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ACCT 221 - Financial Accounting
An introduction to the financial accounting model for business enterprises intended for potential accounting majors, business majors, and others who wish to read, understand, and analyze financial statements. Course includes lecture and discussion. Completion during freshman or sophomore year highly recommended.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring
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ACCT 222 - Managerial Accounting
This course is designed to examine the principles, techniques, and uses of financial information which is used by managers to make decisions that positively impact organizational outcomes. Topics include product pricing, break-even analysis and capital budgeting. Course includes lecture and discussion.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisites: ACCT 221
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ACCT 295 - Studies in Accounting
A lecture or seminar class in a special topic of accounting for majors and non-majors in accounting.
Credits: 1-3
Terms Offered: As Needed
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ACCT 321 - Intermediate Accounting I
A continuation of the study of financial accounting theory and practice at the intermediate level. This course examines the development of accounting standards, the presentation of income and retained earnings, the balance sheet and the statement of cash flows, asset and liability recognition and measurement problems, and accounting for owners’ equity.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall
Prerequisites: ACCT 221 with a grade of C or better
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ACCT 322 - Intermediate Accounting II
A continuation of the study of financial accounting theory and practice at the intermediate level. This course examines the development of accounting standards, the presentation of income and retained earnings, the balance sheet and the statement of cash flows, asset and liability recognition and measurement problems, and accounting for owners’ equity.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisites: ACCT 321 with a grade of C or better
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ACCT 333 - Accounting Information Systems
A study of the basics of contemporary information systems in both manual and computerized environments. It includes the role of information in the management of business organizations.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisites: ACCT 221
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ACCT 361 - Accounting Practicum I
This course is designed to provide hands-on experience with accounting practitioners. It will provide an opportunity for students to relate the theories and concepts learned in their business and accounting classes to actual practice in an organizational setting. Students are supervised by organizational managers. Students will work in public or private accounting positions in the field. Other requirements include maintaining an analytical journal, writing a final summary paper and participating in discussions. A minimum of 8 credits in accounting courses is highly recommended prior to this course.
Credits: 1-4
Terms Offered: Spring, Summer
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor, ACCT 221 , ACCT 222
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ACCT 362 - Accounting Practicum II
This course is a continuation of ACCT 361 . It is designed to provide hands-on experience with accounting practitioners. It will provide an opportunity for students to relate the theories and concepts learned in their business and accounting classes to actual practice in an organizational setting. Students are supervised by organizational managers. Students will work in public or private accounting positions in the field. Other requirements include maintaining an analytical journal, writing a final summary paper and participating in discussions.
Credits: 1-4
Terms Offered: Spring, Summer
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor, ACCT 361
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ACCT 375 - Cost Accounting
Continuation of the study of cost accounting theory and practice with particular attention given to cost information systems, cost control, planning of profits and costs, and cost and profit analysis.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall
Prerequisites: ACCT 221 , ACCT 222 with a grade of C or better
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ACCT 395 - Advanced Studies in Accounting
A lecture or seminar class in a special topic in advanced accounting.
Credits: 1-3
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring
Prerequisites: Declared accounting major, Permission of instructor
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ACCT 423 - Auditing
An introduction to basic audit planning and risk assessment, auditing techniques, audit evidence, statistical sampling in auditing, auditing through and around the computer, audit reports and opinions, ethics in auditing, and the legal and regulatory environment.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisites: ACCT 322 , ACCT 333
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ACCT 425 - Individual Taxation
An introduction to federal tax accounting as it relates to income tax for individuals.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall
Prerequisites: ACCT 322
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ACCT 426 - Corporate Tax and Research
This course continues the study of taxation from ACCT 425 . It emphasizes tax concepts applied to corporations, S corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, estates, and trusts. It includes skills recommended by the AICPA Model Tax Curriculum such as ethical considerations, team building, and research.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisites: ACCT 425 with a grade of C or better
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ACCT 427 - Advanced Accounting
Advanced studies in the theory and practice of accounting for business organizations with particular emphasis on corporate combinations, partnerships, and international accounting topics.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall
Prerequisites: ACCT 322
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ACCT 428 - Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting
A study of the accounting theory and practice and the applicable professional standards for government and not-for-profit institutions.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall
Prerequisites: Declared public accounting (150 cr.) major, ACCT 322
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ACCT 430 - Ethics in Accounting
A seminar class. It will familiarize the student with the spectrum of codes of ethics in accounting and provide models for analyzing ethical issues. It includes discussions directed toward identifying and examining a student’s own personal and business code of ethics.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: As Needed
Prerequisites: ACCT 221 , ACCT 222
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ACCT 490 - Independent Studies in Accounting
Independent studies in advanced accounting under the supervision of a designated staff member. Advanced standing in the department is highly recommended prior to this course.
Credits: 1-4
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring
Prerequisites: Permission of department chairperson
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ACCT 495 - Advanced Studies in Accounting
A lecture or seminar class in a special topic in advanced accounting.
Credits: 1-4
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring
Prerequisites: Declared accounting major, Permission of instructor
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AES 210 - Introduction to American Ethnic Studies
This course will address the basic terminology of the field of American Ethnic Studies. Students will learn the meanings and various perceptions of culture, race, ethnicity, social class and gender. They will also develop an understanding of the relationships of all these concepts within both the individual and in society. These concepts will be analyzed through a multidisciplinary approach that examines both the social science and humanities contributions to these constructs. Various ways of thinking and approaches to research methodology will be explored.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring
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AES 490 - Independent Study
Independent research of an advanced nature can be arranged under the supervision of a designated staff member, culminating in the preparation of an extensive research paper. May be repeated for additional credit, with a different project.
Credits: 1-4
Terms Offered: As Needed
Prerequisites: Permission of department chairperson
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AES 494 - Capstone Seminar
This course consists of either an internship, approved by the AES director, in which; 1) students are immersed in a U.S. ethnic minority culture or, 2) an extensive research project focusing on one of the ethnic minority groups in the United States. The project can take either an interdisciplinary or disciplinary approach. It must be approved by the AES director prior to the student beginning any formal research and must adhere to all aspects of the institution’s formal research protocol.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: As Needed
Prerequisites: Permission of department chairperson
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APPL 299 - Applied Learning Internship
An opportunity to gain practical experience in the work place. Requires formal application and permission of the Boerigter Center for Calling and Career.
Credits: 1-4
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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APPL 399 - Applied Learning Internship
An opportunity to gain practical experience in the work place. Requires formal application and permission of the Boerigter Center for Calling and Career.
Credits: 1-4
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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APPL 499 - Applied Learning Internship
An opportunity to gain practical experience in the work place. Requires formal application and permission of the Boerigter Center for Calling and Career.
Credits: 1-4
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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Art and Art History |
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ART 195 - Special Topics in Art
A course offered in response to student and instructor interest. Topics are not generally covered in the regular course listings. Course may be taken multiple times if topics are different.
Credits: 1-3
Terms Offered: As Needed
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ART 295 - Advanced Special Studies
A thematic period survey course in art history not covered in the regular course listings but offered in light of student interest, faculty expertise or relevance to cultural exhibitions and issues.
Credits: 1-3
Terms Offered: As Needed
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor
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ART 395 - Advanced Special Studies
An advanced studio course not covered in the regular course listings but offered in light of student interest, faculty expertise or relevance to cultural exhibitions and issues.
Credits: 1-3
Terms Offered: As Needed
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor
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ART 499 - Art Internship
Supervised practical experience in the preservation, maintenance and display of historical artifacts carried out at a museum, gallery, or print room in a program approved by the art history faculty.
Credits: 1-3
Terms Offered: As Needed
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ART 105 - Basic Design
Introduces students to the elements and principles of design and the digital tools of the Adobe Creative Cloud. Instructional methods include lectures, projects, online modules, studio work and critiques.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring
Attributes: Arts in Practice (ART)
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ART 112 - Color and Context
A studio-based, interdisciplinary course that examines the perception, theory and cultural context of color through the creation of 2D, 3D and digital projects. Studio projects are supplemented with readings, lectures and group critiques. Collage, the use of found objects, the monochrome and appropriation strategies are explored. The methods of Albers, Itten, Klein and Batchelor, among others, are studied. Emphasis is placed on connecting color, materials and meaning.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall
Attributes: Arts in Practice (ART)
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ART 113 - Basic Painting
In-depth exploration of the formal principles of direct painting. Working from observation, a variety of painting approaches will be examined through practice, weekly critiques, and the study of historical and contemporary paintings. The creation of meaning (formal as well as narrative) through the manipulation of value, color, surface and space is emphasized.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring
Attributes: Arts in Practice (ART)
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ART 114 - Basic Drawing
An introductory course that provides fundamental drawing experiences and information. Students will explore several approaches to drawing, using a variety of techniques and drawing media.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring
Attributes: Arts in Practice (ART)
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ART 115 - Basic Sculpture
An introduction to the expansive field of sculpture. While learning fundamental skills including woodworking, material exploration, assemblage, object investigation and casting, students will simultaneously learn about the history of sculpture and the formal and conceptual elements that surround contemporary practices. The class is composed of a combination of projects, exercises, studio time, research, lectures, and critiques.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring
Attributes: Arts in Practice (ART)
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ART 116 - Basic Printmaking
An introductory course covering basic traditional and experimental processes used in printmaking.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring
Attributes: Arts in Practice (ART)
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ART 117 - Basic Ceramics
An introduction to ceramics as a medium for creative expression. Coil, slab and wheel work are explored in sculptural and utilitarian modes.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring
Attributes: Arts in Practice (ART)
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ART 118 - Watercolor
Traditional and contemporary approaches to all water-soluble media, exploring fundamental techniques and color theory through still lifes, figure studies, outdoor assignments, slide lectures and demonstrations.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Summer
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ART 119 - Basic Photography/Film
An introduction to still-photography as an expressive art medium through the creation and critical study of black and white photographic form, structure, and content. Camera required.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring
Attributes: Arts in Practice (ART)
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ART 120 - Basic Photography/Digital
An introduction to still-photography as an expressive art form through the creation and critical study of digitally-produced photographic form, structure, and content. Camera required.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring
Attributes: Arts in Practice (ART)
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ART 130 - Time-Based Media
This course will study the creative modes that use time as a part of their medium, and intends to develop a vocabulary of performance and an imaginative approach to narrative and non-narrative sequences of events. This course will provide a broad view of a creative 4D practice and the process of making time based artwork in the mediums of video, animation and performance. It will function as an introduction to these three mediums.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Attributes: Arts in Practice (ART)
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ART 205 - Design II
This course builds off of the foundation of Basic Design with a focus on design thinking, graphic design, and typography. Students will further their understanding of visual communication and develop a practice of research, exploration, problem solving and creation of design solutions. The course focuses on typography and the use of text and image in layout and publication design. Projects include branding, advertising and UI/UX applications. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: As Needed
Prerequisites: ART 105
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ART 213 - Painting II
Experimentation with direct and indirect oil painting techniques leading to further skill development and progression of each student’s personal artistic voice. Readings, group critiques and the study of historical and contemporary paintings supplement intensive painting projects. Subject matter will range from the human figure to abstraction and exploration of recent trends in painting. Engagement with contemporary discourse in painting is emphasized throughout the course.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall
Prerequisites: ART 113
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ART 214 - Drawing II
Continuation of ART 114 . Experimentation in a wide variety of media is encouraged. May be repeated for credit with permission of the instructor.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisites: ART 114
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ART 215 - Sculpture II
A continued investigation of the expansive field of sculpture. Projects, research, and exercises aim to advance technical skills already introduced in Basic Sculpture including woodworking, metalworking, casting, assemblage, object-making, material manipulation while also developing the student’s artistic voice. Content development and important issues of display, presentation and the viewer’s role pertinent to contemporary issues in sculpture are emphasized throughout the course.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall
Prerequisites: ART 115
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ART 217 - Ceramics II
Continuation of ART 117 , including work in both sculptural and utilitarian directions.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisites: ART 117
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ART 219 - Photography II
A continuation of ART 119 or ART 120 , with emphasis on camera skills, digital imaging methods, and studio lighting, to expand the knowledge and experience of materials available to individual photographic expression.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall
Prerequisites: ART 119 or ART 120
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ART 224 - Figure Drawing
A concentrated investigation of the human form. Working from direct observation, students experiment with a variety of drawing materials and techniques while considering the role of the figure in historical and contemporary art. Weekly critiques and discussions focus on developing each student’s individual artistic voice.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisites: ART 114
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ART 305 - Elementary Art Education Methods
This course investigates the many facets of creative development from early childhood to upper elementary. Materials and techniques suitable for teaching and supervising elementary art as a major subject are emphasized. Methods of guiding and motivating creative expression K-5 are observed, discussed and practiced. There is a twenty-four hour field experience in area elementary art classrooms. EDUC 285 , EDUC 286 , EDUC 287 or EDUC 360 , and EDUC 361 are highly recommended to be taken concurrently with this course.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall
Corequisites: ART 305F
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ART 305F - Elementary Art Education Methods Field Placement
This is the field placement that accompanies ART 305 .
Credits: 1
Terms Offered: Fall
Corequisites: ART 305
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ART 306 - Secondary Art Education Methods
This course develops a foundational understanding of the nature and characteristics of creative development in secondary art students – middle school through high school. A variety of common secondary-level art media and tools will be explored and evaluated. The course will also address differing pedagogical strategies and current best practices in art education aimed at developing both an informed personal philosophy of art education and an intelligent secondary art curriculum framework. There is a twenty-four hour field experience in local secondary art classrooms. EDUC 285 , EDUC 286 , EDUC 287 or EDUC 360 , and EDUC 361 are recommended to be taken concurrently with this course.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Spring
Corequisites: ART 306F
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ART 306F - Secondary Art Education Methods Field Placement
This is the field placement that accompanies ART 306 .
Credits: 1
Terms Offered: Spring
Corequisites: ART 306
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ART 307 - Field Experience in Art Education
In this course, students develop and implement a visual art curriculum that emphasizes interdisciplinary integration for school-aged youth in non-traditional or community-based educational settings, such as after-school programs or summer camps.
Credits: 4
Terms Offered: As Needed
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ART 350 - Art Studio Seminar
Synthesis of personal artistic voice through the creation of a series of artworks, aided by individual, group, and visiting artist critiques. Occasional assignments encouraging interdisciplinary experimentation will complement each student’s self-directed path. Issues in the contemporary art world are engaged through weekly discussions, readings, and writing exercises. In conjunction with their studio practice, students develop a professional portfolio including an art résumé, artist statement, and digital inventory of their studio work. Required for all senior studio majors in spring semester of senior year. Outstanding junior studio majors may be invited to enroll in the class based on a portfolio review, proposal, and permission of the instructor. Prior to participation in the course, seniors must have completed all studio and art history classes required for the studio major.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing.
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ART 365 - Independent Studio Projects
A student-driven seminar focused on the continued development of the artist’s independent creative vision. The student will, over the course of the semester, create a body of work that demonstrates a proficiency at both a technical and conceptual level. Class time is devoted to frequent group critiques, discussions of assigned reading, and local field trips. Outstanding junior studio or art education majors may be invited to enroll in the class based on a portfolio review, written proposal, and permission of the instructor. Required for all senior studio art and art education majors. The completion of all 200-level studio courses and ART 242 is highly recommended prior to this course.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall
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ART 490 - Special Problems in Studio
Independent study for advanced students who can benefit by an additional semester of specialized work in applied art. Under special circumstances this course may be repeated for credit, subject to approval by the chairperson of the department. Advanced standing highly recommended prior to this course.
Credits: 1-3
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor
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ART 111 - Introduction to Art History
This course introduces students to the discipline of art history by focusing on several case studies, chronologically arranged, to be explored in depth using objects of study as well as primary and secondary sources in a lecture and discussion format. Students will gain experience in critically viewing and writing about art objects and architecture, as well as an understanding of the function of these monuments in a historical and cultural context. Field trips are a required part of this class.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Attributes: Arts and Humanities I (AH1), Human Creative Perspectives (HCP)
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ART 231 - 3rd through 14th Century Arts: Jewish, Christian and Muslim Perspectives
A period survey (lecture, discussion, readings, hands-on projects, fieldtrips, and research) of visual culture of the European and Mediterranean cultures from the 3rd to the 14th centuries. Cultural issues that are relevant today such as faith, race, disability, class, gender, immigration, and sexuality, will be discussed in their medieval contexts and how they bear on artistic production. ART 111 is highly recommended prior to this course.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: As Needed
Attributes: Arts and Humanities II (AH2), Human Creative Perspectives (HCP)
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ART 232 - 14th through 16th Century Arts: Tradition, Innovation, and Global Exchange
A period survey (lecture, discussion, readings, hands-on projects, fieldtrips, and research) of visual culture in European, Islamic, and Asian cultures from the 14th through 16th centuries. Cultural issues such as artistic theory and creativity, politics, gender, religion, love, and depictions of the body will be explored. ART 111 is highly recommended prior to this course.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: As Needed
Attributes: Arts and Humanities II (AH2), Human Creative Perspectives (HCP)
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ART 233 - 16th through 18th Century Arts: Splendor, Spectacle, and Cultural Encounters
A period survey (lecture, discussion, readings, hands-on projects, fieldtrips, and research) of visual culture of the 16th through 18th centuries in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Cultural issues will be explored such as the role of art in the Reformation and period of Catholic Renewal, and the expression of cultural identity, especially as it relates to the missions of the Jesuits and Franciscans, the body, and the subversion of power. ART 111 is highly recommended prior to this course.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: As Needed
Attributes: Arts and Humanities II (AH2), Human Creative Perspectives (HCP)
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ART 241 - Modern Art: Counter Cultures from the Turn of the 20th Century to the Post-War Period
A chronological survey of of modernist and avant-garde practices in European and American art, architecture, and urban design from approximately 1900-1960. This course begins with a critical discussion of modernity and addresses modernist artistic theories, aesthetic debates, and art-making practices through lectures, discussions, and close readings of primary sources from the period. ART 111 is highly recommended prior to this course.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Spring
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ART 242 - Global Art Since 1960
A chronological survey of Postmodern art, architecture, and urban design from approximately 1960 to the present day. Emphasis is placed on the theoretical underpinnings of art and architecture of the late 20th and 21st centuries through primary sources and the diversity of artistic production by exploring new media of the post-digital age. ART 111 is highly recommended prior to this course.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall
Attributes: Arts and Humanities II (AH2), Human Creative Perspectives (HCP)
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ART 245 - Introduction to the Arts of the Islamic World
A chronological and thematic study of the visual arts and architecture of Islamic culture from the 7th through 17th centuries, including painting, sculpture, architecture, as well as portable objects such as ceramics, ivory, calligraphy, and illuminated manuscripts. Questions such as the role of art in religious, court, and secular culture, figural and non-figural art, gardens, ornaments, and Islamic aesthetics will be explored through primary sources, scholarly writing and research projects. ART 111 is highly recommended prior to this course.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring
Attributes: Arts and Humanities II (AH2), Human Creative Perspectives (HCP)
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ART 250 - Art, History, and Global Citizenship in Paris
This course studies Paris–its history, art history, and present society–in order to better understand the creation of national identities and the place of “outsiders” in those national identities. We focus our examination on the city of Paris: heart of the French Revolution; birthplace of universalism; capital of a global imperial power of subjects and citizens; where women were denied suffrage until 1945; Catholic by tradition, secular by law, and largely Muslim in practice; a cosmopolitan city home to people from around the world; refuge for Americans seeking intellectual and cultural freedom; a place where those of North African heritage are largely segregated to the outskirts of the city. As we examine the complexity of French national identity and the place of “outsiders” in that identity through history, art, and experience, students will also gain insights into the same questions we wrestle with in the American context. Who is American; who belongs? Sometimes it helps to examine another community to better understand our own.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Summer
Attributes: Arts and Humanities II (AH2), Historical Perspectives (HST)
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ART 360 - Special Problems in Art History
A seminar focused on specific issues in art history related to the expertise of the art history faculty. Emphasis will be placed on the recent scholarship and methodology of a specific topic, as well as structured and independent student research that is intended to develop skills in conducting scholarly research. May be repeated as topics change.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: As Needed
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ART 361 - Special Projects in Art History
A seminar focused on a specific project related to the preservation, maintenance, and display of historical artifacts. Such projects may include but are not limited to student-curated gallery exhibitions, published catalogs, and data and archival work on the permanent collection. May be repeated as topics change.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: As Needed
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ART 399 - Art History Internship
Supervised practical experience in the preservation, maintenance and display of historical artifacts carried out at a museum, gallery, or print room in a program approved by the art history faculty. Once an internship host is secured, complete the internship registration forms on the Boerigter Center website.
Credits: 1-3
Terms Offered: Spring, Summer
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ART 491 - Independent Study in Art History
Independent study for advanced students with considerable background in art history who wish to study a particular problem, class of object or method. Independent research is emphasized.
Credits: 1-3
Terms Offered: As Needed
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor
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ART 494 - Introduction to Theory and Methods
This course will explore the development of traditional art methodologies, such as formalism, connoisseurship, style, and iconography, as well as innovative approaches derived from literary theory, political discourse, and the digital age, such as semiotics, post-colonialism, and thing-theory. Students will develop a portfolio of writing, applying these methods to works of art. Students will also lead discussions and give informal and formal presentations. Open to all students, art history majors must take the course as a capstone and will produce a research-based project of substantial breadth and quality, e.g. a 20-25 page research paper. Non-art history majors will produce a research-based project of their design in consultation with the instructor. Double-majors in art history and studio art are required to follow the art history capstone requirements.
Credits: 1-3
Terms Offered: Fall
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ART 495 - Special Studies in Art
A course offered in response to student and instructor interest. Topics are not generally covered in the regular course listings. Course may be taken multiple times if topics are different.
Credits: 1-3
Terms Offered: As Needed
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor
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BIOL 102A - Organisms and Environments Pre-Kindergarten through 3rd Grades
Organisms and Environments Pre-K to 3rd Grade is a half-semester course designed for those seeking Pre-K - 3rd grade elementary certification. It will help satisfy the natural science laboratory general education requirements for elementary education teacher candidates. The course will cover content outlined in the Michigan K-12 Science Standards as well as the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) Standards for the Preparation of Teachers of Early Childhood (Pre-K) and Lower Elementary in an integrated lecture/lab, inquiry-based format. During the course, teacher candidates will come to understand basic processes that help shape the earth like weathering and erosion. Teacher candidates will explore structures, functions, and behaviors that help plants and animals survive and how these features affect the distribution of living things. Furthermore, teacher candidates will understand inheritance patterns and how variation leads to differential survival and diversity of life. Finally, candidates will begin to examine the impact humans have on the environment and how some of the effects might be mitigated.
Credits: 2
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring
Attributes: Natural Science with Lab (NSL)
Prerequisites: Declared education major, EDUC 230
Corequisites: CHEM 102A , EDUC 203L
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BIOL 102B - Organisms and Environments 3rd through 6th Grades
Organisms and Environments 3rd through 6th Grades is a half-semester course designed for those seeking 3rd - 6th grade elementary certification. It will help satisfy the natural science laboratory general education requirements for elementary education teacher candidates. The course will cover content outlined in the Michigan K-12 Science Standards as well as the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) Standards for the Preparation of Teachers of Upper Elementary (3-6) in an integrated lecture/lab, inquiry-based format. During the course, teacher candidates will come to understand disciplinary core ideas about the dynamic earth and its role in shaping the distribution of living things across the planet. Furthermore, teacher candidates will understand levels of organization of living things, basic genetics, principles of ecology, and how organisms adapt to changing conditions via natural selection. Finally, candidates will investigate the potential impacts of humans on ecosystems and explore solutions to challenging problems related to human intervention.
Credits: 2
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring
Attributes: Natural Science with Lab (NSL)
Prerequisites: Declared education major, EDUC 230
Corequisites: CHEM 102B , EDUC 203U
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BIOL 103 - Introduction to Cell Biology
A study of the fundamentals of cell biology and genetics. Not open to students who have taken BIOL 105 and BIOL 106 .
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall
Attributes: Natural Science with Lab (NSL)
Corequisites: BIOL 103L
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BIOL 103L - Introduction to Cell Biology Laboratory
This is the laboratory that accompanies BIOL 103 lecture.
Credits: 1
Terms Offered: Fall
Attributes: Natural Science with Lab (NSL)
Corequisites: BIOL 103
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BIOL 105 - General Biology I
This course includes an overview of ecology emphasizing the ways organisms interact with their physical and biological environment, and the study of animal and plant diversity, anatomy and physiology with an emphasis on structure-function relationships and homeostasis.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall
Attributes: Natural Science with Lab (NSL)
Corequisites: BIOL 107 and BIOL 107D
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BIOL 106 - General Biology II
This course includes the study of cell biology, including cellular structure and function, metabolism, enzyme activity, and energetics, Mendelian and molecular genetics, including discussion and use of modern techniques as a means to answer biological questions, and evolutionary biology, including the relationships between the major taxa, and how the interaction of organisms with their environment drives the evolutionary process.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Spring
Attributes: Natural Science with Lab (NSL)
Prerequisites: BIOL 105
Corequisites: BIOL 108 and BIOL 108D
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BIOL 107 - General Biology Laboratory I
Laboratory experiences designed to complement lecture material in BIOL 105 . The labs are organized into research experience modules. In this semester, students investigate questions in ecology, animal and plant biology.
Credits: 1
Terms Offered: Fall
Attributes: Natural Science with Lab (NSL)
Corequisites: BIOL 105 and BIOL 107D
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BIOL 107D - General Biology Laboratory I Discussion
This is the discussion that accompanies BIOL 107 .
Credits: 0
Terms Offered: Fall
Corequisites: BIOL 105 and BIOL 107
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BIOL 108 - General Biology Laboratory II
Laboratory experiences designed to complement lecture material in BIOL 106 . The labs are organized into research experience modules. In this semester, students investigate questions in cell biology, molecular genetics and evolution.
Credits: 1
Terms Offered: Spring
Attributes: Natural Science with Lab (NSL)
Prerequisites: BIOL 105
Corequisites: BIOL 106 and BIOL 108D
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BIOL 108D - General Biology Laboratory II Discussion
This is the discussion that accompanies BIOL 108 .
Credits: 0
Terms Offered: Spring
Corequisites: BIOL 106 and BIOL 108
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BIOL 123 - Day 1 Watershed Laboratory II
This course is the continuation of CHEM 122 . Students will address issues of water quality that have plagued Lake Macatawa for over a century. The research findings are essential for understanding the impact of Project Clarity, a community-wide effort to clean up the waters of Lake Macatawa in a sustainable way. Teams will use standard and cutting edge experimental techniques, including next generation DNA sequencing of the watershed bacterial communities.
Credits: 1
Terms Offered: Spring
Attributes: Natural Science with Lab (NSL)
Prerequisites: CHEM 122
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BIOL 195 - Studies in Biology
A course offered in response to student and instructor interest. Topics are not generally covered in the regular course listings. Course may be taken multiple times if topics are different.
Credits: 1-3
Terms Offered: As Needed
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor
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BIOL 207 - Phage Discovery and Genomics I
This research-based laboratory course is the first part of a two-semester introductory biology laboratory sequence. The full-year course covers basic techniques in microbiology, molecular biology, genetics, evolutionary biology and computer-based bioinformatics analysis of viral genomes through the exploration of Mycobacteriophage diversity. In this first semester, students will focus on various wet laboratory skills in microbiology, molecular biology and genetics. Enrollment requires completion of a Day1 program application specific for this course.
Credits: 2
Terms Offered: Fall
Attributes: Natural Science with Lab (NSL)
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor
Corequisites: BIOL 105
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BIOL 208 - Phage Discovery and Genomics II
This research-based laboratory course is the second part of a two-semester introductory biology laboratory sequence. The full-year course covers basic techniques in microbiology, molecular biology, genetics, evolutionary biology and computer-based bioinformatics analysis of viral genomes through the exploration of Mycobacteriophage diversity. In this second semester, students will focus on various topics in bioinformatics, comparative genomics, and evolutionary biology. Enrollment is by permission and requires completion of BIOL 207 .
Credits: 2
Terms Offered: Spring
Attributes: Natural Science with Lab (NSL)
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor, BIOL 207
Corequisites: BIOL 106
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BIOL 221 - Human Physiology
A study of the function and interactions of the various organ systems of the human body. Prior completion of BIOL 103 , or BIOL 106 and BIOL 108 , or the equivalent, is highly recommended prior to this course.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall
Attributes: Natural Science with Lab (NSL)
Corequisites: BIOL 221L
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BIOL 221L - Human Physiology Laboratory
This is the laboratory that accompanies BIOL 221 .
Credits: 1
Terms Offered: Fall
Attributes: Natural Science with Lab (NSL)
Corequisites: BIOL 221
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BIOL 231 - Biology of Microorganisms
A study of selected bacteria, viruses and parasites with an emphasis on host-microbe interactions and microorganisms implicated in human disease. Not open to students who have had an advanced microbiology course. Students may take CHEM 103 either prior to enrollment in or concurrently with the class.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Spring
Attributes: Natural Science with Lab (NSL)
Prerequisites: BIOL 103 or equivalent, CHEM 103
Corequisites: BIOL 231L , CHEM 103
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BIOL 231L - Biology of Microorganisms Laboratory
This is the laboratory that accompanies BIOL 231 .
Credits: 1
Terms Offered: Spring
Attributes: Natural Science with Lab (NSL)
Corequisites: BIOL 231
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BIOL 295 - Studies in Biology
A course offered in response to student and instructor interest. Topics are not generally covered in the regular course listings. Course may be taken multiple times if topics are different.
Credits: 1-3
Terms Offered: As Needed
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BIOL 301 - General Microbiology
This course covers the basic concepts and skills in microbiology. Students will learn: 1. the cell structure, metabolism and regulations, and genetics of microorganisms, mainly using bacteria as model organisms; 2. the growths and controls of microorganisms; 3. viruses and genomes; 4. evolution and diversity of microbial groups; 5. microbial ecology and environmental microbiology; 6. immunity and host defense mechanisms, 7. genetic engineering and biotechnology.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall
Prerequisites: BIOL 105 and BIOL 106 , BIOL 107 or equivalent, BIOL 108 or equivalent
Corequisites: BIOL 301L
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BIOL 301L - General Microbiology Laboratory
This is the laboratory that accompanies BIOL 301 . Students will learn the basic lab techniques of microbiology. Additional out-of-class hours may be required.
Credits: 1
Terms Offered: Fall
Corequisites: BIOL 301
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BIOL 311 - Conservation Biology
An advanced course that deals with the conservation and protection of organisms and their physical and biological environments at a species, population, community, ecosystem, and global level. Exploratory lens (e.g., indigenous, policy-based, etc) may vary. Course is lecture and lab based and involves the reading of peer-reviewed scientific literature.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: As Needed
Prerequisites: BIOL 105 and BIOL 106 , BIOL 107 or equivalent, BIOL 108 or equivalent
Corequisites: BIOL 311L
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BIOL 311L - Conservation Biology Laboratory
This is the laboratory that accompanies BIOL 311 .
Credits: 1
Terms Offered: As Needed
Corequisites: BIOL 311
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BIOL 312 - Plant and Animal Interactions
A course that deals with the interactions between plants and animals at an advanced level, emphasizing recent developments and specialized problems. Topics covered will include coevolution, pollination, frugivory and seed dispersal, herbivory, carnivorous plants and agroecology. Format will include lecture, along with frequent reading and discussion of primary literature.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: As Needed
Prerequisites: BIOL 105 and BIOL 106 , BIOL 107 or equivalent, BIOL 108 or equivalent
Corequisites: BIOL 312L
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BIOL 312L - Plant and Animal Interactions Laboratory
This is the laboratory that accompanies BIOL 312 .
Credits: 1
Terms Offered: As Needed
Corequisites: BIOL 312
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BIOL 313 - Sensory Ecology
Sensory systems are the gateways to all information that animals have about their environment. As such, they are under intense natural and sexual selection, and can themselves drive evolutionary divergence. This course focuses on these issues, building from a basis of understanding how sensory systems transduce and extract environmental information. The class will center jointly around lectures and discussion of relevant scientific literature as well as laboratory exercises to help students learn how research in sensory physiology and ecology is performed.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: As Needed
Prerequisites: BIOL 105 and BIOL 106 , BIOL 107 or equivalent, BIOL 108 or equivalent
Corequisites: BIOL 313L
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BIOL 313L - Sensory Ecology Laboratory
This is the laboratory that accompanies BIOL 313 .
Credits: 1
Terms Offered: As Needed
Corequisites: BIOL 313
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BIOL 314 - Ethnobotany
An advanced course that deals with the ways in which plants and humans have interacted over time, emphasizing recent developments, specialized problems, and peer-reviewed literature. Areas of emphasis (e.g., traditional ecological knowledge, the biology of food, forensic botany, medicinal botany) as well as course format (lecture-lab, discussion) will vary.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: As Needed
Prerequisites: BIOL 105 and BIOL 106 , BIOL 107 or equivalent, BIOL 108 or equivalent
Corequisites: BIOL 314L
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BIOL 314L - Ethnobotany Laboratory
This is the laboratory that accompanies BIOL 314 .
Credits: 1
Terms Offered: As Needed
Corequisites: BIOL 314
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BIOL 315 - Principles of Ecology
An advanced course that deals with the interactions between organisms and their physical and biological environments at a population, community, and ecosystem level. Course is lecture and lab based and involves the reading of peer-reviewed scientific literature.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring
Prerequisites: BIOL 105 and BIOL 106 , BIOL 107 or equivalent, BIOL 108 or equivalent
Corequisites: BIOL 315L
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BIOL 315L - Principles of Ecology Laboratory
This is the laboratory that accompanies BIOL 315 .
Credits: 1
Terms Offered: Fall, Spring
Corequisites: BIOL 315
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BIOL 332 - Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates
A course that extensively studies the evolutionary adaptations of anatomy across several taxa of animals. The course is solely laboratory dissections of many aquatic and terrestrial vertebrates. An excellent preparatory for students interested in any career within the Health Professions or Life Sciences.
Credits: 3
Terms Offered: As Needed
Prerequisites: BIOL 105 and BIOL 106 , BIOL 107 or equivalent, BIOL 108 or equivalent
Corequisites: BIOL 332L
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