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Art in China + is a survey class focusing on contemporary art from 1976-2016 – an introduction to contemporary Chinese visual arts, studying a wide variety of artists to help understand the styles and intentions of the artists, context, and relationship to history.  No prerequisites or textbook, all readings, films, lectures, and other content are supplied on Blackboard. For students on or off campus, use as art history or academic credits.

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Predominant views of reality and values in the cultures of Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Humanistic study of cultures and nature of cross-cultural understanding.

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This seminar format course will examine evolutionary biology and its intersection with society. Topics of discussion will include evolution and philosophy, history, medicine, environmental issues, politics, education and religion.

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Introduction to forensic science with focus on the application of scientific methods and techniques of criminal justice and law. Methods specifically relevant to crime detection and analysis.

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Dyadic communication principles. Adaptation of interpersonal communication to interviewing situations: in-depth informational, resume-based employment, and problem solving. Analysis of student-designed survey questionnaires. Normal and stressful interpersonal relationships.

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Lectures, readings, discussion, and written assignments develop visual literacy, critical, and communication skills integral to understanding design within its historical, social, and cultural context.

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Introduction to microeconomics. Consumer demand, theory of production, markets and prices, social welfare, and related topics.

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Introduction to concepts and methods of economic analysis. Emphasis on such macroeconomic topics as gross domestic product, unemployment, money, and theory of national income. Credit is given for either ECN 102 or ECN 203.

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This introductory course applies fundamental economic and financial concepts qualitatively to cover aspects of consumer personal finance, including record keeping, banking, saving, borrowing, using credit, investing, insurance, doing taxes, retirement, and end-of-life considerations. Students may not receive credit for both ECN 305 and FIN 378.
PREREQ: ECN 101 OR ECN 203

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Financial instruments and structure: commercial banking organization, operation and control of the banking system. Federal Reserve System. Monetary policy and economic stability.
PREREQ: ECN 302

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What textiles do you consume? Examine apparel textiles, chart your wardrobe relating performance and lifecycle issues, and study the economic, cultural, and environmental issues produced by the industry. The global post-consumer textiles market, current textile recycling processes and future textiles for apparel will be explored.

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European lives and experiences in the age of industrialization, urbanization, and mass politics. World wars, fascism, the Russian Revolution, empires, Europe in the post-World War II era.

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The development of global society since 1750. Exchanges, connections and interactions between Africa, Asia and the Pacific, India, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East. The relations between these regions, the Americas and Europe.

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This course examines the theory and practices of democracy from ancient Athenian democracy to the modern nation-state in a comparative historical framework.

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Explore, design, and critique online instruction; study online instructor and learner competencies; create guidelines for interactivity and resources uses in online courses; experience asynchronous and synchronous, individual and collaborative online activities. Additional work required of graduate students.

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Principles for construction and publication of multimedia documents for the Web. Incorporate a user-based approach to planning, design, implementation and management with an entrepreneurial perspective and with a focus on client/enterprise.

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Introduction to the use and management of social media technologies, including strategies for communication, awareness of challenges, and tools and techniques for analysis of social media in contemporary organizations.

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Integration: the definite integral and applications; trigonometric functions, methods of integration, improper integrals, infinite series, elementary differential equations, parametric equations, polar coordinates. 

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Nutrient requirements, functions, and sources. Interrelationships and application to food selection for healthy individuals. Weight control, sports nutrition, and dietary supplements are discussed.

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Presentation and evaluation of reasoning, including arguments, explanations, and the justification of decisions. Topics of current social and ethical interest will serve as examples, with one topic selected for extended study.

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Logic as a formal language, as a component of natural language, and as a basis of a programming language. Varieties of logical systems and techniques. Syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.

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The biological, psychological, and social factors of substance use and related addictions that exist across cultures and species.

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Institutions and politics of international economic relations. Trade, investment, macro-economic policy coordination, economic development, global resource issues, and the causes and consequences of global economic integration.

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The role of ethical concerns, imperatives, and restraints in international relations. Includes realism, just war theory, the ethics of nuclear deterrence, and other topics at the discretion of the instructor.

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Exploration of the age-old quest for meaning, knowledge, and faith in the face of suffering and loss through art, philosophy, music, and literature.

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Principal concepts, methods, and findings in sociology. Societal structures, processes, institutions, and social roles from both macro- and microanalytic human behavior perspectives.

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Application of sociological theory and methods to identification, description, and analysis of contemporary social problems. Critique and analysis of alternative strategies for social change.

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Social forces shaping women’s and men’s lives in contemporary societies. Changing gender expectations. Intersections of gender with race and ethnicity, class, and age. Social movements for women’s and men’s liberation.

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Analyzing the Basketball Organization will address business and managerial aspects of professional basketball organizations. Organizational structure and primary functions of management within professional basketball leagues and teams. The WNBA Collective Bargaining Agreement, NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement and similar documents of professional basketball leagues throughout the world. We will compare leagues in terms of organizational structure, market valuation, and competitive balance and study the rules governing player, player trades, free agency, and salary caps, as well as the importance of the NBA’s U.S. anti-trust exemption to its supremacy among professional basketball leagues. Designed primarily to train sport management and sport analytics majors but may also appeal management, finance or economics students. Pre-law students would also benefit from the Collective Bargaining Agreement treatment within the course. Course texts will be chosen such that students without an extensive background in sport management can supplement their readings and achieve success in the class.

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Overview of sponsorship and promotional principles used in marketing sport events. An emphasis on proposal writing, sponsorship solicitation, and the elements of a promotional campaign. Students will apply the theory to an existing sport event.

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Analyzing and explaining sport issues through the lens of economic analysis. Theoretical models and applied applications will be discussed that relates to aspects of professional, collegiate, and amateur sports nationally and internationally.

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An in-depth analysis of the psychosocial aspects of sport. Varied psychological and sociological topics as they relate to sport/exercise participation, performance, and enjoyment.
PREREQ: SPM 205

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Assessment of behavior of diverse individuals, groups, and social systems. Applying concepts from the biological, behavioral, and social sciences in identifying and understanding forms and causes of behavior.

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Study and experiment with contemporary writing styles, designs, and editing conventions. Practice writing in multiple genres for different audiences, purposes, and effects. Explore rhetorical, aesthetic, social, and political dimensions of style.
PREREQ: WRT 205 OR WRT 209 OR ENL 213