Mar 28, 2024  
2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Courses


 

Accounting

  
  • ACCT 2331 - Accounting Principles 1 - Financial

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Fundamentals of financial accounting.

    TCCNS Equivalent: ACCT 2301
  
  • ACCT 2332 - Accounting Principles 2 -Managerial

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


    Prerequisite: ACCT 2331 or equivalent with grade C or better.



    Fundamentals of managerial accounting.



    TCCNS Equivalent: ACCT 2302

  
  • ACCT 3172 - Analysis of Accounting Data with Excel

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 0


    Prerequisite: ACCT 2331 or equivalent with a grade of C or better and, ACCT 2332 with a grade of C or better or concurrent enrollment in ACCT 2332



    Junior standing. Data Analysis with Excel.



  
  • ACCT 3366 - Financial Reporting Frameworks

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


    Prerequisite: sophomore standing and completion of or concurrent enrollment in ACCT 2332 .

    Introduction to GAAP and IFRS standard setting processes and frameworks. Accounting process and its application.



  
  • ACCT 3367 - Intermediate Accounting 1

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: junior standing and ACCT 3366  or equivalent with a grade of C or better.

    Accounting organizations, the conceptual framework of accounting, the accounting process, basic financial statements, and the time value of money. Financial theory and practice in accounting for assets.

  
  • ACCT 3368 - Intermediate Accounting 2

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: junior standing and ACCT 3367  with a minimum grade of C.

    Financial theory and practice in accounting for liabilities, shareholders’ equity, earnings per share, and special disclosure topics.

  
  • ACCT 3371 - Accounting Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: junior standing, ACCT 3366  or equivalent with a grade of C or better, and MIS 3300  or equivalent.

    Accounting systems, including file, program, control, and system structures.

  
  • ACCT 3377 - Cost Accounting

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


    Formerly ACCT 3337 - Management Accounting
    A review and expansion on issues associated with traditional product-costing methods and recognize the need for changing existing management accounting systems to calculate more accurate product costs and better cost information.

     

    Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

  
  • ACCT 3378 - Management Accounting

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


    Prerequisite: ACCT 3377  

    Analysis and use of cost data in planning, controlling and decision-making.

     

  
  • ACCT 3399 - Senior Honors Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
       
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair and Bauer College’s Office of Undergraduate Business Programs.

  
  • ACCT 4105 - Professional Program in Accountancy Colloquium 1

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: admission to the professional program in accountancy (PPA).

    Introduction to the business environment of professional accountants. May be repeated when topics vary.

  
  • ACCT 4106 - Professional Program in Accountancy Colloquium 2

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: admission to the professional program in accountancy (PPA) and completion of ACCT 4105 .

    Professional responsibilities of CPAs. May be repeated when topics vary.

  
  • ACCT 4107 - Oil and Gas Accounting Colloquium

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: A 2.5 GPA in accounting and completed certificate courses and concurrent enrollment in or completion of ACCT 4378.

    Introduction to the business environment of oil and gas accountants. May be repeated when topics vary.

  
  • ACCT 4108 - Internal Audit Colloquium

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 0


    Prerequisite: A 2.5 GPA in accounting and completed certificate courses and concurrent enrollment in or completion of ACCT 4375  

    Introduction to the business environment of internal audit auditors.

      May be repeated when topics vary.

  
  • ACCT 4198 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 1.0
       
    Prerequisite: junior standing and approval of department chair.

  
  • ACCT 4298 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 2.0
       
    Prerequisite: junior standing and approval of department chair.

  
  • ACCT 4330 - Advanced Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ACCT 3368  with minimum grade of C.

    Investments and consolidations, foreign currency translation, branch accounting, segmental reporting, bankruptcy, and partnerships.

  
  • ACCT 4331 - Federal Income Tax-Individual

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: junior standing.

    Taxation of individuals and property transactions.

  
  • ACCT 4332 - Corporate Taxation

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ACCT 4331

    Taxation of corporations, partnerships, estates, and trusts.

  
  • ACCT 4335 - Financial Statement Auditing

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly ACCT 4335 Auditing
    Prerequisite: junior standing, ACCT 3367  with minimum grade of C, and ACCT 3371 .

    Financial statement auditing standards and procedures, internal control, working papers, and report writing.

  
  • ACCT 4344 - Financial Statement Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ACCT 3368 .

    Basic methods and information used in analyzing financial statements and related disclosures for decision-making purposes.

  
  • ACCT 4375 - Internal Auditing and the Entity Control Environment

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: junior standing and ACCT 3367  with minimum grade of C.

    Control and auditing procedures within companies.

  
  • ACCT 4377 - Government and Nonprofit Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: junior standing and ACCT 3367.

    Principles of fund accounting, governmental budgets, program-planning-budget systems, hospital and not-for-profit accounting systems.

  
  • ACCT 4378 - Oil and Gas Accounting 1

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly ACCT 4378 Oil and Gas Accounting
    Prerequisite: junior standing and ACCT 3367  with minimum grade of C.

    Accounting for exploration, acquisition, drilling, production, and conveyances of oil and gas.

  
  • ACCT 4379 - Enterprise Risk Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: junior standing, ACCT 3367  with a minimum grade of C, and completion or concurrent enrollment in ACCT 4375 .

  
  • ACCT 4380 - Control and Security of Internal Financial Information: Theory and Practice

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: junior standing, ACCT 3367  with a minimum grade of C, and completion of concurrent enrollment in ACCT 4375 .

  
  • ACCT 4381 - Oil and Gas Accounting 2

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: junior standing and ACCT 4378 .

    Application of accounting systems for exploration, acquisition, drilling, production, and conveyances of oil and gas.

  
  • ACCT 4382 - Oil and Gas Accounting 3

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: junior standing and ACCT 4378 .

    Regulatory environment of oil and gas, including international and tax applications.

  
  • ACCT 4396 - Accounting Internship

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Formerly ACCT 4341 Accounting Internship
    Prerequisite: junior standing and prior written approval of the program director.

    Enhancement of concepts and techniques learned in the classroom through work experience directly related to the auditing or accounting profession.

    Note: Internship credit is limited to three credit hours and requires employer evaluation.
  
  • ACCT 4397 - Selected Topics in Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: junior standing and approval of department chair or program director.

    May be repeated when topics vary.

  
  • ACCT 4398 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3.0
       
    Prerequisite: junior standing and approval of department chair.

  
  • ACCT 4399 - Senior Honors Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
       
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair and Bauer College’s Office of Undergraduate Business Programs.

  
  • ACCT 5105 - Certificate in Accountancy Colloquium

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: a baccalaureate degree.

    Introduction to the business environment of professional accountants. May be repeated when topics vary.

  
  • ACCT 5330 - Advanced Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: a baccalaureate degree and ACCT 5368  or equivalent.

    Investments and consolidations, foreign currency translation, branch accounting, segmental reporting, bankruptcy, and partnerships.

  
  • ACCT 5331 - Federal Income Tax - Individual

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: a baccalaureate degree.

    Taxation of individuals and property transactions.

  
  • ACCT 5332 - Corporate Taxation

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: a baccalaureate degree and ACCT 5331  or equivalent.

    Taxation of corporations, partnerships, estates and trusts.

  
  • ACCT 5335 - Financial Statement Auditing

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly ACCT 5335 Auditing
    Prerequisite: a baccalaureate degree and ACCT 5367  and ACCT 5371 .

    Financial statement auditing standards and procedures, internal control, working papers and report writing.

  
  • ACCT 5337 - Management Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: a baccalaureate degree and ACCT 2332  or equivalent.

    Cost accounting, including standard costing, information for managerial planning and control, and information for special decisions.

  
  • ACCT 5367 - Intermediate Accounting 1

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: a baccalaureate degree and ACCT 2331  or equivalent.

    Accounting organizations, the conceptual framework of accounting, the accounting process, basic financial statements, and the time value of money. Financial theory and practice in accounting for assets, liabilities and equity.

  
  • ACCT 5368 - Intermediate Accounting 2

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: a baccalaureate degree and ACCT 5367  or equivalent.

    Financial theory and practice in accounting for earnings per share, investments, revenue, leases, pensions, deferred taxes and accounting changes.

  
  • ACCT 5371 - Accounting Information Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: a baccalaureate degree and ACCT 2331  or equivalent.

    Accounting systems, including file, program, control, and system structures.

  
  • ACCT 5375 - Internal Auditing and the Entity Control Environment

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: a baccalaureate degree and ACCT 5367  or equivalent.

    Control and auditing procedures within companies.

  
  • ACCT 5376 - Advanced Financial Statement Auditing

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: a baccalaureate degree and ACCT 5335 or equivalent

    Current issues in auditing. Emphasis on practical applications

  
  • ACCT 5377 - Government and Nonprofit Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: a baccalaureate degree and ACCT 2331  or equivalent.

    Principles of fund accounting, governmental budgets, program-planning-budget systems, hospital and not-for-profit accounting systems.

  
  • ACCT 5378 - Control and Security of Internal Financial Information: Theory and Practice

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: a baccalaureate degree, ACCT 5367  or equivalent, and completion or concurrent enrollment in  ACCT 5375 .

    Policies, practices, and systems for security of financial information in business.

  
  • ACCT 5379 - Enterprise Risk Management

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: a baccalaureate degree, ACCT 5367  or equivalent, and completion or concurrent enrollment in ACCT 5375 .

    An examination of the risks, controls, and assurance services in business organizations.

  
  • ACCT 5380 - Oil and Gas Accounting 1

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: a baccalaureate degree, ACCT 5367  or equivalent.

    Accounting for exploration, acquisition, drilling, production, and conveyances of oil and gas.

  
  • ACCT 5381 - Oil and Gas Accounting 2

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: a baccalaureate degree, ACCT 5380  or equivalent.

    Application of accounting systems for exploration, acquisition, drilling, production, and conveyances of oil and gas.

  
  • ACCT 5382 - Oil and Gas Accounting 3

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: a baccalaureate degree, ACCT 5380  or equivalent.

    Regulatory environment of oil and gas, including international and tax applications.

  
  • ACCT 5397 - Selected Topics in Accounting

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: a baccalaureate degree and ACCT 2331  or equivalent.

    May be repeated when topics vary.


African American Studies

  
  • AAS 1310 - Introduction to Africana Culture

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Survey of Africana culture in Americas and throughout the world by examining its origins and development from an African-centered point of reference.

  
  • AAS 2320 - Introduction to African American Studies

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1303 .

    An introductory analysis of the discipline of African American/Africana Studies, its mission, key theories and major concerns.

    Core Category: [40] Language, Philosophy, & Culture
  
  • AAS 2322 - Introduction to African Religions and Philosophy

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Traditional African religions and philosophy.

  
  • AAS 2330 - Black Liberation Theology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 .

    This course will examine, compare and contrast the theologies and resulting programmatic actions taken by persons espousing Black Liberation Theology.

    Core Category: [40] Language, Philosophy, & Culture
  
  • AAS 3301 - Hip Hop History and Culture

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Hip Hop as a cultural phenomena, expression, and experience for African American people.

  
  • AAS 3307 - African Spiritual Transformation in the Social Sciences

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: AAS 2320  and AAS 2322 .

    Cultural world views that shape perceptions, thoughts, feelings, behavior, and thus human experience of Africana phenomena. Emphasizing Africana culture, this course will use social science data to investigate the epistemological aspects of critical analysis, communal self-reflection and introspection of the human experience.

  
  • AAS 3310 - African American Experience through Theatre

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: AAS 2320  or consent of instructor.

    Critical analysis and issues relevant to contemporary works of African-American playwrights in historical and sociological contexts.

  
  • AAS 3330 - African American Studies Oral History and Field Research

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: AAS 2320  and AAS 3379  or consent of instructor.

    Development of oral history as a discipline and its use in developing sources for African American and Africans history. Practical training in oral interviewing techniques through field work.

  
  • AAS 3340 - Seminar in African American Sociolinguistics

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: AAS 2320  or consent of instructor.

    Significant theories and arguments concerning the genesis, maintenance, and social function of African American English. Changing and diverse character of the African American speech community as described by dialectologists, sociolinguists, and Creologists.

  
  • AAS 3345 - History of Black Education

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: AAS 2320 or consent of instructor.

    Introduction to African American Studies. Study of the contributions of African Americans to making of America and relevant contributions to black education, including essays, monographs, anthologies, journals and other writings of individuals such as Booker T. Washington, W.E.B . Du Bois and Carter G. Woodson. Additional focus on pivotal events that unmade and reshaped American society and African American education such as Brown vs. The Board of Education, Jim Crow Laws, No Child Left Behind and the School to Prison Pipeline.

  
  • AAS 3348 - African Americans and the Law

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: AAS 2320 .

    Historical and contemporary analyses of American laws and constitutional decisions affecting African Americans from slavery to the present.

  
  • AAS 3350 - Slavery and Race Relations in the African Diaspora

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: AAS 2320  or consent of instructor.

    The black experience in the Americas outside of the U.S. Historical and geographical aspects of black life and race relations, both during and after slavery, contrasted with European and Native American experiences. Common themes traced using the cross-cultural approach among Africana ethnic groups.

  
  • AAS 3354 - African Nationalist Thought and Ethics in the U.S.

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: AAS 2320 .

    Various intellectual traditions and historical developments that contribute to the quest by African people to build or recover cultural sovereignty within the U.S.

  
  • AAS 3356 - Africana Thought and Philosophy

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: AAS 2320  or consent of instructor.

    Political and social philosophies which have shaped the struggle for Black liberation in the United States; strategies and ideologies such as integration, cultural assimilation, nonviolence, passive resistance, direct action, and Pan-Africanism; thoughts and ideas of Africana leadership figures throughout the global diaspora.

  
  • AAS 3366 - African American Studies Community Internship

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: AAS 2320 .

    Provides minors in African American Studies with supervised practice and educational experiences to study, express, or resolve contemporary issues impacting African and African-descended communities.

  
  • AAS 3379 - Africana Oratory

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: AAS 2320  or consent of instructor.

    Representative African and African American oratory throughout history.

  
  • AAS 4300 - African Philosophy

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: AAS 2320  or consent of instructor.

    Historical and contemporary African philosophical/theological concepts: cosmological, metaphysical, ontological, and ethical world view.

  
  • AAS 4330 - The Black Church in America

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304 , MATH 1310 , and AAS 2320  or equivalent.

    The institutional church’s role in the life of black Americans and influence in the black community.

  
  • AAS 4370 - Seminar in African American Studies

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: AAS 2320  and AAS 2322  or consent of instructor.

    Historical, intellectual, and professional foundations of African American Studies.

  
  • AAS 4373 - Black Leaders of the Twentieth Century

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: AAS 2320  or consent of instructor.

    Study of selected twentieth century African American leaders examining issues and schema of race, gender, and class. The leaders and their relationship in mass social movement.

  
  • AAS 4377 - Seminar on W.E.B. DuBois

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: AAS 2320  or consent of instructor.

    Writings and ideas of W.E.B. DuBois from an interdisciplinary perspective.

  
  • AAS 4440 - Model African Union Seminar

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: AAS 1310 , AAS 2320 , and AAS 4370  or consent of instructor.

    Historic and political process of the design and maintenance of the African Union. Requires travel to Washington, D.C. to participate in the Model African Union conference. Students to defray expenses for air travel and lodging.


Air Force Science

  
  • AFSC 1201 - Foundations of the USAF I

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Overall roles and missions of the USAF; career fields available. Emphasis on military customs and courtesies, appearance standards, core values, written and personal communication. Introduction to American military history.

  
  • AFSC 1202 - Foundations of the USAF II

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Overall roles and missions of the USAF; career fields available. Emphasis on military customs and courtesies, appearance standards, core values, written and personal communication. Introduction to American military history.

  
  • AFSC 2201 - Evolution of Air Power I

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Key historical events and milestones in the development of air power as a primary instrument of United States national security. Core values and competencies of leaders in the United States Air Force. Tenets of leadership and ethics.

  
  • AFSC 2202 - Evolution of Air Power II

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Key historical events and milestones in the development of air power as a primary instrument of United States national security. Core values and competencies of leaders in the United States Air Force. Tenets of leadership and ethics.

  
  • AFSC 3301 - Air Force Leadership Studies I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Leadership, management fundamentals, professional knowledge, Air Force personnel and evaluation systems, and leadership ethics. Case studies of Air Force leadership and management situations.

  
  • AFSC 3302 - Air Force Leadership Studies II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Leadership, management fundamentals, professional knowledge, Air Force personnel and evaluation systems, and leadership ethics. Case studies of Air Force leadership and management situations.

  
  • AFSC 3801 - Field Training

    Credit Hours: 8.0
       
    Prerequisite: AFSC 2202  or consent of department chair.

    No military obligation is associated with this course. Four week off-campus field training practicum. Introduces student to Air Force leadership. Places student in demanding and stressful leadership situations.

  
  • AFSC 4301 - National Security Affairs I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Evolution of the role of national security in a democratic society with emphasis on policy formation, competing values, and organizations. Civilian control of the military; roles of the services; functions of the Air Force Commands.

  
  • AFSC 4302 - National Security Affairs II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Evolution of the role of national security in a democratic society with emphasis on policy formation, competing values, and organizations. Civilian control of the military; roles of the services; functions of the Air Force Commands.


American Culture

  
  • AMER 3300 - The Americas: Identity, Culture, and Power

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304  and MATH 1310 .

    Introduction to the cultures and histories of the peoples of the Americas.

  
  • AMER 3390 - American Cultural Internship

    Credit Hours: 3.0
       
    Prerequisite: junior standing and consent of instructor.

    Supervised field experience through placement.

  
  • AMER 3398 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor.

    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • AMER 4300 - Senior Seminar in American Cultures

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

    Intensive study of the peoples and the cultures of the Americas including extensive writing requirements. May be repeated for credit.


American Sign Language Interpretation

  
  • ASLI 1301 - Elementary American Sign Language I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly COMD 1301
    Introduction to American Sign Language (ASL); understanding and expression of frequently used signs, basic rules of grammar and non-manual aspects of ASL.

    TCCNS Equivalent: SGNL 1301
  
  • ASLI 1302 - Elementary American Sign Language II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly COMD 1302
    Prerequisite: ASLI or equivalent.

    Continuation of Elementary ASL I (ASLI 1301 ); understanding and expression of a broader lexicon of signs, advanced grammar and non-manual aspects of ASL.

    TCCNS Equivalent: SGNL 1302
  
  • ASLI 1310 - Fingerspelling in American Sign Language

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Development of the fingerspelling and numeral system of American Sign Language. Expressive skills focus on speed, clarity, and accuracy. Receptive skills focus on whole word, phrase recognition, and comprehension.

  
  • ASLI 2301 - Intermediate American Sign Language I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly COMD 2301
    Prerequisite: ASLI 1302  or equivalent.

    Expansion on Elementary ASL I and Elementary ASL II (ASLI 1301  and ASLI 1302 ); understanding and expression of an expanded lexicon including the use of classifiers and rules for categorization.

    TCCNS Equivalent: SGNL 2301
  
  • ASLI 2302 - Intermediate American Sign Language II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly COMD 2302
    Prerequisite: ASLI 2301  or equivalent.

    Continuation of Intermediate ASL I (ASLI 2301 ); understanding expression of a wide lexicon for story telling in ASL including the use of classifiers and non-manual expression.

    TCCNS Equivalent: SGNL 2302
  
  • ASLI 2333 - Introduction to American Sign Language Interpreting

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly ASLI 3311
    Prerequisite: ASLI 1302 , placement testing into ASLI 2301 , or permission of the instructor.

    Overview of the field of American Sign Language Interpreting.

  
  • ASLI 2335 - Multiculturalism & Diversity in ASL Interpreting

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ASLI 2301  or instructor approval.

    Analysis of cultural diversity and how it impacts the work of interpreters, both linguistically and paralinguistically. Emphasis will be placed on subcultures within the Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities.

  
  • ASLI 3330 - Consecutive Interpreting and Translation

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ASLI Majors. Concurrent enrollment in ASLI 3360 required unless instructor approval obtained.

    Models of interpreting theory and the process of consecutive interpreting will be explored. Intralingual ability will be emphasized. Cognitive processing skills will be analyzed and practiced for translation skill development.

  
  • ASLI 3333 - Interactive Interpreting I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ASLI majors and ASLI 3330 .

    Theoretical strategies for interpreting simultaneously between spoken English and American Sign Language will be introduced. Intensive practice involving interlingual skills will be incorporated into course content.

  
  • ASLI 3334 - Interactive Interpreting II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ASLI majors and ASLI 3333 .

    Enhanced techniques for interlingual skill development for interpreting simultaneously between spoken English and American Sign Language.

  
  • ASLI 3360 - Advanced American Sign Language

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ASLI Majors, ASLI 2302  and COMD 3301 .  Concurrent enrollment in ASLI 3330 required unless instructor approval obtained.

    Linguistic competence is emphasized by modeling, analyzing and dissecting complex language techniques of American Sign Language including classifiers, depiction, mouth morphemes, narration, idiomatic language and description ability.

  
  • ASLI 4335 - Advanced Interpreting Techniques and Skills in ASL/English

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ASLI 3333  and ASLI 3334 . Builds on the ASL interpreting skills acquired in ASLI 3333  and ASLI 3334 .

    Increasing task demands and complex communication contexts are emphasized.

  
  • ASLI 4346 - American Sign Language Transliteration and Educational Interpreting

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ASLI major and ASLI 3334  or permission of the instructor. Interpreting in classroom settings.

    The interpreter’s role with educators, interpreting issues related to school-age students, and federal regulations related to interpreting.

  
  • ASLI 4368 - Linguistics of American Sign Language

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ASLI 3330  or permission of the instructor.

    Linguistic theories as they apply to American Sign Language. Syntax, grammar, and other linguistic elements unique to spatially/visually based languages.

  
  • ASLI 4397 - Selected Topics in American Sign Language Interpreting

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ASLI 3333  and ASLI 3334 .

    Theoretical and practical issues as well as intense practice for skill development in emerging ASL topic areas. This course may be repeated for credit.

 

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