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2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Education |
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EDUC 425 - Secondary English Curriculum and Methods
(3 hours) Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program and EDUC 325 and 361 with a grade of “C” or better. Corequisites: Education 381 and 422. Should be taken the semester prior to clinical practice. Study of secondary English curriculum and methods. Emphasis on planning for instruction, instructional strategies, and integrating listening, speaking, reading, and writing throughout the English curriculum. Examination of the South Carolina curriculum standards for Reading/English/Language Arts as well as research findings regarding effective teaching strategies in the English/Language Arts classroom. National and state standards are emphasized. Candidates develop long- and short-range plans based on the ADEPT model. A 20-hour practicum is required. Students are responsible for arranging their own transportation to designated or assigned sites. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered: Fall.
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EDUC 426 - Secondary Mathematics Curriculum and Methods
(3 hours) Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program and EDUC 325 and 361 with a grade of “C” of better. Corequisites: Education 381 and Education 422. Should be taken the semester prior to clinical practice. Study of secondary mathematics curriculum and methods. Emphasis on planning for instruction and instructional strategies in the secondary mathematics classroom. Additional emphasis on the history of mathematics. Examination of the national and South Carolina frameworks and curriculum standards for mathematics as well as research findings regarding effective teaching strategies in the secondary mathematics classroom. National and state standards are emphasized. Candidates develop long- and short-range plans based on the ADEPT model. A 20-hour practicum is required. Students are responsible for arranging their own transportation to designated or assigned sites. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered: Fall.
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EDUC 428 - Secondary Life Science Curriculum and Methods
(3 hours) Study of secondary life science curriculum and methods. Emphasis on planning for instruction, instructional strategies, and integrating listening, speaking, reading, and writing throughout the sciences curricula. Examination of the South Carolina curriculum standards for teaching science at the secondary level as well as research findings regarding effective teaching strategies in the secondary sciences classroom were researched to develop strategies for curricular development. National and state standards are emphasized. Candidates develop long- and short-range plans based on the ADEPT model. A 20-hour practicum is required. Students are responsible for arranging their own transportation to designated or assigned sites. This course cannot be challenged.
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EDUC 429 - Secondary Social Studies Curriculum and Methods
(3 hours) Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program and EDUC 325 and 361 with a grade of “C” or better. Corequisites: EDUC 381 and 422. Should be taken the semester prior to clinical practice. Study of secondary social studies curriculum and methods. Emphasis on instructional strategies in the secondary social studies classroom. Examination of the South Carolina framework and curriculum standards for social studies as well as research findings regarding effective teaching strategies in the secondary social studies classroom. National and state standards are emphasized. Candidates develop long- and short-range plans based on the ADEPT model. A 20-hour practicum is required. Students are responsible for arranging their own transportation to designated or assigned sites. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Offered: Fall.
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EDUC 436 - Clinical Practice in the Elementary School
(12 hours) Prerequisite: Admission to Clinical Practice. An intensive field-based experience that includes observation, participation, and supervised teaching in an elementary school classroom (grades 2-6) for sixty (60) full days. The clinical practice intern works with a master teacher and college supervisor to develop and implement an integrated curriculum that is designed to meet the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive needs of students in the classroom. The intern becomes a member of a teaching team that includes classroom teachers, special area teachers, staff, administrators, parents/guardians, community agencies, professional consultants, school volunteers, and students from diverse cultural backgrounds. Demonstrated competency in the ten performance dimensions identified by the ADEPT performance evaluation instrument is required. Professional seminars are required. This course cannot be challenged. Note: An incomplete cannot be received.
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EDUC 438 - Clinical Practice in Early Childhood Education
(12 hours) Prerequisite: Admission to Clinical Practice. An intensive field-based experience that includes observation, participation, and supervised teaching in an early childhood classroom (grades PreK-3) for sixty (60) full days. The clinical practice intern works with a master teacher and college supervisor to develop and implement an integrated curriculum that is designed to meet the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive needs of students in the classroom. The intern becomes a member of a teaching team that includes classroom teachers, special area teachers, staff, administrators, parents/guardians, community agencies, professional consultants, school volunteers, and students from diverse cultural backgrounds. Demonstrated competency in the ten performance dimensions identified by the ADEPT performance evaluation instrument is required. Professional seminars are required. This course cannot be challenged. Note: An incomplete cannot be received.
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EDUC 440 - Clinical Practice in the Secondary School
(12 hours) Prerequisite: Admission to Clinical Practice. An intensive field-based experience that includes observation, participation, and supervised teaching in a secondary classroom (grades 9-12) for sixty (60) full days. The clinical practice intern works with a master teacher and college supervisor to develop and implement an integrated curriculum that is designed to meet the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive needs of students in the classroom. The intern becomes a member of a teaching team that includes classroom teachers, special area teachers, staff, administrators, parents/guardians, community agencies, professional consultants, school volunteers, and students from diverse cultural backgrounds. Demonstrated competency in the ten performance dimensions identified by the ADEPT performance evaluation instrument is required. Professional seminars are required. This course cannot be challenged. Note: An incomplete cannot be received.
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EDUC 441 - Clinical Practice in the Middle Grades
(12 hours) Prerequisites: Completion of all coursework for EDUC professional core and related concentrations as well as the LAC. An intensive field-based experience that includes observation, participation and supervised teaching in a middle grades classroom (grades 5-8) for a minimum full time 60 days. The clinical candidate works with a master teacher and college supervisor to develop and implement an integrated curriculum that is designed to meet the social, emotional, physical and cognitive needs of students in the classroom. The intern becomes a member of a teaching team that includes classroom teachers, special area teachers, staff, administrators, parents/guardians, community agencies, professional consultants, school volunteers, and students from diverse cultural backgrounds. Interns will be evaluated based on the ten performance dimensions identified by the ADEPT performance evaluation instrument. Professional seminars are required. This course cannot be challenged. Note: An incomplete cannot be received.
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EDUC 442 - Clinical Practice in the Elementary and Secondary Schools
(12 hours) Prerequisite: Admission to Clinical Practice. An intensive field-based experience for music and physical education majors that includes observation, participation, and supervised teaching in elementary and secondary environments for sixty (60) full days (two placements of six weeks each). The clinical practice intern works with master teachers and a college supervisor to develop and implement an integrated curriculum that is designed to meet the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive needs of students in the classroom. The intern becomes a member of teaching teams that include classroom teachers, special area teachers, staff, administrators, parents/guardians, community agencies, professional consultants, school volunteers, and students from diverse cultural backgrounds. Demonstrated competency in the ten performance dimensions identified by the ADEPT performance evaluation instrument is required. Professional seminars are required. This course cannot be challenged. Note: An incomplete cannot be received
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EDUC 443 - Special Topics in Teacher Education Inquiry and Application
(1 - 3 hours) Prerequisite: Approval of the Dean of the School of Education. An inquiry and/or extended study and application of an approved teacher education topic and/or project. Course goals and objectives may be selected to satisfy any teacher education program of study. The study may take place off campus. Students are responsible for arranging for their own transportation. The course may also be used as an elective or content emphasis. This course cannot be challenged.
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ENGR 101 - Introduction to Engineering
(3 hours) Co-requisite: MATH 221. An overview of the engineering profession, disciplines, curricula, professional ethics, environmental and societal issues, design process, and current trends. Technical communication skills and problem-solving techniques are emphasized. Material is introduced through the use of readings, discussion, hands-on learning activities, projects, and field trips.
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ENGR 201 - Statics
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGR 101, MATH 321 and PHYS 203. A study of forces and force systems and their external effect on bodies, principally the condition of equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies. Includes a study of distributed forces, centroids and center of gravity, moments of inertia, analysis of simple structures and machines, and various types of friction. The techniques of vector mathematics are employed and the rigor of physical analysis is emphasized.
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ENGR 202 - Dynamics
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGR 201 and MATH 321. A continuation of ENGR 201. A study of kinematics of particles and rigid bodies, kinetics of particles with emphasis on Newton’s second law, energy and momentum methods for the solution of problems, and applications of plane motion of rigid bodies. Techniques of vector mathematics are employed.
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ENGR 210 - Circuits
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGR 101, MATH 222 and PHYS 204. A study of D.C. resistive circuits; Kirchoff’s Laws; independent and dependent sources; nodal and mesh analysis; superposition; Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems; maximum power transfer; natural response of RC, RL, and RLC circuits; forced response of RC, RL, and RLC circuits; operational amplifiers; sinusoidal analysis and phasors.
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ENGR 211 - Circuits Lab
(1 hours) Prerequisites: MATH 222, PHYS 204, and (corequisite)ENGR 210. This course offers a hands-on study of the basic analog measurement devices, instrumentation, components, and circuits used in electrical engineering. Laboratory exercises are designed to supplement the material presented in the first electrical circuits course.
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ENGL 099 - Fundamentals of Writing and Mechanics
(4 hours) Prerequisite: Admission to CSU through the Bridge Program (Critical Reading SAT below 480 or English ACT below 19), or appropriate score on the English Placement Exam. For students who are deemed at risk in these areas of English, the course concentrates on development of practical writing skills, focusing on the writing process in development of essays, understanding of rhetorical strategies, and conventions of grammar and usage. This course emphasizes college level composition and is intended to facilitate transition into English 111. Minimum grade of “C” or better before matriculating from the Bridge program and/or to any other English course. This course may not be attempted more than twice. Students receive institutional credit only. This course may not be challenged. Note: 099 courses will be calculated in student GPAs but will not be included in the earned hours toward graduation (CSU students typically need 125 hours for graduation).
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ENGL 100 - English
(3 hours) Designation reserved for elective credit received under the CLEP program.
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ENGL 111 - English Composition and Rhetoric I
(3 hours) A composition course designed to improve students’ informative, analytic and persuasive writing. Includes documentation and research. English Exit Examination given as final exam. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 112 - English Composition and Rhetoric II
(3 hours) Prerequisite: ENGL 111. A continuation of English 111, with emphasis on introduction to literary study and writing about literature. Includes documentation and research. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 202 - Survey of American Literature
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111 and 112. A study of the principal authors from the Colonial Period to the present, including literature by women and minorities, with emphasis on advanced literary concepts, structures, and terminology. Students are also introduced to major contemporary literary theories.
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ENGL 203 - Survey of English Literature I
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111 and 112. A study of the principal authors from the Old English period to the eighteenth century with emphasis on advanced literary concepts, structures, and terminology. Students are also introduced to major contemporary literary theories.
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ENGL 204 - Survey of English Literature II
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111 and 112. A study of the principal authors from the end of the eighteenth century to the contemporary period with emphasis on advanced literary concepts, structures, and terminology. Students are also introduced to major contemporary literary theories.
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ENGL 251 - Introduction to Creative Writing - Fiction and Narrative
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111 and 112. An introduction to the basic principles of writing fiction and creative narratives. This course will emphasize the study of narrative forms and will require students write creative narratives and submit them to workshops. Students are expected to respond to peer works. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 252 - Introduction to Creative Writing - Poetry
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111 and 112. An introduction to the basic principles of writing poetry. This course will emphasize the study of prosody and poetic forms and will require students write creative poems and submit them to workshops. Students are expected to respond to peer works. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 311 - Major American Writers to 1865
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and 202. A study of American literature from the Colonial Period to 1865, focusing on such major authors as Franklin, Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Douglass, Melville, Whitman and Dickinson. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 312 - Major American Writers from 1865 to 1945
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112 and 202. A study of American literature from 1865 to the end of World War II, focusing on such major authors as Twain, James, Crane, Frost, Eliot, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner and Hughes. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 313 - Major American Writers Since 1945
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and 202. A study of American literature from the end of World War II to the present, focusing on such major authors as Lowell, Baldwin, Williams, Miller, O’Connor, Welty, Ellison and Plath. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 314 - Diversity in American Literature
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112 and 202. A study of the culturally diverse literary heritage of the United States from the colonial period to the present, especially focusing on African American, Native American, Hispanic, Asian American, and other authors from ethnic and immigrant backgrounds often overlooked in the traditional American canon. Authors studied may include Wheatley, Douglass, Hurston, Ellison, Morrison, Tan, Cisneros, and Momaday. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 317 - The Text: Forms, Methods and Concepts
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 202, 203 or 204 (Grade of “C” or better).
This course will explore the various formats of text. Specifically, informational text, imaginative text, and digital text. The course will not only examine text exemplars, but also how adolescents read, write and interact with texts. Counts toward English Education, Writing Emphasis elective and English minor.
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ENGL 318 - Adolescent Literature
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and either ENGL 202, 203 or 204. A survey of literature appropriate to the needs, interests, and abilities of the middle and secondary school students. This course may not be challenged. Note: Adolescent Literature counts toward the major only for students in English Education.
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ENGL 319 - Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and 252 or instructor permission. Creative writing workshop focused on the crafting of poetry. Students will write and submit poems to workshops and respond to peer works. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 320 - Advanced Creative Writing: Narrative
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and 251 or instructor permission. Creative writing workshop focused on narrative prose. Students will submit creative narratives to workshops and respond to peer works. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 333 - Advanced Composition and Rhetoric
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and either ENGL 202, 203 or 204. A thorough study of grammar and the development of effective styles of writing through analysis and imitation of masters of English prose. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 351 - The Romantic Movement
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and 204. A study of the new creative spirit manifested in the poetry of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats, as well as minor poets of the age. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 352 - The Victorian Period
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and 204. A study of English literature from 1832 to 1900 with emphasis on such major poets as Tennyson, Browning, Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Hardy and on such major prose writers as Carlyle, Mill, Ruskin, Huxley, Eliot, and Wilde. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 353 - British Literature Since 1900
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112 and 204. A study of British and commonwealth literature since 1900 with emphasis on such major writers as Shaw, Conrad, Yeats, Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, T.S. Eliot, Aldous Huxley, Beckett, Auden, Orwell, Coetzee, Gordimer, and Munro. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 354 - Literary Criticism
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and either ENGL 202, 203 or 204. A course in applied criticism of literary works – poetry, fiction, and drama, using the most commonly applied traditional and modern methods. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 357 - Shakespeare
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and ENGL 203. A study of Shakespeare’s major plays, including comedies, histories, and tragedies. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 358 - Renaissance Literature
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and 203. A study of English literature from 1500 to 1660 with emphasis on such writers as Spenser, Shakespeare (nondramatic poetry only), Marlowe, Donne, Jonson, Bunyan, and Milton. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 361 - The English Novel to 1900
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and either ENGL 203 or 204. A study of representative novels by major British authors, such as Fielding, Austen, Scott, the Brontës, Dickens, George Eliot, and Hardy. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 362 - The Modern Novel
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and either ENGL 202 or 204. A study of major novelists since 1900, including such writers as Conrad, Joyce, Wolfe, Hemingway, Faulkner, Camus, Garcia- Marquez and other major novelists. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 371 - Modern Drama
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and either ENGL 202 or 204. A study of American, British, and Continental drama including such playwrights as Ibsen, Chekhov, Shaw, Synge, O’Neill, Pirandello, Brecht, Ionesco, and Beckett. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 400 - English Seminar
(1 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, 202, 203, and 204. Open to senior level English majors only (students with less than 91 hours will be admitted only by permission of the English chair). This is a capstone seminar required of all English majors. Students will be required to sit for the Major Fields Test in English (or other assessment exams), revise at least four papers originally submitted for upper division English for a portfolio, and discuss, research, and write about one major literary work. Furthermore, students will discuss graduate schools, professional opportunities, careers in education, and other post graduation possibilities. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 401 - General Linguistics
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112 and either ENGL 202, 203, or 204. An introductory course in descriptive and comparative linguistics, conducted in English. Strongly recommended for students who plan to attend graduate school and/or to teach English, a foreign language, or speech/communication in high school. Cross-listed under Communication and Theatre. (Parent = COMM) This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 402 - Early English Literature
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and 203. An introduction to the significant works, authors, and genres of Old and Middle English literature. Students read Old and Middle English texts when possible or modern translations to gain familiarity with the language, art, and style of the works. Background material provided on the life and times of the authors, for each period in particular and the Middle Ages in England and the Continent in general. Attention is also paid to the influence of author, work, style, or genre on English literature of later periods. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 405 - Women and Literature
(3 hours) ENGL 111, 112, and either ENGL 202, 203 or 204. A study of the significant contributions of women to literature written in English, and a study of women’s themes and issues as presented in literature, criticism, and literary theory. Included will be such writers as Anne Bradstreet, Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen, Emily Dickinson, Edith Wharton, Virginia Woolf, and Toni Morrison. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 409 - Topics in Christianity and Literature
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, ENGL 112, and either ENGL 202, ENGL 203, or ENGL 204. An exploration of issues at the intersection of Christianity and literature. Versions of the course may focus on a particular genre (e.g. Spiritual Autobiography; Christianity and the Epic), theme (e.g. Faith and Doubt in Literature), theory (e.g. Christianity and Postmodern Literary Theory), or author(s) (e.g. Flannery O’Connor; C.S. Lewis and the Inklings).
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ENGL 410 - Theories and Applications of Grammar and Composition
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and either ENGL 202, 203 or 204. A practical introduction to the theories of teaching grammar and composition and their applications in the classroom, with special emphasis on the structure and terminology of traditional grammar. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 411 - Southern Literature
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and 202. An investigation of the literary achievement in the South from the Colonial period to the present with emphasis upon Jefferson, Simms, King, Chopin, Faulkner, Welty, Warren, O’Connor, Berry, and others. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 413 - History of the English Language
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and either ENGL 202, 203 or 204. A survey of the English language from Indo-European backgrounds through Old and Middle to Modern English. Major changes in phonology and syntax examined in a historical/cultural context, with Modern English including dialects and new grammars. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 448 - Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and 203. A study of major English writers from 1660 to 1800, including such authors as Dryden, Congreve, Swift, Pope, Fielding, Johnson, Boswell, and Sheridan. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 450 - Workplace and Technical Writing
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and either ENGL 202, 203 or 204. A course designed to introduce students to many of the basic writing tasks they will encounter in their professional careers, including the composition of letters, memos, resumes, proposals, instructions, reports and web-based writings for specific technical and nontechnical audiences. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 452 - The Modern Short Story
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and either 202 or 204. A study of modern short stories by such writers as Conrad, Chekhov, Mann, Joyce, Lawrence, Faulkner, Hemingway, and Borges. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 455 - Modern Poetry
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and either ENGL 202 or 204. A study of British, American, and World poetry from the early twentieth century to the present day. Readings include the works of such poets as Hardy, Yeats, Eliot, Frost, Hughes, Neruda, Rilke, Szymborska, Heaney, and Walcott. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 456 - Greek and Roman Literature in Translation
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and either ENGL 202 or 204. A survey in translation of Greek and Roman literary masterpieces including works of such authors as Homer, the great tragic and comic writers, Plato, Aristotle, Virgil, and Cicero. This course may not be challenged.
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ENGL 469 - Internship in English
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and either ENGL 202, 203 or 204; minimum GPA of 2.75; junior standing. Course may be taken twice for credit; all hours count as general electives only unless credit toward the major is approved by the chair. Internship requires 112 hours of supervised work in a professional setting that allows the student to apply reading, writing, editing, and critical skills. Students should consult advisors concerning available sites. This course may not be challenged. Note: Grading is on a pass/fail basis.
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ENGL 470 - Internship in English
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111, 112, and either ENGL 202, 203 or 204; minimum GPA of 2.75; junior standing. Course may be taken twice for credit; all hours count as general electives only unless credit toward the major is approved by the chair. Internship requires 112 hours of supervised work in a professional setting that allows the student to apply reading, writing, editing, and critical skills. Students should consult advisors concerning available sites. This course may not be challenged. Note: Grading is on a pass/fail basis.
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FREN 101 - Elementary French I
(3 hours) A course designed to provide a foundation for understanding speaking, reading, and writing French. Weekly laboratory requirement.
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FREN 102 - Elementary French II
(3 hours) Prerequisite: French 101 or equivalent. Further development of essential speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills. Weekly laboratory requirement.
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FREN 201 - Intermediate French I
(3 hours) Prerequisite: French 102 or equivalent. A course designed to strengthen and expand the foundation provided by French 101-102. Weekly laboratory requirement.
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FREN 202 - Intermediate French II
(3 hours) Prerequisite: French 201 or equivalent. A course designed to strengthen and expand the foundation provided by French 101, 102, and 201. Weekly laboratory requirement.
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FREN 213 - French Literature in Translation
(3 hours) Prerequisites: ENGL 111 and 112. The course is designed to familiarize students with prominent French writers from the Middle Ages to the present time. Various aspects of French society are discussed in conjunction with the readings. Among the authors to be read are Racine Corneille, Moliere, Voltaire, Balzac, Flaubert, Zola, and Camus. Conducted in English.
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FREN 311 - French Literature: Pre-18th Century
(3 hours) Prerequisite: French 202 or equivalent. A general survey of French literature from its beginning to the eighteenth century; extensive readings, reports, and discussions in French.
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FREN 312 - French Literature: Post-18th Century
(3 hours) Prerequisite: French 202 or equivalent. A general survey of French literature from the eighteenth century to the present; extensive readings, reports, and discussions in French.
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FREN 321 - Development of the French Novel
(3 hours) Prerequisite: French 202 or equivalent. The development of the French novel from the Seventeenth Century to the early Twentieth Century. Lectures parallel readings and reports.
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FREN 331 - Advanced Oral French
(3 hours) Prerequisite: French 202 or equivalent. A course designed to raise the French knowledge level of students to that expected of persons to be employed for the first time as high school teachers of French. Extensive knowledge of French grammar and fluency in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing conversational French are objectives. Oral skills are emphasized.
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FREN 332 - Advanced Written French
(3 hours) Prerequisite: French 202 or equivalent. A course designed to raise the French knowledge level of students to that expected of persons to be employed for the first time as high school teachers of French. Extensive knowledge of French grammar and fluency in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing conversational French are objectives. Writing skills are emphasized.
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FREN 421 - Seventeenth-Century French Literature
(3 hours) Prerequisite: One 300-level French course. The Golden Age of French literature including the plays of Corneille, Racine, and Molière.
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FREN 423 - Nineteenth-Century French Literature
(3 hours) Prerequisite: One 300-level French course. A study of literary movements. Lecture, parallel readings, and reports.
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FREN 424 - Contemporary French Literature
(3 hours) Prerequisite: One 300-level French course. A study of the principal writers from 1900 to present.
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GNED 101 - Freshman Seminar
(1 hours) Requirement: new student status. An introduction to the meaning and significance of higher education, to the challenges inherent in university life, and to the values characterized by Christian higher education and by Charleston Southern University in particular. Topics include making the transition to campus life, academic/classroom skills, goal setting, and lifestyle decisions.
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GNED 102 - Honors Seminar
(1 hours) Requirement: Students participating in the Honors Program only. This course provides an introduction to many of the extracurricular offerings of the Charleston area, including (but not limited to) cultural and spiritual enhancement. Class may include required attendance at off-campus events. In-class expectations include group discussion, personal journals, and possible guest lectures on areas of general interest. This course is required of all honors students, and must be taken the first fall semester that an honors student attends Charleston Southern University.
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GNED 103 - Strategies for Academic Success
(2 hours) The purpose of this course is to promote college success to those who have had difficulty meeting the academic specifications CSU requires by providing advanced learning strategies as well as familiarizing them with roles and functions of the University along with making effective academic and career decisions.
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GNED 107 - College Reading and Study Skills for the Christian College
(3 hours) Prerequisite: Freshman Bridge students only. A course designed to develop the complex reading and study skills essential for successful participation in university curriculum. Focuses on content area reading and study strategies, reading and critical thinking skills. A focus on the nature of learning and the individual’s responsibility to learn. An introduction to the Christian worldview and its application in Christian higher education, with emphasis on critical thinking skills necessary for college-level academic work and for other issues commonly facing college students. General elective credit. Note: Required for all Bridge students.
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GNED 111 - Introduction to Christian Worldview and Critical Thinking
(1 hours) Prerequisite: new student status. An introduction to the Christian worldview and its application in Christian higher education, with emphasis on critical thinking skills necessary for college-level academic work and for other issues commonly facing college students. Other topics include calling (both short-term and long-term), study skills, time management, and campus resources and policies.
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GNED 201 - Career Planning Seminar
(1 hours) Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior students are encouraged to enroll. This course is designed to help students create a professional profile, develop effective career planning skills, develop self-marketing skills through Mock Interviews, create a winning portfolio, learn business etiquette, learn networking skills, salary negotiation and learn effective job search skills. Final grade is calculated into student GPA. The course is offered each fall and spring semesters.
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GNED 202 - Honors Seminar: Ethics & Leadership
(1 hours) Prerequisites: Admission to the Honors Program and Sophomore standing. This course encourages students to consider issues in ethics and leadership from a variety of viewpoints, including readings in Christian values and moral philosophy, and discussion of ethical and leadership issues in research, professional, and practical situations.
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GNED 205 - Peer Education: An Introduction to the Practice of Students Helping Students
(2 hours) Prerequisites: minimum 2nd semester Freshman, 2.8 GPA, faculty/staff recommendation. This course introduces students to a broad range of effective approaches to peer education. We will explore the history and efficacy of peer education. We will explore critical thinking, diverse learning modalities, and the impact of social-cultural differences on learning. Through discussion of theory and practice of various peer education strategies, you will learn to assess and revise your own learning practices and make use of this knowledge to communicate with students. The course will also include experiential components such as team-building and presentation skills. Students will also participate in an experiential assignment with two different campus departments to explore how what they are learning in the classroom might be beneficial to use as a peer educator at Charleston Southern University.
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GNED 400 - Honors Senior Project
(1 - 4 hours) The Honors Senior Project is a substantial independent project in the student’s major area of study. The nature of Honors Senior Project will vary significantly from program to program. Some projects will require field study akin to an internship, while others will more closely resemble traditional readings and academic writing, while others may involve conducting and reporting a sustained laboratory experiment. All Honors Senior projects should involve a substantial amount of research and provide a capstone experience for student’s Honor Program curriculum.
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GNED 405 - Interdisciplinary Studies: Humanities and Fine Arts
(1 hours) Prerequisites: Senior Status and Interdisciplinary majors only. A course calling for integrative reflection on and prospective application of the student’s undergraduate education: cross disciplinary exploration of learning objectives and research. The goal is to exit college with a sense of vocation drawing on a broad field of learning and of the possibilities for meaningful work.
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GNED 406 - Interdisciplinary Studies: Social and Human Sciences
(1 hours) Prerequisites: Senior Status and Interdisciplinary majors only. A course calling for integrative reflection on and prospective application of the student’s undergraduate education: cross disciplinary exploration of learning objectives and research. The goal is to exit college with a sense of vocation drawing on a broad field of learning and of the possibilities for meaningful work.
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GNED 469 - Applied Learning Experience (APPLE)
(3 hours) Prerequisites: Junior/Senior standing (61 semester hours or more), transfer students must have at least 15 semester hours taken in residence at CSU, a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 or permission of the department chair or dean, successful completion of the APPLE orientation, and an approved APPLE contract. The Applied Learning Experience (APPLE) is a carefully monitored internship course and work experience in which the student has intentional learning goals and reflects actively on those goals throughout the experience. The APPLE experience requires 120 hours of supervised work in an approved professional work setting off campus. The course is designed to allow the student to focus on important career topics such as organization, professional culture, decision-making, leadership, and values and ethics in the workplace. General elective credit will be given for satisfactory completion of the course. A maximum of 6 credit hours may be awarded for any combination of APPLE and academic Internships. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Grading is on a pass/fail basis.
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GNED 470 - Applied Learning Experience (APPLE)
(3 hours) Prerequisites: Junior/Senior standing (61 semester hours or more), transfer students must have at least 15 semester hours taken in residence at CSU, a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 or permission of the department chair or dean, successful completion of the APPLE orientation, and an approved APPLE contract. The Applied Learning Experience (APPLE) is a carefully monitored internship course and work experience in which the student has intentional learning goals and reflects actively on those goals throughout the experience. The APPLE experience requires 120 hours of supervised work in an approved professional work setting off campus. The course is designed to allow the student to focus on important career topics such as organization, professional culture, decision-making, leadership, and values and ethics in the workplace. General elective credit will be given for satisfactory completion of the course. A maximum of 6 credit hours may be awarded for any combination of APPLE and academic Internships. This course cannot be challenged. Note: Grading is on a pass/fail basis.
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Geography |
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GEOG 200 - Introduction to Geography
(3 hours) A survey of how the earth’s environment, especially its distribution of climates and resources, exerts a limiting and conditioning impact upon human culture. Also examined closely are the various ways in which political and economic policies affect resource depletion, pollution, and energy sources on a global scale.
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Geology |
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GEOL 100 - Earth Science for Educators
(4 hours) Prerequisite: Permission of the Education department. This course is designed for early childhood and elementary education majors following the state of South Carolina’s science standards for grades kindergarten through 8th grade. Earth Science is designed to introduce the student to how planet Earth works in our Sun’s and its own integrated system. Students will investigate the materials and major processes that shape the earth and the geologic hazards that affect our lives. Mineral, water and energy resources will be considered in the context of their occurrence, interactions and limitations. A view of Earth’s role in space and the formation of planets and stars will be studied. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 2 hours. (Lab fee required.) Credit may not be received for both this course and Physical Geology 101.
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GEOL 101 - Physical Geology
(4 hours) The natural processes that operate on and within the Earth will be explored utilizing the methods of scientific inquiry-facts, hypothesis and experiments. The plate tectonic framework will be used to illustrate the causes and effects of earthquakes, volcanoes and mountain building. Surface processes such as streams, glaciers and shorelines will also be examined. Laboratory exercises will accompany and augment these topics. Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 2 hours. (Laboratory fee required) Credit may not be received for both this course and Earth Science 100. This course cannot be challenged.
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GEOL 102 - Historical Geology
(4 hours) As a result of the processes that occur on and within the Earth, a wonderful history of the Earth is preserved. Methods of analysis and interpretation will be utilized to examine the geology, flora and fauna of each geologic era. Laboratory exercises will accompany and augment these topics. Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 2 hours. (Laboratory fee required) This course cannot be challenged.
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GEOL 103 - Ocean Science
(4 hours) A largely nonmathematical undergraduate course in the study of the earth’s oceans, this course examines the structure, composition, and properties of the oceans: origin and history of the oceans, chemistry and physics of ocean water, effects of the oceans on global climate, ocean circulation, effect of the earth’s rotation on the behavior of the oceans, solar and lunar tides. Tsunamis, interaction of oceans with shorelines, life forms of the oceans, and sea level variations are other topics examined. Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 2 hours. (Laboratory fee required) This course cannot be challenged.
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GEOL 104 - Environmental Geology
(4 hours) A course designed to provide students with an understanding and appreciation of how the environment of water, air, and climate are influenced and affected by geological change. Emphasis is on understanding the mechanics of geological processes and the interrelationship with environmental issues. Field trip experiences include waste treatment systems, hydropower and nuclear energy sites, and hazardous waste sites. Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 2 hours. (Laboratory fee required) This course cannot be challenged.
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Healthcare |
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HCMT 320 - Introduction to Healthcare in the US
(3 hours) This course serves as the introduction to the health care system in the United States. This course will include the historical development and growth of the system. The course examines the structure and condition of the system, to include: how health care is provided, how health care is utilized, public and private organization, the impact of government influence on the system, and cost and basic funding within health care. The student will be able to identify and understand the role of key agencies, such as the Joint Commission, AMA and other accreditation entities that impact health care outcomes.
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HCMT 321 - Healthcare Economics
(3 hours) Prerequisite: HCMT 320. This course evaluates the economics of the health care system, with analysis of the health care industry’s financial flow and how that financial flow differentiates from that of any other industry. Students will be required to demonstrate an understanding of the basic terminology and economic principles exhibited in the functioning of the US health care system. Financial planning and budget constraints specific to the industry will be assessed. Current US health care industry trends will also be analyzed and evaluated as predictors for the future of the industry.
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HCMT 322 - Healthcare Human Resources
(3 hours) Prerequisite: HCMT 321. This course focuses on human resource management skills used by business managers in day-to-day operations. While focusing on the different aspects of human resource management and practices, problem solving and critical thinking skills are applied. Note: Cannot earn credit for HCMT 322 and ECBA 402.
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HCMT 323 - Healthcare Information & Management Systems
(3 hours) Prerequisite: HCMT 322. This course provides an overview of basic methodologies for the gathering and tracking of health care information & data. Students will be able to identify the basic tools and technologies for the management of information within the industry. General medical terminology, medical information management systems, and data tracking will be evaluated. Students will be required to identify guidelines for maintaining information within the health care industry to include the legal requirements associated with patient data.
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HCMT 324 - Healthcare Policy & Law
(3 hours) Prerequisite: HCMT 323. This course explores in a general overview how the legal process and US political system impacts the health care system. An introduction to basic health care law will be provided. Students will examine topics such as privacy, patient’s rights, liability of individual practitioners and health care organizations. Students will be able to identify how specific legislation, such as the Affordable Care Act of 2010, Sarbanes-Oxley and other laws which impact the system. A discussion of how legislation impacts Medicare, Medicaid reimbursements, and how private insurance impacts policy development and implementation. The impact of current legal issues and the American political environment on individuals and providers within the health care system will be evaluated. Students will be required to provide an analysis of potential health care reform for the future.
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HCMT 325 - Healthcare Management
(3 hours) Prerequisite: HCMT 324. This course serves as the introduction to health care management. Foundational management skills will be provided, such as: productivity management, work flow, resource planning, operations, and leadership. Students will gain an awareness of the potential benefits of building positive relationships with various health care providers and how partnerships can be formed to enhance patient outcomes. This course will equip students with the applied skills for transitioning from health care practitioner to health care manager. Students will also be required to evaluate operational financial management and change management aspects within the health care system. This will include the flow of information needed to enhance diverse and complex patient needs and outcomes. As with all aspects of management this course will provide an overview of ethical practices related to health care management. Ethical issues may include; How are decisions made related to patient care? What impact does the “Patient Bill of Rights” have on ethics and patient outcomes?
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Health, Physical Education and Sports |
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HPES 101 - Aerobics and Physical Fitness
(1 hours) Instruction in acquired and maintaining optimum fitness on individual basis. Grading is on a pass/fail basis. (Fee required) This course cannot be challenged.
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HPES 104 - Beginning Badminton
(1 hours) Instruction in basic skills, techniques, knowledge, rules and strategies necessary to begin the successful enjoyment of badminton. Grading is on a pass/fail basis. (Fee required) This course cannot be challenged.
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HPES 106 - Beginning Bowling
(1 hours) Instruction in basic skills, techniques, knowledge, rules and appreciations necessary for successful enjoyment in bowling. Grading is on a pass/fail basis. (Fee required) This course cannot be challenged.
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HPES 108 - Beginning Golf
(1 hours) The development of basic skills, techniques, knowledge, rules and appreciations necessary for successful participation in recreational golf. Grading is on a pass/fail basis. (Fee required) This course cannot be challenged.
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HPES 109 - Beginning Gymnastics and Tumbling
(1 hours) The development of knowledge and skills necessary for teaching and demonstrating basic gymnastics and tumbling skills. Grading is on a pass/fail basis. This course cannot be challenged. (Lab fee required).
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