Dorothy F. Schmidt
College of Arts and Letters

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Anthropology

Undergraduate Courses/ link to graduate courses

University Honors Seminar in Anthropology (ANT 1930) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
A seminar in the University Honors Program on topics in anthropology.

Introduction to Anthropology (ANT 2000) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
In this course, students learn the foundations of anthropology as the study of human variation in its biological, social and cultural dimensions. Students learn about anthropological concepts, principles and methodologies to understand and explore past and present human behavior. They will apply the anthropological approach to analyze issues pertaining to past and contemporary cultures, and develop intellectual skills and habits to understand behavioral, social and cultural issues from multiple disciplinary perspectives. This is a General Education course. 

Culture and Society Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (ANT 2410) 3 credits
An introduction into the differences between historical and current societies as exemplified by various cultures and groups. This is a General Education course.
Perspective on the human condition by examining some of the principal cultural differences between traditional and modern societies. Using ethnographic materials, examination of how people formulate their world views (cosmology) and live by the social logics of reciprocity and kinship. These are compared with world views and social logics of markets and bureaucracy in industrial societies. This is a General Education course. (Changes effective spring 2025.)

Introduction to Biological Anthropology (ANT 2511) 3 credits
Corequisite: ANT 2511L
Students learn about the general topics in biological anthropology, including genetics, primatology, comparative anatomy and paleoanthropology. This is a General Education course.

Introduction to Biological Anthropology Lab (ANT 2511L) 1 credit
Corequisite: ANT 2511
Students perform procedures similar to those used by professional anthropological researchers and engage in hands-on activities designed to reinforce the material presented in the lecture section. This is a General Education course.

Directed Independent Research (ANT 2912) 1-3 credits
Prerequisites: ANT 2000 or ANT 2410 or ANT 2511, 2511L with a minimum grade of "C" or permission of instructor
Students work closely with faculty members on a specific research project. Course requirements and evaluation are determined by the supervising faculty member for each student project.

Directed Independent Research (ANT 2913) 0-3 credits
Prerequisites: ANT 2000 or ANT 2410 or ANT 2511, 2511L with a minimum grade of "C" or permission of instructor
Students work closely with faculty members on a specific research project. Course requirements and evaluation are determined by the supervising faculty member for each student project. Grading: S/U

Anthropology Study Abroad (ANT 2952)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Freshman or sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Note: The courses above (ANT 1930, 2000, 2410, 2511, 2952) may not be counted for credit in minimum major.

Frauds, Myths and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology (ANT 3016) 3 credits
This course is a critical examination of why people make off-the-wall claims about the human past and how professional archaeologists go about addressing them. The course assesses the flaws in such claims by applying scientific reasoning.

Stones and Bones: Unearthing the Past (ANT 3114) 3 credits
Archaeology, the study of the material culture of past peoples, is packed with (literally) groundbreaking research. In this course, students explore archaeology’s greatest discoveries and most famous sites and learn about the cutting-edge science behind the study of the ancient world. 

Archaeology of Europe (ANT 3143) 3 credits
This course presents a broad overview of the archaeology of Europe from the continent’s earliest settlement to the post-Medieval period. Students examine aspects of past lifeways, including economics, trade, social stratification, conflict and human-environment interactions through analyses of material culture. 

The Maya and Their Neighbors (ANT 3163) 3 credits
Investigates the ancient cultures of Mexico and northern Central America with an emphasis on the ancient Maya, their calendar and hieroglyphic writing. Also studies their Olmec predecessors and contemporary civilizations in central Mexico, such as Teotihuacan, the Toltecs and Aztecs.

South America Before Columbus (ANT 3165) 3 credits
An introduction to the archaeology and people of ancient South America. Early hunters/gatherers, origins of agriculture and complex societies to the rise and fall of the great Inca civilization.

Real Archaeology (ANT 3190) 3 credits
Course contributes to professional development of archaeology students by teaching them the theory, methods and techniques of public archaeology and cultural resources management. Course includes a review of health, safety and ethics issues in archaeology; international, federal, state and local statutes affecting public archaeology; and hands-on instruction in practical methods.

Peoples Around the World (ANT 3212) 3 credits
A course in world ethnography involving an inspection of cultural developments, in all their variety, throughout the world. The indigenous culture areas of each continent will be considered, with a focus on livelihood, the social order, religion, music and art.

Anthropology of Religion (ANT 3241) 3 credits
A cross-cultural study of magic and religion with emphasis on belief systems and rituals and their practitioners.

Native-American Culture and Society (ANT 3312) 3 credits
A description and analysis of aboriginal and contemporary North-American-Indian cultures in their historical and ecological contexts.

Cultures of South Asia (ANT 3361) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
The cultural variation in South Asia, comprising the nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives. Religion (Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism), caste and social structure, village dynamics, tribal groups, colonialism and culture change.

Anthropology of Film: An Introduction to Visual Anthropology (ANT 3391) 3 credits
A history and analysis of selected ethnographic films and film makers that give valuable insights into culture and human behavior.

Human Variation (ANT 3516) 3 credits
An examination of the biological and sociological meaning of race in its application to humans. Processes affecting biological variation in human populations: the mechanisms of biological evolution and the interaction of human genetic factors with culture and the natural environment.

Human Evolution (ANT 3586) 3 credits
An investigation of the biological evolution of the human species. The hominid fossil record is surveyed in conjunction with explanation in terms of the principles of evolution and genetics.

Human and Cultural Rights (ANT 4006) 3 credits
The course focuses on the definition of human and cultural rights by international bodies and cultural organizations. The starting point for the discussion is the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The course explores how the declaration has been received, implemented, debated or ignored in cultures around the world.

The Anthropology of Death (ANT 4025) 3 credits
This course takes an anthropological perspective on how humans understand death. The course explores examples from various time periods and locations through ethnography, archaeology, bioarchaeology and social theory perspectives.

Anthropological Analysis (ANT 4090) 3 credits
Introduction to the process of conducting quantitative research in anthropology. The course considers the types of questions anthropologists ask, the kinds of data they collect and the kinds of analyses they carry out.

Archaeological Research Methods (ANT 4116) 3 credits
This course focuses on what archaeologists actually do in the field and laboratory to learn about ancient societies. Methods are placed in context through discussion of scientific research design in archaeology, which determines what methods are chosen, including field methods, analytical methods and laboratory methods.

Development of Ancient Civilization (ANT 4141) 3 credits
An analysis of human cultures from the emergence of humanity through the rise of civilization. An ecological orientation will focus on the close interplay among early humans, their paleoenvironments and the dynamics of culture change. Relevance for modern times in understanding the past and projecting the future. Examination of major archaeological concepts.

Florida Archaeology (ANT 4158) 3 credits
Native-American peoples and cultures of Florida in pre-Columbian times as revealed by the archaeological record. The development of Florida's indigenous cultures is traced from earliest known human occupancy to their disappearance after the European conquest.

Research Methods in Bioarchaeology (ANT 4192) 3 credits
Prerequisite: ANT 2511 or ANT 3516 or ANT 3586 or ANT 4520 
Training in the research methodology of biological anthropology and archaeology. Application to an original research project and the presentation of a written research report. 

Economic Anthropology (ANT 4266) 3 credits
The exploration and application of economic anthropology as a subfield of anthropology. The course employs a comparative methodology to cultures as well as the study of economic theory as it applies to the analysis of culture.

The Anthropology of Politics (ANT 4274) 3 credits
This course examines how anthropology has used the concept of politics and applied it to its studies and fieldwork. Focus is on how power and politics have been organized in cultures and examining the contours of an emergent and dynamic global politics.

Gender and Culture (ANT 4302) 3 credits
An examination of the variation of gender roles in non-Western societies across different levels of social organization. Femininity, masculinity and additional genders are examined within the context of anthropological theory.

African-American Anthropology (ANT 4315) 3 credits
A review of the most important theoretical issues in African-American anthropology, including Africanisms, the family, matrifocality and religion, with the reading of ethnographic studies of African Americans in the United States.

Asian Medical Systems (ANT 4365) 3 credits
Asia is home to some of the world’s oldest continuing medical systems that serve the health care needs of hundreds of millions of people. Students will better understand the peoples and cultures of Asia from the perspective of health, illness and healing by focusing primarily on the theories, nosologies, diagnostic principles and therapies of three medical systems. These include Ayurvedic medicine, Tibetan medicine and Chinese medicine and subfields of practice like yoga and meditation. Students are introduced to the main theories, diagnostic techniques and therapies for each system.

Anthropology of Peace and Violence (ANT 4409) 3 credits
Explores the meaning and forms of peace and violence that are a part of our daily lives, in cultures and globally. These are subjects that have engendered many debates about human behavior. The course also explores some general and directed questions about peace and violence.

The Anthropology of Sex and Gender (ANT 4413) 3 credits
This course explores the cultural construction of sex and gender. It focuses on the United States as a central geographic site to explore these constructions, although examples from other parts of the world are used as comparisons to our own experience and beliefs.

Cultural Anthropology (ANT 4414) 3 credits
Culture: its nature, structure and dynamics; its relation to society and the individual. Tribal cultures as contrasted with state formations, exemplified by several widely varied case studies.

Anthropology of Nature (ANT 4419) 3 credits
Using theory from cultural anthropology, this course examines the relationship between culture and the physical environment or "nature," focusing on political, medical, religious, linguistic/discursive, ecological, development and gender issues in a variety of communities and countries around the world.

Systems, Institutions in Anthropological Perspective (ANT 4425) 3 credits
This course investigates the social institutions that serve to organize our lives – schools, hospitals, workplaces and others. Systems and institutions are shaped by norms, rules and regulations, and people create and recreate their spaces within the institutions. Utilizing ethnography as a method of closely studying everyday interactions, students explore the theoretical and empirical avenues of their lives within systems and institutions. 

Psychological Anthropology (ANT 4433) 3 credits
A study of culture and personality with emphasis on anthropological approaches to childhood development, Oedipus complex, consciousness, rationality and other topics across world cultures.

Environment and Disease (ANT 4463) 3 credits
A study of the evolution of human diseases from ancient times to the present. The influence of culture, society and personal behavior will be explored, along with the relationship between the environment and human genetics.

Culture, Gender and Health (ANT 4469) 3 credits
The course examines in a variety of cultures how sex differences and gender inequalities impact the health status of women and men, their access to health care resources and their roles as health care providers. Focused attention is paid to culturally constructed knowledge of the body, gender-based political economy of health care in developing countries, reproductive health, indigenous medical systems and children's health.

Global Health and Culture (ANT 4480) 3 credits
This course examines the historical interdependencies of, and the current issues related to, medical anthropology and global health. The objective of the course is to provide students an in-depth examination of the relationships of culture, health and illness from a global perspective. The course features perspectives from anthropologists as well as others working in the fields of global health and medicine. 

Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology (ANT 4495) 3 credits
Training in the research methodology of cultural/social anthropology. Application to an original research project and the presentation of a written research report. 

Biological Anthropology (ANT 4514) 3 credits
Biological (physical) anthropology as the study of human biology: human genetics and genetic variation, human anatomy and physiology, human growth and adaptation, and the biological evolution of the human species, together with primatology.

Forensic Anthropology (ANT 4520) 3 credits
Course covers the application of scientific and anthropological techniques to criminal investigations in support of law enforcement, focusing on the skills necessary to carry out a basic analysis of human skeletal remains to determine identity of the decedent and the manner and cause of death.

Epidemics: Culture, Science and Policy (ANT 4532) 3 credits
This course explores the evolving relationship between humans and non-human microbiota. Beginning with the modern era, we will study infectious disease epidemics and the critical contexts in which they occur (e.g., ecological, political, social, and cultural). 

Primate Behavior (ANT 4552) 3 credits
Prerequisite: ANT 2511
Examination of the types of living primates, their distribution and ecology. Students study general primate behavior as well as behaviors specific to particular groups of living primates.

Ethnographic Fieldwork (ANT 4802) 3-6 credits
Prerequisites: Anthropology major, junior or senior standing and permission of instructor
Supervised fieldwork includes construction of research design, data gathering, interviewing techniques and development of other research skills in a field situation.

Fieldwork in Archaeology (ANT 4824) 3-6 credits
Prerequisites: ANT 2000 and permission of instructor
On-site field experience in methods of archaeological fieldwork, recovery techniques, recording, sampling strategy and survey. The course may include attendance at field schools directed by qualified faculty outside the University, with permission of the department.

Directed Independent Study (ANT 4905) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: For Anthropology majors only or by permission of instructor

Directed Independent Research (ANT 4917) 1-3 credits
Prerequisites: ANT 2000 or ANT 2410 or ANT 2511, 2511L or permission of instructor
Students work closely with faculty members on a specific research project. Course requirements and evaluation are determined by the supervising faculty member for each student project.

Directed Independent Research (ANT 4918) 0-3 credits
Prerequisites: ANT 2000 or ANT 2410 or ANT 2511, 2511L or permission of instructor
Students work closely with faculty members on a specific research project. Course requirements and evaluation are determined by the supervising faculty member for each student project. Grading: S/U

Special Topics (ANT 4930) 1-3 credits
Selected topics in Anthropology. Special topics will be categorized by subfield. May be repeated as topics vary.

Internship in Anthropology (ANT 4940) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of department
This internship provides an opportunity for students to participate in a hands-on experience, one in which they are exposed to working environments where they can put anthropological knowledge and technical skills into effect.

Anthropology Study Abroad (ANT 4957)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Honors Thesis in Anthropology (ANT 4972) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Includes studies of research design, the conduct of field laboratory and library research and the writing of an honors thesis in anthropology.

Introduction to Asian Studies (ASN 3006) 3 credits
This course introduces students to some of the major issues and themes in Asian regional studies. The course combines humanities and social science approaches to the study of Asia to enable students to explore the variety of Asian culture/societies.

Anthropology Graduate Courses

Special Topics (ANG 5930) 1-3 credits
Selected topics in anthropology.

Internship in Anthropology (ANG 5940) 2-4 credits
Apprenticeship experience in museums, nonprofit institutions, governmental agencies or business settings, supervised by an on-site supervisor and Anthropology Department faculty sponsor.

Seminar in Anthropological Theory  (ANG 6034) 3 credits
This course examines in depth the development of anthropological theory from the establishment of anthropology as a discipline in the mid-20th century. The course focuses on major schools of thought that crosscut the four subfields of anthropology and covers important theoretical works written by prominent figures of those schools. Introduction to the history and development of anthropological theory and the interrelationships of theory across the four disciplines of anthropology.

Advanced Anthropological Research 1 (ANG 6090) 3 credits
Advanced application of anthropological methods through active application in both field- and lab-based settings.

Advanced Anthropological Research 2 (ANG 6092) 3 credits
Prerequisite: ANG 6090
Course focuses on active student participation in the application of subdiscipline-based research methodologies

Proposal Development and Writing (ANG 6095) 3 credits
This course provides the student with knowledge about, and skills in, the construction of research proposals in the fields of biological anthropology, archaeology and cultural anthropology.

Note: The prerequisite to each graduate-level seminar below is the completion of the corresponding 4000-level course or its equivalent. (This prerequisite does not apply to ANG 6486.)

Seminar in Archaeology (ANG 6115) 3 credits
Archaeological method and theory as well as reconstruction and description of prehistoric cultures.

Research Methods in Archaeology (ANG 6199) 3 credits
This course provides graduate students with a review of archaeological methods to assist them in conceiving and planning research projects. Methods are placed in context through discussion of scientific research design and theory in archaeology.

Ethnographic Perspectives on Health (ANG 6390) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Culture's role in shaping health and medicine across a range of societies and institutions is critically assessed through in-depth ethnographic examination of the impact ethnicity, gender, politics, technology, religion and class have on people's health status, their access to health care resources and their roles as health care providers.

Quantitative Reasoning in Anthropological Research (ANG 6486) 3 credits
Introduction to the process of conducting quantitative research in anthropology and developing an anthropological database suitable for statistical application.

Seminar in Cultural Anthropology  (ANG 6490) 3 credits
Cultural theory is historical perspective. This seminar is organized as a foray into contemporary social and cultural anthropology, with an emphasis on journal literature of the recent past. The readings chosen from major anthropological journals reflect the currents present in the state of the discipline and cover the following major topical areas as well as others: political economy (globalization, human rights), ecology/political ecology (environmentalism), humanistic approaches, medical anthropology, feminist approaches and ritual and religion.

Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology (ANG 6496) 3 credits
This course is designed as a graduate level introduction to research methodologies in sociocultural anthropology. It focuses on hypothesis and research question development, adapting research methods to goals and using interpretive/analytic frameworks. 

Research Methods in Bioarchaeology (ANG 6535) 3 credits
Training in the research methodology of biological anthropology and archaeology. Application to an original research project and the presentation of a written research report.

Seminar in Biological Anthropology  (ANG 6587) 3 credits
Biology and environment in human existence: theoretical considerations. This course provides master's students with a foundation in the core principles of biological anthropology, which involves the synthesis of research from the subfields of evolutionary theory, genetics, primate behavior and ecology, and paleontology.

Advanced Global Health and Culture (ANG 6732) 3 credits
This course examines the historical interdependencies of, and the current issues related to, medical anthropology and global health. The objective of the course is to provide students an in-depth examination of the relationships of culture, health and illness from a global perspective. The course features perspectives from anthropologists as well as others working in the fields of global health and medicine. 

Directed Independent Study (ANG 6905) 1-4 credits

Special Topics (ANG 6930) 1-3 credits
Selected topics in anthropology.

Master's Thesis (ANG 6971) 1-6 credits
Grading: S/U

Architecture

Undergraduate Courses/ link to graduate courses

A minimum grade of "C" is required for each architecture (ARC-prefixed) course.

All studios (Architectural Design 5 through Comprehensive Design Project) apply the pedagogical benefits of individual tutoring ("desk crits") and group dynamics. On several occasions, with participation of internal and/or external critics, pinups or juries are conducted to evaluate the products of the studio. Students are required to participate in the entire jury process for their own studio. Observation of other studios' juries is highly recommended.

Architectural Design 1 (ARC 1301) 4 credits
Introduction to methods of architectural design and representation.

Architectural Design 2 (ARC 1302) 4 credits
Prerequisites: ARC 1301 and 2208; Corequisite: ARC 2461
Study of proportions—both natural and derived—and the relationships between the human body and the physical parameters of the built environment.

Architectural Theory 1 (ARC 2201) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ARC 1302, ARC 2208; Corequisite: ARC 2303
Students explore how ideas and knowledge are related to form and space by developing an understanding of the elements and principles of architecture used in the manifestation of the built environment. Course work emphasizes the methods and strategies used in the research and analysis of architecture.

Culture and Architecture: The Master Builder (ARC 2208) 3 credits
Holistic approach to the evolution of architecture as an empirical element of culture from prehistoric humankind to the present. Course is based on the interaction between the principles and concepts of architectural design and technology and the world cultures that produced and utilized them in their built environments. Includes content related to the Western canon. This is a General Education course.

Architectural Design 3 (ARC 2303) 4 credits
Prerequisites: ARC 1302, ARC 2461; Corequisite: ARC 2201
Emphasizes graphic presentation, descriptive communication, and analysis pertaining to architectural design. Students develop strategies for the manifestation of form and space by building upon the material previously encountered in earlier design studios. Projects place special emphasis on the interpretation and analysis of local and regional conditions.

Architectural Design 4 (ARC 2304) 4 credits
Prerequisites: ARC 2201, ARC 2303, ENC 1101, and ENC 1102 or substitute; Corequisite: ARC 2580
Through a series of analytical and architectural design exercises, this course focuses on interpretation and analysis of structural systems and their application in various design exercises and on the relationship between the human body/site/climate and architectural form.

Materials and Methods 1 (ARC 2461) 3 credits
Prerequisite: ARC 1301; Corequisite: ARC 1302
Introduction to the relationship between architecture and construction, emphasizing the basic principles of how buildings are built.

Architectural Structures 1 (ARC 2580) 3 credits
Prerequisites:  MAC 2233 with minimum grade of "C"; PHY 2053 with minimum grade of "D-"
Corequisite: ARC 2304
This course is an introduction to structural design and statics. Course work examines design issues relating to various structural systems and materials. Student work is assessed through written exercises, case studies, exams, and structural design models.

Special Topics (ARC 2930) 1-4 credits
Special topics taught during the first two years of the architecture degree program.

Architectural Research Methods and Analysis (ARC 3091) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the upper-division architecture program; Junior standing
Corequisite: ARC 3320
Students in this WAC course are introduced to various types of research relevant to the discipline, as well as university resources relevant to research and writing activities. Students perform a major case study of a building in order to develop abilities to perform research and analysis (both written and graphic) that are important to the discipline.

Architectural Visualization Methods 1  (ARC 3133) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ARC 1301, 1302, 2303, 2304, with minimum grades of "C"
This course explores computational design thinking including algorithmic methods and parametric principles for architectural design. Analog and digital methods are examined with an emphasis on logical underpinnings, their processes and visual communication of design intentions. 

Architectural Visualization Methods 2  (ARC 3185C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ARC 1301, 1302, 2303, 2304 and 3133, with minimum grades of "C"
A continuation of ARC 3133, this course explores advanced generative design strategies that leverage the importance of data in design decision making. The impact of the current state-of-the-art methods on architectural production are examined relative to their theory and application.

Architectural Design 5 (ARC 3320) 4 credits
Prerequisites: Minimum grade of "C" in all preprofessional design studio courses. Completion of all required lower-division preprofessional and general education course work, and approved portfolio.
Corequisite: ARC 3133
This course focuses on the use of basic principles of design that reflect meaningful concepts related to use, materials, structure, experience and surrounding physical and social context. This includes developing environmentally responsive solutions to regional climatic conditions, working at architectural scales from the detail to the landscape. 

Architectural Design 6 (ARC 3321) 4 credits
Prerequisites:  ARC 3091 and ARC 3320 and ARC 3133, or permission of department
This course focuses on the integration of structural expression and principles of architectural ordering and composition of space. Student projects develop a critical approach to the program and physical, social and historical context through research in order to develop a meaningful rationale for their design process.

Site Planning and Engineering (ARC 3374) 3 credits
Site planning and construction engineering considerations in architectural decision-making.

Materials and Methods of Construction (ARC 3463) 3 credits
Building materials, their manufacture and assemblies, with emphasis on investigating the theories and practical applications of materials in both contemporary and historical precedents.

Architectural Structures 2 (ARC 3503) 3 credits
Structural analysis and design in wood, masonry, and steel with reference to integration of technical systems and architectural design decisions. Through studio consultation, theories are applied to studio projects.

Environmental Technology 1 (ARC 3610) 3 credits
Develops an understanding of fundamental building physics. Investigates technologies and design strategies to control heat, air, light and sound.

Pre-Modern Architectural History and Theory (ARC 3710) 3 credits
Survey of the development of architectural and urban form from the Renaissance period through the Industrial Revolution. Particular emphasis is placed on the theoretical aspects of the interrelationships among culture, architecture, urban form and technology throughout the world.

Digital Fabrication (ARC 4181) 3 credits
This course helps students develop an understanding of the issues pertinent to the growing digital design culture in relation to its potential manifestation into building and making. This understanding is developed through discussion of selected theoretical writings and their application into architectural design using CNC manufacturing technologies.

Ethics and Architecture (ARC 4202) 3 credits
Prerequisites: Senior standing or higher
Course addresses the main notions and issues in ethics so as to situate and capture the particular nature of architecture as a discipline in regards to its intentional and engaged character. The course aims to provide a range of means for developing awareness and understanding of the ethical dimension of architectural design leading to reflective and conscious moral responsibility in architecture praxis.

Architectural Theory (ARC 4219) 3 credits
Basic philosophical considerations in architecture as manifested in the works and writings of recognized authorities in the field.

Vertical Studio (ARC 4322) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Preceding design studio (e.g., ARC 3320 or 3321 or 4326)
Holistic architectural responses to different human activities in a given context interspersed with existing and planned buildings and green areas.

Architectural Design 7 (ARC 4326) 4 credits
Prerequisites: ARC 3321 and ARC 3133 and ARC 3185C, all with a minimum grade of "C"
This course focuses on systems of structure, circulation, enclosure and programmatic organization within a specific context. Each system acts as a generative tool responsive to the context and the sequencing of design processes. Such processes, manifested through the appropriate means of architectural representation, act as modes for identifying and understanding the possible correlations and oppositions among the above systems and context. Coursework introduces advanced design research, building analysis and study of the social and physical attributes of an architectural project. 

Architectural Design 8 (ARC 4327) 4 credits
Prerequisites: ARC 4326, ARC 3374, ARC 4620, with a minimum grades of "C"
This course focuses on architecture in the urban context. A continuation of Architectural Design 7 and its emphasis on design processes, this course investigates the relationship of buildings and spaces to the public realm through the development of an urban design plan and a complex building intervention. Coursework includes advanced design research, urban analysis and study of the social and physical attributes of public space.

Designing Safer Communities with CPTED (ARC 4384) 3 credits
The course teaches the methodology of designing for security using Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED). The premise is that proper design and effective use of the built environment can lead to reduction in the opportunity of predatory stranger-to-stranger crime, with the result of improving quality of life and reducing fear.

Architectural Detail Generation (ARC 4482) 3 credits
Prerequisite: ARC 3463
Research, analysis and interpretation of selected case studies documenting a specified range of construction types explore how the architectural detail is developed in the praxis of building design as a connection between utility and art.

Architectural Structures 3 (ARC 4504) 3 credits
Structural analysis and design in concrete and composite materials with reference to integration of technical systems and architectural design decisions in small, medium, and large buildings. Theories applied, through consultation, to studio projects.

Environmental Technology 2 (ARC 4620) 3 credits
Introduces students to building services systems. Theoretical and practical applications of the building services systems will be investigated.

Modern Architectural History and Theory (ARC 4712) 3 credits
Continuation of the study of the development of architecture and urban form from the Industrial Revolution to the present. Particular emphasis is placed on the theoretical aspects of design as revealed in the interrelationships among cultures, architecture, urban development and technology throughout the world.

Architects and Engineers: Histories of a Relationship (ARC 4742) 3 credits
Course examines the ever-changing relationship between architecture and engineering. It discusses both the scientific/technological and artistic/expressive aspects of architectural engineering, focusing on major points of technological innovation.

Historic Preservation (ARC 4801) 3 credits
An introduction to historic preservation, including the language, concept, history, and other aspects of historic preservation that have made it an economical and political force in today's society at the local, state, national, and international levels.

Directed Independent Study (ARC 4907) 1-6 credits
Independent study, research, or other project to extend and integrate the student's knowledge, directed and approved by faculty.

Directed Independent Research (ARC 4915) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Students work closely with research mentors to conduct research and inquiry in Architecture. Requirements for the course and the criteria for evaluation are agreed upon by the research mentor and the student.

Special Topics (ARC 4930) 1-6 credits
Study relating to special topics in Architecture, directed and approved by faculty.

Architecture and Urbanism Study Abroad (ARC 4950) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Approval from the International Programs Office
This course surveys the history of architecture and urban development in Venice. The recognition and urban characteristic will be emphasized, and in particular, the symbols and meanings distinct to historical periods, including the Byzantine, Medieval, Gothic, Renaissance, High Renaissance, and Baroque. Other cities in the Veneto and other regions of Italy, such as Florence, Siena, Milan, and/or Rome are studied.

Architecture Study Abroad (ARC 4955) 1-6 credits
Prerequisites: Minimum GPA of 2.0; Architecture majors only
Students study abroad in order to gain greater insight into the architecture of various world cultures, studying historical and modern examples of architecture.

Introduction to Interior Design (IND 2022) 3 credits
Rooms and interiors of buildings defining our well being, serving our convenience, and providing the stage for our activities from leisure to work. Different categories of interiors (residential, commercial, office, resort, etc.) are presented and discussed.

Architecture Graduate Courses

A minimum grade of "C" is required for each architecture (ARC-prefixed) course.

Literature and Criticism in Architecture (ARC 5221) 3 credits
Investigations into the ways architecture is encompassed in other art fields and humanities. A critical analysis of the major theoretical positions influencing contemporary architectural thought.

Professional Practice: Project Versus Practice (ARC 5271) 1 credit
Prerequisite: ARC 3321
One of a family of six one-credit courses focused upon the professional practice of architecture. This module introduces principles of project management and its role within the practice of architecture.

Professional Practice: Craft and Collaboration in Design and Making (ARC 5272) 1 credit
Prerequisite: ARC 3321
One of a family of six one-credit courses focused upon the professional practice of architecture. This module introduces principles focused on the craft of making, collaboration with design team members and stakeholders, delivering design intent within a project as well as the respective role of each in the discipline of architecture.

Professional Practice:
Financial and Business Management for the Practice of Architecture (ARC 5275) 1 credit
Prerequisite: ARC 3321
One of a family of six one-credit courses focused upon the professional practice of architecture. Various practice management strategies are examined including strategic actions of founding a new firm along with a thorough analysis of practice management and financial analysis.

Professional Practice: Principles of Practice (ARC 5280) 1 credit
Prerequisite: ARC 3321
One of a family of six one-credit courses focused upon the professional practice of architecture. This module examines the development of sound principles with which to conduct an ethical, moral, professional, reflective and innovative architectural practice.

Professional Practice: Communication Methods for Design and Construction (ARC 5283) 1 credit
Prerequisite: ARC 3321
One of a family of six one-credit courses focused upon the professional practice of architecture. This module introduces various types of communication methods for design and construction, focusing upon the appropriate application of analysis and method to achieve clear communication.

Professional Practice: Contractual Relationships and Risk Management (ARC 5287) 1 credit
Prerequisite: ARC 3321
One of a family of six one-credit courses focused upon the professional practice of architecture. This module introduces various types of design and construction contracts, conditions of the contract for construction dependent upon project delivery method, dispute resolution, risk management, insurance and indemnification.

Advanced Architectural Design 1 (ARC 5328) 6 credits
Prerequisites: ARC 3463, ARC 4327 and ARC 4504
Corequisite: ARC 6305
This advanced level studio focuses on the integration of the creative and technical design of a building. Coursework includes advanced design research within a complex architectural project. Projects require broad integration and consideration of environmental stewardship, technical documentation, accessibility, site conditions, life safety, environmental systems, structural systems and building envelope systems and assemblies. Clear communication through drawing, writing and speaking is practiced through public presentations and workshops.

Topical Design Studio  (ARC 5352) 6 credits
Prerequisite: ARC 5328
This topical research studio focuses on a project for a complex urban and/or building design and site location. Projects must demonstrate competent design research, a balance of convention and invention and a high level of knowledge of building technology, site development and graphic and linguistic modes of communicating a design solution.

Directed Independent Study (ARC 5907) 1-6 credits
Independent study, research, or other project to extend and integrate the student's knowledge, directed and approved by faculty.

Project Research Methods (ARC 5910) 3 credits
Research and data gathering, analysis, organization, and evaluation of information and observation of the design process, in preparation for the Thesis Phase design project.

Special Topics (ARC 5930) 1-6 credits
Study relating to special topics in Architecture, directed and approved by faculty.

Ethics in Architecture (ARC 6203) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Using the AIA Code of Ethics as a guide, course examines standards of ethical conduct in a variety of situations such as those found in a contemporary architectural practice. Studying a variety of case studies concerning topics such as conflicts of interest, safety, and confidentiality conveys an understanding of the profession's standards of conduct and ethics so that students are prepared to uphold those standards.

Introduction to Urban Design (ARC 6305) 3 credits
This course examines various urban theories and architectural conceptualizations, and their relationship to the spatial structure of the urban environment. Lectures and seminar presentations will permit investigation and critical evaluation of urbanism as seen through various professional contexts and philosophies. By situating the analyses in the wider domain of culture, architecture, planning and governance, discussions will range from personal to institutional.

Sustainability and Tropical Architecture (ARC 6598) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Introduction to sustainable design concepts related to the climactic conditions of the local region. Topics cover old/new technologies, protection of the environment, health and safety of occupants, and durability of materials that are affected by the tropical climate. Students develop a set of design guidelines incorporating these concepts in response to a location in the south Florida/Caribbean region.

Design Research Studio (ARC 6970) 6 credits
Advanced design research is conducted through independent student projects leading to a concise design hypothesis and an approved research plan in preparation for the design thesis.

Design Thesis Studio (ARC 6972) 6-12 credits
Advanced design research is conducted through independent student projects leading to an original and distinctive design research project and thesis.

Art Courses
(Listed following the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies courses, under School of the Arts , Visual Arts and Art History)

Caribbean and Latin American Studies

Undergraduate Courses

The Maya and Their Neighbors (ANT 3163) 3 credits
South America Before Columbus (ANT 3165) 3 credits
(See Anthropology courses, this section)

Latin American Politics (CPO 4303) 3 credits
(See Political Science courses, this section)

Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean (GEA 4405) 3 credits
(See Geosciences courses, College of Science section)

Colonial Latin American History (LAH 3100) 3 credits
Latin American Independence (LAH 3133) 3 credits
Modern Latin American History (LAH 3200) 3 credits
History of Mexico (LAH 4430) 3 credits
History of the Caribbean (LAH 4470) 3 credits
History of Cuba (LAH 4480) 3 credits
Special Topics in Latin American History (LAH 4930) 3 credits
(See History courses, this section)

Introduction to Latin American Studies (LAS 2000) 3 credits
This course is a required introductory course for the Caribbean and Latin American Studies Certificate and is designed to provide students with an understanding of the history, literature, and culture of the Latin American region. While drawing on examples from specific Latin American nations, the course is broadly comparative, considering a number of substantive themes as they apply to the entire region and as they are related to world powers, multinational actors, and global economic structures. Includes content related to the Western canon. This is a General Education course.

Honors Introduction to Caribbean and Latin American Studies (LAS 2000) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisites: ENC 1101 and ENC 1102 with minimum grades of "C" or permission of instructor
This course is a required introductory course for the Caribbean and Latin American Studies Certificate and is designed to provide students with an understanding of the history, literature, and culture of the Latin American region. While drawing on examples from specific Latin American nations, the course is broadly comparative, considering a number of substantive themes as they apply to the entire region and as they are related to world powers, multinational actors, and global economic structures. Includes content related to the Western canon. This is a General Education course.

Caribbean Literatures in English (LIT 4192) 3 credits
(See English courses, this section)

Latin American Culture and Civilization (SPN 3501) 3 credits
Latin American Literature in Translation (SPT 4130) 3 credits
Introduction to Hispanic Literature (SPW 3030) 3 credits
Special Topics in Spanish or Latin American Literature (SPW 4930) 1-3 credits
(See Languages, Linguistics, Comparative Lit. courses, this section)

Communication and Multimedia Studies

Undergraduate Courses/ link to graduate courses

University Honors Seminar in Communication (COM 1930) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
A seminar in the University Honors Program on topics in communication.

Introduction to Communication and Civic Life (COM 2053) 3 credits
An overview of major approaches to the analysis and criticism of contemporary cultural concerns, situating these within the broader historical contexts of communication and cultural theory.

Communication Study Abroad (COM 2952)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Communication, Gender and Language (COM 3014) 3 credits
Investigation of the role of language in communication by and about women from linguistic, rhetorical and literary perspectives as they relate to differences in female/male communication styles and their implications for female/male gender roles and relationships.

Organizational Communication (COM 3120) 3 credits
Microlevel, institutional and macrolevel analysis of the communication process in organizations. Organizational communication theories, including political economy, critical and poststructuralist approaches.

Human Communication Theory (COM 3405) 3 credits
Prerequisite: COM 2053
An examination of communication theory from interpersonal, small group, intercultural and organizational viewpoints.

Conflict and Communication (COM 3462) 3 credits
A study of theories and research in interpersonal conflict. Conflict management within personal relationships and in the workplace. The nature of conflict, assumptions arising from conflict, power, styles and tactics, negotiation and transformation.

Political Communication (COM 3500) 3 credits
The role of ideology, language, symbolism and mediation in the practice of American political communication.

Communication Internship (COM 3945) 3 credits
Prerequisites: 18 credits in Communication; 3.0 GPA in Communication courses and overall; permission of department
Practical experience working 12-16 hours per week in a communication-related business or industry. Course culminates in a research paper or project in which student evaluates the experience by methodologies learned in other communication classes. May be repeated for a free elective credit.

Women and Storytelling (COM 4031) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing
Explores how women tell stories and the ways in which women have been controlled through narrative and have themselves controlled narratives about themselves and others, particularly, but not only, with respect to Western history and culture. Through texts, film and in-class activities, we observe the power of master and counter narratives.

Media and Sexual Identities (COM 4094) 3 credits
Examines the media representations of the modern America lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender community and movement in the context of both its own development and the changing American social/sexual/political environment.

Strategic Communication (COM 4150) 3 credits
The course addresses strategic interpersonal, group and public communication within an organizational format. In addition to learning and practicing basic workplace communication skills, students conduct an interview, write a résumé and develop an individual strategic plan and presentation that can be used in professional portfolios.

Corporate Communication (COM 4201) 3 credits
Instruction and practice in the planning and production of selected modes of oral and written communication common within large corporations, with emphasis on employee newsletters and personal presentations.

Studies in New Media (COM 4332) 3 credits
This course examines the key theoretical works and arguments in the field of new media and considers moments of collision and convergence between media forms.

Rhetoric and Aesthetics of Contemporary Culture (COM 4411) 3 credits
Analyzes ways our world is informed by rhetorical discourses as they are informed and shaped by contemporary aesthetics and the production, management and distribution of style, particularly as it is portrayed in popular culture. Considers the relationship between rhetoric and aesthetics and arenas of life undergoing renewed stylization.

Non-Verbal Communication in a Diverse Society (COM 4461) 3 credits
Course focuses on the significance of non-verbal behavior when communicating across cultures. Non-verbal messages from a variety of cultures are examined. These cultures include, but are not limited to, age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, the physically and mentally challenged or any groups that have not received peripheral attention in discussions of non-verbal communication.

New Media and Civic Discourse (COM 4603) 3 credits
Prerequisite: COM 2053
Explores how new media technologies change what communities we can be members of and how we perform our roles in those communities. Also explores the potential of new media to affect citizenship and alter what it means to be a member of a democratic society and electorate.

News Media Ethics (COM 4621) 3 credits
A critical examination of news media ethical issues and dilemmas through the use of case studies and current news reports. Course also includes critique of print, broadcast and online news coverage using ethical theory and standard journalistic ethical principles.

Storytelling in Popular Culture (COM 4703) 3 credits
This course examines the ways in which storytelling is woven into the fabric of popular culture. From poems to films/movies, to commercials, to songs, to books, storytelling is all around us and shapes how we see ourselves and the world. Ultimately, this course challenges the notion that storytelling is simply the act of individuals using flowery language to create narratives solely to entertain people. Conversely, it invites students to examine the various ways storytelling is a communicative practice and mode of embodied inquiry that enables individuals to craft narratives as a way to understand, cope with, communicate and critically analyze social experiences and the world. 

Peace, Conflict and Oral Narrative (COM 4707) 3 credits
Theory and methodology behind conflict resolution and peace-building techniques that employ storytelling, with a strong emphasis on learning and creating stories.

Directed Individual Project (COM 4903) 1-2 credits
An individual communication project, approved in advance by the directing faculty member. Grading: S/U

Directed Independent Study (COM 4905) 1-3 credits
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and 16 credits in Communication
Opportunity for extensive library study in a specific area of communication. Research paper required.

Directed Independent Honors Study (COM 4907) 3 credits
Reading and research in selected areas of communication done in context of individualized Honors Program of study.

Special Topics (COM 4930) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Some Special Topics courses may require permission of instructor
The study of a special area in communication. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Communication Study Abroad (COM 4957)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Senior Honors Thesis in Communication (COM 4970) 3 credits
Completion of an honors thesis under faculty supervision. Permission of instructor required.

Digital Media Cultures (DIG 2202) 3 credits
This course introduces key concepts and practices related to studies of digital culture and technologies. It examines the origins of "the digital" in early computing practices, infrastructures and ecologies of digital systems. It also examines how digital technology shapes personal and collective identities and practices. Students interrogate their own relationships to the digital environment. This is a General Education course. (Title change effective spring 2025.)

Fundamentals of Digital Media Practice (DIG 3110) 4 credits
This production course explores a range of ideas and processes incorporated in multimedia projects. Class assignments introduce elements of image making, multipage sequencing and interface design. The class develops a combination of critical, technical and design skills. 

Digital Film Editing (DIG 3207) 4 credits
Prerequisite: RTV 3531 or DIG 3110 or DIG 3305C with minimum grades of "C"
An intensive study of the technical and aesthetic elements of non-linear digital video editing. Students learn strategies for media management, image capture, sequence creation, title creation, working with audio, video effects and compositing. 

Digital Audio Recording and Editing (DIG 3253C) 4 credits
Prerequisites: DIG 3110 or DIG 3305C or RTV 3531 with minimum grades of "C"
Comprehensive overview of the basics of using digital audio equipment in a studio environment to record and edit audio. Students are introduced to audio systems, audio/video post-production, audio editing and surround sound mixing using software packages. Sound design theory is covered.

Fundamentals of 3D Computer Animation (DIG 3305C) 4 credits
An exploration of the basic creative principles and techniques of 3D computer character modeling and animation.

Advanced 3D Computer Animation (DIG 3306C) 4 credits
Prerequisite: DIG 3305C
Teaches the fundamental principles of animation, both computer and classical, including advanced techniques in character animation and dynamic scene design using advanced software. Emphasis on techniques such as keyframes, motion paths, inverse kinematics, procedural animation and scripting. Includes storyboarding for animation.

Advanced 3D Computer Modeling for Animation (DIG 3323C) 4 credits
Prerequisite: DIG 3305C
Provides a thorough foundation of 3D modeling, texturing and rendering techniques for computer animation using advanced software. Emphasis placed on such techniques as 3D curves, patches, meshes, surfaces, B-splines, polygonal tools, digital scene development, computer sculpture, texture mapping, shading and rendering.

3D Video Game Design (DIG 3725C) 4 credits
Prerequisite: DIG 3110 or DIG 3305C with minimum grade of "C"
Comprehensive introduction to working in a 3D game engine to design an engaging interactive experience. Production techniques include 3D terrain building, media asset creation, graphical user interface design and coding dynamic events.

Immersive Media for Games and Virtual Reality (DIG 3773C) 4 credits
Prerequisite: DIG 3725C with minimum grade of "C"
Explores the use of a 3D game engine to design immersive experiences for virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality devices. Project work includes 360 cinematic environments, educational games and spatial computing.

History and Theory of Computer Arts and Animation (DIG 4026) 4 credits
A detailed overview of history, development and theories behind the medium of animation from the beginning of the 20th century, with cel animations to the latest advances in computer graphics. Each student writes a critical essay concerning the importance of a specific animation to the development of computer art.

Visual Design for Film, and Animation and Games (DIG 4122C) 4 credits
Prerequisite: DIG 3305C, DIG 3110 or RTV 3531 with minimum grade of "C;" admission to Film, Video and New Media concentration
Students learn to apply visual design principles and techniques to create concept art, storyboards, character design and animated prototypes to visualize a narrative concept for production.

Advanced Digital Compositing for Animation (DIG 4394C) 4 credits
Prerequisite: DIG 3305C
Trends and techniques in digital compositing to combine photographic video imagery with computer-generated animation. Students gain a thorough understanding of matting, keying, transitions, timing, color manipulation, compression and special effects. Advanced animation and related compositing software are used.

Producing and Directing Fiction Film (DIG 4412) 4 credits
Prerequisites: RTV 3531 with minimum grade of "C;" Multimedia Studies majors only
Explores the methods of narrative film and video production and facilitates the development of personal voice and point of view. Students will develop their communicative skills and their unique visual styles through film and video, exploring and transmitting their raw, personal experience and utilizing the medium in a manner that effectively communicates their original ideas as filmmakers and media artists. 

Video Game Studies (DIG 4713) 3 credits
An overview of the interdisciplinary academic study of video games, analyzing games as interactive media, rule-based systems, cultural and social texts, designed learning spaces, arenas of play and products of industrial discourse and design.

Web Research for Journalists (DIG 4820) 3 credits
The course offers students the opportunity to explore the vast amount of information available on the Internet and immerse themselves in online research. This enables students to evaluate web sites to determine which sites are trustworthy and have reliable sources of data that could add depth and context to news stories.

Special Topics (DIG 4930) 3 credits
This special topics course is reserved for new subjects in the area of digital media.

Senior Seminar: Portfolio in Computer Arts in Animation (DIG 4950C) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Senior standing in studio art
Prepares students for a career in computer arts or to seek graduate admission. Expands skills in 3D modeling, animation, and digital compositing. Students interview industry professionals on-site, present a class seminar, and organize a video/multimedia exhibit. Guest lecturers review student work and advise on career opportunities.

Film Appreciation (FIL 2000) 3 credits
Introduction to film as an art form, cultural product and social artifact. Basic analytical and technical terms, concepts and issues. Development of critical skills. Includes content related to the Western canon. This is a General Education course.

Honors Film Appreciation (FIL 2000) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisites: ENC 1101 and ENC 1102 with minimum grades of "C" or permission of instructor; for students in the University Honors Program only
This foundational course in film studies introduces students to elements of film form and how they create meaning. In doing so, the course also studies major stylistic movements in film history. Students learn basic vocabulary and concepts necessary for analyzing individual films and groups of films. They are expected to use these terms to describe films critically. Based on those observations, students develop detailed analytical and expositional arguments in essays about films. Includes content related to the Western canon. This is a General Education course.

New Hollywood (FIL 3674) 3 credits
Examines Hollywood as an industry, its structures and policies in the production, distribution and exhibition sectors. Global expansion of Hollywood and its power relations between the U. S. government, Canada and other governments are considered.

Film Theory (FIL 3803) 4 credits
Prerequisite: FIL 2000
Examination of the major topics in film theory, including structuralism, psychoanalysis, feminism and Marxism, as well as debates about realism. Historical perspective on film theory and insight into its intersection with other disciplines.

Film to the 1940s (FIL 4036) 4 credits
Prerequisite: FIL 2000
History of film, 1890s to 1940s. Theoretical, industrial and social aspects of film in a variety of national and cultural contexts. Emphasis on narrative and avant-garde styles and traditions.

Film since the 1940s (FIL 4037) 4 credits
Prerequisite: FIL 2000
May be taken before FIL 4036. History of film, 1940s to the present. Theoretical, industrial and social aspects of film in a variety of national and cultural contexts. Emphasis on the dominant tradition of narrative realism and various modernist alternatives.

Women and Film (FIL 4056) 3 credits
Examination and history of film representations of and by women as they relate to issues of feminism, psychoanalysis, ideology and film style. Narrative, documentary and avant-garde forms in historical context. Feminist film theory. May be taken for credit in Women's Studies Program.

Radical Film, New Media and Social Movements (FIL 4058) 4 credits
Explores political activism and the socioaesthetic media processes and products of various activist media groups. Interrogates the pitfalls and promises that accompany such radical media movements and analyzes the ways in which they employ film and new media as more than simple commodities.

Scriptwriting (FIL 4106) 4 credits
Formal elements of writing for film and television; preparation of proposals and scripts with emphasis on conception, structure, characterization and format.

Traditions of Documentary Film  (FIL 4364) 4 credits
Survey of the diverse forms and historical functions of non-fiction films and video throughout the world, Analysis of representative and significant texts; discussion of issues of style, ideology, technology, determination.

Digital Documentary (FIL 4378) 3 credits
Examination of how digital technologies and platforms have impacted non-fiction filmmaking and media production. Analysis of examples from around the world; includes discussion of topics such as ideology, technology, forms, surveillance, crowdsourcing, immersion, interactivity and seriality. 

Exhibition Practices in Film, Video and Media (FIL 4613) 4 credits
Prerequisite: RTV 3531 or DIG 3110 or DIG 3305C with a minimum grade of "C"
This class introduces students to a number of exhibition techniques and practices for film, video, media, sound and installation art. It explores the fundamental forms, structures, and ideas behind film and video exhibition. Students are exposed to the processes involved in curatorial duties, administrative responsibilities and programming detail for screenings. This is an Academic Service Learning (ASL) course. 

Production Management for Film and TV (FIL 4647) 3 credits
Prerequisite: FIL 4106 or TPP 4600 with a minimum grade of "C"
Course examines the role of the production manager in traditional film and television productions, explores production management theories and tools, and applies these lessons to examples of multimedia production in the digital age.

RI: Hollywood, Censorship, and Regulation (FIL 4672) 4 credits
Prerequisite: FIL 2000
A research-intensive (RI) course that embeds U.S practices of film production, distribution and exhibition within a wider sociocultural framework of censorship and regulation to reveal the domestic and international pressures that affect not only what U.S. audiences see but also how they will see it.

Studies in Asian Cinema (FIL 4843) 3-4 credits
Intensive introduction to a style, director, genre, national tradition or other aspect of Asian cinema. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Film Criticism (FIL 4851) 3 credits
Prerequisite: FIL 2000
An overview of major approaches to film criticism such as filmmaker, genre, national cinema, political criticism and cultural studies. Students will apply critical models to analysis of films.

Sound in the Cinema (FIL 4866) 3 credits
Prerequisites: FIL 2000 or introductory FAU music or visual arts courses; open to Film, Video and New Media Concentration students
This course trains students in qualitative analysis and forms of critical thinking in the use of sound in the cinema, a major, often overlooked aspect of film production and an emerging field of research methodology. Students' research will contribute to an ongoing, periodically updated database that will eventually provide increasingly complex patterns of audio visual techniques.

Special Topics (FIL 4930) 3 credits
This special topics course is reserved for new subjects in the discipline of film studies.

News and News Reporting (JOU 3101) 3 credits
Prerequisites:  ENC 1101, ENC 1102
Advanced practice in news gathering and reporting. Readings in journalism.

Sports Journalism (JOU 3313) 3 credits
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of sports journalism. Emphasis is on the broadcaster's simultaneous responsibilities to report, to inform and to entertain with a focus on preparation and the development of a comfortable and conversational on-air style. In addition to the principles of play-by-play, topics of discussion include the many hats a sports broadcaster must wear in the modern multimedia world, the rapidly evolving business of sports broadcasting.

U.S. Journalism (JOU 4004) 3 credits
How news is defined and managed in the United States. Close analysis of newspapers, television news and magazines. Historical development of journalistic practices within cultural formations.

Coverage of Public Affairs (JOU 4181) 3 credits
Prerequisite: JOU 3101, Multimedia Journalism majors only and passing score on Journalism Skills Test
Instruction and experience covering government, school, the courts and other major institutions. Critical analysis of examples of public affairs reporting. Projects in investigative reporting.

Feature and Freelance Writing (JOU  4308 ) 3 credits
The writing of newspaper features and magazine articles of professional quality. Analysis of conventional and alternative journalistic forms.

Environmental Journalism (JOU 4314) 3 credits
This course introduces environmental reporting, with emphasis on the Everglades and the rest of South Florida's ecosystem. Topics include writing about nature, dealing with public agencies and private activist groups and obtaining and using government data.

International Reporting (JOU 4316) 3 credits
This course is designed to give students an in-depth look at the challenges and realities faced by foreign correspondents, journalists who cover international affairs and reporters who focus on foreign policy or other areas of global interest.

Multimedia Journalism (JOU 4342) 3 credits
Prerequisites: JOU 3101 and JOU 4181 with grades of "C"or better; Multimedia Journalism majors only
Teaches the skills and understanding necessary to produce news stories across media platforms—print, broadcast and online. As the technical boundaries among media become less distinct, students must be prepared to enter the rapidly changing media environment.

Photojournalism (JOU 4601) 4 credits
A practical and critical overview of photojournalism through exploratory photo essays, with an emphasis on multimedia applications. Training in still camera and digital media, with a consideration of the basic principles and ethics of visual journalism and its role in social and political change.

Special Topics (JOU 4930) 3 credits
This special topics course is reserved for new subjects in the area of journalism.

Introduction to Media Studies  (MMC 1540) 3 credits
An introduction to the transformation of newspapers, magazines, film and video to digital multimedia platforms - based on technological innovations and internet advertising strategies. 

Writing for Mass Media (MMC 2121C) 3 credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the mechanics of writing for various professional communication genres and to provide them with a foundation on which to build in more advanced classes. This course provides students with an introduction to professional mass communication. It begins with the basics and gradually combines those elements into more advanced projects as the semester progresses.

Introduction to Media Production (MMC 2130) 3 credits
An introduction to media production for filmmakers, journalists and digital content creators, covering fiction and nonfiction storytelling, image creation, sound, editing, writing, research and more. Includes practice-based assignments that prepare students for more advanced production classes.

Mass Communication Theory (MMC 3403) 3 credits
Prerequisite: MMC 1540
A study of the research and various theories dealing with the structure of media and its social impact.

Minorities and the Media (MMC 3601) 3 credits
A historical analysis of images of minorities in television programming and in motion pictures; the origin of social stereotypes, their relationship to societal development and an examination of other alternatives.

Interactive Digital Media (MMC 3711) 4 credits
An introduction to the basics of interactive multimedia production. Class projects explore the potential of interactive media to communicate, express and challenge cultural ideas. The course seeks to develop a combination of critical, technical and design skills. 

Political Podcasting (MMC 4127C) 3 credits
Prerequisite: For Communication and Multimedia Studies majors and Political Science majors or permission of instructor
Systematic analysis of and instruction in the essential elements of political podcasting. Includes assessment of competition; development of concept and format; execution of concept and format through effective vocal delivery; interviewing, writing and technical production; and strategic distribution.

Mass Communication Law and Regulation (MMC 4200) 3 credits
A study of the relationship of the mass media to contemporary law. Topics covered include the First Amendment, libel, privacy, reporters' rights and broadcast and advertising regulation.

Media, Culture and Technology (MMC 4263) 3 credits
An examination of the historical relationship between technology, society and the development of the mass media. An examination of the social, technological, economic and cultural factors shaping the development of media technology with particular emphasis on current new media.

International Communication (MMC 4301)  3  credits
An examination of current issues in international communication with particular emphasis on political, communication and media relations. 

Media Criticism (MMC 4501) 3 credits
Prerequisite: MMC 1540 or FIL 2000
Introduction to social and critical cultural analysis of visual media culture.

Public Opinion (MMC 4640) 3 credits
Prerequisite: MMC 1540 3403 with a grade of "C" or better
Conceptual and historical study and analysis of the construction and representation of public opinion as idea and sociopolitical formation in the West from the 1800s to the present.
(Change effective spring 2025.)

Media, Representation and Diversity (MMC 4704) 3 credits
A theoretical and critical exploration of representation in or related to media institutions, texts, technologies and users, exploring race/ethnicity, nationality, gender, class, age, sexuality and ability.

New Media Narrative (MMC 4713) 4 credits
Explores traditional and alternative storytelling using new media tools and paradigms. Encourages experimentation while developing critical, technical and design skills. Taking inspiration from film, video, animation, comics, art and literature, the class creates collaged, multiperspective, modular and multiparticipant narratives.

Special Topics (MMC 4930) 3 credits
This special topics course is reserved for new subjects in the discipline of multimedia communication.

Public Relations and the Press (PUR 3009) 3 credits
This course examines the current and historical interaction of journalism and public relations (PR), primarily in the United States. It takes a critical and balanced look at these two collaborative and conflicting professions.

Sports Communication (PUR 3463) 3 credits
This course covers fundamentals of communicating in a sports environment. It includes the basics of communicating for print and broadcast news, as well as communicating in teams, small groups and organizations and for public relations and sports information. The course also covers ethical considerations and the role of sports in American culture.

Public and Community Relations (PUR 4411) 3 credits
Public relations writing and campaign planning, including audience analysis, persuasive strategies, campaign management, media relations, evaluation of outcomes.

Experimental Cinema (RTV 3229) 4 credits
Prerequisite: RTV 3531  with minimum grade of "C"
Investigation of video as an experimental art form through exploratory production exercises. A guide through the fundamental issues in the theory and practice of video art, with an introduction to the history of the medium. 

Producing and Directing Documentary Film  (RTV 3332C) 4 credits
Prerequisite: RTV 3531 with minimum grade of "C"
Research, writing and production challenges of non-fiction video. Organizing and writing proposals, treatments and scripts, with basic training in equipment and techniques of video production.

Digital Film Production (RTV  3531) 4 credits
Basic principles of visual and audio communication with an introduction to field production techniques and equipment. Hands-on projects facilitate the development of personal voice and point of view. 

Television Production (RTV  3543C) 4 credits
A lecture-laboratory course with active participation in the planning and production of broadcast programming. An introduction to studio equipment and operations with an emphasis on the aesthetics and politics of both network and non-commercial TV.

Broadcast Journalism (RTV 4301) 4 credits
Prerequisites: JOU 3101 and JOU 4181 with grades of "C" or better; Multimedia Journalism majors only
Instruction in gathering, writing, editing and delivering of broadcast news. Analysis of broadcast journalism as organizational activity.

Advanced Broadcast Journalism (RTV 4304) 4 credits
Prerequisite: RTV 4301 with a grade of "C" or better
Advanced instruction in gathering, writing, editing and delivery of broadcast news. Advanced analysis of broadcast journalism as organizational activity.

Gender and Television (RTV 4412) 3 credits
Historical, theoretical and analytical exploration of gender and television in terms of the structures, preferences and commercial imperatives of media institutions, representational dimensions of texts, producers and creators, and viewer readings and uses in everyday life.

Interpersonal Communication (SPC 2300) 3 credits
Readings, exercises and projects in dyadic communication. Analysis of interpersonal interaction with focus on message variables.

Public Speaking (SPC 2608) 3 credits
Introduction to the theory and practice of public speaking. Students develop practical skills in preparing, presenting and critiquing various forms of public discourse. Includes content related to the Western canon. This is a General Education course.

Classical Rhetoric (SPC 3233) 3 credits
Prerequisite: COM 2053
A historical and theoretical survey of rhetoric in Western civilization from Homer to the Renaissance.

Contemporary Rhetoric (SPC 3235) 3 credits
Prerequisite:  COM 2053
A historical and theoretical survey of rhetoric from the Enlightenment through the 21st century.

Rhetorical Foundations of Publics and Counterpublics (SPC 3272) 3 credits
Prerequisite: COM 2053 with minimum grade of "C"
Introduces students to the broad range of theoretical perspectives on publics and counterpublics. Topics include the public sphere, identity, social advocacy and public judgment.

Small Group Processes (SPC 3425) 3 credits
Readings, exercises and projects in dyadic and small group analysis involving interpersonal attraction, message variables, personal perception, leadership and problem-solving techniques.

Rhetorical Theories of Persuasion (SPC 3542) 3 credits
Prerequisite: COM 2053 with minimum grade of "C"
Introduces students to the broad range of theoretical perspectives on persuasion as it operates to structure human relationships, shape attitudes and perceptions and constitute various cultural formations.

Communication and Social Change (SPC 3632) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Barb Schmidt Fellowship and permission of department
This course serves as the first semester of the Barb Schmidt Fellowship: Cultivating Community Involvement, Advocacy and Social Change. Faculty and peer-to-peer interactive workshops present the theory and practice of effective communication strategies for social movement work.

American Multicultural Discourse (SPC 3704) 3 credits
An exploration of the rhetorical practices of multicultural Americans utilizing rhetorical criticism as a tool to study the persuasive efforts of multicultural discourse in the United States.

Intercultural Communication (SPC 3710) 3 credits
Examination of the intracultural and intercultural communication differences within and between culturally diverse groups in the United States.

Intercultural Theory (SPC 3717) 3 credits
Prerequisite: COM 2053
Students observe the nature of intercultural theory, review various dialogues and theories among scholars of differing perspectives on this topic and explore the knowledge, motivation and skills needed for developing and/or enhancing intercultural competence.

Studies in Rhetoric (SPC 4232) 3 credits
A sustained critical treatment of select rhetorical practices. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Capstone in Communication and Civic Life  (SPC 4271) 3 credits
Prerequisites: COM 2053 and 18 credits in the major; Communication Studies majors only, Senior level
Provides the experienced student of communication with an opportunity to reflect on disciplinary concepts and examine the influential role communication plays in nurturing democratic practices, recognizing and valuing diversity and training active, responsible citizens. Includes a semester-long civic engagement project.

Rhetorical Analysis of Democracy (SPC 4273) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisite: COM 2053 with minimum grade of "C"
Surveys major methodological perspectives that consider the constitutive relationship between rhetorical practice and democratic politics, political culture, rhetorical citizenship and civic engagement.

Leadership and Communication (SPC 4443) 3 credits
This course is an analysis of the function of communication and its influence on leadership from a global perspective. Students are exposed to leadership as a product of symbolic communication by using both theories and practice to demonstrate that leadership competence results from communication competence.

Argumentation and Debate (SPC 4513) 3 credits
A preliminary survey/review of principles of argument followed by an in-depth study of and practice in oral argument and formal debate.

Rhetoric of Argument (SPC 4517) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Study of selected classical and contemporary theories of argument and style as a means of improving student's ability to understand, analyze and create argumentative discourse.

Propaganda (SPC 4540) 3 credits
The theories and dynamics of persuasion and the history and techniques of propaganda in democratic societies.

Rhetoric of Social Protest (SPC ) 3 credits
An examination of the various approaches—psychological, sociological, historical—to the study of social and political movements with special emphasis on rhetorical criticism of movements. In-depth analysis of protest in the United States and its effect on politics and culture.

Rhetorical Criticism (SPC 4680) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisite: COM 2053
An overview of major contemporary approaches to the analysis and criticism of public discourse. Students apply the methods by writing critiques of contemporary oral and written discourse.

Gender, Race and Communication (SPC 4712) 3 credits
An investigation of the relationships between discursive practices and cultural concepts of gender and race. Theories of gender and race differences as well as cultural myths, hegemony and personal, political and religious power are examined.

Ethnicity and Communication (SPC 4718) 3 credits
A comparative analysis focusing on communication patterns among different cultural groups living within the United States.

Special Topics (SPC 4930) 3 credits
This special topics course is reserved for new subjects in the discipline of speech communication.

Multimedia Practicum (VIC 4943) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
This interactive multimedia practicum brings video, audio, text, animation and new media to a multifunction, Department-hosted website. As part of this capstone experience, students create cross-media content, producing works engaged with art, culture and cross-disciplinary critical inquiry.

Communication and Multimedia Studies Graduate Courses

Exhibition Practices in Film, Video and New Media (ART 6684) 4 credits
Prerequisite: M.F.A. graduate standing in Media, Technology and Entertainment
Introduces students to a number of exhibition techniques and practices for film, video, media, sound and installation art. Course explores the fundamental forms, structures and ideas behind film and video exhibition. It exposes students to the process involved in curatorial duties, administrative responsibilities and programming detail for screenings.

The Dark Side of Communication at Work (COM 5725) 3 credits
Prerequisites: Graduate standing; Admission to M.A. program in Communication
This course explores destructive relationships and processes in organizations. Topics include emotional labor, bullying. Sexual harassment, discrimination, microaggresssions, stress, burnout and more. 

Quantitative Communication Research (COM 6316) 3 credits
Quantitative research in communication, emphasizing experimental design and statistical methods in content analysis and survey study.

Communication Research and Design (COM 6318) 3 credits
This course presents foundational concepts and research strategies in communication studies, those which transcend the boundaries of communication, rhetoric and media studies. These basic concepts include crafting and narrowing one's research questions, the collection of data and objects of analysis, their interpretation, and statement of conclusions. The course engages current theoretical perspectives as applied to communication research practices.

Qualitative Communication Research (COM 6340) 3 credits
Qualitative research in communication, with emphasis on ethnographic, focus group, interview and semiotic methods.

Introduction to Graduate Study in Communication (COM 6400) 3 credits
An examination of the nature of human communication through analysis of major areas of advanced study, theories of the field and forms of research utilized in communication study.

Intercultural Communication Theory (COM 6415) 3 credits
An overview of the theories about intercultural communication between people of different cultures. Theories will be generated to describe or explain how communication varies across cultures.

Communication Theory (COM 6424) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor
Broadly surveys theoretical traditions in film studies, intercultural studies, media studies and rhetorical studies. Topics include communication traditions, texts, audiences, practices and contributions to social change.

Political Communication (COM 6511) 3 credits
Analysis of communicative factors in the facilitation, manipulation and discouragement of public political involvement.

Directed Independent Study (COM 6906) 1-3 credits
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and permission of department
(FIL 6906) (RTV 6906) (MMC 6906) (JOU 6906) (SPC 6906)
Intensive studies in areas of Communication mutually agreed upon by student and instructor.

Special Topics (COM 6931) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of department
(FIL 6931) (MMC 6931) (SPC 6931) (JOU 6931) (RTV 6931)
Theory and Practice of Teaching Communication (COM 6944) 3 credits
Required of and restricted to Graduate Assistants. Helps teaching assistants develop skills in introductory courses taught or assisted by teaching assistants under faculty supervision.

Master's Thesis (COM 6971) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to degree candidacy
(FIL 6971) (MMC 6971) (SPC 6971) (JOU 6971) (RTV 6971)

Digital Media Storytelling (DIG 5027) 3 credits
Prerequisites: Graduate standing; Admission to M.A. program in Communication
Students examine the history and current uses of digital media storytelling, as well as how stories fit into broader social narratives. Through experimentation with a range of creative tools and publishing platforms, students design and produce their own digital storytelling projects to achieve a personal or professional aim. 

Survey in Digital Media Techniques (DIG 6436) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to M.F.A. in Media, Technology and Entertainment
This production class explores ideas of visual storytelling in space and time, taking inspiration from personal history, games, scientific theories and the cultural shifts of digital technology. The class encourages the development of a personal voice and artistic experimentation. The technical and aesthetic elements using composition/visual effects software are explored.

Preproduction, Prototyping and Previsualization (DIG 6546) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to M.F.A. in Media, Technology and Entertainment
Explores preproduction techniques in the production of large-scale creative projects. Students visualize a concept through illustrations, storyboards, animatics and interactive prototypes.

3D Production for Interactivity (DIG 6547) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to M.F.A. in Media, Technology and Entertainment
This course provides a broad overview of the 3D modeling, texturing, rigging and animation pipeline for use in most interactive 3D environments. Specifically, students adapt these 3D production techniques to the creation of game assets to be implemented in a visual demo of their game concept, assets, animation tests and other artwork for interactive applications.

Graduate Media Technology Studio (DIG 6575L) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Open to students enrolled the M.F.A. in Media, Technology and Entertainment
Students complete practical research in digital media and interactive techniques using the MTEN lecture-laboratory resources. With faculty guidance and supervision, they prepare creative works and submit them for consideration in an M.F.A. exhibition. All students prepare a written synopsis of creative goals and research.

Portfolio Workshop (DIG 6589) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to M.F.A. in Media, Technology and Entertainment
Students develop projects ranging from creative coding to narrative-based 3D animation that will be completed by the end of the semester. Student works-in-progress are presented each week for critical evaluation and analysis.

Immersive XR Design (DIG 6605) 4 credits
Creative exploration of immersive design frameworks in a game engine for extended reality (XR) and interfaces such as the latest mobile devices and headsets. Projects bridge the gap between design, technology, engineering and art.

Film History and Historiography (FIL 6026) 3 credits
Prerequisites: A study of film at the undergraduate level and the completion of an undergraduate degree with at least the equivalent of a minor in film or media studies
Seminar where students present talks on selected topics and write papers of publishable length on issues in film history and historiography. This is a core requirement in most university-level graduate film programs in the US.

Video Production Workshop (FIL 6365) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate students in M.F.A. in Media, Technology and Entertainment
Explores the basics of film and video production in its most fundamental form. Gives participants a general introduction to film and video production, providing historical, technical, conceptual, artistic, aesthetic and theoretical insight into the medium. A number of video projects will be produced throughout the term.

Producing and Directing Documentary Film (FIL 6366C) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor
This course gives graduate students insight into documentary film, providing historical, conceptual, technical, artistic, aesthetic and theoretical insight into the genre. Students are required to produce and direct short, non-fiction documentary films.

Experimental Cinema (FIL 6409) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate students in M.F.A. in Media, Technology and Entertainment
Introduces students to nonfiction experimental and abstract film and video. Explores the fundamental forums, structures and ideas behind experimental film and video. Students are exposed to the processes involved in experimental production and develop the skills involved in the research and planning of nonfiction, abstract film and video.

Film Theory and Criticism (FIL 6807) 3 credits
Advanced introduction to the field of film studies surveying various approaches, including neoformalism, feminism, poststructuralism, neo-Marxism and cultural studies. Dominant and oppositional modes.

Studies in Film and Television (FIL 6935) 3 credits
An examination of current issues in film and television studies, to include new approaches in theory, history and criticism. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Programming for Interactivity (IDC 6506) 4 credits
Covers the creation of new media artwork and the use of creative coding. Explores the artists that utilize code, the significance of this work and how their work has been created. Also explores designing hardware and software with the goal of exhibiting this work as interactive art.

Mass Media Theory (MMC 6408) 3 credits
Study of theories of mass media and their application and development through research.

Public Opinion and Modernity (MMC 6645) 3 credits
Discussion of conceptual and historical construction and representation of public opinion and the public sphere and their relationships to modern mass media and popular democracy from the 18th century to the present, particularly the 20th century.

Creating Interactive Culture (MMC 6707) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Course explores the intersection of expressive and communicative media with technology, as well as the new aesthetics and practices that are emerging around user interaction. Through collaboration and experimental production, candidates examine interactive media and culture from the perspective of hybrid processes and structures, often expanding the notions of performance, installation, intervention and presentation.

Studies in New Media (MMC 6715) 3 credits
A critical examination of key theoretical works and arguments in the field of new media and an investigation of the cultural implications of new technologies.

Gender and Screen Cultures (RTV 6417) 3 credits
Exploration of intersections between and among cultures of film, television, video, computer-mediated communication and everyday life as they manifest, maintain and/or challenge power relations of gender.

Classical Rhetorical Theory (SPC 6234) 3 credits
An in-depth examination of primary texts and central issues in rhetorical theory in Western civilization from Homer through St. Augustine.

Contemporary Rhetorical Theory (SPC 6236) 3 credits
An in-depth examination of primary texts and central issues in the development of rhetorical theory in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Seminar on Kenneth Burke (SPC 6239) 3 credits
Examines the life and work of American rhetorical theorist and critic Kenneth Burke (1897-1993). It takes a developmental approach to studying Burke, with emphasis on his understanding of rhetoric and symbolic actions as they are reflected in his theories of “Dramatism” and “Logology” as well as his approaches to critical practice.

Feminist Rhetorical Theory (SPC 6639) 3 credits
A study of feminist rhetorical history, theory and expression. Readings and discussion will (a) reveal the absence of women's voices in rhetorical history and theory; (b) investigate contextual factors that created this absence; and (c) introduce feminist constructs of rhetorical theory that reclaim women's place in the rhetorical tradition.

Rhetoric and Democracy in Societies in Transition (SPC 6648) 3 credits
A study of the relationship of rhetoric and democracy in communist and post-communist countries in eastern and central Europe. Readings and discussion examine dissent and democratic discourse as part of the contemporary rhetorical tradition.

Rhetorical Criticism (SPC 6682) 3 credits
An overview and analysis of contemporary methods of rhetorical criticism. Presentation and critique of student work.

Intercultural Communication (SPC 6715) 3 credits
An examination of intracultural and intercultural similarities and differences in communication patterns of various specified groups.

Studies in Rhetoric (SPC 6934) 3 credits
An examination of current issues in the field of rhetorical studies. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Topics in Intercultural Communication Studies (SPC 6935) 3 credits
An examination of current issues in the field of intercultural communication. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Comparative Studies

Graduate Courses

Prerequisites for all courses in this program: Admission to Ph.D. program in Comparative Studies or permission of instructor.

Theory and Criticism (CST 7309) 3 credits
Examines critical and theoretical perspectives relevant to various analyses of texts of different types from an historical and comparative point of view. “Texts” may include literary or philosophical texts, architectural structures, works of art, musical compositions, theatrical or musical performances, design elements, political or social discourse, political or sociological structures and others, depending on the concentration served by the course. Topics may include, but are not limited to (post)structuralism, semiotics, Marxism, political theory or philosophy, gender, race and ethnicity, (post)colonialism, design, aesthetics, music, film and picture theory. Variable subtitle. May be repeated up to four times.

Directed Independent Study (CST 7905) 1-3 credits
Directed doctoral-level study in an area of comparative studies.

Advanced Research and Study (CST 7910) 1-9 credits
Course for Ph.D. students who have completed all required courses but have not been admitted to candidacy. Intended for preparation of dissertation topic. May be repeated, and may be taken for variable credit. Grading: S/U

Research Design in Social Science (CST 7912) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admittance to Ph.D. program in Comparative Studies
The goal of this course is to introduce graduate students to the basics of social science research, including the logics of inquiry, core methodological assumptions and strengths and limitations of various research designs typically used for such research.

Special Topics (CST 7931) 1-3 credits
Doctoral-level study in a selected area of comparative studies. May be repeated for credit under variable titles and content.

Seminar in Aesthetics (CST 7935) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of department
This seminar focuses on two key topics in philosophical aesthetics: The definition of art and the concept of aesthetics. Treating the topic historically, philosophically and through interdisciplinary perspectives, it focuses on key approaches and theorists, including but not limited to, the traditional canon of Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant, Hegel and Nietzsche, but also contemporary thinkers such as Adomo, Danto and Arendt, as well as non-western thinkers like Confucius, Xunzi, Zhuangzi and Zeami.

Interdisciplinary Perspectives (CST 7936) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in the College of Arts and Letters or permission of instructor
Variable topic course emphasizing the interdisciplinary focus that is at the foundation of the concentrations in the the Ph.D. in Comparative Studies. Content varies from semester to semester but invariably serves to guide students in approaching cultural texts and formations from a multidisciplinary perspective. May be repeated up to four times.

Practicum (CST 7940) 3-9 credits
Engagement and collaboration with agencies and organizations in the public arena, as defined by the student's research interests. Projects initiated by the student may also be considered. Grading: S/U

Dissertation (CST 7980) 1-12 credits

English

Undergraduate Courses/ link to graduate courses

American Literature to 1865 (AML 2010) 3 credits
An overview of American literature, including representative writers of the Colonial, Enlightenment and Romantic periods.

American Literature from 1865 (AML 2020) 3 credits
An overview of American literature including representative writers of the Realist, Naturalist, Modernist and Postmodernist movements.

American Novel: 19th Century (AML 3111) 3 credits
Major novels by such writers as Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Crane and James.

American Novel: 20th Century (AML 3121) 3 credits
Major novelists selected to reflect a wide range of 20th-century experience; typically: Faulkner, Hemingway, Steinbeck, Singer, Hurston and Erdrich.

Literature of the South  (AML 3263) 3 credits
Course covers writers of the U.S. South from pre-Civil War plantation cultures (and their hemispherical reach) through the Southern Literary Renaissance, Grit Lit and the contemporary: Douglass, Poe, Cable, Murfree, Caldwell, Hurston, Faulkner, O'Connor, Welty, Williams, Crews, Allison, Vernon, Howe and Tretheway.

Florida Women Writers (AML 3264) 3 credits
Course explores 19th- and 20th-century women writers in Florida, including Douglas, Rawlings, Hurston, Smith and others.

Florida Writers (AML 3265) 3 credits
An exploration of authors associated with and/or writing about Florida, such as John James Audubon, William Bartram, Harry Crews, Ernest Hemingway, James Weldon Johnson and Wallace Stevens. Topics and approaches vary. The course may draw upon FAU's Bessie DuBois Floridiana Collection.

Colonial and Early American Literature (AML 4213) 3 credits
Prerequisite: ENC 1102 or substitute with a grade of "C" or better
A study of colonial and early American literature from 1600 to 1800.

American Literature: 19th-Century Traditions (AML 4223) 3 credits
Close reading of representative works exemplifying the major traditions in American literature, including naturalism, romanticism, realism and others.

American Literature: 20th-Century Movements (AML 4242) 3 credits
Overview of selected texts relevant to the emergence and definition of 20th-century American literary movements, such as modernism and postmodernism. Writers will be studied in social and historical contexts and may include James, Cather, Eliot, Faulkner, O'Connor, Bellow, Morrison and Nabokov.

Major American Writers: 19th Century (AML 4311) 3 credits
Significant works of poetry, long and short fiction and non-fiction prose from 1800-1900, by significant American writers.

Major American Writers: 20th Century (AML 4321) 3 credits
Works representing main currents of modern American thought and literature.

African-American Literature to 1895 (AML 4604) 3 credits
An introduction to African-American literature and culture through prose and poetry from 1746-1895.

African-American Literature 1895 to Present (AML 4607) 3 credits
An introduction to African-American literature from the late 19th century to contemporary times.

U.S. Latino/a Literatures (AML 4630) 3 credits
An introduction to U.S. Latino/a literatures, with emphasis on Cuban-American, Puerto Rican and Mexican-American traditions.

American-Indian Literature (AML 4640) 3 credits
Interpretation of traditional oral narratives, songs and oratory as well as contemporary fiction and poetry. Emphasizes both cultural continuity and creative adaption of Euro-American presence.

Jewish-American Literature (AML 4663) 3 credits
An introduction to Jewish-American literature and culture through the work of several major and emergent 20th-century Jewish-American writers.

Asian-American Literatures (AML 4673) 3 credits
An introduction to Asian-American literary traditions and histories.

Directed Independent Research (AML 4915) 1-3 credits
Prerequisites: ENG 3822, LIT 3213, for English majors and permission of instructor
Students work closely with research mentors to conduct research and inquiry in American Literature. Requirements for the course and the criteria for evaluation are agreed upon by the research mentor and the student.

Directed Independent Research (AML 4916) 0-3 credits
Prerequisites: ENG 3822, LIT 3213, for English majors and permission of instructor
Students work closely with research mentors to conduct research and inquiry in American Literature. Requirements for the course and the criteria for evaluation are agreed upon by the research mentor and the student. Grading: S/U

Special Topics (AML 4930) 3 credits
Special topics in North American literature in English. May be repeated for credit.

Crative Writing (CRW 3010) 3 credits
Guidance and criticism for beginners in writing prose fiction and poetry.

Fiction Workshop 1 (CRW 4120) 3 credits
Prerequisite: CRW 3010
Concentrates on essentials of the short story form through emulations of varied modern authorial styles. Point of view, narrative form, voice, creating characters, tone and atmosphere are some of the topics covered. Students write several stories, revise and critique. Reading consists of single-author collections and anthology selections. Course may be repeated for credit once.

Fiction Workshop 2 (CRW 4121) 3 credits
Prerequisite: CRW 3010
Workshop for advanced students. Reading consists of single-author works and anthology selections. Students may be asked to write in a variety of forms and will critique peer work. Course may be repeated for credit once.

Creative Writing: Non-Fiction (CRW 4211) 3 credits
Prerequisite: CRW 3010
Application of creative techniques to non-fiction subjects in essay and autobiographical writing. Includes study of works by master non-fiction writers and themes in non-fiction literature. Course may be repeated for credit once.

Poetry Workshop 1 (CRW 4310) 3 credits
Prerequisite: CRW 3010
Offers a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of writing poetry. By the end of the semester the student will have been introduced to such tools of poetic language as diction, connotation and word music; such techniques of poetic form as meter, stanza, enjambment and free-verse lineation; and such tools of poetic vision as image, metaphor and analogy. Course may be repeated for credit once.

Poetic Forms (CRW 4311) 3 credits
Prerequisite: CRW 3010
Students develop appreciation for poetic forms by writing sestinas, sonnets, villanelles, blank verse and a variety of other forms. Emphasis on contemporary poets experimenting in medieval, Renaissance, 17th-century forms and romantic forms such as the ode.

Poetry Workshop 2 (CRW 4321) 3 credits
Prerequisite: CRW 3010
Workshop for advanced students. Individual projects critiqued in workshop sessions and in conference with the instructor. Visiting writers may participate in workshop sessions. To stimulate the student's development, other arts, especially music and the visual arts, may be explored. Course may be repeated for credit once.

Literary Editing and Publishing (CRW 4723) 3 credits
Prerequisite: CRW 3010 with minimum grade of "C" or permission of instructor
This course offers a combination of theoretical background and practical, hands-on experience in the field of literary magazine editing and publishing. Students produce Coastlines, FAU's undergraduate literary journal. Duties include evaluating submissions, editing, publicity, research, budget proposals and more.

Special Topics: Creative Writing (CRW 4930) 3 credits
Prerequisite: CRW 3010
Selected special topics, e.g., visions of nature or special readings and techniques. May be repeated for credit.

Honors Creative Writing Seminar (CRW 4932) 3 credits
Prerequisites: CRW 3010 and two 4000-level workshops with minimum grades of "B+" and permission of instructor
Provides a structured framework for students in the Creative Writing Honors track to complete their honors thesis (either a work of fiction, nonfiction or a collection of poetry). Provides information about post-graduate opportunities for creative writers. Examines works of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction in more depth and with more of an eye toward craft than may have been possible in previous coursework.

College Writing 1 (ENC 1101) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
This course introduces students to rhetorical concepts and audience-centered approaches to writing including composing processes, language conventions and style, and critical analysis and engagement with written texts and other forms of communication. This is a General Education course. 

College Writing 2 (ENC 1102) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisite: ENC 1101 with a grade of "C" or better
A continuation of College Writing 1. This is a General Education course.

Honors College Writing 2 (ENC 1102) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisite: Permission of department
This is a Writing Across Curriculum (WAC) course where students explore examples of academic expository prose and write essays practicing forms of rhetoric. The course expands beyond ENC 1102 by exposing students to a range of writings found across the discipline, to basic competence in information literacy and research and to oral and visual as well as written communication. The goal is to prepare students for the types of critical reading and writing tasks they will need to master as emerging scholars in their individual disciplines. This is a General Education course.

University Honors Seminar in Writing (ENC 1930) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisite: ENC 1101 with a grade of "C" or better
A seminar in the University Honors Program on topics in writing. This is a General Education course.

Special Topics: College Writing 2 (ENC 1939) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisite: ENC 1101 with grade of "C" or above
Selected special topics for College Writing 2, e.g. Southern Cultures or Contemporary Creative Non-Fiction. This is a General Education course.

Professional Writing  (ENC 3213) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisite: ENC 1102 or substitute with a grade of "C" or better
Prepares the student to write professionally for audiences within and outside a corporation or nonprofit enterprise. Proofreading skills stressed.

Advanced Exposition (ENC 3310) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisite: ENC 1102 or substitute with a grade of "C" or better
A study of rhetorical techniques, including principles of classical rhetoric.

Principles of Research Writing (ENC 4138) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisite: ENC 1102 or substitute with a grade of "C" or better
Provides an introduction to communicating research through writing.

Writing for Nonprofits (ENC 4354) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisites: ENC 1101 and ENC 1102 or substitute with a grades of "C" or better
Engages students in the study and practice of professional writing activities with local nonprofit organizations. Students receive Academic Service-Learning credit by working with a local nonprofit organization for at least two hours each week. They become familiar with the kinds of writing necessary to support nonprofit organizations and the various rhetorical circumstances that shape organizations working and writing for social change. Students also research a specific community issue or problem related to their partnering organization.

Directed Independent Research (ENC 4915) 1-3 credits
Prerequisites: ENG 3822, LIT 3213, for English majors and permission of instructor
Students work closely with research mentors to conduct research and inquiry in Writing and Rhetoric. Requirements for the course and the criteria for evaluation are agreed upon by the research mentor and the student.

Directed Independent Research (ENC 4916) 0-3 credits
Prerequisites: ENG 3822, LIT 3213, for English majors and permission of instructor
Students work closely with research mentors to conduct research and inquiry in Writing and Rhetoric. Requirements for the course and the criteria for evaluation are agreed upon by the research mentor and the student. Grading: S/U

Special Topics: Composition (ENC 4930) 3 credits
Special topics in composition studies. May be repeated for credit.

Introduction to Literary Studies (ENG 3822) 3 credits
A prerequisite for English majors that must be taken before or concurrently with any 4000-level course. Prepares students to enter the field of literary studies by introducing three genres and key literary concepts. Course emphasizes close textual analysis and basic research skills. Topics vary depending on instructors.

Studies in Writing and Rhetoric (ENG 4020) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisites: ENC 1101, ENC 1102 or substitute with grades of "C" or better
Examines the theory and practice of rhetoric with special attention to contemporary developments in rhetoric and their applicability to writing.

Literature and Film (ENG 4114) 3 credits
The study of film representations of British and American literary works. Emphasizes narrative techniques and strategies for adapting literary works for the cinema.

Directed Independent Study (ENG 4904) 1-4 credits
This course allows students to conduct specialized research under the supervision of a faculty member.

RI: Honors Research (ENG 4910) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ENG 4932, Honors in English students only and department permission required
The course facilitates the completion of a 20-40 page honors thesis that makes an original contribution to the discipline through a series of assignments designed to enable research in literary studies. This course is research intensive (RI).

Honors Seminar (ENG 4932) 3 credits
Prerequisites or Corequisites: ENG 3822 and LIT 3213
Required for honors students but open to those interested in more advanced literary study. Allows students to synthesize literary knowledge and critical skills gained in the English major. More intensive and interactive than the Department's other courses and organized in ways that anticipate graduate-level courses. Topics of the seminar change from year to year. Offered once a year in the fall.

English Internship (ENG 4940)  1-6 credits
Prerequisites: 18 credits in the major; 3.0 GPA overall and in English; permission of instructor
Practical experience working 10-15 hours per week in a writing and/or reading oriented position relevant to the English major. Possible internship sites include publishing houses, government agencies, public relations firms, museums, libraries, computer information systems, advertising agencies, and law firms.

British Literature to 1798 (ENL 2012) 3 credits
Major works, writers and movements of early British literature.

British Literature since 1798 (ENL 2022) 3 credits
Major works, writers and movements of modern British literature.

English Study Abroad (ENL 2952)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

British Novel: 18th Century (ENL 3112) 3 credits
Selected novelists from Daniel Defoe to Ann Radcliffe.

British Novel: 19th Century (ENL 3122) 3 credits
Selected novelists from Jane Austen to Thomas Hardy.

British Novel: 20th Century (ENL 3132) 3 credits
Major British and Irish novelists from Conrad to the present; emphasis on innovations in technique.

Backgrounds for British and American Literature (ENL 3425) 3 credits
Provides crucial backgrounds, allusions, themes, "histories" and other elements that are contexts for British and American literary works. Topics include the Bible as literature, Greek and Roman classics, epic, mythology, diaspora, ancient literary criticism, ancient non-Western literature, science and literature and metamorphosis.

Medieval Literature (ENL 4210) 3 credits
From Old English epic (Beowulf) to Middle English courtly romance (Sir Gawain). 

Renaissance Literature (ENL 4220) 3 credits
Selected readings that may be organized by genre (drama, poetry, epic, romance), theme (the lover as hero, the rise of humanism, classical revisions) or as a broad-based historical overview of the period and concept of the Renaissance. Writers may include Spenser, Marlowe, Sidney, Jonson.

17th-Century Literature (ENL 4221) 3 credits
Representative writers from Donne through Dryden.

18th-Century Literature (ENL 4230) 3 credits
Major prose, poetry, drama and satire of the 18th century.

British Romanticism (ENL 4243) 3 credits
A study of major poets of the Romantic period, including prose writing, theory and fiction.

Victorian Literature (ENL 4251) 3 credits
A study of Victorian literature and culture from Dickens to Kipling. Major works of poetry and prose of the Victorian period are studied in their historical and cultural contexts.

Victorian Genres and Themes (ENL 4264) 3 credits
A study of major literary genres and themes of the Victorian period. Content varies by semester.

20th-Century British Literature (ENL 4273) 3 credits
Focuses on British literature from World War I to the end of the 20th century, concentrating on the major movements of modernism and postmodernism. Literary works by Lawrence, Woolf, Eliot, Pinter, Lessing and others will be studied in social and historical contexts, such as the women's and working-class movements, race and immigration and the end of empire.

Chaucer (ENL 4311) 3 credits
The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, the dream allegories.

Shakespeare (ENL 4333) 3 credits
Representative plays.

Milton (ENL 4341) 3 credits
Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes and other works, including the prose.

Directed Independent Research (ENL 4915) 1-3 credits
Prerequisites: ENG 3822, LIT 3213, for English majors and permission of instructor
Students work closely with research mentors to conduct research and inquiry in British Literature. Requirements for the course and the criteria for evaluation are agreed upon by the research mentor and the student.

Directed Independent Research (ENL 4916) 0-3 credits
Prerequisites: ENG 3822, LIT 3213, for English majors and permission of instructor
Students work closely with research mentors to conduct research and inquiry in British Literature. Requirements for the course and the criteria for evaluation are agreed upon by the research mentor and the student. Grading: S/U

Special Topics: British Literature (ENL 4930) 3 credits
Special aspects of British Literature. May be repeated for credit.

English Study Abroad (ENL 4957)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Structure of Modern English (LIN 4680) 3 credits
Comparative grammatical analysis of the structure of English prose styles of major writers; traditional, structuralist and transformational approaches critically examined.

University Honors Seminar in Literature (LIT 1930) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
A seminar in the University Honors Program on topics in literature.

Interpretation of Fiction (LIT 2010) 3 credit
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisite: ENC 1102 or substitute with grade of "C" or above
An introduction to close reading of fiction. Includes content related to the Western canon. This is a General Education course.

Interpretation of Poetry (LIT 2030) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisite: ENC 1102 or substitute with grade of "C" or above
An introduction to close reading of poetry. Includes content related to the Western canon. This is a General Education course.

Interpretation of Drama (LIT 2040) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisite: ENC 1102 or substitute with grade of "C" or above
An introduction to close reading of drama. Includes content related to the Western canon. This is a General Education course.

Interpretation of Creative Nonfiction (LIT 2070) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisite: ENC 1102 or substitute with minimum grade of "C"
An introduction to the history and interpretation of nonfiction. Focuses on a variety of sub-genres of creative nonfiction, such as autobiography and memoir and literary journalism and the essay (including non-traditional forms like the lyric or graphic essay). Provides students with the tools to read, analyze, think critically and write about creative nonfiction and to communicate their insights in oral and written forms. Includes content related to the Western canon. This is a General Education course.

Introduction to World Literature  (LIT 2100) 3 credits
A variable topics course focusing on perennial aspects of human experience through the comparative study of world literature. Includes content related to the Western canon. This is a General Education course.

Special Topics in Literature (LIT 2931) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisites: ENC 1101 and ENC 1102 with minimum grades of "C"
This course is focused specifically on teaching students to better understand literature as a written art form. Students also learn to employ academic writing to critically analyze the formal qualities that give meaning to literature. This class focuses on a special topic or theme. Includes content related to the Western canon. This is a General Education course.

Literature Study Abroad (LIT 2952) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Modern Drama (LIT 3043) 3 credits
Traditions in dramatic literature: Realist, Naturalist, poetic, experimental (absurdist, etc.).

Irish Literature  (LIT 3184) 3 credits
An exploration of the developments of the Irish literary tradition. Selections may include Irish language literature in translation, folklore, fiction, poetry and drama from writers such as Merriman, Swift, Joyce, Yeats, Bowen, Beckett, Heaney, Boland and Ni Dhomhnaill.

Literary Theory (LIT 3213) 3 credits
Introduces various schools of critical and literary theory to bear upon the interpretation of literary texts, such as new criticism, psychoanalysis, myth studies, poststructuralism, phenomenology, feminism, postcolonialism, Marxism and more.

Fantasy Literature (LIT 3312) 3 credits
Selected readings in 19th- and 20th-century fantasy, drawn from Lord Dunsany, George MacDonald, Charles Williams, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, E.R. Eddison, L. Frank Baum, Fritz Leiber, Ursula K. Le Guin, Jane Yolen.

Science Fiction (LIT 3313) 3 credits
Selected readings in 19th- and 20th-century science fiction, drawn from Mary Shelley, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Theodore Sturgeon, Samuel Delany, Ursula K. Le Guin, Orson Scott Card.

Literature of Adolescence (LIT 3333) 3 credits
A survey and selection of literature representing genres and themes appropriate for the adolescent reader. Issues and research chosen from available scholarship. Intended to assist meeting teacher certification requirements.

Detective Fiction (LIT 3344) 3 credits
Analysis of short stories and novels from Edgar Allan Poe to modern times; division into classical, hard-boiled and contemporary forms.

Literary Genres (LIT 4001) 3 credits
Analysis of a literary genre in historical context. May be repeated for credit.

Modern Poetry (LIT 4032) 3 credits
Formal and semantic aspects of 20th-century poetry in English.

Comparative Literature (LIT 4061) 3 credits
Selected topics requiring investigation of related literary and intellectual movements across national boundaries, with particular attention to writers of international significance.

Contemporary Drama  (LIT 4094) 3 credits
Dramatic literature of the 20th and 21st centuries; playwrights may include Churchill, Mamet, Parks, Pinter, Ruhl, Shepard, Stoppard, A. Wilson.

Caribbean Literatures in English (LIT 4192) 3 credits
Focuses on the critical and analytical study of representative Caribbean authors writing in English.

World Literature: Critical Approaches (LIT 4225) 3 credits
Critical approaches to selected works in major world literatures, Eastern and Western, including, e.g., archetypal, traditional or contemporary interpretations.

Postcolonial Literature (LIT 4233) 3 credits
An introduction to the field of postcolonial studies, especially the historical development and major debates surrounding the genre.

Major Writers of World Literature in English (LIT 4244) 3 credits
Course allows an in-depth exploration of particular major English-language writers from Africa, Asia, Canada, the Caribbean, Ireland and/or Oceania.

Black Literatures (LIT 4355) 3 credits
Prerequisite: ENC 1102 or substitute with grade of "C" or better
Introduces students to literature of the African Diaspora and seeks to make connections between diverse works from various countries that speak to issues such as identity, blackness, ancestry and the relationship between nation and diaspora. Also focuses on debates in African Diasporic studies, including how scholars should define and think about the African Diaspora.

Women  and  Literature (LIT 4383) 3 credits
An examination of literary representations of and/or literature and criticism by women and cultural events/movements/histories that have informed the emergence of a women's literary tradition. Topics, national traditions and period may vary. May fulfill pre-1800 requirements depending on the course focus.

Literature and Environment (LIT 4434) 3 credits
An exploration of literary engagements with the natural and/or constructed environment, which may include, but is not limited to, the Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern, Romantic, Victorian, Modern, Postmodern and Colonial traditions.

Literature and Social Movements (LIT 4484) 3 credits
Considers how literature has influenced and been influenced by social movements. Topics may include literature in relation to such movements as abolition, the British labour movement, women's suffrage, the Civil Rights movement, anticolonialism and decolonization, the gay rights movement, Third Wave feminism, the anti-globalization movement or the rise of the New Left.

LGBTQ+ Literature (LIT 4523) 3 credits
An introduction to literature by and/or about LGBTQ people as well as cultural events/movements/histories that have informed the emergence and establishment of a queer literary tradition. Topics, national traditions and/or chronological period may vary.

Comparative European Romanticism (LIT 4604) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of French, German, Spanish or Italian
Romanticism as a European movement. Study of representative poetry and prose in French, German and English literatures with emphasis on literary and intellectual relations. Readings in Rousseau, Goethe, Novalis, Chateaubriand, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Keats, Mary Shelley, Eichendorff, Lamartine, Hugo.

Literature of War (LIT 4605) 3 credits
Examines major themes, genres and stylistic modes in war writing. Considers works from American, British and other literatures. Topics may include the history of war literature, war poetry, propaganda and reportage, black humor and literature and culture of the World Wars, the Vietnam War and other wars.

Asian Literature in English (LIT 4832) 3 credits
Focuses on the critical and analytical study of representative Asian authors writing in English.

Directed Independent Research (LIT 4915) 1-3 credits
Prerequisites: ENG 3822, LIT 3213, for English and Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature majors and permission of instructor
Students work closely with research mentors to conduct research and inquiry in Genre Studies or Non-British and American Literature. Requirements for the course and the criteria for evaluation are agreed upon by the research mentor and the student.

Directed Independent Research (LIT 4916) 0-3 credits
Prerequisites: ENG 3822, LIT 3213, for English and Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature majors and permission of instructor
Students work closely with research mentors to conduct research and inquiry in Genre Studies or Non-British and American Literature. Requirements for the course and the criteria for evaluation are agreed upon by the research mentor and the student. Grading: S/U

Special Topics (LIT 4930) 3 credits
Special topics in comparative literature. May be repeated for credit.

Literature Study Abroad (LIT 4957)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

English Graduate Courses

All graduate courses in the Department of English have the following prerequisite: Admission to a graduate program in Arts and Letters or permission of instructor. This prerequisite is in addition to any prerequisite listed with the courses below.

* With different content may be repeated for credit.

* Literary Genres and Themes (AML 5937) 3 credits
Prerequisites: Admission to graduate program in Arts and Letters or permission of instructor
(U.S.) Might include, e.g., U.S. Hard-boiled Detective Fiction, The American Novel, American Drama, U.S. Utopian/Dystopian Fiction.

* Individual Author (AML 6305) 3 credits
Intensive study of one American writer, e.g., Faulkner, Dickinson, Twain, James, O'Connor, Morrison.

* Directed Independent Study (AML 6905) 1-3 credits

* Special Topics (AML 6934) 3 credits
Special topics in American literature.

* Seminar: American Literature (AML 6938) 3 credits
More than one author is considered, but the focus is intensive, often concentrating on literature of one region and/or ethnic group, e.g., Southern, Wharton and Chopin, Jewish American, African American, Native American. With different content, may be repeated for credit.

Master's Thesis (AML 6971) 1-6 credits
Grading: S/U

* Creative Writing Workshop (CRW 5025) 3 credits
Concentration on a mode of writing fiction, poetry or drama.

* Creative Writing: Genre and Form (CRW 6024) 3 credits
Literary theory, criticism, literature and creative writing considering forms, genres and styles not covered in the genre workshops, e.g., writing the poetic sequence, libretti, novella, novel in verse, translation, dramatic monologue.

* Fiction Writing Workshop (CRW 6130) 3 credits
Advanced composition in fiction writing, consideration of significant examples of novel and story forms. Aims at perfecting a series of short stories or novel chapters, improving critical abilities.

* Creative Non-Fiction Workshop (CRW 6236) 3 credits
Advanced composition in creative non-fiction writing, consideration of significant examples of memoir, essay and literary journalism forms. Course aims at perfecting a series of personal essays or chapters in a book-length non-fiction narrative, improving critical abilities.

* With different content may be repeated for credit.

* Poetry Writing Workshop (CRW 6331) 3 credits
Advanced composition in poetry writing, consideration of significant examples of poetic forms. Aims at perfecting a series of poems, improving critical abilities.

Literary Publishing and Editing (CRW 6726) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
This course provides a combination of theoretical background and practical, hands-on experience in the field of literary magazine editing and publishing. Graduate students mentor undergraduates in the production of Coastlines literary magazine as well as work on Swamp Ape Review, FAU's online national literary magazine.

Creative Writing Symposium (CRW 6920) 1 credit
A creative writing workshop focusing on areas relevant to the M.F.A. curriculum. Course topics vary by semester and instructor and are offered in fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction.

Master's Thesis (CRW 6971) 1-6 credits
Grading: S/U

Studies in Composition Methodology and Theory (ENC 6700) 3 credits
Review and discussion of recent scholarship in the teaching of composition, with an emphasis on practical applications in the classroom. Required for and restricted to graduate assistants teaching composition for the first time. May count toward the 24 credits of coursework required for the MA degree.

* Topics in Rhetoric and Composition (ENC 6930) 3 credits
Composition theory and practice across a range of topics, such as reading/writing connections, sites or praxis, computers and composition, research in composition studies, literary theory and social consequences, writing in the disciplines, assessment and evaluation, history of composition studies and survey of composition theories.

Master's Thesis (ENC 6971) 1-6 credits
Grading: S/U

Literary Criticism 1 (ENG 5018) 3 credits
Literary critical theory from Plato to the 18th century.

Literary Criticism 2 (ENG 5019) 3 credits
Major themes and theoretical statements of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Research Methods for Advanced Literary Study  (ENG 6009) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Required before enrollment in thesis or exam courses
Research, presentation, publication and professional practices of the discipline of literary studies.

* Seminar: Theory and Criticism (ENG 6049) 3 credits
Focuses on theoretical approaches to literature, e.g., structuralism, deconstruction, formalism, gender studies, Marxism, New Historicism, postcolonialism, speech acts; or critical themes such as Mimesis or the Sublime.

* Directed Independent Study (ENG 6906) 1-3 credits

English Symposium (ENG 6920) 1 credit
Focuses on a specific topic in areas relevant to the English master's program.

* Research Colloquium (ENG 6924) 3 credits
For increasing research skills and developing methodological approaches, anticipating formal work in master's thesis. May count as an elective beyond the 24 credits of coursework specified in the catalog. Grading: S/U

* Colloquium in English (ENG 6925) 3-6 credits
For English Department teaching assistants, discussion and evaluation of materials and methods of undergraduate English instruction; participation in appropriate Departmental workshops and colloquia. May count as an elective beyond the 24 credits of coursework specified in the catalog. Grading: S/U

* Seminar: Writing, Rhetoric and Literacy (ENG 6933) 3 credits
Focuses on the theory and practice of written composition as it affects issues such as the teaching of writing, the relationship of rhetoric and poetics and the development of cultural literacies. Variable content.

Master's Thesis (ENG 6971) 1-6 credits
Grading: S/U

* Literary Genres and Themes (ENL 5937) 3 credits
Prerequisites: Admission to graduate program in Arts and Letters or permission of instructor
(British) Might include, e.g., Rise of the Novel, Renaissance Lyric, Renaissance Drama, Gothic Literature.

* Individual Author (ENL 6305) 3 credits
Intensive study of one British writer, e.g., Chaucer, Jane Austen, George Eliot, William Blake, Virginia Woolf.

* Seminar: British Literature (ENL 6455) 3 credits
More than one author is considered, but the focus is intensive, often concentrating on literature of one region and/or ethnic group, e.g., Scottish Literature, Sidney and Spenser, Celtic Literary Culture.

* Directed Independent Study (ENL 6905) 1-3 credits

* Special Topics (ENL 6934) 3 credits
Special topics in British literature.

Master's Thesis (ENL 6971) 1-6 credits
Grading: S/U

History of the English Language (LIN 6107) 3 credits
Development of the language from Old English to the present, utilizing modern linguistics.

Structure of Modern English (LIN 6676) 3 credits
Comparative grammatical analysis of the structure of English prose styles of major writers; traditional, structuralist and transformational approaches are critically examined.

* Special Topics (LIN 6934) 3 credits

Master's Thesis (LIN 6971) 1-6 credits
Grading: S/U

* With different content may be repeated for credit.

* Seminar: World Literature in English (LIT 6105) 3 credits
More than one Anglophone author is considered, but the focus is intensive, often concentrating on literature of one region and/or ethnic group, e.g., Caribbean, Canadian, Irish, Asian.

Comparative Caribbean Idea(l)s (LIT 6198) 3 credits
Prerequisite: For master's students in English and Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
This course explores recurring themes and ideological debates regarding identity formation (creolization, hybridity, sexuality, beliefs and gender), and the commodification of island culture in Caribbean literature.

* Individual Author (LIT 6246) 3 credits
Intensive study of one Anglophone writer, not U.S. or British, e.g., Yeats, Walcott, Atwood.

Theorizing Science Fiction/Fantasy (LIT 6318) 3 credits
The use of science fiction metaphors by contemporary theorists as informed by contemporary science fiction texts.

Reading for Comprehensive Exams (LIT 6900)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Permission of department
Course provides graduate students who have elected to pursue the comprehensive exam option in the English M.A. program rigorous guidance in preparing for that exam. In close consultation with their exam committee chair, students work through at least half of their reading list during each semester taking this course. May be repeated for credit.

* Directed Independent Study (LIT 6905) 1-3 credits

Capstone Project in Literary Translation (LIT 6914) 0-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
The final translation project is typically a continuation of a project the student has already begun in the translation workshop. The project results in a document of 20 to 30 pages of either poetry or prose. Grading: S/U

* Special Topics in Science Fiction and Fantasy (LIT 6932) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate program in Arts and Letters or permission of instructor
A selection of science fiction/fantasy exploring a theme or motif, such as cyborg culture, utopia/dystopia, urban fantasy/mythology, etc.

* Seminar: Special Topics (LIT 6934) 3 credits
Specialized aspects of literature, including non-British or non-American Anglophone literature and world literature in English translation.

* Seminar: Literature and Other Fields (LIT 6936) 3 credits
Literature and, e.g., film, visual art, history, philosophy, psychology, linguistics.

Master's Thesis (LIT 6971) 1-6 credits
Grading: S/U

* With different content may be repeated for credit.

Ethnic Studies

Undergraduate Courses

History of American Immigration and Ethnicity (AMH 3530) 3 credits
African-American History to 1877 (AMH 3571) 3 credits
African-American History since 1877 (AMH 3572) 3 credits
The Civil Rights Movement (AMH 4575) 3 credits
(See History courses, this section)

African-American Literature to 1895 (AML 4604) 3 credits
African-American Literature 1895-Present (AML 4607) 3 credits
U.S. Latino/a Literatures (AML 4630) 3 credits
American-Indian Literature (AML 4640) 3 credits
Jewish-American Literature (AML 4663) 3 credits
Asian-American Literatures (AML 4673) 3 credits
(See English courses, this section)

Native-American Culture and Society (ANT 3312) 3 credits
Cultures of South Asia (ANT 3361) 3 credits
Gender and Culture (ANT 4302) 3 credits
African-American Anthropology (ANT 4315) 3 credits
Cultural Anthropology (ANT 4414) 3 credits
(See Anthropology courses, this section)

Islamic History (ASH 3222) 3 credits
Women in Asian History (ASH 3384) 3 credits
(See History courses, this section)

Storytelling in Popular Culture (COM 4703) 3 credits
(See School of Communication and Multimedia Studies courses, this section)

Religions and World Politics (CPO 3761) 3 credits
Comparative Politics: Middle East (CPO 4403) 3 credits
The Comparative Politics of Ethnic Conflict (CPO 4724) 3 credits
(See Political Science courses, this section)

Education in a Multicultural Society (EDF 3610) 3  credits
(See Curriculum and Instruction courses, College of Education section)

Slavery and Abolition in the Americas (HIS 4451) 3 credits
(See History courses, this section)

Italian-American Cinema (ITT 3522) 3 credits
(See Languages, Linguistics, Comparative Lit. courses, this section)

Classical Jewish Civilization (JST 3403) 3 credits
American-Jewish History, 1492-1990 (JST 4415) 3 credits
History of Hasidism (JST 4464) 3 credits
The Holocaust (JST 4701) 3 credits
(See Jewish Studies courses, this section)

History of the Caribbean (LAH 4470) 3 credits
(See History courses, this section)

Introduction to Latin American Studies  (LAS 2000)  3 credits
(See Languages, Linguistics, Comparative Lit. courses, this section)

Caribbean Literatures in English (LIT 4192) 3 credits
(See English courses, this section)

Minorities and the Media (MMC 3601) 3 credits
(See School of Communication and Multimedia Studies courses, this section)

Music Cultures of the World (MUH 3514) 3 credits
Jazz in American Society (MUH 3801) 3 credits
(See Music courses, under School of the Arts at the end of this section)

Africana Philosophy (PHP 3781) 3 credits
(See Philosophy courses, this section)

American Multicultural Discourse (SPC 3704) 3 credits
Intercultural Communication (SPC 3710) 3 credits
Gender, Race and Communication (SPC 4712) 3 credits
Ethnicity and Communication (SPC 4718) 3 credits
(See School of Communication and Multimedia Studies courses, this section)

Race and Ethnic Relations (SYD 3700) 3 credits
Self and Society (SYP  3110) 3 credits
Social Change (SYP 4400) 3 credits
(See Sociology courses, this section)

Intersectional Feminist Politics in the U.S. (WST 4404) 3 credits
(See Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies courses, this section)

Film and Video

Undergraduate Courses/ link to graduate courses

Anthropology of Film: An Introduction to Visual Anthropology (ANT 3391) 3 credits
(See Anthropology courses, this section)

Literature and Film (ENG 4114) 3 credits
(See English courses, this section)

Film Appreciation (FIL 2000) 3 credits
Film Theory (FIL 3803) 3 credits
Film to the 1940s (FIL 4036) 4 credits
Film since the 1940s (FIL 4037) 4 credits
Women and Film (FIL 4056) 3 credits
Radical Film, New Media and Social Movements (FIL 4058) 4 credits
Scriptwriting (FIL 4106) 4 credits
Documentary Film and Video (FIL 4364) 4 credits
Hollywood, Censorship and Regulation (FIL 4672) 3 credits
Studies in Asian Cinema (FIL 4843) 3-4 credits
Film Criticism (FIL 4851) 3 credits
Media Criticism (MMC 4501) 3 credits
Experimental Video Production (RTV 3229) 4 credits
Producing and Directing Documentary Film  (RTV 3332C) 4 credits
Video Production (RTV 3531) 4 credits
Television Production (RTV 3543C) 4 credits
(See School of Communication and Multimedia Studies courses, this section)

Introduction to the Business of Motion Pictures (GEB 3052) 3 credits
(See Motion Pictures courses under Management, College of Business section)

Italian Cinema: From Text to Screen (ITT 3520) 3 credits
Italian-American Cinema (ITT 3522) 3 credits
Spanish Literature and Film (SPT 4720) 3 credits
(See Languages, Linguistics, Comparative Lit. courses, this section)

Dramatic Writing for Stage and Screen 1 (TPP 4600) 3 credits
(See Theatre and Dance courses, under School of the Arts toward the end of this section)

Sex, Violence and Hollywood (WST 4337) 3 credits
(See Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies courses, this section)

Film and Video Graduate Courses

Film Theory and Criticism (FIL 6807) 3 credits
Studies in Film and Television (FIL 6935) 3 credits
Mass Media Theory (MMC 6408) 3 credits
(See School of Communication and Multimedia Studies courses, this section)

Sex, Violence in Hollywood (WST 6339) 3 credits
(See Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies courses, this section)

History

Undergraduate Courses/ link to graduate courses

History of the African Diaspora (AFH 3512) 3 credits
This course explores the emergence of the Africa Diaspora and its political, racial and cultural significance. Beginning with the Middle Passage and the Atlantic Slave Trade, students learn how the institution of New World slavery constituted not only the making of the African Diaspora, but the modern world itself.

Special Topics in African History (AFH 4930) 3 credits
The study of a special area in African History. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

U.S. History to 1877 (AMH 2010) 3 credits
In this course students examine United States history from before European contact to 1877. Topics include, but are not limited to Indigenous peoples, the European background, the Colonial Period, the American Revolution, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, issues within the new republic, sectionalism, manifest destiny, slavery, the American Civil War and Reconstruction. This is a General Education course. 

U.S. History since 1877 (AMH 2020) 3 credits
In this course, students will trace the history of the United States from the end of the Reconstruction Era to the contemporary era. Topics will include but are not limited to the rise of industrialization, the United States' emergence as an actor on the world stage, constitutional amendments and their impact, the Progressive Era, World War I, the Great Depression and New Deal, World War II, the Civil Rights Era, the Cold War and the United States since 1989. This is a General Education course.

American Capitalism since 1890 (AMH 3371) 3 credits
The course addresses the changing nature of U.S. capitalism and how it was conceived during the 20th century. Business history and case studies illustrate consumerism and its relationship to popular culture and highlight various views of capitalism in modern U.S. history.

History of American Technology (AMH 3372) 3 credits
Introductory survey of American technological history. Chronological and topical in scope, including the Industrial Revolution, computer revolution and technology of the home.

The American South (AMH 3400) 3 credits
A survey of the region from the colonial period through the modern era emphasizing the interaction between the South as a distinct region and the South as an inescapable part of the United States. The focus of the course is on the economic, political and social changes that shaped Southern culture.

History of Florida (AMH 3420) 3 credits
A study of the history of the state from the time of the Spanish conquest to the present day.

Work and Workers in U.S. History (AMH 3500) 3 credits
Work is fundamental to the experiences of most people. However, the nature of the work, the arrangement of labor and the experiences of those who do the work have all been historically contingent. This course explores work as a historical development in American history, from the earliest days to the present.

History of American Immigration and Ethnicity (AMH 3530) 3 credits
An overview of the history of immigration to the United States and of the immigrant and ethnic experience in American society from colonial times to the present.

U.S. Constitutional History (AMH 3550) 3 credits
Course examines U.S. constitutional and legal system history from the colonial period through the Civil Rights era. Ideological theories from Federalist era, Civil War/Reconstruction to Civil Rights are addressed. Course concludes by examining how the passage of the Democratic Republic from an agrarian society to an industrial state shaped the Constitution.

History of U.S. Women (AMH 3560) 3 credits
The changing roles of U.S. women from colonial days to the present. Topics include work patterns, family life, education, the abolitionist and suffrage movements and feminism.

African-American History to 1877 (AMH 3571) 3 credits
A survey of the African-American experience from West Africa through Reconstruction. Emphasis placed on African origins, the slave trade, colonial and antebellum slavery, origins of African-American culture, abolitionist movement, the Civil War and Reconstruction.

African-American History since 1877 (AMH 3572) 3 credits
A survey of the African-American experience from Reconstruction to the present. Emphasis placed on the goals of Reconstruction, segregation and Jim Crow, the development of Black organizations, Black Nationalism, the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements, and contemporary issues facing the African-American community.

American Environmental History (AMH 3630) 3 credits
History of the American Environment and the ways in which different cultural groups have perceived, used, managed, and conserved it, from colonial times to present.

Colonial North America  (AMH 4110) 3 credits
Old Worlds collided and a New World began when European explorers and Native Americans came face-to-face. This course explains how colonists settled and missionaries advanced, how some Indians welcomed them and others pushed back, and how fortunes grew and empires went to war. Prologue to the United States.

The American Revolution  (AMH 4133) 3 credits
This course investigates the history of the revolution from the colonial struggles of the Seven Years' War to the organization of the Early Republic, including not only the acts of generals and politicians but also the experiences and decisions of common people as they shaped the United States.

The Age of Jefferson and Jackson (AMH 4150) 3 credits
A study of the early national period emphasizing the relationship between the economy and the political culture and how that relationship served to shape early 19th- century society and culture.

Civil War and Reconstruction (AMH 4170) 3 credits
A study of the American Civil War and Reconstruction period assessing the causes of the war, the military aspects and the reconstruction following the war.

The US in the Era of World War I and World War II (AMH 4231) 3 credits
Explores the history of the United States from 1900 to 1945. Surveys the transformation of American politics, economics, society and culture in this era of immense change. Charts the rise of the United States as a world power.

U.S. since 1945 (AMH 4270) 3 credits
An analysis of U.S. social, political, economic and diplomatic development since the end of the Second World War.

America in the 1960s (AMH 4273) 3 credits
This course examines the economic, political, social, and cultural transformation of America in the 1960s.

American Material Culture to 1860 (AMH 4302) 3 credits
A study of the physical aspects of American life: architecture, ceramics, clothing, art, etc., that provide insight into everyday life in early America.

American Material Culture from 1860 (AMH 4303) 3 credits
A study of the physical aspects of American life: lighting, domestic appliances, clothing, television, etc., that provide a unique insight into everyday life of America since 1860.

History of U.S. Drug and Alcohol Use (AMH 4315) 3 credits
Course follows patterns of the use of both alcohol and drugs from the 19th through 21st century and the problems and issues they have raised. Topics covered include the origin of the Temperance movement; the role of tobacco in the economic growth of the U.S.; revolutions in medicine and pharmacology that have made different drugs available; and changing ideas about alcoholism and drug addiction.

American Politics since 1750 (AMH 4350) 3 credits
The origin and growth of national parties and the history of party struggles with emphasis upon presidential elections.

Shopping, Travel, and Leisure in 20th-Century America (AMH 4377) 3 credits
Course covers the development of a republic of consumers by the U.S. government during the 20th century at the national level where political leaders enacted full employment and other growth policies. At the household level, ordinary residents then sought to improve their standard of living through shopping, travel, and leisure.

Urban History of the United State (AMH 4460) 3 credits
The rise of urban culture from the colonial village to the present-day metropolis.

Diplomatic History of the U.S. (AMH 4512) 3 credits
Emphasis on how America's development influences its world outlook.

Law in U.S. History (AMH 4558) 3 credits
Course addresses major themes in the history of law in the area that became the United States from the foundations of English common law to the legal shifts of the period after the Civil War. Course considers the relationship between law and culture.

History of African-American Women (AMH 4574) 3 credits
Traces the experiences, worldview and accounts of African-American women from slavery to freedom and examines black women’s lives and labor within the context of major historical themes and periods in American history, such as slavery, the American Civil War, Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Movement.

The Civil Rights Movement (AMH 4575) 3 credits
A survey of the African-American struggle for full citizenship and human rights. Students will study black leaders; their organizations; and the legal strategies, mainstream protest movements, and alternative (or radical) approaches they applied to solving the dilemmas of chronic discrimination and racism in 20th-century America.

American Sports History (AMH 4611) 3 credits
Examines the history of American sports, connecting the development of sports to larger themes in U.S. History. The class shows how sports are a microcosm of American society and reflects the positives and negatives of America's legacy.

Religion in America (AMH 4620) 3 credits
A history of American religious thought from the colonial period to the present, focusing on religious diversity, liberty, identity and politics.

America and the Sea (AMH 4694) 3 credits
This course explores the maritime history of the United States from precolonial times to the present. Topics include the history of seafaring, maritime commerce, coastal history, and the environmental, social and cultural histories of America's relationship with the sea.

Special Topics in American History (AMH 4930) 3 credits
The study of a special area of American history. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Islamic History (ASH 3222) 3 credits
This course introduces students to both the history of the Islamic world from the seventh century to the rise of the Mongol Empire as well as to the nature of the modern study of this history. Topics addressed include debates over origins, Islamic "sciences" and the nature of Islamic rule.

The Modern Middle East (ASH 3223) 3 credits
The emphasis in this course is on the creation of the modern Middle East and addresses Arab nationalism, Arab/Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Islamist movements and Western involvement in the region.

The Ottoman Empire (ASH 3233) 3 credits
Survey of the Ottoman Empire. Topics include Turkish origins in the region, the rise of the Ottomans, Ottoman society and culture, methods of succession, relations with external powers, decline factors and the "dissolution of empire." Historiographical issues are addressed throughout the course.

History of East Asia (ASH 3300) 3 credits
An introduction to the culture and civilization of East Asia.

Women in Asian History (ASH 3384) 3 credits
This course examines the social, political, economic, and cultural roles played by women in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. Selective topics will include religious beliefs, political systems, women's work, ideologies shaping popular notions about women, sexuality, the roles of women in the family, feminism, patriarchy, imperialism, revolution, and nationalism.

The Crusades (ASH 4210) 3 credits
Studies the Crusades from both Muslim and non-Muslim perspectives/sources. Focus is on the concepts surrounding the holy war, the events of the 11th- to 13th-century Crusades, Muslim society and the reaction at the time as well as the effects of the Crusades on Europe and the Islamic lands.

Modern Iran (ASH 4242) 3 credits
History of Iran from Safavid period to the post-Khomeini period Although the survey nature of the course includes a chronological path, it moves beyond the political narrative to address cultural, social and religious developments (Constitutional Revolution, 1970s revolution, post-Khomeini Iran).

History of Modern China (ASH 4404) 3 credits
A detailed study of the nature and development of modern Chinese History.

History of Modern Japan (ASH 4442) 3 credits
An introduction to modern Japan.

History of Modern India (ASH 4550) 3 credits
Consideration of the Indian Mutiny; British institutions in India; Nationalism; Hindu-Muslim communalism; partition; government and politics; economic and cultural development; and foreign policy since independence.

Indian Civilization (ASH 4560) 3 credits
Introduction to the civilization, culture, states, societies and religions of the South Asian subcontinent from 2500 BCE through the arrival of European trade companies. Areas covered include the Vedas, Buddhism, Hinduism, the caste system, the Kama Sutra and Mughal Islam.

History of Eastern Ideas (ASH 4600) 3 credits
Eastern thought from Confucianism-Buddhism to Communism.

History of Chinese Thought (ASH 4602) 3 credits
Introduces students to the history of Chinese thought. Covers the main three schools of thought in China, namely Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism. These three schools are critical for understanding East Asia both as a historical phenomenon and as a part of our modern world.

Zen and Buddhism (ASH 4603) 3 credits
Course provides a thorough introduction to Buddhism, one of the major religions of the world. There are 400 billion Buddhists in the world today, mostly in Asia, but they do have a significant presence on every continent. The course covers the origin and development of Buddhism as well as the current state of the religion.

Islamic Intellectual History (ASH 4624) 3 credits
Development of Muslim thought from the pre-modern to the modern period (e.g., the tenets of faith, law, theology, philosophy, historiography and Islamic mysticism). The second half of the course addresses developments and changes in Muslim thought during the modern era.

Asia and the West (ASH 4630) 3 credits
Course focuses on the cultural, religious, political, demographic, economic, and other exchanges between Europe/North America and Asia (including Southwest, South, Southeast, and Far East) from the 16th century to the present. Primary emphasis is on examples of interaction from multiple perspectives to understand modes of interaction and historical patterns of globalization.

Introduction to Asian Studies (ASN 2005) 3 credits
Designed to provide an in-depth introduction to one area of Asia: East Asia, South Asia or West Asia. Because the Asian Studies Certificate is interdisciplinary, the course can be taught in any of the following Departments: Anthropology, English, History, Political Science, Sociology or Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature.

Special Topics in Asian History (ASH 4930) 3 credits
The study of a special area of Asian history. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

European History Study Abroad (EUH 2952) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

20th-Century Europe since World War II (EUH 3206) 3 credits
An investigation of some of the problems confronting Europeans from the pre-World War II period to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the conflict of ideologies.

Modern Eastern Europe (EUH 3320) 3 credits
This course addresses the methods for special educators to use data and knowledge of general and specialized curricula to improve special education programs for students with exceptionalities using evidence-based practices and effective teaching strategies. 

20th-Century Europe to World War II (EUH 3343) 3 credits
An investigation of the problems facing Europeans from the turn of the century to World War II. Emphasis will be placed on the conflict of ideologies.

History of Modern France (EUH 3451) 3 credits
French history and its impact since 1789. Economic trends, social and cultural movements and religious issues will complement a study of major political developments. Underlying themes and their impact across time are stressed.

History of Modern Germany (EUH 3462) 3 credits
A history of Germany. Emphasis will be placed on the period beginning with the close of the Napoleonic Wars to the present.

History of Modern Russia (EUH 3570) 3 credits
Rise of radical movements under the tsars, the Bolshevik Revolution, the rise of Stalin and Stalinism, the Cold War and the reconstitution of Russian government and society in the post-Soviet era.

Women in European History (EUH 3619) 3 credits
Course looks at reasons why women were written out of history and examines the social, political and economic roles played by women in Europe from the beginning of known civilization to the present.

Medieval History (EUH 4120) 3 credits
The decline of the Roman Empire; the rise of Christianity; analysis of feudalism and manorialism; the economic revival; and the origins of Western Society.

Renaissance Europe (1350–1500) (EUH 4140) 3 credits
History of Europe between 1350 and 1500, including effects of the Black Death, growth of national monarchies, technological innovations, overseas expansion, Italian and northern humanist culture, popular culture, and gender roles.

Reformation Europe (1500–1650) (EUH 4144) 3 credits
History of Europe between 1500 and 1650, including background and outbreak of Protestantism, Counter-reformation, religious wars, gender roles, witch hunts, economic and colonial expansion, political consolidations, and Baroque and popular cultures.

Early Modern Europe (EUH 4200) 3 credits
History of Europe between 1648 and 1789, including creation of modern states system, rise and fall of absolutism in France, scientific and Enlightenment culture, constitutional conflict in England, and imperial rivalries and wars, focusing on the various perspectives of class and gender.

19th-Century Europe (EUH 4233) 3 credits
History of Europe from the French Revolution to World War I. Themes will include the rise of liberalism, conservatism, nationalism, and socialism, the social and economic impact of the industrial revolution, the "new" imperialism, and developments in the arts and sciences.

History of Greek Civilization (EUH 4403) 3 credits
From the 8th century B.C. to 400 A.D.

History of Roman Civilization (EUH 4411) 3 credits
From the 8th century B.C. to 500 A.D.

Hitler and Nazi Germany (EUH 4465) 3 credits
After a brief survey of German history from early times to 1933, course focuses on Hitler's rise to power, the politics and policies of the Nazi regime, the road to world war, the Holocaust and the Nazi legacy.

Medieval England (EUH 4500) 3 credits
Consideration of the political, constitutional and institutional development of England from the 5th century to 1485.

Modern Britain (EUH 4502) 3 credits
Industrialization: the English historical model; critiques of society; political reform; the emergence of the welfare state; empire and commonwealth; the British and the origins of the two World Wars.

Tudor-Stuart England (EUH 4511) 3 credits
England from 1485 to 1714 including constitutional development, popular and elite culture, religious change, civil wars, revolution, economic crisis, commercial expansion, and international relations.

British Empire (EUH 4530) 3 credits
Great Britain's empire from acquisition to dissolution. Topics include motives for acquisition, theories of imperialism, transfer of ideas and institutions, histories of Australia, New Zealand, India, Canada and British Africa.

Modern Ireland (EUH 4538) 3 credits
Provides students with a comprehensive survey of modern Irish history since 1692 with a focus on the period 1801-1923 and an emphasis on political and social developments. Topics include the Act of Union, the Great Famine, the Irish Diaspora and the Irish Revolution.

History of European Sexuality (EUH 4684) 3 credits
Introduces students to the latest scholarship on the role of sexual desire in the cultural development of Europe and how associated ideas also impacted politics, society, economics and religion.

Special Topics in European History (EUH 4930) 3 credits
The study of a special area of European history. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

European History Study Abroad (EUH 4957)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

University Honors Seminar in History (HIS 1930) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
A seminar in the University Honors Program on topics in history.

Writing History (HIS 2050) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisite: ENC 1101 with a grade of "C" or better
Introduces students to the discipline of History by working with them on developing their skills in critical thinking, reading and writing. The focus is on historical inquiry and the production of clear, effective written prose. As such, it acts as an official substitute for ENC 1102. This is a General Education course.

Topics in Historical Investigation (HIS 2934) 3 credits
In-depth study of a particular historical problem, period, or event through lectures, discussions of readings, and writing assignments. Topics will vary.

History Study Abroad (HIS 2952)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Introduction to Public History (HIS  3065 ) 3 credits
Explores fields of endeavor outside of teaching. Includes museum work, preservation activities, public and private.

Introduction to Archives (HIS 3080) 3 credits
This course introduces students to basic theoretical issues, archival principles and professional ethics. Students develop an understanding of archives and libraries by engaging with current issues, trends and theories that are shaping the field. The course attempts to create a balance between theory and practice. Students learn about archival responsibilities by working with materials, thereby gaining a deeper understanding of archival concepts.

Historic Preservation (HIS 3086) 3 credits
This course helps foster the student's ability to think, read, write and talk about the American and world preservation movement from an informed and critical perspective. Students study site surveys, federal and local law, and the National Register as they relate to historic preservation.

RI: Historical Methods (HIS 3150) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisite: Open to declared History majors only or with permission of instructor
This course teaches students how to be historians. Students conduct original research of libraries and digital collections, survey major historiographical trends and write a lengthy final research paper based on primary sources. This is a research-intensive (RI) course.

History of Human Rights (HIS 3204) 3 credits
This course explores how people have defined human rights and have sought to protect them in different historical periods and cultural contexts from the ancient period through to the present. Using historical documents from a variety of cultures and time periods, the question, "What are human rights?" is explored.

History of Christianity to 1500 (HIS 3432) 3 credits
History of the Christian church from origins in the Roman Empire to the dawn of the Reformation, with emphasis on heresy, persecution, doctrinal development, missionary movements, popular piety, and sectarianism.

History of Christianity since 1500 (HIS 3434) 3 credits
History of the Christian church from the Reformation to the present, with emphasis on Protestant and Catholic reform movements, religious strife and persecution, confessionalism, worldwide growth, secularization, theological developments, and responses to modernity.

History of Science (HIS 3462) 3 credits
This course introduces students to the history of "Natural History," as the study of science was called before it was broken up into individual subjects. The course addresses the development of scientific thought from prehistoric times through to the development of university-based scientific study in the late 19th century.

Aerospace History (HIS 4322) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisites: ENC 1101 and ENC 1102 or substitute
The primary goal of this course is to learn about aviation history and its impact on the United States and the world. The course develops students' fundamental skills in critical and global thinking and in comparative analysis. It also develops their understanding of the interaction of race, ethnicity, gender, class, age, and technology.

History of Western Ideas HIS 4345) 3 credits
Basic themes in Western philosophical, literary, scientific and artistic history since the 18th century are studied, together with their cultural background. The impact of ideas on each other and on human progress in the last two centuries is emphasized.

Magic and Superstition in the Atlantic World (HIS 4437) 3 credits
This course traces the changing roles and understandings of magic in European culture, religion, politics and science from the late Middle Ages to the modern day.

Slavery and Abolition in the Americas  (HIS 4451) 3 credits
The rise and defeat of racial slavery in the Americas is a global story that is foundational to the American experience. Students explore connections between Africa, the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America, and study documents that illuminate lives of enslaved peoples.

Directed Independent Study (HIS 4906) 2-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Reading and research in a field of history, with program of study selected and reviewed in consultation with Department faculty members. Permission of instructor required.

Special Topics (HIS 4930) 1-3 credits
The study of a special area in history. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

RI:  Senior Seminar (HIS 4935) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisite: HIS 3150
Advanced research on topics related to theme chosen by the course instructor. Students discuss in-depth readings on the historical theme, present their preliminary research findings to the class and produce a lengthy research paper. This is a research-intensive (RI) course.

Internship in Public History (HIS 4944) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: HIS 3065 or permission of instructor
Practicum in public history involving service at local museums, historical societies, and preservation agencies.

History Study Abroad (HIS 4957) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Senior Thesis in History (HIS 4970) 3 credits
Prerequisite: HIS 3150 and permission of instructor
Completion of a substantial thesis under faculty supervision.

Colonial Latin American History (LAH 3100) 3 credits
Traces the development of society in Latin America from pre-Columbian and Iberian experiences until the Wars of Independence, and covers political, social, and economic topics.

Latin American Independence (LAH 3133) 3 credits
The history of Latin America from 1750 until 1850, including the causes of the independence movements, the wars for independence, and the ensuing political conflicts.

Modern Latin American History (LAH 3200) 3 credits
Studies the Latin American republics from the wars of independence to the present. Major problems facing the region are studied in their historical context.

Women in Latin American History (LAH 3721) 3 credits
This course examines the changing roles and images of women in Latin American history from pre-Columbian times to the present.

Indians in Latin American History (LAH 4131) 3 credits
Explores the complex processes by which Europeans came to dominate the indigenous peoples in the New World with emphasis on Latin America. Course also analyzes how Indians and Africans shaped the formation of New World religions and cultural traditions since 1492.

History of Mexico (LAH 4430) 3 credits
The study of Mexican history from earliest times to the present. Focuses on the political, economic, and social history of the country.

History of the Caribbean (LAH 4470) 3 credits
The study of the historical development of the Caribbean-Gulf of Mexico cultural area from earliest times to the present. Emphasis is on Hispanic legacy and the region's strategic importance since the 18th century.

History of Cuba (LAH 4480) 3 credits
Studies in the development of the Cuban nation from Pre-Columbian times to the present.

Cold War in Latin America (LAH 4741) 3 credits
This course explores Latin America’s Cold War (1940s-1980s), which witnessed local and international conflicts over ideologies, economics, politics, culture and identities. Through various historical primary sources and secondary readings, the course sheds light on the period’s revolutionary projects, ideological battles, the rise of dictatorships, the employment of state-sponsored repression, opposition movements, transitions to democracy and the way societies grappled with the authoritarian past. (New course effective spring 2025.)

Special Topics in Latin American History (LAH 4930) 3 credits
The study of a special area in Latin American history. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

History of Civilization 1 (WOH 2012) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisite: ENC 1101 with grade of "C" or better
Survey of world societies from Paleolithic era to 1600. Lectures elucidate major events/traditions. Students discuss and write about first-hand accounts of events/topics. Includes content related to the Western canon. This is a General Education course.

History of Civilization 2 (WOH 2022) 3 credits
Survey of world history from 1600 to the present. Focus on increasing world interconnections and interdependency. Themes include world wars. decolonization and globalization. Includes content related to the Western canon. This is a General Education course.

World War II (WOH 4244) 3 credits
An examination of the background and waging of World War Two. Aspects explored will include the military, diplomatic, social, and economic dimensions.

Gandhi and Hitler (WOH 4405) 3 credits
This course analyzes the approaches of Mohandas K. "Mahatma" Gandhi and Adolf Hitler in their political activities, contrasting their uses of nonviolence and violence. It explores biographical details, historical contexts, challenges, writings, approaches to problem-solving, leadership, goals, relations with their followers and opponents, and their legacies.

History Graduate Courses

Readings in Florida History (AMH 5902) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate history program or permission of instructor
Readings on selected topics in the field of Florida history. May be repeated for credit.

Readings in American History (AMH 5905) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate history program or permission of instructor
Readings on selected topics and problems in United States history. May be repeated for credit.

Seminar in Florida History (AMH 6935) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate history program or permission of instructor
Group discussion and individual research on selected topics. May be repeated for credit.

Seminar in United States History (AMH 6939) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate history program or permission of instructor
Group discussion and individual research on selected topics. May be repeated for credit.

Readings in European History (EUH 5905) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate history program or permission of instructor
Readings on selected topics in a field or fields of European history. May be repeated for credit.

Seminar in European History (EUH 6939) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate history program or permission of instructor
Group discussion and individual research on selected topics. May be repeated for credit.

The Historical Experience (HIS 5060) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate history program or permission of instructor
A seminar designed to introduce the beginning graduate student to the technical aspects of the study of history; it treats the problems involved in the preparation of the master's thesis.

Readings in Public History (HIS 5903) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate history program or permission of instructor
Readings on selected topics in the field of public history. May be repeated for credit.

Readings in Comparative History (HIS 5904) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate history program or permission of instructor
Readings in selected topics in comparative history. May be repeated for credit.

Directed Independent Study (HIS 5909) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Readings and research in a field of history.

Internship in Public History (HIS 5942) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Practicum in public history involving service at local museums, historical societies, and preservation agencies. May be repeated for credit.

Teaching Practicum (HIS 5944) 3 credits
Required of all History graduate assistants. This course is designed to help graduate assistants develop their skills as discussion leaders in introductory courses in which a faculty member has responsibility for course organization and lectures.

Directed Independent Study (HIS 6908) 1-3 credits
Reading and research in a field of history, with a program of study selected and reviewed in consultation with the Department faculty members. Permission of instructor is required.

Seminar in Comparative History (HIS 6939) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate history program or permission of instructor
Group discussion and individual research on selected topics. May be repeated for credit.

Master's Thesis (HIS 6971) 1-6 credits
Grading: S/U

Readings in Latin American History (LAH 5902) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate history program or permission of instructor
Readings on selected topics in a field or fields of Latin American history. May be repeated for credit.

Seminar in Latin American History (LAH 6938) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate history program or permission of instructor
Group discussion and individual research on selected topics. May be repeated for credit.

Readings in World History (WOH 5935) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate history program or permission of instructor
Readings on selected topics in a field or fields of non-Western history. May be repeated for credit.

Seminar in World History (WOH 6937) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate history program or permission of instructor
Selected topics and problems. May be repeated for credit.

Honors

Undergraduate Courses

Honors Credit (IDH 4905) 1 credit
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and admission to the designated Honors Program
Honors Credit for students enrolled in the Honors Program. May be taken for repeated credit.

Honors Reading Seminar (IDH 4931) 1-3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisite: Admission to the Honors Program
Readings, discussions, projects, and field trips, culminating in an honors portfolio directed by Honors faculty.

Honors Thesis (IDH 4970) 1-3 credits
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and admission to the designated Honors Program
Thesis hours for students enrolled in the Honors Program.

Humanities

Undergraduate Course

Cooperative Education - Humanities (HUM 3949) 1-4 credits
Course may be taken up to four times for a maximum of 8 credits.

Interdisciplinary Studies:
Arts and Humanities and Social Science

Many courses for these majors are listed previously in this section; these courses draw from several departments in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. Other interdisciplinary courses are listed below.

Undergraduate Courses

Temporary Study Abroad (IDS 2957) 1-15 credits

Global Studies 1 (IDS 3313) 3 credits
This course introduces students to interdisciplinary transnational methodologies in global studies. The course asks students to consider how global processes are implicated in our own lived experiences, and how our everyday practices are implicated in the social, cultural and political economies of the globe. Specifically, it considers how “the global” is narrated in ethnography and literature, favoring a critical engagement with how we study and consider the globe rather than an exhaustive catalogue of world issues in the era of globalization. 

Interdisciplinary Studies Seminar (IDS 3890) 3 credits
Prerequisite: For Interdisciplinary Studies majors only
A capstone course for Interdisciplinary Studies majors with a focus on (1) reflection, (2) job market or further education preparation and (3) citizenship and civic mindedness.

Professional Internship (IDS 3949) 0-4 credits
Prerequisites: Students must have completed one semester at FAU as evidenced by having an FAU GPA on record and permission of instructor
This course offers students the opportunity to gain “real-world” exposure and supervised experience related to their major, specific field of study or career interests. Students integrate theories learned in the classroom with experiential activities acquired through direct involvement in on/off campus internship opportunities. Students develop marketable skills in preparation for future employment or graduate school studies. Grading: S/U

Global Studies 2 (IDS 4314) 3 credits
Prerequisite: IDS 3313
This advanced study of global connectedness builds from foundations toward refined analytical capabilities in understanding contemporary articulations of globality as they are experienced in and across human affairs, movement, trade, relationships and the environment. The course showcases ways to bring interdisciplinary insights and methods to bear on these and other concerns related to an increasingly globalized world. 

Cultural Study of Globality (IDS 4332) 3 credits
This course offers students the basic tools that are needed to understand some of the core principles of cultural studies, which will assist students in negotiating, analyzing, and participating within the increasingly globalized cultures and practices of the twenty-first century. Cultural studies constitute an interdisciplinary endeavor that employs multiple methodological approaches and theoretical lenses in understanding the world. 

Directed Independent Study (IDS 4905) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
This is an open-enrollment independent study to be used to cover subject matter suitable for independent study but not currently offered by the various colleges.

Directed Independent Study (IDS 4907) 1-4 credits

Liberal Studies Colloquium (IDS 4920) 1-3 credits
A colloquium discussing knowledge and methods in the Arts and Sciences with frequent guest lectures by colleagues from the various disciplines within the University and culminating in the essay or project on a Liberal Arts theme.

Directed Independent Research (IDS 4915) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Independent research project following protocols outlned by the Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry (OURI) guidelines. 

Special Topics (IDS 4930) 1-3 credits
This is an open-enrollment special topics course used to cover special subject matters not presently offered by the various colleges.

General Study Abroad (IDS 4957) 1-15 credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing

Introduction to Peace Studies (PAX 3001) 3 credits
Provides an overview and in-depth analysis, from varying perspectives, of the conceptual and theoretical framework of modern peace.

Advanced Research Project in Peace Studies (PAX 4912) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: PAX 3001
This advanced research project provides students with an opportunity to explore, in depth, any aspect of peace studies while working with a faculty member.

Special Topics (PAX 4930) 3 credits
The study of a special topic in Peace Studies. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Professional Development (SLS 4342) 3 credits
This course focuses on career planning and management skills, including self-assessment, occupational exploration and decision making. Organizational changes affecting careers, employability skills and strategies for implementing academic/career development plans are also covered.

Jewish Studies

Undergraduate Courses/ link to graduate courses

History of American Immigration and Ethnicity (AMH 3530) 3 credits
Religion in America (AMH 4620) 3 credits
(See History courses, this section)

Jewish-American Literature (AML 4663) 3 credits
(See English courses, this section)

Religions and World Politics (CPO 3761) 3 credits
(See Political Science courses, this section)

Hitler and Nazi Germany (EUH 4465) 3 credits
(See History courses, this section)

Beginning Hebrew Language and Culture 1 (HBR 1120) 4 credits
Beginning Hebrew Language and Culture 2 (HBR 1121) 4 credits
Intermediate Hebrew Language and Culture 1 (HBR 2220) 4 credits

Readings in Intermediate Hebrew (HBR 2240) 4 credits
Directed Independent Study (HBR 4905) 1-4 credits
Special Topics (HBR 4930) 1-4 credits
(See Languages, Linguistics, Comparative Lit. courses, this section)

Global Jewish Communities (JST 2452) 3 credits
This course surveys the global Jewish world, from the 19th century to the present, including diverse Jewish experiences in Europe before the Holocaust and now, in the State of Israel and the United States. It also covers past and present Jewish connections to Arabic-speaking lands and to Islam. and Draws on examples from different nations and cultures. Includes content related to the Western canon. This is a General Education course. (Changes effective spring 2025.)

Jewish Literature Through the Centuries (JST 3102) 3 credits
Surveys Jewish literature from the Bible to recent times, providing a sense of its range and richness in different centuries and cultures. Course reviews literary technique in prose and poetry as well as analyzes how texts express religious, cultural, and political meaning.

Classical Jewish Civilization (JST 3403) 3 credits
A survey of Judaic studies from Biblical times to the beginning of Jewish Emancipation in the late 1700s. Topics include Jewish holy texts, Jewish history in Temple times, Judaism and the foundations of Christianity and Islam; Medieval Jewish history, the changing role of women in Jewish culture, Hasidism, and the Jews of Eastern Europe.

Modern Jewish Civilization (JST 3404) 3 credits
A survey of Jewish history, religion, and culture from the beginning of Jewish Emancipation in the late 1700s to issues of the 21st century. Topics include the development of denominationalism, modern Antisemitism, Zionism and the state of Israel, the Holocaust, American Jewish life, and the rebirth of Jewish mysticism.

Jewish Wisdom: An Introduction to Classical Jewish Thought (JST 3513) 3 credits
An introduction to traditional Jewish thought and civilization through the medium of Rabbinic texts. Areas of inquiry will include Jewish metaphysics, theology, ethics, mysticism, and gender politics.

American-Jewish History, 1492-1990 (JST 4415) 3 credits
A survey of major issues and themes in American-Jewish history set within the context of North America, from the first Jewish settlers to the National Jewish Population survey of 1990.

The Jews of Spain and the Middle East (JST 4417) 3 credits
The geography, history, culture, languages, literature, and emigration patterns of the Jews who originated in medieval Spain and spread throughout the Mediterranean Basin, including Greece, Turkey, and the Balkan peninsula, living under the religious and legal influences of Islam.

Ancient Israel (JST 4424) 3 credits
The history of ancient Israel during the Old Testament period, including its culture and religion, in the light of archaeological discoveries.

History of Zionism and the State of Israel, 1880-1990 (JST 4425) 3 credits
An in-depth examination of the modern State of Israel and its development from the birth of modern Zionism to the end of the 20th century.

Women and Judaism (JST 4510) 3 credits
The first part of this course surveys the history of women in Judaism from Biblical times, considering social and religious factors. The second part covers women in Judaism in the 20th and 21st centuries, including both feminist theory and the different perspectives of many individual women.

The Holocaust (JST 4701) 3 credits
An in-depth study of the Holocaust from its political, religious, and ideological roots in Antisemitism through the Nazi Final Solution to post-Holocaust issues of ethics, theology, and moral choice.

Directed Independent Study (JST 4905) 1-4 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Directed independent study on approved topics in Holocaust and Judaic studies.

Special Topics (JST 4930) 3 credits

Jewish Studies Senior Seminar (JST 4935) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Senior standing
This seminar is devoted to scholarly study of aspects of Jewish civilization.

Old Testament (REL 3213) 3 credits
An introduction to the contents of the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) and the methods modern scholars use to understand it.

Image of Woman in the Bible (REL 4218) 3 credits
The role and treatment of femininity in the Bible, with particular emphasis on the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) including a variety of contemporary approaches and concerns.

Jewish Studies Graduate Courses

Readings in American History (AMH 5905) 3 credits
(See History courses, this section)

Readings in European History (EUH 5905) 3 credits
(See History courses, this section)

Seminar: Special Topics (LIT 6934) 3 credits
Seminar: Literature and Other Fields (LIT 6936) 3 credits
(See English courses, this section)

Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature

Students should direct questions concerning the University Foreign Language requirement and placement in language courses to the Chair of the Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature. The Department enforces a non-audit policy in its language courses.

Undergraduate Courses/ link to graduate courses

Beginning Arabic Language and Culture 1 (ARA 1120) 4 credits
Beginning study of Modern Standard Arabic language and Arabic culture. For students with little or no experience in the language. Not open to native speakers or the equivalent.

Beginning Arabic Language and Culture 2 (ARA 1121) 4 credits
Prerequisite: ARA 1120 or permission of instructor
Emphasis on speaking and aural comprehension. Practice in reading and writing. For students with some experience in the language. Not open to native speakers or the equivalent.

Beginning Arabic Language and Culture for Heritage Learners 1 (ARA 1140) 4 credits
For students who can understand and speak informal Arabic (Moroccan, Egyptian, Syrian, etc.), have no or very limited exposure to formal Arabic (known as Modern Standard Arabic or Fusha), and cannot read or write the Arabic alphabet. Emphasis is on (1) developing reading and writing skills through exposure to the vocabulary and grammar of formal Arabic, and (2) expanding knowledge of historical and contemporary Arabic culture through the study of written and oral media. The course is conducted in Arabic.

Beginning Arabic Language and Culture for Heritage Learners 2 (ARA 1141) 4 credits
Prerequisite: ARA 1140 or placement by instructor
For students who can understand and speak informal Arabic (Moroccan, Egyptian, Syrian, etc.) but have minimal exposure to formal Arabic (known as Modern Standard Arabic or Fusha). Emphasis is on (1) developing reading and writing skills through exposure to the vocabulary and grammar of formal Arabic, and (2) expanding knowledge of historical and contemporary Arabic culture through the study of written and oral media. The course is conducted in Arabic. Completion of this course satisfies FLEX.

Intermediate Arabic Language and Culture 1 (ARA 2220) 4 credits
Prerequisite: ARA 1121 or permission of instructor
Emphasis on communication skills and grammar. Not open to native speakers or the equivalent.

Intermediate Arabic Language and Culture 2 (ARA 2221) 4 credits
Prerequisite: ARA 2220 or permission of instructor
Continuation of emphasis on communication skills with special attention to grammar review. Not open to native speakers or the equivalent.

Beginning Chinese Language and Culture 1 (CHI 1120) 4 credits
Beginning study of Chinese language and culture. Not open to native speakers or the equivalent.

Beginning Chinese Language and Culture 2 (CHI 1121) 4 credits
Prerequisite: CHI 1120 or permission of instructor
Emphasis on speaking and aural comprehension. Practice in reading and writing. Not open to native speakers or the equivalent.

Beginning Foreign Language and Culture 1 (FOL 1120) 4 credits
Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Russian, Yiddish and others to be offered according to the needs of students and availability of instructors.

Beginning Foreign Language and Culture 2 (FOL 1121) 4 credits
Prerequisite: FOL 1120 or equivalent
Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Russian, Yiddish and others to be offered according to the needs of students and availability of instructors.

Intermediate Foreign Language (FOL 2203) 4 credits
Prerequisite: FOL 1121 or equivalent
Classical and contemporary foreign languages to be offered according to the needs of students and availability of instructors. Continuation of emphasis on communication skills in a cultural context with special attention to grammar review. Not open to native speakers.

Foreign Language Study Abroad (FOL 2952) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Research and Bibliographic Methods (FOL 3880) 3 credits
Teaches how to find and evaluate print, electronic and online scholarly sources and how to outline, write, edit, critique, revise and evaluate a research paper in literary studies or linguistics. Required of all undergraduate majors in the Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature, preferably during the student's first semester of study.

Special Topics (FOL 4933) 3 credits
Intensive study of variable special topics in the culture, civilization and language of Russia, Israel, Sweden and other countries. To be offered according to the needs of students and availability of instructors.

Senior Honors Seminar in Languages and Linguistics (FOL 4935) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Senior standing in honors program
A small seminar for students admitted to Honors in Languages and Linguistics, within 30 credits of graduation. Intensive study of theoretical issues and practical problems in critical reading and writing. Preparation of research papers.

Foreign Language Study Abroad (FOL 4957) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Senior Honors Thesis (FOL 4970) 3 credits
Prerequisite: FOL 4935
Closely supervised research and writing of the Senior Honors Thesis.

Beginning French Language and Culture 1 (FRE 1120) 4 credits
Beginning study of French language and culture. For students with little or no experience in the language. Not open to native speakers or the equivalent.

Beginning French Language and Culture 2 (FRE 1121) 4 credits
Emphasis on speaking and aural comprehension. Practice in reading and writing. For students with little or no experience in the language. Not open to native speakers or the equivalent.

Intermediate French Language and Culture 1 (FRE 2220) 4 credits
Prerequisite: FRE 1121 or equivalent
Students continue to develop basic communicative skills in French and use those skills to expand their knowledge of the cultures of the French-speaking peoples of the world. Not open to native speakers or equivalent.

Intermediate French Language and Culture 2 (FRE 2221) 4 credits
Prerequisite: FRE 2220 or equivalent
Continuation of emphasis on communication skills, with special attention to grammar review. Not open to native speakers or equivalent.

French Language and Culture Study Abroad (FRE 2952) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Francais de Perfectionnement: French for Bilinguals (FRE 3340) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Designed for native speakers of French whose knowledge of formal written French is lacking. Development of reading and writing skills, with special focus on the formal standard language for general and professional use.

Culture et Societe: Cinema (FRE 3393) 3 credits
Prerequisite: FRE 2221 or permission of instructor
Course provides intensive practice in spoken and written French through an examination of selected cultural topics in contemporary French and francophone culture as highlighted in recent French-language films.

Advanced French Language and Culture 1 (FRE 3400) 4 credits
Composition and conversation based on selected texts. Review of grammar. Not open to native speakers.

Advanced French Language and Culture 2 (FRE 3401) 4 credits
Prerequisite: FRE 2221 or permission of instructor
Composition and conversation based on selected texts. Review of grammar. FRE 3401 may be taken before 3400. FRE 3400 is not open to native speakers (who should substitute FRE 3340).

Commercial French (FRE 3440) 3 credits
Prerequisite: FRE 2221 or permission of instructor
Fundamentals of commercial and administrative French usage and correspondence. Introduction to relevant aspects of French commerce.

Advanced Commercial French (FRE 3442) 3 credits)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
A continuation of FRE 3440; advanced study of business French and preparation for the Chambre de Commerce et d' Industrie de Paris exam, leading to certificate in Commercial French.

Prononciation et Phonetique (FRE 3780) 3 credits
Targeted pronunciation practice using the phonetic alphabet with the objective of improving production of standard French pronunciation. Provides students with the tools to systematically improve French pronunciation and understand spoken French in various contexts.

French Culture Study Abroad (FRE 3952)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Structure of Modern French (FRE 4850) 3 credits
Prerequisite or Corequisite: LIN 3010 or permission of instructor
Modern French from the point of view of descriptive linguistics. Structural analysis of the phonology, semantics, morphology, and syntax, with theoretical and practical applications.

Special Topics in French Language Studies (FRE 4930) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: FRE 3400 or equivalent
Intensive study of aspects of the French language. Since content will vary, course may repeated for credit.

French Language and Culture Study Abroad (FRE 4957)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Literature in Translation: The French Tradition (FRT 3140) 3 credits
Reading and discussion in English of selected works from the full range of French literature, including major and minor traditions, genres and individual authors. Course content will vary from such genres as the novel and movements as Realism, to single authors such as Proust.

French Culture Study Abroad (in Translation) (FRT 3956)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Introduction to the Study of French-Language Literature (FRW 3001) 3 credits
Prerequisite: FRE 3400 or permission of instructor
Introduction to a variety of approaches to understanding and analyzing French-Language literature: the major genre distinction, multiple types, analysis of prose, poetry, plays.

French Civilization and Literature: Middle Ages to Revolution (FRW 3102) 3 credits
Study of major literary, intellectual and cultural developments from the Middle Ages through 1789, including verse epic, the troubadours, Arthurian cycles, Renaissance poetics, Humanism, Neoclassicism, Jansenism, comedy, satire, Enlightenment, epistolary novel, Conte philosophique and political essay. Reading and discussion of representative texts.

French Civilization and Literature: 19th and 20th Centuries (FRW 3122) 3 credits
Prerequisite: FRE 3400 or equivalent
Study of major literary, intellectual, and cultural developments beginning in 1789 including Realism, Naturalism, Entre-Deux-Guerres, Existentialism, and the Theater of the Absurd. Reading and discussion of representative texts.

Directed Independent Study (FRW 4905) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Reading and research in advanced subjects in French. For third- and fourth-year students in good standing only, with program of study prearranged in consultation with instructor.

Special Topics in French Literature (FRW 4930) 1-3 credits
Intensive study of authors, genres or literary movements. Since content will vary, course may be repeated for credit.

Senior Seminar (FRW 4933) 3 credits
Prerequisites: FOL 3880 and two 3000-level LIT courses
This seminar for advanced French major focuses on French cultural history as refracted through one cultural object, such as the medieval cathedral or the Eiffel Tower. Alterations to the object itself, and variations in literary/artistic trends in representing the object, are highlighted as indicative of shifting cultural paradigms. Since subject of study will vary, course may be repeated for credit.

French Literature Study Abroad (FRW 4957)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Honors Thesis in French (FRW 4972) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Intense reading and writing leading to completion of an honors thesis on a topic related to a theoretical or critical aspect of French and/or Francophone literature and/or culture.

Beginning German Language and Culture 1 (GER 1120) 4 credits
For students with no previous knowledge of German. First part of an introductory German course emphasizing communicative competence in German, while increasing an understanding of contemporary German culture.

Beginning German Language and Culture 2 (GER 1121) 4 credits
Second part of an introductory German course emphasizing communicative competence in German, while increasing an understanding of contemporary German culture.

Intermediate German (GER 2201) 4 credits
Prerequisite: GER 1121 or permission of instructor
Intended to help students develop their German skills and express themselves more idiomatically and accurately in speaking as well as in writing. Emphasizes the ethnic and cultural complexities of contemporary society in the German-speaking world.

Intermediate German: Culture and Society (GER 2220) 4 credits
Prerequisite: GER 1121 or equivalent
Emphasizes the ethnic and cultural complexity of contemporary German society through a wide range of authentic texts. Accompanied by an intermediate grammar, this course is intended to help students learn to speak, read, and write German with more confidence.

Intermediate German 2 (GER 2221) 4 credits
Prerequisite: GER 2220 or equivalent
Continuation of Intermediate German based on a variety of texts. Accompanied by an intermediate grammar, this course is intended to help students learn to speak, read and write German with more confidence.

Advanced Intermediate German (GER 2225) 4 credits
Prerequisite: GER 1121
Employing a set of individualized web-based learning platforms, this course develops intermediate-level proficiency via the reinforcement of speaking and listening comprehension, reading and writing skills, and an exploration of selected cultural topics. Students also read a novel in German. Designed for students comfortable working individually in an online learning environment.

German Language and Culture Study Abroad (GER 2952) 1-8 credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for approved study abroad programs.

Advanced German: Reading and Composition (GER 3400) 4 credits
Practice of reading and composition based on literary and culturally relevant authentic texts. Review of grammar.

Advanced German: Culture and Society (GER 3503) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Two semesters of intermediate German
Emphasizes the complexity of contemporary German society through a wide range of authentic texts. The course is intended to help students perfect their spoken and written German, while developing a deeper understanding of German culture and society.

German Culture Study Abroad (GER 3952) 1-8 credits
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing
Credit for approved study abroad programs.

Special Topics in German Language Studies (GER 4930) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: GER 3400 or equivalent
Intensive study of special topics in German language studies. Course may be repeated for credit.

German Language and Culture Study Abroad (GER 4957)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for approved study abroad programs.

German Literature in Translation (GET 3130) 3 credits
Reading and discussion of German literature in English translation. Course content will vary. Course may be repeated for credit.

German Culture Study Abroad (in Translation) (GET 3956) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Seminar in German Literature (GEW 3934) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Two semesters of intermediate German
Students explore special topics in German literature by concentrating on a particular author, theme, genre, or period. Course may be repeated for credit.

Directed Independent Study (GEW 4905) 1-3 credits
Independent study in German literature in consultation with the instructor.

Special Topics in German Literature (GEW 4930) 1-3 credits
Advanced seminar on topics in German literature, concentrating on a particular author, theme, genre, or period. Course may be repeated for credit.

German Literature Study Abroad (GEW 4957)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for approved study abroad programs.

Beginning Classical Greek Language and Culture 1 (GRE 1120) 4 credits
Beginning study of classical Greek. For students with little or no background in the study of the ancient Greek language.

Beginning Classical Greek Language and Culture 2 (GRE 1121) 4 credits
Prerequisite: GRE 1120 or equivalent
Study of grammar and reading of classical Greek, primarily within the context of the ancient Greek civilization and culture. Acquisition of translation, reading, and writing skills. For students with little or no background in the study of the ancient Greek language.

Beginning Modern Greek Language and Culture 1 (GRK 1120) 4 credits
The course teaches students how to communicate in Modern Greek, the language spoken in both Hellas and Cyprus, by placing equal emphasis on speaking, reading, listening, and writing. Students are also exposed to a variety of ideas pertaining Hellenic culture and society.

Beginning Modern Greek Language and Culture 2 (GRK 1121) 4 credits
Prerequisite: GRK 1120
This course builds upon the knowledge of Modern Greek students acquire by taking GRK 1120. The course covers basic vocabulary and grammar by engaging students in virtual daily situations and by equally emphasizing speaking, listening, reading, and writing.

(The following four Hebrew courses are crosslisted with the Department of Jewish Studies.)

Beginning Hebrew Language and Culture 1 (HBR 1120) 4 credits
Beginning study of Hebrew language and culture. For students with little or no experience in the language. Not open to native speakers or the equivalent.

Beginning Hebrew Language and Culture 2 (HBR 1121) 4 credits
Prerequisite: HBR 1120 or equivalent
Emphasis on speaking and aural comprehension. Practice in reading and writing. For students with little or no experience in the language. Not open to native speakers or the equivalent.

Intermediate Hebrew Language and Culture 1 (HBR 2220) 4 credits
Prerequisite: HBR 1121 or equivalent
Emphasis on communication skills and grammar. Not open to native speakers or equivalent.

Readings in Intermediate Hebrew (HBR 2240) 4 credits
Prerequisites: HBR 1121 or equivalent
Course focuses on classic readings in intermediate Hebrew, helping students to read texts with particular emphasis on the Bible.

Directed Independent Study (HBR 4905) 1-4 credits
Prerequisites: Junior or senior level with program of study prearranged in consultation with instructor
Reading and research in advanced subjects in Hebrew.

Special Topics (HBR 4930) 1-4 credits
Intensive study of authors, genres, or literary movements. Content will vary; course may be repeated for credit.

Racism and Anti-Racism (HUM 2471) 3 credits
This interdisciplinary course looks at the concepts of race, racism and anti-racism from a variety of disciplines and perspectives. It is designed as a series of units that each draw on the expertise of different faculty in the College of Arts and Letters. Students are invited to learn, examine and reflect on the complex relationships between race and racism and how they have shaped anti-racist movements from the 19th century until present. 

Beginning Italian Language and Culture 1 (ITA 1120) 4 credits
Beginning study of Italian language and culture. Not open to native speakers or the equivalent.

Beginning Italian Language and Culture 2 (ITA 1121) 4 credits
Prerequisite: ITA 1120 or equivalent
Emphasis on speaking and aural comprehension. Practice in reading and writing. Not open to native speakers or the equivalent. 

Intermediate Italian Language and Culture 1 (ITA 2220) 4 credits
Prerequisites: ITA 1121 or equivalent
Emphasis on communication skills and grammar. Not open to native speakers or equivalent.

Intermediate Italian Language and Culture 2 (ITA 2221) 4 credits
Prerequisite: ITA 2220 or equivalent
Continuation of emphasis on communication skills, with a special attention to grammar review. Not open to native speakers or equivalent.

Italian Language and Culture Study Abroad (ITA 2952)  1-6 credits
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs. 

Italian Writing Workshop (ITA 3300) 3 credits
Prerequisite: ITA 2220 with minimum grade of "C"
Learn to write Italian correctly and effectively. Written exercises and class discussions help students face several writing problems and train in the difficult art of writing. The objective is not only to write correctly but also to learn how to modulate the style of expression depending on the purpose of writing.

Reading the Italian Press (ITA 3412) 3 credits
Prerequisite: ITA 2220 with minimum grade of "C"
A conversation-based intermediate-advanced Italian course. Uses original Italian material to spark a conversation that requires active participation. Taught in Italian and aims to develop vocabulary and Italian grammatical structures in both speaking and writing.

Advanced Italian 1 (ITA 3420) 4 credits
Prerequisite: ITA 2221 or equivalent
This course further expands grammar and syntax through the reading and detailed analysis of a variety of texts targeting different registers of language. The texts are chosen in function of their Italian cultural or generally cross-cultural content, their relevance for practical use, and their ability to stimulate discussion. Ample opportunity to practice the Italian language both orally and in writing will be provided. Not open to native speakers.

Advanced Italian 2 (ITA 3421) 4 credits
Prerequisite: ITA 2221 or equivalent
Composition and conversation based on selected texts. Review of grammar. ITA 3421 may be taken before ITA 3420. Not open to native speakers.

Readings in Intermediate-Advanced Italian Language and Culture (ITA 3430) 4 credits
Prerequisite: ITA 1121
This gateway course to the upper division Italian language sequence emphasizes both written and spoken communication with special attention paid to contextual review of grammar. Course offers structured practice in reading and composition writing based on literary and culturally relevant authentic texts. Course may be repeated for credit.

Italian Culture Study Abroad (ITA 3952)  1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of department 
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Tessere La Lingua/Weaving Language (ITA 4730) 3 credits
Prerequisite: ITA 2221 or permission of instructor
Focuses on the morphology and syntax of the Italian language through the study of a variety of texts belonging to different linguistic registers, times and places.

Directed Independent Study (ITA 4905) 1-3 credits

Special Topics (ITA 4930) 3 credits
Intensive study of authors, genres, literary movements, or themes. May be repeated for credit.

Italian Language and Culture Study Abroad (ITA 4957)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Italian Culture and Society (ITT 2502) 3 credits
Introduction to Italian culture, with study of intellectual, social, historical, and literary trends. Discussion of representative texts and visual material.

Italian Culture Through Food (ITT 3003) 3 credits 
The course is an Italian culture course in translation. It offers an in-depth study of the relationship between Italy's food culture and other areas of the humanities, especially literature and the arts, showing its richness far beyond the stereotypes. 

Reflessioni/Reflections: Italian Translation (ITT 3100) 3 credits
Prerequisite: ITA 2221 with minimum grade of "C"
In-depth study of and reflection on the nuances of the Italian language through its translation to English via the study of unique and culturally relevant texts in multiple registers of language.

Literature in Translation: The Italian Tradition (ITT 3110) 3 credits
Reading and discussion in English of selected works from the full range of Italian literature, including major and minor traditions, genres and individual authors. Course content will vary from such genres as the novella and movements such as Romanticism, to single works or authors, such as the Decameron or Dacia Maraini.

Love and Lovers in Italian Literature (ITT 3111) 3 credits
Analyzes the concept of love and the figure of the Italian lover from the origins of Italian literature to the present. Students read some of the most exciting pages of Italian writers presenting seductive Italian women and men. Taught in English.

Italian Cinema: from Text to Screen (ITT 3520) 3 credits
A study of the cinema–literature relationship from neorealism to postmodernism. Authors range from Boccaccio to Bassani and directors from De Sica to Nichetti.

Italian Film Classics (ITT 3521) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Overview of Italy’s rich cinematic tradition starting from the groundbreaking years of Neorealism to the end of the past century. Taught in English. 

Italian-American Cinema (ITT 3522) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
This course offers an overview of the major filmmakers associated with the representation of Italian Americans in the United States film world. Students will view and discuss major filmmakers and their films, and will write critical essays on film topics. Conducted in English.

Italy in Lyrics (ITT 3600) 3 credits
Uses songs and popular music to explore the last two hundred years of Italian history and its major cultural themes. Taught in English.

Italian Culture Study Abroad (in Translation) (ITT 3956)  1-6 credits
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs. This is an Academic Service Learning (ASL) course.

Dante: The Commedia in Translation (ITT 4440) 3 credits
A close reading of a selection of canti from Dante's Divine Comedy with emphasis on the linguistic-philosophical and theological concerns of Dante Alighieri against the backdrop of the historical and political climate of his times.

Italian Literature and Civilization: Middle Ages and Renaissance (ITW 3100) 3 credits
Prerequisite: ITA 2221 or equivalent
Study of major literary, intellectual, and cultural developments beginning in the Middle Ages and including readings from Dante, Boccaccio, the Neoplatonics, Machiavelli, Ariosto, and Tasso.

Italian Literature and Civilization: Baroque to Present (ITW 3101) 3 credits
Prerequisite: ITA 2221 or equivalent
Study of major literary, intellectual, and cultural developments from 1700 to the present, with readings from Goldoni, Vico, Leopardi, D'Annunzio, Pirandello, and including Futurism, Existentialism, Postmodernism.

Directed Independent Study (ITW 4905) 1-3 credits
Reading and research in advanced subjects in Italian. For third- and fourth-year students in good standing only, with the program of study prearranged in consultation with instructor.

Italian Literature Study Abroad (ITW 4957)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Honors Thesis in Italian (ITW 4972) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Intense reading and writing leading to completion of an honors thesis on a topic related to a theoretical or critical aspect of Italian literature and/or culture.

Beginning Japanese Language and Culture 1 (JPN 1120) 4 credits
Beginning study of Japanese language and culture. For students with little or no experience in the language. Not open to native speakers or the equivalent.

Beginning Japanese Language and Culture 2 (JPN 1121) 4 credits
Prerequisite: JPN 1120 or equivalent
Emphasis on speaking and aural comprehension in the cultural context. Practice in reading and writing. For students with little or no experience in the language. Not open to native speakers or equivalent.

Intermediate Japanese Language and Culture 1 (JPN 2220) 4 credits
Prerequisite: JPN 1121 or equivalent
Emphasis on communication skills in the cultural context and grammar. Not open to native speakers or the equivalent.

Intermediate Japanese Language and Culture 2 (JPN 2221) 4 credits
Prerequisite: JPN 2220 or equivalent
Continuation of emphasis on communication skills in the cultural context, with special attention to grammar review. Not open to native speakers or the equivalent.

Japanese Language and Culture Study Abroad (JPN 2952) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Directed Independent Study (JPN 4905) 1-4 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Reading and research in advanced subjects in Japanese. For third- and fourth-year students only, with a program of study prearranged in consultation with instructor.

Special Topics (JPN 4930) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Intensive study of various aspects of Japanese literature or language. Occasionally available in English for non-majors. May be repeated for credit.

Japanese Language and Culture Study Abroad (JPN 4957)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Japanese Culture Study Abroad (in Translation) (JPT 3956) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Japanese Literature Study Abroad (JPW 4957)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Introduction to Latin American Studies  (LAS 2000)  3 credits
This course is a required introductory course for the Caribbean and Latin American Studies Certificate and is designed to provide students with an understanding of the history, literature and culture of the Latin American region. While drawing on examples from specific Latin American nations, the course is broadly comparative, considering a number of substantive themes as they apply to the entire region and as they are related to world powers, multinational actors and global economic structures. This is a General Education course.

Honors Introduction to Caribbean and Latin American Studies (LAS 2000) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisites: ENC 1101 and ENC 1102 with minimum grades of "C" or permission of instructor; for students in the University Honors Program
This course is a required introductory course for the Caribbean and Latin American Studies Certificate and is designed to provide students with an understanding of the history, literature, and culture of the Latin American region. While drawing on examples from specific Latin American nations, the course is broadly comparative, considering a number of substantive themes as they apply to the entire region and as they are related to world powers, multinational actors, and global economic structures. Includes content related to the Western canon. This is a General Education course.

Beginning Latin 1 (LAT 1120) 4 credits
Intensive introductory study of the Latin language with emphasis on reading, translation, grammatical analysis, and vocabulary. The translation of passages adapted from the ancient authors also provides an incidental acquaintance with Roman values, life, and culture.

Beginning Latin 2 (LAT 1121) 4 credits
Prerequisite: LAT 1120
Intensive introductory study of the Latin language with emphasis on reading, translation, grammatical analysis, and vocabulary. Builds on knowledge and skills acquired in Latin 1. The translation of passages adapted from the ancient authors also provides an incidental acquaintance with Roman values, life, and culture.

Intermediate Latin 1 (LAT 2220) 4 credits
Prerequisite: LAT 1121 or equivalent
For students who have successfully taken one year of college Latin, this course introduces advanced grammar, syntax, and stylistics of Latin prose. The focus is on translation with a parallel discussion of the texts in the historical frame of the late Republican and early Imperial periods.

Introduction to Language (LIN 2001) 3 credits
This course explores fundamental questions about language such as: How do we acquire it? Can we think without it? Can computers learn it? Can language be used to profile and discriminate? Can language be used to manipulate how people think? Can offensive language be harmful? This is a General Education course.

Global Perspectives on Language (LIN 2607) 3 credits
Course explores language from a global perspective. It addresses the complex relationship between language and culture, emphasizing the role of English as a global language, and also examines the U.S. as a multilingual society as this relates to race, ethnicity, the role of the media, and other issues. Includes content related to the Western canon. This is a General Education course.

Languages of the World (LIN 3006) 3 credits
Introduction to the diversity of human languages around the world, which patterns and features exist in different languages, how languages can be grouped together and what we can learn about the human past from linguistic data.

Introduction to Linguistics (LIN 3010) 3 credits
The modern scientific study of pronunciation, word structure, syntax, semantics, language history, geographical and social dialects, first and second language acquisition, and writing systems. Open to non-majors.

Patterns of Language (LIN 3133) 3 credits
Course offers insight into the basic theoretical principles and concepts of linguistic analysis, specifically phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics as applied to written and oral texts.

Field Methods in Linguistics (LIN 4162) 3 credits
Prerequisite: LIN 3010 or permission of instructor
Introduction to linguistic fieldwork. Collection and analysis of language data from speakers of under-described languages.

Phonetics and Phonology  (LIN 4326) 3 credits
Prerequisite: LIN 3010 or permission of instructor
Introduction to the physical properties of speech sounds and the patterning of sounds in the world’s languages. Training in phonetic transcription and instrumental analysis of speech. Hypothesis testing in formal phonological frameworks.

Morphology and Syntax (LIN 4430) 3 credits
Prerequisite: LIN 3010
Introduces students to basic concepts and issues in current morphological and syntactic theory. Focuses on knowledge of the structure of words, phrases and sentences, how such knowledge may be represented and what it reveals about the nature of human language.

Sociolinguistics (LIN 4600) 3 credits
An introduction to the study of language and linguistic behavior as influenced by social and cultural factors.

Bilingualism (LIN 4620) 3 credits
Prerequisite: LIN 3010 or permission of instructor
Language and cognition, language acquisition in the bilingual child, bilingual influences upon learning, the psychological and sociocultural aspects of bilingualism, especially in Spanish-English speaking communities.

Research Methods in Linguistics (LIN 4630) 3 credits
Prerequisite: LIN 3010 or permission of instructor
Introduction to conducting, writing and presenting linguistic research.

Psycholinguistics (LIN 4701) 3 credits
Prerequisite: LIN 3010 or permission of instructor
Psychology of language and communication; mechanics of language learning in relation to behavior and thinking.

Semantics and Pragmatics (LIN 4802) 3 credits
Prerequisite: LIN 3010 or permission of instructor
An introduction to the basic approaches to the study of semantics and pragmatics. Includes fundamental notions of word meanings (lexical semantics), sentence meaning, logic and pragmatics.

Introduction to Semiotics (LIN 4810) 3 credits
Why do people smoke? Why do women wear high heels? This course is intended to introduce students of all backgrounds to basic semiotic concepts and techniques of semiotic analysis.

Directed Independent Study (LIN 4905) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: LIN 3010 or permission of instructor
Reading and research in advanced subjects in Linguistics. For third- and fourth-year students in good standing only, with the program of study prearranged in consultation with instructor.

Special Topics (LIN 4930) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: LIN 3010 or permission of instructor
Intensive study of special topics in linguistics, such as the history and dialectology of a language, experimental phonetics, and trends in morphology and syntax. Since content will vary, course may be repeated for credit.

Honors Thesis in Linguistics (LIN 4972) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Intense reading and writing leading to completion of an honors thesis on a topic related to linguistics.

University Honors Seminar in Literature (LIT 1930) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
A seminar in the University Honors Program on topics in literature.

Introduction to World Literature  (LIT 2100) 3 credits
A variable topics course focusing on perennial aspects of human experience through the comparative study of world literature. This is a General Education course.

Introduction to Comparative Literature (LIT 3060) 3 credits
Prerequisite:  LIT 2100 or permission of instructor
This course lays the foundation for the study of comparative approaches to literature and culture.

New Testament (LIT 3374) 3 credits
An historical and literary approach to the Bible text and the methods modern scholars use to understand it. Covers the content and historical setting of the New Testament in Jewish and Greco-Roman culture, as well as the style and genre of different books.

Comparative Literature (LIT 4061) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of French, German, Italian, or Spanish
Selected topics requiring investigation of related literary and intellectual movements across national boundaries, with particular attention to writers of international significance.

Comparative Renaissance Studies (LIT 4250) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of French, German, Italian, or Spanish
Comparative Renaissance literature from Italian beginnings through Montaigne, with special attention to the role of humanism and to new narrative genres.

Comparative European Romanticism (LIT 4604) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of French, German, Italian, or Spanish
Romanticism as a European movement. Study of representative poetry and prose in French, German, and English literatures with emphasis on literary and intellectual relations. Readings in Rousseau, Goethe, Novalis, Chateaubriand, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Keats, Mary Shelley, Eichendorff, Lamartine, Hugo.

Special Topics (LIT 4930) 3 credits
Specialized aspects of literature. May be repeated for credit.

Beginning Spanish Language and Culture 1 (SPN 1120) 4 credits
Beginning study of Spanish language and culture. For students with little or no experience in the language. Not open to native speakers or the equivalent, who may substitute it with SPN 1340. Credit may not be awarded for SPN 1120 and SPN 1340.

Beginning Spanish Language and Culture 2 (SPN 1121) 4 credits
Emphasis on speaking and aural comprehension. Practice in reading and writing. For students with some experience in the language. Not open to native speakers or equivalent, who may substitute it with SPN 1340. Credit may not be awarded for SPN 1121 and SPN 1340.

Beginning Spanish for Heritage Learners (SPN 1340) 4 credits
For students who can understand casual spoken Spanish and have very limited speaking ability. Emphasis is placed on practicing basic grammatical structures, building vocabulary and developing or recovering initial oral, reading and writing skills while increasing awareness of Hispanic cultures and their diversity. Fulfills foreign language requirement.

Spanish for Careers (SPN 2161) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Placement test with a passing score (The test needs to be taken only once at FAU.) 
A variable topic course focusing on vocabulary and grammar to complete the basic and task-based practical skills for different careers. Knowledge of basic Spanish is a prerequisite. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits.

Spanish for Healthcare Professions (SPN 2162) 3 credits
Prerequisite: SPN 1121 or permission of instructor
This course is for healthcare profession students with knowledge of basic Spanish. Emphasis is placed on the vocabulary needed for the workplace, the grammar to complete the basic skills sequence and task-based practical skills while fortifying critical awareness of Hispanic historical and cultural contexts.

Intermediate Spanish Language and Culture 1 (SPN 2220) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Placement test with a passing score  (The test needs to be taken only once at FAU.) 
Emphasis on communication skills and grammar. Not open to native speakers or equivalent, who may substitute it with SPN 2341. Credit may not be awarded for SPN 2220 and SPN 2341. 

Intermediate Spanish Language and Culture 2 (SPN 2221) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Placement test with a passing score  (The test needs to be taken only once at FAU.) 
Continuation of emphasis on communication skills, with special attention to grammar review. Not open to native speakers or equivalent, who may substitute it with SPN 2341. Credit may not be awarded for SPN 2221 and SPN 2341. This is an Academic Service Learning (ASL) course.

Intermediate Spanish Conversation (SPN 2240) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Placement test with a passing score (The test needs to be taken only once at FAU.) 
Emphasis on aural comprehension and speaking facility, practice using topical materials. Not open to students who have completed SPN 2221 or native speakers or equivalent.

Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Learners (SPN 2341) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Placement test with a passing score (The test needs to be taken only once at FAU.) 
For students who can understand casual spoken Spanish and have somewhat limited ability in speaking. Emphasis is placed on intermediate-level grammatical structures, building vocabulary, developing intermediate-level oral, reading and writing skills while increasing awareness of Hispanic cultures and their diversity. Fulfills foreign language requirement. 

Spanish Language and Culture Study Abroad (SPN 2952) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Advanced Spanish for Heritage  Learners  (SPN 3343) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Placement test with a passing score (The test needs to be taken only once at FAU.) 
For students who have already taken SPN 2341 or who have studied Spanish at an intermediate level and have functional abilities in understanding and speaking Spanish. Emphasis is placed on consolidating grammatical structures, vocabulary, oral reading and writing skills while increasing awareness of Hispanic cultures and their diversity. Fulfills foreign language requirement. 

Advanced Spanish: Conversation (SPN 3400) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Placement test with a passing score (The test needs to be taken only once at FAU.) 
Intensive review of advanced grammar through written work and conversation. Students learn how to express themselves in writing and orally, using literary texts. SPN 3400 is not open to native speakers or heritage speakers (who may substitute SPN 2341 or SPN 3343, depending on ability). Credit may not be awarded for SPN 3400 and SPN 3343. (Change effective spring 2025.)

Advanced Spanish: Conversation (SPN 3410) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Placement test with a passing score (The test needs to be taken only once at FAU.) 
An advanced conversation class designed to develop students’ ability to communicate more fluently in Spanish and discuss a wide variety of cultural topics relating to Spain and Latin America. 

Introduction to Creative Writing in Spanish (SPN 3435) 3 credits
Prerequisites: SPN 3343 and SPN 3400, or permission of instructor
This course provides a general overview of prominent ideas about the creative process in the Hispanic world and, through workshops, ample guided opportunities for the development of students’ command of effective written expression in Spanish, with emphasis on prose (non/fiction) and poetry.

Commercial Spanish 1 (SPN 3440) 3 credits
Prerequisites: Placement test with a passing score (The test needs to be taken only once at FAU.) 
Fundamentals of commercial and administrative Spanish usage and correspondence. Introduction to relevant aspects of Spanish and Latin American commerce. 

Commercial Spanish 2 (SPN 3441) 3 credits
Prerequisites: SPN 2221  or SPN 2341 or SPN 3343  or permission of instructor
Fundamentals of commercial and administrative Spanish usage and correspondence. Introduction to relevant aspects of Spanish and Latin American commerce.

Spanish Peninsular Culture and Civilization (SPN 3500) 3 credits
Prerequisite: SPN 2161 or SPN 2221 or or SPN 2341 or equivalent or permission of instructor
The aim of this course is to promote the knowledge and understanding of Spanish culture and civilization by presenting and investigating the origin and development of the ideas, behavior, and customs of the Iberian peninsula. 

Latin American Culture and Civilization (SPN 3501) 3 credits
Prerequisite: SPN 2161 or SPN 2221 or SPN 2341 or equivalent or permission of instructor
The aim of this course is to promote the knowledge and understanding of Latin American culture and civilization by presenting and investigating the origin and development of Latin American ideas, behavior, and customs. 

Spanish Culture Study Abroad (SPN 3952)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Spanish Sociolinguistics (SPN 4740) 3 credits
Prerequisites: SPN 3400 or SPN 3343 or permission of instructor
This course is an introduction to the field of Spanish sociolinguistics. It covers such topics as social stratification in language, social and dialectal variants, language and gender, diglossia, code-switching, Spanish in the U.S., and bilingualism in Spanish-speaking countries.

Spanish Phonetics and Phonology (SPN 4790) 3 credits
Prerequisites: SPN 3400 or SPN 3343 or permission of instructor
An introduction to the study of Spanish phonology and dialectology. Detailed analysis of the sound system and the phonological processes of Spanish with a dialectology component.

Structure of Modern Spanish (SPN 4850) 3 credits
Prerequisites: SPN 3400 or SPN 3343 or permission of instructor
Analysis of the structure of Spanish including phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. Systematic comparison with English.

Special Topics in Spanish Language Studies (SPN 4930) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: SPN 3400 or equivalent or SPN 3343
Intensive study of aspects of the Spanish language. Since content will vary, course may be repeated for credit.

Internship in Applied Spanish (SPN 4942) 1-6 credits
Prerequisites: SPN 3400 or SPN 3343, and permission of Spanish advisor
Interns work in a University-approved international or national organization related to the Spanish-speaking community and a chosen academic field, gaining critical experience in community organization, local politics, social services, translation, education, or journalism. This internship is unique because students work in the target language.

Spanish Language and Culture Study Abroad (SPN 4957)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs. Since the content may vary, the course may be repeated for credit.

Spanish Culture Study Abroad (in Translation) (SPT 3956)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Latin American Literature in Translation (SPT 4130) 3 credits
The whole range of Latin American literature, from the conquest to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the role of literature in the culture. Course and readings are in English.

Spanish Literature and Film (SPT 4720) 3 credits
Study of literary and cinematographic technique in Spanish films from the 1920s to the present.

Spanish Translation (SPT 4800) 3 credits
Prerequisites: SPN 3400 or SPN 3343, or permission of instructor
Development of specialized translation skills, with work on literary, scientific, commercial, legal and general topics. Open to native and non-native speakers of Spanish in all majors who already possess a high degree of fluency in both English and Spanish. 

Spanish Language and Culture Study Abroad (SPT 4957) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Introduction to Peninsular Spanish Literature (SPW 3012) 3 credits
Prerequisite: SPN 3400 or SPN 3343 with minimum grades of "C" or permission of instructor
Course assists students in developing critical reading, writing and thinking skills through close reading and analysis of prose, poetry, essay and drama selected from Peninsular Spanish literary texts.

Introduction to Spanish American Literature (SPW  3021 ) 3 credits
Prerequisite: SPN 3400 or SPN 3343 with minimum grades of "C" or permission of instructor
Course assists students in developing critical reading, writing and thinking skills through close reading and analysis of prose, poetry, essay and drama selected from Spanish American literary texts.

Introduction to Hispanic Literature (SPW 3030) 3 credits
Prerequisite: SPN 3400 or SPN 3343 or permission of instructor
A preparatory course for students intending to pursue studies in Hispanic literature. Selected readings will provide the basis for stylistic and textural analysis and understanding of the structure of literary works. The historical development of genre and the technical vocabulary necessary for critical analysis will also be included.

Género Policiaco (SPW 4583) 3 credits
Prerequisites: SPN 3400 and SPN 3343 or permission of instructor
Introduces the genre of crime fiction in the Hispanic world through a series of theoretical articles and films establishing a correlation between the genre’s development in the respective countries and other literary manifestations worldwide. 

Directed Independent Study (SPW 4905) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Reading and research in advanced subjects in Spanish. For third- and fourth-year students in good standing only, with the program of study arranged in consultation with instructor.

Special Topics in Spanish or Latin American Literature (SPW 4930) 1-3 credits
Intensive study of Spanish or Latin American authors, genres, or literary movements. Occasionally available in English for non-majors. Since content will vary each term, course may be repeated for credit.

Spanish Literature Study Abroad (SPW 4957)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Honors Thesis in Spanish (SPW 4972) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Intense reading and writing leading to completion of an honors thesis on a topic related to a theoretical or critical aspect of Peninsular or Latin American literature and/or culture.

Applied Linguistics and TESOL (TSL 4251) 3 credits
Applying linguistics, psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics to teaching English as a second language with emphasis on pronunciation, intonation, structural analysis, morphophonemics and decoding from print to sound.

Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature Graduate Courses

Students should direct questions concerning the Advanced Competency Examination in the major language and placement in language courses to the Chair of the Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature.

Special Topics (FLE 5930) 3 credits
Reading and research in advanced topics in foreign language teaching. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Research in Foreign Language Learning Theories  (FLE  6892 ) 3 credits
Overview of current research on second-language acquisition. Introduction to current language teaching methodologies and assessment of their practical relevance for the foreign-language classroom.

Foundations of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature (FOL 6731C)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature or related fields
Introduces students to major historical moments and current trends in language theory through examination of disciplinary traditions. Readings are seminal texts of recurrent interdisciplinary significance that characterize and compare major theoretical frameworks.

Advanced Research Methods in Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature (FOL 6885) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature or related field
This topic-based advanced research methods course trains students in the use of a wide range of research tools in preparation for conceptualizing, conducting and analyzing a research project in the chosen field of language study.

Readings in Languages and Linguistics (FOL 6900) 1-3 credits
The course is designed to give graduate students a structured preparation of the reading list for their comprehensive written or oral examinations. May be repeated for credit. Grading: S/U

History and Theory of Translation (FOT 6807) 3 credits
Prerequisites: B.A. in literary or linguistic field or equivalent
History and theory of translation in Europe and in the Americas beginning with the early Roman translators and continuing through Medieval, Renaissance, Neoclassical, Modernist, and Post-colonial theory and practice. The course poses questions about language and meaning, canon and culture, and cross-cultural communication.

Topics in Translation Studies (FOT 6930C) 3 credits
One of the foundational courses in the translation track, this course covers a specific aspect of translation studies. The focus and content are variable. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, Post-colonial Theories of Translation, the Multilingual City, Self-Translation, Four Classics and Their Versions. May be repeated for credit once.

Reading for Research in French (FRE 5060) 3 credits
Study of grammar and vocabulary needed to do basic research in French. Some previous study recommended but not required. Not open to majors. Grading: S/U

Structure of Modern French (FRE 6855) 3 credits
Prerequisite: For students enrolled in the master's program
This course is devoted to the analysis of the linguistic structure of modern French, focusing on its main phonological, morphological, syntactic and semantic features.

Internship in French (FRE 6946) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
For the MAT in French, students are required to do an internship with a faculty member who is teaching FRW 3001, FRE 3400, FRE 3401 or FRE 3393. Students attend each class session and prepare/teach several classes over the course of the semester. Students also participate in the design, grading and evaluation of exams, term papers and other semestrial projects.

Master's Thesis (FRE 6971) 1-6 credits
Grading: S/U

Histoire Littéraire (FRW 6105) 3 credits
Course examines the French literary tradition as a whole, focusing on problems of interpretation and definition. Students read a wide variety of foundational texts from different time periods in conjunction with secondary critical studies to understand and call into question such long-established literary concepts such as period, genre, history, representation, and mode.

L'Auteur Médiéval (FRW 6418) 3 credits
Prerequisite: FOL 3880 or equivalent
In-depth study of seminal medieval texts key to the formulation of medieval authorship. In addition to primary readings, students also read contemporary critical theory on authorship to gain a deeper understanding of how postmodern and medieval conceptions of authorship might converge or diverge.

French Caribbean Idea(l)s (FRW 6775) 3 credits
Prerequisite: For students enrolled in master's program
This course explores recurring themes and ideological debates regarding identity formation (creolization, hybridity, sexuality, beliefs and gender) and the commodification of island culture in French Caribbean literature.

France in/and Algeria: (Contested) History, Conflictive Memor(y/ies), Literature and Culture
(FRW 6776) 3 credits
Prerequisite: For Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature majors only
This course is designed to explore the history of France and Algeria and France in Algeria as represented in literary and cinematic production. Through novels, memoirs, essays, graphic novels and films, the course examines the evolution of the French representations of Algeria. It also explores the reasons that led to the suppression of this chapter of history for almost three decades in France. Course conducted in French.

Master's Thesis (FRW 6971) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Independent reading and research in preparation of a master’s thesis. Grading: S/U

Directed Independent Study (FRW 6908) 1-3 credits
Independent reading and research in advanced topics and by permission of the instructor only. The program of study is arranged in consultation with instructor during the term prior to the student's taking the course.

Seminar in French and Francophone Literature (FRW 6938) 3 credits
Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Reading for Research in German (GER 5060) 3 credits
Study of grammar and vocabulary needed to do basic research in German. Some previous study recommended but not required. Not open to majors. Grading: S/U

Master's Thesis (GER 6971) 1-6 credits

Directed Independent Study (GEW 6908) 1-3 credits
Independent reading and research in advanced topics and by permission of the instructor only. The program of study is arranged in consultation with the instructor during the term prior to the student taking the course.

Seminar in German Literature (GEW 6938) 3 credits
Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Italian America: Translating Identities (ITT 6508) 3 credits
This course delves into the complexities of the Italian-American world. Perhaps one of the most discussed hyphenated identities in the American melting pot, Italian-American culture presents an incredibly rich production in literature and film. This course takes advantage of multiple perspectives, starting from a historical and documentary background, passing through the imaginary and the literary world, and ending with indications of contemporary social and political activism. Knowledge of Italian is valued but not required.

Italian Culture through Film (ITT 6524) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor
Course studies selected key events in recent Italian history through their reflections in film. Students “read” movies treating them as “history texts” and examples of historical emplotment, while furthering their knowledge of Italy’s recent past, between the nation’s unification and the “years of lead.”

Dante in the West (ITT 6601) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This course proposes a critical approach to the reception of Dante's works in general and the Divine Comedy in particular from the early 14th century until today and on both sides of the Atlantic. This course, taught in English, is aimed at shedding light on Dante scholarship in and outside of Italy by considering the reception of Dante in his own times and through the ages and by questioning the extent to which fictional representations and theoretical considerations of Dante's opus, especially but not only the Divine Comedy, have shaped Dante studies today.

Modern and Contemporary Italian Fiction (ITW 6485) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This seminar provides readings and discussions of major Italian prose writers such as Calvino, Deluca, Eco, Levi, Maraini, Palazzeschi, Pasolini, Pirandello, Sciascia, and Vittorini. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Directed Independent Study (ITW 6908) 1-3 credits
Independent reading and research in advanced topics in Italian studies, arranged in consultation with and with permission of the instructor during the term prior to the student's taking the course.

Seminar in Italian Literature (ITW 6938) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This is a special topics seminar in which specific themes are studied. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Master's Thesis (ITW 6971) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor
Independent reading and research in advanced topics for the research and writing of a master's thesis in Comparative Literature with an emphasis in Italian. The program of study is arranged in consultation with the instructor during the term prior to the student taking the course.

Endangered Languages (LIN 6086) 3 credits
Course focuses on relevant topics in the study of endangered languages, including loss of biolinguistic diversity, language shift and decline, and language death, as well as language documentation and the efforts to maintain and revitalize these languages.

Historical Linguistics (LIN 6128) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
The different ways in which languages change and the insights, both linguistic and historical, that can be gained from understanding these processes. Examples will be drawn from a broad spectrum of languages.

Principles of Linguistic Analysis (LIN 6135) 3 credits
Course is an introduction to the core basics of linguistics and an apprenticeship to linguistic analysis for graduate students in their first semester of master's programs of study.

Foundations of Linguistic Theory (LIN 6150) 3 credits
This course is intended to introduce students of linguistics and neighboring disciplines to the major currents in linguistic theory. Beginning with a brief overview of the history of linguistics, the course concentrates on seminal texts of recurrent interdisciplinary significance that characterize major theoretical frameworks.

Cognitive Linguistics (LIN 6156) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This course is a graduate introduction to the fundamental concepts and theories of cognitive linguistics. Students learn key notions in the field, while at the same time gain an awareness of how these conceptual tools are employed in the analysis of a wide range of linguistic phenomena.

Field Methods (LIN 6165) 3 credits
Graduate introduction to linguistic fieldwork. Collection and analysis of language data from speakers of under-described languages.

Phonetics (LIN 6225) 3 credits
Graduate introduction to phonetics. Articulation and transmission of speech sounds, connected speech processes, transcription and acoustic measurements. Collection and analysis of phonetic data.

Phonology (LIN 6323) 3 credits
Graduate introduction to phonology. Fundamental phonological concepts and theories. Analysis of phonological data.

Morphology (LIN 6402) 3 credits
Graduate introduction to morphology. Word structure, data analysis, typology and the role of morphology in the mental grammar.

Syntax (LIN 6513) 3 credits
Graduate introduction to syntax. Sentence structure, typology, syntactic theory and the application of theory to data analysis.

Sociolinguistics (LIN 6601) 3 credits
A seminar on sociolinguistics with particular emphasis on an examination of the history, structure (sounds, grammar, and vocabulary), and educational implications of Black English, also known as African American Vernacular English (AAVE).

Bilingualism (LIN 6622) 3 credits
Prerequisite: LIN 3010 or permission of instructor
Course constitutes a graduate introduction to the field of bilingualism. Topics such as language and cognition, language acquisition in the bilingual child, and bilingual education will be covered. A range of other issues that relate to bilingual/multilingual contexts provides a multifaceted background for the course.

Grammaticalization (LIN 6674) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor
Course constitutes a graduate introduction to the fundamental concepts of grammaticalization. Students learn the key notions in the field while gaining an overall understanding of the nature of grammatical change, in particular, and language change, in general.

Psycholinguistics (LIN 6707) 3 credits
Prerequisite: LIN 6135 or permission of instructor
Graduate introduction to how the mind and the brain process language, including production and perception of spoken and written language, lexical access, sentence processing and language acquisition. Design and implementation of a pilot experiment.

Second Language Acquisition (LIN 6720) 3 credits
Prerequisite: LIN 3010 or permission of instructor
A survey of theoretical models of communicative competence and second-language acquisition and a discussion of the practical implications of these models for instruction and assessment, including the application of course concepts to authentic second/foreign language data.

Directed Independent Study (LIN 6908) 1-4 credits
Independent reading and research in advanced topics and by permission of the instructor only. The program of study is arranged in consultation with the instructor during the term prior to the student taking the course.

Seminar in Linguistics (LIN 6938) 2-4 credits
Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Master's Thesis (LIN 6971) 1-6 credits
Grading: S/U

Seminar in Literature (LIT 5937) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Intensive study of a period, movement, or major literary figures. Research paper is required. The course may be repeated for credit.

Introduction to the Comparative Study of Literature (LIT 6066) 3 credits
Prerequisites: B.A. degree and reading-level second language
An introduction to the comparative study of literary phenomena (genres, themes, movements, and periods) from the perspective of Continental, English, and American literatures, including translation theory and analysis.

Special Topics (LIT 6934) 3 credits
Specialized aspects of literature. May be repeated for credit.

Master's Thesis (LIT 6971) 1-6 credits

Reading for Research in Spanish (SPN 5060) 3 credits
Study of grammar and vocabulary needed to do basic research in Spanish. Some previous study recommended but not required. Not open to majors. Grading: S/U

Structure of Modern Spanish (SPN 6655) 3 credits
Prerequisites: Graduate standing; SPN 3343 or SPN 3400 or permission of instructor
Course is devoted to the analysis of the linguistic structure of modern Spanish, focusing on its main phonological, morphological, syntactic and semantic features.

Spanish Phonetics and Phonology (SPN 6795) 3 credits
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor; SPN 3400 and LIN 3010
A graduate introduction to the study of Spanish phonology and dialectology. Detailed analysis of the sound system and the phonological processes of Spanish with a dialectology component.

History and Dialectology of Spanish (SPN 6835) 3 credits
Prerequisite: SPN 3400 or equivalent; LIN 3010 strongly recommended
Linguistic development of Spanish from Latin to the present. Attention to changes taking place in present-day language.

Directed Independent Study (SPN 6908) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Independent reading and research in advanced topics related to teaching the Spanish language. The program of study is arranged in consultation with the instructor during the term prior to the student taking the course.

Internship in Spanish (SPN 6946) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor
For the M.A.T. in Spanish, students are required to do an internship with a faculty member who is teaching any of the 3000-level courses on language and culture or introduction to literature. Students attend the class every day and prepare for and teach several classes during the semester. In addition, students participate in the design and grading of exams, evaluations of term papers and other projects.

Master's Thesis (SPN 6971) 1-6 credits
Grading: S/U

Mexican Literature and Film (SPT 6545) 3 credits
Prerequisite: For Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature students only
This seminar explores the ways in which authors and film makers depict Mexican culture and history from the 1950s to the present. The course focuses on Mexican fiction and films that reflect the impact of contemporary Mexican events. It also investigates how a new generation of artists has created new approaches and techniques to interpret their present reality.

Seminar in Colonial Spanish-American Literature (SPW 6135) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature
An introduction to colonial Spanish-American literature from the initial encounter through the independence period. A selection of representative texts from multiple genres and perspectives will be read and discussed.

Latin American Women Writers (SPW 6206) 3 credits
Study and discussion of representative works by Latin American women writers of the 20th century, with emphasis upon Rosario Castellanos, Isabel Allende, Rosario Ferré, Elena Garro, Elena Poniatowska.

20th-Century Latin American Theatre (SPW 6306) 3 credits
The study and analysis of representative plays by contemporary 20th-century Latin American writers.

Latin American Poetry (SPW 6356) 3 credits
The analysis and criticism of Spanish-American poetry. The topic of the course will vary, dealing usually with one author or period.

The Latin American Short Story (SPW 6375) 3 credits
Reading and discussion of representative short stories by Latin American writers from 1839 to the present, with analysis of Romanticist, Indianist, and Modernist writings including texts by Ruben Darío, Jorge Luis Borges, Rosario Castellanos, Alejo Carpentier, Luisa Valenzuela, and several others.

Building a National Literature from the Middle Ages (SPW 6405) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
A study of the historical events, culture and representative literary works from the Middle Ages from the perspective of a national literature and nation building and the birth of literary genres. The selection of works may vary. It may include Jewish and Muslim texts, extend to the Renaissance and Baroque or involve a comparison with works from another period.

Spanish Golden Age Literature (SPW 6427) 3 credits
Prerequisites: SPW 3012 or SPW  3021
Analysis of the culture and literary trends during the Renaissance and the Baroque through reading of prose, poetry and drama.

Cultural Objects in the Golden Age (SPW 6429) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This course is an exploration of early modernity and its changes through the lenses of its writers. It is approached through the perspective of New Historicism and Material Culture and focuses on cultural objects in literary texts and daily life (i.e., chocolate, clothing, architecture).

Spanish Caribbean Idea(l)s (SPW 6775) 3 credits
Prerequisite: For students enrolled in the master's program
This course explores recurring themes and ideological debates regarding identity formation (creolization, hybridity, sexuality, beliefs and gender) and the commodification of island culture in Spanish Caribbean literature.

African Diaspora in Latin America: Literature and Culture (SPW 6777) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
This course provides a study of cultural and historical experiences of Afro-descendants from the period of the transatlantic slave trade to contemporary political movements in Latin America and the Caribbean. It emphasizes their contributions to the development of their countries and to the configuration of a transnational diasporic identity. The course is taught in Spanish.

Introduction of Literary Theory and the Hispanic Tradition (SPW 6826) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature
Introductory seminar on general literary theory as well as specific theoretical texts from Latin America and Spain. Taught in Spanish, the course surveys the most important critical theories of the 20th century, with emphasis on Hispanic contributions.

Directed Independent Study (SPW 6908) 1-3 credits
Independent reading and research in advanced topics and by permission of the instructor only. The program of study is arranged in consultation with the instructor during the term prior to the student taking the course.

Seminar in Spanish Literature (SPW 6938) 3 credits
Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Special Topics in Spanish-American Literature (SPW 6939) 3 credits
Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Master's Thesis (SPW 6971) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor
Independent reading and research in preparation for a master's thesis.

Applied Linguistics and TESOL (TSL 6253) 3 credits
This course is designed to provide an overview of the field for applied linguistics, psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics to teaching English as a second language. Emphasis is on pronunciation, intonation, structural analysis, morphophonemics and decoding from print to sound.

Music Courses
(Listed following the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies courses, under School of the Arts, Music )

Philosophy

Undergraduate Courses/ link to graduate courses

Ancient Philosophy (PHH 3100) 3 credits
Major philosophers and movements from the pre-Socratics to Augustine, with primary attention to Plato, Aristotle and Augustine.

Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy (PHH 3280) 3 credits
A careful and in-depth examination of the philosophers of the medieval period and of the 14th to 16th centuries. The course may include the reading of original texts, secondary sources, or both. Special attention is paid to metaphysics, logic, ethics, and political philosophy. 

Early Modern Philosophy (PHH 3420) 3 credits
An in-depth study of major European philosophers of the 17th and 18th centuries, with emphasis on the Rationalists and the Empiricists. The course focuses on contributions to metaphysics and epistemology. 

Pragmatism (PHH 3703)  3 credits
A careful, in-depth inquiry into the American philosophical movement known as pragmatism. Special emphasis is placed on the contributions of Charles Sanders Peirce, William James and John Dewey, on the world-wide impact of their ideas and their influence on contemporary philosophy.

Late Modern Philosophy (PHH 4440) 3 credits
Prerequisite: PHH 3420 or permission of instructor
An in-depth study of major 18th and 19th century European philosophers, with an emphasis on Kant and Hegel, though other philosophers may also be covered. The course focuses on contributions to metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and social and political philosophy. 

University Honors Seminar in Philosophy (PHI 1930) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
A seminar in the University Honors Program on topics in philosophy.

Introduction to Philosophy (PHI 2010) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisites: ENC 1101 and ENC 1102 or substitute with grades of "C" or better
In this course, students will be introduced to the nature of philosophy, philosophical thinking, major intellectual movements in the history of philosophy, including topics from the Western philosophical tradition, and various problems in philosophy. Students will strengthen their intellectual skills, become more effective learners, and develop broad foundational knowledge. Includes content related to the Western canon. This is a General Education course. 

Critical Thinking (PHI 2100) 3 credits
This course is designed to strengthen students' critical thinking skills by teaching them to distinguish between well-supported and poorly supported arguments, to understand the nature of assumptions and the importance of providing evidence to support one's conclusions, and to recognize and avoid reasoning errors and argumentative fallacies.

Logic (PHI 2102) 3 credits
Gordon Rule, computational
This course is an in-depth study of deductive syllogistic logic and of the symbolization techniques of propositional logic, which capture the formal features of simple declarative propositions and of arguments constructed from such propositions. The course also examines the principles of truth-functional logic and applies these principles to the construction of truth-tables for propositions and arguments. This is a General Education course.

Artificial Intelligence and Ethics (PHI 2680) 3 credits
This course surveys the ethical entailments of artificial intelligence (AI), including the moral status of intelligent machines, the impact of AI on employment, autonomous warfare, and biases in design and application of these emerging technologies.

Philosophy Study Abroad (PHI 2952)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Philosophy of Mind (PHI 3320)  3 credits
This course engages in a careful and in-depth study of some of the major issues and problems in the philosophy of mind, through the reading of original texts and/or secondary sources. The topics examined include, but are not limited to, the mind/body problem, the nature of consciousness, and the problem of personal identity.

Philosophy of Psychiatry (PHI 3453) 3 credits
This course offers an overview of the central issues in the philosophy of psychiatry, such as the notion of the unconscious, responsibility for actions, the concept of the self presupposed by different psychotherapeutic models, and the relation between psychiatric diagnosis and culture, and will consider whether society creates, constructs, or encourages certain pathologies of the soul.

Philosophy of Medicine (PHI 3456) 3 credits
Examines problems in the philosophy of medicine, an interdisciplinary area that includes such issues as the logic of diagnosis, the nature of sound clinical judgment, the reality of disease entities, culture and medical practices, alternative versus traditional medicine, the concept of health and selected bioethical issues.

Moral Problems (PHI 3638) 3 credits
Examines moral problems of contemporary importance, such as animal rights, censorship, a patient’s right to die, physician-assisted suicide, morality in war and human enhancement. Introduces students to the standard ethical theories that form the foundation of moral deliberation about these issues.

Environmental Ethics (PHI 3640) 3 credits
Study of contemporary environmental philosophy and ethical principles and practical issues related to the natural environment.

Philosophy of Literature (PHI 3882) 3 credits
A systematic introduction to the philosophy of literature through a study of both philosophical and literary texts. Students will read authors such as Aristotle, Kafka, Freud, Wittgenstein, and Shakespeare.

Symbolic Logic (PHI 4134) 3 credits
Prerequisites: PHI 2102 with grade of "B" or higher or permission of instructor
This course begins by studying the principles of symbolization and natural deduction for formal proofs in propositional logic. The course then advances to quantification theory and to the symbolization techniques of the monadic and the polyadic predicate calculi. The principles of natural deduction are then applied in the construction of formal proofs in first-order and second-order predicate logic.

Knowledge and Reality (PHI 4380) 3 credits
This course examines central issues in epistemology (the philosophical study of knowledge) and metaphysics (the philosophical study of reality). This course examines philosophical answers to some of the following questions: What is the nature of reality? How do we come to know about reality? What is space and time? What is knowledge and how does it differ from mere opinion? How do we come to gain knowledge? Do we have free will? (New course effective fall 2024.)

Philosophy of Science (PHI 4400)  3 credits
An examination of the central concepts of the theory of knowledge within the context of scientific investigation; the nature and structure of scientific knowledge, the nature of formal reasoning, the role of observation, the function of models, the nature of perception, scientific explanation, scientific truth, probabilistic and inductive inference and the nature of causal laws.

Philosophy of the Human and Social Science (PHI 4420) 3 credits
The course introduces students to the philosophical foundations (epistemology) of the human and social sciences and explores many of the methodological issues and problems resulting therefrom.

Biomedical Ethics (PHI 4633) 3 credits
An in-depth philosophical study of the ethical issues arising from the practice of medicine, emphasizing the four principles of medical ethics (autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence and justice) and how to apply these principles to standard case studies in the field. This is an Academic Service Learning (ASL) course.

RI: Biomedical Ethics (PHI 4633) 3 credits
A careful and in-depth philosophical study of the ethical issues arising from the practice of medicine. The course emphasizes the four principles of medical ethics and how these principles can be applied to resolve standard case studies in the field of biomedical ethics. This is a Research-Intensive (RI) course and an Academic Service Learning (ASL) course. 

Ethical Theory  (PHI 4661) 3 credits
Analysis of moral judgment and moral reasoning. Evaluation of ethical theories, with particular attention to utilitarian, Kantian and 20th-century theories. Study of the application of various ethical approaches to contemporary social problems.

Philosophy of Religion (PHI 4700) 3 credits
Inquiry into classical and contemporary questions regarding the nature and existence of God, religious knowledge and experience, and the language and symbolism of religion.

Aesthetics and Art Theory (PHI 4800) 3 credits
Provides the student with a greater understanding of the arts in personal life and society through knowledge of critical theory and philosophical views of the arts. The main topics discussed will be the nature of art; form, representation, and expression in art; criticism of the arts; and aesthetic experience and value. 

Directed Independent Study (PHI 4905) 1-4 credits
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and Department Chair
Readings and research in selected issues of philosophy, with a program of study selected in consultation with Departmental faculty.

Special Topics (PHI 4930) 1-4 credits
The study of a special area in philosophy. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Senior Seminar in Philosophy (PHI 4938) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Senior standing or permission of Department Chair
A writing-intensive, variable topic philosophy course requiring students to write between one and three substantial paper and to read these papers in class. The course is required of all Philosophy majors and must be taken during the fall semester of the senior year. The course is open to Philosophy minors in their senior year by permission of Department Chair.

Philosophy Study Abroad (PHI 4957)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Honors Thesis in Philosophy (PHI 4972) 3 credits
Prerequisites: PHI 4938 with a minimum grade of "B," 3.5 GPA in major and 3.5 GPA overall; permission of department
Capstone requirement for the Honors Program in Philosophy. Research and completion of a substantial honors thesis, under the supervision of a faculty advisor. The honors thesis will focus on a subject area of philosophy (epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, logic, etc.) or a particular philosopher. Upon completion, the honors thesis must be defended in front of a department faculty committee.

Philosophy of Sexuality (PHM 3020) 3 credits
The course explores questions in the philosophy of sexuality that include, but are not limited to, the relation between sex and love, the question of human agency and identity and social policies regarding intimate relations. Among the many timely issues addressed are questions regarding the nature of censorship, what constitutes pornography and the moral dimension of internet and other unconventional sexual relationships.

Feminist Philosophy (PHM 3123) 3 credits
This course critically examines philosophy itself, its history, methods and categories of through from a liberationist perspective. The course will introduce students to selected critical works by feminist philosophers and will study core conceptual constellations, such as reason-objectivity-impartiality and sexism-oppression-exclusion. May be taken for credit toward the Women's Studies Program.

Social and Political Philosophy (PHM 3200) 3 credits
An examination of major social and political theorists since the 17th century. Approximately ten thinkers are studied. Problems such as authority and legitimacy, freedom and control, sources of political obedience, and the ideal commonwealth are taken up.

Philosophy of Law (PHM 3400) 3 credits
Provides an introduction to the kinds of theories that have dominated Anglo-American thinking about the nature, function, and point of law, while demonstrating the essential connections between jurisprudence and other areas of general philosophy, e.g., moral philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, etc.

Philosophy of Technology (PHM 4223) 3 credits
Examination of the nature of technology that reflects philosophically upon its impacts on the individual, and the social, cultural, work, and physical environments. Also examines the relationship between technology, human values and sociopolitical change and control.

Africana Philosophy (PHP 3781) 3 credits
An examination of the concerns and aspirations of certain major philosophical thinkers in the African, African-American, and Afro-Caribbean traditions.

Post-Structuralism (PHP 3792) 3 credits
Introduces students to the structuralist account of language and examines Hegel's holistic, Nietzsche's perspectivist, and Derrida's deconstructivist accounts. The course concludes with an examination Foucault's application of poststructuralist accounts to an understanding of epistemology, power relations, and sexuality.

Phenomenology (PHP 4782) 3 credits
A careful and in-depth examination of 20th-century phenomenology. The course may include the reading of original texts, secondary sources, or both. Special emphasis is placed on the study of Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, and Beauvoir. Contemporary developments in phenomenology will also be examined.

Analytical Philosophy (PHP 4784)  3 credits
A critical examination of 20th-century analytical philosophy. Analysis of logical atomism, logical positivism and ordinary language analysis is provided. Emphasis is placed on original writings of Frege, Peirce, Moore, Russell, Carnap, Ryle, Ayer, Strawson and Quine.

Existentialism (PHP 4786) 3 credits
A careful and in-depth study of the 19th- and 20th-century existentialism. The course may include the reading of original texts, secondary sources, or both. Emphasis is placed on the varieties of existentialism represented by Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Camus, Fanon, and Beauvoir.

Philosophy Graduate Courses

The Phenomenon of the Black Public Intellectual (PHI 6127) 3 credits
Course focuses on several dominant themes constituting the Black intellectual tradition such as the nature and different styles of Black leadership, the role of Black creative intellectuals, the dialectics of race and gender regarding Black leadership, race and conservative Black intellectuals, scholarship and the politics of Black life.

Directed Independent Study (PHI 6905) 1-4 credits
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and chair
Readings and research on selected issues in philosophy, with a program of study selected in consultation with Departmental faculty.

Special Topics (PHI 6930) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in an M.A. or Ph.D. program
The intensive study of a special area, problem, or figure in philosophy. Topics will vary. The course itself may be repeated for credit, but specific topics may not be repeated.

Political Science

Undergraduate Courses/ link to graduate courses

Political Science Study Abroad (CPO 2952)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Comparative Politics (CPO 3003) 3 credits
Examination of the methods of comparative political analysis, exploration of institutions and processes in cross-national perspective, and study of selected countries and regions.

Religions and World Politics (CPO 3761) 3 credits
This course will discuss the rise of religious movements worldwide and the impact of religious conflicts on world politics.

Global Development and Inequality of Nations (CPO 4033) 3 credits
Cross-cultural examination of political and economic development in the Third World. Students examine comparatively the evolution of state-society relations, with attention to gender relations, market forces, and public action in promoting or inhibiting development.

Comparative European Politics (CPO 4042) 3 credits
Prerequisite or Corequisite: CPO 3003
The comparative study of political culture, institutions, political processes and change in major West European political systems and the European Union.

Political Violence and Revolutions (CPO 4057) 3 credits
This course gives students an understanding of the forms, causes and consequences of revolution, ethnic conflict, terrorism and other types of civil violence in the third world. The course begins with a brief overview of the patterns of civil conflict over the last several decades followed by the major theoretical schools that have emerged to explain the phenomenon of civil war. The course concludes by exploring how civil wars end and analyzing the post-civil war era to understand the factors that influence the prospects for a sustainable peace.

Politics of the European Union (CPO 4101) 3 credits
Prerequisite or Corequisite: CPO 3003
A comprehensive exploration of the politics of the European Union (EU), the main focus of this course is political institutions, issues, and processes of the EU, and how they have evolved since the end of the World War II. Students analyze treaties, policy-making and decision-making, enlargements, and institutions with particular attention to governance, legitimacy, and democracy.

African Politics (CPO 4204) 3 credits
This course explores the interaction of local and global factors that have influenced the politics of communities, nation-states and regional organizations in Africa. The course balances the study of continent-wide trends and case study analysis of specific countries on the continent. Students study the politics of the precolonial, colonial and postcolonial era. The course probes the nature of political authority and citizen-states' relations in African countries. The course also covers the international dimensions of politics on the continent, including questions of development and western interventions.

Latin American Politics (CPO 4303) 3 credits
The comparative study of politics in the Latin American region. Problems of democracy, military politics, and revolution and their relation to political development. May be used for credit in the Latin American certificate program.

Comparative Politics: Middle East (CPO 4403) 3 credits
The course will explain the complex political process in the Middle East. Students will explore the historical background and current developments of the major sociopolitical trends.

Religion and Politics in the Middle East (CPO 4409) 3 credits
What role does religion play in national identity formation, democratization or lack of it in the Middle East? Can religion serve as a source of conflict or can it be a positive force for political development? What explains different situations in Turkey, Iran, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, four key Muslim majority countries? Can Israel, as the only non-Muslim democracy in the region, serve as a role model for reconciling religion with democracy? What are the prospects for a religious reformation within Islam?

Comparative Islamist Movements (CPO 4424) 3 credits
Examines the rise of the Islamist movements in Muslim countries with divergent historical, social and economic trajectories. Covers the origins and the rise of Islamist movements in Turkey, Jordan, Pakistan and Indonesia.

Comparative Politics: Russia and Eastern Europe (CPO 4633) 3 credits
The comparative study of communist and post-communist regimes in countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union for advanced undergraduate students. Topics include the collapse of communism, the politics of transition and prospects for stability and democracy. Research project included.

The Comparative Politics of Ethnic Conflict (CPO 4724) 3 credits
The objective of the course is to study the development of ethnic conflict, separatism, and identity issues, and their impact on world politics.

Special Topics (CPO 4932) 3 credits
Selected topics in political science.

Political Science Study Abroad (CPO 4957)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Introduction to World Politics (INR 2002) 3 credits
Introduces language and forms of politics in a variety of social, economic and national contexts and provides the foundation for understanding the structure and dynamics of the international political system. This is a General Education course.

American Foreign Policy (INR 3102) 3 credits
An investigation of American foreign policy. The course is divided into three sections: 1) institutional framework; 2) post-WWII foreign policy; 3) post-cold war foreign policy.

International Law: Foundations and Institutions (INR 3403) 3 credits
Provides an in-depth review and analysis of the major jurisprudence and institutional features of modern international law and explores the relationship between the principal actors in world politics (nation-states, international organizations, substate actors) and prevailing international law. The manner by which international law is created, modified and applied is examined, along with the violation of international law and its consequences.

International Law of Peace and Diplomacy (INR 3413) 3 credits
Provides a general overview and detailed assessment of the laws that govern diplomatic relations among states and promote peace among nations. Students are introduced to the fields of human rights, diplomatic immunity, asylum, extradition, the law of the sea, air space law, outer space law, economic and environmental law.

International Law of Armed Conflict (INR 3433) 3 credits
Covers legal avenues for the avoidance of armed conflict, the laws that regulate the right to go to war and the laws that regulate soldiers in the field. Additionally, the history of efforts to hold individuals accountable for violating the laws of armed conflict is examined and analyzed.

International Organization (INR 3502) 3 credits
The course provides an overview of international organization in contemporary times with an emphasis on the United Nations system and its role in international affairs.

International Political Economy (INR 3702) 3 credits
Examination of the modern international political economy. The course addresses various theories that explain the relationship between politics and economics.

War and Peace (INR 4006) 3 credits
An examination of the causes of international behavior with special emphasis on conflict and cooperation.

Comparative Environmental Politics (INR 4054) 3 credits
This course provides an overview of the key concepts and philosophical underpinnings grounded in political ecology, debates and issues in environmental politics. It examines structures, agents and processes affecting environmental politics at the local, national and international levels. This course does so by analyzing multilateral governance approaches, which largely rely on the authority of nation-states, as well as alternative arrangements that increasingly are initiated and led by non-state actors such as NGOs, corporations, local governments and communities. Case studies are utilized throughout.

The Politics of Human Rights (INR 4075) 3 credits
This course provides an understanding of how and why human rights violations occur, and why attempts to protect human rights succeed or fail. The course introduces students to the historical foundations and practices of human rights.

The International System (INR 4081) 3 credits
An examination of trends and transformations in world politics including great-power politics, foreign policy decision-making, democratization, economic globalization, global inequalities, ethnonationalistic groups and terrorism, population dynamics, the ecology of world politics and sustainable development, international law, international organizations, international diplomacy, and the global predicament at the dawn of the new millennium.

U.S. Politics of War (INR 4114) 3 credits
This course acquaints students with the domestic, regional and international backgrounds against which the United States decides to pursue military power against other nations. It examines the reasons for going to war, public debates preceding and accompanying war, and the strategies and conduct of the U.S. military with the aim of provoking reflection on the U.S. politics of war. Cases studied vary by semester and instructor.

Global Environmental Politics and Policies (INR 4350) 3 credits
The study of global environmental politics includes a variety of issues, problems, politics and policies relevant to population growth, resource degradation and the impacts of human economic development. Examines the development of environmental governance, environmental justice movements and efforts to control consumption to enhance sustainability.

Advanced Diplomacy (INR 4503) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Provides students with essential skills, techniques and strategies to compete in national and international diplomatic competitions. FAU delegations are assigned countries; student delegates are assigned to committees with specific topics. After completing rigorous diplomatic training through simulations and compiling an extensive portfolio that includes country data and topic information, students travel to compete in either the National Model United Nations simulation in New York or the Midwest Model European Union in Indianapolis. Course may be repeated up to three times.

Special Topics (INR 4932) 3 credits
Selected topics in political theory.

University Honors Seminar in Political Science (POS 1930) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
A seminar in the University Honors Program on topics in political science.

Government of the United States (POS 2041) 3 credits
In this course, students will investigate how the national government is structured and how the
American constitutional republic operates. It covers the philosophical and historical foundations of American government, including but not limited to the Declaration of Independence, the United States constitution and all its amendments, and The Federalist Papers. The course examines the branches of government and the government’s laws, policies, and programs. It also examines the ways in which citizens participate in their government and ways their government responds to citizens. This is a General Education course that meets the state-mandated Civic Literacy requirement.

Introductory Topics in Political Science (POS 2934) 1-3 credits
In-depth analysis of current and emergent issues in government and politics. Topics vary from semester to semester.

Issues in American Politics (POS 3033) 3 credits
This course examines the critical issues facing the American political system and the ability of the system to resolve them.

Political Film and Fiction (POS 3258) 3 credits
An exploration of important political concepts, themes, and questions through the study of film and fiction.

Political Marketing (POS 3270) 3 credits
This course explores the approaches and techniques used by individuals and groups involved in American politics to win elections, "sell" policies and sway public opinion in their favor. Students learn the basic concepts of political marketing and understand how those concepts affect modern American politics in relation to candidates, campaigns and political parties. 

Exploring Political Science  (POS 3330) 3 credits
Prerequisite: For Political Science majors
This course is designed to familiarize political science students with political science research. It introduces students to the various subfields of political science. Approaches to scientific inquiry within the field, as well as the fundamentals necessary to conduct initial research in the discipline are also covered. This course is required of all political science majors and must be completed within two semesters of declaring political science as their major.

Law and American Society (POS 3691) 3 credits
An introductory course examining the cultural foundations of law in American society, including historical and contemporary uses of law, violence, and the conflict between individual freedom and government power.

RI: Research Methods in Political Science (POS 3703) 3 credits
Introduction to the scope and methodology of political analysis. Includes introductory examinations of research design, survey research, computer applications, data analysis, and library research. (Course should be completed by the end of second semester of junior year.) This is a research-intensive (RI) course.

Community Activism in Practice (POS 3950) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Barb Schmidt Fellowship and permission of department
Serves as the second semester of a two-semester sequence associated with the Barb Schmidt Fellowship: Cultivating Community Involvement, Advocacy and Social Change. Students explore the dynamics of creating, developing and sustaining social movements through peer-to-peer and faculty-led interactive workshops. Students work on specific projects throughout the semester. These projects are presented in a public forum at the end of the semester.

U.S. Immigration Policy (POS 4024) 3 credits
Prerequisite or Corequisite: POS 2041 with minimum grade of "C"
Examines issues related to immigration and American national identity, including immigration policy and politics.

Race and Ethnic Politics (POS 4070) 3 credits
Prerequisite or Corequisite: POS 2041
Understanding the role of race and ethnicity in American politics.

Public Opinion and American Politics (POS 4204) 3 credits
Prerequisite: POS 2041 with minimum grade of "C"
Political beliefs, values and attitudes of the American public; mass participation in public affairs; voting behavior; compliance and support for public policies. Linkages between the mass public and government in the United States.

Media in Politics (POS 4235) 3 credits
Prerequisite or Corequisite: POS 2041
An examination of the relationship between politics and the media and the effect of this relationship in limiting, creating, and shaping political power.

The Politics of Music (POS 4257) 3 credits
An examination of the political aspects of music from both a theoretical perspective and in practice. Topics studied may include the influence of music on civic ideals and citizen behavior, the use of music as a form of political control and the role of music in political resistance movements.

Advanced Campaigning (POS 4271) 3 credits
This course is an intensive program that teaches students how to run a political campaign. It covers campaign techniques, strategy and tactics with an emphasis on recent technological developments.

Campaigns/Elections (POS 4275) 3 credits
Prerequisite or Corequisite: POS 2041
This course focuses on how candidates for office conceive and implement their campaign strategies and what determines a campaign's success or failure.

Religion and American Politics (POS 4291) 3 credits
Prerequisite or Corequisite: POS 2041 with minimum grade of "C"
Examines the role of religion in American government and politics.

The U.S. Presidency (POS 4413) 3 credits
Prerequisite or Corequisite: POS 2041
Examination of historical and contemporary role of the presidency, including the presidential selection process and the office's evolution in status, powers, administrative responsibilities, leadership, and decision-making.

The U.S. Congress (POS 4424) 3 credits
Prerequisite or Corequisite: POS 2041
Study of Congress and the behavior of its members. Emphasis upon the recruitment and election of legislators, institutional and informal rules, the committee system, and legislative procedures.

Political Parties and Interest Groups (POS 4453) 3 credits
Prerequisite or Corequisite: POS 2041
The nature of political parties and interest groups and their impact on elections, public policy and political change.

Constitutional Law:  Government Powers and Limits  (POS 4603) 3 credits
Prerequisite or Corequisite: POS 2041
This course examines the constitutional structure of U.S. government. It describes the separation of powers (the legal foundations and modern powers of the legislature, executive, judiciary and bureaucracy) and federalism (the powers of the national and state governments).

Constitutional Law:  Civil Rights and Liberties  (POS 4604) 3 credits
Prerequisite or Corequisite: POS 2041
This course examines American Civil Liberties and civil rights. It focuses upon Bill of Rights freedoms and the 14th Amendment.

The U.S. Supreme Court (POS 4606) 3 credits
Examination of the Supreme Court and its role in the American political system. Students learn about the selection of Supreme Court justices and, in turn, the selection of cases that the Supreme Court chooses to hear, as well as analyze and evaluate political scientists' theories on Supreme Court behaviors.

The Judicial Process (POS 4609) 3 credits
Prerequisite or Corequisite: POS 2041
The examination of the structural and behavioral components of justice in America. Topics to be covered include the role of law in society, the history and structure of American courts, and the processes of civil and criminal litigation.

U.S. Environmental Law and Policy (POS 4697) 3 credits
Prerequisite or Corequisite: POS 2041
This course examines U.S. environmental politics, law and policy.

Directed Independent Study (POS 4905) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of department
Reading and research in a field of political science; a program to be approved in consultation with staff members.

Senior Research Project (POS 4910) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Completion of research project in the field of political science.

Special Topics (POS 4931) 1-3 credits
Selected topics in political science.

Internship (POS 4941) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: permission of department
Student will work in a government office, agency or legislative office under supervision of a professor in the Political Science Department. Written paper required.

Global Political Theory (POT 2000) 3 credits
An exploration of core questions in political theory from a global perspective. Examines texts from a variety of cultural traditions, using the methods of comparative political theory to study universal problems relating to justice, governance and political identity. This is a General Education course.

Ancient Political Thought (POT 4013) 3 credits
An examination of some of the central questions and concerns of ancient political thinkers, with an emphasis on the Greek experience. The course focuses on the methods that philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle used to study politics and on the enduring influence of their insights into the nature of justice, the best form of government and the duties of citizenship, among other subjects.

Modern Political Thought (POT 4054) 3 credits
An examination of some of the central questions and concerns of modern political thinkers, beginning with Machiavelli. The course emphasizes the rejection in modern political thought of the ancient concern with morality in politics, as well as the development of new, more scientific methods for studying fundamental political questions relating to human nature, the purpose of government and the proper scope of power.

American Political Thought (POT 4204) 3 credits
A review of major themes in American political thought from the colonial period to the present and the effects of political ideas on political institutions and behavior.

Special Topics (POT 4932) 3 credits
Selected topics in political theory.

Women and Politics (PUP 3323) 3 credits
This course focuses on the role of women in politics and the effects of women's political involvement. Also considered are historical and contemporary barriers to women's political participation.

Policy Making and Administration (PUP 4004) 3 credits
Prerequisite or Corequisite: POS 2041
Policy making activities of public administrators, and intergovernmental cooperation and conflict in development and implementation of policies in the United States.

Government and the Economy (PUP 4710) 3 credits
Analyzes the relationship between the political and economic systems in the United States: the impact of politics on economics and the impact of economics on politics.

Political Science Graduate Courses

Seminar in Comparative Political Processes (CPO 6007) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study
A study of political processes in modern states from a comparative perspective. Major literature in comparative method, systems analysis, political culture and personality, parties, elections, elites, and public policy will be covered.

Latin American Politics (CPO 6307) 3 credits
Designed to comprehensively explore and understand the politics of Latin America in the 20th and 21st centuries. The main topics addressed during the course are conquest, colonization and independence; debt and development; democratization and democracy; U.S.-Latin American relations; revolution and revolutionaries and the current political state of Latin America.

Jihadism and Transnational Islamism (CPO 6405) 3 credits
Examination of the evolution of political Islam as a set of ideas. Investigation of Islamist movements and different models of Isalmic states. Course also explores the phenomenon of transnational Islamism and international jihadism against the backdrop of East-West relations and sociopolitical conditions in the Muslim world.

Middle East Politics (CPO 6407) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study
This course will survey the main crises of the 20th century and will analyze current tensions. Special topics: Islam, Arab-Israeli peace, minorities, human rights, democratization.

Comparative Ethnic Conflict (CPO 6723) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study
The objective of this graduate seminar is to study the concept of ethnic conflict and its effects on world politics. The seminar will discuss theories of nationalism and a comprehensive number of case studies: Bosnia, Kosovo, Sudan, Lebanon, Nigeria, Chiappas, Arabs and Jews, the Kurds, etc.

Politics and Government of Post Communist States (CPO 6736)
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study
Introduces students to the political, economic and social transformation of the post-communist Central and Eastern Europe and ex-USSR. Factors contributing to the relative success and failure of these developments are examined and placed in the comparative perspective.

Seminar in International Relations Theory (INR 6607) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study
The purpose of this course is to survey the principal theoretical developments in international relations and develop an ability to deal critically with such developments.

Seminar in Administrative Policy Making (PAD 6035) 3 credits
Study of administrative discretion in the policy process with an emphasis on regulation and distribution.

Seminar in Policy Implementation (PAD 6365) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study
An examination of the political and bureaucratic setting in which public policies are implemented. There is an emphasis on political constraints on administrative agencies.

Seminar in American National Government (POS 6045) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study
A description and analyses of American governmental institutions, policy-making processes, and contemporary policies within the context of political participation and power.

Seminar in Political Behavior (POS 6208) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study
A study in recent theory and research on mass political attitudes, participation and voting behavior, and the influence of the latter on political processes with a major emphasis on the United States.

Seminar in the Legislative Process (POS 6427) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study
Study of legislative bodies: recruitment, composition, leadership, procedures, party and group roles, and theories of representation.

Seminar in Political Parties (POS 6447) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study
A study of the composition, organization, structure, and functions of political parties and their roles in the political process. It discusses the relationship of parties to pressure groups.

Seminar in the Judicial Process (POS 6607) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study
Examines and evaluates various elements of the American legal system, including the role of the law and courts in the political system, judicial behavior, and judicial policymaking.

Research Design in Political Science (POS 6736) 3 credits
Familiarizes students with the appropriate techniques and methods of research, inference and statistics in political science.

Quantitative Methods in Political Science (POS 6746) 3 credits
Corequisite: POS 6736
Examines and evaluates research methods and their application for political science students. Course aims to ensure that graduate students in political science are able to conduct a research project and interpret, implement and employ basic research tools and methods.

Readings in Political Science (POS 6904) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: permission of department
Selected readings in political science as preparation for taking the written comprehensive exam.

Directed Independent Study (POS 6909) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of department
Involves reading and research in a field of political science. It is a program to be selected and approved in consultation with staff members.

Graduate Research Project (POS 6919) 3 credits
Grading: S/U

Special Topics (POS 6934) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study
Graduate-level study of a selected area in political science. Topics will vary.

Graduate Internship (POS 6942) 3-6 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of department
Internship for graduate students in political science. Each student will work in a public sector agency or community college under supervision of a professor in the Political Science Department. Grading: S/U

Master's Thesis (POS 6971) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of department
Grading: S/U

Public Administration

Undergraduate Courses/ link to graduate courses

Multiagency Incident Command (FES 3803) 3 credits
Course examines the framework for multiagency coordination in the response to and mitigation of large-scale events, both man-made and natural. Focuses on command and control of law enforcement, fire and emergency service organizations in the response to large-scale incidents. Emphasis is placed on the vertical coordination among federal, state, and local resources.

Risk, Resilience and Rising Seas (R3) (PAD 2081) 3 credits
This course introduces students to how the rising seas may impact the risks that individuals and communities face. Emphasis is on societal responses to climate change (i.e., government-sponsored retreat, relocation) and on individual responses (i.e., changes in consumption habits, real estate decisions and community organization). The course emphasizes issues of social vulnerability, diversity, equity, environmental justice and societal resilience in Florida and other coastal communities This is a General Education course.

Changing Environment of Society, Business, and Government (PAD 2258) 3 credits
An examination of the historical, economic, legal, political and social environments of the public and private sectors, emphasizing policy analysis of current issues such as productivity, ethics, energy, regulation, growth management, and future forecasting. This is a General Education course.

Public Management and Administration (PAD 3003) 3 credits
This is the introductory course for the B.P.M. major offering a survey and discussion of the emerging management problems of the various levels of government, and of the application of management principles and practices in public administration.

Organizational Behavior and Administrative Communication (PAD 3104) 3 credits
Analysis of the elements that make up complex organizations and the factors that affect human behavior within them, with emphasis on the processes of interpersonal and group communication.

Communication Skills for Public Managers (PAD 3438) 3 credits
This course surveys the themes, skills, and issues in communication for public administration. Its purpose is to provide a broad, collaborative introduction to: 1) describing, explaining, interpreting, critiquing, and improving communication in pursuit of the public's business; 2) refining professional writing and speaking skills, including formatting, organizing, and composing internal and external public documents; and 3) exploring interesting issues about public speech, public documents, and communication in the public forum.

Information Technology in Public Administration (PAD 3712) 3 credits
Provides a basic introduction to public sector information technology and e-governance. Topics include: computer software and network basics, information infrastructures (their structures, characteristics, applications and policy aspects), implications for government functioning and interactions with the public.

Introduction to Public Safety Administration (PAD 3820) 3 credits
Provides a common foundation to students from various disciplines for understanding issues related to risk, safety and emergency management in the public sector. To understand these issues and themes, students explore the political system, the role of federalism and local government, bureaucratic politics and power, administrative law, ethics and the various theories of administration that guide public managers in the provision and administration of public safety.

Public Safety Systems (PAD 3893) 3 credits
Introduces students to the role of the various public safety systems in local, state and federal government. It covers the functions of public safety in law enforcement, corrections, the courts and juvenile justice.

Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector (PAD 4144) 3 credits
This is a multidisciplinary course examining the historical, political, legal, ethical and societal environments in which nonprofit organizations operate. This primarily includes institutions involved with education, social services, health care, and the arts. The course is intended for students who are seeking to enter the nonprofit field and those who have considerable experience working in nonprofits.

Introduction to Volunteer Management (PAD 4148) 3 credits
The course covers the history and purpose of volunteer usage in nonprofit organizations, how to recruit, retain and motivate volunteers, as well as application review, screening procedures, ethical issues and potential legal liabilities.

Managing Change in Nonprofit Organizations (PAD 4151) 3 credits
The course is designed to provide students with theoretical constructs that are useful for analyzing the behavior of nonprofit organizations, for setting strategic direction and problem solving and for implementing change. The course relies heavily on Gareth Morgan's metaphors as a means of explaining and understanding nonprofit organizations.

Funding for Nonprofit Organizations (PAD 4202) 3 credits
The course is designed to provide a broad-based understanding of the various vehicles used to fund nonprofit organizations. It also provides hands-on, practical instruction in researching funding sources and developing funding requests and grant applications.

Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations (PAD 4203) 3 credits
Course introduces students to the theory and practice of financial management within nonprofit organizations, including churches, charities, hospitals, and human service organizations. This course provides an introduction to management issues faced by leaders in nonprofit organizations.

Public Budgeting and Finance (PAD 4223) 3 credits
The theory and practice of various approaches to financial management in government including budgeting techniques. Special emphasis on the role of budgeting in shaping public policy.

Public Budgeting Techniques and Processes (PAD 4228) 3 credits
An exploration and analysis of the budgetary processes typically employed at the federal, state, and local levels of government. Practical as well as theoretical exposure to the techniques and various formats of public budgeting.

Program Evaluation in Public Management (PAD 4320) 3 credits
Explores the organizational, social, and political contexts of program evaluation to gain understanding of evaluation, program research design, and methodologies needed for systematic program evaluation.

Managing for Excellence in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors (PAD 4332) 3 credits
Surveys current management and leadership tools and processes used in both private and public organizations. Provides a conceptual understanding of strategies to improve public and nonprofit organizational performance such as measurement, strategic planning, employee motivation, and organizational development and change.

Disaster and Emergency Management (PAD 4393) 3 credits
Focuses on the emergency management and administrative framework to manage disasters, intergovernmental relations, incident command systems, organizational and operational planning, budgeting and disaster management, land-use planning and hazards, disaster recovery, legal issues, technological issues, the management of large-scale disasters, recent disaster legislation, policy issues and the implementation of emergency management policies.

Managing People in the Public Sector (PAD 4414) 3 credits
Focuses on how employees are managed in the public sector. Topics include: Employment law, job design and analysis, performance management, planning, staffing, training and development, compensation and incentive systems, merit and civil service, employee and labor relations and supervisory practices.

Public Sector Labor Relations (PAD 4426) 3 credits
An examination of the historical development of labor relations and collective bargaining in the public sector and the impact of public employees unions on public personnel administration.

Administrative Process and Ethics (PAD 4604) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Surveys the principles of administrative procedure, procedural due process, and regulatory procedures and considers administrative ethics in process.

Quantitative Inquiry for Public Managers (PAD 4702) 3 credits
Prerequisite: STA 2023
This course introduces students to basic statistical concepts and quantitative methods of inquiry in public management using relevant examples and applications. Successful students should be able to apply statistical concepts and techniques toward effective decision making and evaluation of a wide variety of information.

Research Methods for Public Management (PAD 4704) 3 credits
The course describes research practices used in the public sector by introducing methodologies, techniques, and decision tools. Areas of study include the research process, sampling procedures, research design, measurement, primary and secondary data, and the collection and analysis of data. In addition, computer applications and presentation of research reports (oral and written) are covered.

State and Local Government Administration (PAD 4806) 3 credits
A study of the structure, functions, policy processes, and administration of state and local governments.

Stand Your Ground (PAD 4814) 3 credits
Designed to present a current, comprehensive overview of Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law. The course will ask the question: “Do we need the Stand Your Ground Statute?"

Introduction to Public Sector Procurement (PAD 4852) 3 credits
This course examines the technical and fundamental procedures basic to public sector procurement, including the solicitation process, types of contracts, pricing policies and techniques, contracting by negotiation, contract administration, contract performance, government contract quality assurance, termination of government contracts, protest, disputes, appeals, and contract closeout.

Public Sector Contract Management (PAD 4854) 3 credits
This course is a study of government contract administration, including contract administration process and techniques.

Administrative Process and Ethics of Public Sector Procurement (PAD 4880) 3 credits
This course provides an overview of public procurement processes, paying particular attention to administrative procedures, law, and ethics.

Public Sector Project Management Techniques (PAD 4881) 3 credits
This course provides an overview of essential elements for each phase of the project life cycle, knowledge, tools, and techniques to manage a project from its initiation to final closeout.

Capstone in Public Safety Administration (PAD 4892) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Restricted to B.P.S.A. majors in their final two semesters who have taken four of the following five courses: PAD 3104, PAD 3820, PAD 3893, PAD 4894, PAD 4604
This capstone seminar is designed to integrate and synthesize the student’s entire course of study in the Bachelor of Public Safety program. Students demonstrate knowledge of theory and practice and general terminology of public safety administration.

Diversity and Social Vulnerability in Public Safety Administration (PAD 4894) 3 credits
Prerequisites: All lower-division coursework with grades of "C" or better
Focuses on issues related to social class, race, gender, diversity and multiculturalism in public safety administration. Understanding the social, cultural, historical, geographical and physiological factors that put people differentially at risk before, during and after disasters is important in effective management of public safety and to enhance community resilience.

Directed Independent Study (PAD 4905) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and Director of School prior to registration and prior completion of 12 public management credits
Independent study, research, or other project to extend and integrate the student's knowledge of issues and approaches in the field.

Directed Independent Research (PAD 4915) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Independent research to extend and integrate the student's knowledge of issues and approaches in the field.

Special Topics (PAD 4931) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Study relating to special problems in public administration.

Senior Seminar in Public Management (PAD 4935) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisites: Senior standing and Public Administration majors only
This elective course is writing centered and writing intensive, serving as an integrative senior seminar for undergraduate Public Administration majors.

Public Safety Administration Internship (PAD 4940) 3 credits
Prerequisites: Juniors/seniors in B.P.S.A. program, minimum 2.0 GPA, and permission of instructor
The internship experience provides a mutually beneficial relationship between the student and the internship provider/organization. FAU ensures that the internship is begun with a solid academic foundation for public-safety work, and in turn, the provider offers a worthwhile and meaningful internship experience. The internship is an Academic Service Learning-based course (ASL), which means the work the student does for the organization during the ASL internship is a service to the public sector, and it will allow the student to apply knowledge from the program to local, state and national issues. Throughout the internship, the student participates in ASL activities while demonstrating civic engagement. The student also reflects on their ASL experience and the impact the work had on the public-sector organization and their own professional and personal development.

Government Internship (PAD 4941) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Completion of 12 management credits
An elective course offering public sector working-world experience that allows the acquisition of career-relevant expertise and networks.

Nonprofit Internship (PAD 4942) 3 credits
Offers nonprofit working-world experience that allows the acquisition of career-relevant expertise and networks.

Public Administration Graduate Courses

Seminar in Administrative Policy Making (PAD 6035) 3 credits
Study of administrative discretion in the policy process with an emphasis on regulation and distribution.

Public Administration and Public Policy (PAD 6036) 3 credits
A critical examination of the role of public administrators in setting the public agenda, formation of action strategies, execution of preferred action strategy, and evaluation of the impacts of the preferred strategy. M.P.A. core course.

Democratic Values and Public Administration (PAD 6042) 3 credits
An inquiry into the administrative state and its implications for democracy.

Introduction to Public Service and Administration (PAD 6053) 3 credits
An analysis of the contemporary political, economic, and social institutions and processes in which the profession of public administration is practiced. M.P.A. core course.

Public Leadership  (PAD 6063) 3 credits
Covers fundamental managerial and leadership aspects of public service. Explores personal, ethical, organizational, political, and legal dimensions of governance in the public interest. M.P.A. core course.

Images of Public Administration in Literature, Popular Culture, and Film (PAD 6065) 3 credits
Introduction to theory in public administration through the use of film, popular culture images, literature, and other media.

Organization and Administrative Behavior (PAD 6106) 3 credits
Analysis of the formal, informal, and societal characteristics of complex human organizations. Use is made of standard theories of organizations as well as of their more contemporary variations. M.P.A. core course.

Public Service  Capstone (PAD 6139) 3 credits
Combines administrative history with analysis of concrete situations in public administration. Portrays clash of forces, personalities, and issues in attempting solution to administrative problems. Typically taken in last or next-to-last semester. M.P.A. core course.

Introduction to Nonprofit Management (PAD 6142) 3 credits
The role of the nonprofit sector in a democracy and market economy; examination of historical, political, legal, ethical, and social environments in which nonprofit organizations operate; analysis of both theoretical and practical issues and problems faced by managers of nonprofit organizations.

Public Policy and Nonprofit Organizations (PAD 6143) 3 credits
Prerequisite: PAD 6142 or permission of instructor
This course seeks to acquaint students with the theoretical and practical issues confronting nonprofit organizations. The course systematically examines the ways in which the public policy process both supports and regulates the activities of nonprofits and the ways in which nonprofits seek to affect public policy governing their behavior. This is an Academic Service Learning (ASL) course.

Volunteer Management in Nonprofit Organizations (PAD 6145) 3 credits
Prerequisite: PAD 6142
This course reviews volunteer management as an essential element in the nonprofit field. It covers the history and purpose of volunteer usage in nonprofit organizations and how to recruit, retain and motivate volunteers, as well as ethical issues and potential legal liabilities.

Governance in Nonprofit Organizations (PAD 6149) 3 credits
Prerequisite: PAD 6142 or permission of instructor
Nonprofits are controlled by boards of directors. This course discusses the legal foundations for boards, their conventional roles and responsibilities, and the strategic planning processes to strengthen board leadership. This is an Academic Service Learning (ASL) course.

Organizational Change and Public Management (PAD 6154) 3 credits
Seminar focuses on several levels of change, their sources or causes, consequences, and implications for public management.

Legal and Ethical Issues in Nonprofit Organizations (PAD 6165) 3 credits
Course is designed to examine in detail the legal issues confronting nonprofit corporations. Emphasis is on a review of the laws pertaining to nonprofits, focusing on structure, management, behavior, and accountability.

Human Resource Management for Nonprofits (PAD 6166) 3 credits
The course examines both theoretical and practical issues and problems faced by managers of nonprofit human resource managers. It provides an overview of the strategies, approaches and practices that best address the complex legal and management challenges common in a nonprofit environment. Theories of staff and volunteer recruitment, retention, motivation, performance evaluation, team building, compliance, risk management, compensation, equity and workplace-learning are explored. The course is designed to provide for maximum interaction between the students and instructor.

Management in Nonprofit Organizations (PAD 6168) 3 credits
Course covers managing change in individual lives and in nonprofit organizations. This course deepens students' understanding of the challenges, techniques and problems associated with implementing major change in nonprofit organizations.

Public Finance and Policy Analysis (PAD 6205) 3 credits
This course uses the theoretical and empirical tools of public finance to analyze public policy. The course is designed to show the strengths and weaknesses of government in the financing and operation of programs in major public policy areas.

Fundraising for Nonprofits (PAD 6206) 3 credits
Examines the history, principles and practical applications and aspects of financial resource development and the ethical responsibilities among individuals, corporations, government funders and public donors that are involved. Exploration of types of nonprofits, revenue streams, constituency composition and generational giving.

Seminar in Public Financial Administration (PAD 6207) 3 credits
Examination of the budgetary process. Analysis and application of theories and techniques of public financial administration, including budgetary approaches, cash management, debt management, risk management, procurement, and tax administration.

Public Budgeting and Finance (PAD 6227) 3 credits
Examines the theory and practice of public budgeting and finance as it relates to the administrative processes of control, management and planning. Special emphasis is placed on policy development and decision making relating to fiscal decisions that help shape the policy direction of public organizations. M.P.A. core course.

Grantwriting and Project Management (PAD 6233) 3 credits
This course provides an opportunity to explore various approaches to grantwriting and resource development in public and nonprofit organizations as well as evolving trends, such as sustainable practices, dissemination strategies, data management and analysis.

Financial Management for Nonprofit Managers (PAD 6260) 3 credits
This course covers accounting standards and principles for state and local governments and nonprofit organizations, including fund structure and accounting process. This is an Academic Service Learning (ASL) course.

Program Review and Analysis (PAD 6327) 3 credits
Prerequisite: PAD 6701
Analysis of systematic methods for evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of public programs; means for determining the extent to which program administration promotes achievement of program objectives.

Strategic Planning in the Public Sector (PAD 6333) 3 credits
Study of strategic planning and how to apply that knowledge to real world organizations.

Seminar in Policy Implementation (PAD 6365) 3 credits
This course examines the political and bureaucratic setting in which public policies are implemented and the political problems in implementation. Emphasis on political constraints of administrative agencies.

Public Policy Process (PAD 6385) 3 credits
Prerequisite: PAD 6036
This course covers the public policy process, including policy formation and adoption, policy implementation, and evaluation. The course aims to add to the student's knowledge and understanding of policy theory, substantive policy areas, and the role of administrators in the policy process.

Human Resource Management in the Public Sector (PAD 6417) 3 credits
Review of development of public personnel policies and programs with emphasis on changes resulting from new approaches and employee organization. Studies personnel responsibilities of all public managers and employees. M.P.A. core course.

Labor Relations in Government (PAD 6427) 3 credits
Studies the growth of employee organization in the public sector, with particular emphasis on the state and local level. Reviews special problems facing government administration and the effects of employee organization in government administration.

Ethical and Legal Foundations in the Public Sector  (PAD 6436) 3 credits
Ethical considerations for professional public administrators operating in the ethos of a republic; situational analysis of conflicts with elected legislative, executive, and judicial officials; professional policy and career goals; and issues of democracy, bureaucracy, and morality in public service. M.P.A. core course.

Administrative Law and Procedures (PAD 6605) 3 credits
A survey and analysis of the law concerning the rule-making and adjudicatory powers and procedures of administrative agencies and the effect such rules have on the delivery of services by federal, state, and local government.

Regulation (PAD 6612) 3 credits
The course analyzes how and why bureaucracies develop regulations and the role that regulations play in the policy process with a focus on the economic, political, administrative, and social factors that influence regulatory choices and the impacts of those regulations.

Statistical Analysis for Effective Decision Making  (PAD 6701) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Undergraduate statistics or permission of instructor
A study of the statistical methods, techniques, and procedures used in the analysis of public sector data, with emphasis on computer analysis. M.P.A. core course.

Survey Research in the Public Sector (PAD 6727) 3 credits
Within the public and nonprofit sectors, survey research skills have become essential due to the necessity of gathering primary data. Course focus here is on students learning a set of skills to assist them in completing survey research in their professional fields.

Local Government Administration (PAD 6807) 3 credits
Analysis of the performance of urban agencies, alternative strategies for improving service delivery and management, and strategies for effective change in the public sector.

Intergovernmental Administration (PAD 6826) 3 credits
Studies both theoretical and practical aspects of administration of federalism, including distribution and use of shared revenue funds. Review practices as well as principles pursued in both competitive and cooperative interjurisdictional patterns.

Public Procurement Concepts and Practices (PAD 6855) 3 credits
This course provides an overview of public procurement as a basic functional area of government. Specific focus on the scope of public procurement, including organizational structure, regulations, process and methods, and current issues in public procurement.

Public Procurement and Project Management (PAD 6856) 3 credits
Course covers each phase of the public procurement project cycle, with an emphasis on tools and techniques to manage a public procurement project.

Public Sector Procurement Law and Ethics (PAD 6857) 3 credits
Course surveys the ethics and law pertaining to federal government procurement, including analysis of the unique features of government contracting.

Public Sector Contract Formulation (PAD 6858) 3 credits
Course covers all phases of the contract formulation process with a focus on the RFP and RFB procedure, documents, and other technical issues.

Public Sector Contract Administration (PAD 6859) 3 credits
Course provides an in-depth study of contract administration with a focus on all activities in the postaward phase of the contract process.

Directed Independent Study (PAD 6907) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Reading and research in a field of public administration; a course to be selected with the consultation of and approved by the M.P.A. Coordinator.

Special Topics (PAD 6931) 3 credits
Study relating to special issues in Public Administration.

Government Internship (PAD 6941) 3 credits
A diversified work experience in management or staff positions in federal, state, or local government or in a nonprofit organization providing public service.

Internship-Nonprofit Organizations (PAD 6943) 3 credits
Students without prior work experience in nonprofit organizations must complete an internship. The University will place the student in a nonprofit organization for 15 weeks.

Scope and Theory of Public Administration (PAD 7050) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
A doctoral seminar focusing on the theories, concepts and models of public administration. The course content includes an assessment of historical, normative and descriptive approaches to public administration.

Seminar in Organization Theory (PAD 7107) 3 credits
Prerequisite: PAD 6106 or equivalent
Review and critique of both classical and contemporary organization theory literature in public administration; exploration of specific topics related to organization effectiveness and individual behavior. Ph.D. core course.

Norms of Inquiry in Public Administration and Public Policy (PAD 7138) 3 credits
Logic of knowledge—its behavioral, explanatory, critical, and interpretive modes. Multiple paradigms of knowledge building and inquiry to assess their relevance to knowledge building in public affairs and governance.

Organizational Behavior and Development (PAD 7155) 3 credits
Prerequisite: PAD 7107 or permission of instructor
A study of the individual behavior in the organization at the micro and macro levels and of the strategies and methods intended to change the attitudes, values, and structures or organizations so that they can better adapt to new technology, markets, and challenges.

Advanced Public Budgeting and Fiscal Management Techniques (PAD 7229) 3 credits
Prerequisite: PAD 6207 and PAD 6227 or equivalent
The literature of public budgeting, contributions from political science, economics, accounting, public administration, and other relevant literature. Literature and standards of the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) and their contribution to public budgeting and public finance, models and theories of public budgeting, and empirical research are covered.

Public Expenditure Analysis (PAD 7240) 3 credits
Prerequisite: PAD 6227 or equivalent
Review of fiscal policy theories, issues of taxation, expenditure, national debt, international public finance, and development finance are explored in the framework of economic growth/stabilization, distribution, and equity. Ph.D. core course.

Advanced Quantitative Analysis (PAD 7703) 3 credits
Prerequisite: PAF 7800 or equivalent
Focuses on a number of advanced statistical, modeling, and operations research methods and their application in the field of public administration. Particular attention will be given to applications in the area of public budgeting, personnel administration, and public policy analysis. Ph.D. core course.

Advanced Research Seminar in Public Affairs (PAD 7707) 3 credits
Prerequisite: PAD 7703
Analysis of public administration research methods, materials and techniques. Course provides graduate students with guidance in the preparation of data analysis strategies and alternative designs for research questions and dissertation projects. This course also emphasizes both quantitative and qualitative approaches to problem solving. Ph.D. core course.

Directed Independent Study (PAD 7907) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor, approval of the Ph.D. Coordinator
Reading and research in a selected field of Public Administration at the doctoral level.

Advanced Research and Study (PAD 7910) 3-9 credits
Concentration course for students sitting for examinations, or preparing a dissertation proposal.

Special Topics (PAD 7931) 3 credits
Study relating to special problems in Public Administration at the doctoral level.

Advanced Public Policy (PAD 7932) 3 credits
This course is a doctoral seminar in public policy theory and practice. The focus of the seminar is on trends in policy inquiry, policy analysis and evaluation, and policy formation and implementation.

Practicum in Public Administration (PAD 7943) 1-3 credits
Covers role and responsibilities of the public administration teacher and scholar at the university level. Grading: S/U

Dissertation (PAD 7980) 1-15 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to candidacy and approval of the Ph.D. Coordinator

Quantitative Methods in Public Affairs Research (PAF 7800) 3 credits
Acquaints students with the fundamental concepts necessary for advanced statistical analysis of public affairs research. Emphasizes characteristics of distributions and random variables, diagnostic techniques, the tests of assumptions of each analysis and the consequences of violating them. Special attention is given to data analysis, decision-making and report writing in the public sector.

Qualitative Methods in Public Affairs Research (PAF 7820) 3 credits
A seminar designed to acquaint students with the application of qualitative research protocols in public affairs research. Various research technologies are presented and critiqued, with particular emphasis on their applicability to public affairs research. Ph.D. core course.

Sociology

Undergraduate Courses/ link to graduate courses

Sociological Theory (SYA 3010) 3 credits
Prerequisite: SYD 3792 or SYG 1000
This course provides an introduction and overview of some of the major theoretical traditions in sociology. Students learn about the development of sociology as a discipline, as well as how to use different sociological theories to make sense of social structures, social action and social change in the contemporary world.

Contemporary Social Theory (SYA 3120) 3 credits
Prerequisite: SYG 1000 or SYD 3792
This course introduces students to the major contemporary theoretical traditions in sociology, ranging from symbolic interactionism to postmodernism. Students learn about the continued development of sociology after the classical period, as well as how to use different sociological theories to make sense of contemporary social life and current events.

Social Conflict (SYA 3150) 3 credits
An analysis of conflict and conflict resolution and their sources in human society.

Sociological Analysis: A Survey of Methods (SYA 3300) 3 credits
Prerequisite:  SYD 3792 or SYG 1000
This course introduces students to social science research methods used to study and understand human societies. Students learn the fundamentals of research design, measurement, sampling, data collection, data analysis and presentation using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Students in this course gain hands-on research experience by designing, executing and presenting a pilot research project based on human subjects. 

Special Topics (SYA 3930) 3 credits
This course features an in-depth analysis of a current issue in society. Topics vary from semester to semester.

Qualitative Research Methods (SYA 4310) 3 credits
Prerequisites: SYA 3010 and SYA 3300
This course focuses on qualitative and/or comparative-historical methods of social research. Specifically this course addresses issues involved in designing and conducting field and comparative-historical research, and explores techniques, including interviewing, participant observation, and archival research.

Sociological Analysis: Quantitative Methods (SYA 4400) 3 credits
Prerequisites: SYA 3010 and SYA 3300
Design and execution of original research on social class, race, ethnicity, gender, and other issues central to contemporary sociology. Students explore various quantitative techniques using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and national survey and census data.

Directed Independent Study (SYA 4905) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of department

Special Topics (SYA 4930) 1-3 credits
Prerequisites: SYA 3010 and SYA 3300
An in-depth analysis of current social problems. Topics vary from semester to semester.

Environmental Sociology (SYD 3510) 3 credits
This course exposes students to the sociological study of the relationship between society and the environment. Students gain an understanding of how global economic and political forces shape environmental change, how the environment is socially constructed, the connections between environment and social inequalities, and the emergence and effects of environmental movements. 

Cities and Society (SYD 3602) 3 credits
This course explores core questions of urban sociology including, what makes a place “urban,” how urban space affects social relations among individuals, groups and institutions, and how social forces shape cities. It examines various cities and urban experiences, surveys major theories in urban sociology and provides tools for analyzing local urban spaces and for linking them to broader national and global forces. 

Race and Ethnic Relations (SYD 3700) 3 credits
This course surveys sociological perspectives of intergroup relations. It examines the evolution of race, the construction of racial and ethnic distinctions and the roles and experiences of racial and ethnic groups in the United States from a historical perspective.

Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality (SYD 3792) 3 credits
This course examines the roles played by race, class, gender and sexuality in identity and group formation as well as societal differentiation. It shows how inequalities along those lines shape and are shaped by social institutions including the media, education, the economy and family. 

Gender and Society (SYD 3800) 3 credits
Prerequisites:  Nine credits of coursework in Sociology at the 1000, 2000 and/or 3000 levels
This course surveys the subfield of the sociology of gender. It examines competing theoretical explanations of gender from a sociological perspective. Topics include gender difference, socialization, stratification and gendered social institutions such as families, work and the media. 

Sociology of the Body (SYD 3804) 3 credits
This course examines social and cultural factors and processes connected to prejudice, discrimination, oppression, social stratification and social/cultural change in connection to bodies. An overview of the connection between the body and personal identity is presented with an emphasis on stigma management and how identity is enacted through body projects.

Sociology of Housing (SYD 4606) 3 credits
Prerequisites: SYA 3010 and SYA 3300 and SYD 3792 or SYG 1000
This course explores the causes and consequences of affordable housing crises in the United States. Students learn about the relationship between housing and social inequalities, how government policies shape housing access and affordability, and the research methods sociologists employ to study housing conditions and outcomes. These themes are explored through historical and contemporary case studies, such as foreclosure and homelessness during the Great Depression, redlining and urban renewal in the post-WWII era, the 2008 Subprime Mortgage Crisis and widespread affordability crises following the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Race in Global Context (SYD 4702) 3 credits
Prerequisites: SYA 3010 and SYA 3300, or permission of instructor
This course presents an examination of race and ethnic relations from a contemporary global perspective. Three broad questions are explored: What does “race” mean? How do global processes and local contexts produce the meaning of race? In what ways has globalization changed the use of race classifications? This is a research-oriented course that requires students to complete an original research project on race/ethnicity and give a presentation of their work to the class.

Gender, Power and Relationships (SYD 4814) 3 credits
Prerequisites:  Nine credits of coursework in Sociology at the 1000, 2000 and/or 3000 levels
Analysis of the relationship between gender norms in American society and patterns of interaction in everyday settings and intimate relationships. Particular focus on hierarchical interpersonal dynamics.

Sociological Perspectives (SYG 1000) 3 credits
In this course, students will gain an understanding of the basic sociological concepts and vocabulary, including the methodological tools, sociological perspectives and scientific procedures used by social scientists to collect data and conduct research. Topics generally include: society and culture, institutions, socialization, influences, crime, change, groups, sex, race and ethnicity, family, class, and population. This is a General Education course. 

University Honors Seminar in Sociology (SYG 1930) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
A seminar in the University Honors Program on topics in sociology.

Social Problems (SYG 2010) 3 credits
This course focuses on the development, analysis and treatment of social problems: crime, poverty, prejudice and discrimination, pollution and environmental despoliation, and drug abuse and mental illness. Emphasizes factors in U.S. society that cause social problems. This is a General Education course. 

Sociology Study Abroad (SYG 2952) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Career Paths in Sociology (SYG 3090) 3 credits
Prerequisite: For Sociology major or minor
In this course, students are exposed to various marketable skills that will assist them in preparing for a career after graduation or for graduate school through “real-world” exposure using micro internships and supervised experience related to various career interests in Sociology. Like in any major, Sociology majors end up working in many different jobs. This course provides the most common career paths for Sociology majors. A portion of the course will be spent investigating what one can do with a Sociology degree. An introduction of possible levels of employment in the private or public sectors will be reviewed. Ultimately, this course begins to assist students in developing a plan for professional employment. 

Sociology of Food (SYG 3244) 3 credits
This course examines the relationship between our individual food choices and the larger social, cultural, economic and political forces that shape the global food system. 

Directed Independent Research in Sociology (SYG 4915) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Students work with research mentors to conduct research and inquiry in sociology. Requirements for the course and the criteria for evaluation are agreed upon by the mentor and student.

Sociology Internship (SYG 4941) 3 credits
Prerequisites: SYA 3010, SYA 3300, SYG 3090
This internship opportunity allows sociology majors to gain community experience by working with a local organization or agency in the tri-county region. Students gain firsthand experience and practical knowledge and will be able to apply their studies to real world situations. This internship may serve multiple purposes, including community-centered learning, networking, skills and interest development, and assistance in determining future careers or career opportunities.

Sociology Study Abroad (SYG 4957) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Honors Thesis in Sociology (SYG 4972) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Good standing in Sociology Honors Program
The senior thesis is an independent study that leads to an original piece of research. The thesis should develop a theoretical argument, situate the research in contemporary sociological literature and provide empirical findings. Students work closely with two qualified faculty members to develop the project. Students must present their findings at a Sociology Department workshop. The senior thesis is available only to students accepted into the Sociology Honors Program.

Family and Society (SYO 3100 ) 3 credits
This course examines the family as a socially constructed institution with deep importance for the structuring of society. Students explore how family forms and activities are shaped by broader social, cultural, political and economic forces. Focusing on marriage and family over the life course, course topics include dating and love, the formation of partnerships and marriages, parenting choices, divorce and remarriage, work-family balance and intergenerational relationships. 

Sociology of Religion (SYO 3200) 3 credits
For millennia, religion has remained a powerful force of social cohesion, meaning, order and disruption in society. This course examines how religious ideas and practices shape politics, social norms and social institutions, including schools and families. The course uses sociological tools to examine changing forms of American religious identity, analyze the difference between religious beliefs and religious practices, and show how religion is embedded in some of the most heated current debates in society. 

Sociology of Education (SYO 3250) 3 credits
This course examines our education system from a sociological perspective, with an emphasis on the causes and consequences of educational inequality. It explores the relationship between social characteristics such as residential location and socio-economic status and quality, content of schooling received, how long students stay in school and their later trajectories in adulthood. 

Economy and Society (SYO 3353) 3 credits
This course introduces students to the sociological study of the economy. It emphasizes the social, political and cultural dimensions of markets and economic actions. Specifically, it examines how markets and economic actions are socially constructed and how they are shaped by different historical and cultural contexts. 

Gender and Work  (SYO 3370) 3 credits
This course examines how gender structures the division of labor, including labor markets and domestic labor. Students explore how gender shapes paid and unpaid work as well as how that work produces gender and related inequalities at the individual and social levels. 

Sociology of Work (SYO 3372) 3 credits
This course provides students with an introduction to the sociology of work. Topics include the role that workplaces and labor markets play in creating and reproducing social inequality; the social dynamics of labor unions, labor movements and class conflict in the workplace; the relationship between work and self-identity; how individuals select and are sorted into jobs; how recent changes in the workplace have impacted families, relationships and the process of becoming an adult; and how the cultural meaning and significance of work has changed over time. 

Labor and Globalization (SYO 3377) 3 credits
Exposes undergraduate students to the substantive debates in the sociological literature on globalization and the fate of labor movements, drawing from a world-historical approach that helps elucidate global as well as local patterns of labor movement activity.

Sociology of Health, Medicine and Illness (SYO 3400) 3 credits
This course introduces students to the sociological perspective on the social determinants of health and illness. Students study how social factors like race, gender, and class shape individual health outcomes, and how patients and medical providers experience the healthcare system. This course examines the economic structures that distinguish American healthcare from other countries’ healthcare systems. 

Sociology of Mental Health (SYO 3410) 3 credits
This course introduces students to the scientific study of mental health from an interdisciplinary perspective with an emphasis on the social, cultural and political meanings of mental health. Students examine contemporary and historical issues in the field of mental health including how to define and treat mental disorders, mental health stigma, the pharmaceutical industry, access to mental health services, social inequalities in mental health and stress. 

Animals and Society (SYO 3448) 3 credits
This course introduces students to the sociological study of the complex and changing relationship between animals and society. Topics include the human use of animals in science, entertainment and food; the role of animals in assisting humans; the experiences of humans who work with animals; the social dynamics of pet ownership; and the development and effects of the Animal Rights Movement. 

Class, Status, and Power (SYO 3530 ) 3 credits
A comparative analysis of the causes and consequences of social inequality. Concentration on the individual and societal effects of differential access to power and privilege in plural societies.

Poverty and Society (SYO 3534) 3 credits
This course introduces students to the sociological study of poverty from a historical and global perspective, with a focus on structural sources of poverty. It explores how changes in the economy, public policies and social norms and practices affect the incidence and experience of poverty. Students also examine the link between globalization and poverty in the United States and beyond. 

RI: Poverty and Society (SYO 3534) 3 credits
This course introduces students to the sociological study of poverty. Students learn how social structural factors determine the extent of poverty in a society, the variation in the character of poverty across space and time, and the uneven extent to which specific social groups experience poverty (e.g., women, children, racial and ethnic minorities). This is a research-intensive (RI) course that requires students to complete an original research project on poverty and give a formal presentation of their work to the class.

Organizational Sociology (SYO 3570) 3 credits
Prerequisites:  Nine credits of coursework in Sociology at the 1000, 2000 and/or 3000 levels
Course explores one of the key social forms structuring modern life: the organization. Examining the origins, persistence and death of organizations, this course provides an overview of sociological approaches to understanding how social life shapes the forms organizations take and how organizations’ actions impact social life. Topics covered include bureaucracy, inequality, social change and economic development. 

Global Society International Sociology (SYP 2450) 3 credits
This introductory course explores social, political, and economic dimensions of issues such as the international market, worldwide spread of infectious diseases, and environmental change and development. The course evaluates how sociology transcends national boundaries and affects daily lives and human behaviors. This is a General Education course. 
This course takes sociology beyond national boundaries and explores social, cultural, political and economic dimensions of globalization. Students examine how class, race and gender operate on a global scale and evaluate how global processes affect their daily lives. Topics explored include the social implications of a changing global economy, the global spread of infectious diseases, global poverty, climate change, global migration and development. This is a General Education course. 
(Changes effective spring 2025.)

Sociology of Emotions (SYP 3011) 3 credits
This course provides an overview of the subfield of sociology of emotions with a focus on the social construction of emotion. Students explore different sociological explanations for emotions and how they contrast with non-sociological theories of emotion as psychological or biological. Topics covered include emotion work, emotion management, feeling rules, emotions and inequality, and emotions at home, at work and in popular culture. 

Sociology of Happiness (SYP 3014) 3 credits
Addresses classical and contemporary sociologists' views of what happiness is, what promotes it and what limits it. Also considered are current national and cross-national social movements aiming to increase happiness.

Human Sexuality and Social Change (SYP 3060) 3 credits
This course provides a sociological perspective on human sexuality, examining how sexual attitudes, identities and behaviors are shaped by broader cultural, social and historical contexts. Special attention is given to the causes and consequences of society’s beliefs about and organization of human sexuality as well as how those beliefs and structures have changed over time. 

Self and Society (SYP 3110) 3 credits
This course provides an overview of sociological social psychology with a focus on the social construction of emotions, the self, and social interaction. In this course, students examine the social dimensions of the self and emotions including how they are socially learned, regulated and distributed in the population. 

Sociology of Everyday Life (SYP 3112) 3 credits
This course explores how everyday interactions produce social life as well as individual identities and selves; it also examines how everyday social life is shaped by broader societal patterns. Special attention is upon microsociological theories of categorical identities including race, gender and class.

Social Movements (SYP 3304) 3 credits
This course explores how forms of social protest may create social change. Through careful analysis of major social movements such as civil rights, labor, feminist/women's, ecological/environmental movements, and others, the course explores why and how social movements emerge, decline, and change social institutions and relationships.

Social Change (SYP 3400 ) 3 credits
This course exposes students to classical and contemporary sociological theories and their implication for social change. By engaging with topics such as modernization, social movements, revolutions and post-industrial society, students learn how to identify historical and contemporary mechanisms of social change, evaluate theories of social change and use these to analyze current social trends. 

Sociology of Consumption (SYP 3420) 3 credits
This course introduces students to the sociological study of life in consumer society from the perspective of both labor and leisure. Students examine the making and consumption of diverse products and services, including clothes, toys, food and dining, music, tourism and weddings, as well as issues related to spectator sports, celebrities and influencer cultures. 

Globalization and Cities (SYP 3451) 3 credits
Course focuses on understanding the relationship of the city and urban phenomena to global economic processes. Students are introduced to several traditional sociological theories of urban development. Course also considers gender and race dynamics in urban and global contexts.

Globalization and Social Movements (SYP 3454) 3 credits
This course explores the relationship between social movements and globalization and focuses on social movements in different national and historical contexts.

Adolescence and Delinquency (SYP 3530) 3 credits
An analysis of sociological issues in defining delinquency in changing society; the nature of adolescence; current theories of delinquent behavior; modes of social control applied to juvenile delinquency.

Drugs and Society (SYP 3550) 3 credits
This course explores issues of drug consumption, production and marketing from a sociological perspective. Students examine how drugs and drug use are socially defined, as well as how social contexts shape patterns of drug use. Students also learn about how legal drug use is shaped by the pharmaceutical industry, including the influence of companies on doctors, what drugs are sold in the market and how drugs are regulated by government agencies. 

Social Control and Deviance (SYP 3570) 3 credits
This course examines sociological theories of deviance (non-conformity to social norms) and social control, emphasizing types and causes of deviant behavior and the means of enforcing conformity.

Sociology of Popular Culture (SYP 3630) 3 credits
This course examines different forms of popular culture, including art, music, literature, fashion and mass media from a sociological perspective. It also explores various meanings of popular culture and its complex relations with folk culture, elite culture, subcultures, countercultures, mass media and social media. 

The Sociology of Sport (SYP 3650 ) 3 credits
This course is an introduction to the sociology of sports. It emphasizes the history and nature of sports, as well as the role that sports play in society, as well as interrelations between sports and other social institutions, including government, markets, the family, religion, education and the media. 

Sociology of Youth (SYP 3714) 3 credits
This course examines how young people's lives are shaped by social forces and how the youth, in turn, help to construct their social contexts. Topics include the social construction of childhood and youth as parts of the life course, the roles of media, schooling, family and peers in shaping youth identities, and the impact of the youth on their societies through music, subcultures and student movements. 

Sociology of Aging and Dying (SYP 3740) 3 credits
This course examines how aging and dying are defined, experienced and managed in contemporary society. Moving beyond purely biological understandings of aging and dying, this course explores how cultural values and norms, social psychological processes, demographic trends and social institutions shape these stages of the life course. 

Youth Subcultures (SYP 3774) 3 credits
This course examines young people who use music, fashion, slang and unique lifestyles to differentiate themselves from mainstream society. Drawing from case studies of b-boys, punks, skinheads, satanists, incels, ravers and other historical and contemporary subcultures, the course examines the causes and consequences of youth deviance; how youth employ deviance to express unmet needs, construct new identities and critique deficiencies they perceive in mainstream society; and why authority figures sometimes employ social control to suppress youth subcultures. 

Constructing Sexuality (SYP 4063) 3 credits
Prerequisites: SYA 3010 and SYA 3300
This course explores how social, cultural and political forces shape human sexuality. Specifically, it examines how sexual identity, behavior and desire are shaped by larger social and historical forces. Students explore the social construction of sexuality, how sexuality is perceived, defined and experienced in society. 

Technology and Society (SYP 4421) 3 credits
Psychological, sociological and economic aspects of technological developments on social life, with a primary emphasis on the impact of computing.

Globalization and Inequality (SYP 4453) 3 credits
Prerequisites:  SYA 3010 and SYA 3300
This course examines how markets, politics, technology and culture shape both global social inequalities and efforts to reduce them. Students learn different approaches to the study of globalization and apply them to analyze connections between local social issues and broader global forces. 

Sociology of Climate and Disaster (SYP 4464) 3 credits
Prerequisites:  SYA 3010 and SYA 3300
This course provides a critical examination of climate change and natural and technological disasters by exploring the social causes, impacts, perceptions and/or consequences of disaster and climate change from a sociological perspective.

Sociology of Culture (SYP 4610) 3 credits
Prerequisites: SYA 3010 and SYA 3300
This course examines the influence of mass media and culture industry on society, assessing how popular culture serves as an arena for political struggle. It also explores the role cultural beliefs and practices play in perpetuating social inequalities. Topics include the shaping of public consciousness by advertising, mass media and social media; the use of popular culture and propaganda to consolidate political power; the significance of lifestyle choices in the acquisition of social status; and cultural conflicts surrounding religion, sexuality, collective memory and social change. 

Sociology Graduate Courses

Seminar: Critical Perspectives in Social Theory (SYA 6117) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study or permission of instructor
Through in-depth reading of original texts, social histories, and/or novels/literary works, this seminar critically evaluates the assumptions, concepts, methods and explanations in classical and/or contemporary social theory and examines their relevance for the present time.

Seminar in Contemporary Social Theory (SYA 6126) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study or permission of instructor
Study of selected works of significant contemporary social theorists and core issues in contemporary social thought.

Seminar in Advanced Research Methods (SYA 6305) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study or permission of instructor
An advanced overview of research methods in current use in sociology, with a strong emphasis on quantitative analysis of social survey data. Major topics include inferences of testable propositions from theory, operationalization of key theoretical concepts, model building and assessment, and communication of outcomes.

Seminar in Advanced Qualitative Methods (SYA 6315) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study or permission of instructor
An advanced overview of the most common types of qualitative research methods in sociology, including both theoretical considerations and fieldwork. An independent research project will be required.

Directed Independent Study (SYA 6909) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Reading and research in a field of sociology, a program to be selected and approved in consultation with the instructor.

Master's Thesis (SYA 6971) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to candidacy
Grading: S/U

Seminar in Urbanization (SYD 6426) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study or permission of instructor
An analysis of historical and contemporary urbanization as related to the forms and functions of the city. Selected theories of social change are employed in examining this process.

Seminar in Global Environmental Perspectives (SYD 6517) 3 credit s
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study or permission of instructor
Examines the connections between society and the environment and between local experiences and global dynamics. Global environmental perspectives, disputes, politics and movements will be analyzed.

Seminar in Race and Ethnic Relations (SYD 6705) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study or permission of instructor
A historical and comparative examination of the origin and nature of racial and ethnic differences as they manifest themselves in human societies.

Special Topics (SYD 6934) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study or permission of instructor
Study of a selected area in sociology. Topics will vary.

Seminar in the Sociology of Religion (SYO 6205) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study or permission of instructor
A seminar in the sociology of religion, including sociological theories of religion, sects, cults, parareligious groups, civil religion, secularization and fundamentalism, and the impact of race, class, and gender on religious practice.

Seminar: State, Economy and Society (SYO 6335) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study or permission of instructor
Course examines the limits of disciplinary approaches to the study of state/society/economy and analyzes the interweaving relations of state, economy, and society from comparative and historical perspectives. Readings include theoretical texts, analytical applications, social histories, and literary works.

Seminar in Class, Status, and Power (SYO 6535) 3 credits
A critical analysis of theory and research pertaining to the causes and consequences of structured social inequality.

Seminar in Microsociology (SYP 6035) 3 credits
Sociological study of self and identity, thoughts and emotions, social interaction, intimate relationships, micro-level dimensions of social control and social power, and other selected topics in sociological social psychology.

Theatre and Dance Courses
(Listed following the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies courses, under School of the Arts , Theatre and Dance)

Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Undergraduate Courses/ link to graduate courses

History of U.S. Women (AMH 3560) 3 credits
(See History courses, this section)

Gender and Culture (ANT 4302) 3 credits
(See Anthropology courses, this section)

Women and Criminal Justice (CCJ 4670) 3 credits
(See Criminology and Criminal Justice courses, College of Social Work and Criminal Justice section )

Communication, Gender, and Language (COM 3014) 3 credits
(See School of Communication and Multimedia Studies courses, this section)

Women and Film (FIL 4056) 3 credits
(See School of Communication and Multimedia Studies courses, this section)

Women in Literature (LIT 4383) 3 credits
(See English courses, this section)

Feminist Philosophy (PHM 3123) 3 credits
(See Philosophy courses, this section)

Women and Politics (PUP 3323) 3 credits
(See Political Science courses, this section)

Psychology of Women (SOP 3742) 3 credits
(See Psychology courses, College of Science section)

Issues in Counseling Women (SOW 4357) 3 credits
(See Social Work courses, College of Social Work and Criminal Justice section)

Gender, Race and Communication (SPC 4712) 3 credits
(See School of Communication and Multimedia Studies courses, this section)

Family and Society (SYO 3100) 3 credits
Gender and Work (SYO 3370) 3 credits
Poverty and Society (SYO 3534) 3 credits
(See Sociology courses, this section)

Introduction to Women's Studies (WST 2010) 3 credits
Multidisciplinary study of the heritage of women and the nature of gender-related problems in contemporary societies, stressing cultural images of women, socialization by gender, women's history, feminist methods of analysis. May be considered either an Arts and Humanities or Social Science course.

Women, Gender and Power in the Global South  (WST 2101) 3 credits
This course provides an in-depth introduction to women’s and gender issues in the global South. It examines how particular historical, cultural, economic, political and social processes, such as colonialism and global capitalism, impact the lives of men and women in countries in Africa, Asia, Arab societies, Latin America and the Caribbean. 

Gender and Climate Change (WST 2351) 3 credits
This course explores historical, philosophical, sociological and humanistic perspectives on how gender inequality across the globe is related to environmental damage and climate change. It examines feminist, indigenous and LGBTQ climate justice movements alongside the gendered implications of global policy and practices related to the history and development of thought on the environment. 

Introduction to Sexuality and Gender Studies (WST 2608) 3 credits
Introduces scholarly theories and methods to consider gender and sexuality as frames of analysis for understanding society and culture. 

Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Studies (WST 2643) 3 credits
Multidisciplinary study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer peoples in contemporary societies, stressing culture, history, politics and theory.

Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Study Abroad (WST 2951) 1-4 credits
This revolving topics course provides a mechanism by which coursework completed abroad as part of an approved student program can be recorded on the transcript and counted toward graduation.

Sex, Myth, Power, and Popular Culture (WST 3305) 3 credits
Examines varying images of women of power in popular culture—film, television, song, ads—as mothers, monsters, femme fatales, amazons, witches, and goddesses. These stories and images are interpreted based on ancient myths and beliefs.

Gender-Based Violence and Social Movements  (WST 3325) 3 credits
This course provides students with an overview of gender-based violence in contemporary U.S. society by analyzing texts about such violence and artifacts from popular culture (e.g.,  novels, advertisements, etc.) with the goal of understanding the prevalence and  pervasiveness of gender-based violence. Students learn to identify examples of violence in everyday media and locate how individuals and collectives respond through social movements.

Special Topics (WST 3930) 1-3 credits
Study of a particular issue, theme, or aspect of interdisciplinary Women's Studies. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Gender and Human Rights (WST 4113) 3 credits
This course explores the legal and normative frameworks on gender and human rights, examining international and regional human rights systems. Students are asked to think critically about women’s human rights while thinking comparatively about the varying international settings and the way they interact with these rights. 

Sex, Violence, and Hollywood (WST 4337) 3 credits
The class examines why sex and violence are the two main ingredients of Hollywood cinema and how the two interact to create meanings.

Green Consciousness (WST 4349) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
This class explores emerging green or environmental consciousness in various cultural venues (theory/activism, spirituality, philosophy, literature, art, and popular culture).

Intersectional Feminist Politics in the U.S. (WST 4404) 3 credits
This class examines the intersectional experience of women of  color in the U.S., using a decolonial feminist lens. The class  focuses on strategies of liberation across race, class, gender and  sexuality, including performance, music, dance and comedy. 

Gender and Sport (WST 4614) 3 credits
Gender and Sport offers an interdisciplinary examination of the relationship between gender and athletic activity. Through lecture and discussion, students study the meaning and practice of sport in relation to gender, sex and sexuality. Students critically examine organized physical play through feminist and intersectional analytical lenses.

Men and Masculinities (WST 4621) 3 credits
The course explores the multiple meanings and intersectional significance of "manhood" and "masculinity." With a focus on men, the course aids students in exploring how gender, as an idea and social institution, functions to organize and shape lives in the United States and beyond. The class focuses on the relationship between conceptions of masculinity and popular culture, sports, work, politics, warfare, the family, health, violence and sexuality.

Special Topics (WST 4930) 1-3 credits
Intensive study at an advanced level of a particular issue, theme, or aspect of interdisciplinary Women's Studies. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Directed Independent Study (WST 4905) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies director
Independent reading and research in interdisciplinary Women's Studies. Each program of study is arranged in consultation with a Women's Studies faculty member during the term prior to taking this course.

Elective Courses

Victimology (CCJ 3666) 3 credits
(See Criminology and Criminal Justice courses, College of Social Work and Criminal Justice section )

American Multicultural Discourse (SPC 3704) 3 credits
Intercultural Communication (SPC 3710) 3 credits
Rhetoric of Social Protest (SPC 4633) 3 credits
(See School of Communication and Multimedia Studies courses, this section)

Human Sexuality and Social Change (SYP 3060) 3 credits
(See Sociology courses, this section)

Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Graduate Courses

Feminist Pedagogy and Professionalization (WST 6007) 3 credits
This course empowers students with an interest in women's studies, gender studies, LGBTQ studies, sexuality studies and/or feminist theory to develop their own unique plan for their careers as educators, scholars and professionals from a decolonial and feminist perspective. 

Gender, War and Peace Building (WST 6185) 3 credits
Prerequisite: B.A. degree or permission of instructor
Examines the gendered nature of armed conflicts in civil and across international spaces with emphasis on distinctive ways in which women and girls are affected and respond. Attention is given to the role of states, civil society and historical processes, such as colonialism and globalization, in perpetuating conflict. 

Gender, Sexuality,  Myth and Reality (WST 6306) 3 credits
This course focuses on myths and beliefs about gender and sexuality associated with patriarchal consciousness and culture as these have been conveyed in religion, science, art, philosophy, literature and popular culture. In further looks at myths and beliefs, ancient and emergent, which challenge that consciousness and culture.

Gender-Based Violence and Social Movements  (WST 6327) 3 credits
Prerequisite: B.A. degree or permission of instructor
Examines violence based on gender, including violence against women and LGBTQ people, along with resistance to gender-based violence. This is an Academic Service Learning (ASL) course.

Sex, Violence and Hollywood (WST 6339) 3 credits
This course examines why sex and violence are the two main ingredients of Hollywood cinema and how the two interact to create meanings. 

Ecofeminism and Environmental Justice (WST 6348) 3 credits
This course examines the history and evolution of ecofeminist and environmental justice, thought, and practice through its major womanist/feminist activists, theorists, and core issues.

Intersectional Feminist Politics in the U.S. (WST 6405) 3 credits
Examines how issues of gender, race, ethnicity, and class shape the lives of women of color in the U.S., such as Native-American, African-American, Latin-American, and Asian-American women. 

Feminist Theory and Praxis (WST 6564) 3 credits
Survey of major statements in modern and contemporary feminist theory, with attention to their application in fields that may include the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as national and global activism.

Sexuality and Gender Studies (WST 6604) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
Introduces critical gender and sexuality studies, including Queer Theory, considering the relations between the history of sexuality and the politics of gender.

Gender, Health and Power (WST 6615) 3 credits
This course assesses the role of power relations, particularly gender, ethnicity, social class, religion, and globalization in shaping the health status, the illness experiences and outcomes, and the form and substance of medical options available in local communities around the world. A focus on how health is differentially impacted for women and men will engender an examination of gender ideology in power relations.

Directed Independent Study (WST 6909) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Approval of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies director
Reading and research in Women's Studies interdisciplinary topics.

Graduate Research Seminar in Women's Studies (WST 6919) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to candidacy
Graduate project in research related to internship. Must be taken simultaneously with WST 6941. Grading: S/U

Special Topics (WST 6934) 3 credits
Reading and Research in interdisciplinary women's studies topics.

Seminar in Global Perspectives on Gender (WST 6936) 3 credits
Interdisciplinary study of gender issues and the intersection with race and class in world regions.

Feminization of Poverty (WST 6938) 3 credits
Prerequisite: B.A. degree or permission of instructor
Course examines issues pertaining to the feminization of poverty from a feminist and comparative perspective. Discussions will apply theoretical, historical, and empirical frameworks to analyze the gender dimensions of poverty and ways in which these frameworks structure our understanding of the feminization of poverty.

Graduate Internship in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WST 6941) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to candidacy
Internship with agency or office pertaining to women, gender and sexuality studies. Grading: S/U

Master's Thesis (WST 6971) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to candidacy
Grading: S/U

School of the Arts

The School of the Arts includes course offerings in Music, Theatre and Dance, and Visual Arts and Art History.

Music

Undergraduate Courses/ link to graduate courses

Music Composition Class (MUC 2211) 2 credits
Prerequisites: MUT 1111, permission of instructor
Class instruction in music composition. Course may be repeated for credit for a maximum of 16 credits.

Applied Music Composition (MUC 4231) 1-2 credits
Prerequisites: MUC 2211, MUT 4311 and/or permission of instructor
Applied lessons in music composition. Students compose original works in a variety of media and styles. Course may be repeated for credit for a maximum of 4 credits.

Composing and Arranging Music for Television and Radio Commercials (MUC 4600) 3 credits
Prerequisite: MUT 2117 with a grade of "C" or higher
Corequisite: MUS 4343
This course is designed to teach the basic composing, arranging, and technical techniques required to score music for commercials and jingles.

Music Composition for Film (MUC 4610) 3 credits
Prerequisite: MUT 2117, MUT 2341, permission of instructor
Film composition is designed to teach the basic composing, arranging, and technical techniques required to score films and television.

Introduction to Music Education (MUE 2040)  3  credits
Designed as an introduction to MUE 4140, Choral Methods, and MUE 4330, Secondary Instrumental Methods, this course explores the field of music education. A 15-hour observation component is required.

Vocal Pedagogy for the Music Classroom  (MUE 2430) 1 credit
This course is designed for music students who work with the singing voice. The course addresses basic vocal physiology, vocal health and preservation, vocal technique, voice classifications and common voice disorders (symptoms and treatments). It also provides an introduction to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

Music Pedagogy and Methods Lab (MUE 2446L)  1-2 credits
Prerequisite: For students in the B.M.E. program
Corequisites: MUE 2450 and/or MUE 2460
Intended for students in music education who are preparing to teach at the elementary or secondary level. This lab is directed toward applying competencies and understandings in a full instrumental setting that contributes to becoming a more effective instrumental music teacher. May be taken more than once.

Woodwind Pedagogy and Methods (MUE 2450) 1 credit
Methods and materials used in teaching woodwind instruments on the elementary and secondary school level.

Brass Pedagogy and Methods (MUE 2460) 1 credit
Methods and materials used in teaching brass instruments on the elementary and secondary school level.

Percussion Pedagogy and Methods (MUE 2470) 1 credit
Methods and materials used in teaching percussion instruments on the elementary and secondary school level.

Music: Elementary School 1 (MUE 4013) 2 credits
Not open to Music majors. See Department of Teaching and Learning for course description.

Choral Methods (MUE 4140)  3  credits
Prerequisite: MUE 2040
Methods and materials of teaching choral singing on the elementary and secondary school level.

Elementary Music Methods 1  (MUE 4311) 2 credits
This course is a state-mandated course prior to attaining certification, focusing on pedagogical content knowledge in music for music education majors. Students gain a working understanding of styles of learning; appropriate elementary general music scope and sequence; effective lesson planning and curricular design; implementation of musical skills and materials for the elementary music classroom; and impactful methodologies for teaching elementary music. Open to music majors only.

Elementary Music Methods 2 (MUE 4313) 2 credits
Prerequisites: MUE 2040, MUE 4311
This course focuses on pedagogical content knowledge in music for music education majors. Students gain a working understanding appropriate for elementary general music scope and sequence; effective lesson planning and curricular design; implementation of musical skills and materials for the elementary music classroom; and methodologies for teaching elementary music including Guitar, Orff, Kodaly and Dalcroze. Open to music majors only.

Secondary Instrumental Methods (MUE 4330)  3 credits
Prerequisite: MUE 2040
Practical experience in teaching singing, instrumental, rhythmic, listening, and creative activities in music to secondary school students. Study and evaluation of new materials and methods of teaching secondary school music.

String Pedagogy and Methods (MUE 4441) 1 credit
Methods and materials used in teaching string instruments on the elementary and secondary school level.

Marching Band Pedagogy and Methods (MUE 4480) 1 credit
Prerequisite: MUE 2040 and MUT 2116 with grades of "C" or better
Students learn to prepare for, administer and rehearse a comprehensive marching band program at the secondary school level.

Jazz Ensemble Pedagogy and Methods (MUE 4481) 1 credit
Prerequisite:  MUT 2116 with grade of "C" or better
Students learn to prepare for, administer and rehearse jazz bands at the secondary school level.

Field Experience Seminar (MUE 4946) 1 credit
Course prepares students for participation in the academic year portion of the School of the Arts program funded through a grant from the Pew Educational Trust.

Choral Conducting 1 (MUG 3201) 1 credit
Prerequisites: MUH 4211 and MUT 4311 with grades of "C" or better
Corequisite: MUT 4311 with a grade of "C" or better
The basic techniques of choral conducting and an introduction to choral literature.

Instrumental Conducting 1 (MUG 3301) 1 credit
Prerequisite: MUT 4311 with a grade of "C" or higher
Corequisite: MUT 4311 with a grade of "C" or higher
Introduction to the basic techniques of instrumental conducting and to the appropriate literature.

Choral Conducting 2 (MUG 4202) 2 credits
Prerequisite: MUG 3201, MUH 4212, MUT 4311 with grades of "C" or better
Theory and practice of choral conducting.

Advanced Choral Conducting (MUG 4203C) 2 credits
Prerequisite: MUG 4202 with minimum grade of "C"
Continues the rigorous course of professional development for the future choral music educator/conductor. Students completing this course are prepared to conduct secondary school concert ensembles successfully.

Applied Orchestral Conducting (MUG 4303) 1-2 credits
Prerequisite: MUG  4304  with a grade of "C" or higher
Corequisite: Students must perform as a member of the FAU Orchestra or observe all rehearsals
An advanced, in-depth study of standard orchestral repertoire in a wide variety of styles and periods as well as the study of the conducting and rehearsal techniques needed for the artistic realization of performance through applied lessons. This course may be repeated for credit.

Instrumental Conducting 2 (MUG  4304 ) 2 credits
Prerequisite: MUG 3301 with a grade of "C" or higher
Corequisite: 15 hours of observation or ensemble participation
Theory and practice of conducting instrumental ensembles.

Instrumental Conducting 3 (MUG 4311) 2 credits
Prerequisite: MUG 4304 with minimum grade of "C"
This course continues the rigorous course of professional development for the future instrumental music educator/conductor. Students completing this course are prepared to conduct secondary school concert ensembles successfully.

Music in Global Society (MUH 2121) 3 credits
This course presents music as a vehicle for a culture-based understanding within and between individual, national and international identities. To that end, sociocultural themes including technology, politics, race and economics are presented from both internal and external perspectives in the context of select diverse global musical practices. Historical origins and consequences of those musical processes, such as the effects of the African diaspora on music of the Western Hemisphere, are examined in terms of historical, cultural and social interaction. Includes content related to the Western canon. This is a General Education course.

Rock & Roll in American Society (MUH 3023) 3 credits
This survey course brings into focus the roots and historical perspective of Rock & Roll in American society. Musical and historical events and their effect on the development and evolution of Rock & Roll music from its inception to the present day are explored.

World Music Survey (MUH 3056) 3 credits
An upper-division elective for non-majors, this course surveys and explores representative examples of non-Western music and culture from North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Oceania through lectures, listening, discussion, outside reading, and hands-on experience.

Ethnomusicology (MUH 3514) 3 credits
A survey of the rich diversity of global traditions with an emphasis on the relationships between music and the people that participate in them. Music traditions from Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania and North and South America are explored through lectures, discussion, listening, assigned reading, participatory exercises, musical analysis and the study of music in its cultural context. 

American Popular Music and Culture (MUH  3521 ) 3 credits
The purpose of this course is to explore complex interrelations of American popular music styles utilizing four lines of inquiry: 1) those qualities that most clearly define a style; 2) the interaction among styles and the influence of one style on another; 3) the transformation of the commercially dominant style over the history of American popular music; 4) the stylistic evolution of genres within a specific time span. No prior musical training is required for the course.

Jazz in American Society (MUH 3801) 3 credits
This survey course brings into focus the roots and historical perspective of Jazz in American society. Musical and historical events and their effect on the development and evolution of Jazz music from its inception to the present day are explored.

Musicology 1 (MUH 4211) 3 credits
Prerequisite: MUT 2116 with minimum grade of "C"
This course is designed to develop familiarity with general musical concepts and styles from a broad spectrum of art, traditional, and popular musical perspectives, with a focus on fundamental knowledge for musicians including: 1) historical and cultural musical perspectives from European art and non-Western sources; 2) familiarity with musical terminology and analysis; 3) a broad understanding of European and non-Western musical instruments and vocal styles; 4) development of active listening and music-specific writing skills specifically aimed at music majors. 

Musicology 2 (MUH 4212) 3 credits
Prerequisite: MUT 2117 with minimum grade of "C"
A study of European Art music from antiquity to the modern era with a concentration on the musics from the High Baroque through the Romantic Eras. Develops familiarity with specific works while providing a holistic understanding of compositional and theoretical innovations through musical analysis, with an emphasis on interrelations between composers and compositions within and between historical epochs. 

Musicology 3 (MUH 4213) 2 credits
Prerequisites: MUH 4212 and MUT 2117 with grades of "C" or better; Music and Music Education majors only
A survey of American musical contributions of the 20th and 21st centuries. Emphasis is placed on American compositions that cross over and/or navigate the complex interrelationships between art and popular music genres. 

Special Topics in Music History (MUH 4930) 3 credits
Corequisite or prerequisite: MUH 4211 or 4212
In-depth study of selected aspects of music history and literature. Specific topic to be announced in advance of each semester.

History and Appreciation of Music (MUL 2010) 3 credits
In this course, students survey the history of classical music from antiquity to the modern period, focusing on Western music. The curriculum may also integrate a variety of popular and global styles where appropriate. Includes content related to the Western canon. This is a General Education course.

History and Literature of Musical Theatre (MUL 3015) 3 credits
Students study the development of the musical theatre genre from the beginnings as a uniquely American genre through the modern day. Study includes the history, development, and significant works in and of the genre.

Classical Guitar Literature (MUL 3430) 2 credits
Survey of classical guitar concert and solo literature, chamber music, works for voice and guitar, and concertos.

Piano Literature 1 (MUL 4400)  3  credits
Prerequisite: MUH 4212 or permission of instructor
This course is an in-depth study of solo keyboard literature from the Renaissance period to the Romantic era. Special emphasis is placed on exploring period instruments musical styles repertoire and performance practice.

Piano Literature 2 (MUL 4401)  3  credits
Prerequisite: MUH 4212 or permission of instructor
A study of music literature for the piano from the Romantic through the 20th century. Required of all Classical Piano Performance majors.

Solo String Literature (MUL 4433) 2 credits
A survey of major solo literature for bowed string instruments.

Survey of Wind and Percussion Solo Literature (MUL 4450) 2 credits
Course includes listening, analysis, and grading of wind and percussion solo literature from the Baroque period to the present.

Survey of Wind and Percussion Chamber Literature (MUL 4451) 2 credits
Course includes listening, analysis, and grading of wind and percussion chamber literature from the Baroque period to the present.

Survey of Orchestra Literature (MUL 4500) 3 credits
This course provides a survey of orchestral literature from the Baroque through the 20th century, focusing on innovations, changing roles of orchestral instruments, performance style and techniques, and interpretative philosophies.

Wind Instrument Literature (MUL 4550) 3 credits
Prerequisites: MUG 3301
A study of wind instrumental literature and history from the late Baroque through the 20th century.

Chamber Music Literature 1 (MUL  4561 )  3  credits
Prerequisite: Successful completion of all requirements for MVK 2421, Applied Piano for Performance Majors, or permission of the instructor
This course is an in-depth study of chamber music literature from the Renaissance period to the Romantic era. Special emphasis is placed on exploring period instruments, chamber music repertoire and performance practice.

Chamber Music Literature 2 (MUL 456 2 )  3  credits
Prerequisite: MUL 4561 with a grade of "C" or higher
A study of chamber music literature for piano with emphasis upon works for piano trio, quartet, and quintet from the 18th through the 20th century. Required for all Chamber Music/Accompanying majors.

Survey of Vocal Solo Literature (MUL 4602) 3 credits
Prerequisites: MUH 4211 and MUH 4212 with grades of "C" or higher
A survey of vocal solo literature covering the art song, opera, oratorio, and cantata from the 1600 to the present.

Survey of Choral Music Literature (MUL 4643)  2  credits
A survey of choral music history and literature from the Renaissance to the present.

Choral Literature and Techniques (MUL 4644) 3 credits
Prerequisite: MUG 4202 with minimum grade of "C"
Corequisite: MUG 4203C
This course is designed for music education majors with emphasis in vocal/choral music. Topics covered involve score study/analysis, preparing the score for the education/rehearsal classroom and the concert stage, and understanding the relationship between music and text. An overview of the history of choral music from the Renaissance era to living composers is incorporated in this course through selected repertoire.

Arts and Performance Entrepreneurship 1 (MUM 3052) 3 credits
This course provides artistically inclined students with essential skills, knowledge and resources to thrive as successful creators. Students explore diverse income avenues, collaboration strategies and career development possibilities within the creative arts. Topics encompass business strategies, legal issues, communication skills, content creation and dissemination and entrepreneurship.

Introduction to the Music Business (MUM 3301) 3 credits
An introduction to the history, principles, and practices of the music industry. Topics will include recording, publishing, copyrights, licensing, promotion and arts management, music and instrument merchandising, contracts, and music in mass communication.

Legal Issues for the Musician (MUM 3303) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
In-depth study of the legal aspects of the music business, including contract writing, copyright, royalties, performance rights organizations and licensing. Emphasis on practical experiences.

Sound Recording 1 (MUM 3663) 3 credits
Course presents the basics of audio engineering and recording techniques in an interactive environment.

Sound Recording Lab 1 (MUM 3663L) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Corequisite: MUM 3663
Students apply concepts from MUM 3663 Sound Recording 1 in groups to create projects to put into practical use with music engineering skills and processes. Grading S/U

Arts and Performance Entrepreneurship 2 (MUM 4053) 3 credits
Prerequisite: MUM 3052 or permission of instructor
This course focuses on arts performance, creative entrepreneurship and monetization in the digital age. Students explore emerging technologies, the engagement of audiences in digital spaces and strategies for digital artistry through a mix of theoretical and practical experiences. 

Music Publishing and Copyright (MUM 4304) 2 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Designed to teach students the basics of music copyright laws and the field of music publishing.

Live Sound Reinforcement (MUM 4628) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
To teach students the basics of audio engineering and live sound reinforcement in an interactive environment. Students work together in a collaborative effort to learn the processes and skills necessary to engineer live performances of music, theater, and public announcements.

Audio Post-Production for Picture (MUM 4642) 3 credits
Prerequisites: MUM 4664 with grade of "C" or better or permission of instructor; Commercial Music majors only
An in-depth look at audio post-production for picture. Students learn about the various processes involved in recording, processing and mixing audio for use in TV and Film production as it applies to the sound recordist and mixer. Students focus on learning about the areas of Production, Audio, Foley, Sound Design and Mixing to spec for professional broadcast.

Sound Recording 2 (MUM 4664) 3 credits
Prerequisite: MUM 3663
In-depth application of advanced principles of audio recording and mixing.

Sound Recording 3 (MUM 4665) 3 credits
Prerequisites: MUM 4664 with grade of "C" or better; for Majors in Commercial Music: Music Technology concentration
An advanced look at genre-based recording aesthetics pertinent to the prominent styles of contemporary music production. Stylistically based technical and artistic choices for genres of popular music, rock, EDM, jazz and acoustic music are given a critical analysis from a theoretical and practical level. Students focus primarily on mixing and mastering aesthetics as well as in studio production techniques for project completion.

Music Production (MUM 4723) 3 credits
Prerequisite: MUT 2117, permission of instructor
Corequisite: MUS 4343
The study of the artistic and technical skills necessary to be a music producer, with a focus on record production.

Artist Management (MUM 4724) 2 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Covers important aspects of the art and practice of touring, booking, management, promotion and marketing of creative artists. It involves managing the venues, contracts, multi-media promotions, professional agents and attorneys.

Music Marketing and Public Relations (MUM 4732) 2 credits
Students will explore marketing, promotion, and public relations techniques employed to promote sales of recorded music and other commercial development of musical artists.

Commercial Music Ensemble (MUN 1014) 0 credit
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Group performance experience in a wide variety of popular music genres. Class may be repeated. Grading:  S/U

Pep Band (MUN 1100) 0 credit
The Pep Band is designed to promote the advancement of the University through entertainment, artistic performance and school spirit while enhancing the collegiate, life-building experience of the membership. Class may be repeated. Grading: S/U

University Marching Band (MUN 1110) 0-1 credit
The Florida Atlantic University Marching Band is designed to promote the advancement of the University through entertainment, artistic performances, and school spirit, while enhancing the collegiate, life-building experience of FAU students. Class may be repeated. Grading: S/U

University Symphony Band (MUN 1130) 0 credit
This course provides member musicians with an environment in which personal artistic growth may occur through the performance of quality music for winds. Members collaborate with other dedicated musicians in an effort to foster personal musicianship in an ensemble environment while producing performances that are both well prepared and presented in an artistic manner. Class may be repeated. Grading: S/U

University Wind Ensemble (MUN 1140) 0 credit
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
The Florida Atlantic University Wind Ensemble provides member musicians with a rich artistic experience through the performance of quality music for winds. As specific skills related to ensemble playing strengthen, the musicianship of the ensemble members flourishes and combines to create the incomparable experience of meaningful, artistic performance. Class may be repeated. Grading:  S/U

University Symphony Orchestra (MUN 1210) 0 credit
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
The University Symphony Orchestra is dedicated to performing standard repertoire in a wide variety of styles and periods at the highest level of musicianship. Class may be repeated. Grading: S/U

Vocalis (MUN 1310) 0 credit
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
A choral ensemble performing a wide repertoire of choral literature. Class may be repeated. Grading:  S/U   

Women's Chorus (MUN 1320) 0 credit
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
A choral ensemble comprising treble voices performing a wide repertoire of choral literature. Class may be repeated. Grading: S/U

Chamber Singers (MUN 1340) 0 credit
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
A chamber ensemble performing a wide repertoire of chamber songs. Class may be repeated. Grading: S/U

Concert Percussion Ensemble (MUN 1440) 0 credit
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
The Florida Atlantic University Concert Percussion Ensemble provides member musicians with a rich artistic experience through the performance of quality music for concert percussion. Class may be repeated. Grading: S/U

Jazz Orchestra (MUN 1710) 0 credit
An instrumental ensemble performing works from the jazz band repertoire. Performances are presented both on and off campus. Class may be repeated. Grading: S/U

¡Cantemos!, Latin American Music Ensemble (MUN 1821) 0 credit
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
A choral ensemble performing a wide repertoire of Latin American choral literature. Class may be repeated. Grading: S/U

Commercial Music Ensemble (MUN 4015) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Audition required
This ensemble provides students with the tools and experience necessary to excel as studio and performing musicians in the commercial music world. Students analyze, study, arrange, and perform a variety of commercial music styles, including, but not limited to, rock, pop, jazz, funk, alternative, country, soul, R & B, Latin, and world music. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 16 credits.

Pep Band (MUN 4103) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Audition required
The Florida Atlantic University Pep Band is designed to promote the advancement of the University through entertainment, artistic performance, and school spirit while enhancing the collegiate, life-building experience of the membership. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 16 credits.

University Marching Band (MUN 4113) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Audition required
The FAU Marching Band is open to all regularly enrolled University students after clearing entry with the Director of Bands. The University Band will read and perform literature on the field and in the stands at home football games and selected away games and at pep rallies, ranging from arrangements of light classics to pop and rock. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 24 credits.

University Symphony Band (MUN 4133) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Audition required
The Florida Atlantic University Symphony Band provides member musicians with an environment in which personal artistic growth may occur through the performance of quality music for winds. Members collaborate with other dedicated musicians in an effort to foster personal musicianship in an ensemble environment while producing performances that are both well-prepared and presented in an artistic manner. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 16 credits.

Chamber Winds (MUN 4144) 1 credit
The performance of advanced chamber wind music from the 16th through the 20th centuries by a chamber ensemble of ten to 16 wind instrumentalists. Open by audition. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 16 credits.

University Symphony Orchestra (MUN 4213) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Audition required
The Florida Atlantic University Symphony Orchestra is dedicated to performing standard repertoire in a wide variety of styles and periods at the highest level of musicianship. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 16 credits.

University Chorus (MUN 4313) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Previous experience or permission of instructor
To experience a high level of choral music education and performance of standard choral literature 14th-20th centuries through the opportunities available in rehearsals, concerts, and all other choral-oriented activities. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 16 credits.

Vocalis (MUN 4323) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Audition required
A vocal ensemble comprised of female voices performing a wide repertoire of choral literature for the female voice. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 16 credits. 

Chamber Singers (MUN 4343) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Audition required
A choral ensemble of mixed voices performing a wide repertoire of chamber choral literature. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 16 credits.

University Wind Ensemble (MUN 4423) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Audition required
The Florida Atlantic University Ensemble provides the member musicians with a rich musical experience through the performance of quality music for winds. Open to students by audition. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 16 credits.

Concert Percussion Ensemble (MUN 4443) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Audition required
The Florida Atlantic University Concert Percussion Ensemble provides members musicians with a rich artistic experience through the performance of quality music for concert percussion. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 16 credits.

Instrumental Chamber Music (MUN 4463) 1 credit
The study and performance of chamber music literature appropriate to the following instrumental areas, in any combination: piano (harpsichord, organ), strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, guitar and harp. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 16 credits.

Jazz Guitar Ensemble  1  (MUN 4486) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Audition required
Course teaches the techniques and methodology of playing in a jazz guitar ensemble by performing arranged jazz charts, sight-reading and improvisation concepts. Class may be repeated.

Jazz Guitar Ensemble 2 (MUN 4488) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Audition or MUN 4486
Based on techniques learned and used in Jazz Guitar Ensemble 1, this course explores more complex techniques and methodologies in improvisational concepts, sectional playing, performing challenging charts/arrangements and sight-reading. Class may be repeated.

Jazz Orchestra (MUN 4713) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Audition required
An instrumental ensemble performing works from the jazz band repertoire. Performances are presented both on and off campus. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 16 credits.

Chamber Jazz (MUN 4714) 1 credit
The performance of standard and contemporary jazz works by jazz combos with emphasis on improvisation and group interaction. Open by audition. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 16 credits.

¡Cantemos!, Latin American Choral Ensemble (MUN 4823) 1 credit
A chamber choral ensemble performing a wide repertoire of choral literature from the Iberian Peninsula, the Caribbean and Latin America. Class may be repeated.

Opera Workshop (MUO 1501) 0 credit
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Students have the opportunity to perform scenes from the opera repertoire and improve skills associated with performing, such as acting, movement, stylistic choices and working with the director. May be repeated for credit. Grading:  S/U

Opera Workshop (MUO 4503) 2 credits
Prerequisites: MUS 2201 and approval of the area chair
Students have the opportunity to perform scenes from the opera repertoire and improve skills associated with performing, such as acting, movement, stylistic choices and working with the director. May be repeated for credit.

Commercial Music Forum (MUS 1010) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Music majors only
This course is designed as a forum with the overall goal of bringing together and stimulating interaction between students in the commercial music program. Weekly activities include, but are not limited to, committee heads' reports, film and/or video presentations, individual committee and heads' meetings, presentations by visiting music industry professionals, and general reports of Hoot/Wisdom label activities.

Concert Attendance (MUS 1011) 0 credit
Prerequisite: Music majors only
Concert attendance enables students to experience a variety of student, faculty, and other professional-level performances. Music majors must register for Concert Attendance until they have received a minimum of six satisfactory grades. Transfer students must consult the Music Department to determine the appropriate minimum requirements. Grading: S/U

Alexander Technique for the Musician (MUS 1804) 0 credit
Students learn to recognize and change habitual patterns of thought and movement that interfere with optimal performance in daily activities and in their performance discipline. Grading:  S/U

University Honors Seminar in Music (MUS 1930) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
A seminar in the University Honors Program on topics in music.

Diction for Singers 1: An Introduction (MUS 2201) 1 credit
Prerequisites: Must have two semesters of MVV Applied Voice at FAU and/or approval of the vocal area chair
A vocal music course in lyric diction, meeting twice weekly, covering the basic concepts of the International Phonetic Alphabet and its application to English, Italian, German, French, Spanish and Latin song literature.

Music Study Abroad (MUS 2952)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Diction for Singers 3: French (MUS 3222) 1 credit
Prerequisite: MUS 2201 with a grade of "C" or higher
A vocal music course consisting of in-depth study of French lyric diction.

Diction for Singers 2: German (MUS 3232) 1 credit
Prerequisite: MUS 2201 with a grade of "C" or higher
A vocal music course consisting of in-depth study of German lyric diction.

Cooperative Education - Music (MUS 3949)1-2 credits

Computer Music Sequencing (MUS 4343) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Read music, computer familiarity
Course covers the basics of music MIDI programming and music audio recording techniques in an interactive environment.

Alexander Technique for the Musician (MUS 4802) 1 credit
Prerequisite: For Music majors only
Students learn to recognize and change habitual patterns of thought, posture and movement that can interfere with optimal performance within their specific music performance area.

Directed Independent Study (MUS 4905) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: permission of department
Total credit for independent study in any one semester is restricted. Intensive study of theoretical or historical topics and composition. Research paper or composition required. Consult Department advisor.

Topic Research (MUS 4910) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
This course for majors is to be taken the penultimate semester of the senior year as a preparation for the Research Project, MUS 4912, a requirement for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music. The purpose of this course is to facilitate approval of the research project topic and to begin the process of documentation of that project through gathering source material and construction of an outline. Grading: S/U

RI: Commercial Music Topic Research (MUS 4911) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Commercial Music majors only by permission
A research-intensive (RI) course taken by Commercial Music Composition and Business concentration students during the penultimate semester of their senior year as prerequisite for the Commercial Music Research Project, MUS 4913.

Research Project (MUS 4912) 3 credits
Prerequisite: MUS 4910
This course is taken the final semester of the senior year in fulfillment of the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music. The course requirements consist of an independent research project on an original topic in music history or theory and a formal paper at the advanced level with full supporting documentation.

RI:  Commercial Music Research Project (MUS 4913) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of MUS 4911; Commercial Music majors only
This is a research-intensive (RI) course taken the final semester of the senior year to fulfill the requirements for the Bachelor of Music with Major in Commercial Music degree, for the purpose of completing an original research project in keeping with the objectives of the student's degree concentration area.

Special Topics (MUS 4930) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
The study of a special area of music. Topics may vary. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 9 credits.

Commercial Music Internship (MUS 4940) 1-4 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of Commercial Music Department
Internship that reflects the student's track within the Commercial Music Degree. Credits will vary depending upon content of internship, to be determined by the Commercial Music advisors. Grading: S/U

Music Study Abroad (MUS 4957) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Music Theory 1 (MUT 1111) 3 credits
An integrated study of the rhythmic, melodic and harmonic elements of music. Topics include the study of pitches and pitch classes, simple and compound meters, scales, intervals, triads, seventh chords and basic counterpoint.

Music Theory 2 (MUT 1112) 3 credits
Prerequisite: MUT 1111 with a grade of "C" or higher
A continuation of MUT 1111 designed to provide an in-depth study of diatonic harmony and tonicization. Topics include four-part, chorale-style writing, dominant sevenths, embellishing tones, voice-leading chords, diatonic sequences and secondary dominants.

Sight Singing and Ear Training 1 (MUT 1241) 1 credit
Beginning course in the progressive study of sight singing and dictation. Designed to develop the aural skills necessary to recognize, write and reproduce music that students see or hear. Topics include solfege singing of major and minor scales and melodies, rhythmic reading and dictation series.

Sight Singing and Ear Training 2 (MUT 1242) 1 credit
Prerequisite: MUT 1241 with a grade of "C" or higher
A continuation of the aural skills learned in MUT 1241. Topics include solfege singing of the I and V7 tonalities in both major and minor modes in simple and compound meters, rhythmic reading with an emphasis on the subdivided beat and syncopations and dictation exercises.

Music Theory 3 (MUT 2116) 3 credits
Prerequisite: MUT 1112 with a grade of "C" or higher
A continuation of MUT 1112 designed to provide an in-depth study of chromatic harmony and form. Topics include modulations, modal mixture, Neapolitan and augmented sixth chords and various tonal designs, such as counterpoint, invention, fugue, binary, ternary, sonata, sonatina, concerto, rondo, sonata-rondo and large ternary.

Music Theory 4 (MUT 2117) 3 credits
Prerequisite: MUT 2116 with a grade of "C" or higher
A continuation of MUT 2116 designed to provide an in-depth study of 20th-century music and beyond. Topics include the construction and analysis of modes, scales, sets and set classes; the study of rhythm, meter and form in music after 1900; serialism; and recent trends.

Sight Singing and Ear Training 3 (MUT 2246) 1 credit
Prerequisite: MUT 1242 with a grade of "C" or higher
A continuation of the aural skills learned in MUT 1242. Topics include solfege singing of the I, IV and V7 tonalities in both major and minor modes in simple and compound meters, movable clefs, seventh chords, rhythmic reading with an emphasis on irregular divisions and dictation exercises.

Sight Singing and Ear Training 4 (MUT 2247) 1 credit
Prerequisite: MUT 2246 with a grade of "C" or higher
A continuation of the aural skills learned in MUT 2246. Topics include solfege singing of melodies with chromaticism, secondary dominants and borrowed chords, modulation, modes and modal mixture, rhythmic reading with an emphasis on asymmetrical and mixed meters and dictation exercises.

Introduction to Commercial Arranging (MUT 2341) 2 credits
Prerequisite: MUT 1112
An introduction to harmony and arranging as used in commercial music. Course examines basic skills and techniques that translate to all commercial genres.

Music Theory: Orchestration (MUT 4311) 2 credits
Prerequisite: MUT 2117 with a grade of "C" or higher
Scoring for small and large instrumental ensembles with emphasis on scoring for non-professional-level musicians.

Special Topics (MUT 4930) 1-3 credits

Applied Music

Because of the relatively complex nature of course numbering for all areas of applied music study, the student is advised to consult the Music Department office before registering for applied music. All applied music courses require permission of the instructor.

Beginning Didgeridoo Workshop (MVW 1020) 0 credit
Course provides hands-on experience in learning and performing on the didgeridoo, an ancient Australian Aboriginal wind instrument capable of producing a wide range of timbres and rhythms. Course is designed to have positive benefits for non-musicians as well as vocalists and instrumentalists through focus on diaphragm breathing, instrument making and musical experimentation. May be repeated for credit. Grading:  S/U

Class Piano  1  (MVK 1111) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Music majors only
This course is designed to teach fundamental keyboard skills and competencies to non-piano Music majors.

Class Piano  2  (MVK 1112) 1 credit
Prerequisites: MVK 1111 with grade of "C" or higher; Music majors only
A continuation of MVK 1111. This course is designed to teach fundamental keyboard skills and competencies to non-piano Music majors.

Applied Music Secondary MV (B,K,P,S,V,W 1210-1216) 1 credit
Private instruction. For students whose curriculum requires study of a secondary instrument. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 2 credits. See Music Department for specific course requirements.

Applied Music Major, Harp (MVS 1215) 1-2 credits
Prerequisite: Audition required
Freshman-level applied instruction in harp.

Applied Music Principal MV (B,K,P,S,V,W 1310-1316) 1 credit
Freshman-level private instruction for non-performance majors studying their principal applied areas. May be repeated for a maximum of 2 credits. See Music Department for specific course requirements.

Applied Music Principal, Trumpet (MVB 1311)
Applied Music Principal, French Horn (MVB 1312)
Applied Music Principal, Trombone (MVB 1313)
Applied Music Principal, Euphonium (MVB 1314)
Applied Music Principal, Tuba (MVB 1315)
Applied Music Principal, Piano (MVK 1311)
Applied Music Principal, Harpsichord (MVK 1312)
Applied Music Principal, Organ (MVK 1313)
Applied Music Principal, Percussion (MVP 1311)
Applied Music Principal, Violin (MVS 1311)
Applied Music Principal, Viola (MVS 1312)
Applied Music Principal, Violoncello (MVS 1313)
Applied Music Principal, Contrabass (MVS 1314)
Applied Music Principal, Guitar (MVS 1316)
Applied Music Principal, Voice (MVV 1311)
Applied Music Principal, Flute (MVW 1311)
Applied Music Principal, Oboe (MVW 1312)
Applied Music Principal, Clarinet (MVW 1313)
Applied Music Principal, Bassoon (MVW 1314)
Applied Music Principal, Saxophone (MVW 1315)

Applied Music Principal, Electric Guitar (MVJ 1313) 1-2 credits
Prerequisite: Audition required
Freshman-level private instruction for non-performance majors studying their principal applied areas. May be repeated for credit. See Music Department for specific course requirements.

Applied Music Principal, Electric Bass (MVJ 1314) 1-2 credits
Prerequisite: Audition required
Freshman-level private instruction for non-performance majors studying their principal applied areas. May be repeated for credit. See Music Department for specific course requirements.

Applied Music Major MV (B,K,P,S,V,W 1411-1416) 2 credits
Freshman-level private instruction for performance majors studying their major applied area. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits. See Music Department for specific course requirements.

Applied Music Major, Trumpet (MVB 1411)
Applied Music Major, French Horn (MVB 1412)
Applied Music Major, Trombone (MVB 1413)
Applied Music Major, Euphonium (MVB 1414)
Applied Music Major, Tuba (MVB 1415)
Applied Music Major, Piano (MVK 1411)
Applied Music Major, Harpsichord (MVK 1412)
Applied Music Major, Organ (MVK 1413)
Applied Music Major, Percussion (MVP 1411)
Applied Music Major, Violin (MVS 1411)
Applied Music Major, Viola (MVS 1412)
Applied Music Major, Violoncello (MVS 1413)
Applied Music Major, Contrabass (MVS 1414)
Applied Music Major, Guitar (MVS 1416)
Applied Music Major, Voice (MVV 1411)
Applied Music Major, Flute (MVW 1411)
Applied Music Major, Oboe (MVW 1412)
Applied Music Major, Clarinet (MVW 1413)
Applied Music Major, Bassoon (MVW 1414)
Applied Music Major, Saxophone (MVW 1415)

Class Piano 3 (MVK 2121) 1 credit
Prerequisites: MVK 1112 with grade of "C" or higher; Music majors only
A continuation of MVK 1112. This course is designed to teach fundamental keyboard skills and competencies to non-piano Music majors.

Class Piano 4 (MVK 2122) 1 credit
Prerequisites: MVK 2121 with grade of "C" or higher; Music majors only
A continuation of MVK 2121. This course is designed to teach additional keyboard skills and competencies to non-piano Music majors.

Applied Music Major, Harp (MVS 2225) 1-2 credits
Prerequisite: Audition required
Sophomore-level applied instruction in harp.

Applied Music Principal MV (B,K,P,S,V,W 2320-2326) 1 credit
Sophomore-level private instruction for non-performance majors studying their principal applied area. May be repeated for a maximum of 2 credits. (See course description for MV(B,K,P,S,V,W) 1310-1316.) See Music Department for specific course requirements.

Applied Music Principal, Electric Guitar (MVJ 2323) 1-2 credits
Prerequisite: Audition required
Sophomore-level private instruction for non-performance majors studying their principal applied areas. May be repeated for credit. See Music Department for specific course requirements.

Applied Music Principal, Electric Bass (MVJ 2324) 1-2 credits
Prerequisite: Audition required
Sophomore-level private instruction for non-performance majors studying their principal applied areas. May be repeated for credit. See Music Department for specific course requirements.

Applied Music Major MV (B,K,P,S,V,W 2420-2426) 2 credits
Sophomore-level private instruction for performance majors studying their major applied area. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits. (See course description for MV(B,K,P,S,V,W) 1411-1416.) See Music Department for specific course requirements.

Introduction to Vocal Pedagogy (MVV 2601) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Open to Music majors only
For students taking applied voice as an introduction to their instrument. The course addresses basic vocal psychology, vocal health and preservation, vocal techniques, an introduction to the International Phonetic Alphabet, voice classifications and common voice disorders (symptoms and treatments).

RI:  Beginning Didgeridoo Workshop (MVW  2920 ) 1 credit
This one-credit research-intensive (RI) course utilizes the didgeridoo as a vehicle for the creation of individual musical expression via experimentation with Aboriginal and contemporary approaches to composition performance and improvisation.

Commercial Class Piano (MVK 3173) 1 credit
Prerequisites: MVK 2121 with a grade of "C" or higher; Music majors only
A continuation of MVK 2121. This course is designed to teach additional keyboard skills and competencies to non-piano commercial Music majors.

Applied Music Principal MV (B,K,P,S,V,W 3330-3336) 1 credit
Junior-level private instruction for non-performance majors studying their principal applied area. (See course description for MV(B,K,P,S,V,W) 1310-1316.) May be repeated for a maximum of 2 credits. See Music Department for specific course requirements.

Junior Performance Recital (MVO 3330) 0 credit
Prerequisite: Must pass sophomore level of applied lesson and be recommended for recital by the applied area
Corequisite: Applied at the junior level (numbers will vary by instrument)
This course is required of all Performance majors during the semester of their junior recital. The 30-minute Junior Performance Recital must include works from style periods as designated in the applied syllabus and as appropriate for the instrument. Junior Performance Recital must be taken in conjunction with an applied lesson 3000 level. Grading: S/U

Applied Music Principal, Electric Guitar (MVJ 3333) 1-2 credits
Prerequisite: Audition required
Junior-level private instruction for non-performance majors studying their principal applied areas. May be repeated for credit. See Music Department for specific course requirements.

Applied Music Principal, Electric Bass (MVJ 3334) 1-2 credits
Prerequisite: Audition required
Junior-level private instruction for non-performance majors studying their principal applied areas. May be repeated for credit. See Music Department for specific course requirements.

Applied Music Major MV (B,K,P,S,V,W 3430-3436) 2 credits
Junior-level private instruction for performance majors studying their major applied area. (See course description for MV(B,K,P,S,V,W) 1411-1416.) May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits. See Music Department for specific course requirements.

Classical Guitar Pedagogy (MVS 3606) 2 credits
Survey of classical guitar pedagogical materials and techniques.

RI:  Advanced Didgeridoo Workshop (MVW 4040 ) 1 credit
Prerequisite: MVW 2920 with a grade of "C" or better or permission of instructor
This research-intensive (RI) course builds upon skills achieved in the previous didgeridoo course and emphasizes more advanced application of creative approaches to composition and performance on the contemporary didgeridoo.

Applied Music Principal MV (B,K,P,S,V,W 4340-4346) 1 credit
Senior-level private instruction for non-performance majors studying their principal applied area. (See course description for MV(B,K,P,S,V,W) 1310-1316.) May be repeated for a maximum of 2 credits. See Music Department for specific course requirements.

Senior Performance Recital (MVO 4340) 0 credit
Prerequisite: Must pass the Junior Performance Recital (MVO 3330) and be recommended for recital by the applied area
Corequisite: Applied at the senior level (numbers will vary by instrument)
This course is required of all Performance majors during the semester of their senior recital. The 60-minute Senior Performance Recital must include works from style periods as designated in the applied syllabus and as appropriate for the instrument. Senior Performance Recital must be taken in conjunction with applied lesson 4000 level. Grading: S/U

Senior Music Education Recital (MVO 4342) 0 credit
Prerequisite: Must pass junior level applied and be recommended for recital by the applied area
Corequisite: Applied at the senior level (numbers will vary by instrument)
This course is required of all Senior Music Education majors during the semester of their recital. The 30-minute recital must include works from style periods as designated in the applied syllabus and as appropriate of the instrument. Senior Music Recital must be taken in conjunction with an applied lesson 4000 level. Grading: S/U

Applied Music Principal, Electric Guitar (MVJ 4343) 1-2 credits
Prerequisite: Audition required
Senior-level private instruction for non-performance majors studying their principal applied areas. May be repeated for credit. See Music Department for specific course requirements.

Applied Music Principal, Electric Bass (MVJ 4344) 1-2 credits
Prerequisite: Audition required
Senior-level private instruction for non-performance majors studying their principal applied areas. May be repeated for credit. See Music Department for specific course requirements.

Applied Music Major MV (B,K,P,S,V,W 4440-4446) 2 credits
Senior-level private instruction for performance majors studying their major applied area. (See course description for MV(B,K,P,S,V,W) 1411-1416.) May be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits. See Music Department for specific course requirements.

Piano Pedagogy 1 (MVK  4631 ) 3 credits
The course provides knowledge, skills and experience in teaching elementary-level piano students. It examines various teaching method books and techniques. Further, it delves into the business aspects of private teaching and offers a clear picture of the goals and objectives of professional teaching.

Piano Pedagogy 2 (MVK 4633C) 3 credits
This course provides knowledge, skills and experience in teaching intermediate-level piano students. It examines a broad range of piano repertoire including concertos and piano ensembles. It focuses on the business aspects of private teaching and offers a clear picture of the goals and objectives of professional teaching.

Piano Pedagogy 3 (MVK 4641C) 3 credits
This course provides knowledge, skills and experience in teaching advanced-level piano students. It examines a broad range of piano repertoire including concertos and piano ensembles. It focuses on the business aspects of private teaching and offers a clear picture of the goals and objectives of professional teaching.

Vocal Pedagogy (MVV 4640) 2 credits
Prerequisites: MUE 2430 and MUS 2201
The anatomy and physiology of the breathing and vocal apparatus and other techniques as they apply to teaching voice in a one-on-one setting.

Music Graduate Courses

Music Composition (MUC 6251) 2 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Applied lessons in composition. Students compose original works in a variety of media and styles. May be repeated for credit.

Advanced Composing and Arranging for TV/Radio Commercials (MUC 6605) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Course teaches students the basic composing and arranging techniques required to score commercials and jingles.

Advanced Music Composition for Film (MUC 6615) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Course is designed to teach the basic composing, arranging, and techniques required to score films and television.

Music Education Seminar (MUE 6938) 3 credits
An overview of various aspects of music education, including discussion of historical background, problems, philosophy, and current trends. Required of all M.M. in Music candidates with graduate assistantships.

Graduate Choral Conducting (MUG 6205) 2 credits
Study of representative examples of choral literature and the conducting and rehearsal techniques needed for artistic realization of their performance.

Applied Graduate Choral Conducting (MUG 6206) 1-2 credits
Prerequisite: MUG 6205
This course is available to students who have passed the choral conducting audition and who have selected choral conducting as their principal instrument at the graduate level. May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Instrumental Conducting (MUG 6305) 2 credits
Study of representative examples of band and/or orchestral literature and the conducting and rehearsal techniques needed for artistic realization of their performance.

Applied Graduate Instrumental Conducting (MUG 6309) 1-2 credits
Prerequisite: MUG 6305
Advanced in-depth study of orchestral and wind ensemble conducting through applied private lessons. Score study including historical research and theoretical analysis are components of this course. May be repeated for credit.

20th-Century Music (MUH 6375) 3 credits
A survey of the history, literature, and theoretical developments in the music of the 20th century.

World Music Seminar (MUH 6588) 3 credits
A series of graduate seminars each focusing on a specific world musical tradition or area. May be repeated for credit.

Women Composers in the Western Tradition (MUH 6625) 3 credits
A survey of the works and historical context of women composers from the Middle Ages through the present. Issues in feminist musicology will also be considered.

Music History Seminar (MUH 6935) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Must pass Music History Placement Exam 
An in-depth study of selected historically significant aspects of music history from the ancient Greeks to the present. Required of all M.M. candidates in Music. 

Graduate Piano Literature (MUL 6410) 3 credits
Prerequisites: MUL 4400, 4401
The study of advanced piano works will include those in large forms. Students will prepare parts of large works for class.

Graduate Classical Guitar Literature (MUL 6435) 2 credits
Prerequisite: Admitted to master's degree program in Music
In-depth study of classical guitar solo literature, chamber music, works for voice and guitar and for guitar and orchestra.

Survey of Orchestra Literature (MUL 6505) 3 credits
Course provides a survey of orchestra literature from the early classical period through the 20th century, focusing on innovations, the changing roles of orchestral instruments, performance style and techniques, and the interpretive and/or compositional philosophies of the composers studied.

Graduate Survey of the Concerto (MUL 6528) 3 credits
Prerequisite or Corequisite: MUS 6716
This course surveys the major repertoire for solo instrument(s) and orchestra from the Baroque era through the present day. It offers the solo instrumentalist the opportunity to better analyze, interpret, and prepare for the performance of concertos with orchestra. Non-performers will also benefit from in-depth discussion of selected repertoire by major concerto composers.

Survey of Symphonic Wind Literature (MUL 6555) 3 credits
Students completing this course will be able to aurally identify the pivotal, important, and major works of the symphonic wind repertoire.

Survey of Chamber Music Literature (MUL 6565) 3 credits
Survey of chamber music repertoire for piano and one other instrument, piano four-hands, piano trio, quartet, and quintet.

Survey of Chamber Wind Literature (MUL 6567) 3 credits
Students completing this course will be able to aurally identify the pivotal, important, and major works of the wind ensemble repertoire, including works for 8 to 24 winds and percussion.

Graduate Survey of Art Song (MUL 6606) 3 credits
Course will survey the major repertoire for solo voice and piano from the Classical era through to the present day.

Advanced Studies in Choral Music: A Survey of Choral Literature (MUL 6648) 3 credits
A survey of choral forms and their development: the madrigal, motet, mass, cantata oratorio, and secular choral settings of the 19th and 20th centuries as well as major works.

Survey of Opera Literature (MUL 6671)
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the History entrance exam
A survey of opera literature in western history and culture, the course includes historical, musical and dramaturgical analysis of opera literature from its origins through the Modern Era.

Advanced Music Publishing and Copyright (MUM 6306) 2 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
This course teaches students how to manage their intellectual property.

Advanced Legal Issues for the Musician (MUM 6307) 3 credits
Course presents an in-depth study of the legal aspects of the music business with an emphasis on recording contracts and music publishing issues.

Advanced Audio Engineering for the Musician (MUM 6627) 2 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Teaches students the basics of audio engineering and recording techniques in an interactive environment. Students use the FAU recording studio to create projects and work together in a collaborative effort. They learn the process and skills necessary to engineer their own recordings and work effectively in a professional recording studio.

TV and Film Audio Post-Production Methods (MUM 6647) 3 credits
Prerequisites: MUM 4664 or permission of instructor
An in-depth look at the film and TV industry as it pertains to the field of audio engineering. Students engage in high-level content generation based on state-of-the-art practices used by professionals in the field.

Advanced Music Marketing and Public Relations (MUM 6726) 2 credits
Course covers the marketing and publicizing of music. Targeting the proper demographics, pricing, packaging, alternative marketing, and public relations will all be discussed.

Advanced Music Production (MUM 6727) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
This course teaches the advanced study of the artistic and technical skills necessary to be a music producer with a focus on record production.

Advanced Commercial Music Ensemble (MUN 6018) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Audition required
The ensemble provides students with the tools and experience necessary to excel as studio and performing musicians in the commercial music world. Students analyze, study, arrange and perform a variety of commercial music styles. May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Chamber Winds (MUN 6146) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor
A performing ensemble in the Department of Music, the Florida Atlantic University Chamber Winds course provides member musicians with a rich, artistic experience through the formal performance of quality music for chamber wind ensembles including works for 4 to 18 players. May be repeated for credit.

University Symphony Orchestra (MUN 6215) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Audition required
The Florida Atlantic University Symphony Orchestra is dedicated to performing standard repertoire in a wide variety of styles and periods at the highest levels of musicianship. May be repeated for credit.

Choral Ensembles: Graduate Level (MUN 6315) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Audition required
The Florida Atlantic University Choral Ensembles are open to FAU students by audition only. Class activities include weekly rehearsals and a minimum of two performances per semester. Enrollment is not limited to music majors or minors. May be repeated for credit.

University Wind Ensemble (MUN 6425) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Audition required
The Florida Atlantic University Wind Ensemble performs major, important works in a wide variety of styles. Each semester there is at least one concert performance. May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Concert Percussion Ensemble (MUN 6445) 1 credit
The Florida Atlantic University Concert Percussion Ensemble is a performing ensemble within the Department of Music, providing member musicians with a rich artistic experience through the formal performance of quality music for concert percussion. May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Collaborative Piano Performance (MUN 6458) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Audition demonstrating fluent sight-reading at Royal Conservatory of Music level five or above
This course is designed to increase practical piano performing experience in the realm of collaborative arts through weekly work in small ensembles of two or more performers. May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Instrumental Chamber Music (MUN 6465) 1 credit
The study and performance of chamber music literature appropriate to the following instrumental areas in any combination: piano (harpsichord, organ), strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, guitar and harp. May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Vocal Chamber Music (MUN 6468) 1-2 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Study and performance of vocal chamber music from art song literature, operatic/oratorio small ensembles and vocal chamber works with keyboard and other instruments. May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Chamber Jazz Ensemble (MUN 6715) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Entrance by audition
The study, preparation, and performance of historic and contemporary works for small jazz ensembles. May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Large Jazz Ensemble (MUN 6716) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Entrance by audition
The study, preparation, and performance of historic and contemporary works for the large jazz ensembles. May be repeated for credit.

World Music Ensemble (MUN 6806) 1 credit
This variable topics course is performance-based learning of world music ensemble tradition(s). Each semester the class will explore the music and culture of select genres chosen from the traditions of Africa, the Americas, and Asia. May be repeated for credit.

Opera Workshop 1 (MUO 6505) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Provides students with a closer look at the skills and techniques needed to be successful on the operatic stage, including audition technique, scene and aria analysis, a basic craft for acting, improvisation, stage movement, language declamation and dramatic and musical preparation to culminate in a staged performance of opera scenes.

Opera Workshop 2 (MUO 6507) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Provides students with a closer look at the skills and techniques needed in improvisation, stage movement, language declamation and dramatic and musical preparation. The semester culminates in a staged performance of one or more scenes from the operatic literature.

Advanced Studies in Choral Literature: Mass and Motet (MUR 6108) 3 credits
An historical study of the development of the mass and motet as musical forms.

Graduate Music Internship (MUS 5941) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
This course is designed for graduate students who want to experience a work environment in music. This internship may be obtained from outside venues by the student or by the music program at Florida Atlantic University. Internship must reflect the student’s degree concentration. Credits will vary depending upon the content of Internship.

Lyric Diction 1 (MUS 6205) 2 credits
Prerequisites: Previous study of lyric diction and International Phonetic Alphabet or permission of instructor
A course in diction reviewing concepts of International Phonetic Alphabet and covering aspects of lyric diction as it relates to the graduate art song and operatic repertoire, with particular emphasis on the English, Italian, German and French languages. The course is appropriate both for singers and collaborative pianists.

Lyric Diction 2 (MUS 6206) 1 credit
Prerequisites: Previous study of lyric diction and International Phonetic Alphabet or permission of instructor
Consists of in-class coaching in lyric diction reviewing concepts of International Phonetic Alphabet and covers aspects of lyric diction as it relates to the graduate art song and operatic repertoire, with particular emphasis on English, Italian, German and French languages. The course is appropriate for singers, choral conductors and collaborative pianists.

Introduction to Graduate Research (MUS 6716) 2 credits
A comprehensive review of library research facilities available for advanced study in all areas of music. Required of all M.M. candidates in Music.

Alexander Technique for the Musician (MUS 6805) 1 credit
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Students learn to recognize and change habitual patterns of thought and movement that interfere with optimal performance in daily activities and in their performance discipline.

Directed Independent Study (MUS 6906) 1-4 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Total credit for independent study in any one semester is restricted. This is an intensive study of theoretical or historical topics and composition. A research paper or composition is required. Consult Department advisor. May be repeated for credit.

Special Topics (MUS 6933) 1-5 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
The study of a special area of music. Topic will vary. The course may be repeated for credit.

Advanced Commercial Music Internship (MUS 6940) 1-3 credits
Prerequisites: Graduate standing, permission of instructor
Designed for graduate students who want to experience a work environment in the music business. Assignments may include music licensing, copyright registration, audio engineering, concert promotion, royalty collection, public relations, music production, as well as other related music industry activities. Credits vary depending upon the internship. Grading: S/U

Thesis/Recital/Lecture (MUS 6971) 1-6 credits
Presentation of a project in the form of a thesis, performance recital, or a combined lecture/recital. Grading: S/U

Graduate Project (MUS 6975) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor or project advisor
This course is required as the final capstone course, in lieu of the thesis, for all students in the Commercial Music concentration or Composition option of the Master of Music degree. This course is taken during the semester of the student's final project or composition preparation and oral comprehensive exams based on the project prepared or the techniques and processes implemented in the composition. Grading: S/U

Graduate Recital (MUS 6976) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
This course is required as the final capstone course, in lieu of the thesis, for all Graduate Performance majors in the following concentrations: Applied instruments or Voice, Choral or Wind Conducting, during the semester of their recital. Includes a 60-minute performance and oral comprehensive exam based on the literature performed. Grading: S/U

Graduate Orchestration  (MUT 6346) 2 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Scoring for a variety of instrumental ensembles, with a emphasis on concert, film and commercial music.

Music Seminar in Theoretical Styles (MUT 6935) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Must pass Graduate Music Theory Placement Exam or earn a grade of "B" or higher in MUT 6936
Chronological study of harmonic, melodic, rhythmic, and formal features of traditional music by means of analysis along with the composition and performance of original works in specific forms and styles. Required of all M.M. in Music candidates.

Seminar in Music Theory Pedagogy (MUT 6936) 3 credits
A survey of analytic and pedagogic problems in the field of music theory, including a study of materials and publications currently available. May not be taken for M.M. in Music degree credit.

Graduate Applied Music - Trumpet (MVB 6351) 1-2 credits
May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Applied Music - Horn (MVB 6352) 1-2 credits
May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Applied Music - Trombone (MVB 6353) 1-2 credits
May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Applied Music - Euphonium (MVB 6354) 1-2 credits
May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Applied Music - Tuba (MVB 6355) 1-2 credits
May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Applied Music - Piano (MVK 6351) 1-2 credits
May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Piano Pedagogy (MVK 6650) 3 credits
Students will prepare teaching techniques on intermediate through advanced repertoire. Instructor will evaluate teaching techniques and suggestions. New concepts in teaching will be discussed.

Graduate Piano Pedagogy 2 (MVK 6651) 3 credits
Prerequisite: MVK 6650
Students will learn how to teach advanced piano works, including piano concerti, cyclic works, and longer piano sonatas.

Graduate Applied Music - Percussion (MVP 6351) 1-2 credits
May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Applied Music - Violin (MVS 6351) 1-2 credits
May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Applied Music - Viola (MVS 6352) 1-2 credits
May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Applied Music - Violoncello (MVS 6353) 1-2 credits
May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Applied Music - String Bass (MVS 6354) 1-2 credits
May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Applied Music - Guitar (MVS 6356) 1-2 credits
May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Orchestral Repertoire (MVS 6550) 3 credits
Applied course in orchestral excerpts for violin, viola, cello or double bass. Specific repertoire is determined by the applied lesson instructor. Students also attend weekly string studio class.

Graduate String Pedagogy (MVS 6650) 3 credits
Concentrates on the pedagogy and technique of string performance.

Graduate Classical Guitar Pedagogy (MVS 6652) 2 credits
Prerequisite: Admitted to master's degree program in Music
In-depth survey of classical pedagogical materials and techniques at beginning through advanced levels.

Graduate Applied Music - Voice (MVV 6351) 1-2 credits
May be repeated for credit.

Vocal Pedagogy (MVV 6652)  2 credits
Course provides students with resources and information regarding the anatomy and physiology of the vocal apparatus and practical methodology for the voice studio and the choral rehearsal.

Graduate Vocal Pedagogy 2 (MVV 6662) 1 credit
Prerequisite: MVV 6652
Provides students with resources and information on practical methodology for voice studio. Students engage in supervised teaching.

Beginning Didgeridoo Workshop (MVW 6150) 1 credit
The aim of this course is the development of basic didgeridoo techniques, such as circular breathing, tone production, and vocalization, through hands-on participation, group interaction, performance, and composition.

Advanced Didgeridoo Workshop (MVW 6160) 1 credit
Prerequisite: MVW  2920  or MVW 6150 with grade of "C" or higher or permission of instructor
As a sequence to MVW 2920 or MVW 6150, this course will continue the development of playing techniques, with the goal of the development of a personal playing style through composition and performance.

Graduate Applied Music - Flute (MVW 6351) 1-2 credits
May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Applied Music - Oboe (MVW 6352) 1-2 credits
May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Applied Music - Clarinet (MVW 6353) 1-2 credits
May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Applied Music - Bassoon (MVW 6354) 1-2 credits
May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Applied Music - Saxophone (MVW 6355) 1-2 credits
May be repeated for credit.

For all graduate-level applied music study:
Prerequisites: Four years of undergraduate applied music and permission of instructor.
Graduate applied music study may be repeated for credit.

Theatre and Dance

Undergraduate Courses/ link to graduate courses

Modern Dance 1 (DAA 2100) 3 credits
A beginning course in the development of modern dance technique, composition and theory. May be repeated for credit.

Ballet 1 (DAA 2200) 3 credits
Beginning-level ballet technique course comprising terminology, anatomy, history, theory, and performance for students with little or no previous ballet experience. May be repeated for credit.

Tap Dance 1 (DAA 2520) 3 credits
A beginning course in the development of tap dance technique, composition and theory. May be repeated for credit.

Modern Dance 2 (DAA 3109) 3 credits
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor; audition first day of class
This course concentrates on various aspects of intermediate modern dance. These include rhythm, body isolations, somatic practices, modern dance history and vocabulary. Anatomical and kinesiological principles that pertain to class content are also presented to encourage the student to perform the movement thoughtfully and correctly. Students master basic modern steps, gain a greater understanding of musicality, develop creative practices, create and perform self-choreography and analyze dance. May be repeated for credit.

Ballet 2 (DAA 3214) 3 credits
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor; audition first day of class
This class is an intermediate/advanced level ballet course composed primarily of movement (performance as opposed to lecture) and includes movement projects, theory, observation, learning and performance of dance(s). Some dance history and anatomy for dancers are taught. Students are required to travel to and attend live professional dance performances and to perform. May be repeated for credit.

Jazz Dance (DAA 3508) 3 credits
Prerequisite: DAA 2100 or DAA  3214  or permission of instructor/audition
A beginning course in the development of jazz dance technique, composition and theory. May be repeated for credit.

Dance for Musical Theatre (DAA 4583) 3 credits
Prerequisite: DAA 2200 or DAA 3508
This course is composed primarily of movement and performance as opposed to lecture. There are movement projects, mock auditions, observation and performance of various musical theatre dance styles. Musical theatre dance history is taught and discussed through the art of dance. Students are required to travel to and attend live professional dance performances and to perform.

Appreciation of Dance (DAN 2100) 3 credits
A study of dance's aesthetics, origins, and development inspired by the Western canon and other cultural traditions through lectures, discussions, videos, and, when possible, live performances. This is a General Education course.

Directed Independent Study (DAN 4905) 1-4 credits

Special Topics (DAN 4930) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
The study of a special area in dance. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Appreciation of Theatre (THE 2000) 3 credits
In this course, students will explore dramatic structure, techniques and various organizational elements. The course provides an introduction to theatre as a collaborative art form through the critical analysis of its historical context, production, theory and connections to theatrical literature, including the Western canon. This is a General Education course.

Script Analysis (THE 2305) 3 credits
Lecture/discussion course designed to help the student learn how to read drama as a performance-based art form and imagine the transition from page to stage. A variety of classical and modern scripts are used.

History of Western Dress (THE 3262) 3 credits
This course is a survey of the evolution of clothing styles and materials through history, from early Mid-Eastern ancient civilizations to the present day and includes identifying and examining movements and trends in clothing and fashion. Exploring how sociological, political, economic, artistic, geographic, technological and other factors have affected clothing through the ages illustrates the relationship between clothing and broad social, historical and artistic developments.

Production Hour (THE 3952) 1-2 credits
Prerequisite: TPA 2200 with a grade of "C" or better or permission of instructor
Participation in the production program of the curriculum; work in preparation and performance. May be repeated. 

Theatre History 1 (THE 4110) 3 credits
History of theatre from the Greeks to the 17th century.

Theatre History 2 (THE 4111) 3 credits
History of theatre from the 17th century to the present.

Classical World Drama (THE 4213) 3 credits
This course offers a critical examination of selected classical dramatic works, from the Greek era through the Elizabethan, French Neoclassical, Restoration and Spanish Golden Age, with emphasis on their original staging and contemporary interpretations.

History of Design Styles for Theatrical Designers (THE 4282) 3 credits
Prerequisite: TPA 2000
Students study decorative art and design from Classical Greece through the 20th century to help understand how design aesthetics change over time and to reinforce the relationships between design and the major historical events that shape each time period. Lectures focus on historical events and period aesthetics from the standpoint of how theatrical designers utilize the information to inform design choices.

History of Fashion and Decor 1 (THE 4284) 3 credits
Survey of ancient through 14th century European historical detail in clothing, architecture and artifacts as a vocabulary used in theatrical design.

Shakespeare on Stage and Screen (THE 4335) 3 credits
A seminar devoted to the study of selected plays by William Shakespeare, both comedies and tragedies, as they were performed from the Elizabethan era to the present day. Students learn to understand Shakespeare's texts as intended primarily for performance.

Drama on Stage and Screen (THE 4370) 3 credits
Selected playscripts and screenplays are studied, with emphasis on analyzing how dramatic literature functions in the theatre and in motion pictures. Consideration is given to such matters as dramatic structure, genres, audience, and performance styles.

20th Century World Drama (THE 4371) 3 credits
Critical examination of works by major dramatists of the 20th century from Chekhov and Synge through Samuel Beckett and Caryl Churchill, with emphasis on original staging, audience reaction and critical interpretations.

Directed Independent Study (THE 4905) 1-4 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of Department Chair
May be repeated for credit.

Special Topics (THE 4930) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
The study of a special area in theatre. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Senior Capstone (THE 4950) 1-2 credits
Prerequisites: TPA 2200 with minimum grade of "C" or permission of instructor
Students demonstrate what they have learned during their years as theatre design/tech majors as well as have a focused experience in their field in a supervisory position. Each student writes a paper reflecting on the knowledge gained and their experiences.

Production Capstone (THE 4954) 1-2 credits
The capstone is a self-guided class required of all Theatre majors. It is designed to connect experiences and information gained during their research time at the University. Each student writes a paper reflecting on the knowledge gained and their experiences.

Summer Repertory Theatre Workshop (THE 4955) 1-18 credits
The study and practical application of acting/directing and/or technical/design skills for repertory theatre performance. May be repeated for credit.

Visual Imagination (TPA 2000) 3 credits
An introductory course dealing largely with the elements of design and the principles of composition as they apply to the various subdisciplines of theatre art.

Introduction to Production (TPA 2200) 3 credits
Theory and stage practice in the planning, construction and operation of stage production elements and related equipment.

Theatrical Makeup (TPA 2248)  3 credits
Prerequisite: B.F.A. standing or by permission of instructor
Actor training in the basic techniques of stage makeup application.

Sound Design (TPA 3262) 3 credits
Prerequisite: TPA 2200
This is an introductory course to live and recorded sound use on the stage. This course introduces the process and skills necessary to analyze a script for sound needs, locate and capture the sounds, edit the sounds into a usable format and finally prepare the sounds for playback in a production.

Lighting Design 1 (TPA 3022) 3 credits
Prerequisites: TPA 2000 and TPA 2200
This course enables students to develop an understanding of the equipment, process and paperwork involved in the creation of lighting for live theatre. Through this class, students explore what a lighting designer does, the processes a designer may use in the creation of a design and how the designer executes ideas.

Costume Design 1 (TPA  3045 ) 3 credits
Prerequisites: TPA 2000 and TPA 2200
Course provides instruction in the basic techniques of theatrical costume design. Course includes figure drawing; how the elements and principles of design relate to and are utilized in costume design; collaboration; script analysis; research methods; costume design process; character analysis; the function and purpose of costumes in theatre; rendering techniques; and the use of various media.

Scene Design 1 (TPA  3064C ) 3 credits
Prerequisites: TPA 2000 and TPA 2200
This course offers an introduction to the elements of design with a focus on conceptualization and problem solving. Students are also introduced to the professional design process used to create scenic designs for theatre productions. Students produce research and perspective and technical drawings used to communicate information to both the design team and the scene shop. Students also produce scale models of their designs.

Scenery Design  Topics  (TPA 3092) 3 credits
Prerequisites: TPA 2000 and TPA 2200
Course covers special topics areas, such as scene painting, advanced rendering, and model construction. Course may be repeated for credit with new topic only.

Lighting Design Topics (TPA 3223C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: TPA 2000 and TPA 2200
Course covers special topics areas, such as lens theory, electrical theory, automated luminaries, and paperwork. Course may be repeated for credit with new topic only.

Stage Costume Topics (TPA 3231) 3 credits
Prerequisites: TPA 2000 and TPA 2200
Course covers special topics areas, such as dying and painting, costume crafts, patterning, construction, and millinery techniques. Course may be repeated for credit with new topic only.

Stage Technology  Topics  (TPA 3311C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: TPA 2000 and TPA 2200
Course covers special topics areas, such as computer-aided design, welding, structural engineering, advanced carpentry skills, or scenic automation. Course may be repeated for credit with new topic only.

Drafting for the Theatre (TPA 3348C ) 3 credits
Prerequisites: TPA 2000 and TPA 2200
Course focuses on drafting techniques, particularly on concepts and methods of using programs such as AutoCAD and Vectorworks for entertainment design and technology.

Costume Design 2 (TPA 4041) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Advanced classroom and laboratory study of the principles of modern costume design for the theatre.

Stage Management (TPA 4601) 3 credits
Prerequisites: TPA 2000, TPA 2200, and TPP 2110
Detailed study in stage management techniques and practical application during the preproduction, rehearsal, and performance processes.

Senior Capstone (TPA 4950) 1-2 credits
Prerequisite: TPA 2200
Students demonstrate what they have learned during their years as theatre design tech majors, while having a focused experience in their field in a supervisory position. Each student writes a paper reflecting on the knowledge gained and their experiences.

Acting 1 (TPP 2110) 3 credits
A beginning-level acting class for theatre majors only. This course begins to define the highly disciplined process for the future professional actor. Explorations in three basic areas of human involvement; relationship to objects, environment, and people.

Voice for the Actor 1 (TPP 2710) 3 credits
Study and practice in voice principles for the stage. Special emphasis on integrated use of voice and body, stage projection, and recognition of improper use of voice. Theatre majors only by permission of instructor.

Music Theatre Applied Studio/Voice 1 (TPP 2714C) 1-2 credits
Prerequisites: TPP 4721C with minimum grade of "C" or permission of instructor; for Music Theatre majors only
Continuation of Music Theatre Voice Training with individualized instruction. 

Music Theatre Craft (TPP 2740C) 1-2 credits
Prerequisite: For Music Theatre majors only or permission of instructor
Introduction to the voice, diction and physiology of the voice of a Musical Theatre performer. 

Music Theatre Applied Studio/Voice 2 (TPP 2741C) 1-2 credits
Prerequisites: TPP 2714C with minimum grade of "C" or permission of instructor; for Music Theatre majors only
Continuation of Music Theatre Voice Training with individualized instruction. 

Speech for the Actor 1 (TPP 2810 ) 3 credits
Prerequisite: TPP 2710
Practice in skills of articulation and projection for the stage. Includes study of IPA "stage standard" speech and dialects.

Musical Theatre Technique (TPP 3251) 3 credits
Prerequisites: TPP 2110, permission of instructor
Covers the techniques of acting for the musical theatre. Class work is largely performance-based, with an exploration of song scores as the actor’s text. Explores characterization and issues of acting styles.

Music Theatre Studio 1 (TPP 3257C) 0 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Introductory technical aspects of the voice as applied to Musical Theatre Singing through lyrics and script. Grading: S/U 

Movement for Actors (TPP 3510) 3 credits
A course in developing awareness, freedom, and ease of movement. Students study a variety of movement disciplines and develop a movement vocabulary for use in warm-up, rehearsal, and performance.

Stage Combat (TPP 3531) 3 credits
Prerequisites:  TPP 2110  and TPP 4175
A practical physical study for the intermediate to advanced actor, to safely create the illusion of stage violence. This course focuses on safe techniques, and the mental and physical discipline needed for unarmed as well as some armed combat within a scene study context.

Voice for the Actor 2 (TPP 3711) 3 credits
Prerequisite: TPP 2710
Continued study in voice production for the stage with emphasis placed on direct application of the principles to various forms of dramatic text and character development. Will focus on specific individual challenges in the voicing process. By permission of instructor.

Speech for the Actor 2 (TPP 3730) 3 credits
Advanced study of dialects and their application to the process of characterization.

Music Theatre Applied Studio/Voice 3 (TPP 3745C) 1-2 credits
Prerequisites: TPP 2714C with minimum grade of "C" or permission of instructor; for Music Theatre majors only
Continuation of Music Theatre Voice Training with individualized instruction. 

Music Theatre Applied Studio/Voice 4 (TPP 3747C) 1-2 credits
Prerequisites: TPP 3745C with minimum grade of "C" or permission of instructor; for Music Theatre majors only
Continuation of Music Theatre Voice Training with individualized instruction. 

Acting 4 (TPP 4140) 3 credits
Prerequisite: TPP 4176 or equivalent
Advanced work in acting heightened language, specifically Shakespeare. This class is part technical and part practical. Technically, students learn iambic pentameter scansion, rhetoric, antithesis, imagery and scene scoring focusing on verse text. Practically, students learn how to apply the technical aspects to the imaginative, physical and vocal creative acting work.

Acting 2 (TPP 4175) 3 credits
Prerequisite:  TPP 2110  or equivalent
Studies and projects in the development of a variety of characters through a scene study approach, each assignment will have defined goals toward specific acting competencies.

Acting 3 (TPP 4176) 3 credits
Prerequisite: TPP 4175
Projects in advanced characterization.

Audition and Career Forum (TPP 4224) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Theatre major or permission of instructor
This course focuses on the transition from student to working actor. In addition to some practical mock audition work, lecture and discussion topics may include, but are not limited to: unions, agents, professionalism/attitude, résumés, headshots, casting procedures, auditions and the "day job."

Music Theatre Audition (TPP 4227C) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Music Theatre major or permission of instructor 
This course focuses primarily on the music theatre audition. Acting skills learned in previous classes are applied to the style of music theatre. Students learn a classical music theatre song and a contemporary music theatre song that are audition-ready by the end of the semester. 

Music Theatre Scene Study (TPP 4252C) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Music Theatre major or permission of instructor  
This is an advanced scene study acting class for the B.F.A. Theatre major with a concentration in the style of music theatre. Preliminary work is in learning how to act heightened language, specifically music theatre. This class builds on actor training established in Acting 3 and Acting Shakespeare.

Music Theatre Studio 2 (TPP 4258C) 0 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Introductory technical aspects of the voice as applied to Musical Theatre Singing
through lyrics and script. Grading: S/U

Acting 5 (TPP 4265) 3 credits
Prerequisites: TPP 2110,  TPP 4175 and TPP 4176
Advanced work in acting heightened language, specifically Moliere (heroic couplets), Restoration Comedy and Comedy of Manners (Wilde). This class is part technical and part practical. It covers scansion, inflection, rhetoric, antithesis, imagery and scene scoring, focusing on "heightened" texts.

Acting for the Camera 1 (TPP 4268C) 3 credits
Prerequisite: TPP 4175 or permission of instructor 
Course is focused on techniques to aid the actor in the transition from stage to film work. An examination of film acting and its unique challenges, this advanced acting course effectively examines many of the most common situations faced by the film actor and solutions to the problems they present.

Acting for the Camera 2 (TPP 4269) 3 credits
Prerequisite: TPP 4268C or permission of instructor
This is an advanced acting class for the future acting professional, specifically advanced work in acting for the camera. Now that students are successfully getting “over the bar” in their camera work, this course begins a series of challenges to increase their acting for camera range. Through a series of in-class exercises, monologues and two-person scenes, students learn how to become versatile actors who can give the director what they need. Additionally, students learn how to adapt to various camera acting styles (superhero, classical acting, fight scenes, etc.). Finally, students continue to develop their audition/self-submit skills through in-class and at-home assignments.

Directing 1 (TPP 4310) 3 credits
Prerequisites: TPP 2110, TPP 4175 and permission of instructor
Students gain practical experience in play direction through the study and application of script breakdown and analysis, basic staging techniques and basic directing theories. Students direct a scene or "10-minute" play.

Movement for the Actor 2 (TPP 4511) 3 credits
Prerequisite: TPP 3510 or permission of instructor
Continued study in developing awareness, freedom and ease of movement for the stage with direct application of these principles to text and character study. Various theatre movement systems and luminaries are covered.

Stage Combat 2 (TPP 4532) 3 credits
Prerequisite: TPP 2110 or permission of instructor
A practical study in blade play and violence for the stage. The focus is on safe technique, the physical discipline of impulse response and moment-to-moment playing and reaction. 30 hours of a single Society of American Fight Director's recognized weapon (Unarmed/Hand to Hand, Rapier and Dagger, Knife, Single Sword/Swashbuckling, Broadsword, Sword and Shield, Smallsword, and Quarterstaff) is studied. A Skills Proficiency Test in the context of scene study will be given and adjudicated by an SAFD-recognized Fight Master.

Dramatic Writing for Stage and Screen 1 (TPP 4600) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Study of the arts and craft of writing for the stage and film. Analysis of selected contemporary scripts. Students write a short play or film script.

Dramatic Writing for Stage and Screen 2 (TPP 4601) 3 credits
Prerequisite: TPP 4600
Advanced work in writing for the stage and other media. Selected playscripts and screenplays will be examined. Students will write a full-length play or screenplay.

Music Theatre Performance (TPP 4721C) 1-2 credits
Prerequisites: TPP 2740C with minimum grade of "C" or permission of instructor; for Music Theatre majors only
Technical aspects of the voice as applied to musical theatre singing through lyrics and script. 

Music Theatre Applied/Studio Voice 5 (TPP 4748C) 1-2 credits
Prerequisites: TPP 3747C with minimum grade of "C" or permission of instructor; for Music Theatre majors only
Continuation of Music Theatre Voice Training with individualized instruction. 

Music Theatre Applied/Studio Voice 6 (TPP 4749C) 1-2 credits
Prerequisites: TPP 4748C with minimum grade of "C" or permission of instructor; for Music Theatre majors only
Continuation of Music Theatre Voice Training with individualized instruction. 

Theatre and Dance Graduate Courses

Directed Independent Study (DAN 5905) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Reading and research in an area of dance. The topic is to be approved by the instructor. The course may be repeated for credit.

Special Topics in Dance (DAN 5930) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
The study of the selected area in dance. Topics may vary. The course may be repeated for credit.

Special Topics (THE 5930) 1-3 credits
The study of a special area in theatre. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Graduate Script Analysis (THE 6309) 3 credits
Prerequisite: M.F.A. Theatre majors only unless prior permission is received from the instructor
Assists students in learning to read play scripts as the basis of a performance-based art form, to deconstruct and analyze scripts and understand their meaning and functionality and to image the script's transition from page to stage, allowing the student to apply those skills to their individual artistic process.

Seminar in Dramatic Theory and Genre (THE 6507) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
The study of selected theories of drama from Aristotle to the present.

Directed Independent Study (THE 6909) 1-4 credits
Involves reading, research, and creative activities in theatre with a program of study selected and reviewed in consultation with Department faculty members. The course may be repeated for credit.

Special Topics (THE 6930) 1-3 credits
The study of a special area in theatre. Topics will vary. May be repeated for credit.

Professional Internship (THE 6940) 1-9 credits
Involves theatre internship residency in an accredited professional company in acting, directing, design, technical theatre, or theatre management. The course may be repeated for credit. Grading: S/U

Summer Repertory Theatre Workshop (THE 6955) 1-14 credits
The advanced study and practical application of acting/directing and/or technical/design skills for repertory theatre performance. The course may be repeated for credit.

Graduate Production Project  (THE 6972) 1-6 credits
Grading: S/U

Advanced Scene Design (TPA 5062L) 3 credits
Prerequisite: TPA  3064C
The solving of assigned problems and criticism in designing plays and musicals. Includes evaluation of styles in settings.

Graduate Acting Studio 1 (TPP 5115) 3 credits
Advanced methods of performance in realistic plays.

Graduate Acting Studio 2 (TPP 5116) 3 credits
Advanced methods of performance in classical plays.

Acting for the Camera (TPP 5266) 3 credits
Prerequisites:  TPP 2110,  TPP 4175 and TPP 4176
An acting course that identifies the special needs of the actor in front of the camera in either film or videotape. This course provides a basic working vocabulary and the techniques needed to confront the major issues of camera acting.

Graduate Acting for Film and Television (TPP 5267) 3 credits
Prerequisites: TPP 5115, 5116
Studio class designed to give the graduate actor experience in the practical application of techniques utilized in commercial, film, and television acting.

Graduate Acting Studio 3 (TPP 6146) 3 credits
Prerequisites: TPP 5115, 5116
A continuation of acting training with emphasis on Shakespeare.

Graduate Acting Studio 4: Special Challenges in Acting (TPP 6147) 3 credits
Prerequisites: TPP 5115, 5116, 6146
Through consultation with the collected performance faculty, students will identify specific challenges in their individual acting process and, through targeted scene study, discover the means to overcome them.

Movement for the Graduate Actor 1 (TPP 6515) 2 credits
Prerequisite: M.F.A. in Theatre majors only
Movement training for the graduate actor emphasizing ensemble building, body attunement and improved impulse response playing. Students study Viewpoints and Composition where creative scene work that is driven by physicality is explored, with a minimum use of text.

Movement for the Graduate Actor 3 (TPP 6517) 2 credits
Prerequisite: TPP 6535 with minimum grade of "B-"
A practical study that trains the actor to create the illusion of physical violence. The focus is on safe technique, the physical discipline of impulse response and moment-to-moment playing and reacting. Thirty hours of a single Society of American Fight Directors' weapon is studied.

Movement for the Graduate Actor 4 (TPP 6518) 2 credits
Prerequisite: TPP 6517 with minimum grade of "B-"
Course continues Alexander Technique work with emphasis on self-assessment of awareness of physical habits, development of the ability to self-correct and awareness of inefficient physical patterning choices that are detrimental to the actor. Additional exploration of Feldenkrais, Grotowski, Laban, Suzuki, Neutral Mask and Mask may be utilized as a means of engaging in the graduate actor's full physical capacity as a storyteller.

Movement for the Graduate Actor 2 (TPP 6535) 2 credits
Prerequisite: TPP 6515 with minimum grade of "B-"
The Alexander Technique is studied to address physical patterning and the graduate actor's habitual movement choices. The emphasis is on the release of physical tension in performance, a more aligned posture and more efficient use of the body as a storytelling instrument.

Voice for the Graduate Actor 1 (TPP 6715) 2 credits
Prerequisite: M.F.A. in Theatre majors only
Vocal training for the graduate actor emphasizing release of physical tension as well as proper use of the vocal apparatus to enhance resonance, projection and the ability to work on impulse.

Voice for the Graduate Actor 2 (TPP 6716) 2 credits
Prerequisites: TPP 6715 with a grade of B- or higher and M.F.A. in Theatre majors only
Continued voice work with emphasis on self-assessment of vocal habits and development of the ability to self-correct any that are detrimental to the actor. The use of the voice in classical texts is explored.

Voice  and Speech  for the Graduate Actor 3 (TPP 6717) 3 credits
Prerequisites: TPP 6716 with a grade of B- or higher and M.F.A. in Theatre majors only
Graduate voice and speech work with emphasis on vocal variety, flexibility, accent acquisition and intelligibility utilizing the works of Shakespeare. Graduate voice work with emphasis on vocal variety and flexibility utilizing the works of Shakespeare.

Voice and Speech for the Graduate Actor 4 (TPP 6718) 3 credits
Prerequisites: TPP 6717 and TPP 6819 with a grades of B- or higher and M.F.A. in Theatre majors only
Advanced accent work with a focus on researching, designing, articulating to others and performing with an accent while maintaining vocal power, flexibility, resonance and intelligibility.

Speech for the Graduate Actor 1 (TPP 6817) 2 credits
Prerequisite: M.F.A. in Theatre majors only
Advanced speech course for the graduate actor focusing on articulation for intelligibility and familiarity with the International Phonetic Alphabet and its application in accent work.

Speech for the Graduate Actor 2 (TPP 6818) 2 credits
Prerequisites: TPP 6817 with a grade of B- or higher and M.F.A. in Theatre majors only
Training for the graduate actor in accent acquisition and performance.

Speech for the Graduate Actor 3 (TPP 6819) 3 credits
Prerequisites: TPP 6818 with a grade of B- or higher and M.F.A. in Theatre majors only
Advanced work on the articulation of sound in the works of William Shakespeare, as well as training in accent acquisition.

Visual Arts and Art History

Undergraduate Courses/ link to graduate courses

Honors Art Appreciation (ARH 1930) 3 credits
Writing Across Curriculum (Gordon Rule)
Prerequisites: Approval from the University Honors Program; students must satisfy college prep requirements if not already enrolled in undergraduate study.
Honors section of art appreciation. Introduction to the visual arts with slides and films.

Art Appreciation (ARH 2000) 3 credits
In this course, students will develop an appreciation of and the ability to think critically about culture and be provided with the tools to understand, analyze and discuss works of visual art and material culture. Includes content related to the Western canon. This is a General Education course. 

Art History Survey 1 (ARH 2050) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Students must satisfy college prep requirements if not already enrolled in undergraduate study
The first half of a two-course sequence in the history of art with ARH 2051. Delineates the development of visual art media from their first appearance in the Paleolithic period through the floruit of Classical antiquity and the re-ordering of art in the Middle Ages. Architecture is treated as a form of art, as well as a venue for other art media, such as sculpture and painting.

Art History Survey 2 (ARH 2051) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Students must satisfy college prep requirements if not already enrolled in undergraduate study
The second half of a two-course sequence in the history of art with ARH 2050. Delineates the development of visual art media from the European Renaissance through the present day. In addition to painting, sculpture, architecture and other art media, this course explores the often competing discourses surrounding them, such as art criticism, theory, philosophical debate and issues regarding patronage and reception.

Directed Independent Research in Art History (ARH 2915) 1-4 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Independent undergraduate research in areas of student interest.

Art History Study Abroad (ARH 2952)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

History of Ceramics (ARH 4013)  3 credits
Prerequisite: ARH 2050 and ARH 2051 or permission of department
Explores the many aspects of art in clay, from pottery to sculpture, on a global scale. While articulated in terms of chronology and geography, the course highlights common socioeconomic contexts of production, as well as issues regarding the role of the individual, gender, economic status and other factors that have influenced and conditioned ceramics as a craft and as an art medium.

Greek Art and Archaeology (ARH 4130)  3 credits
Prerequisites: ARH 2050 and ARH 2051 or permission of department
A survey of art and archaeology of the Greeks and peoples related to their ancient civilization from prehistoric times through the advent of the Roman domination in the first century B.C.E. Special emphasis is given to the Bronze Age proto-civilizations that spawned Greek myths and legends (e.g. Minos of Crete and the Trojan War), as well as the achievements of the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic periods in the first millennium B.C.E.

Rome Across the Centuries (ARH 4152) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ARH 2050 and ARH 2051 or permission of department
A survey of archaeological, art historical and historical issues pertaining to the development of the city of Rome from its earliest prehistory through the 20th century. Focus on major monuments of the city and historical trends in art, as well as the ways in which Rome itself has been transformed into a theme in art and to some extent literature, including film.

The Impact of Pompeii: Pompeii, Herculaneum and the Origins of Art History (ARH 4153) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ARH 2050 and ARH 2051 or permission of department
A survey of almost two centuries of archaeological exploration at Pompeii, Herculaneum and other key sites in the area of Mount Vesuvius (Naples, Italy) and the significance of these discoveries to knowledge of ancient history in the Mediterranean, Greek and Roman civilization, as well as the development of art and the discipline of art history in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Medieval Art and Archaeology (ARH 4200) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ARH 2050 and ARH 2051 or permission of department
Art of the Christian world from the 1st to the 14th centuries.

Renaissance Art and Architecture (ARH 4305) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ARH 2050 and ARH 2051 or permission of department
History of art and architecture in Italy and northern Europe from the 14th to the 16th centuries.

Baroque Art  and Architecture  (ARH 4350) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ARH 2050 and ARH 2051 or permission of department
Art in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries.

18th- and 19th-Century Art (ARH 4371) 3 credits
Prerequisite: ARH  2050, 2051 or permission of department
Art from the Rococo period to postimpressionism.

Modern Art: 1863-1945 (ARH 4450) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ARH 2050 and ARH 2051 or permission of department
Art movements in Western society from 1863 until 1945, including impressionism, expressionism, cubism, non-representational art, constructivism and surrealism.

Contemporary Art (ARH 4470) 3 credits
Prerequisites:  ARH 2050 and ARH 2051 or permission of department
New movements in Western art from 1945 to the present.

Art of China (ARH 4557) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ARH 2050 and ARH 2051 or permission of department
This course is to introduce, from a comparative approach, an overall view of the Chinese arts since ancient time so that students will become aware of the Chinese aesthetic value and its historical involvement.

The Art of Japan (ARH 4563) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ARH 2050 and ARH 2051 with minimum grades of C-
A survey of Japanese art from prehistory to the present day. 

American Painting and Sculpture (ARH 4610) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ARH 2050 and ARH 2051 or permission of department
A study of American painting and sculpture from its colonial beginnings to the avant-garde movements of the present day.

History of Photography (ARH 4710) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ARH 2050 and ARH 2051 or permission of department
Surveys the emergence of photographic processes beginning in 1839 and extends to present-day digital technology. Provides a coherent view of photographic practices, significant photographers, aesthetic movements and the impact of photography upon our understanding of images.

History of Graphic Design (ARH 4724) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ARH 2050 and ARH 2051 or permission of department
An investigation of historical and contemporary visual communications, concepts, media, and images and their role in graphic design.

* Course may be repeated for credit.

Museum Studies and Gallery Practices (ARH 4794)  3-6 credits
Prerequisite: One 4000-level Art History course
Investigation of the many characteristics of museum and gallery management, including hands-on participation in University Galleries' ongoing productions. A mandatory lab hour requirement of four hours per week amounts to half of the student's grade.

Selected Readings in Art History (ARH 4900) 3 credits
Prerequisite: At least 8 credits of course work in the area of selection with a "B" average; ARH 2000 or both Art History Survey sections
Selected readings in Art History.

Directed Independent Study: Art History (ARH 4905)  1-3 credits
Prerequisites: Three courses in the area of intended study and permission of instructor
Independent study in area of interest specific to Art History.

Directed Independent Research in Art History (ARH 4915) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Independent undergraduate research in areas of student interest.

* Topics - Art History (ARH 4930) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ARH 2050 and ARH 2051 or permission of department
Art of various cultural periods and/or thematic frameworks.

*Art History Senior Seminar (ARH 4937) 3 credits
Prerequisites: 16 credits of course work in upper-division Art History and permission of department
The historiography of art history, readings, and writings on art historical topics.

Art History Internship (ARH 4940) 1-4 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of department
This internship provides an opportunity for students to apply their disciplinary knowledge in art history in a professional setting. Course requirements and credits vary depending on the specific content of the internship. Details are defined in consultation with the instructor.

Art History Study Abroad (ARH 4957)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

2D Art Foundations  (ART 1201C) 3 credits
This introductory course is part of the foundation sequence in studio arts. The course focuses on the elements and principles of constructing two-dimensional visual compositions. Historical and contemporary practices in two-dimensional artmaking are explored. The relationship between studio practice and other scholarly disciplines is also investigated.

3D Art Foundations  (ART 1203C) 3 credits
This introductory course is part of the foundation sequence in studio arts. The course focuses on the elements and principles of constructing three-dimensional visual compositions. Historical and contemporary practices in three-dimensional artmaking are explored. The relationship between studio practice and other scholarly disciplines is also investigated.

Drawing Foundations  (ART 1300C) 3 credits
This introductory course is part of the foundation sequence in studio arts. The course focuses on perceptual drawing, primarily of objects and spaces. Historical and contemporary practices in drawing, including methods and materials, are explored. The relationship between drawing and other scholarly disciplines is also investigated.

Special Topics in Art (ART 1933C) 3 credits
Elective course for students to complete project work dealing with rotating topics in studio arts. The instructor provides oversight, feedback and criticism of the students’ work. Projects may explore ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and/or intermedia and may vary each time the course is offered.

Drawing 2 - Figure Drawing (ART 2330C) 3 credits
Prerequisite: ART 1300C
This course focuses on perceptual drawing, primarily of the human figure. References may include live figure models, photographic references and art historical references. Historical and contemporary practices in drawing, including methods and materials, are explored. The relationship between drawing and other scholarly disciplines is also investigated.

* Course may be repeated for credit.

* Printmaking: Color Printing and Layering (ART 2400C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ART 1201C, ART 1300C,  ART 2600C, all with minimum grade of "C"
This course introduces the concepts of color printmaking using mono-type and relief processes through traditional and emerging methods. Students are taught the use of tools, materials, ideas and approaches to create color print media. 

* Printmaking: Surface and Substrates (ART 2401C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ART 1201C, ART 1300C, and ART 2600C
This course introduces methods of traditional surface printing. Students use hand methods, mordants, laser engraving and emerging technologies to make impressions upon a variety of surfaces and substrates. 

Painting 1 (ART 2500C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ART 1201C, ART 1300C,  ART 2600C
This course introduces students to the fundamental principles governing painting as a visual language used to investigate and convey information from the observable world onto a two-dimensional surface. Exploration is centered on the interpretation of life via direct observation. The main topics covered are color, shape, form, value, gesture, process and composition. The whole of this course is designed with the development of technical image-making as the core objective, thus non-objective and expressionistic abstraction will not be emphasized nor is it of primary concern.

Digital Art Foundations  (ART 2600C) 3 credits
Prerequisites:  ART 1201C;  students must satisfy college prep requirements if not already enrolled in undergraduate study
This introductory course is part of the foundation sequence in studio arts. The course focuses on the elements and principles of constructing visual compositions in digital space. Historical and contemporary practices in digital artmaking are explored. The relationship between studio practice and other scholarly disciplines is also investigated.

Sculpture 1 (ART 2701C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ART 1201C, ART 1203C and ART 1300C
Problems in sculptural form and composition with the exploration of materials, techniques, and conceptual approaches.

Ceramics - Wheel Throwing 1  (ART 2751C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ART 1201C, ART 1300C, ART 1203C
Basic wheel-throwing course. Technical skills of wheel work stressed with other aspects of clay work included, such as the aesthetics of form, glaze work, kiln loading, firing. Demonstration, critiques and slides.

Ceramics - Handbuilding 1 (ART  2754C ) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ART 1201C, ART 1203C and ART 1300C, or permission of instructor
Studio fine art course introducing fundamentals in handbuilding through various projects that emphasize technique, creativity and problem-solving methods, giving the student a working knowledge of clay. Includes demonstrations, lectures, critiques, slides, glaze work, kiln loading and firing.

Directed Independent Research in Art (ART 2915)  1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Independent undergraduate research in areas of student interest.

Art Study Abroad (ART 2952) 1-6 credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

Alternative Media (ART 3161C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ART 1201C, ART 1300C and ART 2600C
Introduces students to a variety of materials that can be used in the creation of artistic composition. Special emphasis is placed on the imaginative use of everyday objects as artistic devices. Some traditional media are used in conjunction with these non-traditional media.

Narrative Painting and Drawing (ART 3383C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ART 1201C, ART 1300C, ART 2600C, ART 2330C
This course focuses on developing narrative content and identifying research interests that will support the development of meaningful bodies of work. Students from across disciplines use drawing and painting to investigate a variety of topics touching on both historical and contemporary practices. The relationship between drawing and painting and other studio and scholarly disciplines are also investigated. This course may be repeated one time for credit.

Printmaking: Print Installation (ART 3402C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ART 1201C, ART 1300C, ART 2600C and either ART 2400C or ART 2330C
In this course, students create large-scale installations utilizing relief and screen printed multiples on paper, textiles and other surfaces. Students examine the interrelated nature of form, multiples, expression and meaning through process and scale. The course explores temporary, permanent and site-specific installation-based art using print media. 

Topics in Intermediate Painting and Drawing (ART 3505C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ART 1201C, ART 1300C, ART 2330C, ART 2500C or permission of instructor
This topics course explores the intersection of traditional painting and drawing practices. This experimental course is designed for intermediate students interested in building on existing painting and drawing experience while exploring special topics in the context of contemporary practice in painting and drawing. Objectives include exploring connections among varied studio practices and research practices while developing original studio work. Maybe be repeated for credit one time.

* Course may be repeated for credit.

Abstract Painting and Drawing (ART 3522C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ART 2500C, 1201C and 1300C, or permission of instructor
This course explores the varied and multifaceted world of contemporary two-dimensional abstraction through the practice of painting and drawing. Emphasis is placed on materiality, process, design and concept. Running parallel to studio production, students read and discuss foundational theories affecting contemporary practices, such as structuralism/formalism, poststructuralism and postmodernism. The primary course objective is to equip the student with the experiences and knowledge necessary to work within the contemporary art world. This course may be repeated one time for credit.

* Sculpture 2 (ART 3710C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ART 2701C, ART 1203C, ART 1300C,  ART 2600C, ART 2330C
Intermediate problems in sculpture with emphasis on the exploration of materials, media, and the development of individual concepts.

Ceramics - Handbuilding 2 (ART 3761C) 3 credits
Prerequisites:  ART 2754C, ART 2330C with minimum grades of "C-"
Sculptured approach to clay; emphasis on glaze techniques and firing.

* Ceramics - Wheel Throwing 2 (ART 3763C) 3 credits
Prerequisite: ART 2600C with minimum grade of "C"
Corequisite: ART 2751C with minimum grade of "C"
Continued investigation into the understanding of techniques, directions, processes of clay through wheel throwing. Vessel approach emphasized as well as contemporary ceramic issues. Includes lectures, demonstrations, glaze experimentation, slides, kiln loading and firing.

Handmade Books: Structure and Binding (ART 4173) 3 credits
Prerequisite: ART 1201C, ART 1300C or permission of instructor
Art studio course that visually examines traditional and alternative book structures in relationship to narrative content. Lectures and demonstrations introduce students to creative processes involved in book making, including traditional and alternative book formats, adhesives and sewn binding structures, archival concerns, and methods for generating original images and text.

* RI: Advanced Drawing (ART 4311C) 3 credits
Prerequisites:  ART 1201C, ART 1300C, ART 2600C and ART 2330C
This research-intensive (RI) course is designed for students who have significant drawing experience, established critical thinking and writing skills and a strong interest in visual arts research. Historical and contemporary theory and practice in the discipline are the primary foci. Objectives include technical, conceptual and creative development in the context of original studio work. May be repeated for credit.

* Topics - Painting (ART 4506C) 3 credits
Prerequisite: ART 4531C or permission of department
Topics in watercolor, figure painting, or materials and techniques.

* RI: Advanced Painting (ART  4531C ) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ART 1201C, ART 1300C, ART 2500C and ART 3522C
This research-intensive (RI) course is designed for students who have significant painting experience, established critical thinking and writing skills and a strong interest in visual arts research. Historical and contemporary theory and practice are the primary foci. Objectives include technical, conceptual and creative development in the context of original studio work. May be repeated for credit once without departmental approval.

Building a Web Portfolio (ART 4632C) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Senior standing
This course is intended to aid students in all creative areas with developing an online, interactive portfolio to showcase their work. The course also asks students to consider the place of portfolios within the professional practices of their discipline. Websites are built in an easy code-free program for which no experience is necessary.

* RI: Advanced Sculpture (ART 4712C) 3 credits
Prerequisite: ART 3710C or permission of department
Advanced problems in the various techniques of sculpture. Emphasis on individual creative expression. This is a research-intensive (RI) course.

* Topics - Sculpture (ART 4732C) 3 credits
Prerequisite: ART 4712C or permission of department
Special topics in sculpture including various techniques and exploration of environmental, site-specific, performance, conceptual, and installation projects.

* RI: Advanced Ceramics (ART 4782C) 3 credits
Prerequisite: 12 credits of ceramics (ART 2751C, ART 2754C, and ART 3761C or ART 3763C) or permission of department
Emphasis on the technical, creative and conceptual concerns of self-directed, advanced students. This is a research-intensive (RI) course.

* Course may be repeated for credit.

RI:  Ceramics - Clay and Glazes (ART 4785C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ART 2751C, ART 2754C, and ART 3761C or ART 3763C
This research-intensive (RI) course offers an In-depth study of ceramic materials, focusing on the formulation of clay and glazes, testing, firing, lectures and introduction to computer programs.

* Directed Independent Study (ART 4906C)  1-3 credits
Prerequisites: Three courses in area of intended research and permission of instructor
Independent undergraduate studies in areas of interest.

* Directed Independent Study (ART 4908C) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Senior standing
Designed for seniors to produce a fully realized computer-video graphic project. Students work independently and periodically present projects-in-process to the class. Special areas of concentration such as 3D modeling, animation, storyboarding, or compositing are suggested by students with acceptance by the instructor.

Directed Independent Research in Art (ART 4915) 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Independent undergraduate research in areas of student interest.

* Area Studies in Art (ART 4930C) 1-3 credits
Concentration in the studio area of ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, and/or sculpture, which vary depending upon special facilities or locations.

* Special Topics (ART 4932C) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Portfolio or equivalent or permission of department
Elective course for students to complete project work dealing with computer arts in a specific field of their choosing. The instructor provides oversight, feedback, and criticism of the students' work. Projects of choice may include 2D and 3D, web design, games, interactive media, and other related topics.

Studio Arts Internship (ART 4940C)  1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of department
This internship provides an opportunity for students to apply their disciplinary knowledge in studio arts in a professional setting. Course requirements and credits vary depending on the specific content of the internship. Details are defined in consultation with the instructor.

* Museum Internship (ART 4942C)  3-6 credits
Prerequisites: Completion of at least two courses in Art History with a grade of "B" or better, written proposal, permission of chair and approval the semester prior to taking this course
Inservice training in art-related area.

RI: Senior Seminar for B.A. Studio Arts (ART 4954) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of department
The primary intention of this research-intensive (RI) course is to showcase and situate the kind of original creative research that characterizes the production of art and design work. The course offers a publicly accessible exhibition venue for original student art and design work.

RI: B.F.A. Senior Seminar (ART 4955C) 3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of department
The primary intention of this research-intensive (RI) course is to showcase and situate the kind or original creative research that characterizes the production of art and design work. The course culminates in a public exhibition of original student art and design.

Art Study Abroad (ART 4957)  1-6  credits
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Credit for enrollment in approved study abroad programs.

* Course may be repeated for credit.

Introduction to Multipage Document Software (GRA 2124L) 1 credit
This introductory course focuses on the development of competency using multipage document programs such as or similar to Adobe InDesign and Quark. Students become familiar with the tools, including masterpages and stylesheets, and appropriate use of software to create multipage documents. Grading: S/U

Introduction to Interface Software (GRA 2134L) 1 credit
This introductory course focuses on the development of competency in the use of User Interface (UI) prototyping programs such as or similar to Adobe XD. Students become familiar with the tools and appropriate use of software to create websites and mobile app interfaces. Grading: S/U

Introduction to Illustration Software (GRA 2151L) 1 credit
This introductory course focuses on the development of competency using vector-based drawing programs such as or similar to Adobe Illustrator. Students become familiar with the tools and appropriate use of software to create graphics. Grading: S/U

Introduction to Image Editing Software (GRA 2152L) 1 credit
This introductory course focuses on the development of competency using bitmap photo-editing programs such as or similar to Adobe Photoshop. Students become familiar with the tools and appropriate use of software to create and edit images. Grading: S/U

Visual Design Lab 1 (GRA 2190C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ART 1201C, ART 1300C, ART 2600C
An introductory course in graphic design with emphasis on form, content, and principles of design and layout composition. Students will become familiar with tools, processes and the language of design as applied to visual communication. Projects, demonstrations, lab, lecture, and critiques.

Typographic Design Lab 1 (GRA 2208C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ART 1201C, 1203C, 2600C,  all with minimum grades of "C"
Corequisite: GRA 2190C
An introduction to the fundamentals of typography exploring experimental approaches of letterform construction and terminology and developing a sound understanding of all components related to typographical composition and design practices. Projects, demonstrations, lab, lecture and critiques.

Directed Independent Research in Graphic Design (GRA 2915) 1-4 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Independent undergraduate research in areas of student interest.

Typographic Design Lab 2 (GRA 3112C) 3 credits
Prerequisite: GRA 2208C
Typography is one of the few unchanging elements in graphic design. Whether a word is to be printed or part of a screen-based project, a working knowledge of type is essential for any graphic designer. This course develops choice-making skills with regard to context, content and audience, as well as explores the emotional, aesthetic and historical components of typographic communication.

Poster Design (GRA 3174C) 3 credits
Prerequisite: GRA 3193C
Course focuses on the theoretical and practical aspects of poster design. Students learn how to design a poster, what information to include, and how to draw attention through the use of visual metaphors. Students are encouraged to take risks and learn how to effectively communicate complex concepts on a single page, integrating text and images for ultimate impact. Emphasis on expressive, creative communication through the graphic design medium and on high-quality portfolio development.

Visual Design Lab 2 (GRA 3193C) 3 credits
Prerequisite: GRA 2208C
Prerequisite or Corequisite: GRA 3112C
Examines the design of systems including the development and application of symbols as communicative signifiers. Conceptual development, context, simplicity, unity and contrast are examined as the means for efficient application of systems across media.

RI: Eye-Tracking: Visual Analysis and Design (GRA 3594C)  3 credits
This course introduces students to an eye-tracking system as a research tool to explore how subjects process visual information. Students explore the reciprocal relationships among art, science and technology across scales. Theory, research and interdisciplinary practices comprise a collaborative format. This is a research-intensive (RI) course.

Visual Design Lab 5 (GRA 4115C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: GRA 3112C, GRA 3193C, GRA 4183C, GRA 4194C and GRA 4521C; must be enrolled in B.F.A. Graphic Design
Emphasis on the practical application of accumulated design skills and creative communication through the development of high quality graphic design portfolio works.

* Course may be repeated for credit.

Visual Design Lab 4 (GRA 4183C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: GRA 3112C and GRA 3193C; must be enrolled in B.F.A. Graphic Design
This course focuses on time-based composition and animation through the use of current software. Elements of motion design are introduced with the objective of enhancing visual form, meaning and communication, emphasizing the relationship between design principles and animation fundamentals.

RI: Visual Design Lab 3 (GRA 4194C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: GRA 3112C and GRA 3193C; must be enrolled in B.F.A. Graphic Design
Focuses on theoretical principles and the practical application of graphic design to three-dimensional structures, which may include, but are not limited to, package, environmental and exhibition design. Practical and conceptual concerns, materials, context and brand application are addressed. Emphasis on appropriateness, creativity and portfolio-quality work. This is a research-intensive (RI) course.

Information Design (GRA 4198C) 3 credits
Prerequisite: B.F.A. Graphic Design major, GRA 3112C and GRA 3193C with minimum grades of "C-", or permission of department
This course focuses on information design systems and data visualizations. The course considers the role of designers in shaping content for different audiences, encouraging students to develop analytical skills for data organization and visual display. Through research, projects, exercises, sketches and readings, students create visual narratives.

Interactive Design Lab 1 (GRA 4521C) 3 credits
Corequisite: GRA 3112C
Focuses on the introduction of principles of interactivity related to user experience. Examines the design of user-interfaces and the development of advanced interactive visual strategies through the study of current or emerging techniques.

Interactive Design Lab 2 (GRA 4522C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: GRA 3112C and GRA 3193C; must be enrolled in B.F.A. Graphic Design
This course addresses the prevalent design considerations in the development of online content. Explores the relevant technologies and discusses the issues, opportunities and obligations of the designer in the development of interactive media.

Directed Independent Research in Graphic Design (GRA 4915) 1-4 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Independent undergraduate research in areas of student interest.

* Topics - Graphic Design (GRA 4932C)  1-3 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of  department
The course will enable the Department to introduce areas of graphic design not covered in the established curriculum.

Graphic Design Internship (GRA 4940C) 1-4 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of department
This internship provides an opportunity for students to apply their disciplinary knowledge in graphic design to a professional setting. Course requirements and credits will vary depending on the specific content of the internship. Details are defined in consultation with the instructor.

Professional Design Studio (GRA 4942C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: GRA 3112 and GRA 3193 with minimum grades of "C"
Students in this course work with professional clients to gain practical working experience producing creative design solutions. Coursework covers practical skills of the profession including client relations, professional networking, ethics, presentations and proposals, pricing, work-for-hire, estimates and contracts, bids and production. 

Digital Photography 1 (PGY 2109C) 3 credits
Prerequisites:  ART 1201C, ART 1203C and ART 1300C, or permission of department
This course is an introduction to the practice of digital photography. The emphasis is on the production of work and will initially focus on the acquisition of necessary technical skills, such as manual manipulation of camera controls and basic image editing work flow. The primary goals of the course are to begin to develop photographic literacy and an artistic practice. Access to a digital camera with manual exposure capabilities is required.

Digital Photography 2 (PGY 3157C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ART 2600C and PGY 2109C, or permisson of instructor
This intermediate course utilizes digital cameras, computer software, scanners and printers to articulate personal artistic vision. Visual literacy is expanded on through the study of historic and contemporary photographic images, critiques, projects, field trips and lectures. Access to a digital camera with manual exposure capabilities is required.

Black and White Photography (PGY 3406C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ART 2600C and PGY 2109C, or permission of department
This course concentrates on analog black and white photography and utilizes pinhole and film cameras. Initially the focus is on the acquisition of necessary technical skills in printing, film processing and darkroom practices. Through projects, readings and critiques, students continue working on critical issues in photography as well as on composition and content. Analog/digital practices are explored. Access to a film camera with manual controls is required.

Applied Digital Photography (PGY 3821C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ART 1201C; access to a digital camera (7 MP or more) is required
This course exposes the student to professional practices in digital imaging. The student applies digital photography skills to solve specific problems relating to workflow, color management, data management, lighting, and image manipulation.

* RI: Advanced Photography (PGY 4420C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ART 1201C, PGY 2109C, PGY 3406C and PGY 3157C or permission of department
This course is designed for students who have significant experience in camera usage and processing along with developed critical thinking and writing skills. The class explores increasingly demanding projects that lead to a self-directed cohesive, polished body of work. Photographic history, contemporary image making, photographic theory and professional practice issue are also addressed. Access to camera is required. This is a research-intensive (RI) course.

* Topics - Photography (PGY 4440C) 3 credits
Prerequisites: ART 1201C and PGY  2109C
This course concentrates on one topic, such as documentary photography, experimental photography, photo-based mixed media, alternative process, lighting, etc. Students explore personal image making through projects and discussion on content, technique and theory as it applies to their own work and the specific class topic. Access to a camera is required.

Visual Arts and Art History Graduate Courses

Studio Arts Pedagogy in Higher Education (ARE 6276) 2 credits
Prerequisite: MFA in Visual Arts and Art History students only, or permission of instructor
Prepares M.F.A. candidates in the studio arts for careers in the professoriate. Focuses on the dynamic and wide-ranging arena that is visual arts pedagogy in higher education today. Diverse approaches to teaching will facilitate the development of each student’s practical teaching strategies in the context of a larger scholarly study of issues in pedagogy. Repeatable for credit up to two times.

History of Ceramics (ARH 6015) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to the M.F.A. program or permission of instructor
Explores many aspects of art in clay, from pottery to sculpture, on a global scale. Articulated in terms of chronology and geography, the course highlights common socioeconomic contexts of production, as well as issues regarding the role of the individual, gender, economic status and other factors that have influenced ceramics as a craft and as an art medium.

Seminar in Contemporary Art (ARH 6481) 4 credits
Prerequisites: Contemporary Art, Modern Art
A consideration of the multiple goals of art produced after 1945. Required of all M.F.A. students.

Seminar in Art History (ARH 6897) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
In-depth exploration of topics in the history of art from antiquity to the present using a narrative approach to issues of content and context regarding themes, periods and works of visual art and culture from Western and/or non-Western sources. Students use a variety of analytical frameworks and intellectual perspectives to engage in research, develop their own historical projects and deliver information in oral and written form both in individual and collaborative settings. Repeatable for credit.

Graduate Independent Study (ARH 6913) 1-4 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Directed independent study of Art History, criticism, and theory in areas not covered by present program and which the student wishes to study. May be repeated.

Computer Arts Seminar in Contemporary Art (ARH 6931) 4 credits
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor; bachelor's degree; portfolio
Critique and theory in Contemporary Art as it relates to Computer Arts. Required for M.F.A. in Computer Arts.

Computer Arts Seminar in General Theory (ARH 6932) 4 credits
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor; bachelor's degree; portfolio
Critique and theory in General Theory as it relates to Computer Arts. Required for M.F.A. in Computer Arts.

Advanced Ceramics (ART 5790C) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Advanced study in ceramic techniques. May be repeated.

Directed Area Studies in Art (ART 5930C) 1-4 credits

Graduate Clay and Glaze Science (ART 6793C) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Required for Ceramics majors. Exploration of clay and glaze, science, theory, formulation, and application. Required of all M.F.A. Ceramics students.

Professional Practices (ART 6816) 2 credits
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the M.F.A. program in Visual Arts and Art History or permission of instructor
Rotating professional development topics such as teaching pedagogy, professional documentation, digital tools for the studio artist, studio critique and art writing to support the professional practices needed by an emerging artist. Repeatable for credit up to four times.

Graduate Studio (ART 6819) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the M.F.A. program in Visual Arts and Art History or permission of instructor
Focuses on the development of a conceptual framework communicated through a developing visual language, with intensive and comprehensive examination and critique of resulting forms and skillful execution in area of concentration. Repeatable for credit up to five times.

Directed Independent Study in Graphic Design (ART 6905) 1-4 credits
Prerequisites: Written contract/proposal with objectives and written department/division permission
Independent research, advanced experiences in various areas of design study.

Graduate Directed Study (ART 6907C) 1-4 credits
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor
Investigation into advanced creative aesthetic issues and technical problems inherent in a graduate-level studio concentration. Variable credit depending upon scope and magnitude of work agreed to by the student and the Faculty Director. May be repeated.

Topics in Studio Art (ART 6930C) 1-4 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Students may study or research an individual art project with an art faculty member. Complexity and amount of work will determine the number of credits granted. May be repeated.

Design Studio (ART 6931) 4 credits
Prerequisite: B.F.A. in Graphic Design or permission of instructor
Emphasis on beginning competent graduate body of work.

Special Topics in Computer Arts (ART 6931C) 4 credits
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor; bachelor's degree; portfolio
Topics based upon important trends and developments in Computer Arts. May be repeated for credit. Candidates, interns, auditors, and guests welcome.

Design Seminar (ART 6932) 4 credits
Prerequisite: Admission to M.F.A. program
Review of design research, criticism, and evaluation.

Special Topics Graphic Design (ART 6932C) 4 credits
Prerequisites: Admission to M.F.A. program or permission of instructor
Investigation of current topics in the field of study with an emphasis on the development of advanced conceptual and theoretical skills.

Graduate Documentation (ART 6956C) 4 credits
Required for all M.F.A. candidates. Course designated to draft, revise, and refine a comprehensive written documentation supporting the cohesive body of work produced during the final year or semester by the M.F.A. candidate. Prepared concurrently with ART 6972C (Graduate Thesis Exhibition).

Design Thesis (ART 6971C) 4 credits
Prerequisites: 28 credits of M.F.A. course work; permission of graduate committee
Preparation of thesis or visual project. Research based on independent research. May be repeated.

Graduate Thesis Exhibition (ART 6972C) 4 credits
Required for all M.F.A. candidates in Visual Arts with concentrations in Painting and Ceramics as well as for M.A.T. candidates. An exhibition of approved body of work for completion of M.F.A. degree. Prepared concurrently with ART 6956C (Graduate Documentation).

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