Military Service Center

An introductory course that provides instruction and practice in human communication including interpersonal communication, organizational strategic communication, digital communication and media communication.

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

Explanatory and persuasive writing in both personal and public genres; instruction and practice in generating, focusing, developing, researching and presenting ideas in ways consistent with one's subject, purposes and intended audience. ESL students must have completed ENGL 1020 with grade of Pass. From Composition I with Workshop, Composition I and Composition II, no more than 6 hours apply toward graduation.

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

Reading and analyzing documents from specific disciplines to synthesize results from multiple perspectives and produce disciplinarily appropriate writing from your research. A significant focus on academic argument and advanced research writing skills included. Discipline-specific sections offered. Web enhanced. Critical reading, research papers required.

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

Number system; elementary theory of equations and inequalities; functions and relations; exponentials and logarithms; systems of equations and topics in analytic geometry. Course is not applicable toward the undergraduate Mathematics major requirements. No credit given for students who have credit for MATH 1340.

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

Definitions and graphs of trigonometric functions and their inverses, solving trigonometric equations, applications and topics in analytic geometry. Course is not applicable toward the undergraduate Mathematics major requirements. No credit given for students who have credit for MATH 1340.

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

Limits, differentiation, Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, curve sketching, maxima/minima, definite and indefinite integrals, applications. Course is not applicable toward the undergraduate Mathematics major requirements.

(4 credit hours, 15 week term)

Applications and techniques of integration, polar coordinates and calculus of plane curves, infinite series and Taylor series, vectors and geometry of space.

(4 credit hours, 15 week term)

Matrix algebra, systems of linear equations, determinants, vector spaces, linear transformations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, applications, additional topics chosen from Google's page rank algorithm, Digital Image Compression, and others.

(4 credit hours, 15 week term)

An introduction to descriptive and inferential statistical methods including point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing and regression. No credit allowed if taken after MATH 3610 or 4680; credit not allowed for both MATH 2600 and 2630. Course is not applicable toward the undergraduate Mathematics major requirements.

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

A survey of the varied aspects of anthropology, including cultural anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology, and linguistics. (not for major credit)

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

Introduction to culture patterns and processes and their relationship to human society and language.

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

A survey of the socio-historical and cultural factors of African Americans in the U.S.

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

Basic concepts and theory applications to major economic problems and controversies. Designed primarily to meet requirements of students not planning to take upper level economics courses. (not for major credit)

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

This course provides an overview of the geographic dimensions of human diversity with an emphasis on understanding the uneven distribution of people and resources in the context of globalization. It is a systematic treatment of the major concepts of human geography and their application to modern problems, population, migration, cultural patterns and processes, political organization of space, agricultural and rural land use, industrialization and economic development, and urban land use. (not for major credit)

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

General cultural and historical survey of the Middle East and Islam from 600 to the 20th century. Includes topics in historical movements, literature, religion, and social and intellectual history.

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

An introductory survey of the institutions, processes, and politics of the government of the United States and its relationship to state governments. Required primary texts include the United States Constitution, Declaration of Independence, a minimum of five selected Federalist Papers, Gettysburg Address, Emancipation Proclamation, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail. The course adheres to appropriate university, state, and federal guidelines on assessment, content, and transferability.

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

Sociological topics regarding social behavior, institutional dynamics and social change are examined, and the principles and basic concepts used by sociologists are taught. (not for major credit)

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

Introduces students to the sociological perspective through the analysis of various social problems including inequality, population, environment, workplace and deviant behavior. (Not for major credit)

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

Introduction to the study of race, class and gender as factors in American stratification.

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

Introduction to the aesthetic, cultural and social interpretation of works of art and architecture, and to the historical relationships of artists, patrons, and audiences in art's production and purposes. Web-assisted course. Humanities core course. (Not for major credit in Art History, Studio Art or Art Education).

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

Exploration of various kinds of fiction with goals of literary appreciation and analytical insight. (not for major credit)

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

Introduction to the history and interpretation of cinema as art form, with emphasis on discovering how meaning is encoded in film at the levels of shot, sequence and narrative construction. (Not recommended or required for majors.)

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

Study of the fundamentals of Latin vocabulary, grammar and syntax. Translation of elementary readings. (not for major credit)

(4 credit hours, 15 week term)

Continued study of fundamental Latin vocabulary, grammar and syntax. Translation of elementary readings. (not for major credit)

(4 credit hours, 15 week term)

A study of the development of jazz styles, including listening skills and historical perspectives. Because the major innovations and styles of jazz are a result of contributions from African Americans and other ethnicities, the course includes a study of how different time periods influenced the development of jazz and our culture. Students may take P/NC.

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

The cultures of various ethnic groups (Native Americans, African-American, Mennonite, Moravian, Creole and others) are examined, especially as they relate to the development of folk, popular and art music styles in the United States. This course includes listening. Students may take P/NC. Not for major credit.

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

An introduction to the symbolic analysis of argument components and structures. Topics include definition, syllogistic reasoning, semantics, sentential logic and probability. (not for major credit)

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

A study of the major religions of the world, with an emphasis on their histories, beliefs and practices.

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)

Introductory survey of the development of theatre and drama from the ancient world to the present day; discussion of representative plays; slides and films complement lectures. (Not recommended or required for majors.)

(3 credit hours, 15 week term)