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ECON 4730 - Advanced Regional Analysis
An advanced study of regional economic models. Included are structural and simulation models, regional growth models, and income estimation models. Emphasis is placed on quantitative analysis of regional growth and development.
Cross Listed ECON 5730
Prerequisite: ECON 3010, 3020 or equivalents
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HYDR 5980 - Hydrologic Sciences
Graduate level course designed for students who are involved in research for their dissertation project. Also used for student whose coursework is complete and are writing their dissertation.
Prerequisite: Enrolled in a graduate level degree program.
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LTED 5000 - Theoretical Foundations in LDTE
Credits: 3
Students investigate how human learning and cognitive organization and process relate to digital learning contexts. The content covers major learning theories and their implications for the instructional process through the educators’ and learners’ perspectives.
Prerequisite: graduate student status
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LTED 5480 - Issues in English as a Second Language and Bilingual Education
Credits: 3
A doctoral seminar that provides in-depth theoretical knowledge and analysis of major topics including common misconceptions about English learners (ELs) and bilingual/ESL programs, effective strategies, and methods for teaching ELs, and research findings in the areas of oral language and literacy development and academic achievement for bilingual learners.
Prerequisite: graduate student status
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LTED 5810 - Theoretical Perspectives on Writing
Credits: 3
A doctoral seminar aimed at providing students with a broad introduction to theoretical perspectives on writing processes and practices as well as the contributions of theory to research on writing processes and practices.
Prerequisite: graduate student status
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LTED 5850 - Foundational Scholars in Social Science Research
Credits: 3
This doctoral course will focus specifically on important works of scholars in disciplines such as sociology, psychology, and other social science disciplines as their work pertains to language, literacy, and learning.
Prerequisite: graduate student status
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LTED 5880 - Public Digital Scholarship
Credits: 3
A doctoral seminar designed to support students in understanding what it means to be a public digital scholar including the challenges and benefits. Students will be expected to establish and develop an online presence as a public digital scholar.
Prerequisite: graduate student status
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MATH 3310 - Appl Diff Equations II
Credits: 3
Continues MATH 2310. Includes partial differential equations, Fourier series, boundary value problems, series solutions of ordinary differential equations, linear algebra, linear systems of equations and numerical methods.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: grade of C or better in MATH 2210 and 2310.
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MUSC 1009 - The Roots of Country Music
Credits: 3
This online class examines the diverse musical practices that contributed to Country Music in the United States. Early styles and genres from the Anglo American and African American music traditions will be studies. Students will develop their musical vocabulary and hone basic listening and analytical skills.
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SPAN 4310 - Intro Hisp Ling
Credits: 3
Overview of basic concepts and approaches to linguistics with examples from and emphasis on Spanish description. Basic concepts in semiotics, formal and non-formal linguistics, core areas in linguistics (phonetics & phonology, morphosyntax, semantics & pragmatics), as well as an overview of subfields of linguistics (psycholinguistics, sociolinguístics, computational linguistics, etc.)
Corequisite: Prerequisites: SPAN 3050 or equivalent proficiency.
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ACCT 2010 - Principles of Accounting I
Credits: 3
Provides a basic understanding of the financial accounting information role in business and society. Focuses on the recording and reporting of business operating, financing, and investing events. Provides insights on business and enables students to become familiar with shareholder/external party reporting conventions.
Former Course Number [1010]
Prerequisite: Sophomore class standing and MATH 1400
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ACCT 2020 - Principles of Accounting II
Credits: 3
Provides a basic understanding of the managerial accounting information role in business decision-making. Provides insights on how businesses operate and enables students to become familiar with the conventions used by business to make decisions and how accounting information is reported to managers.
Former Course Number [1020]
Prerequisite: ACCT 2010 , Sophomore class standing.
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ACCT 2110 - Managerial Accounting
Credits: 3
An introductory course concerned with the use of accounting information by nonaccountants for planning, product costing, performance assessment and non-routine decision making. Not available for credit for accounting majors.
Former Course Number [3110]
Prerequisite: ACCT 2010 and ACCT 2020 (or equivalents); non-accounting majors.
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ACCT 3070 - Tax I
Credits: 3
This class covers a broad range of the tax concepts applicable to the taxation of individual taxpayers. Special emphasis will be placed of the role of taxation of the individual and the related decision-making process.
Prerequisite: ACCT 2010 and ACCT 2020 , with grades of C or better in each, MATH 1400 .
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ACCT 3100 - Financial Statement Analysis
Credits: 3
Advanced study of financial statements and how to analyze those statements from both an internal and external perspective.
Former Course Number [4100, 2000, 3000]
Restricted Sophmore class standing
Prerequisite: ACCT 2010 , ACCT 2020 , and FIN 3250 (or equivalent).
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ACCT 3230 - Intermediate Accounting I
Credits: 3
First of two courses studying financial reporting. Topics include recording and reporting events in the expenditure and revenue cycles.
Former Course Number [2230]
Prerequisite: ACCT 2010 , ACCT 2020 and MATH 1400 with grades of C or better in each; sophomore class standing.
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ACCT 3240 - Cost Accounting I
Credits: 3
Organizational uses of information to plan, make decisions, and evaluate performance. Specific topics include job order and process costing, cost estimation and CVP analysis, budgeting and variance analysis.
Former Course Number [2240]
Prerequisite: ACCT 2010 , ACCT 2020 and MATH 1400 with grades of C or better in each; sophomore class standing.
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ACCT 3430 - Intermediate Accounting II
Credits: 4
Second of two courses studying financial reporting. Topics include debt, equity, revenue recognition, and special issues in expense and liability recognition.
Prerequisite: ACCT 3230 with grade of C or better; advanced business standing, or special permission of Department Head.
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ACCT 3610 - Accounting Information Systems
Credits: 3
Provides an understanding of accounting information systems and internal controls. Emphasis on the use of current accounting technology, accounting software and internal control systems.
Former Course Number [2040, 3010]
Prerequisite: ACCT 3230 with a grade of C or better; advanced business standing.
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ACCT 3900 - Accounting Professional Studies
Credits: 2
Professional development course with guest speakers. Preferably taken in the junior year.
Restricted Open to junior accouting majors only
Prerequisite: ACCT 2010
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ACCT 4050 - Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting
Credits: 3
Designed to introduce students to accounting for state and local governmental entities and nonprofit organizations. Students learn about the entity structure, accounting practice, accounting systems and reporting practices for these organizations.
Prerequisite: ACCT 3230 with a grade of C or better; advanced business standing.
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ACCT 4060 - Auditing I
Credits: 3
A study of the scope, activities, and responsibilities of professional auditors. Topics include assurance services by public accountants and the methods and techniques used to provide these services, with a focus on the audits of financial statements and internal controls performed by external auditors.
Restricted Advaced Business Standing
Prerequisite: ACCT 3230 with a grade of C or better; ACCT 3610 with a grade of C or better (or concurrent enrollment)
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ACCT 4540 - Cost Accounting II
Credits: 3
Advanced topics in cost accounting concerning the organizational uses of information to plan, make decisions, and evaluate performance.
Prerequisite: ACCT 3240 with a grade of C or better and sophomore standing.
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ACCT 4600 - Professionalism and Ethics
Credits: 3
Examines professional ethics for accountants from both a philosophical and business perspective. Moral development, ethical reasoning, and ethical decision making provides a framework for examining the importance of ethics in the accounting profession. Professional guidance on ethics in accounting is also examined, including the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the codes for other professional accounting organizations.
Prerequisite: ACCT 3070 , 3610, and ACCT 3430 (or equivalents) with grades of C or better in each; ACCT 4060 with a C or better or concurrent enrollment; advanced business standing.
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ACCT 4900 - Problems in Accounting
Credits: 1‑4
An arrangement whereby students may investigate a particular problem area in accounting on an individual basis.
When Offered (Offered based on sufficient demand and resources)
Prerequisite: 6 hours in accounting; advanced business standing; junior standing; and written consent of instructor.
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ACCT 4960 - Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
Credits: 1-3
Max Credit 3
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is an IRS-sanctioned program designed to help low-income individuals and families file their federal and state taxes through trained volunteers. This course trains students to assist taxpayers in filing tax returns through the VITA program.
Prerequisite: ACCT 3070 (or concurrent).
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ACCT 5030 - Advanced Financial Accounting
Credits: 3
Advanced topics in financial reporting for students planning careers as professional accountants. Topics may include: business combinations, consolidated financial reporting, segment and interim reporting, SEC reporting, multinational accounting and reporting, and other emerging topics.
Prerequisite: ACCT 3830 (or equivalent) with a grade of C or better; graduate standing.
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ACCT 5040 - Seminar in Managerial Accounting
Credits: 3
Organizational development of financial and nonfinancial budgets, interaction between performance measurement systems and human behavior, and advanced topics in uses of information for decision making.
Prerequisite: ACCT 3240 (or equivalent) with a grade of C or better; graduate standing.
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ACCT 5060 - Auditing II
Credits: 3
An in-depth study of the financial statement audit and the professional responsibilities of public accountants. The role of professional judgment and skepticism is emphasized in case studies and research involving current auditing issues, including financial statement fraud.
Prerequisite: ACCT 4060 (or equivalent) with a grade of C or better; graduate standing or instructor and program director permission.
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ACCT 5065 - Fraud Examination
Credits: 3
The study of fraud against organizations and individuals. Includes consideration of how and why fraud is committed, the basics of fraud investigation, and fraud prevention. Coverage may also include an in-depth study of specific fraud cases based on the above elements.
Prerequisite: ACCT 4060 (or equivalent) with a grade of C or better; graduate standing or instructor and program director permission.
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ACCT 5066 - Seminar on Management Fraud
Credits: 3
An in-depth study and analysis of the causes, methods, and consequences of financial statements fraud committed by top management in the organization. The course covers psychological and criminological theories of management fraud, as well as detailed analysis of high-profile managements frauds. Seminar format.
Cross Listed MBAM 5404 .
Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission of instructor.
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ACCT 5070 - Tax II
Credits: 3
Choice of entity and special tax subjects. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of ethical considerations, competent tax research, and thoughtful tax planning.
Prerequisite: ACCT 3070 (or equivalent) with a grade of C or better; graduate standing.
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ACCT 5503 - Fundamentals of Accounting in the Energy Industry
Credits: 3
Introduces students to basic financial accounting and reporting issues related to energy producing activities. Specifically, the course will investigate current accounting practices of energy producing companies related to exploration, acquisition, development, and delivery of energy products. The course will also cover financial requirements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Cross Listed MBAM 5503 .
Prerequisite: Permission of MBA Program Director, or student’s graduate program coordinator in consultation with MBA Program Director.
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ACCT 5850 - Advanced Problems in Accounting
Credits: 1-8
Max Credit (Max. 8)
An arrangement whereby students may investigate a more advanced problem area in accounting on an individual basis.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor; graduate standing.
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ACCT 5940 - Continuing Registration: Off Campus
Credits: 1-2
Max Credit (Max. 16)
Prerequisite: advanced degree candidacy.
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ACCT 5990 - Internship
Credits: 1-12
Max Credit (Max. 24)
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
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ADED 1008 - Eastern Thought Western Practice
Credits: 2
Major concepts of Eastern thought from Confucius and Osho are explored, examined, to understand eastern ways of perceiving reality, knowledge, and values. Hands-on activities are employed to experience and practice the applications of the concepts. Students are challenged to critically think, analyze, and compare with their own, increase their consciousness of diversity.
USP Code [I< >(none)]
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ADED 5050 - Learning Theories for Education
Credits: 3
Learning and development theories are essential for educators who are designing and implementing educational applications and opportunities. Topics covered include orientations toward learning, motivation, life transitions, cognition, learning how to learn, self-directed learning, and strategies for improving learning in educational contexts.
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
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ADED 5880 - Special Problems in Adult Education
Credits: 1-6
Max Credit (Max. 9)
Provides a broad perspective through selected reading material. Wherever possible, the student collects and uses original information from an adult education/instructional technology setting. All work is done independently under the direction of a faculty member.
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
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ADED 5890 - Seminar in Adult Education
Credits: 1-6
Max Credit (Max. 8)
Advanced students in education work together intensively on current issues and problems relevant to adult education and participate in systematic, critical interpersonal evaluation. Eight hours are permitted on a doctoral program.
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
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ACES 1105 - Academic Success Skills
Credits: 1-2
Designed to provide students the necessary skills to succeed at the University and beyond. Skills covered include time management, learning styles, note taking, self-motivation, and more.
Prerequisite: Students must obtain instructor approval to register.
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ACES 3000 - Peer Advising
Credits: 3
This course is designed to help you develop the skills, understanding, competencies, and dispositions needed to be an effective peer advisor at UW. Course content will cover student development theory, interpersonal skills, UW policies/procedures, UW academic requirements, and advising approaches.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing, COM2, and
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ACES 3100 - Peer Advising Internship
Credits: 1-6
Max Credit (Max. 6)
Designed to help you apply the skills, competencies, and dispositions that were developed in ACES 3000 . The course will allow you to apply and reflect upon student development theory, interpersonal skills, UW policies/procedures, UW academic requirements, and advising approaches. Each internship credit will require a minimum of 3 hours of work per week in the ACES office. Students and the peer advising supervisor will consult in establishing individual student hours.
Prerequisite: ACES 3000 and application to ACES Internship.
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AAST 1000 - Introduction to African American Studies
Credits: 3
Surveys African presence in America. Selected teachings are designed to give the student a concise understanding of the heritage of African people in America.
USP Code [D< >(none)]
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AAST 1030 - Social Justice in the 21st Century
Credits: 3
Appropriate for students interested in diversity and social justice. Topics covered through an interdisciplinary study of people and society range from identity, critical thinking, empowerment, role models, stereotyping, institutional discrimination, and tolerance. The key lynchpin is active participation in the development and maintenance of just communities.
Cross Listed NAIS 1030 /AMST 1030 / WMST 1030/LTST 1030 .
USP Code [I,D< >(none)]
Note: Enrollment preference will be given to We The People FIG students.
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AAST 1101 - First-Year Seminar
Credits: 3
USP Code [(none< >FYS]
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AAST 2240 - Introduction to African Studies
Credits: 3
Confronts African stereotypes by exploring the continent’s complex history and current affairs, with the help of different disciplinary perspectives, such as economics, political science, and anthropology. Equipped with the basics, students will be primed to tackle more advanced courses on Africa.
Cross Listed INST 2240 .
USP Code [WB< >COM2]
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AAST 2350 - Introduction to African American Literature
Credits: 3
Provides an introduction to the major works of the African American literary tradition. Covering a wide range of fiction, poetry, drama and autobiography, the course introduces students to some of the most exciting works of literature ever to appear in America.
Cross Listed ENGL 2350 .
USP Code [WB,D< >(none)]
Prerequisite: WA/COM1.
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AAST 2360 - African American History
Credits: 3
Surveys African-American history in America, particularly emphasizing issues of identity, class, and progress as well as exploring African-Americans’ quest for full participation in American life.
Cross Listed HIST 2360 .
USP Code [CH,D < >COM2]
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AAST 2450 - Traditional African Religion
Credits: 3
Surveys traditional religions of Africa, both ancient and contemporary.
Cross Listed RELI 2450 .
USP Code [CH,G< >COM2]
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AAST 2990 - Topics:
Credits: 1-3 or 3
Accommodates seminar series and/or course offerings including those by interdisciplinary teams and visiting faculty in African American & Diaspora Studies not covered by program courses.
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AAST 3000 - African American Studies in Music
Credits: 3
Surveys African American music from its origins in Africa to current, popular jazz, rock, soul and rap forms.
USP Code [none< >H]
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AAST 3010 - The African American Aesthetic
Credits: 3
Examines interrelationship of the creative process with cultural and philosophical motifs, as well as the spiritual and the artistic amongst African people on the continent and Diaspora.
Prerequisite: AAST 1000 or any AAST 2000-level course.
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AAST 3130 - Global Impact of African Cultures
Credits: 3
Examines concepts of culture and value systems as applied to Africa and African-derived cultures and the impact on civilizations around the globe. Using the lens of the Diaspora, this course examines aspects of African culture on the African continent along with the traditions, experiences, socialization, and histories that continue for dispersed peoples of African descent.
Prerequisite: AAST 1000 or any AAST 2000-level course.
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AAST 3260 - African Spirits in the New World
Credits: 3
Begins with Yoruba roots in Africa travels with the African Diaspora focusing on spirit possession in Haitian Vodou, Cuban Santeria, Jamaican Revival Zion, Jamaican Rastafarianism, Brazilian Candomblé, and “Black Church” in the United States using ethnography and postcolonial theory of religious studies.
Cross Listed RELI 3260 .
USP Code [CH,G< >H]
Prerequisite: AAST 1000 or any AAST 2000 level course or RELI 1000 .
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AAST 3670 - African Diaspora
Credits: 3
Examines process through which aspects of African culture have endured in Diaspora. Analyzes social relations between Diaspora Africans and non-African populations in N. and S. America, the Caribbean, Britain, Asia and the Mediterranean. Discusses cultural hybridization as a product of culture contact.
Cross Listed HIST 3670 .
USP Code [CS,G< >(none)]
Prerequisite: AAST 1000 , any AAST 2000-level course, or AAST 2360 / HIST 2360 .
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AAST 3933 - African Philosophy
Credits: 3
Examines the work of philosophers of Africa, of African descent and others who deal with the African diaspora. Topics include the nature of African philosophy and the African American struggle, African colonialism, philosophy, political philosophy and gender, traditional African thought.
Cross Listed INST 3933 /PHIL 3933 .
USP Code [(none)< >H]
Restricted Restricted to junior or senior class standing.
Prerequisite: A prior course in AAST, INST or PHIL.
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AAST 4000 - Black Freedom Movement, AAST 1955- Present
Credits: 3
Presents the struggle of African Americans for self-definition, self-development, and self-determination from the inception of the modern civil rights movements to the contemporary period.
USP Code [CH,D< >(none)]
Prerequisite: 3 hours of AAST courses.
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AAST 4020 - The Black West
Credits: 3
This course explores the historical experiences and contributions of people of African descent to the American West from their earliest recorded presence in the 16th Century through the present.
Cross Listed HIST 4020 .
USP Code [CH,D< >(none)]
Prerequisite: AAST 1000 , any AAST 2000-level course, junior/senior standing, or three hours of any level of HIST course.
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AAST 4050 - Development, Africa, and Culture
Credits: 3
Focuses on the complex and checkered relationships between Western-inspired development and African cultures. Striking a balance among ethnographic case studies, theoretical lenses, and practical implications, understand what Euro-American efforts at foreign development, including contemporary globalization, look like from an African perspective. Provides an understanding of African expectations of development and developers.
Cross Listed INST 4050 .
Dual Listed AAST 5050 .
Prerequisite: junior standing and instructor consultation.
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AAST 4100 - African American Religious Culture
Credits: 3
Mid-level writing-intensive seminar. Comparative study of African American religious celebration, primarily in the context of Afro-Christianity, but touching on Islam, Candomble, “Voodoo,” Santeria, and Rastafarianism.
Cross Listed RELI 4100 .
USP Code [WC,D< >COM3]
Prerequisite: WB and one of the following: AAST 1000 or any AAST 2000-level course or RELI 1000 .
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AAST 4160 - African American Rhetoric
Credits: 3
African American discourse and its relationship to equality and participation. Through examination of various media, music, speeches, and art this course uses the struggle of African Americans as an instructive exemplar, to come to terms with the philosophical concepts, political issues, moral complexities, and discursive characteristics of African American Rhetoric.
Cross Listed COJO 4160 .
Dual Listed AAST 5160 .
USP Code [CH,D< >COM3]
Prerequisite: 9 credit hours in AAST or COJO.
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AAST 4233 - Race, Gender, Ethnicity in the Media
Credits: 3
Examine the role mass media plays in the Black community and other racial, ethnic, gendered, and socioeconomic communities. Students will develop a critical understanding of the way the mass media uses stereotypes and prejudice to influence society’s views about ethnic minorities and women in in contemporary United States society. Cross-listed with COJO 4233 and GWST 4233 ; dual-listed with AAST 5233 .
USP Code [WC,D< >COM3]
Prerequisite: 3 credit hours in AAST, COJO, or WMST, WB/COM2, and junior standing.
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AAST 4250 - The Harlem Renaissance
Credits: 3
Examines the florescence of African American creativity, centered in Harlem, New York, between the end of World War I and the onset of the Great Depression. This movement had a tremendous impact on African American culture in and outside of the U. S. , including Africa and the Caribbean.
Cross Listed AMST 4200.
Dual Listed AMST 5250 .
USP Code [D< >(none)]
Former Course Number [AAST 4200]
Prerequisite: AAST 1000 , AMST 2010 , AMST 2110, any AAST 2000-level course, junior or senior standing, or nine credit hours in any level AMST course.
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AAST 4260 - Rhetoric and Social Justice
Credits: 3
Analyzes concepts of ableism, anti-Semitism, heterosexism, racism, sexism, and socioeconomic class through a critical/ social construction framework. It attempts to develop a “working” definition of these concepts by analyzing historical and current conceptualizations and identifying marginalization and disenfranchisement as it is woven in the fabric of American society.
Cross Listed COJO 4260 .
Dual Listed AAST 5260 .
When Offered (Offered spring semester of even-numbered years)
USP Code [D< >COM3]
Former Course Number [AAST 4985]
Prerequisite: Minimum of 9 credit hours in AAST or COJO and junior standing.
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AAST 4450 - African American Novel
Credits: 3
Considers aesthetic dimension and cultural matrix of novels written by Black Americans.
Cross Listed Cross list with ENGL 4450 .
Prerequisite: AAST 1000 , any AAST 2000 level course, junior/senior standing, six hours of 2000-level literature courses in ENGL.
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AAST 4455 - Slavery and Freedom
Credits: 1-4
Max Credit (Max. 8)
Students engage in an in-depth study of the literary voices that emerged from the history of enslavement in the Americas from colonial times through the end of Reconstruction in 1877.
Cross Listed ENGL 4455 .
Dual Listed AAST 5455 .
USP Code [D< >(none)]
Prerequisite: AAST 1000 , any AAST 2000-level course, and junior/senior standing, or six credit hours of literature courses in ENGL.
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AAST 4675 - USWomen of Color
Credits: 3
Examines in comparative perspective the social conditions that shape the experiences of Chicanas/Latinas in the U. S. Students gain an understanding of how the intersection of race, class, gender, and sexuality shape the lived experiences of U. S. women of color through ideological, economic, and political forces.
Cross Listed LTST 4675 /GWST 4675 .
USP Code [D< >(none)]
Prerequisite: junior standing and/or a combination of
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AAST 4970 - Internship in AAST
Credits: 1-12
Designed for students to utilize the knowledge and skills obtained in their program of study to be applied at an organization or institution. Students will provide a job description, sign an internship contract, keep daily work journals, provide work samples, submit a paper, and include a final evaluation by their Internship supervisor.
Prerequisite: 9 hours in AAST courses.
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AAST 4975 - Independent Research
Credits: 1-3
Max Credit (Max. 6)
Independent study in African American Studies.
Prerequisite: AAST 1000 and consent of instructor.
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AAST 4990 - Topics:
Credits: 3
In-depth study of a topic not offered as regular course.
Prerequisite: COM1.
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AAST 5050 - Development, Africa, and Culture
Credits: 3
Focuses on the complex and checkered relationships between Western-inspired development and African cultures. Striking a balance among ethnographic case studies, theoretical lenses, and practical implications, understand what Euro-American efforts at foreign development, including contemporary globalization, look like from an African perspective. Provides an understanding of African expectations of development and developers.
Cross Listed INST 5050 .
Dual Listed AAST 4050 .
Prerequisite: junior standing and instructor consultation.
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AAST 5060 - NGOs, Development, and Culture
Credits: 3
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have grown exponentially in number and are often viewed as the new and best vehicle for international development. By focusing on international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), in the contexts of Western aid to post-colonial societies and the role they play in the international aid system, the course explores INGOs from historical, global, and cultural perspectives.
Cross Listed INST 5060 .
Prerequisite: junior standing and instructor permission.
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AAST 5160 - African American Rhetoric
Credits: 3
African American discourse and its relationship to equality and participation. Through examination of various media, music, speeches, and art this course uses the struggle of African Americans as an instructive exemplar, to come to terms with the philosophical concepts, political issues, moral complexities, and discursive characteristics of African American Rhetoric.
Cross Listed COJO 5160 .
Dual Listed AAST 4160 .
Prerequisite: 9 credit hours in AAST or COJO.
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AAST 5233 - Race, Gender, Ethnicity in the Media
Credits: 3
Examine the role mass media plays in the Black community and other racial, ethnic, gendered, and socioeconomic communities. Students will develop a critical understanding of the way the mass media uses stereotypes and prejudice to influence society’s views about ethnic minorities and women in contemporary United States society. Cross-listed with COJO 5233 and GWST 5233 ; dual-listed with AAST 4233 .
Prerequisite: 3 credit hours in AAST, COJO, or WMST, WB/COM2, and junior standing.
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AAST 5250 - The Harlem Renaissance
Credits: 3
Examines the florescence of African American creativity, centered in Harlem, New York, between the end of World War I and the onset of the Great Depression. This movement had a tremendous impact on African American culture in and outside of the U. S. , including Africa and the Caribbean.
Cross Listed AMST 4200.
Dual Listed AMST 4250 .
Prerequisite: AAST 1000 , AMST 2010 , AMST 2110, any AAST 2000-level course, junior or senior standing, or nine credit hours in any level AMST course.
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AAST 5260 - Rhetoric and Social Justice
Credits: 3
Analyzes concepts of ableism, anti- Semitism, heterosexism, racism, sexism, and socioeconomic class through a critical/ social construction framework. It attempts to develop a “working” definition of these concepts by analyzing historical and current conceptualizations and identifying marginalization and disenfranchisement as it is woven in the fabric of American society.
Cross Listed COJO 5260 .
Dual Listed AAST 4260 .
When Offered (Offered spring semester of even-numbered years)
Former Course Number [AAST 5985]
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
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AAST 5455 - Slavery and Freedom
Credits: 1-4
Max Credit (Max. 8)
Students engage in an in-depth study of the literary voices that emerged from the history of enslavement in the Americas from colonial times through the end of Reconstruction in 1877.
Cross Listed ENGL 5455 .
Dual Listed AAST 4455 .
Prerequisite: graduate status or 12 hours of 3000-4000 level work.
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AAST 5560 - Black Popular Culture
Credits: 3
Approaches African American popular culture from theoretical perspectives which include black feminist, postcolonial, and poststructuralist analyses.
Cross Listed AMST 5560 .
Prerequisite: graduate standing; instructor consent for undergraduate students.
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AGEC 1010 - Principles of Macroeconomics
Credits: 3
An introductory course on why economics matters. We examine why countries like the US are rich, while others are poor. We explore economic booms & busts, and policies to avoid them. We address GDP growth, unemployment and inflation, government debt, deficits, tax policy, and whether robots will take our jobs.
Cross Listed ECON 1010 .
USP Code [CS< >H]
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AGEC 1020 - Principles of Microeconomics
Credits: 3
You make tradeoffs - your time and money are limited. Microeconomics evaluates how people think about tradeoffs and how we create value through markets, institutions, and policy. Economic incentives influence choices to consume and produce goods and services. Market failure creates a role for government to protect health, culture, and nature.
Cross Listed ECON 1020 .
USP Code [CS< >H]
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AGEC 1101 - First-Year Seminar
Credits: 3
USP Code [(none< >FYS]
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AGEC 1499 - Ag Business Pathways for Success
Credits: 1
We explore student pathways to success in the Agribusiness degree program through college and into careers. This course will help students grow in three focus areas: 1) Skills for program success; 2) Career opportunities afforded by a BS in Agribusiness degree; and 3) Networking with peers, faculty, and alumni.
Prerequisite: Agribusiness major.
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AGEC 2020 - Farm and Ranch Business Management
Credits: 4
Discusses economic principles, business methods and science applied to organization and operation. Includes measurements of size of business; rate and efficiency of production.
When Offered (Normally offered spring semester)
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AGEC 2040 - Excel Applications in Ag Business
Credits: 3
From production records to financial statements, agribusiness managers must be able to manage and analyze data. The purpose of this course is to teach students how to use Microsoft Excel for common agribusiness management activities.
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AGEC 3030 - Applied Economic Decisions
Credits: 3
The purpose of the class is twofold: 1) To practice applying concepts, tools, and models from principles of economics to real-world problems affecting agriculture and agribusiness; and, 2) To understand the role of individual behavior in economic outcomes that particularly affect agriculture.
Former Course Number [3020]
Restricted Restricted to AGEC majors.
Prerequisite: AGEC 1010 /ECON 1010 , AGEC 1020 /ECON 1020 , and MATH 1400 .
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AGEC 3400 - Agricultural Law
Credits: 3
Surveys legal issues and principles of practical concern to agriculture and examines legal institutions authorized to carry out laws affecting agriculture.
When Offered (Normally offered fall semester)
USP Code [WB< >(none)]
Former Course Number [4400]
Prerequisite: WA/ COM1 and junior standing.
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AGEC 3420 - Applied Equity Investing
Credits: 3
Introduces the fundamentals of understanding how the stock market works, what types of investment products are available, how to purchase them and what to look out for in making investment decisions. Students will make investment decisions on a simulated portfolio and write justifications for their purchases.
When Offered (Normally offered spring semester)
Prerequisite: COM2 and MATH 1400 .
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AGEC 3750 - Natural Resource Planning and Economics
Credits: 3
Economic concepts and rudimentary analytical tools are applied to federal, state and local natural resource planning and management programs. The value of economic input into natural resource policy is examined. Evaluating tradeoffs and resolving conflicts play a particularly important role in the course content.
Cross Listed ENR 3750 .
Former Course Number [4750]
Prerequisite: QA/Q, WA/COM1 and junior standing.
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AGEC 3860 - World Food, Ag, & Development
Credits: 3
Explores economic approaches to improving nutrition, agriculture production, and the environment in developing regions of the world. Students gain understanding of complex conditions surrounding food security; institutions involved with food policy, aid, and production; environmental factors influencing agricultural production; inequality; and international cultural and societal food disparities.
Cross Listed INST 3860 .
When Offered (Normally offered spring semester)
USP Code [G< >H]
Former Course Number [4860]
Prerequisite: AGEC 1010 /ECON 1010 or AGEC 1020 .
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AGEC 4050 - Agribusiness Marketing
Credits: 3
Students develop a strategic marketing plan for an agricultural and food product. Content includes study of aspects of the global food industry influencing consumer demand; contemporary topics in food marketing and policy; agricultural supply marketing; marketing research methods; marketing profitability measures; pricing; new product introduction; branding, and industry competitive analysis.
When Offered (Normally offered fall semester)
Prerequisite: AGEC 1020 or ECON 1020 and MATH 1400 .
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AGEC 4060 - Agribusiness Management
Credits: 3
Applies quantitative, economic, financial and managerial analysis to agribusiness sector.
When Offered (Normally offered spring semester)
Prerequisite: AGEC 1020 and MATH 1400 .
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AGEC 4200 - Gender and Race in the Economy
Credits: 3
Focuses on the role gender and race play in the economy; specifically the way that gender and race affect economic outcomes for individuals in the United States.
Cross Listed GWST 4200 .
Dual Listed AGEC 5200 .
USP Code [D< >(none)]
Prerequisite: AGEC 1020 or equivalent, or SOC 1000 , or GWST 1080 , and WB/COM2.
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AGEC 4230 - Intermediate Econometric Theory
Credits: 3
Covers simple and multiple regression models, problems of estimation, hypothesis and diagnostic testing, dummy variable, autoregressive and distributed lag models, and time-series analysis. The objective is to understand the underlying theory of econometric modeling and obtain operational ability to construct, estimate, and test econometric models.
Cross Listed ECON 4230
Dual Listed AGEC 5230
When Offered (Normally offered spring semester)
Prerequisite: ECON 3020 , STAT 2050 or STAT 2070 , and MATH 2350 .
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AGEC 4280 - International Food and Farm Cultures
Credits: 3
Study-tour course in western France of lectures, fieldtrips, and other cultural activities are integrated into a curriculum to study sustainable food cultures and farming systems. Students live with host families and learn about current policies, belief systems and cultural practices that guide food production, consumption and marketing in Europe.
USP Code [G< >(none)]
Prerequisite: completion of WA/COM1 and I/FYS.
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AGEC 4450 - Negotiation
Credits: 3
Examines how to use negotiation to resolve conflict and get agreement. Describes conflict; outlines ways to address conflict; examines different negotiation strategies and the impact of cognitive bias, power, ethics, and individual and cultural differences; and explores mediation practices. Students complete negotiations, role-plays, and questionnaires.
Cross Listed ENR 4450 .
Dual Listed AGEC 5450 .
Prerequisite: completion of USP O/COM2 requirement; junior standing.
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AGEC 4460 - Agriculture and Economic Development
Credits: 3
Examines the roles of agriculture in the transformation of the economics of underdeveloped countries. Examines development theories, case studies and analytical techniques.
Former Course Number [5460]
Prerequisite: AGEC 1010 , AGEC 1020 and a G course.
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AGEC 4500 - Agricultural Finance
Credits: 3
Principles of financial management; compounding and discounting; leverage and capital budgeting and alternatives in resource control.
When Offered (Normally offered spring semester)
Former Course Number [650]
Prerequisite: AGEC 1020 or equivalent.
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AGEC 4550 - Negotiation Analysis
Credits: 3
Focuses on using an analytical perspective for maximizing joint gains between negotiators. Students learn analytical techniques to prepare for negotiation, evaluate options and proposals during a negotiation, and evaluate negotiated outcomes with respect to maximization of joint gains and fairness criteria.
Cross Listed ENR 4550 .
Dual Listed AGEC 5550 .
Prerequisite: QA/Q.
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AGEC 4600 - Community Economic Analysis
Credits: 3
Analysis of regions and rural communities; their problems, socioeconomic characteristics, land use and economic development. Provides training in regional economic analysis, fiscal impact analysis and benefit cost analysis.
Dual Listed AGEC 5600 .
USP Code [(none)< >H]
Prerequisite: ECON 3010 , ECON 3020 , and MATH 1400 .
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