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CHEM 325 - Analytical Chemistry I
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 3
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: CHEM 231
Description: An introduction to the principles of analytical chemistry, including gravimetric, volumetric, and basic instrumental analysis. Special emphasis is placed on both perfecting the student’s laboratory technique and on the application of general chemical knowledge through problem solving.
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CHEM 332 - Organic Chemistry II
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 4
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: CHEM 231
Description: A continuation of Organic Chemistry I, with an introduction to spectroscopic techniques. Laboratory work emphasizes the synthesis of representative compounds.
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CHEM 341 - Physical Chemistry I
Class Hours: 4
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: PHYS 112 or PHYS 132 ; MATH 126 ; grade of “C” or better in CHEM 112 or CHEM 114
Description: Foundations of chemical thermodynamics, equilibria, kinetics, quantum mechanics, and spectroscopy.
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CHEM 343 - Physical Chemistry Laboratory I
Class Hours: 0
Lab/Discussion: 3
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: CHEM 341 (may be taken concurrently)
Description: Experiments illustrating application of fundamental laws to actual systems.
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CHEM 351 - Biochemistry
Class Hours: 4
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: CHEM 231
Description: A study of chemistry and biological functions of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, minerals, vitamins, and hormones.
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CHEM 390 - Chemistry Seminar II
Class Hours: 1
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: CHEM 290 or CHEM 332 or instructor permission
Description: Presents the skills necessary to design research proposals, to search for and apply to pre- and post-degree external academic research experiences and workplace opportunities, and to understand their roles and expectations for ethical research and publications.
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CHEM 401 - Advanced Chemistry Lab
Class Hours: 2
Lab/Discussion: 6
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: CHEM 332 or instructor permission
Description: Application and analysis of advanced laboratory techniques for chemistry majors. Topics will be taken from across chemistry, and students will use techniques such as synthesis, physical characterization, computation, spectroscopy and electrochemistry to gain experience with a wide spectrum of chemical techniques. An in-depth project is included in this course.
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CHEM 411 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Class Hours: 2
Lab/Discussion: 3
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: CHEM 314 , CHEM 341
Description: Discussion of advanced theories of atomic structure, chemical bonding, acids and bases, coordination compounds, and selected topics. In the laboratory portion, techniques used in the synthesis and characterization of inorganic compounds are explored.
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CHEM 426 - Advanced Analytical Chemistry
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: CHEM 325
Description: A more detailed examination of the principles of analytical chemistry. Student learns theoretical and practical aspects of sampling, data acquisition, and spectroscopic, electrochemical, chromatographic, thermal, mass spectrometric, and affinity methods of analysis.
Previously Offered As: CHEM 326
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CHEM 431 - Organic Molecular Structure Determination
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: CHEM 231 -CHEM 332 (CHEM 332 may be taken concurrently)
Description: Examines modern and advanced methods of elucidation of the structures of organic molecules, including NMR, MS, and IR. Discusses the fundamental physical and chemical principles of each method. Focuses on structure determination by interpretation of data (spectra), either individually or combined. Emphasizes structure determination as currently applied in the chemical industry.
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CHEM 435 - Current Topics in Organic Chemistry
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: CHEM 332 and CHEM 341
Description: Selected topics of current interest covered. Possible topics include reaction mechanisms, molecular spectroscopy, stereochemistry, natural products, heterocyclics, polymer chemistry, and organic synthesis.
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CHEM 442 - Advanced Physical Chemistry
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: CHEM 341 , MATH 225 (may be taken concurrently)
Description: Indepth exploration and applications of chemical thermodynamics, equilibria, kinetics, quantum mechanics, and spectroscopy.
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CHEM 444 - Advanced Physical Chemistry Laboratory
Class Hours: 0
Lab/Discussion: 3
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: CHEM 343 ; must be taken after or concurrent with CHEM 442
Description: An extension of CHEM 343 ; experiments related to chemical kinetics, molecular spectroscopy, and other topics of physical chemistry.
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CHEM 450 - Industrial Chemistry
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: CHEM 112 or CHEM 114 or instructor approval
Description: Introduces industrial chemistry. Explores unit operations, unit processes, equipment in the chemical industry, diagrams for understanding chemical processes, fundamentals of material and thermal/heat balance, principles of process design, and separation processes design. Examines organic and inorganic manufacturing processes.
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CHEM 460 - Chemistry and Physics of Materials
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: CHEM 112 or CHEM 114 and PHYS 112 or PHYS 132
Description: Provides unified treatment of materials. Emphasizes physical and chemical origins of material properties. Multidisciplinary approach using chemistry, physics, and geoscience to study bonding and crystal chemistry. An interdisciplinary approach to the study of material phenomena involving electronic devices, energy storage, second harmonic generation, superconductivity, and others.
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CHEM 461 - Modern Diffraction
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: CHEM 112 or CHEM 114 and PHYS 112 or PHYS 132
Description: Investigates advances in crystallography and its applications to modern science. Emphasizes powder diffraction, including Rietveld analysis. Develops proficiency in data collection, phase analysis, and structure refinement and shows how crystallographic science can address scientific problems.
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CHEM 481 - Special Topics
Class Hours: var
Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite: As appropriate to course content
Description: Offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore topics not included in the established curriculum. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times. Special topics numbered 481 are primarily for upper-level undergraduate students.
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CHEM 490 - Chemistry Senior Seminar
Class Hours: 1
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: CHEM 390
Description: A discussion of recent trends in chemical thought. Oral and written reports on assigned readings, library, or laboratory research. Guest lecturers. A seminar course to provide knowledge to students regarding effective oral and written scientific communication. Students refine their skills in reading and evaluating research papers from the literature, write a formal research paper, and present a research seminar. The combination of CHEM 390 and CHEM 490 counts as one writing-intensive course. (Also offered as BIOC 490 . These courses may be substituted for each other and be used interchangeably for D/F repeats but may not be counted for duplicate credit.)
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CHEM 493 - Internship in Chemistry
Class Hours: var
Credits: 4-9
Prerequisite: CHEM 111 or CHEM 113 , CHEM 112 or CHEM 114 , CHEM 231 , CHEM 232, CHEM 321, CHEM 341 , junior status, and departmental approval
Description: Full-time involvement in an actual “on-the-job” situation in an industrial or research laboratory under the tutelage of a selected preceptor. A department faculty member works closely with the student and preceptor and assumes responsibility for making the final evaluation and assigning a grade.
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CHEM 498 - Problems in Chemistry
Class Hours: var
Credits: 1-2
Prerequisite: CHEM 231 and permission of chairperson
Description: Supervised undergraduate research, in conjunction with a faculty member in the Chemistry Department.
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CHIN 101 - Elementary Chinese I
Class Hours: 4
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 4
Description: For beginning students. Introduces the Chinese language, with attention focused on the three modes of communication: interpretive listening and reading, interpersonal speaking and writing, and presentational speaking and writing. Students learn pronunciation, fundamental grammatical patterns, and how to write approximately 250 characters. Also imparts knowledge of Chinese culture and society. Attendance is required. May not register for or take a D/F repeat in CHIN 101 when credit has already been received for a higher-numbered Chinese course.
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CHIN 102 - Elementary Chinese II
Class Hours: 4
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: CHIN 101
Description: A continuation of Elementary Chinese I, focusing on the three modes of communication—interpretive listening and reading, interpersonal speaking and writing, and presentational speaking and writing—to build proficiency in using the Chinese language in real-life situations. Also imparts knowledge of Chinese culture and society. Attendance is required. May not register for or take a D/F repeat in CHIN 102 when credit has already been received for a higher-numbered Chinese course.
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CHIN 201 - Intermediate Chinese
Class Hours: 4
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: CHIN 102
Description: A continuation of previous work on the three modes of communication: interpretive listening and reading, interpersonal speaking and writing, and presentational speaking and writing, so that students can function in everyday situations. Also imparts knowledge of Chinese culture and society. Liberal Studies credit is given. Attendance is required. May not register for or take a D/F repeat in CHIN 201 when credit has already been received for a higher-numbered Chinese course.
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CHIN 281 - Special Topics
Class Hours: var
Credits: 1-3
Description: Offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore topics not included in the established curriculum. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times. Special topics numbered 481 are primarily for upper-level undergraduate students. Designed to meet the special needs of a student group.
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CHIN 481 - Special Topics
Class Hours: var
Credits: 1-3
Description: Offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore topics not included in the established curriculum. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times. Special topics numbered 481 are primarily for upper-level undergraduate students. Designed to meet the special needs of a student group.
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CHIN 482 - Independent Study
Class Hours: var
Credits: 1-3
Description: Offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore topics not included in the established curriculum. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times. Special topics numbered 481 are primarily for upper-level undergraduate students. Designed to meet the special needs of a student group.
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ARHU 122 - Big Ideas I: Ancient to Enlightenment
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: Introduces transformative literature from around the world, ancient to enlightenment periods. Develops foundational reading, writing, and analytical skills, as well as productive habits of mind. Integrates and embeds the humanities, providing preparation for and an advantage in the workplace.
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ARHU 123 - Big Ideas II: Enlightenment to Present
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: Surveys transformative literature from around the world, enlightenment to present. Develops foundational reading, writing, and analytical skills, as well as productive habits of mind. Integrates and embeds the humanities, providing preparation for and an advantage in the workplace.
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ARHU 142 - Introduction to Secondary Social Studies Education
Class Hours: 2
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 2
Restriction: Secondary Social Studies Education or History Majors in first year of study or with the consent of instructor.
Description: Introduces the foundational concepts and practices in social studies education, the vocabulary of social studies education, and the qualities and best practices of an effective social studies educator.
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ARHU 342 - Social Studies Teaching Lab
Class Hours: 0
Lab/Discussion: 2
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Social Studies Education major and EDUC 242
Corequisite: EDUC 342
Description: A laboratory experience providing the opportunity to explore and experiment with strategies and methodologies connected with teaching in the various disciplines of the social studies. Offers hands-on experience with public school students in a controlled setting. Allows students to experience middle and high school settings as well as build a repertoire of social studies teaching methodologies that enables them to complete EDUC 342 more effectively.
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ARHU 343 - Applied Practice in Secondary English Language Arts
Class Hours: 1
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: EDUC 242
Corequisite: Concurrent with EDUC 342
Description: In conjunction with EDUC 342 , prepares candidates for field experience in secondary English language arts. Students continue to develop skills for school-site observation, are introduced to philosophical models of classroom management, and receive instruction about completing the Step 2 portfolio requirement. Provides opportunity for students to apply understanding of pedagogical content knowledge to observation and lesson design and to familiarize themselves with teacher research methodology.
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ARHU 461 - Big Ideas Capstone
Class Hours: var
Credits: 1-3
Restriction: Junior or senior standing; Big Ideas certificate; 2.5 cumulative grade point average; Certificate director’s approval
Description: Supervised experience in conjunction with IUP course work, lab work, or in a public/private organization that compliments on-going research by situating that work within a humanities and liberal arts context and a public presentation.
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COMM 101 - Introduction to Communications, Media, and Culture
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: Required of communications media majors. An introduction to the evolution, status, and future of communications media. Explores intrapersonal communication through self-assessment, values clarification, and feedback; interpersonal communication through interviews, observations, case studies, and gaming; and mass communications through the examination of the processes and the technology utilized to disseminate and manage information. Career paths, field applications, professional associations, and the primary literature are investigated.
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COMM 143 - Media Wellness
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: Helps students understand how media affects wellness. Analyzes and evaluates media consumption and media effects (both positive and negative) in a variety of genres including traditional and social media. Explores concepts of media literacy including evaluation and analysis of media content. Successful completion of this course fulfills the Liberal Studies Dimensions of Wellness requirement. Other 143 courses also fulfill this requirement, and any of these courses may be substituted for each other and may be used interchangeably for D/F repeats but may not be counted for duplicate credit.
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COMM 150 - Media Aesthetics
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite or Corequisite: COMM 101 or JRNL 105
Description: Examines the theoretical assumptions of sight, sound, and motion as applied to the design of communication products for different media formats. Demonstrates strategies for creative composition. Discusses psychological and physiological implications of images.
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COMM 151 - Basic Lighting for Still and Motion Imagery
Class Hours: 1
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 1
Description: Examines the basic technical and design aspects of artificial and natural lighting in capturing still and motion imagery. Emphasizes mastery of the terminology and simulation of lighting concepts and conditions through virtual lighting software.
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COMM 201 - Internet and Multimedia
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: BTED/COSC 101 /IFMG 101 or prior exposure to word processing and electronic mail
Description: Focuses on the evaluation of information and multimedia resources available on electronic networks when doing research in an area of one’s choice. Information literacy course for students to gain a more in-depth understanding of the information resources available electronically and of how to utilize them more effectively in communicating. Students learn how to access and utilize these resources for two-way communications and support for decision making while incorporating selected elements in multimedia presentations of their own design.
May Be: (BTED/COMM/COSC 201 /IFMG/LIBR 201 may be used interchangeably for D/F repeats and may not be counted for duplicate credit.)
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COMM 205 - Making Presentations with Media
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 101
Description: An introduction to basic presentation skills, emphasizing the use of media to enhance presentations. Students research, organize, and write presentations; design appropriate media; and deliver individual and team presentations.
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COMM 206 - History and Theory of Making Games
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 150
Description: Explores the origins of games and game play into the contemporary era of video and electronic games. Introduces the history of the games industry and the process of how games are created. Analyze games through an ethical and developmental framework, as well as explores how games are used for entertainment, teaching, and training.
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COMM 207 - Online Media Production
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: Examines the development and production of media for online applications such as video sharing and social media sites. Discusses management, as well as the fiscal, ethical, and technological issues surrounding online media. Requires students to complete a production project where they develop and produce audio, video and other digital media components for online distribution for a social media campaign.
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COMM 230 - Global Media and Communication
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: Provides an overview of global media and international communications. Describes how international communication and development of global media has influenced relationships among nations and among people with different cultural backgrounds. Covers social, economic and political situations prior to and after globalization, which include global issues that intersects with media ownership, access to media, and the impact of media communications on culture and people living in developed and developing countries. Analyzes how understanding global media and communication can enhance students to think critically, respect their own identities, history and culture as well as others.
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COMM 240 - Communications Graphics
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 101 or JRNL 105 , communications media major or minor, photography and digital imaging certificate or digital history certificate enrollment or permission
Description: An introduction to graphic design concepts and related processes and techniques for a variety of forms of presentation media including television, multimedia, and online communications for educational, corporate training, and communications specialists. Both two- and three-dimensional design and basic animation concepts are explored. Hands-on experiences using a variety of graphic software applications.
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COMM 249 - Basic Audio Production
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 101 or JRNL 105 , communications media major or minor, popular music studies certificate, audio production certificate, or digital history certificate enrollment or permission
Description: Theory and practice of audio production, developing an understanding of the techniques of audio recording as well as the ability to make sound recordings. Addresses recording and mixing techniques and the use of audio software. Offers exposure to recording for various media. Provides hands-on experience through labs and projects to be completed outside of class.
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COMM 251 - Television Production
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 101 or JRNL 105 , communications media major or minor, photography and digital imaging certificate enrollment or permission
Description: Develops basic skills in television production and direction. Consideration of operating problems of a television studio, as well as functions, limitations, and capabilities of television equipment and facilities.
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COMM 261 - Teamwork and Communication Skills for College and Career
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: Focuses on developing teamwork and communication skills for the presentation of career-oriented, technically rich information. Applies foundational theories of communication and the rhetoric of public communication and use that understanding to present academic research, data, and technical information orally and in written form. Prepares students to engage audiences, frame and present arguments, and develop the ability to present their topic and its significance in technical and non-technical settings. Explores different types of presentation situations including team oral presentations, team written reports, poster session presentations, platform presentations, symposia, and panel discussions. Prepares students to produce appropriate media to supplement their presentations. Presentations are video recorded for individual, peer, and instructor evaluation.
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COMM 270 - Sport Communication
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or ENGL 103
Description: Provides an overview of sport communication, focusing on different communicative contexts including interpersonal, organizational, and public communication. Emphasizes media relations and the skills essential for sport communication professionals, including handling media interactions, crises, and integration of positive public relation strategies. (Also offered as KHSS 270 ; may not be taken for duplicate credit.)
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COMM 271 - Beginning Photography
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 101 or JRNL 105 , communications media major or minor, interior design major, photography and digital imaging certificate or digital history certificate enrollment or permission
Description: Develops students’ abilities in the practice and application of photography as a tool for communications and as a creative pursuit. Emphasizes proper technical skills and creative application of the medium. Covers topics such as camera operation, image editing, and image analysis.
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COMM 281 - Special Topics
Class Hours: var
Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite: As appropriate to course content
Description: Offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore topics not included in the established curriculum. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times. Special topics numbered 281 are offered primarily for lower-level undergraduate students.
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COMM 302 - Research in Communications Media
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 150 ; ENGL 101 or ENGL 103 ; and ENGL 202 (grade of “C” or better)
Description: Provides knowledge of the resource materials and research strategies used in the communications media field. Students design basic data gathering instruments, collect data, and assimilate information from various sources and data into communication products, services, or documents.
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COMM 303 - Scriptwriting
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 101 or JRNL 105 ; ENGL 101 or ENGL 103 ; and ENGL 202 (grades of “C” or better) or permission
Description: An introduction to the design of media materials and script writing. Style and techniques of writing are analyzed. Classroom emphasis is on writing critiques, and revision of designs and scripts. Scripts for audio, multimedia presentations, and motion picture and television productions are written. May be offered under a different topic area such as: COMM 303 Scriptwriting: Comedy or COMM 303 Scriptwriting: Drama. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits under a different topic area. Students who need to D/F repeat COMM 303 may repeat the course under a different variable title.
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COMM 306 - 2-D Digital Game Development
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 206
Description: Examines the theory and development of digital games. Topics explored include the logics of gameplay, the process of game development, gaming technology, and the psychology of gaming. The history and organization of the gaming industry are also examined. Students also create deliverables around a game concept they develop in the process of completing the course.
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COMM 315 - Persuasive Media Writing
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 101 or JRNL 105 ; ENGL 101 or ENGL 103 ; and ENGL 202 (grades of “C” or better)
Description: Introduces concepts of writing persuasive announcements, such as commercials and promotional messages, and other content for digital media. Analyzes persuasive media announcements, and incorporates writing with the use of evidence, emotion, and reasoning to reach audiences. Aids in understanding how to create media messages that influence audience attitudes and behaviors.
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COMM 325 - Gender in Media
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: An overview of women in media (including television, film, radio, the Internet, etc.) and the historical development, along with social context that influence women’s involvement in the media, both nationally and internationally. Analyzes topics related to media effect theories and portrayal of women in media that influence some of the issues women face in their gender roles. Also identifies key women in media from the past and present and their contributions to the field.
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COMM 335 - Communications Consulting and Project Management
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 101 or JRNL 105
Description: Presents the theoretical views and clinical applications of consulting skills and practices associated with and needed by communication professionals. Presented are the functions and role of the consultant, the client’s perspective on consulting, hiring a consultant, ethics in consulting, personal assessment tests, and related literature and models.
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COMM 340 - Advanced Communication Graphics
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 240 , permission
Description: An in-depth experience in planning and preparing graphic materials commonly used in the communications profession; graphic materials include design, photosketching, lettering, slide titling and duplication, preparation of camera-ready art, lithographic film and master layout sheets, professional slide flat production and photocopy, large-format transparency production, color key, and color systems.
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COMM 345 - Television Criticism
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 150 or instructor permission
Description: The medium of television offers a unique environment for development and delivery of information, entertainment, and news. Explores and analyzes television programming. Includes examination of genres ranging from situation comedy to drama to miniseries and made-for-TV movies.
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COMM 348 - Animation
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 150
Description: Introduces traditional and digital animation techniques and offers practical experience in planning and producing animated sequences. Includes a history of animation and theories of animation, both applied and as a communication medium. Practice in designing, drawing, modeling, simulating, creating, and texturing animated sequences; preparation of character designs; story boards and cue sheets; integration of visual effects, animation, and sound.
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COMM 349 - Radio Production
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 101 or JRNL 105 ; communications media major or minor, audio production certificate enrollment or permission
Description: An introduction to production techniques as they pertain to radio. Exposure to programming, scripting, producing programs, intros, outros, commercials, public service announcements, station identifications, and promotional announcements. Also deals with the interaction of a radio station with national networks and with the real-life concerns of deadlines.
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COMM 350 - Digital Storytelling
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 249 or COMM 251 or COMM 349 ; cannot be taken concurrently; communications media major or communications media minor or audio certificate status
Description: Introduces the process of documentary style storytelling through digital media, including podcasting and vlogging. Evaluates the history of these digital platforms and how they are used to tell stories. This production course affords opportunities to produce story content to enhance storytelling abilities within a given media format.
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COMM 351 - Advanced Video Production
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 251
Description: A production course that emphasizes advanced field production techniques. Some of the topics covered include; field lighting, video post-production editing with A-B roll, on-line editing, and non-linear editing. Provides hands-on experience through projects and field trips. May be offered under a different topic area such as: COMM 351 Advanced Video Production: Documentary Video or COMM 351 Advanced Video Production: Music Videos. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits under a different topic area. Students who need to D/F repeat COMM 351 may repeat the course under a different variable title.
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COMM 354 - Media Law and Policy
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 150 or instructor permission
Description: Surveys areas of law and policy regulating commercial and consumer use of media technologies. Covers law and policy pertaining to broadcasting and cable, intellectual property, station licensing and renewal, defamation, privacy, Internet regulation. Examines the historical development of the FCC and its jurisdictions. Discusses case studies along with the relevancy of some laws as they pertain to today’s mediated society. (Titled Broadcast Regulation before 2015-16.)
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COMM 355 - Editing for Video and Film
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 251
Description: Explores the art of video and film post-production and editing techniques utilizing editing software. Reviews editing theory to edit audio, video, film, and graphic footages. Covers advanced topics such as adding visual (VFX) and sound (SFX) effects.
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COMM 360 - Digital Sports Production
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Restriction: Instructor permission
Description: An introduction to the pre-production, production, and post-production processes of live and recorded sporting events. Engagement in all aspects of the production process, including live production for webcasting, video-recording and editing sporting events. Attendance and participation is required in the production of selected local sporting events, which may include nights and weekends outside of regular class time. This course may be repeated one time for a maximum of six credits.
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COMM 371 - Advanced Photography
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 271 , permission
Description: Develops camera and print-making skills to the degree that salon-quality photographic prints can be produced. Students will understand the photographic processes utilized in producing a high-quality negative and print to the extent that they can manipulate those processes to communicate an intended message with their photographs. Emphasizes camera and print control as well as composition and negative and print manipulation.
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COMM 374 - Documentary Photography
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Junior/senior standing, COMM 101 or JRNL 105 , or permission
Description: Prepares students to photograph documentary content that explores aspects of historical significance, cultural value, social change, and social injustice. Explores the differences and similarities between documentary photography and purely aesthetic photography to capture images focused on social and historical value. Calls for students to critically analyze documentary images, projects, photographers, and the societal impact they have made to create new and influential images for modern and future utilization. Students are required to have access to a digital camera.
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COMM 375 - Mass Media and Behavior
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: PSYC 101 and junior or senior status
Description: Theory and research on the influence of the mass media on human behavior and attitudes. Topics include the effects of news and political advertising on public opinion; the effects of racist and sexist portrayals; and the effects of violence and pornography on aggressive behavior. (Also offered as PSYC 375; may be taken only once.)
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COMM 380 - The History of African Americans in Film
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: Traces the historical development of the roles of African Americans in film. Examines the early stereotypic portrayals of this group, the origins of these stereotypes, and the ongoing changes, positive and negative, that have occurred regarding the media representation through research, film, and archetypal analysis, observation, and discussion. The new generation of African American filmmakers and their creative efforts to promote more realistic portrayals are analyzed.
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COMM 390 - Practicum in Communications
Class Hours: var
Credits: 1-3
Restriction: Communications media major, department permission
Description: A specialized study under the supervision of a faculty sponsor. Students make media service contributions to department and campus media-related facilities, while receiving credit. For each practicum credit, students will log a minimum of 90 hours of service. A maximum of 6 practicum credits can be used within a 120-credit degree program. The combination of practicum and internship credits cannot exceed 15 credits.
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COMM 395 - Career Planning in Communications Media
Class Hours: 1
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Junior/senior status
Restriction: Communications media major only
Description: Serves as the primary skill-building and strategy-seeking experience for the internship program and later career entry and growth. Extensive writing, research, and individual counseling are involved.
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COMM 400 - Professional Preparation
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Junior or Senior Standing
Restriction: Major in Communications Media
Description: Explores short- and long-term career goals for entering the professional world, creating materials for self-marketing and managing the transition from college to internship to the workplace in fields related but not limited to broadcasting, media production, media marketing, and media relations.
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COMM 401 - Media Programming and Promotion
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: Explores the process and practice of promoting media outlets and the content on those outlets. Engages in an understanding of the purpose and methods of developing, launching, scheduling, and evaluating programming on traditional and newer media platforms. Using those concepts, aids in an understanding of promoting that media content by providing instruction in developing, writing and executing promotional concepts to gain audiences for specific media outlets.
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COMM 403 - Multimedia News Writing
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 101 or JRNL 105 ; ENGL 101 or ENGL 103 ; and ENGL 202 (grades of “C” or better) or permission
Description: Introduces students to various styles and script formats used in writing news scripts for multiple media platforms including radio, television and online content. Analyzes newsrelated theories and the legal and ethical responsibilities of news writers and producers. Focuses on writing skills for different platforms.
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COMM 406 - 3-D Game and Simulation Design and Development
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 348
Description: Examines the theory and development of 3-D digital games and simulations from a communications media perspective. Learners are exposed to topics such as the logical structure of 3-D games and simulations, 3-D game technology, and the process of 3-D digital game development. Learners are also exposed to the history and organizational structure of the 3-D game industry as well as its theory and history.
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COMM 407 - Television Feature Production
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 251
Description: Teaches the creative and technical elements necessary to produce feature programming for television. Combines theory and practice, with an emphasis on practice. Provides knowledge and skills on video capture, audio pick-up and mixing, and lighting design for field production and in-studio production. Produces feature stories for television, which includes filming on and off campus, script writing, interviewing, and editing as practiced at an international level.
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COMM 408 - Media Field Studies
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 101 or JRNL 105 , junior standing, and instructor permission
Description: A hands-on course to help students learn about the production process involving on-location production. Has three distinct phases: Students begin with research and preproduction tasks on campus, may travel to a remote site to collect additional information and images, and use those images to complete a production; students are responsible for travel expenses.
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COMM 414 - Music, Media, and Culture
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Communications media major or minor, or popular music studies certificate
Restriction: Junior standing
Description: Examines the intersections between media technologies, popular music, and culture. May include technology’s constant influence in musical performance, production, and distribution; the music industry’s marketing of popular music; popular music’s relationship to cultural identity (e.g., race, gender, sexuality); and music as a cultural practice.
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COMM 420 - Media Portrayal of Crime
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 101 or JRNL 105 or CRIM 101 or departmental permission
Description: An examination of the portrayal of crime in the media (television, film, newspapers, music, video games, electronic/Internet). This includes, but is not limited to, victims, offenders, criminal justice actors, and the criminal justice system. Of importance is how the media select what is newsworthy and how they describe and/or alter criminal justice issues. Attention is paid to the media’s influence on perceptions of crime, the ethics behind the media’s perceptual influence, criminology and criminal justice issues of the general population, and the resultant criminal justice policies. Seminar based.
Previously Offered As: (Also offered as CRIM 420; may not be taken as duplicate credit.)
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COMM 440 - Multimedia Production
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 240 or instructor permission
Description: Presents the processes and techniques of planning, designing, and producing used with interactive multimedia. Provides hands-on experiences in the use of graphics, audio, animation, video, and authoring software applications to produce an aesthetically acceptable product that meets specific objectives. Meets the needs of educational media, corporate training, and communications specialists.
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COMM 445 - Cinematic Directors
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 150 or instructor permission
Description: Analyzes examples of classical cinematic techniques, identifies, through research and watching film, classical techniques of cinema as well as the preproduction, production, and post-production required to successfully utilize them. Offers a context and critical tools for a better understanding of the moving image in its different manifestations.
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COMM 446 - 3-D Modeling and Animation for Games and Simulations
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 348
Description: Examines the basic principles of three-dimensional computer modeling and animation. Learners are exposed to an overview of the history of computer-based animation and the fundamental theories behind digital animation and modeling. They also receive an introduction to the design and development of three-dimensional computer-based models and animation. Topics, e.g., aesthetics, as well as modeling, texturing, lighting, animating and rendering, rigid body dynamics, and manipulations of meshes through bones, are discussed. Forward and inverse kinematics, object hierarchies, and animation techniques, including frame-based, particle system, and physics-based/ algorithmic, are described and applied.
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COMM 449 - Advanced Audio Recording Techniques
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 249 , permission
Description: Sound recording utilizing advanced techniques and concentrating on specific applications. Students participate in an intensive lab experience utilizing the most advanced equipment available. Emphasizes application, editing, signal processing, and multitrack recording. Student is expected to produce a sound recording for a specific use of professional quality. May be offered under a different topic area such as: COMM 449 Advanced Audio Recording Techniques: Music Recording or COMM 449 Advanced Audio Recording Techniques: Instructional Media. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits under a different topic area. Students who need to D/F repeat COMM 449 may repeat the course under a different variable title.
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COMM 451 - Multimedia News Production
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 251 or permission
Description: Engages in reporting and presenting broadcast news programs. Content and assignments include analysis of news and public affairs broadcasting.
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COMM 460 - Disturbing Trends in Communication Technology
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 150
Description: Examines recent and developing trends in media technology, with particular attention to technologies and applications that come at some social cost. Engages in the broader cultural debates surrounding technologies and their use. Draws on historically rooted ethical frameworks to assess how we can develop and implement new technologies that are responsible in their real-world applications.
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COMM 470 - Media Management and Sales
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 150
Description: Explores two essential functions of contemporary media: management of media organizations and content, and providing economic viability to media outlets through the selling of commercial time and space to clients. Investigates the fundamental theories and principles of managing media organizations as well as sales strategies including the use of audience ratings and analytics. Examines the process of researching media organizations and developing strategies to sell media content to clients.
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COMM 471 - Advanced Image Editing
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 271 or permission
Description: An introduction to the use of electronic still photography (ESP) for the capture, recording, and transfer of still images and the use of computers for the storage, manipulation, and output of color and black and white photography. Extensive training in the use of software packages for image enhancement, restoration, and manipulation is provided. Students learn the applications of this technology to the print media and examine the ethical and legal issues of image manipulation.
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COMM 474 - Commercial Photography
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 371 or instructor permission
Description: Develops abilities in the practice and application of commercial and editorial photography. Provides an understanding of the business of being a freelance photographer, as well as opportunities for collaborations and individual assignments.
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COMM 475 - Senior Portfolio Presentation
Class Hours: 1
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Communications media majors only and COMM 395
Description: Students compile and present a series of works produced through previous communications media courses and activities. The result is a portfolio suitable for presentation to a potential employer. The portfolio may include examples of student works from a variety of subject areas.
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COMM 477 - Freelancing and Entrepreneurship in Media
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Junior standing
Restriction: COMM Major or Minor
Description: Explores the professional fields of freelance, enterprise start-up and entrepreneurship in media and communication. Surveys professional, financial and legal responsibilities for freelance and self-employed media professionals. Identifies and compares different types of freelance and media businesses to develop business plans.
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COMM 480 - Seminar in Communications Media
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing
Restriction: Other Prerequisites as appropriate to course content
Description: A seminar in selected communications issues or problems. Includes the reading and review of the current literature as appropriate to the major topic presented in the seminar.
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COMM 481 - Special Topics
Class Hours: var
Credits: 1-3
Prerequisite: As appropriate to course content
Description: Offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore topics not included in the established curriculum. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times. Special topics numbered 481 are primarily for upper-level undergraduate students.
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COMM 493 - Internship
Class Hours: 9
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 9
Prerequisite: COMM 400 with a C or better, 2.0 GPA
Description: Supervised professional summer work experience in communications media. Internship sites reflect the academic goals of the department and are approved and administered by a department coordinator. Location, duties, duration of internship, and work hours are tailored to students’ career goals. Sites represent a broad spectrum of communications and media in business, education, health, or other agencies. Students must complete 360 hours of internship work experience and a culminating internship project. A maximum of 15 credits of internship and/or practicum are permitted toward a degree program. Students whose internship responsibilities include regular contact with minors are required to take the Protection of Minors Training. All internship sites are required to be compliant with University internship policies and requirements.
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COSC 101 - Computer Literacy
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: An introductory course providing fundamental understanding of computers. Familiarizes students with the interaction of computer hardware and software. Emphasizes the application of microcomputers, the use of productivity software (word processing, spreadsheet management, file and database management, presentation graphics, web browsers, search strategies, and e-mail), and the social and ethical aspects of the impact of computers on society. (Does not count toward computer science major.) Note: cross-listed as BTED/IFMG 101 . Any of these courses may be substituted for each other and may be used interchangeably for D/F repeats but may not be counted for duplicate credit.
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COSC 105 - Fundamentals of Computer Science
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: The first course for computer science majors. Required of all computer science students; appropriate for other Natural Sciences and Mathematics students. Topics include the fundamental concepts of computer architecture, algorithm development and analysis, programming languages, software engineering, data organization and representation, and systems software. A hands-on introduction to computer usage with an emphasis on terminology and the underlying connections within the discipline.
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COSC 108 - Introduction to Programming via Alice
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: An introduction to the development of algorithmic solutions to a variety of problems and the development of computer programs to implement the solutions. The Alice programming language and interactive development environment is incorporated to introduce fundamental algorithmic/programming concepts including variables, assignments, conditionals, loops, functions, and arrays through an interactive movie animation paradigm. These concepts are then applied to a standard programming language. Includes an introduction to the Java programming language. (May not receive credit for both COSC 108 and COSC 110 .)
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COSC 110 - Problem Solving and Structured Programming
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: An introduction to the development of algorithmic solutions to a variety of problems and the development of computer programs to implement the solutions. Explores standard programming structures used to introduce fundamental algorithmic/programming concepts including variables, assignments, conditionals, loops, functions, and arrays and their role in problems solving. Emphasizes structured programming in the development of algorithm solutions to common problems. Object-oriented paradigm is introduced at a basic level.
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COSC 143 - Cyber Wellness
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Description: Investigates the different categories of cyber wellness and how they affect emotional, physical, social, and intellectual wellness. Focuses on demonstrating intellectual agility and creativity in order to maintain physical wellness while using technology. Examines the effect technological changes have had on various disciplines and their impacts on society in relation to health and wellness. Discusses theories and principles related to the physical, mental, social, and emotional aspects of personal computer usage including cyberspace. Completion of COSC 143 fulfills the Liberal Studies Dimensions of Wellness requirement. Other 143 courses will also fulfill this requirement, and any of these courses may be substituted for each other and may be used interchangeably for D/F repeats but may not be counted for duplicate credit.
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COSC 201 - Internet and Multimedia
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: BTED/COSC 101 /IFMG 101 or prior exposure to word processing and electronic mail
Description: Focuses on the evaluation of information and multimedia resources available on electronic networks when doing research in an area of one’s choice. An information literacy course for students to gain a more in-depth understanding of the information resources available electronically and of how to utilize them more effectively in communicating. Students learn how to access and utilize these resources for two-way communications and support for decision making while incorporating selected elements in multimedia presentations of their own design. (BTED/COMM 201 /COSC/IFMG/LIBR 201 may be used interchangeably for D/F repeats and may not be counted for duplicate credit.)
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COSC 210 - Object-Oriented and GUI Programming
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COSC 108 or COSC 110
Description: An in-depth introduction to the Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) paradigm, including encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism. Focuses on designing, implementing, and using objects. Includes an introduction to Graphical User Interface (GUI) design and programming.
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COSC 216 - Introduction to Cyber Security
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COSC 110
Description: Introduces the fundamental theory and concepts for cybersecurity including security principles, ethical and professional issues in cybersecurity, attack strategies, risk management, access control, integrity management, cryptography basics, security protocols, and strategies for defending computers and networks. Includes practical hands-on learning activities to enhance understanding and to apply the theory and concepts.
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COSC 220 - Enterprise Computing
Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COSC 110
Description: Introduces the use of mainframe computers in the development of enterprise computing applications. Includes mainframe programming language such as COBOL, program design using top-down techniques, program and project documentation, sequential and random file algorithms, integrated file systems, and features of enterprise computing such as data transfer formats.
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