Mar 29, 2024  
2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Courses


 

Human Development and Consumer Sciences

  
  • HDCS 1300 - Human Ecosystems and Technological Change

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

    Introduction to the study of human and consumer needs, values, and goals in relationship to natural, man-made, and behavioral systems within the context of dynamic technological change.

    Core Category: [81] Writing in the Disciplines
  
  • HDCS 3300 - Organizational Decisions in Technology

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

    Systems-theory approach to organizational planning and decision making in a variety of contexts.

  
  • HDCS 3301 - Consumer Science

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Analysis of consumer models and managerial process as influenced by science, technology, and consumer economics with consideration of impact on individuals and families.

  
  • HDCS 3302 - Consumer Textiles

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Analysis of textile components to predict product quality and end-use performance.

  
  • HDCS 3303 - Retailing and Consumer Science

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1303  or equivalent and MATH 1310 , or consent of instructor.

    Interdisciplinary analysis and comparison of retailing and consumer science. Psychology of consumer choice and the structure of the retailing industry.

  
  • HDCS 3304 - Visual Merchandising

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: HDCS 3303  or consent of instructor.

    Principles of design: visual merchandising, product promotions, and communication.

  
  • HDCS 3369 - Entrepreneurship

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Formerly HDCS 4369
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1304  or HDCS 1300  or TELS 3372 .

    Planning and organizing a single proprietorship with emphasis on technical assistance, marketing strategy, location, financing, legal issues, management of human resources, promotion, business records, and credit.

  
  • HDCS 4198 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 1.0
       
  
  • HDCS 4298 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • HDCS 4300 - Research Concepts in HDCS

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Research processes applicable to human development and consumer sciences.

    May be repeated up to 2 times.

    Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

  
  • HDCS 4302 - Apparel Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: HDCS 3303  or consent of instructor.

    Critical evaluation of quality levels of manufactured apparel. Issues involved in merchandising.

  
  • HDCS 4303 - Merchandising Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: HDCS 3303  or consent of instructor.

    Merchandising systems, including wholesale, retail, and allied markets. Emphasis on initiating and implementing changes within the system.

  
  • HDCS 4304 - Fashion Brand Direction

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: HDCS 4303 .

    Theory, analysis, and application of branding processes and strategies for the fashion industry.

  
  • HDCS 4370 - Technology Entrepreneurship

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: HDCS 3369  or department approval.

    Concepts and issues related to the commercialization of technology based products and services.

  
  • HDCS 4372 - Forecasting for Technology Entrepreneurship

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

    Forecasting technology and organizational change with performance models.

  
  • HDCS 4374 - Entrepreneurial E-Tailing

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

    Technology-based approaches for entrepreneurial enterprises.

  
  • HDCS 4375 - Strategies in E-Tailing

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: HDCS 4374  or department approval.

    Strategies for consumer acceptance and profitability in E-Tailing.

  
  • HDCS 4376 - Resources in Technology Entrepreneurship

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: HDCS 3369  or department approval.

    Practical approaches to resources for technology-based enterprises.

  
  • HDCS 4380 - Merchandising

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

    Mathematical, statistical, and control phases of retail buying, computing prices and markups, evaluating inventories, controlling stocks, and budgeting expenses.

  
  • HDCS 4386 - Communication Strategies for Retailing and Supply Chain

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: HDCS 3300  or consent of instructor.

    Principles and techniques of mass communication, direct marketing and media used in retailing and supply chain programs, and providing services.

  
  • HDCS 4393 - Internship in Retail and Consumer Sciences

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Retail and Consumer Science major and senior standing.

    Application of theoretical approaches to the study of the individual, family, and consumer through a supervised practicum in the student’s area of emphasis.

  
  • HDCS 4394 - Internship in Retailing and Consumer Sciences

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: HDCS major and senior standing.

    Corequisite: HDCS 4393 .

    Application of theoretical approaches to the study of the individual, family, and consumer through a supervised practicum in the student’s area of emphasis.

  
  • HDCS 4396 - Selected Topics in Human Development and Consumer Sciences

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: junior standing and permission of the department chair.

    May be repeated for a maximum of nine semester hours.

  
  • HDCS 4397 - Selected Topics in Human Development and Consumer Sciences

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

  
  • HDCS 4398 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0    Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.