2018-19 Academic Catalog 
    
    Apr 29, 2024  
2018-19 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


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Schedule Type Classifications

The delivery of instruction often requires educational material to be organized and presented to students in a variety of ways. In order to facilitate the planning for and scheduling of classes to accommodate these multiple types of instruction, it is necessary to divide courses into organizational parts which reflect the unique combinations of instructors, meeting places, and time patterns used to conduct the instruction. The schedule types listed below are intended to reflect the nature of activities required of students, the relationship between students and their instructors, and the settings required to deliver the content of an instructional offering.

  • LEC — Lecture
  • LAB — Laboratory
  • DIS — Distance Education
  • CLN — Clinic
  • EX — Experiential
  • IND — Individual Study
  • SD — Studio
 

English

  
  • ENGL 43600 - Writing For Informational Interactive Media


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides an introduction to writing for informational interactive media. Material presented includes: the role of the interactive writer, thinking interactively, interactive structure, script format and the special challenges of presenting information interactively. We will study sample informational interactive programs and scripts including: e-learning, educational and reference CDs and DVDs, and multimedia exhibits, among others. Students will create an original design proposal for an informational interactive application with flowchart, script, and treatment. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • ENGL 43700 - Writing For Video Games


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides an introduction to writing for narrative interactive media. Material presented includes: the role of the interactive writer, thinking interactively, interactive structure, script format, digital storytelling and the special challenges of presenting information interactively. We will study sample narrative interactive programs and scripts including computer/video games, simulations, and worlds, among others. Students will create an original design proposal for a narrative interactive application with flowchart, script, and treatment. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • ENGL 44100 - Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Critical reading of The Canterbury Tales in Middle English, with attention to the literary and cultural background. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 44200 - Shakespeare


    Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-) AND ENGL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Shakespeare’s dramatic craftsmanship, poetry, humor, characterization, psychology, and modern pertinence illustrated in representative tragedies, comedies, and history plays. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 44400 - Milton


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. An in-depth study of Milton’s work, including some of his early lyric poems, prose, and major works-Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 45100 - Feature Writing


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. (COM 45100) Examination of magazine staff organization, market analysis, and editorial consent. Study of, and practice in, the writing of a variety of nonfiction materials. Emphasis is on the adaptation of topics and presentation of editorial policies and reader groups. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • ENGL 45500 - Main Currents Of American Thought


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of dominant ideas and intellectual trends in America from 1607 to the present as revealed through American literature and as related to American life and culture. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 46000 - Studies In Women’s Literature


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 10500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 22100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of literary works by women according to a specific theme, historical period, genre, or culture, e.g., Nineteenth-Century Women Novelists, Madness in Women’s Writing, Caribbean Women Writers. May be repeated only with different topic. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 46200 - The Bible As Literature: The Old Testament


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the Old Testament - Pentateuch, Prophets, and other books such as Psalms, Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes - with emphasis on its unique literary characteristics. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 46300 - The Bible As Literature: The New Testament


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the New Testament, with emphasis on its unique literary characteristics. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 46600 - Cultural Encounters


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 10500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 22100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of cross-cultural works that address the encounters of the First and the Third worlds and the subsequent reshaping of history and culture in both contexts. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 46800 - Problems In The History Of Criticism


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 10500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 22100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the history of literary criticism and theory through study of selected key terms, debates, figures, and texts. Concentration on such topics as representation, authorship, literary form, and interpretation. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 46900 - Issues In Contemporary Criticism And Theory


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 10500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 22100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- OR ENGL 23900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of recent critical movements and texts. Emphasis on methods of literary analysis, including philosophical, cultural, and formalist approaches. Discussion of, for example, structuralist, psychoanalytic, feminist, Marxist, poststructuralist, and emerging non-Western critical schools. The teaching schedule may incorporate screening time. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 47000 - Theories Of Rhetoric And Composition


    Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D AND ENGL 10200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D) OR (ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D AND ENGL 10500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D) AND (ENGL 20400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR ENGL 30400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR ENGL 39100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR ENGL 40500 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR ENGL 42000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR ENGL 42100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR COM 25200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR COM 30000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR COM 35800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D OR COM 49000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D)

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A general introduction to the field of rhetoric and composition. Overview of studies in written discourse, including studies of the processes and contexts of written discourse as well as methods of research in the field. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 47900 - The Short Story


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. An historical and critical study of nineteenth and twentieth century short stories: Irish, British, American, Continental. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 48000 - Internship In Writing


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Assigned internships in business, industrial and other professional situations. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • ENGL 48800 - Internship In Professional Writing


    Credit Hours: 3.00 to 6.00. This course provides on-the-job experience in various kinds of professional writing, combined with a seminar in applied rhetoric. Students work in selected internship settings, participate in seminar discussions of their work, and read selections appropriate to their internship. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 49101 - Special Topics In English Language And Literature


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Each time the course is taught, it will focus on a topic that is not currently offered in the catalogue. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 49200 - Literature In The Secondary Schools


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 10400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR ENGL 10800 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR ENGL 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Exploration of the theory, research and pedagogy supporting the teaching of literature at the secondary level. Topics include text selection, instructional strategies, adolescent literacy, student engagement and the use of alternative texts. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 49500 - Capstone Seminar For Seniors


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 20100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This seminar trains senior English majors in advanced research and writing in the field of English. Students complete a substantial research project, on a topic of their interest chosen in consultation with the instructor, that demonstrates the skills and knowledge they have gained through their coursework in the English major. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 50100 - Introduction To English Studies


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to graduate studies in English with special emphasis on research and reference tools, methods of bibliography, and the writing of scholarly papers. Prerequisite: Fulfillment of the basic composition requirement and 6 credit hours in English. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 50200 - Practicum In Teaching College Composition


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Reading professional literature, preparing syllabi; evaluating student papers, leading discussions. Required of all teaching assistants in their initial semesters. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 50400 - Practicum In The Teaching Of English Composition I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Prepares new graduate aides in the Department of English and Philosophy to teach freshman English. Orients new graduate aides to issues in college and provides practice in applications of those issues. This course is not, however, part of the master’s degree requirement. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 50600 - Introduction To English And General Linguistics


    Credit Hours: 3.00. General study of language and linguistic theory with emphasis on English. Problems and methods in phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Current techniques of linguistics analysis. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 50900 - Fiction Writing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of the techniques of writing short stories. Workshop. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 51000 - History Of The English Language


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 50600 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR AUSL 53000 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to theories of linguistic change and their application to the historical development of English from its beginnings. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 51200 - English Syntax And Syntactic Theory


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 50600 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B- OR AUSL 58000 FOR LEVEL GR WITH MIN. GRADE OF B-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to English syntactic structure, syntactic argumentation, and syntactic theory. Emphasis on one current theory as the primary theoretical framework, with other theories considered. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 51600 - Teaching English As A Second Language: Theoretical Foundations


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Survey of theories of learning and teaching English as a second/foreign/international language. Focus is on current theories and their implications for practice. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 51800 - Teaching English As A Second Language: Principles And Practices


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Studies of issues and principles in ESL/EFL program development. Emphasis is on practical application of theory in a variety of English learning and teaching contexts in the U.S. and abroad. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 52900 - Language Study For Educators


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (EDCI 52600). Covers foundational knowledge in language and linguistics for teachers and educational researchers. Topics include structure and functions of language, language acquisition and development, language diversity, classroom discourse, language and media, and literacy-language arts curriculum. A foundation for work in Literacy and Language Education. Typically offered Summer Spring.


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  • ENGL 53100 - The Rise Of The Novel


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the history and theory of the emergent novel genre as it developed in 18th-century Britain and/or America. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 53200 - The English Novel In The Nineteenth Century


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of fiction up to about 1880, including such novelists as Scott, Dickens, Thackeray, the Brontes, Eliot, and Meredith. Typically offered Spring.


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  • ENGL 53400 - Seventeenth-Century Literature


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Nondramatic literature from 1603 to 1660. Particular emphasis upon such figures as Jonson, Donne, Marvell, and Herbert, with representative prose from Bacon, Browne, Burton, and others. Typically offered Spring.


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  • ENGL 53500 - Restoration And Early Eighteenth-Century Literature


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of nondramatic literature from 1660 to 1744, from Clarendon through Thomson. Emphasizes Bunyan, Dryden, Pope, and Swift. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 53700 - Drama In Early Modern England


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of plays by Marlowe, Jonson, Middleton, Webster, and others with attention to poetics, dramatic structure, and recent critical and cultural theory. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 54100 - Studies In Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Critical reading of The Canterbury Tales and related works in Middle English, with attention to the literary and cultural background and to secondary studies. Typically offered Spring.


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  • ENGL 54200 - Shakespeare’s Dramatic Art


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Analysis of Shakespeare’s plays within the dramatic tradition of comedy, tragedy, history, and romance. Consideration of matters such as poetics, dramatic structure and conventions, and textual problems. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 54300 - Shakespeare In Critical Perspective


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Shakespeare’s plays read in context of historical and contemporary literary theory and criticism, considering such issues and approaches as structuralism, Marxism, deconstruction, new historicism, colonialism, sexuality, race, and gender. Typically offered Spring.


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  • ENGL 54400 - Milton


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of Milton’s poetry and prose, with particular emphasis on Paradise Lost, and some attention to the social, political, and literary background. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 54700 - British Romanticism


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Readings from among the works of the High Romantics and other figures; discussion of historical, philosophical, cultural debates of the era, with attention to current critical and theoretical developments in the field. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 54800 - Victorian Literature


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of selected English poetry and prose, largely nonfiction, from circa 1830-1900. Includes readings from such figures as Arnold, Barrett, Bronte, Browning, Carlyle, Mill, Rosetti, Ruskin, and Tennyson. Typically offered Spring.


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  • ENGL 54900 - Late Victorian And Edwardian Literature


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the rebellion against Victorian conventions that characterized the period from 1880 to 1910. Such movements as aestheticism, decadence, symbolism, and naturalism are examined in the works of such writers as Conrad, Dowson, Hardy, Mansfield, Schreiner, Wilde, and Yeats. Typically offered Spring.


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  • ENGL 55400 - American Literary Culture 1820-1860


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Emphasizes cultural inventory, definition, and production in early nineteenth-century literary culture. The approach is intertextual, moving back and forth between the emerging culture and literary productions, and between one author and other authors. Typically offered Spring.


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  • ENGL 55800 - American Literature In The Later Nineteenth Century


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of American literature from about 1865 to 1900. Addresses realism, regionalism, naturalism, and other related movements. Focuses on such writers as Whitman, Dickinson, Stowe, Davis, Stoddard, Alcott, Twain, Howells, James, Jewett, Chopin, Crane, Chesnutt, and Norris. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 57800 - Early Twentieth-Century American Fiction


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Study of American fiction from about 1900 to 1945. Addresses naturalism, social realism, modernism, and related movements, and such writers as Dreiser, Wharton, Stein, Lewis, Toomer, Cather, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Glasgow, Roth, Dos Passos, Miller, Faulkner, Hurston, Wright, and Welty. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 57900 - Modern British Fiction


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Critical study of twentieth-century novels, mainly before World War II, by such writers as Conrad, Lawrence, Forster, Joyce, and Woolf. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 58000 - Theories Of Modernity And Postmodernity


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Exploration of theories and models of modernity and postmodernity, with emphasis on cultural and critical issues. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 58200 - Adopting Composition Theory Into Practice, Northwest Indiana Writing Project Institute


    Credit Hours: 3.00. In-depth examination into various theories surrounding the teaching of writing and the adoption of those theories to actual classroom practice. Typically offered Summer.


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  • ENGL 58501 - Assessment Of Written Texts


    Credit Hours: 3.00. In-depth examination into the various theories surrounding the assessment of written texts, with an emphasis on student texts. Typically offered Spring.


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  • ENGL 58900 - Directed Writing


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Writing (creative, popularly technical, biographical, historical, philosophical) on subjects of the student’s choice. Individual conferences only; no class meetings. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 59000 - Directed Reading


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Directs the reading of students with special interests. Guides students in profitable reading in subjects of their own choice. Individual conferences; no class meetings. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 59100 - Introduction To Composition Theory


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of major contemporary theories of invention and style, including such topics as heuristics; the aims and modes of discourse; stylistics; readability theories; sentence-combining; error analysis; audience; and evaluation. Applications to teaching will be made. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 59300 - Contemporary British Fiction


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Critical study of the British novel since World War II. Survey of scholarship and criticism. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 59500 - Contemporary American Fiction


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Intensive study of contemporary and postmodern American fiction within various formal, theoretical, and cultural contexts, including multiculturalism, postructuralism, and gender analysis, among others. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 59600 - Advanced Studies In Literature Or Language


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced study of a topic within the instructor’s fields of specialization. Emphasis on scholarly analysis and research. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 59700 - Contemporary Black Feminist Literature


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An intense examination of recent literary works by black women along with various critical theories constructed about black women’s literature, beginning with the premise that black feminism is a “sign to be interrogated, a locus of contradictions.”. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 60200 - Introduction To Literary Methods


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the methods of literary study, including investigation of significant critical modes, bibliographic techniques, and research paper writing. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 60500 - Computers In Language And Rhetoric


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Seminar that investigates how computers figure in contemporary theories of text and text making. Typical topics: critiques of technology, hypertext, cyberspace, computer-mediated communication, Internet, electronic writing, online research, pedagogy, and publishing. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENGL 60600 - Seminar In Poetry Writing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An advanced course in the writing of poetry. Workshop criticism. Study of the work of established writers. Prerequisite: admission to the MA program in creative writing. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 60900 - Seminar In Fiction Writing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An advanced course in the writing of fiction. Workshop critiques. Prerequisite: Admission to the creative writing program. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 67200 - Seminar In Women’s Literature And Feminist Theory


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A variable topic course investigating gender as a category of analysis. Intensive study of one or two women authors, of a particular genre or period, or of a critical issue relevant to women’s literature and/or feminist theory. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 68000 - Seminar In Rhetoric And Composition


    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 59100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A variable content course dealing with topics such as cultural studies and composition, medieval rhetoric, renaissance rhetoric, literacy, historiographies of rhetoric, qualitative studies, and professional writing theory. Prerequisite: ENGL 59100. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGL 69100 - Seminar In The English Language Arts


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (EDCI 61300) Problems in the teaching of English: literature, language, rhetoric. Attention to recent scholarship and to its application in the public schools. Typically offered Spring.


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  • ENGL 69600 - Seminar In Literature


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced study of special subjects. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGL 69800 - Research MA Or MFA Thesis


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research MA Or MFA Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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Engineering

  
  • ENGR 10000 - First-Year Engineering Lectures


    Credit Hours: 1.00. An introduction to the engineering profession. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENGR 12600 - Engineering Problem Solving and Computer Tools


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the solving of open-ended engineering problems and the use and of computer software, including UNIXTM, computer communications, spreadsheets, and MATLAB. Explicit model-development activities are utilized, and students are expected to develop skill at working in teams. This is emphasized both in laboratories and on projects. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGR 15100 - Software Tools For Engineers


    Prerequisite(s): MA 15900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR MA 15400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR APPL FOR MIN. SCORE OF 085

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to MATLAB and engineering problem solving with MATLAB. Students will be introduced to arrays, relational and logical operations, control flow of sequence, selection and repetition, function definition, 2-D and 3-D graphics, data analysis, Graphical User Interface (GUI) development and Simulink. Typically offered Fall Spring.
    General Education: Technology


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  • ENGR 17100 - Engineering Fundamentals I


    Prerequisite(s): MA 16700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY)

    Credit Hours: 5.00. An introduction to approaches and techniques for solving engineering problems. Software tools are introduced and used for solving engineering case studies. Engineering report writing is included. Presentation techniques are also demonstrated. In the laboratory, students use various software packages to solve real-world problems. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
    General Education: GEUR


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  • ENGR 18100 - Engineering Fundamentals II


    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 17100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND MA 16900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- (MAY BE TAKEN CONCURRENTLY)

    Credit Hours: 5.00. A more advanced approach to engineering problem solving. More in-depth use is made of programming and applications software. Students work in teams to perform real-world case studies, using several programming languages and software packages. Numerous oral and written presentations are required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGR 18600 - First Year Seminar For Engineers


    Credit Hours: 1.00. The course will provide the foundations for students enabling them to: learn to succeed, work together in teams, understand the field chosen for study, and orient to the University life and environs. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
    General Education: First Year Experience


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  • ENGR 18900 - C++ Language Programming For Engineering and Technology Applications


    Prerequisite(s): MA 1110 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR (MA 15300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MA 15400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MA 16700 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MA 22300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D)

    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to “C++” language programming. Course topics include data types, control flow, operators and expressions. Applications to engineering and technology.. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
    General Education: Quantitative Reasoning, Technology


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  • ENGR 19000 - Elementary Engineering Design


    Prerequisite(s): MA 15900 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR MA 15400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- OR APPL FOR MIN. SCORE OF 085

    Credit Hours: 2.00. An introduction to engineering design. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGR 19500 - First-Year Engineering Projects


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Topics vary. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGR 22000 - Introductory Engineering III


    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 16000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 1.00. Continuation of ENGR 160. Further lectures on the engineering profession and a continuation of computer programming design and implementation. Emphasis on engineering applications. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGR 45000 - Engineering Analysis


    Prerequisite(s): MA 26200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND ENGR 17100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND ENGR 18100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Preparation for the senior design project course, ENGR 46100. Case studies are used to examine how a major project is accomplished, from start to finish. Ways to avoid and/or correct design problems are examined. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGR 45100 - Engineering Analysis II


    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 45000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced engineering methods and applied math to prepare students for the senior design project course, ENGR 46100. The course will focus on numerical techniques in engineering analysis including finite element analysis, finite difference analysis, quadrature and more. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENGR 46100 - Engineering Design Experience


    Prerequisite(s): ENGR 17100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND ENGR 18100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D- AND ENGR 45000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF D-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Capstone project course, designed to integrate the various subjects the student has studied. Both individual and group project formats may be used. An oral presentation and written project report is required at the end of the semester. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.


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  • ENGR 49900 - Engineering


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 9.00. Hours and subject matter to be arranged by staff. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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Entomology

  
  • ENTM 20600 - General Entomology


    Credit Hours: 2.00. A general course on insect structure, function, biology, ecology and population management. Coordinated with the ENTM 20700 laboratory as an introductory course in entomology. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENTM 20700 - General Entomology Laboratory


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Laboratory exercises parallel topics presented in ENTM 20600. Insect structures and function are studied as a basis for learning to identify insects and other arthropods. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENTM 20800 - Insects Of Field And Forage Crops Laboratory


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Laboratory experiences focus on recognition, biology, and management of economically important insects of field and forage crops. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENTM 20900 - Insects Of Livestock And Companion Animal Laboratory


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Laboratory experiences focus on recognition, biology, and management of economically important insects of domestic animals. Typically offered Spring.


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  • ENTM 21700 - Insects In Elementary Education


    Credit Hours: 1.00. A laboratory class designed for students preparing for a career in elementary education. Students will learn to use insects in the classroom as learning tools to achieve educational objectives relevant to their intended grade level. Enrollment should be limited to elementary and secondary education majors. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENTM 31700 - Insects in Agricultural Education


    Credit Hours: 1.00. This course is designed for students preparing for a career in agricultural education. Students will learn to use insects in the classroom as learning tools to achieve educational objectives relevant to middle school and secondary schools. Course meets during weeks 1-5. Typically offered Spring.


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Entrepreneur

  
  • ENTR 10000 - Introduction To Entrepreneurship


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic business skills are surveyed and case studies of successful entrepreneurs will be studied to develop a broad understanding of this important force in the economy. Guest speakers and selected readings will introduce the student to the scope of opportunities that exist for entrepreneurs. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENTR 10100 - Entrepreneurship In Arts And Design


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic business skills are surveyed and case studies of successful self-employed artists and entrepreneurs will be studied to develop a broad understanding of this important force in the economy. Guest speakers and selected readings will introduce the student to the scope of opportunities that exist for converting artistic and design skills into self-employment and entrepreneurship. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENTR 25000 - Opportunity Identification


    Prerequisite(s): ENTR 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is for those who are seriously interested in starting a new business. Too many businesses are started on the basis of hunches, or trying to copy others. This course will prepare students to systematically search for and evaluate business opportunities that not only fit the prevailing economic environment, but also match the in individual’s needs and experiences. Permission of Department required. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENTR 30000 - Growing The Firm


    Prerequisite(s): ENTR 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 10100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Emphasizes the strategic management of growth associated with a rapidly changing business,as distinguished from “small business management”, which could include small enterprise units that are static. Teaches the practical aspects of managing a growing business on a day-to-day basis. Practical application to “intrapreneurship”, such as growing a division or department within a larger organization. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENTR 30100 - Introduction To Technical Entrepreneurship


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic business skills are surveyed and case studies of successful entrepreneurs in high-tech businesses and will be studied to develop a broad understanding of this important force in the economy. Guest speakers and selected readings will introduce the student to the scope of opportunities that exist for promoting the growth of technical entrepreneurship. Typically offered Fall Spring.


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  • ENTR 30200 - Creative Thinking And Innovation


    Prerequisite(s): ENTR 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Explores the very earliest stages of firm and product development: the process of idea generation, evaluation, and development. In addition to idea generation, focus will be on identifying ideas and developing products that have the best chance of success in the marketplace. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENTR 30300 - Entrepreneurial Finance


    Prerequisite(s): FIN 31000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 31000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR GBG 33300 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. For students interested in business start-up or management of a growing firm. Exposure to the principles, methods and tools used in financial planning, analysis, and control of the small business enterprise. Covers short-term financial planning and control, creation of pro forma financial statements, and business valuation techniques. Presents how and where to seek financing via a variety of debt and equity sources. Permssion of Department required. Typically offered Fall.


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  • ENTR 31001 - Launching A New Venture


    Prerequisite(s): ENTR 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is for those interested in launching their own business. The course will focus on tying together all of the students’ entrepreneurship education to date, including finance, marketing, management and operations, business planning, and many more core business classes so that students will be ready to launch their company before the end of the class. Permission of Department required. Typically offered Spring.


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  • ENTR 31200 - Small Business Consulting


    Prerequisite(s): (MGMT 31000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR BA 21000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C) AND (MGMT 36000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR BA 36100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C) AND (MGMT 32400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR BA 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C) AND (OBHR 33000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR BA 23000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C)

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Student consultant teams are assigned to individual, local, client companies to look at, study, and analyze one or more of their existing business problems or challenges. Each consultant team, with the active involvement and help of the instructor, will conduct the consulting assignment and submit a final report by the end of the semester. Consulting teams will also make a live presentation to the client. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENTR 33300 - Family Business Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will allow students to look into the dynamics that make up a family business. The students will learn about leadership and relationships that are inherent in family businesses and how these are intertwined in the ownership, goverance and management of the family business. Students will explore generational, sibling and extended family issues and how they play out in the workplace. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENTR 40000 - Small Business Consulting


    Prerequisite(s): (MGMT 31000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR BA 21000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C) AND (MGMT 36000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR BA 36100 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C) AND (MGMT 32400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR BA 22400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C) AND (OBHR 33000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR BA 23000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C)

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Student consultant teams are assigned to individual, local, client companies to look at, study, and analyze one or more of their existing business problems or challenges. Each consultant team, with the active involvement and help of the instructor, will conduct the consulting assignment and submit a final report by the end of the semester. Consulting teams will also make a live presentation to the client. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • ENTR 40100 - Social Entrepreneurship


    Prerequisite(s): ENTR 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is an experiential learning course designed to show students that entrepreneurship can be useful for community enrichment and not just direct generation of wealth. In the course, students will learn about various aspects of social entrepreneurship and undertake a project of their choice designed to improve the local community. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • ENTR 41000 - Advanced Small Business Consulting


    Prerequisite(s): ENTR 40000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Student consultant teams are assigned to individual, local, client companies to look at, study, and analyze one or more of their existing business problems or challenges. Each consultant team, with the active involvement and help of the instructor, will conduct the consulting assignment and submit a final report by the end of the semester. Consulting teams will also make a live presentation to the client. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.


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  • ENTR 42000 - Business Plan Development


    Prerequisite(s): ENTR 10000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C AND (BA 12000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C OR MGMT 20000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C)

    Credit Hours: 3.00. The components of a business plan are analyzed. The focus is on the research, preparation, and presentation of the plan in a critical environment. Major components are marketing analysis, financial calculations, and the applications of sound managerial principles. Public and private resources available to fund new start- ups, expansions, and acquisitions will be explored and proforms statements will be constructed. Typically offered Fall Spring.
    Experiential Learning (EL): Yes


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  • ENTR 45000 - Corporate Entrepreneurship


    Prerequisite(s): ENTR 42000 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course acknowledges that entrepreneurial activities occur in multiple organizational settings, including in corporations. As a capstone course to the entrepreneurship program, Corporate Entrepreneurship will integrate all aspects of the entrepreneurial process and help students learn how to lead an entrepreneurial enterprise. Permission of Department required. Typically offered Spring.


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