Apr 24, 2024  
2014-2015 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses of Instruction


 

Spanish

  
  • SPAN 488 - Special Topics for Study Abroad

    (1-4 credits)
    Contemporary Latin American Literature
  
  • SPAN 489 - Special Topics for Study Abroad

    (1-4 credits)
    The Hispanic Nobelists
  
  • SPAN 491 - Seminar

    (3 credits)
    Study in depth of a theme, author, or literary movement. Research paper required. Prerequisite: SPAN 301 . As needed.
  
  • SPAN 499 - Spanish Capstone

    (Study Abroad, Internship, Course) (3 credits)
  
  • SPAN 501 - Independent Study in Spanish

    (1-8 credits)

Speech

  
  • SPCH 103 - Speech Fundamentals and Public Speaking

    (3 credits)
    The treatment, preparation and delivery of public speech; standards for critical listening. Methods for presenting various types of speeches with emphasis on psychological and physiological adjustment to the speaking situation. Theory and practice of effective public speaking. Students may fulfill the speech requirement by demonstrating proficiency in speaking (by a video-taped challenge exam) or by completing Speech 103. The Speech Challenge Exam is open only to students with fewer than 116 credits. Fall, Spring. Speech is intended to improve the speaking skills of students, particularly those who need basic principles and practice in effective oral communication, and to develop skills needed for speaking before groups.

Statistics

  
  • STAT 101 - Elementary Statistics

    (3 credits)
    Basic philosophy of statistical reasoning. Data collection. Techniques for organizing and presenting statistical data. Sample mean, variance, and standard deviation. Statistical decisions - estimation and hypothesis testing. Design of experiments, linear association and prediction. Statistical software. Fall, Spring, Summer.
  
  • STAT 102 - Statistics II

    (3 credits)
    Methods used in the collection, presentation, analysis and interpretation of data, including experimental design sampling theory, estimation theory, hypothesis testing, regression, correlation, analysis of variance and nonparametric techniques. Computer analysis required. STAT 102: As needed.
  
  • STAT 103 - Statistics Lab

    (1 credit)
    Optional laboratory course. Corequisite (or prerequisite): STAT 101  or STAT 301 . As needed.
  
  • STAT 205 - Essentials of Statistics

    (3 credits)
    Descriptive statistics, basic probability principles, discrete and continuous probability distributions (binomial, geometric, Poisson and normal). Estimation, hypothesis testing, regression analysis, ANOVA, and nonparametric theory and methods. Use of statistical software (Excel, Minitab, SPSS or other.) Fall, Spring.
  
  • STAT 301 - Quantitative Business Analysis I

    (3 credits)
    The first of two courses which, when combined, investigate basic descriptive and inferential statistical analysis techniques and their application in business and economic decision situations. Topics include the collection and presentation of data; measures of central tendency and measures of dispersion; probability and probability distributions (discrete and continuous); sampling and sampling distributions; point and interval estimation, and hypothesis tests involving a single sample mean or a single sample proportion. (discrete and continuous); sampling and sampling distributions; point and interval estimation, and hypothesis tests involving a single sample mean or a single sample proportion. Prerequisite: MATH 111 . Fall.
  
  • STAT 302 - Quantitative Business Analysis II

    (3 credits)
    The second of two courses emphasizing the application of basic descriptive and inferential statistical analysis techniques to business and economics decision situations. Topics include hypothesis testing involving two sample means (or two sample proportions), analysis of variance (ANOVA), Chisquare, simple linear regression and correlation, statistical process control (SPC), and ethics in statistical analysis and reporting. Prerequisites: MATH 111 , STAT 301 . Spring.

Theatre

  
  • THTR 101 - History of the Theatre

    (3 credits)
    Major theatrical developments from primitive origins to the environmental and confrontational forms of the 20th century. Readings assigned to illustrate specific qualities of historical periods. As needed.
  
  • THTR 102 - Introduction to the Film Art

    (3 credits)
    Theory of film and its position and value as an art form; historical development of the film; major techniques in the film art and how they are effective in the communicative processes of the media. Participation in film program and discussions. Fall, Spring.
  
  • THTR 103 - Theatre Arts Workshop

    (3 credits)
    Practical experience of how directors, actors, designers, and technical experts, the artists of the theatre, work together to realize the playwright’s concepts. Fall, Spring, Summer.
  
  • THTR 110 - Performance and Production

    (1 credit)
    Fall, Spring, Summer.
  
  • THTR 111 - Performance and Production

    (1 credit)
    Fall, Spring, Summer.
  
  • THTR 112 - Performance and Production

    (1 credit)
    Fall, Spring, Summer.
  
  • THTR 113 - Performance and Production

    (1 credit)
    Fall, Spring, Summer.
  
  • THTR 120 - Oral Interpretation

    (3 credits)
    The fine art of reading literature to an audience. Analysis and presentation of prose, poetry, and drama. As needed.
  
  • THTR 200 - Educational Theatre

    (3 credits)
    An approach to children’s theatre, creative dramatics, and theatre in the high school through reading, discussion, demonstration, and involvement, including actual guidance and direction of theatrics and theatrical activities for the young. As needed.
  
  • THTR 201 - Modern and Contemporary Theatre

    (3 credits)
    Representative modern and contemporary dramatic writings as theatrical movements analyzed with emphasis on form and presentation. Participation in full-length productions and workshops. As needed.
  
  • THTR 202 - Studies in Drama

    (3 credits)
    Exploration of the nature of the dramatic and the theatrical by developing perceptive and discriminating processes of evaluation in discovering artistic and theatrical values in various entertainment media. Spring.
  
  • THTR 301 - Design

    (3 credits)
    Concepts of design and technical apparatus within the student’s specified area of interest (set, costume, lighting, make-up, sound, producing, stage management). Option of studying two different areas or one basic area and its advanced level. As needed.
  
  • THTR 302 - Acting

    (3 credits)
    Basic techniques of voice and movement for the stage; character analysis and interpretation; scene study; performance methods. Terminal project required. Participation in full-length productions and workshops. Fall.
  
  • THTR 303 - Directing

    (3 credits)
    Artistic concepts in the theatrical interpretation of the script; working with actors; directorial techniques; blocking, composition, picturization, rhythm. Terminal project required. Participation in full-length productions and workshops. Every three years.
  
  • THTR 501 - Independent Study in Theatre

    (1-8 credits)
  
  • THTR 505 - Field Experience

    (3 credits)
    Supervised experience in the application of dramatic method in a summer theatre, in a professional course at another institution, or in a concentrated program of seminars in New York City. As needed.
 

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