Elective Courses

This course is designed to examine young adolescents, their development and issues related to their educational needs during the period of growth from childhood through adolescence. Students will learn how to use developmental characteristics in the instructional design and planning process. Students will also learn how schools should be structured to maximize learning for this population.

This four hour laboratory is associated with CHM 312. Laboratory work emphasizes measurement of kinetic data and properties of materials associated with structure and bonding. Rate laws and proposed mechanisms are determined by initial rate or integrative methods. Spectroscopic and other instrumental methods are used to determine structures.   

(Also SOC 314) Using historical documents, social statistics, works of literature, anthropology, and social and psychoanalytic theory, this course examines the process of marginalization, compares conceptions of sanity and insanity among different cultures and sub-cultures, and analyzes the consequences of institutionalization, stigmatization, and marginalization.

Introduction to marketing of products and services. Topics covered include: external analysis, target market idehtification, market research, consumer behavior, product development, demand estimation and forecasting, pricing, distribution channels, advertising, sales promotion and public relations.

(Also WMS 314) Using historical documents, social statistics, works of literature, anthropology, and social and psychoanalytic theory, this course examines the process of marginalization, compares conceptions of sanity and insanity among different cultures and sub-cultures, and analyzes the consequences of institutionalization, stigmatization, and marginalization.

The core skills learned in Level Design I are further refined and used to create a more immersive player experience. Advanced skills are taught such as controlling world physics, creating particle effects, building custom user interfaces, generating real-time camera effects, using post-processes to transform a scene’s aesthetic, and creating in-game cinematics.

An examination of economic indicators and analysis of the current state of the U.S. economy. the Federal Reserve actions, open market operations, monetary policy options, and appropriate policy will also be investigated. Students must abe available to participate in the College Fed Challenge.                                                                                          This course may be repeated for credit.

This course prepares future K-12 art teachers. It focuses on methods to create a stimulation creative environment that is appropriate to students at different stages of their development. It investigates educational methods and curriculum content and engages the future teacher in hands-on studio work to develop his/her own technical and aesthetic skills. How to manage a studio class, assessment strategies, and educational theories and practices are examined.

Fundamental principles of business law and practice and the Constitutional setting in which they are implemented. Structure of the law and the state and federal court systems, contract law, agency law, and the law of sales.

This course is designed to foster understanding of the dynamic continuum of development and learning in children from birth through Pre-Adolescent. Topics include cognitive and linguistic factors affecting development and learning, nurturing diversity and equity, addressing multiple intelligences and diverse learning styles, integrating play, and language and literacy across the curriculum.

(Also BUS 317) The study of individual and group behavior in organizations. Key topics include job satisfaction; motivation; group dynamics, leadership; conflict and change; communication; job design; power and influence; organization concepts and design; organizational development.

The study of individual and group behavior in organizations. Key topics include job satisfaction; motivation; group dynamics, leadership; conflict and change; communication; job design; power and influence; organization concepts and design; organizational development.

This courses is an introduction to the rapidly expanding field of immunology covering such topics as the immune response, (cellular and humoral) immunoglobulins, antigen-antibody reactions, immunohematology complement and cytotoxicity, immunopathology (hypersensitivity and autoimmune diseases), transplantation and oncoimmunology.

You will learn how to see and how to draw from direct observation of nature and life. You will use a variety of media to create self-portraits, figure drawings, object studies, still lifes, interior scenes, landscapes, depending on Instructor. Use drawing as part of the planning process for prints, paintings, and digital works, and as a finished work in its own right.  

Our contemporary political world is a complex one, characterized by both tremendous promise and enduring human misery. Political theory is a realm of intellectual inquiry where we examine our most basic concepts and definitions, engage in normative judgment of our existing systems of government, and articulate and defend a vision of the system of political organization we envision to be ideal. The goal of this course is to familiarize students with important themes within contemporary political theory and the ways in which they relate to the world in which we reside. We will accomplish this through surveying the most influential political theorists of our time. To the extent that this course has an overarching theme, it is a the issue of difference in contemporary political societies whether that difference is encountered in the form of ascriptive identities such as gender and ethnicity, or simply deep disagreements in a more ideological sense.

The course is designed to foster implementing developmentally appropriate principles and practices. Topics include integration across all core curriculum areas, responsiveness to cultural and linguistic differences, fostering intellectual stimulation through play, implementing appropriate guidance and management techniques to create a safe environment, and assessment that is multidimensional, ongoing and performance based.

A study of taxation as it applies to the typical routine tax return for an individual tax payer. Topics will include determination of tax, income inclusions, capital gains and losses, itemized deductions and tax credits.

Analysis of the development of motivation from simple drives to complex social needs, including the nature of emotion, attitudes and motives. Emphasis on current research in motivation and its theoretical implications.

This is an introduction to notable topics and controversies concerning international crimes, transnational crimes, and social justice. Throughout the course students will gain a general understanding of some of the world's most pressing crime problems, and the international justice systems working to control these crimes and seek justice.

This course is designed to provide the student with a thorough understanding of the modern microeconomic theory and its applications. The approach used for this purpose is rigorous but mathematically simple. In particular, the course will study the different market structures and the corresponding market mechanisms through which scarce productive resources are used to produce goods and services and distribute them among the members of the society.

(Formerly EDC 207) A course designed to provide cross training for the teacher in the regular classroom in order to be able to work as part of a collaborative interprofessional team. Through study, observation, and field experiences the pre-service teacher will gain valuable training and resources for inclusion of special needs students in the regular classroom.

This course is a study of the relationships between animals and plants and their environment. Population growth and species interactions, organization of biological communities, ecosystem structure and function (energy flow and biogeochemical cycles) will be discussed. Current examples (“case studies”) of environmental problems will be examined to show the real application of basic ecological principles. Laboratory consists of experimental and descriptive laboratories with experience in field techniques.

This course provides an introduction to the politics of international economic relations. The primary purpose is to give an overview of the field by exploring the theories that political scientists have traditionally used to analyze the origins of particular international economic arrangements. Much of the class is therefore devoted to lectures and readings that delve into these issues. The course has a second, equally important intellectual project, however. there is a significant difference between most economists and political scientists on the one hand and many sociologists on the other about what each filed believes drives human behavior. Based on those different assumptions, the social science tend to diverge on questions concerning how we can study the social world. We will also spend considerable time discussing the various assumptions that underpin theory. Finally, we will debate which of the approaches presented in the readings and lectures are the most convincing in their assesment of problems.

This courses defines both religion and spirituality as a factor that contributes to the development and well-being of the human person. It examines the ways in which the psychology of religion can be used to explain various spiritual phenomena both in the past as well as the present.

The focus of this course is the solution of differential equations. Topics include: separation of variables, homogeneous equations, integrating factors, linear and higher order equations and applications via classical and computer based methods.