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2019-20 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

University Course Descriptions

  

Course Numbering System

Each course is represented by four capital letters followed by a four-digit numeral (e.g., FINC 3311).

The letters form an abbreviation for the instructional area while the numeral is interpreted as follows:

First Digit: The first digit indicates academic level and provides information regarding restrictions as to undergraduate and/or graduate student enrollment:

1000 and 2000 series –undergraduate lower division
3000 and 4000 series – undergraduate upper division (normally for undergraduate students but with advisor approval for graduate students).
6000 series – graduate courses (for graduate students only except for undergraduates with an approved mixed load petition).

Second Digit: The second digit indicates the amount of credit awarded. For example, a course numbered 4331, carries three semester hours of credit.

Third and Fourth Digits: The third and fourth digits are used to distinguish between courses within an instructional area. Course Punctuation

One of the following marks of punctuation may immediately follow the course number, or may separate a series of course numbers. Internal punctuations (between multi-listed courses) take precedence over all punctuation in a series of course numbers. The significance of each mark of punctuation is as follows:

  • Colon – A colon (:) following a course number indicates that the course may be taken as an independent one-semester course. This also applies when two course numbers are separated by a colon.
  • Comma – A comma (,) between course numbers indicates that both courses must be taken before credit is received for either, but the second course may be taken first.
  • Hyphen – A hyphen (-) between course numbers indicates that both courses must be taken before credit is received for either. The first course must be completed before the student enrolls in the second course, or if “concurrent enrollment only” is shown in the course description, both courses must be taken at the same time.
  • Semicolon – A semicolon (;) between course numbers indicates that the first course may be taken and justify credit without completion of the second course, but the second course cannot be taken without the first as prerequisite.

The three numbers in parentheses (0-0-0) after each course title indicate the number of semester credit hours, the number of class hours per week, and the number of additional laboratory or activity hours per week.
 

Special Education - Undergraduate
  

  • SPED 4304 Student Teaching: Exceptional Children

    Cr. 3
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Prerequisite(s): SPED 3321 , SPED 3322 , SPED 4323 , SPED 4324 .
    Learning styles, classroom management, delivery systems, IEP development, observation and student teaching with exceptional children in a variety of public settings are offered.
  

  • SPED 4305 Practicum in Special Education

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Direct experience in classroom application in special education. Instruction, informal and curriculum based assessment, direct observations and IEP construction, classroom modifications, transition and collaboration. Supervisor.
  

  • SPED 4323 Exceptional Children: Modifications, Methods and Materials

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 2
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 1
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Adoption and development of techniques and materials to enhance educational progress for exceptional students.
  

  • SPED 4324 Exceptional Children: Behavior Management

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 2
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 1
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Experience providing training in learning styles and behavior management on a one to one basis will be offered in a field based setting.
  

  • SPED 4325 The Inclusive Classroom

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Survey of special education law, the disability categories and techniques for modifying instruction for students with disabilities in the regular classroom.
  

  • SPED 4326 Language, Culture and Young Children

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Teacher Education Program
    The influences of children’s family, culture and environmental factors on language, cognitive, physical and social development in the context of legal mandates and transition to schooling.

Statistics - Undergraduate

Statistics - Undergraduate
  

  • STAT 1342 Introduction to Statistical Methods

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Lower Division

    This introductory course prepares participants in many disciplines to utilize basic statistical methods and processes to effectively and efficiently organize, analyze, and utilize data.

University - Undergraduate
  

  • UNIV 1002 Language Lab

    Cr. 0
    Semester Credit Hours: 0
    Class Hours Per Week: 1
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Lower Division

    This course will provide extra remediation for students who are more than 10% below the required TSI score in English and/or Reading.
  

  • UNIV 1003 Math Lab

    Cr. 0
    Semester Credit Hours: 0
    Class Hours Per Week: 1
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Lower Division

    This course will provide extra remediation for students who are more than 10% below the required TSI score in Math.  
  

  • UNIV 1300 First Year Seminar

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Lower Division

    This course will provide an academic context for: (1) the understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of a college education; (2) study and life skills necessary for academic success; and, (3) opportunities for connection with peers, faculty and the institution in a thematic framework. This course is required for freshmen students in all majors and any student entering the university with less than 30 SCH.
  

  • UNIV 1302 Freshman Seminar: English Satellite

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Lower Division

    This course will present traditional Freshman Seminar material (introduction to college, introduction to UHV, introduction to Victoria community, service learning) in a reading and writing intensive format to provide coremediation for students who are not TSI complete in English and/or Reading.
  

  • UNIV 1303 Freshman Seminar: Math Satellite

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Lower Division

    Prerequisite(s): This course will present traditional Freshman Seminar material (introduction to college, introduction to UHV, introduction to Victoria community, service learning) in a math intensive format to provide coremediation for students who are not TSI complete in math.

Accounting - Graduate
  

  • ACCT 6300 Selected Topics in Accounting

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Varies based on course topic.
    May be repeated when topics vary. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $45 per semester credit hour
  

  • ACCT 6351 Financial Reporting and Analysis

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing required for enrollment.
    This course focuses on how to use financial statement information to make business decisions.  The emphasis is on financial statement analysis and interpretation of financial disclosures to help improve risk assessment, forecasting, and decision making. (Formerly ACC 6311) (No credit for accounting major or accounting concentration.) Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $45 per semester credit hour.
  

  • ACCT 6352 Strategic Cost Management

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 6351  or equivalent.
    This course emphasizes the integration of cost analysis and strategic analysis. Coverage includes activity-based costing, target costing, value chain analysis, performance measurement matrices (e.g., balanced scorecard), strategic positioning, and product life cycle costing and management. (Formerly ACC 6315) (Credit will not be given for both ACCT 6352 and ACC 6315.) Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $45 per semester credit hour
  

  • ACCT 6353 Accounting Theory

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 3313  or equivalent
    This course discusses accounting theories that are the foundations of financial accounting, reporting, and disclosure. It covers fundamental issues such as why accounting is valuable and how accounting numbers can best describe the economic value and economic performance of enterprises. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $45 per semester credit hour
  

  • ACCT 6354 Corporate Taxation

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 4311  or equivalent
    This course covers basic tax concepts related to C corporations, S corporations, partnerships, estates and gifts, and other issues. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $45per semester credit hour
  

  • ACCT 6371 Advanced Auditing

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 4321  or equivalent
    Examination of advanced auditing issues including the study of statistical sampling techniques, auditing through the computer, audits of financial and non-profit institutions, special-purpose reporting situations, compliance auditing for internal, operational and governmental entities. Study of specialized audit case situations and an evaluation of the most current changes and proposed changes in GAAP as it affects the auditor. (Formerly ACC 6322) (Credit will not be given for both ACCT 6371 and ACC 6322.) Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $45 per semester credit hour
  

  • ACCT 6372 Advanced Studies in Taxation

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 4311  or equivalent
    Discusses situations concerning choice of entity and special tax subjects; arriving at conclusions or recommendations that integrate ethical considerations, competent tax research and thoughtful tax planning; preparing a schedule M-1; and preparing tax returns using tax preparation software. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $45 per semester credit hour
  

  • ACCT 6373 Contemporary Issues in Accounting

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 4311  and ACCT 4321 , or equivalent
    This course is designed to teach students how to stay current in accounting after graduation. This process is known as applied research. The process of applied research starts with identifying a business problem and searching the accounting literature in order to provide a client or firm with a current, relevant, and accurate solution. This process requires judgment, resourcefulness, and critical thinking. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
  

  • ACCT 6374 Seminar in Accounting Ethics

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 6351  or equivalent.
    A case-study approach to accounting ethics. Topics include development of a moral and ethical code of conduct; standards of conduct expected from accounting professionals; problems created by the failure to maintain high professional standards; and apparent and real independence. (Credit will not be given for both ACCT 6374 and ACCT 6300  Special Topics: Seminar in Accounting Ethics.) Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $45 per semester credit hour
  

  • ACCT 6375 Oil & Gas Accounting

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 6351  or equivalent.
    An introduction to oil and gas accounting with emphasis on accounting for costs incurred in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas using full cost accounting methods. Topics also cover join interest accounting, gas pipeline accounting, required disclosures for oil and gas activities, and analysis of oil and gas companies financial statements. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $45 per semester credit hour
  

  • ACCT 6376 Tax Research

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 4311  or equivalent
    Identify and evaluate legal authorities applicable to tax issues for individual and business taxpayers. Apply research skills to explore tax planning and administrative procedures, emphasizing the contemporary controversial tax areas and their implications on tax practitioners. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $45 per semester credit hour
  

  • ACCT 6377 International Accounting

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 6351  or equivalent.
    Discussion of how basic U.S. accounting rules and financial statement analysis differ from accounting practices in other countries; problems associated with using financial statement analysis for investing decisions; diversity of financial accounting reporting and disclosure practices worldwide; multinational consolidations; foreign currency translation; accounting information systems in the international arena; multinational performance evaluation; transfer pricing; international taxation; and emerging issues in international accounting. (Formerly ACC 6313) (Credit will not be given for both ACCT 6377 and ACC 6313.) Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $45 per semester credit hour
  

  • ACCT 6378 Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 2301  and ACCT 2302 , or equivalent
    The objective of this course is to explore the GAAP and financial reporting standards for state and local governments and nonprofit organizations. This course covers government accounting, budget preparation and control, fund accounting, debt and fixed asset accounting, financial and compliance reporting, and various other accounting concepts applicable to governmental and nonprofit accounting. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $75 per semester credit hour
  

  • ACCT 6380 Forensic Accounting

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): ACCT 6351  or equivalent.
    Forensic and investigative accounting is a hot and highly demanded area of practical accounting. Cybercrime and other internet related frauds have become widespread; and as a result, investigation into causes and outcomes and how to prevent modern venues of crimes is also in high demand. Through this course students will learn fundamental knowledge and basic skills of forensic and investigative accounting, will explore fraud and deceptive schemes, scam cases, investigative and detection techniques, and litigation frameworks and procedures and will implement case analysis on frauds that may have identifiable patterns. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $45 per semester credit hour

Adult Higher Education - Graduate
  

  • AHED 6110 Professional Coaching - Best Practices

    Cr. 1
    Semester Credit Hours: 1
    Class Hours Per Week: 1
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Experiential learning and guided professional development with education-transformative models of emotional intelligence. Conference participation, research review, evaluation of best practices strategies for teaching, learning, and coaching.
  

  • AHED 6300 Selected Topics in AHED

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    This course is designed for engaging in a topic of current or critical importance that arises in the field of adult and/or higher education.
  

  • AHED 6302 Individual Study in AHED

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    This course is designed to allow students to engage in individual research or collaboration of a substantive nature with their faculty, program chair, or advisor. No more than 6 credit of individual study can be used toward the degree. Approval of advisor and School Dean is required.
  

  • AHED 6305 Internship in AHED

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    The internship will provide students who have no background in adult or higher education, or those who would like to gain experience in another area of interest to explore those areas and gain valuable firsthand experience in the field.
  

  • AHED 6332 Adult Development

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    This course combines lectures, resources and communicative power of the internet to create a learning community where students and instructor interact to explore, articulate, and learn about the developing adult at three stages: early adulthood, middle adulthood and late adulthood.
  

  • AHED 6333 The Adult Learner

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    This course will include but is not limited to material about learning theories in Adult Education, models, and principles and their application to the instructional process with adults.
  

  • AHED 6334 Foundations of Adult Education

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    This is an overview course designed to give participants an understanding of the field of practice in adult education.
  

  • AHED 6335 Diversity in Adult Education

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    This course entails an analysis of diversity in adult education contexts. Various psychosocial developmental factors of diverse identity groups and the influence of these variables on adult education will be studied.
  

  • AHED 6336 Continuing Professional Education

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    This course will provide a description, explanation and critique of the goals, processes, outcomes, and issues related to the continuing education of professionals. An exploration of the design, development and administration of these programs and activities for various professions will be undertaken.
  

  • AHED 6337 College Teaching

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Study of research, theory, and practices associated with teaching and learning processes within the college system. Topics include course planning and organization, student diversity, teaching and student retention, and instructional technology.
  

  • AHED 6338 Research in Adult and Higher Education

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the research process and the ethical context within which research is conducted and provides basic skills needed to conduct and interpret qualitative and quantitative research on topics relevant to adult and higher education.
  

  • AHED 6339 Self-Directed Learning / Professional Education

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    This course explores the adult education sub-disciplines of self-directed learning and continuing professional education. Discussion of non-formal learning, developing engaging activities and, administering effective programs.
  

  • AHED 6342 The American Community College

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    A comprehensive description of American community colleges, which includes recent state-level directives regarding functioning and funding.
  

  • AHED 6344 The College Student

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    A study of the characteristics and needs of college students including student subcultures that affect the campus environment and the services required for student success.
  

  • AHED 6346 Introduction to Student Services

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    This is a comprehensive study of critical issues and trends in higher education student services as reflected in current research.
  

  • AHED 6353 Ed. Leadership in Organizations

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    This course will investigate issues or leadership roles in organizational performance, and how theoretical conceptions of leadership have changed over time. Through readings and research, the course will examine the nature of effective leadership and how it is evaluated.
  

  • AHED 6354 Higher Education Finance

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    This course is designed to provide a working knowledge of the economic, finance, and policy context of the U.S. higher education system. It is also intended to introduce prospective college and university administrators to issues and practices related to higher education budgeting.
  

  • AHED 6355 Higher Education History

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    This course’s purpose is to provide an in-depth overview of the philosophic, political, social, and economic forces that have influenced higher education from the colonial period to the present, while simultaneously exploring how these forces relate to issues and challenges in contemporary higher education
  

  • AHED 6356 IT Trends and Issues in AHED

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    This course will address the imperative that modern education administrators be skilled in assessing IT’s role in managing operations, products, and services for students, faculty and staff by examining the current issues and trends in the field.
  

  • AHED 6360 Professional Coaching I: Theory and Practice

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    An overview of professional coaching: History and development of coaching; coaching as distinct from other professions; benefits of coaching for individuals and organizations; core competencies.
  

  • AHED 6361 Professional Coaching II: The Coaching Relationship and Positive Change

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Overview and analysis of learning conditions and skills for establishing the coaching relationship. Teaching and experiential methods for purposeful behavioral development and positive change will be discussed.
  

  • AHED 6362 Professional Coaching III: Strategies and Skills

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Research-derived models of excellence and coaching strategies and skills for executive and leadership development; academic and career performance; personal growth-change- wellbeing-wellness.

American Studies - Graduate
  

  • AMST 6300 Special Topics in American Studies

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Courses under this title will introduce MAIS American Studies students to more specialized and specific topics relevant to the field of American Studies.
  

  • AMST 6310 American Philosophy

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Introduces MAIS American Studies students to major issues and trends in American Philosophy.
  

  • AMST 6311 Studies in Popular Culture and Technology

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Introduces MAIS American Studies students to major issues and trends in the study of popular culture and technology in the United States.
  

  • AMST 6312 Studies in Gender and Sexuality in America

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Introduces MAIS American Studies students to major issues and trends in the study of sexuality and gender in the United States.
  

  • AMST 6313 Studies in Ethnicity, Race and Nationality in America

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Introduces MAIS American Studies students to major issues and trends in the study of ethnicity, race, and nationality in the United States.
  

  • AMST 6314 Modern, Social, Political, and Cultural History: 1600-1865

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Introduces MAIS American Studies students to the social, political, and cultural history of the U.S. from 1600-1865. This course will be taught not as a history course, but as an interdisciplinary course that pays attention to the cultural factors of the time.
  

  • AMST 6315 Modern, Social, Political, and Cultural History: 1865-present

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Introduces MAIS American Studies students to the social, political, and cultural history of the U.S. from 1865 to the present. This course will be taught not as a history course, but as an interdisciplinary course that pays attention to the cultural factors of the time.
  

  • AMST 6316 Methods in American Studies

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    This course introduces students to the methodology of researching, analyzing sources, and writing papers in the field of American Studies

Biomedical Sciences - Graduate
  

  • BIMS 6300 Selected Topics in Biomedical Sciences

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    May be repeated when topics vary.
  

  • BIMS 6305 Masters Professional Science Internship

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Thirty hours of course work at the graduate level or permission of the graduate director.
    The culminating experience in the MS Professional science program that provides a supervised opportunity to practice professional skills in an industrial setting. Internship report and oral presentation required for graduation. May be repeated once for credit.
  

  • BIMS 6310 Management and Marketing Scientific Technologies

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Provides marketing principles and global markets with focus on scientific technologies. Project management skills to manage diversity, conflict, and change in corporate, government and nonprofit including entrepreneurial ventures.
  

  • BIMS 6311 Biochemistry

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    This course is a broad introduction to the fundamentals of biochemistry, especially those relating to thermodynamics, molecular pathways and regulation.
  

  • BIMS 6312 Research Methods in Science

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    This course is designed for graduate students to conduct guided literature and laboratories-based research and independently write a research paper and/or article(s) for publication. The course will help students develop methods in scientific research, how to research current literature, formulate a hypothesis, and develop a scientific methodology to study a problem.
  

  • BIMS 6313 Cell & Molecular

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing
    The fundamentals of cell and molecular biology, concentrating on understanding the experimental basis of these disciplines as well as the current state of knowledge. An intensive survey of cellular and molecular structure and function that make life possible.
  

  • BIMS 6314 Scientific Communications

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing
    A course designed to improve the communication of scientific knowledge and gain experience and gain experience in the types of scientific writing required for: submitting articles for publication; preparing presentations for lectures and seminars; preparing posters for meetings; preparing resumes and curriculum vitae.
  

  • BIMS 6315 Physiology

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing
    The material covered will provide students with an overview of several physiological systems and concepts related to homeostasis and how changes in the function of these systems and concepts contribute to pathophysiology.
  

  • BIMS 6316 Biostatistics

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing
    A course in the practical application of statistics to analyze and draw conclusions from data sets. This course will utilize computer statistics software.
  

  • BIMS 6317 Bio Ethics

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing
    This course deals with the ethical considerations needed for a career in Biomedical Science. It will cover topics such as ethical conduct in research, use of humans and animals, and mentorship.
  

  • BIMS 6318 Integrative Human Cardiovascular Control

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of the BIMS Core Courses and Instructor Approval
    Focused on human cardiovascular physiology, this course covers the effects of the physical environment on adaptation and neural integration of the cardiovascular system.
  

  • BIMS 6319 Neuro Cardiovascular

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): BIMS 6318 
    Focused on human neuro cardiovascular interactions, this course covers advanced studies in the autonomic nervous system as well as dysfunction of neuro-cardiovascular interactions.
  

  • BIMS 6320 Bioinformatics

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 4313 , MATH 3391 , Completion of BIMS Core Courses, and Instructor Approval.
    A basic introduction to the study of biological information stemming from molecular genetics, proteomics and metabolomics; with the practical tools of mathematics and computer science including microarrays and application programs.
  

  • BIMS 6321 Pharmacology and Toxicology

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing
    Emphasis on fundamental principles of pharmacology that include pharmacodynamics, pharmokinetics, ligand-receptor interactions and their consequent biological effects. Secondary emphasis will be placed on toxins that effect biological systems.
  

  • BIMS 6322 Biochemical and Molecular Genetics

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Biochemical and molecular aspects of the inborn errors of human metabolism. Particular attention will focus on laboratory methods employed for the detection of hereditary disease, including organic and amino acid analysis, and routine metabolic screening. Molecular studies will include common techniques such as DNA and RNA isolation and purification; electrophoresis or nucleic acids.
  

  • BIMS 6323 Principles in Biomedical and Bioengineering Sciences

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    This course will present basic principles in biomedical and bioengineering sciences with a focus on inventing new devices to address problems in the medical and surgical industry.
  

  • BIMS 6324 Phytochemicals, Cancer and Disease

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Studies in plant derived phytochemical bioactive molecules, their preventative effects in cancer biology and disease. Cell signaling pathways and other related mechanisms in disease prevention will also be discussed.
  

  • BIMS 6325 Comparative Genomics

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): BIMS 6320 
    Comparative studies of genomes and genomic information among species with a concentration on the genome.
  

  • BIMS 6332 Microbial Metabolism

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Previous/concurrent enrollment in BIO 4310 or BIO 4313; Graduate standing.
    Investigation of the interrelationships of energy utilizing and producing metabolic pathways. Consideration will be given to glycolysis, Kreb’s cycle, oxidative pathways of fatty acids and amino acids, and the pathways of lipid and sterol formation, in addition to various aspects of gluconeogenesis and the pentosephosphate shunt. (Formerly : “Studies in Intermediary Metabolism”)
  

  • BIMS 6341 Molecular Biology of Cancer

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 1
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    Advanced topics in cancer at the molecular level and how this affects cellular and molecular biology.
  

  • BIMS 6399 Faculty-Guided Research/Thesis

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of the BIMS Core Courses and Director Approval.
    The culminating experience in the MS in Biomedical Science program that provides a supervised opportunity to perform research. Thesis and oral defense required for graduation. Must be repeated at least once for credit.

Biology - Graduate
  

  • BIOL 6300 Selected Topics in Biology

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    May be repeated when topics vary.
  

  • BIOL 6305 Internship

    Cr. 3
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing.
    This course is for students in the MS in Biomedical Sciences-Professional Science Master’s Program. It prepares students interested in industrial biomedical sciences careers. May be repeated once for credit.
  

  • BIOL 6310 Virology

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 3343 
    Immunology Biology of viruses with special emphasis on infectious diseases and applications in gene therapy.
  

  • BIOL 6333 Advanced Cell Biology and Proteomics

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s)/Co-Requisite(s): BIOL 4310  and Graduate standing.
    Advanced concepts in cell and molecular biology and studies in proteomics.
  

  • BIOL 6337 Computer Science for Bioinformatics

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 6320, MATH 3391 , and Graduate standing.
    Computer Science programs for bioinformatics: includes programming in PERL and use of applied programs.

Business - Graduate
  

  • BUSI 6351 Business and Society in the International Environment

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing required for enrollment
    To understand corporate social performance, business ethics, issues management, stakeholder management, corporate governance, the natural environment, and consumer protection to promote resopnsible business practices. Formerly Business and Society Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $45 per semester credit hour
  

  • BUSI 6390 Field Studies/Internship

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of 6 hours within major, and consent of instructor.
    Provides students the opportunity to apply classroom theory to actual practice. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $45 per semester credit hour
  

  • BUSI 6391 Study Abroad

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity for immersion into international culture.  May be repeated when topics/locations vary. Course Fee Graduate Business Fee - $45 per semester credit hour.

Communication - Graduate
  

  • COMM 6300 Special Topics

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    May be repeated when topics vary.
  

  • COMM 6302 Independent Study

    Cr. 3
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Instructor approval.
    Independent study in any topic related to Communication.
  

  • COMM 6331 Studies in Communication Theory

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Survey of the communication field focusing on the construction and function of contemporary theories in communication.
  

  • COMM 6334 Studies in International and Intercultural Communication

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Survey of contemporary theories on the nature of culture, how cultures vary, and the challenges of communication between cultures.
  

  • COMM 6335 Studies in Rhetoric and Persuasion

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Explores rhetorical theories and their application in various contexts for the purpose of more fully understanding how persuasion works.
  

  • COMM 6340 Media Studies

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Explores media theories and their application to better engage the relationship between media, culture, technology, and social change. Cross-listed with CRTH 6318 .

Computer Science - Graduate
  

  • COSC 6105 Computer Information Systems Internship

    Cr. 1
    Semester Credit Hours: 1
    Class Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): A minimum of 15 semester hours of graduate courses completed in the program, plus completed course work appropriate to the project, as determined by the Mentor and Director of Internship.
    The Graduate Internship in Compute Information Systems is a one, two, or three credit hour course which an MS-CIS student may complete after completing two full semesters with UHV, with exceptions made on a case-by-case basis. The credit hours earned in the internship class cannot be used for the student’s concentration or focus area electives, but only as general electives. Course may be repeated, but a maximum of 3 credits may be applied to the degree program.
  

  • COSC 6205 Computer Information Systems Internship

    Cr. 2
    Semester Credit Hours: 2
    Class Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): A minimum of 15 semester hours of graduate courses completed in the program, plus completed course work appropriate to the project, as determined by the Mentor and Director of Internship.
    The Graduate Internship in Compute Information Systems is a one, two, or three credit hour course which an MS-CIS student may complete after completing two full semesters with UHV, with exceptions made on a case-by-case basis. The credit hours earned in the internship class cannot be used for the student’s concentration or focus area electives, but only as general electives. Course may be repeated, but a maximum of 3 credits may be applied to the degree program.
  

  • COSC 6300 Special Topics in Computer Science / Information Systems

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing.
    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
  

  • COSC 6302 Independent Study

    Cr. 3
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing and approval of instructor.
    Course may be repeated with different topics.
  

  • COSC 6305 Computer Information Systems Internship

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): A minimum of 15 semester hours of graduate courses completed in the program, plus completed course work appropriate to the project, as determined by the Mentor and Director of Internship.
    The Graduate Internship in Compute Information Systems is a one, two, or three credit hour course which an MS-CIS student may complete after completing two full semesters with UHV, with exceptions made on a case-by-case basis. The credit hours earned in the internship class cannot be used for the student’s concentration or focus area electives, but only as general electives. Course may be repeated, but a maximum of 3 credits may be applied to the degree program.
  

  • COSC 6308 Master’s Thesis

    Cr. 3 per semester.
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Approval by a faculty member, under whom the student has taken at least one course; A minimum overall “B” average in the program.
  

  • COSC 6309 Master’s Thesis

    Cr. 3 per semester.
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): Approval by a faculty member, under whom the student has taken at least one course; A minimum overall “B” average in the program.
  

  • COSC 6310 Multimedia Development and Programming

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): COSC 3317 , or Graduate standing, or good understanding of object-oriented programming.
    A study of media theory and programming skills, such as a creating immersive media driven applications for DVD, CD-ROM and Web; broadcasting TV-quality video on the office LAN and broadband Internet.
  

  • COSC 6315 Data Science using Machine Learning

    Cr. 3.0
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Course Level: Graduate

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 3391 , Programming experience
    Introduces how machine learning uses computer algorithms to search for patterns in data and how to use data patterns to make decisions and predictions with real-world examples.
 

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