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Course Descriptions

Course Description Notes

Northern Kentucky University has established abbreviations for its various disciplines. These abbreviations, which are printed next to the name of each discipline in the following course descriptions, should be used in preparing course schedules and at other times when referring to specific courses.

Following course titles in parenthesis is the number of semester hours of credit in the course. Listed below the course title are the number of classroom and lab/studio hours in the course, course prerequisites and co-requisites, and the semesters in which the course is taught.

Many courses satisfy NKU general education requirements under guidelines of the Kentucky Transfer Policy. If a particular course is approved for general education credit, a two-letter general education category designation follows the course title. The category for which the course is approved is listed in full beneath the course description. The general education category designations are:

OC – Oral Communication
WC – Written Communication
AH – Arts and Humanities
QR – Quantitative Reasoning
NS – Natural Sciences
SB – Social and Behavioral Sciences

Please refer to the General Education section of this catalog for complete information.

The university reserves the right to withdraw or modify courses of instruction at any time.
 

Other Courses
  

  • ART 492 Student Research in Art (0 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of department.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Undergraduate research experience/creative experience that culminates in completion of one of the following:  one peer-reviewed presentation/publication, an exhibition/ performance, or one mentored, out-of-class presentation that exhibits the student’s research outcomes. This course can  be taken as a coreq with an approved art course.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: Unlimited

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  • CHP 322 Healthcare for Hispanic Populations (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 Classroom + 0 Lab Studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    An overview of healthcare and cultural traditions, rituals, and traditional medicine for patients and families of Hispanic heritage.
    Repeatable: No
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  • CHP 492 Scholarly Inquiry in a Health Discipline (0-3 credits)

    Hours: Variable
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing in a health profession program.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Scholarly inquiry of a healthcare related topic. Inquiry may be a research study or scholarly project (evidence-based practice, quality improvement). May be conducted in collaboration with another student or faculty member. 
    Repeatable: No
  

  • CHP 500 Teaching & Learning in Healthcare Educat (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing or admission to the MSHS or MSN programs.
    Characteristics and learning styles of diverse populations of healthcare learners are examined. A variety of teaching methods that can be utilized by healthcare providers to promote optimal learning in different education settings including the online environment are presented and analyzed.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DAN 130 Pilates Mat I (3 credit hours)

    Hours: 0 classroom / 3 lab+studio hours
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Introduction of major techniques for improved physical health and preparation for teaching or certification. 
    Repeatable: No
  

  • DAN 492 Student Research in Dance (0 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of program
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Undergraduate research experience/creative experience that culminates in completion of one of the following:  one peer-reviewed presentation/publication, an exhibition/ performance, or one mentored, out-of-class presentation that exhibits the student’s research outcomes. This course can  be taken as a coreq with an approved dance course.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: Unlimited

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  • SCI 393 STEM Peer Mentors (0-1 credit)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of first year coursework within a STEM major, 3.0 GPA or higher within a major, and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Develop your skills as a leader in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) through topics on personal and professional growth. Students mentor first year STEM students. They also  lead STEM events designed to foster community within STEM and provide growth opportunities for  STEM Peer Mentors, themselves.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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3D Digital Design and Visual Effects
  

  • DFX 221 Visual Fundamentals for Digital Media (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): EMB 140  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Explores color theory, two-dimensional design, typography, layout, and web design, and user interface design.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 240 Introduction to Interactive Media (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: DFX 221  and INF 286  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Expands on skills and techniques specific to developing user interfaces through user experience design. Students will develop a better understanding of the impact of graphical user interfaces in digital media.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 244 Principles of Digital 3D Animation (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of EMB 140  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    An introduction to 3D animation workflow, principles, and storytelling methods.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 245 3D Modeling Fundamentals (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in DFX 221  or ART 140  .
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: Completion of DFX 244  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    An introduction to 3D workflow, project management, and modeling.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 250 Analog Game Design (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    An exploration of game theory and the processes of including fun and challenge into game design.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 252 Non-Linear Interactive Storytelling (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall
    Storytelling, interactivity, and non-linearity theory in digital media. A deepening of understanding of communication design by analyzing traditional, current(emerging), and experimental(future) media and by experiencing informatics behind media.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 294 Special Introductory Topics in Media Inf (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Varies by topic, check with Instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Focused study of significant topic from a media informatics perspective at an introductory level. Topics vary semester to semester.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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  • DFX 307 3D Lighting and Texturing (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): DFX 245  with a C or better.
    Taught: Spring only
    Theories and principles of lighting in conjunction with UV Layouts, materials, & textures.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 309 3D Hard Surface Modeling (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): DFX 245  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall only
    Intermediate techniques for modeling hard surface assets.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 317 Virtual Sculpting for Digital Media (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of DFX 307  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall
    An introduction to 3D sculpting workflow and theories with material implementation.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 320 Character Modeling (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of DFX 309  with a C or better.
    Taught: Spring only
    Character development and modeling for production.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 330 Rigging and Animation (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of DFX 320  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall only
    3D Mechanics and technical setup for character driven performance.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 340 Intermediate Interactive Media (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): DFX 240 , DFX 244 , & DFX 245  with a C or better in each course.  
    Taught: Spring only
    This course continues the emphasis of user interactions through experience design and interactive media. Students will develop and create content through real-time technologies.  Students will experience production through interactivity and virtual worlds.  
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 352 Project Research Management (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of DFX 309  or DFX 340  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall
    Preparation of knowledge, skills, and techniques to produce portfolio quality work for professional presentation.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 360 Usability Testing for Digital Media (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
    Taught: Spring only
    Students will learn how to evaluate usability; usability testing principles and strategies for planning and conducting a usability test, analyzing and presenting the results in a written report. In addition, students will experience at least one usability test of digital media as a participant or an observer.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 375 Computer Games and Digital Society (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 45 earned credit hours or instructor permision  
    Taught: Fall and spring
    A critical examination of computer games, digital communication and virtual worlds through the lens of current events, trends and research.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 381 Computer-Mediated Communication (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
    Taught: Spring only
    This seminar examines communication occurring between two or more individual people who interact and/or influence each other via the internet or network connection using social software. Topics include identity, social information processing, online romance, social network sites, Internet communities, web blogs, wikis, and workplace considerations.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • DFX 394 Topics: 3D Digital Design & VFX (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Varies by topic, check with Instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Focused study of a significant topic from a media informatics perspective. Topics vary semester to semester.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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  • DFX 396 Internship: 3D Digital Design & VFX (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 12 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Written consent of supervising faculty member; junior or senior standing; and a GPA of at least 2.75.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Selected placement for majors in businesses and non-profit organizations. Internships may involve content design, web and mobile applications, digital advertising, animation, game design, production writing or other areas within field. Repeatable once for full credit if different responsibilities.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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  • DFX 417 Adv. Virtual Sculpting for Digital Media (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of DFX 317  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall only
    Advanced 3D sculpting workflow and theories with material implementation.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 420 Professional Practices (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): 75 earned credit hours or instructor permission
    Taught: Spring only
    An examination of business and ethical practices within the media informatics industry. A focus on freelance and self-employment techniques will include business development and management, project management, legal issues, ethical practice and self-marketing.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 426 Advanced Digital Compositing (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of EMB 326  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall only
    Advanced methodologies in digital compositing, motion graphics, and post-production techniques.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 430 Advanced Rigging and Animation (3 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of DFX 330  with a C or better.
    Taught: Spring only
    3D Mechanics and technical setup for character driven performance with implementation into a game engine.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 440 Advanced Interactive Media (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s):  DFX 340  with a C or better.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A project-based course for students to explore advanced application of interactivity and production through real-time virtual content creation.  Students can produce immersive content experiences through the implementation of game engine, application design, or interactive media.    
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 445 Intermediate 3D Modeling and Animation (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): DFX 245 .
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course will continue the development of 3D modeling skills with a focus on rigging, animating and visual effects.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 452 Advanced Portfolio Production (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of DFX 352  with a C or better.
    Taught: Spring only
    Application of acquired knowledge, skills, and techniques to produce portfolio quality work for professional presentation.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 492 Directed Research or Creative Work (0-6 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0-6 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing or Instructor Permission
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Research/creative experience that culminates in completion of one of the following: at least one peer-reviewed presentation/publication, an exhibition/performance, or at least one mentored, out-of-class presentation that exhibits the student’s project outcomes.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6
  

  • DFX 495 Study Abroad (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 1-3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Varies by topic.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Varies by topic. Course includes a classroom portion and a trip abroad.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 12

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  • DFX 496 Senior Practicum (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Students work on team projects that allow them to integrate academic experience into real world situations. Required electronic portfolio is reviewed and evaluated with revisions applied. Students undertake assignments to build organizational competencies such as communication skills, teamwork, and critical thinking.
    Repeatable: No
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  • DFX 499 Independent Study (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 4 -12 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Individually supervised work involving reading, research, writing, and/or production in specified area of interest in Media Informatics. The student will work with the instructor to select and develop the topic. May be repeated for a maximum or 6 semester hours as topic varies.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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Accounting
  

  • ACC 150 Accounting for Non-Business Majors (3 Credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Introduction to financial information generated by typical business organizations, with special emphasis on the use and interpretation of this information in managerial and financial decisions making processes by entrepreneurs. May not be substituted for ACC 200 .
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ACC 200 Introductory Financial Accounting (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of MAT 102  or STA 205 /205R 
    Co-requisite(s): ACC 200L .
    Measurement of business transactions through the accounting cycle; communication of results to external parties through the preparation of the income statement, statement of shareholders’ equity, balance sheet, statement of cash flows. Financial statement analysis and GAAP based measurement of cash, receivables, inventory, long-term assets, current, long-term liabilities, stockholders’ equity.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ACC 200L Financial Accounting Lab (1 credit)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 1 lab/studio
    Co-requisite(s): ACC 200 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Lab to accompany ACC 200, including an Excel project.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ACC 201 Introductory Managerial Accounting (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 200  
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    An introduction to management accounting from the users’ perspective.  Provides understanding and integration of managerial accounting information concepts and tools needed for internal users to plan, control and make sound business decisions.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ACC 202 Accounting Laboratory (1 credit)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing and completion of a college-level mathematics course and ACC 200  with a C or better.
    Taught: Fall, winter, and spring
    Practice of technical accounting skills including recordkeeping and financial statement preparation; introduction to the profession.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ACC 294 Topics: Financial & Managerial Accounting (1-5 credits)

    Hours: 1-5 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable-chck w/dept
    Specialized topics of faculty and student interest. Topics vary and prerequisites may be specified depending on topics. May be taken for up to six hours of elective credit if topics vary.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6
  

  • ACC 300 Intermediate Accounting I (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 200 , ACC 201 , and ACC 202  with grades of C or better, junior standing.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Financial accounting theory and practice in determination of income and valuation of assets, liabilities, and equity for external reporting; preparation of financial statements; official pronouncements on generally accepted accounting principles; alternatives to these principles including international accounting standards; accounting cycle; financial assets such as cash, marketable securities, receivables, inventories, and prepayments; long-term assets.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ACC 301 Intermediate Accounting II (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 300  with a C or better and junior standing.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Financial accounting theory and practice in determination of income and valuation of assets, liabilities, and shareholders’ equity for external reporting; official pronouncements on generally accepted accounting principles; alternatives to these principles including international accounting standards; investments, current and noncurrent liabilities, owners’ equity, earnings per share, pensions, income taxes, accounting changes and error corrections, statement of cash flows, and leases.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ACC 308 Financial Statement Analysis (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 200  and ACC 201 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    This course is designed to prepare students to analyze, interpret and use financial statements effectively. This will be accomplished using four steps: (1) analyzing the industry and economic environment in which the firm operates; (2) analyzing recent financial and market performance of the firm using financial statement statements and stock market information; (3) synthesizing this material in a coherent manner; and (4) writing and presenting a report on the financial condition of a company and its prospects to classmates and faculty. Cannot be taken for credit by students with ACC 300  credit.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ACC 310 Accounting Information Systems (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): C or better in ACC 200 , ACC 201 , ACC 202 ; BIS 300  ; junior standing.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Study of complex accounting systems including the steps of the accounting cycle from documents through the preparation of financial statements within the revenue, expenditure, conversion, and financial reporting cycles, the importance of internal controls and the impact of technology on the accounting system. The nature of accounting and business ethics as related to collecting, reporting, and auditing accounting data. Open only to students certified as majoring in business or by consent of instructor.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ACC 320 Tax Planning (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 200 , ACC 201  and ACC 300  with grade of C or better and BUS 230 .
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Impact of income tax on business entities, including corporations, S corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and sole proprietors; gross income deductions, accounting periods, accounting methods and property transactions.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ACC 330 Fraud Examination (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 200 , ACC 201 , ACC 202  with a grade of C or better.
    Taught: Summer only
    The principles and methodology of fraud detection and deterrence. The course includes such topics as skimming, cash larceny, check tampering, register disbursement schemes, billing schemes, payroll and expense reimbursement schemes, non-cash misappropriation, corruption, accounting principles and fraud, fraudulent financial statements, and interviewing witnesses.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ACC 340 Data Analytics for Accounting (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 Classroom + 0 Lab Studio
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 300  with a grade of C or better; STA 205  or STA 205R .
    Taught: Fall and Spring
    This course covers the use of technology in examining accounting data. Students learn how accounting data is collected, extract and transform the data to uncover information, and apply their findings to support decision making.  
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ACC 350 Management Cost Accounting I (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing, STA 205  or STA 205R , C or better in ACC 200 , ACC 201  and ACC 202 .
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Cost accounting concepts, techniques, and procedures relating to financial reporting; decision-making and responsibility accounting to help management plan and control operations.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ACC 392 Research Experience in Accounting (0-3 credits)

    Hours: 0-3 Classroom + 0 Lab Studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Introduction to research in Accounting by participating in special project or original research directed by a member of the Accounting faculty. Course intended for Accounting Majors. May not be used as a ACC elective. 
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 0-3
  

  • ACC 394 Topics: Financial Accounting (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing; ACC 200  and ACC 201  with grades of C or better.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Specialized topics of faculty and student interest. Topics vary and prerequisites may be specified depending upon topics. May be taken twice for elective credit if topics differ.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 6

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  • ACC 396 Internship: Accounting (1-3 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 3 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Completion of ACC 200  and ACC 201  with grades of C or better.
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Supervised work experience related to accounting and coordinated by employer in conjunction with a member of accounting faculty. Graded pass/fail.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 12

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  • ACC 400 Auditing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 301  and BIS 380 ; junior standing.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Principles, standards, and procedures in conduct of an audit by CPA; functions and responsibilities; internal control; statistical sampling, audit report; special problems of auditing electronic data-processing systems; account verification; ethics. Open only to students certified as majoring in business or by consent of instructor. Assessment test is given.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ACC 420 Advanced Tax Planning (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing; certified major in business; ACC 320  with grade of C or better.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Federal tax consequences of corporate redemptions, liquidations, reorganizations, consolidated tax returns; partnership distributions and terminations; multi jurisdictional considerations, international and multistate taxation; individual tax planning, deferred compensation, retirement planning, estate and gift taxation, succession planning.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦
  

  • ACC 430 Advanced Accounting (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite OR Co-requisite: ACC 301  
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    State and local governments, emphasizing fund accounting concepts, government-wide financial reporting, and the relation between the two reporting practices; not-for-profit entities; foreign operations, with a focus on foreign currency transactions and translation of financial statements for foreign affiliates; segments; interim reporting; partnerships.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ACC 499 Independent Study: Accounting (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Independent project or intensive study/research with faculty guidance. Open only to students certified as majoring in business or by consent of instructor.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ACC 500 Auditing (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MAcc program, ACC 301  with a grade of C or better, and BIS 380 ; or ACC 604.
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Principles, standards, and procedures in conduct of an audit by CPA; functions and responsibilities; internal control; statistical sampling, audit report; special problems of auditing electronic data processing systems; account verification; ethics. Open only to students certified as majoring in business or by consent of instructor. Assessment test is given.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ACC 520 Tax Planning (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MAcc program, ACC 200  , ACC 201  and ACC 202   with a grade of C or better, and BUS 230  ; OR ACC 604
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Impact of income tax on business entities, including corporations, S corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and sole proprietors; gross income deductions, accounting periods, accounting methods and property transactions.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ACC 550 Management Cost Accounting II (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ACC 350  with a grade of C or better; or ACC 600
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Continuation of ACC 350 . Application of quantitative techniques (e.g., statistical and O.R. models to managerial problems; behavioral implications of budgetary control systems. Open only to students certified as majoring in business or by consent of instructor.
    Repeatable: No
    ♦

Anthropology
  

  • ANT 100 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology - SB (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Definition and nature of culture, its content and structure (e.g., kinship, politics, and religion); basic field methods; emphasis on non- Western cultures.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Global Viewpoints
  

  • ANT 110 Unearthing the Past: World Archaeology - SB (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Change and development of prehistoric cultures from 3 million B.C. to early civilizations; selected Old World and New World cultures. Basic archaeological methods.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Individual and Society
  

  • ANT 114 Great Archaeological Sites - AH (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Great archaeological sites and discoveries around the world and their significance to global heritage.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Global Viewpoints
  

  • ANT 194 Topics: Anthropology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A newer development in any phase of anthropology. See Schedule of Classes for current topic.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 9

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  • ANT 201 World Cultures - SB (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall, spring, and summer
    Survey of world cultures, primarily non-literate, using various anthropological approaches; development from simple to more complex cultural systems.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Cultural Pluralism
  

  • ANT 202 Biological Anthropology - NS (4 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Taught: Fall and spring
    Survey of the major concepts and themes in Biological Anthropology. Including, but not limited to, human genetics, primate behavior, humankind as biological organisms, relation of humans to culture, human evolution. Emphasis is placed on evidence from fossil remains and behavioral studies of living primates.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ANT 210 Introduction to Archaeological Methods and Theory (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Methods of archaeological excavation and analysis; how archaeologists interpret excavated material and reconstruct prehistoric ways of life.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ANT 230 North American Indians - SB (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Origin; traditional ways of life; current position in American society.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Cultural Pluralism
  

  • ANT 231 Modern American Indians - SB (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Current problems faced by Indian populations in North America; history of Indian-white and Indian-black relations; relations to federal government.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Cultural Pluralism
  

  • ANT 245 Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean - SB (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Contemporary cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean; problems of contact, colonization, acculturation, development of the area cultural tradition, and contemporary urbanization.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Cultural Pluralism
  

  • ANT 270 Native Australia and Oceania - SB (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Origin; traditional ways of life of native peoples of Australia, Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia; modern conditions.
    Repeatable: No
    General Education Credit: Cultural Pluralism
  

  • ANT 275 Language and Culture (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Methods and case studies in anthropological linguistics; relationship between language and culture; language structure.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ANT 280 Careers in Anthropology (1 credits)

    Hours: 1 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Taught: Spring only
    Professional development assessment; investigation of careers in anthropology; planning and decision-making skills regarding future careers.
    Repeatable: No
  

  • ANT 292 Research Experience in Anthropology (0 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Introduction to research in the anthropology by participating in a special project or original research directed by a member of the anthropology faculty. Course intended for anthropology majors not ready or able to enroll in more advanced research courses.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

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  • ANT 296 Teaching Experience in Anthropology (0 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Teaching experience as an assistant in an anthropology course with a focus on assisting students learning course materials.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: No Limit

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  • ANT 299 Independent Study in Anthropology (1-6 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Specialized aspect or topic in anthropology chosen by student and appropriate faculty member for study.
    Repeatable: Yes
    If Repeatable, Max. Credits: 12
  

  • ANT 307 Museum Methods (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Actual work experience in museums, stressing an anthropological and research orientation; history of museums and their role in the development of anthropology.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 307S Museum Methods (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Actual work experience in museums, stressing an anthropological and research orientation; history of museums and their role in the development of anthropology. This course is designated scholarship intensive and includes coursework to fulfill that designation.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 308 Cultural Resource Management (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Practical, ethical, and legal issues surrounding the preservation of prehistoric and historic cultural resources on the local, state and national level. How to locate projects, make proposals and conduct CRM surveys; writing, submitting and reviewing reports; maintaining good community relations.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 309 Peoples of Africa (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Survey and cross-cultural comparisons of the peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa. Emphasis on the impacts of colonialism, ecological adaptation, social and family life, as well as contemporary issues in Africa society.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 311 Museums in Contemporary Society (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    A broad prospective on museum issues and practices. Readings, discussion, and written assignments will explore the historical, theoretical, and political dimensions of museums in contemporary societies. Students will evaluate virtual exhibits, study major museum and exhibit controversies, and examine debates on the politics of memory, context, and visual display.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 312 Social Organization (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Study of “primitive,” peasant, and urban social organization; associations based on kinship, ethnic affiliation, age, and gender.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 315 Archaeological Excavation Methods (3-4 credits)

    Hours: 0 classroom + 6 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Summer only
    Archaeological excavation methods; excavation at an archaeological site; excavation, recording, mapping, analysis. Summer. Three semester hours if taught during intersession; 4, if taught during 5 week session.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 318 Prehistoric Ecology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course examines human adaptations to local environments from prehistory to early civilizations from an anthropological and archaeological perspective; examines environmental issues using case studies including hunter-gather societies and early farmers, to early civilizations and urbanization.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 320 Religion and Culture (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Anthropological approaches to the study of religion, religious beliefs, and practices of selected non-western and western cultures.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 321 Medical Anthropology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Examines the meanings of illness, healing, and the body in cross-cultural and global terms. Topics include the social organization of medical care, varieties of explanations for disease, and political dimensions of health inequalities. Emphasis is laid on the application of anthropological findings to medical care.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 322 Health and Disease in Past Societies (3 Credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable-chck w/dept
    A survey of health and disease from the Paleolithic to the more recent past, which examines health and disease in past societies from an anthropological and archaeological perspective including the content and meaning of local societal perspectives on these issues.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 325 Applied Anthropology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Practical uses to which anthropological methods and theory can be put towards solving contemporary social and cultural problems through research, policy development, and administration. Students will examine cross-cultural case studies from specialties within applied anthropology and complete a career-oriented research project.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 328 Contemporary Issues in Anthropology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Contemporary issues in anthropology through cross-cultural and four-field approaches.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 330 Sex, Gender, and Culture (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Examines biological sex, gender, and sexuality from a comparative, cross-cultural perspective. Considers anthropological explanations for women’s low status, including the role of gender in subsistence, economic, political, family, religious, and other institutions. 
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 331 Women in Prehistory (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    This course provides a broad prospective on issues, methodologies, and the current debates focusing on the study of women in prehistory. Roles of women in several early cultures and societies to early civilizations will be addressed; examples include people in the Paleolithic to women in Mesopotamia, Mesoamerica, Egypt, and China, among others.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 333 Paleoanthropology Laboratory (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): ANT 202  or BIO 151  or consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department.
    Survey of the major stages of human evolution. Using fossil casts and other sources we explore the current information available and examine the morphological data. We will discuss recent primary literature pertaining to human evolution and learn how to critically evaluate the data to form evidence-based conclusions.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 334 Behavioral Field Methods (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or higher.
    Taught: Variable, check with department.
    This is an experiential course in which students learn how to collect quantitative behavioral data using direct observation in the field.  Students will use the scientific method and generate their own research proposal.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 336 Historical Archaeology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Provides an overview of Historical Archaeology as a developing and changing discipline, as practiced in the United States. Includes research on diverse minority groups, cemeteries, landscape, industrial, and urban archaeology, and studies the influences of European settlement on the Americas.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 340 Ethnographic Methods and Research (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Introduction to principles of ethnographic research; readings; design and conduct of an individual ethnographic field research project to be conducted and completed during the semester.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 340S Ethnographic Methods and Research (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Introduction to principles of ethnographic research; readings; design and conduct of an individual ethnographic field research project to be conducted and completed during the semester. This course is designated scholarship intensive and includes coursework to fulfill that designation.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 342 Quantitative Methods in Anthropology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 2 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Theoretical foundations and methods used to conduct quantitative analysis in anthropology. This course includes a laboratory component where students practice methods learned in lecture. Topics include: research design, ethics, human subjects protection, research design sampling, GIS/Mapping, interviewing, questionnaires, and computer aided data analysis.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 345 Environmental Anthropology (3 credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.
    Taught: Variable, check with department
    Sociocultural patterns of human environmental interaction, applied research on and policy solutions to environmental problems in the western and non-western worlds.
    Repeatable: No
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  • ANT 347 Primate Behavioral Ecology (3 Credits)

    Hours: 3 classroom + 0 lab/studio
    Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor.
    Taught: Variable-chck w/dept
    Examines topics and issues in primate behavioral ecology from a comparative and evolutionary perspective. This includes primate taxonomy, behavior of living primates, habitat use and ecology, and theoretical and empirical models of how these factors interact in living primate systems. Students will conduct original zoo research on primates.
    Repeatable: No
 

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