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College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Courses

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Anthropology

  • ANTH 4363 - Race, Racialization and the Politics of Culture

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing, OR consent of instructor.
    Description
    Examines the social processes by which distinctions and differences of “race” are produced, reproduced, and transformed, and will do so in relation to the related concepts of “ethnicity”, “culture”, and “nation”.

  • ANTH 4372 - Maya Archaeology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly NTH 3372
    Prerequisite: ANTH 2303  or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Current data and hypotheses concerning the evolution of human behavior within the “Maya Area” of southern Mexico, Honduras, Belize, and Guatemala prior to Spanish contact.

  • ANTH 4373 - Archaeology of the Aztecs and Their Neighbors

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly NTH 3373
    Prerequisite: ANTH 2303  or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Current data and hypotheses concerning the evolution of culture within Mexico north of the Maya area prior to Spanish contact.

  • ANTH 4376 - Archaeology of Texas

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly NTH 3376
    Prerequisite: ANTH 2303  or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Prehistoric cultures and lifestyles of Texas Indian groups.

  • ANTH 4377 - Archaeology of the African Diaspora

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ANTH 2303  or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Survey of archaeological research conducted on sites occupied by Africans and African Americans in the New World since 1600. Origins and evolution of the cultures constructed by enslaved and free people of African descent from 1600 to 1900.

  • ANTH 4380 - Field Methods in Anthropology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: six semester hours in anthropology or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Methods applied by the anthropologist living among primitive and peasant peoples.

  • ANTH 4382 - Laboratory Methods in Archaeology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ANTH 2303  or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Techniques of classification, taxonomy, functional analysis, processing, and curation of artifacts recovered from archaeological sites.

  • ANTH 4383 - Applied Archaeology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ANTH 2303 , and completion of, or concurrent enrollment in ANTH 3379  or ANTH 3380 
    Description
    An examination of state and federal historic preservation regulations as they relate to applied archeology and the various private, public, and energy industry sectors.

  • ANTH 4388 - Anthropology Internship Practicum

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304  and consent of instructor.
    Description
    Independent study option to document acquired experience in an approved internship program under the supervision of a faculty member.
    Typically Offered: Fall

  • ANTH 4389 - Ethnographic Field Work I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Not more than twelve semester hours from ARCH 4353  , ANTH 4342 , ANTH 4391 , 4395, 4396, and consent of instructor.
    Description
    Practical field training and experience in ethnographic research procedures.

  • ANTH 4390 - Ethnographic Field Work II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Not more than twelve semester hours from ARCH 4353  , ANTH 4342 , ANTH 4391 , 4395, 4396, and consent of instructor.
    Description
    Practical field training and experience in ethnographic research procedures.

  • ANTH 4391 - Archaeological Field Work I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Not more than twelve semester hours from ARCH 4353  , ANTH 4342 , ANTH 4391 , 4395, 4396, and consent of instructor.
    Description
    Practical field training and experience in archeological research procedures.

  • ANTH 4392 - Archaeological Field Work II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: six semester hours in anthropology and consent of instructor.
    Description
    Practical field training and experience in anthropological research procedures.

  • ANTH 4393 - Research Practicum

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: six semester hours in anthropology and consent of instructor.
    Description
    Practical training and experience in anthropological analysis procedures and write-up of primary data. No more than three hours of research practicum may be applied to the major or minor.

  • ANTH 4394 - Selected Topics in Anthropology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
       
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  • ANTH 4398 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: six semester hours in anthropology or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Prerequisite: six semester hours in anthropology or consent of instructor.

  • ANTH 4399 - Senior Honors Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ANTH 3399  and approval of the chair.

  • ANTH 4498 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 4.0
       
    Prerequisite: six semester hours in anthropology or consent of instructor.

Arabic

  • ARAB 1501 - Beginning Arabic I

    Credit Hours: 5.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 5    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Description
    Restricted to nonnative speakers of Arabic. Introduction to modern spoken and written Arabic. Listening comprehension, oral communication, reading and writing.

  • ARAB 1502 - Beginning Arabic II

    Credit Hours: 5.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 5    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: successful completion of ARAB 1501  with a minimum grade of C- in the twelve months immediately prior to enrollment or by placement exam immediately prior to enrollment.
    Description
    Expansion of the listening and oral skills previously acquired. Listening comprehension, oral communication, reading and writing.

  • ARAB 2301 - Intermediate Arabic I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: successful completion of ARAB 1502  with a minimum grade of C- in the twelve months immediately prior to enrollment or by placement exam immediately prior to enrollment.
    Description
    Listening comprehension, oral communication, reading and writing.

  • ARAB 2302 - Intermediate Arabic II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: successful completion of ARAB 2301  with a minimum grade of C- in the twelve months immediately prior to enrollment or by placement exam immediately prior to enrollment.
    Description
    Listening comprehension, oral communication, reading and writing.

  • ARAB 3301 - Advanced Modern Standard Arabic I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARAB 2302  or ARAB 2308 or placement by examination.
    Description
    Readings of Arabic materials, including poems, short stories, plays, and newspaper articles dealing with social, political, and cultural issues, and the development of writing skills through free composition exercises.

  • ARAB 3302 - Advanced Modern Standard Arabic II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ARAB 3301  or placement by examination.
    Description
    Advanced readings of Arabic materials, including poems, short stories, plays, and newspaper articles dealing with social, political, and cultural issues, and continued development of writing skills through free composition exercises.

  • ARAB 3312 - Introduction to Arabic Literature in Translation

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Description
    Arabic literary culture from the earliest recorded sources to the present; essentials of the history and culture of the Arabs.

  • ARAB 3313 - Qur’an as Literature

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 ..
    Description
    Literary and historical study of the Qur’an in the context of late antique religious literature (ca. 180-632 CE), including texts from the Jewish, Christian, Zoroastrian and pagan spheres. Taught in English.

  • ARAB 3314 - Women and Gender in Arabic Literature

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    Critical survey of literature by and about Arab women focusing on a particular theme. Taught in English.
    Core Category: [81] Writing in the Disciplines

  • ARAB 3340 - Modernity and Rationalism in Islamic Tradition

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    Systematic analysis of classical Islamic philosophical discourse and its contribution to the development of Islamic Modem ism and Arab Enlightenment; including the Qur’an, Ghazali, Averroes, Muhammad Abduh, and Nasr Abu Zayd. Taught in English
    Core Category: [40] Language, Philosophy, & Culture

  • ARAB 3377 - Energy, Society and the Middle East

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    Examination of energy, culture and sustainability in Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Surveys literature and theories on oil curse, energy security, youth bulge, gender gap, renewables and sustainability projects.
    Additional Fee N

  • ARAB 3397 - Selected Topics in Arab Studies

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    Topics vary depending on needs of Department and students.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

Chinese

  • CHNS 1198 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Cr. 1 or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of instructor.

  • CHNS 1209 - Chinese Calligraphy

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Description
    Techniques of writing Chinese characters with a brush-pen. Integrates the Chinese language and culture by studying the formation of characters, and basic styles of Chinese calligraphy. Taught in English.

  • CHNS 1298 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 2.0
       
    Prerequisite: approval of instructor.

  • CHNS 1309 - Chinese Writing and Calligraphy

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.
    Description
    Integrates the Chinese language and culture by studying the formation and development of characters, and basic styles of Chinese calligraphy. Techniques of writing Chinese characters with a brush-pen.
    Note: Taught in English.

  • CHNS 1398 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3.0
       
    Prerequisite: approval of instructor.

  • CHNS 1501 - Elementary Chinese I

    Credit Hours: 5.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Description
    Restricted to nonnative speakers of Chinese. Introduction to modern spoken and written Mandarin Chinese. Emphasis on oral skills with initial presentation of the written language.
    TCCNS Equivalent: CHIN 1511

  • CHNS 1502 - Elementary Chinese II

    Credit Hours: 5.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: completion of CHNS 1501  with a minimum grade of C- in twelve months immediately prior to enrollment or placement by examination immediately prior to enrollment.
    Description
    Restricted to nonnative speakers of Chinese. Introduction to modern spoken and written Mandarin Chinese.
    TCCNS Equivalent: CHIN 1512

  • CHNS 2198 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 0

  • CHNS 2207 - Conversational Chinese I

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CHNS 1501  or equivalent.
    Description
    Students will develop communicative competence. Trains listening and speaking skills. Students will use cognitive strategies and learning skills in their listening comprehension and expression. Use of Chinese language functionally in daily situations.

  • CHNS 2208 - Conversational Chinese II

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CHNS 2207  or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Students will develop communicative competence. Trains listening and speaking skills. Students will use cognitive strategies and learning skills in their listening comprehension and expression. Use of Chinese language functionally in daily situations.

  • CHNS 2298 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 2.0
       
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

  • CHNS 2301 - Intermediate Chinese I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: completion of CHNS 1502  completed with minimum grade of C- in 12 months immediately prior to enrollment or placement by examination immediately prior to enrollment.
    Description
    Restricted to nonnative speakers of Chinese. Introduction to modern spoken and written Mandarin Chinese.
    TCCNS Equivalent: CHIN 2311

  • CHNS 2302 - Intermediate Chinese II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: completion of CHNS 2301  with a minimum grade of C- in twelve months immediately prior to enrollment or placement by examination immediately prior to enrollment.
    Description
    Restricted to nonnative speakers of Chinese. Introduction to modern spoken and written Mandarin Chinese. Continued development of oral skills with increased emphasis on the written language.
    TCCNS Equivalent: CHIN 2312

  • CHNS 2398 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Cr. 3 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of chair.

  • CHNS 3198 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 0

  • CHNS 3298 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 2.0
       
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

  • CHNS 3301 - Advanced Mandarin Chinese I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CHNS 2302  with a minimum grade of C- in twelve months immediately prior to enrollment or placement by examination immediately prior to enrollment.
    Description
    Continued development of communication skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and cultural understanding.
    Note: Restricted to nonnative speakers of Mandarin Chinese.

  • CHNS 3302 - Advanced Mandarin Chinese II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CHNS 3301 .
    Description
    Continued development of communication skills of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and cultural understanding.

  • CHNS 3303 - Readings in Modern Chinese

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: placement by examination immediately prior to enrollment or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Essays, stories, biographies, and criticisms from Chinese literary genres. Development of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and cultural understanding. Designed for Chinese-American students and other students from a Chinese-speaking background.

  • CHNS 3304 - Business Chinese

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CHNS 2302  or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Oral and written communication with attention to contemporary business practices in China.

  • CHNS 3305 - Survey of Chinese Literature

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: placement by examination or consent of instructor.
    Description
    Essays, stories, and poems from Chinese literature. Designed for Chinese-American and other students from a Chinese-speaking background.

  • CHNS 3342 - Tales of East Asian Cities

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304.
    Description
    An examination of the literary and visual representations of various cities in East Asia: Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo and Seoul. Through close analyses of the fiction, films, and photographs that illuminate East Asian urbanism, we will extensively discuss the cultural representations of East Asian metropolises. Taught in English.

  • CHNS 3343 - Chinese Popular Culture

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304.
    Description
    Through discussing contemporary film, music, performance, fashion, art and internet culture, this course explores the changing role of socialist politics, the rise of consumerism, and China’s global cultural significance in the contemporary world. Taught in English.

  • CHNS 3344 - Modern and Contemporary Global Chinese Literature

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304.
    Description
    This course introduces students to the canon of Chinese literature, and traces the social-politial and cultural transformation of Chinese societies and the global Chinese diaspora through literature. Taught in English.

  • CHNS 3350 - Chinese Culture Through Films

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    Satisfies three hours requirement for the Minor in Chinese studies. May not apply as foreign language credit. Reading film critics and viewing Chinese films produced in contemporary China within the historical, cultural, thematic, and aesthetic content. Taught in English.

  • CHNS 3352 - Chinese Culture and Society Through Modern Literature

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly CHNS 2352
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    Readings of the most important literary works from the 1919 May 4th Movement to the 1970’s.
    Note: Taught in English. May not apply as foreign language credit.
    Core Category: [40] Language, Philosophy, & Culture

  • CHNS 3354 - Chinese Culture and Language

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1303  and ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    Taught in English. Readings and discussions on Chinese language, culture and interactions between the language and the culture from the perspectives of history, geography, and linguistics.

  • CHNS 3359 - Chinese Culture through History

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 . This course is restricted to students in the Chinese study abroad program.
    Description
    Studies of Chinese culture and history via course readings, Chinese museums and historical sites in China.
    Note: Taught in English. May not apply as foreign language credit.

  • CHNS 3360 - A Look Into Modern China

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    China’s transformation in the last two decades and its understanding of modernity. Novels, essays, journals and films reveal conflicts between conventional Chinese values and modern legal systems, economic development and traditional living.
    Note: Taught in English.
    Core Category: [40] Language, Philosophy, & Culture

  • CHNS 3396 - Selected Topics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Junior standing.
    Description
    Topics on Chinese language, literature, and culture.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

    Note: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  • CHNS 3398 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Cr. 3 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of chair.

  • CHNS 4301 - Public Speaking in Chinese

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CHNS 3301  or equivalent.
    Description
    Includes giving an opinion, negotiating meanings, debates, proposals, and oral narrations. Designed for both heritage or nonheritage students of Chinese.

  • CHNS 4302 - Integrated Chinese

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CHNS 3301  or equivalent.
    Description
    Emphasizing four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students receive language input through reading, produce their output through conversation and composition. Designed for both heritage or nonheritage students of Chinese.

  • CHNS 4364 - Issues in Chinese Language and Linguistics

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1303 , CHNS 1501 , and CHNS 1502 .
    Description
    Issues of Chinese language and linguistics that will enhance appreciation of Chinese culture through analysis of language and linguistics. Taught in English.

  • CHNS 4371 - Principles of Teaching Chinese

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CHNS 2302  or consent of the instructor.
    Description
    Techniques for structuring Chinese classes, lesson planning, and curriculum implementation. Taught in English.

  • CHNS 4372 - Studies of Chinese Language Acquisition

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: CHNS 2302  or consent of the instructor.
    Description
    Methods of teaching and strategies for learning Chinese as a second language. Readings include current research on second language theory acquisition and practices. Taught in English.

  • CHNS 4396 - Selected Topics

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: senior standing.
    Description
    Topics on Chinese language, literature, and culture.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  • CHNS 4398 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
    Description
    Topics on Chinese language, literature, and culture.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

Classical Studies

  • CLAS 2366 - Who Owns Antiquity? The Battle Over Our Cultural Heritage

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    Current controversies surrounding the ethics of cultural property together with an exploration of why history matters to us, what purposes historical narratives and artifacts serve, who gets to interpret them, and why.

  • CLAS 3307 - Greek and Roman Myths of Heroes

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    The concept of the hero in ancient Greek culture with comparative consideration of Rome and other cultures.
    Note: Taught in English.
    Core Category: [40] Language, Philosophy, & Culture

  • CLAS 3308 - Myths and Cult of the Greek Gods

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly CLAS 3307 Myths and Cult of Ancient Gods
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    Religious narratives, beliefs, and rituals in ancient Greek culture with comparative consideration of Rome and other cultures.
    Note: Taught in English.
    Core Category: [40] Language, Philosophy, & Culture

  • CLAS 3341 - The Roman Republic

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    Social, political, and cultural history of Rome, from its foundation to the Fall of the Republic, 753-27BCE. Taught in English.

  • CLAS 3345 - Myth and Performance in Greek Tragedy

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    The reshaping of myths in tragedies performed in the fifth century BCE and in modem productions of those plays. Critical appraisal of text and performance in the respective cultural contexts.
    Core Category: [50] Creative Arts

  • CLAS 3350 - Law and Society in Ancient Rome

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL1304.
    Description
    A survey of key Roman legal ideas and texts from the archaic period to the late Republic and early Empire. Special attention paid to the law’s relation to Rome’s religion and changing social and political structures. Through Cicero the course explores the situation of the practicing advocate in complicated times. Ends with a look at later Roman jurisprudence.

  • CLAS 3366 - The Trojan War

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly CLAS 3366 Greek Art and Archaeology: In Search of the Trojan War
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    Survey of ancient Greek art and archaeology connected to the Trojan War from the Bronze Age to the Classical Period with emphasis on its relationship to traditional myths and Classical literature.
    Core Category: [40] Language, Philosophy, & Culture

  • CLAS 3371 - Ancient Comedy and Its Influence

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    Comic drama from its origins in ancient Greece, to its Roman transformation, ending with its Renaissance adaptions. Readings from Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, Terence, Machiavelli, and Shakespeare. Taught in English.

  • CLAS 3373 - Ancient Satire & Its Influence

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0

  • CLAS 3374 - Women in the Ancient World

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    Women’s lives from the Graeco-Roman world. Analysis and comparisons of literary texts and archeological evidence in their cultural and historical context.
    Note: Taught in English.
    Core Category: [40] Language, Philosophy, & Culture

  • CLAS 3375 - Roman, Jew, and Christian: The Politics and Sociology of Religion in the First Century A.D.

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    Political and social interactions of religions in the Roman Empire ca. 31 BC to 150 A.D. Special focus on emperor worship, Second Temple Judaism and the Jewish War of 66-70, and the early Jesus movement. Taught in English.

  • CLAS 3380 - Epic Masculinity: Ideologies of Manhood in Ancient Epic and Modern Film

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    Ideologies of masculinity in ancient Greek and Roman epic as compared to modern cinema (e.g., Spartacus, Gladiator, and Braveheart). Taught in English.

  • CLAS 3381 - From Homer to Hollywood: Archaic and Classical Greek Themes in Modern Cinema

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly CLAS 3381 From Homer to Hollywood: Ancient Greek Themes in the Modern Cinema
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    Examination of the way modern cinema adapts themes from Greek literature and uses them to explore modern conflict.
    Note: Taught in English.
    Core Category: [50] Creative Arts

  • CLAS 3397 - Sel Topics Gr & Rom Civ

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: sophomore standing.
    Description
    May not apply toward foreign language requirement. Topics from the literature, art, philosophy, religion, and culture of ancient Greece and Rome. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Taught in English.

  • CLAS 3398 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Cr. 3. Prerequisite: approval of chair. May be repeatedfor credit when topics vary.

  • CLAS 3399 - Senior Honors Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: permission of Director of Classical Studies.
    Description
    Independent research and writing for the senior honors thesis.

  • CLAS 4305 - Fifth-Century Athens: Readings in Intellectual, Literary, and Political History

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    Overview of intellectual trends and political history of fifth-century BCE Athens. Topics include the development of Democracy, birth of tragedy, Persian Wars, Athenian Empire, court system, Peloponnesian Wars, and death of Socrates.
    Core Category: [81] Writing in the Disciplines

  • CLAS 4350 - Age of Augustus

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    Exploration of the political, literary, architectural, and artistic changes introduced during the reign of Caesar Augustus, first Emperor of Rome (27BC - 14AD). Taught in English.

  • CLAS 4353 - Classics and Modernity: The Uses of Antiquity in Modern and Postmodern Contexts

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    Use of ancient Greek and Roman concepts by modern and postmodern thinkers, artists, and authors.

  • CLAS 4370 - Comparative Epic

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly CLAS 3370
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304  and junior standing.
    Description
    Epic poetry from ancient Greece and Rome with a comparative approach drawing on other cultures, including the ancient Near East, the Hevrew Bible, medieval Europe, and /or modern oral epic traditions. Taught in English.

  • CLAS 4374 - Sex and Gender in Antiquity

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304  and junior standing.
    Description
    Issues of sex and gender in ancient Greece and Rome through the study of literature, art, and science.

  • CLAS 4375 - Gender and Race in Greek Myths

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    Credit for CLAS 4375  may not be applied toward a degree by students who have credit for CLAS 3306   . May not apply toward foreign language requirement. Greek myths and rituals, focusing on dynamics of exclusion that parallel modern definitions of ethnicity and gender. Taught in English.

  • CLAS 4380 - Greek Classics in Translation

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0

  • CLAS 4381 - Latin Classics in Translation

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly (also ENGL 4381)
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .
    Description
    Works of Latin literature read in conjunction with modern text inspired by them.
    Core Category: [81] Writing in the Disciplines

  • CLAS 4398 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Cr. 3. Prerequisite: approval of chair. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  • CLAS 4399 - Senior Honors Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: permission of Director of Classical Studies
    Description
    Independent research and writing for the senior honors thesis.

College Of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

  • LACP 2111 - Liberal Arts Career Planning

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.
    Description
    Self-marketing strategies to support the development of career skills for CLASS majors. Includes career exploration activities, guided practice, and engaged learning. Understanding the job search process, interviewing strategies, and the types of fields that are available to the wide range of CLASS majors.  Students interact with professionals from their areas of interest and learn how to maximize professional relationships. CLASS students will learn how to develop their brand, to identify and research careers and specific positions that meet their interests and skills, and to mobilize networking in their job search.

Communication

  • COMM 1301 - Media and Society

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3.0    Lab Contact Hours: 0.0
    Prerequisite: Declared Communication major or minor.
    Description
    Consumer oriented study of mass communications. Provides overview of media structures, media messages, mass audiences, and impact of media on society.
    TCCNS Equivalent: COMM 1307

  • COMM 1302 - Intro To Comm Theory

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 1303 .
    Description
    Perspectives in communication theory and process.

  • COMM 1303 - Writing for Communicators

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.
    Description
    Students learn the form and style of writing needed to tell organizational stories to diverse audiences whose time and attention are limited. Emphasis is on creating copy that is both clear and interesting. Reviews of grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence and paragraph construction rules are included in the course curriculum.
    Additional Fee N

  • COMM 1333 - Interpersonal Communication

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Description
    Theories and research relating to the initiation, growth, and deterioration of interpersonal relationships in contemporary society.
    TCCNS Equivalent: SPCH 1318

  • COMM 2300 - Communication Research Methods

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: MATH 1310, MATH 1311, MATH 1312 or MATH 2311.
    Description
    Social science and qualitative research methods in communication: problem formation, hypothesis testing and theory building; fundamentals of measurement; research designs and approaches; data collection and analysis; and ethics in academic and professional applications.
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