(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: ESC 120; prerequisite or corequisite ESC 250; must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course. Prerequisite or corequisite: ESC 250. Basic electrical concepts; network theorems; circuit laws; resistance, capacitance, inductance; response of RC, RL and RLC circuits to initial conditions and constant forcing functions; AC steady-state analysis and AC power; integration of computer applications using PSPICE.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): EEC 310 and ESC 250; PHY 242 or 244 (as prerequisite or corequisite); must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course. Prerequisite or corequisite: PHY 244. Continuation of EEC 310. Polyphase AC circuits; magnetically-coupled circuits; frequency response and resonance; two-port networks; Laplace transform analysis of circuits; transfer functions, poles and zeros; convolution; Fourier series and Fourier transform analysis; integration of computer applications using PSPICE.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): ESC 250 and EEC 310; EEC 311 (as prerequisite or corequisite); must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course. Prerequisite or corequisite: EEC 311. Rectifier diodes and applications; Zener diodes and applications; biasing BJT and FET amplifiers; small signal analysis of BJT and FET amplifiers; power amplifiers; amplifier frequency response.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): EEC 311 and EEC 313; EEC 315 is a corequisite for this course; must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course. Operational amplifiers and op-amp applications; active filters; oscillator circuits; logic circuit concepts; TTL, CMOS circuits.
(2 credits) Prerequisite(s): EEC 311 and EEC 313; EEC 314 (as prerequisite or corequisite); must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course. Prerequisite or corequisite: EEC 314. Selected experiments on electronic circuits.
(1 credits) Prerequisite(s): EEC 311 and EEC 313; must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course. Selected experiments on electronic circuits.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): EEC 311 and MTH 283; must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course. Energy storage and conversion, force and emf production, coupled circuit analysis of systems with both electrical and mechanical inputs, applications to electric motors and generators and other electromechanical transducers.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Only students in the Honors Program with junior or senior standing who have permission of department are eligible to enroll. Student will take an existing 300-level course in the department. The course will be modified to provide additional material appropriate to an honors course. The course modifications will be arranged by mutual consent between the student, the course instructor, the student’s honors advisor, and the department’s undergraduate advisor. May be repeated for credit up to a total of eight credit hours.
(2 credits) This course is designed to enhance the ability of students to write effectively on topics within the discipline of electrical amd computer engineering. A substantial written report is one of the requirements. Students enrolled in EEC 414 must be concurrently enrolled in any 300-or 400-level content-based EEC course excluding laboratory courses and Senior Design. Prior to registering for EEC 414, students must obtain a written agreement of the instructor of the content-based course certifying that the instructor will serve as a grader of the writing required in EEC 414. The content course instructor, in consultation with the student, will determine the topic of the written report.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): EEC 314, EEC 315, EEC 380 and EEC 381 (Electrical Engineering), or EEC 313, EEC 316, EEC 380 and EEC 381 (Computer Engineering); must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course. Software design of microcontroller-based embedded systems. Topics covered include: microcontroller architecture, assembly programming, C programming, real time interrupts, program size considerations, input/output issues, analog-to-digital conversion, serial port reception/transmission.
(4 credits) Software process, methods and tools; phases of the software development process including requirement analysis, design, coding and testing; methods and techniques for software engineering and software project management, metrics and quality assurance.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): EEC 314, EEC 315 and EEC 380 (Electrical Engineering), or EEC 313, EEC 316 and EEC 380 (Computer Engineering); must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course. Modeling of DSP operations using discrete-time signals and systems: difference equations, Z-transforms, Fourier methods; signal sampling (A/D) and reconstruction (D/A); digital filters; sample rate converters and oversampling; DFT, fast convolution, and spectrum estimation; selected applications. Out-of-class projects done on DSP equipment in lab.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): EEC 314 and EEC 315 (Electrical Engineering), or EEC 313 and EEC 316 (Computer Engineering); must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course. Feedback control systems. Topics include: characteristics and analysis of feedback control systems; controlled system modeling; performance measures; stability; design using the root locus, frequency response, and state variable methods; characteristics of digital control loops; digital controller design using the emulation method.
(2 credits) Prerequisite(s): EEC 315 (Electrical Engineering) or EEC 316 (Computer Engineering); EEC 440 (as a prerequisite or corequisite); must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course. A series of control system experiments including process control using a PID controller, and modeling and digital control of a torsion mechanism.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Must be enrolled in the College of Engineering This course traces the idea of feedback control throughout history and is made broadly accessible to engineering and science majors alike at both undergraduate and graduate levels. By going back in time and trying to understand the problems that precipitated the great discoveries in controls, we strive to grasp the thought process of the great minds in the history of controls, leading to, hopefully, better understanding and appreciation of the art and science of problem solving in the area of automatic control systems.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): EEC 314 and EEC 315 (Electrical Engineering), or EEC 313 and EEC 316 (Computer Engineering); must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course. Applications of PLC’s including ladder logic concepts, data manipulation, analog input and output with an emphasis on PID control, network configurations and concepts, and the solution of practical industrial problems through design projects.
(4 credits) Unified approach to modeling of dynamic systems using bond graphs, with emphasis in electromechanical systems. Object-oriented and automated modeing concepts. Computer simulation and model validation.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): EEC 314 and ESC 310 (Electrical Engineering), or EEC 311, EEC 313 and ESC 310 (Computer Engineering); must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course. Analog modulation techniques; system performance under noise; digital communication concepts; pulse and digital modulation schemes; data communication techniques; spread spectrum communications.
(2 credits) Prerequisite(s): EEC 314 and EEC 315 (Electrical Engineering), or EEC 313 and EEC 316 (Computer Engineering); EEC 450 (as a prerequisite or corequisite); must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course. Pre- or co-requisite for EE and CE: EEC 450. Use of communications-specific test and measurement equipment. Experiments on spectrum analysis, noise, amplitude, frequency and phase modulation, mixers, IF amplifiers, pulse modulation, sampling, baseband modulation, optimum receivers, and amplitude-, frequency-, and phase-shift keying.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): PHY 244 and EEC 361. Fundamental laws of electromagnetic fields: Gauss’s, Faraday’s, Ampere’s, and Biot-Savart’s. Maxwell’s equations as applicable to finite and infinitesimal regions in three-dimensional space and their engineering implications. Source distribution and boundary value engineering problems and their analytical or numerical solution. Electromagnetic waves propagation. Applications to the design of transmission lines, waveguides, and antennas.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): EEC 314, EEC 360 or EEC 361; must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course. Analysis, performance characterization, and design of power electronics converters using diodes, thyristors, and controllable semiconductor switches. Power supplies; DC and AC motor drives.
(2 credits) Prerequisite(s): EEC 470 (as a prerequisite or corequisite); must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course. Experiments dealing with single-phase and three-phase transformers; steady-state performance of dc, induction, and synchronous machines; rectifiers, inverters, switch-mode converters and their applications in adjustable motor drives.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): EEC 360 or EEC 361; must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course. Power system components modeling: transformers, generators, transmission lines; power flow; economic scheduling of generation; power system faults and transient stability.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): EEC 470; must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course. Advanced course in Power Electronics: switching function representation of converter circuits (DC-DC, AC-DC, DC-AC and AC-AC), resonant converters, adjustable torque drives, field oriented induction motor control, residential and industrial applications, utility applications, power supply applications.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): EEC 380, CIS 260, CIS 265, CIS 335 and CIS 345; must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course. Illustration of basic architecture concepts and control circuit implementation. Topics include basic computer organization, central processor organization, instruction set design and addressing schemes, microprogram control, input-output organization, and memory organization.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): EEC 382; must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course. Network architectures, Ethernet and token passing networks, performance modeling, error detection and recovery, high-speed LANs, metropolitan area networks, and internetworking.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): EEC 382 Coverage includes CPLD/FPGA devices, digital design methodology, VHDL hardware description language, VHDL description for combinational circuits, sequential circuits, FSM (finite state machine) and FSMD (finite state machine with datapath).
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): EEC 440, 450 or 470; or EEC 381, 480 and 483; must be enrolled in the College of Engineering to be eligible for this course. Students are formed into small design groups (typically three students) and assigned a project. In addition to carrying out the design project, students are required to keep a design notebook, to write progress reports and a final report, and to make an oral presentation of the design effort.
(4 credits) Presentation and discussion of a current topic in electrical and computer engineering. May be repeated for credit for a total of 8 credit hours with a change of topic.
(9 credits) Participation in on-going research. Student will be involved in an original investigation. Course may be substituted for a regularly required departmental course in the curriculum.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): Only students in the Honors Program with junior or senior standing who have permission of department are eligible to enroll. Student will be involved in an engineering research or development project under the personal supervision of a faculty member. The specific responsibilities of the student will be arranged by mutual consent of the student, the student’s honors advisor, and the department’s undergraduate advisor. May be repeated for credit.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Only students in the Honors Program with senior standing who have permission of department are eligible to enroll. Student will be involved in an engineering research or development project under the personal supervision of a faculty member. The specific responsibilities of the student will be arranged by mutual consent of the student, the student’s honors advisor, and the department’s undergraduate advisor. The culmination of this course is a written thesis that is approved by a committee of departmental faculty members. The student will also present a public, oral defense of the thesis to the thesis committee. May be repeated for credit up to a total of eight credit hours.
(4 credits) Written permission from appropriate College program or chair of department prior to registration. Introduction to basic concepts, principles, theories and methods of one of the humanities or an area of humanities specialization. Variable topics. Credits may be applied to one of the programs in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences with review and approval by the appropriate department. Grading will be on a “Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory” scale.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing is required for eligibility. Fundamentals of accounting theory, concepts, and practice; includes the basic structure of accounting and accounting as it is used as a basis for business using the recording of changes in financial conditions, measuring business income; introduces the concept of accounting systems and control.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of ACT 221 required for eligibility. A continuation of the fundamentals of accounting theory, concepts, and practice pertaining to various forms of business organizations, such as partnerships and corporations; measurement and control of costs as viewed in a departmental operation and interpretation of financial data and statements.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): ACT 222; must be a declared major in the College of Business to be eligible for this course. Learn the basics of cost (managerial) accounting which apply to service, merchandising, and manufacturing firms. Covers job order and process costing, cost-volume-profit analysis, activity-based costing, variable costing, budgeting, standard costing systems and variance analysis, decision making using managerial accounting information, and related topics in addition to analytical and communications skills.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): ACT 222; must be a declared major in the College of Business to be eligible for this course. Introduces financial accounting and the statements of financial accounting concepts; reviews the accounting cycle, development of income statement, statement of retained earnings, the balance sheet, time value of money concepts, accounting for current financial assets, inventory, plant assets, and intangible assets, and accounting for current and long-term liabilities.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): ACT 331; must be a declared major in the College of Business to be eligible for this course. Continuation of financial accounting concepts covered in ACT 331; covers accounting for equity, investments, leases, taxes, pensions, and accounting changes; earnings per share; statement of cash flows, and related topics.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): ACT 222. A study of the different accounting systems and approaches used in different countries and cultures, and how to use and understand financial statements and financial information produced by such different systems. Designed for International Business majors and other non-accounting majors who desire to learn how to understand and use financial information developed under other accounting systems not following U.S. generally accepted accounting standards. Includes a survey of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and how IFRS rules differ from U.S. accounting standards, and how to read and interpret financial data developed using IFRS rules. Includes a discussion of comparative accounting systems and the process of the harmonization of accounting standards. NOT OPEN TO ACCOUNTING MAJORS. ACT 360 CANNOT BE USED FOR ACCOUNTING COURSE CREDIT TOWARD THE ACCOUNTING DEGREE.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): ACT 222; must have at least junior standing and be a declared major in the College of Business to be eligible for this course. Comprehensive examination of federal income taxation of individuals; emphasis on tax planning and recognition of tax problems.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): IST 203 and ACT 331; must be a declared major in the College of Business to be eligible for this course. Business systems as viewed by the profession of accounting: system analysis, flow-charting, and system design from a range of firms with a minimum of electronic and mechanical devices to firms employing the most sophisticated types of electronic data-processing equipment; emphasis on business system design to accumulate and communicate information to officials controlling the activities of the enterprise.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): ACT 321; must have at least junior standing and be a declared major in the College of Business to be eligible for this course. Continuation of ACT 321; covers capital budgeting, just-in-time inventory, throughput accounting, performance evaluation, transfer pricing, balanced scorecard, and related topics.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): ACT 332; must have at least junior standing and be a declared major in the College of Business to be eligible for this course. Parent and subsidiary accounting; accounting aspects of consolidation and mergers; accounting for estates, trusts, and insolvency; multinational accounting; and governmental and nonprofit accounting.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): ACT 332; must have at least junior standing and be a declared major in the College of Business to be eligible for this course. Audit approach; planning and procedure; treatment of adjustments and irregularities; preparing worksheets and final statements.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): ACT 451 or 455, ACT 388; must have at least junior standing and be a declared major in the College of Business to be eligible for this course. Problems of accuracy and control in computer-oriented applications; changing audit techniques, especially loss of traditional audit trail opportunities; control problems of direct access and real-time systems.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): ACT 222; must have at least junior standing and be a declared major in the College of Business to be eligible for this course. The philosophy and practice of modern internal auditing techniques with emphasis on providing managers with definitive information about situations which might interfere with the accomplishment of the organization’s goals and with feedback concerning extraordinary accomplishments.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): ACT 451 or ACT 455 or equivalent; must have at least junior standing and be a declared major in the College of Business to be eligible for this course. The advanced topics in auditing include, but are not limited to, the use of quantitative methods, sampling methods, statistical sampling, analytical procedures, operational auditing, employee and management fraud, and audit administrative issues.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): ACT 332 is either a prerequisite or co-requisite. A broad-based course that provides an understanding of the international dimensions of accounting. The course will include topics in financial and managerial accounting, auditing and, to a lesser extent, taxation and transfer pricing issues. In addition to the mechanics, comparative accounting systems and the process of the harmonization of accounting standards will be discussed. An examination of current international accounting literature will augment specific topic discussions.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): ACT 361; must have at least junior standing and be a declared major in the College of Business to be eligible for this course. Income taxation of corporations, partnerships, estates, and trusts; federal, estate and gift taxes; state and local taxes; methodology of researching complex tax problems.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): ACT 331 as either a prerequisite or a corequisite. The study of investigating, preventing and prosecuting occupational business fraud. Includes a review of common ways occupational fraud is committed, and how to find and follow up on evidence of fraud. It also includes suggested actions and procedures to deter fraud. The course includes a review of how to conduct the investigation in a way that will best meet the requirements for criminal and/or civil prosecution. This will include a study of federal laws related to fraud examination, including various bases for prosecution, rules of evidence, and the rights of the accused.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): ACT 222; must have at least junior standing and be a declared major in the College of Business to be eligible for this course. Accounting principles, standards, and procedures applicable to enterprises operated not-for-profit; covers governmental units, institutions such as universities and hospitals, charitable organizations, fraternal organizations, religious groups, and clubs.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): ACT 388. This course will survey advanced topics, concepts, issues, and technologies relating to accounting information systems (AIS). The AIS serves to (1) capture data about economic events, (2) store, organize, and manipulate information, (3) provide controls, and (4) report accounting and managerial information to internal and external users. The goal of AIS is to provide information for effective decision making. The value of the AIS is a function of the contribution that the information it generates toward supporting better decisions. A number of important factors contribute to the effectiveness of the AIS in generating information to support decision making. These areas include AIS design and implementation as well as internal control functions. The AIS area is also a rapidly growing specialty in the accounting profession and the considerable demand for AIS professionals will undoubtedly continue. This course will review the basic transaction cycles, processes, and controls that should be present in computerized AIS. Students will also engage in the design, development, and implementation of AIS. Other important and emerging issues will also be explored such as Internal Control Frameworks, XBRL, and IT Audit.
(Variable 1-4 credits) Prerequisite(s): ACT 331 and permission of department chair required; must have at least junior standing and be a declared major in the College of Business to be eligible for this course. Three months of supervised practical experience with a public accounting firm or the accounting department of an industrial firm. Term report required.
(3 credits) Prerequisite(s): ACT 331 and permission of department chair required; must have at least junior standing and be a declared major in the College of Business to be eligible for this course. Must be a declared major in the College of Business to be eligible for this course. Three months of supervised practical experience with a public accounting firm or the accounting department of an industrial firm. Term report required.
(Variable 1-4 credits) Prerequisite(s): ACT 332 and Approval of sponsoring faculty and department chair required; must have senior standing and be a declared major in the College of Business to be eligible for this course. Flexible content/structure course to enable qualified students to pursue special areas of interest and competency; opportunity for independent study, field research, or other special assignments. This course may be repeated for a total of 8 credit hours.
(4 credits) Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: Open to senior honors students. Requires the honors student to conduct a piece of original research in accounting under the supervision of an Accounting faculty member. The thesis will be presented orally and submitted as a written report.
(1 credits) Survey course providing an introduction to the US Air Force and ROTC. Officership and military customs and courtesies are discussed. Foundations of Air Force communications are covered.
(1 credits) Survey course looking at the origin and organization of the Air Force. Selected topics contributing to an understanding of the Air Force are covered.
(1 credits) An instruction program that prepares an individual to undertake the broad range of technical tasks associated with military leadership and defense management.
(1 credits) An instruction program that prepares an individual to undertake the broad range of technical tasks associated with military leadership and defense management.
(1 credits) Survey course to examine air and space power from a historical perspective. Course covers early flight and World War I to the Korean War and ICBMs.
(1 credits) Survey course to examine air and space power from a historical perspective. Course covers period from the Vietnam War to the events in Kosovo plus a look at the Air Force today.
(1 credits) An instruction program that prepares an individual to undertake the broad range of technical tasks associated with military leadership and defense management.
(1 credits) An instruction program that prepares an individual to undertake the broad range of technical tasks associated with military leadership and defense management.
(1 credits) Prerequisite(s): AF 101, AF 102, AF 201, AF 202. Leadership Evaluation will develop self-desicipline as related to military conduct and measure the effectiveness of the person’s capability to interact in a leadership role during field-training.
(1 credits) Prerequisite(s): Department permission needed. Leadership evaluation will develop self-descipline as related to military conduct and measure the effectiveness of the person’s capability to interact in a leadership role during field-training.
(3 credits) Study of leadership, professional knowledge, and communication skills required for an Air Force officer. The role of a leader as supervisor and counselor is discussed.
(3 credits) Study of quality management fundamentals and communication skills for the Air Force officer. The Air Force personnel evaluation system is discussed along with military ethics.
(1 credits) An instruction program that prepares an individual to undertake the broad range of technical tasks associated with military leadership and defense management.
(1 credits) An instruction program that prepares an individual to undertake the broad range of technical tasks associated with military leadership and defense management.
(3 credits) A look at political, economic, and social constraints upon national security and defense structure. The role of the military including joint operations is discussed. Regional defense issues studied.
(3 credits) The role of the military and regional defense issues are studied. Current Air Force issues and other topics relevant to preparing an Air Force officer for active duty are covered.
(1 credits) An instruction program that prepares an individual to undertake the broad range of technical tasks associated with military leadership and defense management.
(1 credits) An instruction program that prepares an individual to undertake the broad range of technical tasks associated with military leadership and defense management.
(4 credits) Exploration of human biological and cultural diversity, with special emphasis on the US experience. General principles of diversity are developed and then applied to key diversity issues in the US, such as the African American education gap, Ebonics, affirmative action, reverse discrimination, reparations, transgender hate crimes, same sex marriage, official English, immigration, Holocaust revisionism, Islam and the US, and the status of women, the elderly, and the disabled, among others. Students gain valuable insights to help them negotiate the complexities of diversity in the US and world today. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.
(4 credits) Students are introduced to the fundamental principles of organic evolution. These are applied to survey and interpret critical anatomical and behavioral adaptations that characterize the earliest primates to modern humans. Factors involved in the origin of broad spectrum intelligence, tool use, and culture are considered relative to patterns of modern human biological and cultural variation. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.
(4 credits) Introduction to the ways in which anthropologists study living cultures and languages and the foundation for further study in cultural and linguistic anthropology. Materials from a number of the world’s cultures and languages are presented through lectures, demonstrations, videos, and films. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.
(4 credits) Introduction to the prehistoric archaeology of Old World civilizations, with a focus on Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, Egypt, and the British Isles; course includes an examination of current research methods in archaeology as well as contemporary interpretations and theories in the field. Social Science. br> This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.
(4 credits) This course provides an introduction to the properties of human languages and to their systematic study in the field of linguistics. It provides the groundwork for future studies of language and communication in a broad range of disciplines: linguistics, modern languages, ESL, communication, sociolinguistics, and anthropological linguistics. It is assumed that students have had no prior course work or exposure to linguistics and will begin with the basic assumptions that are shared by those who study language from a variety of perspectives. Cross-listed with LIN 120. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.
(4 credits) Survey of the institutions of slavery in the world’s societies, with an anthropological approach to the comparative analysis of slavery and its congeners across cultural, historical, and social backgrounds. Topics include the role of status and power in human societies, the definition of slavery and servitude, the philosophy of slavery, ideologies of abolition, society after slavery, indigenous concepts of social classification, etc. Societies surveyed include those of the northwest coast of native North America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, the South Pacific, Korea, India, Southeast Asia, etc. Social Science.
(4 credits) Introduction to the multiple cultures of contemporary Africa from a number of different perspectives: African intellectuals, Africanist scholars, and ordinary Africans. A video series on the history, lifestyles, religions, politics, environment, and multicultural conflicts of the continent is balanced with the perspectives of other Africans and Africanists on similar topics as represented in readings, discussions, and ethnographic films and videos. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.
(4 credits) Introduction to the major cultural achievements of the New World, with an examination and comparison of cultural development in four separate geographical areas: the Mississippi and Ohio Valley regions (e.g., the Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippian cultures), the American Southwest (e.g., the Pueblo and Anasazi), Mesoamerica (e.g., the Olmee, Maya, and Aztecs), and the Andes of South America (e.g., the Moche, Nazca, and Inka). This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.
(4 credits) Course provides an introductory overview of the interdisciplinary field of Native American Studies. It is required for the minor in Native American studies and as such, provides the intellectual foundation for further work in the field. The course explores the complexity and diversity of the contemporary Native American experience, through the anthropological, cultural, historical, and literary sources of First Nations Peoples in North, Middle, and South America. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.
(3 credits) An examination of the importance of culture for understanding human sexuality, especially as it affects health. Topics covered include biological, social, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual issues related to sexuality. Contemporary political, legal, and health issues are discussed critically. Cross-listed with HSC 201.
(4 credits) Students are urged to take ANT 100, Human Diversity or ANT 102, Study of Culture before taking this course. Exploration of the cultural construction of gender from an anthropological perspective. Includes an examination of the different ways in which males and females are thought of, treated, and expected to behave in different cultural settings, taking into account aspects of gender systems such as division of labor, stratification , gender roles, and their variation throughout the life cycle. Emphasis on American culture and its constructions of gender as they vary by ethnicity, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.
ANT 227 - Power, Authority & Society in Nonwestern Communities
(4 credits) Examination of the ways selected groups of Asian, African, and Latin American societies organize themselves with respect to power and authority to cope with common social problems. Attention given to how change in political organization takes place. Cross-listed with HIS 227/PSC 227. A&S Foreign Culture course. Non-Western Culture and Civilization, Social Science.
(4 credits) Students are encouraged to take ANT 100 Human Diversity, or ANT 102 Study of Culture, or ANT 120 Introduction to Language and Linguistics before taking this course, but no prerequisite is assumed or required. This course explores how ways of speaking and ideas about gender are linked within minority and dominant cultures in the U.S. and beyond. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.
(4 credits) Overview of the study of language in its cultural and social contexts. Topics may include the formation and maintenance of speech communities, variation of language within and across speech communities, how languages change in contemporary social contexts, the range of uses of language in social context, the verbal arts, oral folklore, and the development of writing systems. This course does not presume a background in either linguistics or anthropology. Cross-listed with LIN 260. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.
(4 credits) Focus on the social and cultural ecology of contemporary black communities in America; includes an examination of how cultural history shapes present activities, attitudes, and beliefs. Specific topics include family organization, sex roles, child development, and social and religious movements. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.
(4 credits) Course examines some of the great mysteries of the human past. It explores unconventional claims, including the ancient astronauts assertion, the idea that a number of early civilizations were founded by alien visitors from outer space. It debunks these notions and considers the historical, social, economic, political, religious, racist, and even psychological motives behind them. Real wonders of the ancient world are also surveyed, such as Easter Island, Machu Picchu, Stonehenge, and the Great Zimbabwe. In the process, students learn the basic scientific concepts and approaches of anthropology and archaeology. This course may fulfill a General Education Requirement.
(4 credits) Anthropology and Science fiction both seek to expand our vision by examining either parts of our world that we know little about (in the case of anthropology) or other worlds that exist in our fantasies or imaginations (in the case of science fiction). This course examines how each proceeds in this attempt through an examination of their interrelationships in subject, vision, and manner. The course involves reading and analysis of text and exegesis in both the “anthropology of science fiction” (i.e., the analysis of science fiction using anthropology) and the “science fiction of anthropology” (i.e., the creation of science fiction involving anthropological subjects and material.