in the French-speaking world exploring political and monetary institutions, literary, and socio-cultural aesthetics. Focused on such regions as the Maghreb, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Antilles, Europe, Southeast Asia, and North America rather than France and Quebec. (May be taken more than once with different content).
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): FRE 214 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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FRE 335 - Le Quebec (3 cr.)
An overview of the history, culture, and literature of Quebec, involving issues in contemporary art, politics, and the French language in Canada.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): FRE 214 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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FRE 399 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
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FRE 441 - Etudes Francaises (3 cr.)
The examination of selected topics in advanced French studies. Topics may include historical periods, literary genres; or social, literary or intellectual movements. May be taken more than once with different content.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): FRE 322 ; FRE 333 or FRE 334 or FRE 335 or equivalent competency.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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FRE 470 - French and Francophone Interdisciplinary Studies (3 cr.)
An examination of selected topics in French and Francophone Studies, viewed through an interdisciplinary perspective. (May be taken more than once with different content).
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): FRE 322 ; FRE 333 or FRE 334 or FRE 335 .
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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FRE 496 - French Foreign Language Methodology (3 cr.)
This course, conducted in a seminar setting, is designed to provide future foreign language teachers with communicative and proficiency-based pedagogical strategies pertaining to middle and high school foreign language classrooms. Although intended primarily for students completing adolescence education programs in French (or the BA/MST Adolescence Education program) French majors and minors meeting the prerequisite requirements may enroll.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): FRE 316 , FRE 319 , and two of the following: FRE 333 , FRE 334 , FRE 335 ; or 12 credits of upper-division French courses, or by advisement.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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FRE 497 - French Practicum (3 cr.)
For advanced students in French who will work under faculty supervision. In addition to conducting conversation sessions, students will gain experience in planning classroom activities, preparing materials for classroom use and working with various methodologies. A contract specifying the student’s responsibilities will be filed with the department chairperson.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): By faculty invitation only; ACTFL rating of intermediate-high oral skills, minimum; 3.3 GPA (B+ average) in FRE courses; 2.5 cumulative GPA.
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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FRE 498 - Internship (3 cr.)
For advanced students of French with background in education or business. Involves faculty-supervised field experiences, both on- and off-campus. Contract specifying student’s responsibilities, developed in consultation with the student, supervisor, and appropriate faculty advisor(s) will be filed with the department chairperson.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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FRE 499 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
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FRE 596 - French Methodology Practicum (3 cr.)
Students will learn communicative and proficiency-based pedagogical strategies in a seminar setting and by conducting conversation sessions as part of regular beginning-level French courses under the close supervision of a faculty member. This course is designed for students in the MST program in French and French teachers seeking experience with new methodologies. Advanced undergraduates may enroll by faculty invitation only.
Prerequisite(s): Advanced proficiencies in speaking, listening, reading and writing.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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FRE 599 - Graduate Independent Study Course in French (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
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Freshman Seminar |
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CLP 101 - Choosing Your Path (2 cr.)
This 2-credit course is designed to assist first year students with the transition to life on a campus. Both academic and social transitions will be identified and explored. Topics include introduction to campuses offices and services, policies and procedures, study skills for collegiate level study, time management, goal setting, career exploration, resume writing, financial literacy and aligning campus opportunities with future employment. (An emphasis in this course is how to structure your academic career to be able to ensure the option of post-graduate studies.)
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): First year students.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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FRS 496 - Teaching Practicum (1 to 3 cr.)
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Freshman Experience |
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FRX 100 - Freshmen Experience (1 cr.)
Liberal arts
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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Gender & Women’s Studies |
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GWS 101 - Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies (3 cr.)
This course is an introduction to the field of gender and women’s studies. This course introduces key concepts in the field of gender and women’s studies. Topics covered include: history and methods of the field, the social construction of gender and gender identities, privilege and oppression, postcolonial and women of color feminisms, sexual and queer politics, reproductive justice and social movements, embodiment and (dis)abilities, gendered and state sponsored violence, and other contemporary social issues.
Liberal arts
General Education Category: Social Sciences
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Human Communities
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
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GWS 104 - Sexuality, Power and Relationships (1 cr.)
This course engages students in analysis of healthy and unhealthy relationships in general with special attention to college life. Students will examine current information about sexual assault and gender-based violence, including key resources for prevention, and response. In groups, students will experience discussions, role play, and simulations designed to raise awareness, build confidence, and develop skills for violence prevention and intervention on campus.
Liberal arts
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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GWS 199 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
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GWS 200 - Topics in Gender and Women’s Studies (1 to 3 cr.)
Special topics, which may vary with offering, on women and gender. Topics may be biographical (Stanton & Anthony), thematic (women and the Constitution), methodological (material culture), or experiential (Women’s Self Defense).
Liberal Arts
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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GWS 219 - Gender, Sexuality and Popular Culture (3 cr.)
This course focuses on representations of gender and sexuality as they intersect with race, ethnicity, and class. Mediums include television, film, novels, music, and performance. This course teaches students to think critically about how gender and sexuality are constructed in popular culture from a feminist perspective.
Liberal arts
General Education Category: Humanities
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: Individual Expression
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
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GWS 275 - Gender in Education (3 cr.)
This course examines the role of gender within and across formal and informal educational institutions. An emphasis will be placed on theoretical foundations for analyzing gender as well as the role of race, class, and sexuality within studies of gender in education. The course uses a historical approach to studying contemporary issues in gender in education in areas such as higher education, K-12 institutions, media representations, the school to prison pipeline, and athletics.
Liberal arts
General Education Category: Western Civilization
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: U.S. Identities
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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GWS 299 - Independent Study (1 to 15 cr.)
Project individually arranged by student and faculty sponsor. Requires completion of the Independent Study form and approval by the Faculty Sponsor, Academic Advisor, Department Chair and Academic Dean.
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GWS 300 - Advanced Topics in Gender and Women’s Studies (1 to 7 cr.)
The course will provide faculty and students with opportunities to explore topics, issues, or themes in women’s studies that are not emphasized in standard course offerings. Examples: “Women in the Bible,” “Gender and Science,” “Gender in the Elementary Classroom,” “Women Pulitzer Prize Winners,” “Gender and Sexuality.”
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): GWS 101 (plus other prerequisites to be determined by course content).
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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GWS 301 - Global Gender Issues (3 cr.)
This course provides an overview of global gender issues. The course is structured to provide students with knowledge and analytical tools to understand the specific historical, political, and socioeconomic conditions that shape women’s and men’s experiences, relationships, and struggles. We will devote special attention to disparities in power and resources between the Global North and the Global South. Topics covered include development, globalization, militarization, work, politics, education, migration, human trafficking, and social movements.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing
General Education Category: Global Issues
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: World Cultures
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
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GWS 302 - Feminist Theory (3 cr.)
An in-depth study of the development and expansion of feminist theory. Critical examination of multiple definitions of feminism, debates in feminist scholarship, and conflicts within the feminist movement.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): GWS 101 , GWS 301 , and GWS Major or Minor.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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GWS 310 - Women in Afghanistan: Tradition, Politics, and Religion (3 cr.)
This course is intended to provide an introduction for students into Afghan women’s perspectives on their lives and the future of their country. The course will provide students with a better understanding of the challenges Afghan women are facing and will help students explore the self-generated transformation of women’s roles in Afghan society.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): GWS 101 or ANT 102 or SOC 101 or HIS 132 or POI.
General Education Category: World Systems
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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GWS 315 - Women and the Law (3 cr.)
Law as it relates to women in the U.S. The ways women and the feminist movement have affected the law, in addition to the influences the law has in each of our lives. Examines such issues as employment opportunity, educational access, domestic violence, reproductive rights, child custody and support, divorce, sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography. How laws are made and changed, how legal arguments are constructed, and how social movements and individuals can influence our laws.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): GWS 101 and/or upper-division standing.
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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GWS 325 - Prison Abolition and Feminism (3 cr.)
This course investigates feminist and antiracist perspectives on systemic mass incarceration, with particular attention to the disproportionate impact imprisonment has on vulnerable populations, including women and people of color, impoverished communities, survivors of violence, people with disabilities and LGBT, queer, and gender non-binary people. This course emphasizes prison abolitionist alternatives to incarceration, transformative justice antiviolence remedies, and social movements that focus on preventing imprisonment through addressing root causes of incarceration and building marginalized communities’ capacity for self-determination.
Liberal Arts
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or higher.
Corequisite(s): Sophomore standing or higher
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: U.S. Identities
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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GWS 340 - Gender and Religion (3 cr.)
This course examines the role of gender in the world’s five major religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam from a feminist perspective. The primary focus of the course is to examine religion using gender as a category of analysis. Course topics include religiosity, religion and war, veiling, family and reproduction, ecofeminism, and religion and literature.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore , Junior, or Senior standing.
General Education Category: Global Issues
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: World Cultures
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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GWS 345 - Gender-based Violence and Peer Education (3 cr.)
This course is designed to prepare students to work as peer group leaders in educating the campus community about gender-based violence, with emphasis on prevention and survivor advocacy. As part of the course, students will serve as peer educators for the weekend class GWS104 Sexuality, Power, & Relationships.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): GWS 101 and GWS 104 or POI.
Semester(s) Offered: Every Semester
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GWS 348 - Gender and Human Rights (3 cr.)
This course examines how Western frameworks of rights have been appropriated and criticized in human rights discourses, laws, and activism in both Western and non-Western nations, as well as transnational movements. Topics covered include both political and social/economic rights such as trafficking, sexual violence during wartime, tribunal testimonies, comfort women, reproductive rights, child marriage, religious dress, domestic violence, housing, structural adjustment programs, and water.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing
General Education Category: Western Civilization
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: World Cultures
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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GWS 350 - Feminist Science Studies (3 cr.)
This course is a historical examination of the field of science in the United States from a feminist perspective. It focusses on feminist science and technology studies and the problems associated with the underrepresentation of women and people of color in STEM fields (science, math, engineering, and technology). It emphasizes understanding relationships between systems of oppression (e.g., racism, sexism, heteronormativity, and ableism) and the development, ethics, quality, and impact of scientific research in historical and contemporary scientific practice and knowledge production in the U.S.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or higher.
General Education Category: Western Civilization
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: U.S. Identities
Semester(s) Offered: Spring
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GWS 360 - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Studies (3 cr.)
This course examines same-sex sexualities and gender identities for lesbians, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the United States. It provides a historical overview of identity, community, laws, and social movements for LGBTQ people with a focus on the twentieth century. Topics covered include histories of sexuality and gender identity, activism and equality movements, AIDS, the military, same-sex marriage, education, employment, and LGBTQ families.
Liberal arts
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore, Junior or Senior standing
General Education Category: Global Issues
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: U.S. Identities
Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
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GWS 370 - Women in Latin America (3 cr.)
In this course we will consider meanings and experiences of ‘womanhood’ throughout Latin America. We will explore Latin American history through the lens of gender, paying close attention to intersectionality and issues of race, class, and gender as we explore the pre-conquest period to today. The course focuses on social and political movements such as women in revolutionary movements, reproductive rights, and indigenous movements.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing
Cardinal Core Curriculum Category: World Cultures
Semester(s) Offered: Fall
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