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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.
 

Computer Science - Undergraduate
  

  • COSC 4350 Information Security, Privacy and Ethics

    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): COSC 3325  or 3 semester hours of programming.
    Social context of computing, professional and ethical responsibilities, intellectual property, privacy, threats and vulnerabilities of information systems, protective measures, encryption algorithms, risk analysis, acceptable use policy.
  

  • COSC 4355 IT Service and Process Management

    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): COSC 3325  or equivalent knowledge of information technology services and business processes.
    Learn essentials of IT Service Management (ITSM), a process oriented discipline for managing large-scale information technology (IT) systems, the most widely accepted framework for ITSM. Understand how organizations can benefit by applying these principles to the work environment. Cover topics in ITIL Foundation Certificate exam in ITSM. Examine other current best practices for IT Process Management.
  

  • COSC 4360 Senior Project

    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): COSC 4320  
    In this course, students must deliver a software product and final senior project report, which passes through the requirements, analysis, design, implementation, testing, and evaluation stages.  Students must present the senior project report at the end of the semester.

Criminal Justice - Undergraduate
  

  • CRIJ 1301 Intro to Criminal Justice

    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): TSI complete in Reading and Writing or a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 1300 
    History and philosophy of criminal justice, ethical considerations, definition of crime, its nature and impact, overview of criminal justice system, law enforcement, court systems and corrections.
  

  • CRIJ 1306 Court Systems & Practices

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    This course is the study of the court system as it applies to the structures, procedures, practices and sources of law in American courts.
     
  

  • CRIJ 1310 Fundamentals of Criminal Law

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    This course is the study of criminal law including application of definitions, statutory elements, defenses and penalties using the Model Penal Code and Texas statutes.
  

  • CRIJ 2313 Correctional Systems and Practices

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Prerequisite(s): CRIJ 1301  
    Corrections in the criminal justice system; organization or correctional systems; correctional role; institutional operations; alternatives to institutionalization; treatment and rehabilitation; current and future issues.
  

  • CRIJ 2328 Police Systems and Practices

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Prerequisite(s): CRIJ 1301  
    This course will examine the police profession; organization of law enforcement systems; the police role; police discretion; ethics; police-community interaction; and current and future issues.
  

  • CRIJ 3310 History of Criminal Justice

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

    Overview of the interdisciplinary nature of criminal justice. Examined in brief are the various aspects which comprise the framework of the criminal justice system. Required course/gateway course to program. Formerly: [Foundations] of Criminal Justice
  

  • CRIJ 3312 Statistics for Criminal Justice

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Prerequisite(s): CRIJ 3324  .
    This course is designed to provide students with basic principles needed for conducting quantitative analysis, including descriptive and inferential statistics, in criminal justice.
     
  

  • CRIJ 3314 Criminal Justice Administration

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

    Study of contemporary theories of management and supervision from an interpersonal relations standpoint. Emphasis on establishing and maintaining effective communications and a supportive environment. (Formerly : Criminal Justice Personnel Administration; and also Introduction To Police Management)
  

  • CRIJ 3316 Ethics of Social Control

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

    The role of law in controlling behavior, questions of individual responsibility and governmental obligation and authority, and professional ethics in corrections and law enforcement.
  

  • CRIJ 3317 Terrorism & Counterterrorism

    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): CRIJ 1301  or CRIJ 3310 
    This course will provide an examination of counterterrorism policies as well as various psychological and sociological theories which attempt to define and explain terrorism.
  

  • CRIJ 3318 Criminology

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

    The examination of the causes of crime (etiology) by exploring and analyzing sociological, biological and psychological theories of crime causation.
  

  • CRIJ 3319 Domestic Terrorism

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    Prerequisite(s): CRIJ 1301  
    This course will provide an overview of hate crimes and domestic terrorism. It addresses the sociological, political, historical, and religious causes.
     
  

  • CRIJ 3322 Patterns and Typologies

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

    Concentrates on major patterns of offender behavior, career criminal data, and systematic classification of criminal behavior. Included are terrorism, mass and serial criminals.
  

  • CRIJ 3324 Research Methods in Criminal Justice

    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): CRIJ 3318  or consent of instructor.
    Introduces the student to some of the fundamentals of knowledge-generating processes in criminal justice. Discussion of research techniques and writing. Formerly “Research Methods in Criminal Justice I”
  

  • CRIJ 4102 Independent Study

    Cr. 1-3 per semester.
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Restricted to 5 s.h. toward requirements of plan (alone or in combination with Directed Research).
  

  • CRIJ 4103 Directed Research in Criminal Justice

    Cr. 1-3 per semester.
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Prerequisite(s): CRIJ 3324  and CRIJ 4424 or consent of instructor.
    Restricted to 5 s.h. (alone or in combination with Independent Study) Designed to enable advanced students the opportunity to experience development and implementation of a research project in the area of criminal justice.
  

  • CRIJ 4202 Independent Study

    Cr. 1-3 per semester.
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Restricted to 5 s.h. toward requirements of plan (alone or in combination with Directed Research).
  

  • CRIJ 4203 Directed Research in Criminal Justice

    Cr. 1-3 per semester.
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Prerequisite(s): CRIJ 3324  and CRIJ 4424 or consent of instructor.
    Restricted to 5 s.h. (alone or in combination with Independent Study) Designed to enable advanced students the opportunity to experience development and implementation of a research project in the area of criminal justice.
  

  • CRIJ 4300 Selected Topics in Criminal Justice

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

    On recommendation of advisor, when topic is appropriate for specialization. May be taken twice for credit toward plan if topics differ.
  

  • CRIJ 4302 Independent Study

    Cr. 1-3 per semester.
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Restricted to 5 s.h. toward requirements of plan (alone or in combination with Directed Research).
  

  • CRIJ 4303 Directed Research in Criminal Justice

    Cr. 1-3 per semester.
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Prerequisite(s): CRIJ 3324  and CRIJ 4424 or consent of instructor.
    Restricted to 5 s.h. (alone or in combination with Independent Study) Designed to enable advanced students the opportunity to experience development and implementation of a research project in the area of criminal justice.
  

  • CRIJ 4305 Internship for Criminal Justice Plans

    Cr. 3 per semester.
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing.
    Supervised placement with one or more of the agencies comprising the criminal justice system. Requires five class meetings, 135 field hours and project. May be taken twice for credit.
  

  • CRIJ 4313 Juvenile Justice

    Cr. 3
    Semester Credit Hours: 3
    Class Hours Per Week: 3
    Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
    This course focuses on the nature of juvenile justice, including causation, prevention, and social control of delinquency.
  

  • CRIJ 4313 Juvenile Justice System

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

    The history, philosophy and role of the juvenile court with emphasis on jurisdiction, treatment, criminal proceedings, and the family court.
  

  • CRIJ 4315 Group and Gang Delinquency

    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): CRIJ 1301  or CRIJ 3310 
    Study of group behavior, peer relationships and adolescence. Focus is on the history and development of gangs, female gangs, theories, and policies.
  

  • CRIJ 4318 Victimology

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

    A study of victims, victimization and the consequences of victimization, including victims of sexual assault and child abuse; victim’s rights and services.
  

  • CRIJ 4320 Senior Seminar

    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): Must make a grade of “C” or above in the prerequisites (CRIJ 3314 , CRIJ 3318 , CRIJ 3324  , and CRIJ 3312) to be eligible to take Senior Seminar.
    Intensive seminar examining students understanding of fundamental knowledge gained throughout the curriculum. Designed to build analytical abilities and measure comprehension.
  

  • CRIJ 4321 Contemporary Issues in American Policing

    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): CRIJ 2328
    An in-depth look at the relationship between law enforcement and American society. Focus is on police-community relations, the police subculture, social perception and cultural differences. Formerly: Policing a Democratic Society
  

  • CRIJ 4322 Advanced Criminology

    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): CRIJ 3318 .
    This course will provide a deeper understanding of the study of crime and criminal behavior, including critical analysis of the theories of crime causation.

Curriculum and Instruction - Undergraduate
  

  • CUIN 1100 Selected Topics in Curriculum and Instruction

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

    May be repeated when topics vary.
  

  • CUIN 1300 Selected Topics in Curriculum and Instruction

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

    May be repeated when topics vary.
  

  • CUIN 1310 The Art of Teaching

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

    Provide insight into the teaching profession through field-based observations of P-12 classrooms with diverse populations in order to analyze schools and classrooms.
  

  • CUIN 1312 Creativity and the Fine Arts

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

    This multidisciplinary course will provide education and other interested majors with the experiences and tools to design meaningful arts experiences. Students will develop creative capacities in visual art, music, dance, and drama by critiquing, creating, and designing activities in fine arts appreciation and production.
  

  • CUIN 1318 The Well Child

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

    A study of factors that impact the well-being of the children including healthy behavior, food, nutrition, fitness, and safety practices. There is a focus on local and national standards, as well as legal implications of relevant policies and regulations. Field Experience with children, infancy through age 12, is required.
  

  • CUIN 1319 Geography for the 21st Century Classroom

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

    Introduction to geographical perspective for future educators to master subject content while focusing on spatial distributions of human activities that account for present and past cultural patterns such as population, folk and popular culture, language, religion, gender, ethnicity, politics, and economic development.
  

  • CUIN 2300 Selected Topics in Curriculum and Instruction

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

    May be repeated when topics vary.
  

  • CUIN 2310 Introduction to Special Populations

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

    An overview of diversity in schools and classrooms in language, gender, socioeconomic status, ethnic, and academic with field-based observations in P-12 classrooms.
  

  • CUIN 2312 Educational Technology for Teaching, Learning, and Communicating

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

    Student content mastery of applications of word processing, databases, spreadsheets, desktop publishing, and the internet integrated with curriculum software, communities of shared interest, and media rich teaching and learning tools.
  

  • CUIN 3300 Selected Topics

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

    May be repeated when topics vary.
  

  • CUIN 3323 Instructional Design

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

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Teacher Education.
    Concurrent enrollment in INDS 3323. Introduces pre-service teachers to skills and knowledge necessary to design instruction for today’s classrooms.
  

  • CUIN 3324 Effective Classroom Management and Student Assessment for Learning

    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 Teacher Education program; Successful completion of Block I courses.
    Best practices and subject mastery, conflict resolution, and classroom assessment with application of a variety of communication styles and assessment methods to help students become self-regulated learners.
  

  • CUIN 3327 Educational Technology

    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): Admitted to the University of Houston-Victoria Teacher Education Program.
    This course is an introduction to classroom applications of educational technologies. It will provide an overview of skills and resources needed to integrate technology into K- 12 classrooms.
  

  • CUIN 4100 Selected Topics in Curriculum and Instruction

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

    May be repeated when topics vary.
  

  • CUIN 4105 Instructional Internship

    Cr. 1
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Prerequisite(s): Approval by Program Coordinator
    Supervised instructional internship in schools. May be repeated as needed.
  

  • CUIN 4300 Selected Topics in Curriculum and Instruction

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

    May be repeated when topics vary.
  

  • CUIN 4302 Independent Study

    Cr. 3 per semester or more than 3 by concurrent enrollment.
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Prerequisite(s): Approval of school dean.
  

  • CUIN 4303 Student Teaching in an English as a Second Language Classroom

    Cr. 3
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Prerequisite(s): Admission by application to the Director of Field Experiences.
    English as a second language teaching experience in a public or laboratory school, guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a university supervisor. Course Fee Student Teaching Fee - $15 per course/maximum $45
  

  • CUIN 4307 Professional Seminar: Capstone Course

    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): Admitted to the University of Houston-Victoria Teacher Education Program.
    Enrolled in the last semester of coursework for degree and certification. Teaching in an accredited school, guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a university supervisor, includes university student teaching seminars. Course Fee Student Teaching Fee - $15 per course/maximum $45
  

  • CUIN 4313 Secondary Teaching Strategies

    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 Teacher Education
    The secondary pre-service teacher will be given opportunities to create, observe, and evaluate classroom strategies for secondary students.
  

  • CUIN 4315 Secondary Science Methods

    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): Instructor approval; Admission to Teacher Education
    Course focus is on methods, materials, and technology for teaching science in secondary schools.
  

  • CUIN 4316 Effective Social Studies Instruction

    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 teacher education program.
    Block III. Analysis and integration of early and middle school social studies curriculum based upon cognitive and social development, current research and state mandates.
  

  • CUIN 4317 Science Instruction Methods

    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 teacher education program.
    Teaching science as inquiry, teaching for understanding and content deepening, the nature of science, safety, laboratory experiences, technology, classroom planning, management, assessment and evaluation.
  

  • CUIN 4320 Teaching English as a Second Language

    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): Advisor approval.
    Study of methods and materials in teaching students of limited English speaking ability. Instruction and practice in designing strategies and using appropriate materials derived from assessment of specific linguistic competencies.
  

  • CUIN 4322 Elementary Science Methods

    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 Teacher Education Program
    Elementary science methods: Teaching science as inquiry, teaching for understanding, the nature of science, safety, laboratory design, technology, classroom planning, management, assessment and evaluation.
  

  • CUIN 4324 Teaching Mathematics Methods

    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 Teacher Education
    Provides a base for understanding the mathematics curriculum and how children learn mathematics in an EC-6 classroom. Field-based hours are included.
  

  • CUIN 4327 Mathematics Methods for the Middle School

    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 Teacher Education; Block I or concurrent enrollment.
    Provides a base for understanding the mathematics curriculum and how students learn mathematics in a 4-8 classroom.
  

  • CUIN 4357 Science for the Middle School

    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 Teacher Education
    Block I Curriculum, concepts, methods and materials for grades 4-8 science program in a field-based setting.
  

  • CUIN 4358 Science for the Middle School (Non Field Based)

    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 Teacher Education
    Block I Curriculum, concepts, methods and materials for grades 4-8 science program in a nonfield- based setting.
  

  • CUIN 4360 Beginning Math and Science

    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 Teacher Education, CUIN 3323 . INDS 3323 , and LITY 3310 .
    A developmentally appropriate approach to create math and science curriculums for students in the preschool and primary grades. Designed for EC-6 teacher candidate.

Drama - Undergraduate
  

  • DRAM 2366 Intro to Cinema

    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): TSI complete in Reading and Writing or a grade of “C” or better in ENGL 1300 .
    Emphasis on the analysis of the visual and aural aspects of selected motion pictures, dramatic aspects of narrative films, and historical growth and sociological effect of film as an art.

Early Childhood Education - Undergraduate
  

  • ECED 4300 Selected Topics in Elementary Education

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

    May be repeated when topics vary.
  

  • ECED 4302 Independent Study

    Cr. 3 per semester or more than 3 by concurrent enrollment.
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Prerequisite(s): Approval of school dean.
  

  • ECED 4303 Elementary School Student Teaching

    Cr. 3 per course.
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Prerequisite(s): Admission by application to the Director of Field Experiences. Undergraduate credit only.
    Classroom management, record keeping and observation; teaching in a public school, guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a University Supervisor. Course Fee Student Teaching Fee - $15 per course/maximum $45
  

  • ECED 4304 Elementary School Student Teaching

    Cr. 3 per course.
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Prerequisite(s): Admission by application to the Director of Field Experiences. Undergraduate credit only.
    Classroom management, record keeping and observation; teaching in a public school, guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a University Supervisor. Course Fee Student Teaching Fee - $15 per course/maximum $45
  

  • ECED 4305 Student Teaching in the Pre-Kindergarten or Kindergarten

    Cr. 3
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Prerequisite(s): Admission by application to the Director of Field Experiences.
    Classroom management, record keeping and observation; teaching in a public school, guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a University Supervisor. Course Fee Student Teaching Fee - $15 per course/maximum $45
  

  • ECED 4308 Elementary School Internship I

    Cr. 3
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Prerequisite(s): Admission by application to Director of Field Experiences.
    Teaching in an accredited school, guided by a mentor teacher, directed by a University Supervisor. Course Fee Student Teaching Fee - $15 per course/maximum $45
  

  • ECED 4309 Elementary School Internship II

    Cr. 3
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Prerequisite(s): Admission by application to Director of Field Experiences.
    Teaching in an accredited school, guided by a mentor teacher, directed by a University Supervisor. Course Fee Student Teaching Fee - $15 per course/maximum $45

Early School Education - Undergraduate
  

  • ESED 4300 Selected Topics in Early School Education

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

    May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
  

  • ESED 4302 Independent Study

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

  • ESED 4303 Early School Education Student Teaching

    Cr. 3 per course.
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Prerequisite(s): Admission by application to the Director of Field Experiences.
    Undergraduate credit only. Classroom management, record keeping and observation; teaching in a public school, guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a University Supervisor. Course Fee Student Teaching Fee - $15 per course/maximum $45
  

  • ESED 4304 Early School Education Student Teaching

    Cr. 3 per course.
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Prerequisite(s): Admission by application to the Director of Field Experiences.
    Undergraduate credit only. Classroom management, record keeping and observation; teaching in a public school, guided by a cooperating teacher and directed by a University Supervisor. Course Fee Student Teaching Fee - $15 per course/maximum $45
  

  • ESED 4305 Early School Education Internship I

    Cr. 3
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Prerequisite(s): Admission by application to the Director of Field Experiences.
    Teaching in an accredited school, guided by a mentor teacher, directed by a University Supervisor. Course Fee Student Teaching Fee - $15 per course/maximum $45
  

  • ESED 4306 Early School Education Internship II

    Cr. 3
    Course Level: Upper Division

    Prerequisite(s): Admission by application to the Director of Field Experiences.
    Teaching in an accredited school, guided by a mentor teacher directed by a University Supervisor. Course Fee Student Teaching Fee - $15 per course/maximum $45
  

  • ESED 4307 Early School Education Professional Seminar

    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 by application to student teaching.
    Provides understanding about the roles and responsibilities of a professional early school educator in today’s society, under the guidance of a faculty supervisor. Includes seminar meetings. (Formerly : Early School Education Student Teaching Professional Seminar) Course Fee Student Teaching Fee - $15 per course/maximum $45
  

  • ESED 4310 Social/Emotional Development Through the Arts

    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 Teacher Education.
    Factors affecting the social/emotional development of children and how the arts impact the developmental process. Twelve field-based hours are included.
  

  • ESED 4311 Play & Children’s Social/Emotional Development

    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 Teacher Education.
    The study of children’s play and its effect on children’s social and emotional development in the early school learning environment. This course is designed specifically for students who seek Early Childhood-4th Grade teacher certification without the field-based component.
  

  • ESED 4312 Social/Emotional Development and the Fine Arts

    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 Teacher Education.
    This course is designed to provide activities and strategies to enhance young children’s social and emotional development through the fine arts.
  

  • ESED 4313 Creativity and Play

    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
    A study of theory and practice focused on creative activities in EC-6th grade. Students demonstrate a synthesis of child development, pedagogy, and developmentally appropriate practices. Field-based required.
  

  • ESED 4314 Early Childhood Administration and Leadership

    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
    This course is designed to focus on the application of management, supervision, and leadership of early childhood program. The principles presented in this course can be applied in various types and sizes of child care facilities.
  

  • ESED 4350 Social Studies in the Early School Classroom

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

    Prerequisite(s): Admission to Teacher Education.
    Strategies and techniques for developing and integrating a contemporary social studies curriculum through field-based experiences in Early Childhood-4th Grade classrooms.
  

  • ESED 4351 Early School Social Studies

    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 Teacher Education
    Analysis of the social studies curriculum and integration into the early school learning environment. This course is designed specifically for students who seek Early Childhood- 4th Grade teacher certification without the field-based component.
  

  • ESED 4357 Math & Science for the Young Child

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

    Prerequisite(s): Admitted to Teacher Education
    The development and implementation of an organized, sequential approach to creating a developmentally appropriate curriculum in math and science. Field-based experiences in Early Childhood-Grade 4 classrooms.
  

  • ESED 4358 Early School Math & Science

    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 Teacher Education.
    A sequential approach to creating developmentally appropriate curriculum in mathematics and science for preschool and primary age children. This course is designed specifically for students who seek Early Childhood-4th Grade teacher certification without the field-based component.

Economics - Undergraduate
  

  • ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeonomics

    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): TSI complete in Mathematics, or grade of C or better in MATH 1300 ; and TSI complete in Reading/Writing, or grade of C or better in ENGL 1300 .
    Topics in macroeconomics including aggregate economic performance, aggregate supply and aggregate demand, money and financial markets, monetary and fiscal policies, policy debates and applications, and international economics.
  

  • ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics

    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): TSI complete in Mathematics, or grade of C or better in MATH 1300 ; and TSI complete in Reading/Writing, or grade of C or better in ENGL 1300 .
    A study of market systems. Topics include supply and demand, the behavior of firms and households in different market structures, government intervention in markets, barriers to trade, and foreign exchange markets.
  

  • ECON 3305 Managerial Economics

    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): ECON 2301 , ECON 2302 , and BUSI 3304  
    The development of basic economic concepts and their application to managerial decision making. This is an applied microeconomic theory and applied econometric course requiring the use of a statistical package. (Formerly ECON 3315) (Credit will not be given for both ECON 3315 and ECON 3305)
  

  • ECON 3311 Money and Banking

    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): ECON 2301  and 2302 , and BUSI 3304   
    The main goal of this course is to develop the framework that will help students to understand the structure of financial markets, money, interest rate determinants, banking system, Federal Reserve System and role of monetary policy. This is an undergraduate course and is an introduction to the behavioral science of economics which focuses on the logic, intuition and operation of a financial system, concept of money, financial markets, and financial institutions and intermediaries (like central banks, investment banks). Formerly “Money/Banking and the Economy”
  

  • ECON 3321 Intermediate Macroeconomics

    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): ECON 2301  and 2302 , and BUSI 3304  . 
    The main objective of this course is to provide students with knowledge of the core theoretical models used in the field of macroeconomics. The field of macroeconomics studies, inter alia, economic aggregates such as unemployment, inflation and output in partial and general equilibrium models.
  

  • ECON 3322 Intermediate Microeconomics

    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): ECON 2301  and 2302 , and BUSI 3304  .
    This course uses microeconomic tools to analyze economic issues and the decisions made by consumers and producers. Basic linear algebra an derivative techniques will be taught and applied in optimization with constraints.
  

  • ECON 4315 Introduction to Econometrics

    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): ECON 2301 , ECON 2302 , and BUSI 3304  .
    This class is an undergraduate-level introduction to econometrics, an applied set of tools that uses statistical analysis to analyze data.
  

  • ECON 4316 International Economics

    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): ECON 2301 , ECON 2302 , COSC 3325 , and BUSI 3303 .
    This course is designed to show the theoretical and empirical foundations and policy applications of economics topics that influence more than one country. Classroom presentations stress the theory. Examples and Questions in the text are crucial for a good grade.
  

  • ECON 4317 Labor Economics

    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): ECON 2301 , ECON 2302 , and BUSI 3304 .
    The aim of the course is to acquaint students with traditional topics in labor and population economics and to encourage the development of independent research interests. The course is to help students understand the fundamental forces underlying the complex operations of modern labor markets as well as economic determinants and consequences of changes in population structure and dynamics. Students will become familiar with the theories and methods used by labor and population economists and will have the opportunity to apply those methods to topics of interest and current events.

English - Undergraduate
  

  • ENGL 1300 Introduction to College Writing

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

    Introduction to the principles and skills of college composition. Credit for this course does not count toward the UHV Core but may be used as a lower-division elective. May not be taken for credit after successful completion of ENGL 1301 .
  

  • ENGL 1301 Composition I

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

    Composition course providing transferrable skills in reading and writing processes; students practice adapting rhetorical strategies for various contexts, particularly for academic audiences.  
  

  • ENGL 1302 Composition II

    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): ENGL 1301  
    Composition course focusing on literature, media, or rhetoric; students engage in academic inquiry through a series of writing projects, including a documented research paper.  
  

  • ENGL 2313 Introduction to Creative Writing

    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): ENGL 1301  and ENGL 1302  
    An introduction to writing and critiquing works of fiction, poetry, drama, and creative nonfiction. Required for all Creative Writing majors.
  

  • ENGL 2316 Introduction to Literature

    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): ENGL 1301  and ENGL 1302  
    Introduction to literary study, connecting reading and appreciation of various literary genres with critical strategies for writing and thinking about literature.
 

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