Spring 2010 Course Descriptions Undergraduate

January 25-June 17, 2010

BIO 113 - Human Biology
This course is designed to provide an understanding of principles of human biology for the non-science student. Topics include cell structure and function, genetics and reproduction. 3 credits

COC 208 - Phonetics
The study of the sounds of the English language and its application to speech correction. Introduces the student to basic anatomy and physiology of the speech mechanism. Identification of acoustic properties of speech sounds and their phonetic application. Instruction in reading and transcribing of the International Phonetic Alphabet of American English patterns. Prerequisite (or corequisite): COC 101. 3 credits.

COC 209 - Anatomy and Physiology of Speech
Introduction to the anatomy, physiology and neuromuscular systems pertaining to speech and language. The study of the respiratory system for phonation and its function for articulation and resonance. Neural control of speech production and the cerebral organization of language will be discussed. Prerequisites: BIO 111 or BIO 101. 3 credits.

COC 308 - Introduction to Hearing Science/Acoustics
Anatomy and physiology of the ear, psychoacoustics of the speech mechanism, and applications to speech pathology. The study of sound as related to speech and hearing. The anatomy and physiology of the hearing mechanism is studied in depth as a basis for normal speech and language development. 3 credits.

COC 401 - Speech Pathology II
Rehabilitation The rehabilitation and therapeutic approaches to communications disorders such as delayed language, articulation, phonology, cleft palate, cerebral palsy, voice, stuttering, hearing, and aphasia. This course will include early intervention at ages 0-3 and a discussion of Alzheimer's disease. A supervised clinical practicum where the student is an observer for no less than 25 hours is also part of the course. Note: The practicum is fully supervised by an ASHA-certified member of our faculty at all times. Students are placed at various sites. Prerequisite: COC 310. 4 credits

EBA 101 Principles of Accounting I
Introduction to the double-entry system of debits and credits, journal entries and general ledger accounts, steps leading up to financial statement preparation and format of financial statements. Also included are studies of merchandising companies and determination of inventory balances and cost of goods sold, and an introduction to the accounting treatment of various assets and liabilities. 3 credits.

EBA 102 Principles of Accounting II
Focuses on partnership and corporate accounting, as well as statements of cash flow and financial statement analysis. Overviews of complex partnership issues, as well as complex corporate issues, are covered. Prerequisite: EBA 101. 3 credits.

EBE 102 Principles of Microeconomics
An introductory course covering issues relating to individual economic units: namely, the individual consumer, the individual firm, the individual factors of production-land, labor, and capital. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, price theory, price determination through equilibrium, supply and demand, analysis of consumer demand, utility theory and marginal utility, consumer equilibrium, indifference curve analysis, analysis of supply, theory of production, pricing in perfectly and imperfectly competitive markets, types of imperfect competition, anti-trust laws in the U.S., and distribution of income. 3 credits.

EBE 204 Money and Banking
Money and its equivalents, interest rates, and the banking system. In particular, the workings of the money market and its instruments, including treasury bills and commercial paper, financial institutions, and monetary policy and its effects on the national and global economies. Prerequisites: EBE 101 and 102. 3 credits.

EBF 210 Investment Principles
Characteristics and investment strategies related to stocks, bonds, and options. Sources of return and risk are explored. The foundations of financial research are developed with regard to information sources, valuation techniques, computation of return and risk and their relationship. SEC regulations; methods of performance evaluation. Prerequisite: EBF 101. 3 credits.

EBF 320 Portfolio Analysis
An examination of modern portfolio theory. After setting the foundation of the investment policy statement, the course introduces fundamental portfolio analysis tools, portfolio risk and return measures, and the process of optimal portfolio selection and applications to portfolio construction and management relevant to equity and fixed-income portfolios. These include international diversification, risk management and hedging, strategies, benchmarks and performance evaluation. Prerequisite: EBF 210. 3 credits

EBF 410 Seminar in Options Trading
The theoretical foundations, institutional details, and practical applications of options trading: various pricing models and their development; in-depth examination of the use of options as speculative, hedging, investment, and arbitrage tools; the role of options with respect to the proper functioning of the modern market economy. The central focus is on stock options. Prerequisite: EBF 210. 3 credits.

EBK 204 Marketing Management
This course helps students conceptualize the strategic planning process as it relates to the primary determinants of sales and profits. Students also develop an in-depth understanding of the business and ethical problems marketing managers face in a global marketing environment, and explore various solutions to these problems. Prerequisite: EBK 101. 3 credits.

EBM 213 Business Law I
Fundamental principles of law of contracts, contracts of guaranty and surety-ship, and the law of sales and secured transactions under the Uniform Commercial Code; the relationship of principal and agent and that of employer and employee; personal property, and bankruptcy. Prerequisite: EBM 101. 3 credits.

HIS 220-221 Survey of Modern History
A two semester survey of modern European and world history. The first semester covers the Renaissance through the Reformation and Scientific Revolution until the downfall of Napoleon. The second semester begins with political and intellectual currents in the nineteenth century, focuses on the two World Wars, and concludes with the contemporary world scene. 3 credits each.

LLE 100 Introduction to English Composition
Intensive practice in the composition of three-paragraph essays, with special emphasis on writing in response to selected readings. (Placement by departmental examination). 3 credits. LLE 101-102 English Composition I, II
Extensive practice in the composition of clear, concise, and grammatically correct sentences and paragraphs with special emphasis on the five-paragraph essay and the research paper. (Admission by assignment following placement test.) 3 credits each.

LLE 220-221 Survey of Modern Literature
A two semester survey of Modern literature from the classical through the modern eras. First semester readings include: Sophocles, Beowulf, The Song of Roland, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Cervantes, and Moli?re. Second semester readings include: the Romantic Poets, Ibsen, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, Tolstoy, Kafka, Melville, Faulkner, Beckett, Camus and Sartre. Not to be taken after HML 101, HML 102, HML 201, HML 202, LLE 115, LLE 116, LLE 223 or LLE 224. Prerequisite: LLE 102 or exemption. 3 credits each.

LLE 372 The Modern American Novel
Major twentieth-century novelists, with emphasis on James, Dreiser, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner. Prerequisite: HML 201 or permission of instructor. 3 credits. MAT 261 Statistics for Social Science Majors
Basic concepts in descriptive and inferential statistics including measurement scales, frequency distributions, measures of central tendency and distribution, correlation coefficients, linear regression, probability theory, binomial distribution, and parametric and non-parametric tests of significant differences. Prerequisite: MAT 111 or examination. 3 credits.

MCO 140 Computer Concepts with Microcomputer Applications
This course is divided into two parts. One part involves the discussion of basic computer topics and terminology. Computer hardware and software are discussed. The second part of the course is comprised of hands-on instruction in Microsoft Office Applications. This course is not a required course or approved elective for a Computer Science or MIS degree. 3 credits.

MCO 148 Advanced Computer Business Applications
This course discusses advanced features of Excel and introduces PowerPoint. An accounting application such as Peachtree or QuickBooks is introduced as well. The goal is to fully expose business students to PC applications that they can integrate into their studies and use on the job. This course is not a required course or approved elective for a Computer Science or MIS degree. Prerequisites: MCO 140, EBA 101, and EBF 101. 3 credits. POL 101 American Politics
This course studies (i) the current state of American politics, including the leading issues of the day, (ii) the historical and constitutional foundations of the national government, and (iii) the major institutions of the federal government, including Congress, the presidency, and the judiciary. In-depth analysis of the Congress probes policy making and organization of Congress and it evaluates the performance and functioning of Congress as a representative institution. Additional segments of the course deal with public opinion, the media, and American political economy. 3 credits

PSY 102 Social Psychology
Social influences on values, attitudes, and behavior. Determinants of social perceptions and cognitions. Bases for friendship, love, prejudice, and anti-social behavior. Group dynamics involved in conformity, conflict and cooperation. Prerequisite or co-requisite: PSY 101. 3 credits

PSY 216 Adolescent Development
This course examines the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development of adolescents. Topics include genetic, cultural, and social factors that enhance or inhibit development. Prerequisite: PSY 101. 3 credits PSY 310 Personality
Description and assessment of personality. Classical approaches of psychoanalysis tract theory, humanism, behaviorism and cognitive theorists as well as contemporary research and practical applications. Prerequisite: PSY 101. 3 credits.

PSY 311/COC 361 Psycholinguistics
Psychology of language and the higher mental processes. Modern conceptions of syntactic, semantic, and lexical structure of language. Prerequisite: PSY 101. 3 credits.

PSY 325 Drugs and Behavior
Behavioral effects of biochemical mechanisms of psychoactive drugs, including prescription, recreational, and illegal drugs. Topics include psychopharmacological treatment of abnormal behaviors and moods, addiction and tolerance, and the treatment of addictions. Prerequisite: PSY 101. 3 credits.

PSY 335 Abnormal Psychology
Description and diagnosis of abnormal behavior. Causes, symptoms and treatments of mental illness. Basic principles of psychotherapy. Prerequisite: PSY 101. 3 credits.

PSY 342 Psychology of Religion
Nature of religious experience and behavior. Psychological aspects of belief, prayer, sin, guilt, mysticism, and membership in a religious community. Prerequisite: PSY 101. 3 credits.

PSY 351 Biological Psychology
The biological bases of behavior and methods of study. Topics include: anatomy and physiology of the nervous system and sense organs, drugs and behavior, sleep and dreaming, eating and drinking, memory and language, brain disorders and abnormal behavior. Prerequisite: PSY 101 or BIO 101. 3 credits.

PSY 493 Advanced Topics in Psychology
Prerequisite: 7 courses in Psychology including PSY 101 & PSY 301, Dean's ok. With departmental permission, may be taken more than once on different topics. 3 credits.

Spring 2010 Course Descriptions - Graduate Courses

January 25-June 17, 2010

EdSE 640 - Assessment of Individual Differences in General Education and Special Education: A Socio Cultural Perspective
This course focuses on assessment in general education and special aeducation of individual diffrerences in intelligence, learning potential, personality, motivation, and school acheivement, mangement of data from assessment and monitoring of student progress, characteristics of standardized tests, the role f educational testing in program design and informing instruction, particularly for students with disabilities, assessment of young children, use of acheivement tests, introduction to dynamic (or interactive) assessment, diffrences between static and dynamic assessment, the use of teacher made informal tests, opportunity to observe and practice use of acheivement tests and curriculum based assessment approaches in classrooms. 3 credits.

EdSE 650 - Educational Technology in General and Special EducationThis course focuses on the design and use of computers and other technological devices that facilitate communication,learning, and related functions in educational contexts for children in general education and children with specisl needs, technology for use in fostering literacy and remediating reading disabilities, special applications with computers in the classroom, information literacy, and recent developments in the field of assistive technologies for students with diabilities. 3. credits.

PSY 601 - Biological Foundations of Learning and DevelopmentThis course begins by reviewing the physiology of the systems for human sensation, perception and behavior which has provided the basis for psychological treatment and practice, then guides the student through an examination of the many current research findings which have illuminated and altered our understanding of human physiology in recent years. Students explore with the professor the ways in which new research findings can or should modify psychological treatment. The role of prescription of psychoactive drugs by psychologists in the treatment process is studied and evaluated.

PSY 603 - School Psychology ProseminarProvides theoretical and practical understanding about the field of school psychology. School Psychology students learn the importance of and roles of school psychologists. The course focuses on historical influences upon the field of school psychology, ethical considerations, and a school psychologist’s roles in the areas of assessment, diagnostics, consultation, counseling, and interventions.

PSY 604 - Statistics for School Psychologists The purpose of this course is to review basic statistical techniques and theory for school psychology research and practice. Topics include scores, linear transformations, sample probability, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, power and effect size, and chi-square.