LIBERAL STUDIES
UNDERGRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
ANTH 107 Introduction to Anthropology
3 Credits
Exploration of a variety of current perspectives in anthropology are discussed in this course with a focus on those questions anthropologists ask in seeking to understand human experience and cultural variation. The course aims to explore mankind in a multicultural ever-changing world.
ART 101- Art Appreciation
3 Credits
This is an integrated study of the arts, including painting, sculpture, landscape, cityscape, music, dance, theatre, photography, film and literature. Students are assisted in discovering that the appreciation of art is an expression of the human spirit. It examines works from various epochs, cultures and genres, noting common elements and distinctive characteristics. Audio-visual resources are commonly used, and field
trips will be arranged.
CHDE 101 Introduction to Early Childhood
3 Credits
This course provides a conceptual framework for examining roles and services in early childhood education. Includes historical, social, philosophical and ethical influences and emphasizes current trends, issues, and practices. Introduces techniques for observing children and the roles and responsibilities of the childcare worker.
CHDE 102 Growth and Development of Children
3 Credits
This course provides a conceptual framework for examining roles in early childhood education. Includes historical, social, philosophical and ethical influences and emphasizes current trends, issues, and practices. In looking at the ages and stages of children and their development.
CHDE 103 Special Needs and Development of Children
3 Credits
This course provides framework for using principles of developmentally appropriate practice to design effective learning programs for young children with special needs. Focus will include children from birth to age 6 and their families. Includes mainstreaming and inclusion strategies, curriculum planning observation, and problem solving and teamwork skills.
CHDE 104 Curriculum and Instruction
3 Credits
This course provides experience in selecting, preparing and presenting learning activities. Includes planning and implementing developmentally appropriate learning activities and a curriculum, which adapts to the needs of the children. To encourage children as active learners and provide an environment for key experiences. This includes positive interaction with adults and family participation.
CHDE 201 Cognitive Development and Application
3 Credits
This is a study of how children develop and learn from conception to middle childhood. Theory and research relating to the physical, social-personal and cognitive development of children and the role of the family are emphasized. Approaches will be provided for observing, recording and interpreting the behavior of children who are developing normally and those with special needs. The learning process is seen as an interaction between the goal-oriented actions of the learner and the environmental realities that affect those actions. Children construct their own models of reality, which develop over time in response to new experiences and exposure to other viewpoints.
CHDE 202 Infant and Child Health, Safety, and Nutrition
3 Credits
This course provides a holistic approach to three topics-nutrition, health, and safety—that are in order to provide the best environment for optimal growth and development of children. Strategies for maintaining a healthy child environment are covered. Indoor and outdoor safety topics are examined. What is necessary to provide nutritional balance and vital exercise is addressed. Throughout the course the interrelationship of these areas on the well being of children is stressed. Contextual influences of family, day-care, and culture are integrated at appropriate times throughout the course. The course focuses throughout on development stages and sequences.
CHDE 203 Child Development Classroom Management
3 Credits
Introduction of the basic theories, techniques and skills necessary to successfully manage groups of diverse children. The study and application of effective individual and group management techniques based upon behavioral, cognitive, environmental and developmental theories. Special emphasis is placed on developing supportive learning environment to promote self-esteem and self-control. Study will include general operations of classroom to include planning and work assignments.
CHDE 204 Multicultural Education
3 Credits
Designed to introduce the theories and dynamics of the influence of culture on child development. Ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity in education is explored. A global perspective is encouraged and training in cultural skills, sensitivity, and responsiveness to different economic, social, racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds are promoted.
CHDE 205 Professional Development
3 Credits
This course is designed to help students gain knowledge about effective strategies for professional development within the early childhood, school age and early intervention fields. Specific topics include professional identity and roles, methods of collaboration to achieve individual and organizational change, current child and family policy issues, and leadership skills. Students will demonstrate knowledge of these competency areas and the value of lifelong learning within one’s profession through action plans and portfolio development.
CHDE 206 Child Development Practicum
3 Credits
Students are assigned to Day Care, school, and/or Head Start centers that are exemplary and accredited to provide additional real-life, real time experiences. This exposure will enhance their academic studies and observations. Students spend time under supervision, working with preschool or school-age children in school or day care programs.
CHDE 210 Special Topics in Child Development
3 Credits
Series of seminars, the topics will vary and will cover developing concepts, theories and best practices, lab work and portfolio development, guided reading and discussions; observation and direct involvement in a child care, school-age or early childhood educational facility.
CHDE 212 Literature for Children
3 Credits
Acquaints students with various forms of children’s literature. Develops ability to select quality books that are age appropriate. Students will learn techniques for reading and telling stories. Covers language development and activities ages 0-8. To include preschool, school-age and after school type programs.
CHDE 214 Introduction to Education Technology
3 Credits
This course introduces the topics of computer and related technology as this technology applies to education. The focus is on modern technology as an important educational tool. The role of the computer in the curriculum and technologies for improving instruction-using technology will be explored.
CHDE 301 Movement and Music for Children
3 Credits
Activities related to the development of young children including gross motor, perceptual motor and creative movement as well as activities that will stimulate rhythm, singing and listening skills. To include following directions and memory development techniques.
CHDE 302 School Age Child Care
3 Credits
This course will focus on the developmental expectations and activities relating to the school age child in before and after school care. Legal issues, community resources, parent involvement, nutrition and health care. Administrative procedures will be a part of the course including lesson planning and curriculum.
CHDE 303 Principles of Preschool Education
3 Credits
Methods and Materials for Infant and Toddler Care-Acquaints prospective teachers or care-givers of infant and toddlers with ways they play and learn at specific development levels; development of appropriate materials and activities for physical motor, social-emotional and cognitive development; emphasis on adult behaviors with enhance development and learning for infants and toddlers.
CHDE 306 Creative Activities for Children
3 Credits
Activity Programming – Recreational and creative activities as factors, which change patterns of behavior in children. Designed to introduce the student to a basic understanding of the benefits of play and recreation for school-age children. Provide students with the basic skills to plan and implement developmentally appropriate activities for school-age children and adolescents.
CHDE 307 Parent-Teacher Interactions
3 Credits
This course will assist preschool and school-age teachers in developing skills that will help them effectively relate to peers. Topics will include parent/child and parent/teacher communication techniques. Additional units will include children’s fears, discipline, nutrition, parent meetings, group management, parent involvement, parent education and school and community resources.
CHDE 308 Growth and Development of Children II
3 Credits
This course will focus on the study of the characteristics of growth and development of young children ages three to eight. Guided observations in a child development center as a basis for understanding children and oneself.
Prerequisite: CHDE 102
CHDE 309 Childhood Learning Models
3 Credits
This course provides the theoretical and practical framework of how children. Age appropriate methods of teaching, process education through exposure to appropriate materials and procedures, and child-centered curriculum are emphasized.
CHDE 310 Infant and Toddler Development
3 Credits
Presents an in-depth review of the pattern of movement or change that begins at conception through birth, through infancy (1-12 months), and, finally through toddler hood (13-24 months). The course will identify and describe normative (most typical) stages and sequences of growth and development in the following areas: physical, motor, sensory, perceptual, emotional, personality, cognitive, language, and attachment. What is known about parental and teaching practices that facilitate health growth and development in infants and toddlers will be addressed.
CHDE 312 Activities for Special Individuals
3 Credits
Students will study the development of the Exceptional Child – study of children whose development does not follow normal patterns; problems of identification, diagnosis and potential assessment. In addition, it will cover the background and current status of the field, an overview of the characteristics of normal versus at-risk and special needs population of infants and toddlers, preschool and school-age, and theoretical models and strategies of early intervention, including Individualized Family Service (IFS) planning and team building.
Prerequisite: CHDE 103
CHDE 313 Cognitive Activities for Children
3 Credits
This course is a study of experiences with materials, techniques, and resources for developing the young child’s awareness of science and pre-math concepts. Study of young children’s thinking in the areas of mathematics and science. Basic information about math and science concepts applying developmentally appropriate practices with young children will also be incorporated into the course.
Prerequisite: CHDE 201
CHDE 314 Stimulation of Learning
3 Credits
A course dealing with the stimulation of observation, and problems solving in the young child. Material geared toward curriculum concerns and curriculum building for pre-school programs.
CHDE 315 Equipment and Materials
3 Credits
A survey course dealing with the elements of the preschool classroom and the out-door play area fore the preschool child. Includes the relationship between program goals and the choice and arrangement of materials.
CHDE 316 Play and the Young Child
3 Credits
Designed to introduce the student to a basic understanding of the benefits of play and recreation for school-age children. Provide students with the basic skills to plan and implement developmentally appropriate activities for school-age children and adolescents.
CHDE 317 Child and Society
3 Credits
Introduction to sociology of child development emphasizing role of the family, schools, and other social agents in the socialization process. Topics include effects of television, divorce and child abuse. This course will help students to establish and maintain positive and productive working relationships with families within the context of the urban community to benefit the well being of the growing child.
Prerequisite: CHDE 105
CHDE 318 Child Psychology
3 Credits
Presents an overview of this scientific field which traces the growing child’s development from the embryonic stage into adolescence. The course describes the many factors that affect children’s development, as well as how researchers go about identifying them. The lectures and readings have a major developmental focus, addressing changes in behavior and abilities that occur as development proceeds. The contextual influences of family, school, and culture are integrated into appropriate area throughout the course. The course includes lectures, discussion, class team work and student preparation of topical papers and oral presentations and quizzes.
CHDE 319 Social Development
3 Credits
Student will learn to provide an atmosphere to help children enjoy playing, working and dealing with problems children have in-group situations. This course/module focuses on multicultural issues such as intercultural communication, dual socialization, cultural embeddedness, language proficiency, teaching practices, and the influence of one’s one culture on behavior.
CHDE 322 Child Develop Laboratory
3 Credits
Students will have observation and experience in an approved child care center. Students will observe, participate, teach, and engage in extra-class activities with 3-5 year-old children or school-age. Peer teaching and classroom field experience in approved site are included.
CHDE 323 Curriculum Models
3 Credits
Focus is on curriculum planning and content, as well as on materials and resources appropriate to the field. Some attention is given to computer applications and to classroom diversity. Students receive instruction in teaching strategies, models and materials. They produce lessons and materials and use them during an extensive field experience in approved site.
CHDE 324 Assessment of Individual Children
3 Credits
This course introduces child assessment materials and their use. Student observation skills will be developed as well as assessment and devolution interpretation. To include post assessment and lesson planning using IEP.
CHDE 401 Administration in Child Care
3 Credits
This course is designed to familiarize students with basic values, structure, organization and programming of group care facilities that are required for child care and early childhood programs. The operations of the child care facility including staff relations, budgeting, ordering, planning and evaluation of center operation and record keeping.
Prerequisite: CHDE 203
CHDE 402 Management of Child Care Centers
3 Credits
Emphasis on method of organizing and operating childcare centers will be the major focus of this course. Legal regulations, equipment selection, community relations and resources and employment procedures will be discussed.
CHDE 403 Planning and Scheduling Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Programs for Young Children
3 Credits
Scheduling to meet the needs of children is a major focus in this course. Students will learn how their scheduling can be tempered by weather, energy levels, emergencies, attention span and other variables.
CHDE 404 Introduction to the Exceptional Learner
3 Credits
This course provides an understanding of the exceptional learner and of the rapidly changing field of special education. Topics include special education categories and terminology, current issues and laws, alternative programs designs for meeting exceptional needs (mainstreaming, integration, and inclusion), the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and assessment, school responsibilities, parent rights, the role of the regular teacher and the special education, the origin and nature of exceptionalities, and instructional strategies for the exceptional learner. Observation is required in appropriate school settings.
CHDE 405 Supervision of the Exceptional Child
3 Credits
Techniques in handling and communicating with the deaf, blind, developmentally delayed, and physically handicapped child. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.
Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent enrollment in Child Development 205.
CHDE 406 Observation and Management of Child Behavior
3 Credits
Theory and practice of techniques for observing and recording child behavior leading to an understanding of the individual child and developmentally appropriate positive methods of guiding behavior. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline are part of the course.
Prerequisite: Child Development 101 or consent of department chairperson.
CHDE 407 Principles and Practice of School-Age Programs
3 Credits
For students currently employed or preparing to work in child care settings. Designed to introduce the student to the principles of developmentally appropriate practice in a school-age group setting. The student will review the developmental stages of school-age children in the social, emotional, physical and cognitive domains and apply these principles to the design and establishment of the physical environment, program scheduling, health and safety practices and group management. Techniques for parental involvement will be included. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.
Prerequisite: Placement test and Grade of C or better in Child Development …
CHDE 408 Administration and Supervision of Preschool Centers
3 Credits
For those with experience as teachers or directors of nursery schools or day care centers who wish to improve their skills in administration and supervision. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course.
CHDE 425 Child Development Internship
3 Credits
This course places the student in an institution that matches his or her interest area, such as interning in a teaching or management capacity. Thirty hours of clinical experience is required. Supervised practical experience is the goal of the internship experience. At least four class meetings are a required component of this course. Consent of Program Coordinator required.
COMM 204 Oral Communications
3 Credits
This course develops proficiency and builds confidence for oral participation in social, public, academic and business setting. It teaches public speaking skills, including topic selection, audience analysis, planning, research, organization, reasoned persuasion, effective delivery, and the use of visual aids. Students learn to give prepared speeches - narrative, informative, and persuasive. In addition to practicing prepared speeches, students are given instruction in improving listening, observation, and feedback skills. Summary writing and outlining skills are also emphasized.
COMM 205 Interpersonal Communications
3 Credits
Knowledge of interpersonal communication is an essential ingredient in effecting good relationships. The course focuses on understanding the process of human communication as a dynamic system of
interactions, shaped by both relational and social contexts. The course is designed to be experiential, thus, it stresses the importance of applying relevant aspects of human communication theory to case study situations as well as to a variety of didactic and small group situations. It surveys the human elements in communication with a focus on skills in self-assertion, listening, nonverbal communication, social perception, and relationships to self and others.
COMM 300 Special Topics in Communication Arts
3 Credits
Courses vary depending on student interest and faculty availability. Topics may include specialized writing courses and ‘great speeches of the world’. Prerequisites listed in the schedule with the title of the course offering. The course may be repeated for credit provided the topic differs.
Prerequisite: Junior status.
ENGL 001 Basic Reading and Grammar
This course in Reading Comprehension and Grammar is designed to improve reading for comprehension, to distinguish major and minor ideas, to summarize concepts and text themes, and to build vocabulary. Also, students will review basic grammar, sentence structure and punctuation. Reading skills will be developed through analysis of short essays and novels. (No academic credit)
ENGL 002 Basic Writing
This course in Basic Writing will review basic grammar, sentence structure and punctuation, but emphasis will be placed on paragraph development and the short essay. Reading skills will be developed through analysis of short essays and novels. (No academic credit)
ENGL 100 English Fundamentals
3 Credits
Basic grammar, reading and writing are studied in a(n) holistic approach to understanding and applying the fundamental principles of English. This course will provide the foundation for students who desire some support in the above areas as they pursue College level studies.
ENGL 101 Composition I
3 Credits
Students receive extensive practice in planning, writing and editing compositions in a variety of ways (e.g., narration, description, definition, division, comparison, contrast, cause/effect, process). Attention will be given to the characteristics of effective writing, sentence variety, and clear, concise. Course will also review
standard English grammar, punctuation, and proper manuscript format. In this course, students will be expected to produce papers on a word processor.
Prerequisite: A passing score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), the University Placement Test, or ENGL 100.
ENGL 102 Composition II
3 Credits
This course introduces the principles of inductive and deductive reasoning, argumentation, rhetoric, and literary and linguistic analysis. Students will receive instruction in formulating hypotheses, brainstorming, conducting basic library research (including data searches using various electronic media), analyzing data from multiple sources, constructing an outline, drafting, revising and documenting sources. Students will develop and complete a major research project and will have the opportunity investigate economic, political, social, and cultural issues relevant to their fields of study. Use of a word processor is required.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101
ENGL 302 Research Skills
3 Credits
This capstone required course reviews basic writing and research skills, emphasizing standard documentation methods. A student will write a major paper in the student's major field of study, utilizing library. On-line and other resources relevant to the student's field.
Prerequisite: ENGL 102
ENGL 314 Report Writing and Business Communication
3 Credits
This course advances writing skills with special attention to those most commonly used in business, industry and government. Further, it reviews standards of managerial correspondence and techniques for `preparing reports. Individualized instruction for professional needs in both the United States and abroad will be addressed.
Prerequisite: ENGL 102
ENGL 412 Drama and Theatre
3 Credits
Students will gain exposure to celebrated dramatic works. They will study various theatrical conventions and devices. Students will engage in the use of written critiques, class discussion and special projects.
Prerequisites: ENGL 102
ESL 110 Basic Speaking and Listening
0 Credits
In this course students will practice and develop listening and speaking skills. In addition, students will have an introduction to American life and culture by reading American publications, listening to American radio and watching American television. This course helps prepare the student for further formal academic training.
ESL 111 Beginning Speaking and Reading
0 Credits
Students will practice pronunciation in American English, strengthen their conversation skills, listening ability and learn techniques of note taking.
ESL 112 Composition and Grammar
0 Credits
Focus on improving composition skills, at the sentence, paragraph and essay levels. Students will study and practice grammatical structures, from the basic to the complex.
GEOG 301 Cultural Geography
3 Credits
This course will study dynamic cultural processes and patterns worldwide, such as the distribution and
diffusion of people, their religions, their customs, and their economic means. In addition, cultural geography
examines how people relate to one another as well as how people interact with their environment, including
agriculture and settlement patterns.
GOVT 102 US Government
3 Credits
Focus in this course will be on the structure, operation and process of national, state, and local government. The Constitution will be studied. Public policy, political parties and citizen involvement with government will be discussed. The course may include on-site observation of some particular aspect of government.
HIST 101 US History
3 Credits
The political, economic, intellectual and social developments of the United States will be studied. All course work will be inclusive, focusing on a broad group of those who made lasting contributions to history. Emphasis will be placed on identifying the linkage between past events and current issues.
HUMN 205 World Civilization I
3 Credits
This course focuses on the study of the diverse cultural history of Western, African, Middle Eastern and Asian civilizations from their beginnings to 1500. Topics include politics, economics, aesthetics, and the history of ideas.
HUMN 206 World Civilization II
3 Credits
A continuation of World Civilizations I. Covers topics from 1500 to the present.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101.
HUMN 208 World Literature I
3 Credits
World Literature I and II are concerned with the study of literary masterpieces of the Western and non-Western world. Through written analyses and discussions, students formulate their own interpretations of these classic texts and ponder issues that arise. The process develops critical thinking skills, historical and multicultural awareness, and aesthetic appreciation. HUMN 208: Antiquity to the Sixteenth Century. Prerequisite: ENGL 102
HUMN 209 World Literature II
3 Credits
The Seventeenth Century to the Present
Prerequisite: HUMN 208
HUMN 210 American Literature
3 Credits
This course discusses highlights of the American literary heritage, including poems, short stories, plays, essays, speeches and other literary works. Students develop critical thinking skills, historical and multicultural awareness, and aesthetic appreciation. Written critiques and class discussion will be required.
Prerequisite: ENGL 102
HUMN 300 Special Topics in the Humanities
3 Credits
Courses vary depending on student interest and faculty availability. Possible topics may include courses in various literary genres, courses in various genres of the performing arts and great thinkers of the world.
Prerequisite: ENGL 102
HUMN 302 Experiencing the Arts
3 Credits
This course involves students in the creative processes by giving them an opportunity to practice an art form. Actual topics will vary. Courses may be offered in various art forms such as drawing and sketching, painting, dance, music, poetry, the short story.
Prerequisite: ART 101
HUMN 303 Professional Ethics
3 Credits
Ethical problems common to the professional world will be examined. Lectures and assignments provide for the study of the relationship between free enterprise and social justice and the study of the ethics manifested in different issues throughout our society. Topics include the ethics of advertising, and individual and corporate responsibility.
HUMN 304 American Art and Society
3 Credits
This course is a study of the interrelationship between American Art and Society, providing a comprehensive view of America's rich cultural life from the colonial days to the present.
Prerequisite: ART 101
HUMN 401 World Religions, Myths, and Spiritual Symbols
3 Credits
This course studies the underlying spiritual meaning and significance encountered in symbols, myths, and religions. Included are a study of such major religions as Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. This humanities course offers an integrative approach to philosophical and religious world views in relation to such questions as the origin of all things, the limits of knowledge, and the role and responsibilities of the individual. It also examines the philosophical and religious views of the great thinkers throughout history.
Prerequisites: ENGL 102, PHIL 202
HUMN 402 Science, Technology and Society in a Changing World
3 Credits
This study is ultimately an exploration of our humanity. Within a humanistic perspective, this course examines the ways in which our ideas and hence our society and culture change as new discoveries and developments in science and technology become part of our expanding knowledge of the world and universe. From this humanistic approach to studying science and technology, students will understand that the human being, in the continuous quest to understand life, has adapted his or her own character. The course will explore some of the major developments in the history of science and technology, focusing on how they changed our understanding of our world. Prerequisite: ENGL 102
HUMN 405 Comparative Political and Economic Systems
3 Credits
This course offers a comparative analysis of political and economic systems. One theme will be the range of differences of formation of states from which the modern states and in the societies developed. Another theme will be the ways in which the changing nature of the international system created modern states and national economies that are similar and different. The student should see that all states, even the most powerful such as the United States, are affected by influences originating outside their borders.
Prerequisite: ENGL 102
MUSC 101 Music Appreciation
3 Credits
This course is designed to explore various types, styles, periods and national origins of music. Its aim is to demonstrate the universality of music and to foster standards that lead to an aesthetic appreciation. While there will be very little time to establish a solid foundation of historical periods and styles, the object is to introduce the student to many different kinds of music and to the important artists and the roles played by traditions, politics, and social customs. No previous knowledge of music or performance of music is required.
ORTN 101
1 Credit
This course in Orientation focuses on the development of skills that enhance academic success – time planning and management and goal setting. Topics will include study strategies, choosing a major, career planning, and college policies and procedures. Students will build oral communication skills by working in small groups and by making an individual presentation.
PHIL 103 Introduction to Philosophy
3 Credits
Students will engage in the Analysis of the nature and meaning of the human condition. The course includes epistemology (the study of truth and knowledge), metaphysics (the study of existence and reality) and ethics. Students will tackle major philosophical questions, such as the mind-body problem, knowledge vs. skepticism, free will vs. determinism, the existence of God, and the foundations of morality. Explores both Western and Eastern approaches, and incorporates perspectives from religion, anthropology, and the social and natural sciences. Extensive reading, writing and discussion is required. The reading will include a variety of sources ranging from Plato to contemporary philosophers.
Prerequisite: ENGL 102
PHIL 202 Introduction to Logic
3 Credits
This course Introduces students to basic principals and techniques of symbolic logic and categorical reasoning. Strong emphasis will be on practical argumentation in everyday life, including critiques of argumentation and use of argument in speaking and writing. Differences in valid and sound reasoning will be explored.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101
PHIL 301 The Roots of Power: A History of Political Philosophy
3 Credits
Students will survey the principal political thinkers who have influenced antiquity and the modern and post-modern world, including Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Burke, Mill, Rousseau, Jefferson, Madison, Marx, Kant, Nietzsche, Sartre and Fanon. Students will conduct primary research work based on the works of one or more of the philosophers studied. The format may be a conventional research paper or other special project prepared in consultation with the professor.
Prerequisite: PHIL 202.
PSYC 103 Introduction to Psychology
3 Credits
Personality and the individual form the central core of psychology. The nature and methods of dealing with behavior, perception, learning, emotions, feeling motivation, thinking, human development and deviance will be studied. Theories, concepts, and works by well-known contributors to the field will be discussed. Some examples are Sigmund Freud, William Sheldon, Carl Jung, Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Alfred Adler and B.F. Skinner.
SCNC 106 Introduction to Science
3 Credits
This course explores the fundamental characteristics of living matter from the molecular level to the ecological community, with emphasis on general biological principles. Students will explore a series of current issues.
SCNC 107 Introduction to Science (Geology)
3 Credits
An overview of the elements of physical geology, historical geology, mineralogy, meteorology, cartography, climatology, oceanography, and astronomy will be analyzed Fundamental concepts of physics and chemistry and the underlying scientific laws will be discussed. Emphasis is on providing the non-scientist with comprehensive knowledge of the basics in each of the fields covered.
SCNC 108 Environmental Science
3 Credits
This presents an overview of the elements of ecosystems, conservation of natural resources, human environment (past, present and future), and research and practices to meet threats to the environment. Topics covered will emphasize transnational environmental issues including global warning, ozone, species extinction, human population growth and world food production.
SCNC 300 Special topics in the Natural Sciences
3 Credits
Courses vary depending on student interest and faculty availability.
SOSC 105 Introduction to Sociology
3 Credits
This course assists students in understanding concepts of social interaction, cultural institutions,
bureaucracies, collective behavior, social change, socialization and the nature of sociological research. Strong emphasis will be placed on ‘doing sociology.
SOSC 200 Sociology of Work and Career Development
3 Credits
Students are assisted in identifying their marketable skills and aptitudes, developing strategies for successful employment searches and analyzing labor market needs. Effective human relations techniques and communication skills are addressed. Specific experience in writing resumes,
completing applications and creating appropriate letters of applications will be provided.
SOSC 300 Special Topics in the Social Sciences
3 Credits
This course comprises study in particular topics which vary from year to year. May be repeated if topics vary.
SOSC 309 International Relations
3 Credits
This course focuses on the historical and scientific basis for relationships existing among nations. Students will examine nation states and national interests, multinational corporations, international government and non-government organizations. Select current issues in international relations will be discussed. Guest speakers, experts in the field and other available resources may be utilized to provide a fuller and more diverse perspective on the ever changing nature of international relations.
Prerequisite: ENGL 102
SPAN 101 Spanish I
3 Credits
Introduction to the basic elements of Spanish that will enable the student to develop communicative skills and a fundamental knowledge of other people, their language and their culture will be discussed in this course.
SPAN 102 Spanish II
3 Credits
Spanish 102 is a continuation to the basic elements of Spanish that will enable the student to develop communicative language skills and a fundamental knowledge of other people, their language, and their culture.
LIBERAL STUDIES
GRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
ENGL 500 Technical Writing and Research Methods 3 Credits
This course is a practicum in both oral and written communication skills necessary to perform effectively as managers in either the private or the public sectors. The course emphasizes problem-solving techniques and hands-on writing in such real world genres as business plans, management reports, research reports, work statements, manuals, technical and management proposals, and grants writing as well as computer-mediated communication. The students work both individually and in teams to develop written documents and make oral presentations.
ESL 550 Advanced Language Workshop
0 Credits
The advanced Language Workshop is designed to enhance skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing to better enable students to engage in graduate studies. Students will be encouraged to read and write material in their academic area(s) of interest. Opportunities to increase students understanding of American Culture by reading about and discussing topics such as American subcultures, movies, television and interesting places in Washington, D.C.
INTS 590, 591 Graduate Internship Program
3 Credits
The student needs his or her Department chair's approval for an internship. Students may register for a 3 credit hour degree-related internship program in any one term after completing 2 terms of college credit work with a GPA of 3.0 or better. Internships must be conducted at sites approved by the University. For more information, contact Career Services. International students must apply for Curricular Practical Training to complete an internship.
ORNT 500
0 Credit
This course in Orientation focuses on the development of skills that enhance academic success – time planning and management and goal setting. Topics will include study strategies, choosing a major, career planning, and college policies and procedures. Students will build oral communication skills by working in small groups and by making an individual presentation.
