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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Course Descriptions

Course descriptions are listed in alphabetical order.

Standard information for each course includes the number, title, and credits (sometimes called credit hours or semester hours). For some courses, you will find information on the hours of class, laboratory, or studio for which the course is scheduled in each week of a regular semester; these weekly hours are expanded during summer sessions. Fees for courses are assessed on the basis of credits and other factors.

The course-numbering system generally suggests levels of difficulty and appropriateness. Courses at the 100 and 200 levels comprise introductory offerings and those are most commonly taken by freshmen and sophomores. Courses at the 300 and 400 levels are primarily for juniors and seniors. In some Purdue programs, undergraduates take courses at the 500 level, but generally courses numbered 500 and above are for graduate students.

Preparation for courses is indicated as follows:

P: indicates a prerequisite that must precede your enrollment in the course described. You may find one or more specific course numbers, the number of credits you should already have in a subject, a placement-test level, or other conditions.

C: indicates a corequisite that must be taken no later than the same semester in which you take the course described.

R: indicates a recommendation concerning conditions to be met for enrollment in the course.

When no subject code is shown for prerequisites, corequisites, and recommended courses, they are in the same subject area as the course being described. If you lack a prerequisite or corequisite, or if you wish to take a course numbered at a higher level than your present status, you should seek the department’s or instructor’s consent to enroll in the course.

V.T. means Variable Title and is shown for courses for which the title may be changed to specify the topic or other special focus of each offering.

Purdue University Fort Wayne reserves the right to add, withdraw, or change courses without notice.

 
 
  

  • SOC 32001 - Deviant Behavior and Social Control

    Analysis of deviance in relation to formal and informal social processes. Emphasis on deviance and respectability as functions of social reactions, characteristics of rules, and power and conflict.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • SOC 32501 - Criminology

    A study of the patterns of crime, strategies for control, and theories of crime causation.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • SOC 33001 - Sociological Social Psychology

    Examines the reciprocal link between the individual and the larger society. Topics covered include self-concept and its development, deviant types, status, power, exchange, justice issues, human motivation, attribution, equity.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • SOC 33300 - Collective Behavior and Social Movements

    Considers various types of non-institutionalized collective behaviors (such as rumors, urban legends, panics, riots) in past and modern American history as well as theories and cases of the “why” and “how” of social movements, counter-movements, and revolutions.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • SOC 34001 - Social Theory

    Sociological theory, with focus on content, form, and historical development. Relationships among theories, data, and sociological explanation.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • SOC 35100 - Social Statistics

    Introduction to statistics including measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability, statistical inference, hypothesis testing, regression, correlation, analysis of variance, and cross tabulation.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either STAT 12500, MA 14900, MA 15100, or MA 15300 or  placement at a higher level of mathematics; and either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Session Indicators
    Typically offered Spring
  

  • SOC 35202 - Methods of Social Research

    Introduction to methods of sociological research. Topics covered include qualitative and quantitative research methods, research design and implementation, experiments, survey research techniques, field research techniques, data collection, data analysis, and the ethical concerns of social research.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent);  or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • SOC 36000 - Topics in Social Policy

    Specific topics to be announced, e.g.,  environmental affairs, urban problems, poverty, population problems. May be repeated; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  

  • SOC 39800 - Internship in Sociology

    Students are placed in an organization or agency to receive experience in an applied sociology setting. Work is supervised by a sociology faculty member and the organization/agency. Research and written reports are required. Evaluations by the organization/agency and faculty member.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000; or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • SOC 40201 - The Empire of the United States of America

    The course focuses on the history of the Empire of the United States of America from its founding with the second republic to modern times. The course also describes the nature of the economic, military, political, and cultural linkages within the empire. The course also focuses on the impact of empire on class and ethnic relations in the imperial center and periphery.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; SOCS 26000 (or equivalent) or permission of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • SOC 41000 - Advanced Topics in Social Organization

    An advanced course in social organizations, allowing for a more thorough coverage of selected topics, e.g. social stratification, formal organizations, urban social organization, education, religion, politics, demographics, social power, social conflict, social change, comparative social systems, race and ethnic relations, rural sociology, urban sociology, and work reorganization. May be repeated; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for use in fulfilling the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement only when the topic is Culture of China.
  

  • SOC 41300 - Sex Inequality in Society

    Major theories of gender inequality; historical and cross-cultural variations in systems of gender inequality; social economic, political and cultural processes perpetuating gender inequality in U.S. society; interrelationships between racial, class and sex inequality; strategies for social change.

    Preparation for Course
    P:  SOC 16101; ENGL 23301 or consent of instructor. 

    Cr. 3.
  

  • SOC 42001 - Advanced Topics in Deviance

    An advanced course in deviance, allowing for a more thorough coverage of selected topics,  e.g., crime, juvenile delinquency, law enforcement, corrections, mental illness, sexual deviance, drug use, and violence. May be repeated; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  

  • SOC 43001 - Environmental Sociology

    This course introduces students to diverse sociological understandings of how social organizations impact environments, and how environments impact social environments. Topics covered include how interest groups mobilize resources to pursue an agenda of societal protection or restoration, how demographics, belief systems and patterns of social organization break down or pollute the environment, environmental racism, North South tensions over population and consumption, development and limits to growth. Globalization and social change toward sustainability will be explored in relation to planetary boundaries.

    Preparation for Course
    P:  SOC 16101 or 10900 and ENGL 23301 or permission of instructor.
  

  • SOC 44100 - Topics in Social Theory

    Specific topics to be announced, e.g., structuralism, evolutionary theory, symbolic interaction theory, symbolic interaction theory, functionalism, social action theory, exchange theory, history and development of social theory, sociology of knowledge. May be repeated; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor.

    Preparation for Course
    P:SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  

  • SOC 45001 - Topics in Methods and Measurement

    Specific topics to be announced, e.g., scaling, logic of inquiry, model construction and formalization, research design, data collection, sampling, measurement, statistical analysis. May be repeated; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  

  • SOC 47000 - Senior Seminar

    Capstone seminar in sociology; integrates knowledge on theory and practice from previous sociology courses, with emphasis on historical, contemporary, and future issues in sociology.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101, 26000, and nine credit hours of upper-division sociology coursework; or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  

  • SOC 49400 - Field Experience In Sociology

    Faculty-directed study of aspects of sociology based on field experience in conjunction with directed readings and report writings.  Students are trained in using their sociology understanding and skills in working at diagnosing and developing research projects and/or social change interventions for social organizations in the community.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101, 26000, and nine credit hours of upper-division sociology coursework; or permission of instructor.

    Cr. 1-6.
  

  • SOC 49500 - Individual Readings in Sociology

    Individualized approach to selected topics through the use of guided readings, research and critical evaluation. Prior arrangement required; conducted under the supervision of a member of the sociology faculty. May be repeated; however, only six hours may be applied to the requirements of the sociology major or minor.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SOC 16101; either ENGL 23301 or SOC 26000 (or Equivalent); or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 1-3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  

  • SPAN 11101 - Elementary Spanish I

    Introduction to Spanish language as well as to Hispanic cultures. Emphasis on development of communicative competence in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Weekly attendance at lab required. SPAN 11101 is a course for beginners. Students with two years of high school Spanish must take 11300.

    Cr. 4.
    Hours
    Class 4, Lab. 0.
    Notes
    Indiana Core Transfer Library course.
  

  • SPAN 11201 - Elementary Spanish II

    Introduction to Spanish language as well as to Hispanic cultures. Emphasis on development of communicative competence in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Weekly attendance at lab required.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 11101.

    Cr. 4.
    Hours
    Class 4, Lab. 0.
    Notes
    Indiana Core Transfer Library course.
  

  • SPAN 11300 - Accelerated First Year Spanish

    Required beginning course for students with at least two years of high school Spanish who did not place into SPAN 20301 or higher. Review of selected material from 11101 before proceeding to 11201 material. Credit will not be given for both 11201 and 11300.

    Preparation for Course
    P: two years of high school Spanish (grades 9-12).

    Cr. 4.
    Hours
    Class 4.
  

  • SPAN 20301 - Second-Year Spanish I

    Meets three hours a week. Continuation of 11101-11201/11300 with grammar review and increased emphasis on communication skills. Reading and discussion in Spanish of contemporary literature, essays, and/or cultural readings. Practice in composition.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 11201 or 11300.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Indiana Core Transfer Library course.
  

  • SPAN 20401 - Second-Year Spanish II

    Meets three hours a week. Continuation of 11101-11201/11300 with grammar review and increased emphasis on communication skills. Reading and discussion in Spanish of contemporary literature, essays, and/or cultural readings. Practice in composition.

    Preparation for Course
    P:  20301

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Indiana Core Transfer Library course.
  

  • SPAN 27500 - Hispanic Culture and Conversation

    Practice of language skills through reading, writing, and discussion of Hispanic culture. Treats facets of popular culture, diversity of the Spanish-speaking world, and themes of social and political importance. Conducted in Spanish.

    Preparation for Course
    P:  SPAN 20301 (and strongly advised to take SPAN 20401 concurrently with 27500)

    Cr. 3.
  

  • SPAN 30101 - The Hispanic World I

    Introduction to Hispanic culture through literature. Study of representative literary works of both Spain and Spanish America in the context of Hispanic history, art, philosophy, folklore, etc.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 27500.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • SPAN 30201 - The Hispanic World II

    Introduction to Hispanic culture through literature. Study of representative literary works of both Spain and Spanish America in the context of Hispanic history, art, philosophy, folklore, etc.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 27500.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • SPAN 31100 - Spanish Grammar

    This course is designed to integrate the four basic language skills into a review of the major points of Spanish grammar. Course work will combine grammar exercises with brief controlled compositions based on a reading assignment and class discussion in Spanish. Sentence exercises will be corrected and discussed in class.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 20301.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • SPAN 31201 - Written Composition in Spanish

    This course integrates the four basic language skills into a structured approach to composition. Some review of selected points of Spanish grammar will be included. Each student will write a weekly composition, increasing in length as the semester progresses. Emphasis will be on correct usage, vocabulary building, and stylistic control.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 31100.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • SPAN 31500 - Spanish in the Business World

    Introduction to the technical language of the business world with emphasis on problems of style, composition, and translation in the context of Hispanic morés .

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 27500.

    Cr. 2-3.
  

  • SPAN 31700 - Spanish Conversation and Diction

    Intensive controlled conversation correlated with readings, reports, debates, and group discussions, with emphasis on vocabulary usage, word order, tense interrelationships, and discourse skills. May be repeated once for credit.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 27500.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 4,
  

  • SPAN 40700 - Survey of Spanish Literature I

    A historical survey that covers major authors, genres, periods, and movements from the Spanish Middle Ages through the baroque period of the 17th century. Readings include prose works, poetry, and drama.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 30101.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • SPAN 40801 - Survey of Spanish Literature II

    A historical survey of Spanish literature that covers the main current of Spain’s literary history in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Readings in prose, poetry, and drama by Larra, Perez Galdós, Unamuno, García Lorca, and other representative writers.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 30101.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • SPAN 41100 - Spain: The Cultural Context

    A course to integrate historical, social, political, and cultural information about Spain. Readings and discussions in Spanish.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 30101.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Study Abroad PFW students with an appropriate command of Spanish may apply for a year’s study, with full credit, in the IU programs at Madrid, Spain. Participation is not limited to Spanish majors. There are also semester programs in Spain (Alicante, Madrid, and Seville) and Chile (Santiago) and summer programs in Spain (Salamanca) and Mexico (Cuernavaca, Guanajuato, and Mexico City). For further information, consult the coordinator of overseas study programs, Office of International Programs.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • SPAN 41200 - Spanish America: The Cultural Context

    A course to integrate historical, social, political, and cultural information about Spanish America.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 30101.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • SPAN 41301 - Hispanic Culture in the U.S.

    Integrates historical, racial, political and cultural information about Hispanics in the United States. Eligible for graduate credit.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Dual Level: Undergraduate-Graduate
  

  • SPAN 41800 - Hispanic Drama

    Forms, traditions, themes, and periods of Hispanic drama from the Renaissance to the present. Topic may vary. May be repeated with different topic.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 30101 or departmental permission.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • SPAN 42300 - The Craft of Translation

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 31100. 

    Cr. 3.
  

  • SPAN 42500 - Spanish Phonetics

    Introduction to basic linguistics and phonology. Intensive patterned pronunciation drills and exercises in sound discrimination and transcription based on articulatory description of standard Spanish of Spain and Latin America. Attendance in audio laboratory required.

    Preparation for Course
    P: LING 10300 or other course work in linguistics and 30101 and 30201 or instructor permission.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • SPAN 42601 - Introduction to Spanish Linguistics

    General aspects of Spanish linguistics: traditional, descriptive, historical, and dialectal.

    Preparation for Course
    P: LING 10300 or other course work in linguistics and SPAN 30101 and 30201 or instructor permission.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • SPAN 42800 - Applied Spanish Linguistics

    Analysis of linguistics and cultural elements of Spanish phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics as they bear on teaching.

    Preparation for Course
    P: LING 10300 or other course work in linguistics and SPAN 30101 and 30201. or instructor permission.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • SPAN 47101 - Spanish-American Literature I

    Introduction to Spanish-American literature from the colonial period to the beginning of the twentieth century.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 30101 and 30201 or departmental permission.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • SPAN 47200 - Spanish-American Literature II

    Introduction to Spanish-American literature from the colonial period to the present.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 30101 and 30201 or departmental permission.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • SPAN 47900 - Mexican Literature

    Mexican literature from Independence to present.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 30101 and 30201 or departmental permission.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • SPAN 48001 - Argentine Literature

    Argentine literature from Independence to present.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 30101 and 30201, or departmental permission.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Approved by Arts and Sciences for the Cultural Studies (Non-Western Culture) requirement.
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • SPAN 48800 - Spanish for Teachers

    Open only to students completing teaching certification requirements. Focuses on major problem areas of teaching Spanish. Includes review, exercises, and information on current pedagogical trends.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 31100 and 31201 or instructor permission.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • SPAN 49500 - Hispanic Colloquium

    Topic and credit may vary. May be repeated for credit with a different topic.

    Preparation for Course
    P: SPAN 30101 or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 1-3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
    Dual Level Course
    Eligible for graduate credit.
  

  • STAT 12500 - Communicating with Statistics

    An introduction to the basic concepts and methods in statistical reasoning that are commonly referenced in the print media. Topics include data collection methods, descriptive statistics, basic techniques of estimation, and theory testing. Students will analyze and interpret statistics relating to contemporary problems in politics, business, science and social issues.

    Preparation for Course
    P: MA 12401 with a grade of C- or higher, or MA 10900 with a grade of C or higher, or by placement exam.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • STAT 24000 - Statistical Methods for Biology

    An introduction to the basic concepts and methods in a statistical analysis, with emphasis on applications in the life sciences. Descriptive statistics, discrete and continuous distributions, confidence interval estimation, hypothesis testing, and contingency tables.

    Preparation for Course
    P: MA 14900 or MA 15300 with a grade of C or higher.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods I

    Not open to majors in mathematics or engineering. Credit should be allowed in no more than one of STAT 30100 or 51100. Introduction to statistical methods with applications to diverse fields. Emphasis on understanding and interpreting standard techniques. Data analysis for one and several variables, design of samples and experiments, basic probability, sampling distributions, confidence intervals and significance tests for means and proportions, correlation and regression. Software is used throughout.

    Preparation for Course
    P: MA 14900 or MA 15300 or MA 16800 with a grade of C or higher.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • STAT 34000 - Elementary Statistical Methods II

    Statistical methods of simple linear regression, multiple linear regression, experimental design, analysis of variance, and nonparametric analysis. One or more statistical computer programs will be used. Student projects required, typically using data from the student’s major.

    Preparation for Course
    P: STAT 24000, 30100, ECON 27000, PSY 20100 (or equivalent), one semester statistics course with a grade of C or higher.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • STAT 49000 - Topics in Statistics for Undergraduates

    Directed study for students who wish to undertake individual reading on approved topics.

    Cr. 1-5.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  

  • STAT 51100 - Statistical Methods

    Descriptive statistics; elementary probability; sampling distributions; inference, testing hypotheses, and estimation; normal, binomial, Poisson, hypergeometric distributions; one-way analysis of variance; contingency tables; regression.

    Preparation for Course
    P: two semesters of calculus with a grade of C or higher.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  

  • STAT 51200 - Applied Regression Analysis

    Inference in simple and multiple linear regression, residual analysis, transformations, polynomial regression, model building with real data, nonlinear regression. One-way and two-way analysis of variance, multiple comparisons, fixed and random factors, analysis of covariance. Use of existing statistical computer programs.

    Preparation for Course
    P: STAT 51100 or 51700 or 52800 with a grade of C or higher.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  

  • STAT 51400 - Design of Experiments

    Fundamentals, completely randomized design; randomized complete blocks; latin square; multi-classification; factorial; nested factorial; incomplete block and fractional replications for 2n, 3n, 2m x 3n; confounding; lattice designs; general mixed factorials; split plot; analysis of variance in regression models; optimum design. Use of existing statistical programs.

    Preparation for Course
    P: STAT 51200 with a grade of C or higher.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  

  • STAT 51600 - Basic Probability and Applications

    A first course in probability intended to serve as a background for statistics and other applications. Sample spaces and axioms of probability, discrete and continuous random variables, conditional probability and Bayes’ theorem, joint and conditional probability distributions, expectations, moments and moment generating functions, law of large numbers and central limit theorem. (The probability material in Course 1 of the Society of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuarial Society is covered by this course.)

    Preparation for Course
    C: MA 26100 or MA 26300.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  

  • STAT 51700 - Statistical Inference

    A basic course in statistical theory covering standard statistical methods and their application. Estimation including unbiased, maximum likelihood and moment estimation; testing hypotheses for standard distributions and contingency tables; confidence intervals and regions; introduction to nonparametric tests and linear regression.

    Preparation for Course
    P: STAT 51600 with a grade of C or higher.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  

  • STAT 51900 - Introduction to Probability

    Algebra of sets, sample spaces, combinatorial problems, independence, random variables, distribution functions, moment generating functions, special continuous and discrete distributions, distribution of a function of a random variable, limit theorems.

    Preparation for Course
    P: MA 26100 or MA 26300 with a grade of C or higher.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  

  • STAT 52000 - Time Series And Applications

    A first course in stationary time series with applications in engineering, economics, and physical sciences. Stationarity, autocovariance function and spectrum; integral representation of a stationary time series and interpretation; linear filtering, transfer functions; estimation of spectrum; multivariate time series. Use of computer programs for covariance and spectral estimation.

    Preparation for Course
    P: STAT 51200 or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Department permission required.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate - Graduate
  

  • STAT 52800 - Introduction to Mathematical Statistics

    Distribution of mean and variance in normal samples, sampling distributions derived from the normal distribution, Chi square, t and F. Distribution of statistics based on ordered samples. Asymptotic sampling distributions. Introduction to multivariate normal distribution and linear models. Sufficient statistics, maximum likelihood, least squares, linear estimation, other methods of point estimation, and discussion of their properties. Cramer-Rao inequality and Rao-Blackwell theorem. Tests of statistical hypotheses, simple and composite hypotheses, likelihood ratio tests, power of tests.

    Preparation for Course
    P: STAT 51900 with a grade of C or higher.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  

  • TECH 54000 - Reliability and Maintenance

    Study of maintainability, maintenance, and reliability methods during product and systems design phase for mechanical and electronic devices.

    Preparation for Course
    P: an introductory course in statistics, senior or graduate standing, and consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  

  • TECH 56100 - Industrial Projects Management and Control

    An exposition of planning, scheduling, and controlling of a project during its life cycle. Topics include the use of project-management techniques, such as PERT (Project Evaluation and Review Technique) and Gantt charts and other techniques of selecting, planning, scheduling, and controlling projects. Covers resources optimization and risk management techniques. Involves computer applications and software tools in project management.

    Preparation for Course
    P: senior or graduate standing.

    Cr. 3.
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  

  • TECH 56900 - Simulation Modeling

    An introduction to computer simulation of waiting lines (queues), especially those that pertain to manufacturing. Topics include elementary queuing systems modeling and analysis, the effects of variability, notation, queue behavior, and load balancing.

    Preparation for Course
    P: an undergraduate statistics or probability course, senior or graduate standing, and consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  

  • Tech 57400 - Advanced Quality Engineering Methods

    Quality engineering methods for quality planning, improvement and control with applications in manufacturing and service, emphasizing both on-line and off-line methods. Topics include modern quality philosophies and methods, control charts, process capability studies, loss functions and robust engineering, and application of multiple regression models in quality engineering.

    Preparation for Course
    P: IET 45400 or consent of instructor and senior or graduate service.

    Cr. 3
    Dual Level Course
    Undergraduate-Graduate
  

  • THTR 11400 - Interpretation for Performance and Presentation

    Students will enhance their communication skills by analyzing selections from prose, poetry, and drama and exploring them through oral presentation. In addition to leaning methods of creating a variety of specific texts, a mixture of vocal and physical techniques will be examined, adapted and practiced in order to better present material to a diverse population.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • THTR 13400 - Fundamentals of Performance

    An introduction to the art of acting as practiced in the world today.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Indiana Core Transfer Library course.
  

  • THTR 13600 - Rehearsal and Performance I

    Study and practice of rehearsal techniques and stage performance. Students will be assigned to acting and stage management duties in stage productions. May be repeated for credit.

    Preparation for Course
    P: consent of instructor.

    Cr. 1-2.
    Hours
    Lab. 3 or 6,
  

  • THTR 13800 - Acting I

    Student experientially and analytically explores the foundation of the acting process based on Stanislavski’s system. Emphasis is on developing the actor’s ability to work moment-to-moment through the use of improvisational theatre games, scene work, and monologues. Areas covered include beginning voice and movement work, concentration, imagination, objectives, obstacles, and actions. Explorations culminate in the presentation of scenes and monologues. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.

    Preparation for Course
    P: THTR 13400, or theatre major or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 3, Lab. 1,
  

  • THTR 15800 - Stagecraft

    Theory and application of current and traditional technical theatre practices. Training in stage carpentry, painting, and preproduction organization.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 3, Lab. 2,
  

  • THTR 16800 - Theatre Production I

    Application of technical-theatre practice in scenic construction, painting, lighting, sound, costuming, and stage management. Students will be assigned to work on experimental and major stage productions. May be repeated for credit.

    Cr. 1.
    Hours
    Lab. 6.
  

  • THTR 20100 - Theatre Appreciation

    Understanding and appreciation of the theatre’s role in the modern world. Includes a seminar approach in discussion of the nature of theatre, critical analysis of drama, the actor, the director, design, and careers in the theatre. Also deals with professional, regional, community, and educational theatre. All discussions and work are related to current stage productions that students are required to attend.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Indiana Core Transfer Library course.
  

  • THTR 20201 - Introduction To Theatre

    Students will develop understanding of the theatre’s role in today’s society by reading, writing, and discussion of: the nature of theatre, critical analysis of drama, the role of various theatre artists and various aspects of theatrical activity. Exploration of Department of Theatre’s expectation, procedures, and opportunities will also be covered.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • THTR 21300 - Voice for the Actor

    Designed to heighten the actor’s awareness of the vocal instrument. Elementary vocal techniques will be practiced to expand the student’s vocal flexibility and range. Emphasis on freeing habitual vocal tensions and teaching the student the fundamentals of vocal health.

    Cr. 2.
  

  • THTR 23800 - Acting II

    Emphasis is on developing a character within a truthful reality based on the given circumstances of the script. Students will be challenged through scene-work, monologue preparation, and script analysis that connect the actor’s internal choices to the external needs of the character. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.

    Preparation for Course
    P: THTR 13800 or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 3, Lab. 1,
  

  • THTR 23900 - Musical Theatre Performance I

    This course is designed to provide the student with an introduction and basic understanding of the various techniques and practices of performance in musical theatre and the specific demands of the audition process, with focus on character development, script/score analysis, and repertoire building. The course will consist of discussions, exercises, and performance projects designed to address the major requirements of acting through singing in a musical.

    Preparation for Course
    P or C:  THTR 23800 or permission of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • THTR 25600 - Stage Makeup

    Study of facial anatomy, the aging process, the principles of light and shadow, and character analysis. Theory and practice in the basic techniques of applying stage makeup.

    Cr. 2.
    Hours
    Class 1, Lab. 3,
  

  • THTR 26100 - Introduction to Theatrical Design

    An introduction to the principles and practices of contemporary theatrical design. Emphasis on the study and development of unified production theory and its practical application to the areas of theatrical design.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 3, Lab. 2,
    Notes
    Restricted to theatre majors/minors or consent of instructor.
  

  • THTR 26200 - Lighting Technology I

    Lighting Technology I develops understanding and skills centered around lighting technology and the implementation of lighting for the theatre. Class activities include reading, writing, drawing and drafting, lighting instrument hanging and focusing, lighting console operation, lighting accessory implementation, and discussions that surround various topics in lighting technology.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • THTR 26400 - Rendering Techniques

    A project approach to the development of the student’s ability to pictorially represent ideas through drawing, drafting, painting, etc. Emphasis on clarity of intention and effective presentation of ideas through various media and techniques.

    Preparation for Course
    P: theatre major.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • THTR 26500 - Introduction to Stage Management

    This is an introductory course in the craft of theatre stage management.  This course will introduce the student to the procedures, responsibilities, rules and professional opportunities in theatre stage management.

    Cr. 3.
    Notes
    Credit by Examination available.
  

  • THTR 28400 - Textual Analysis

    A study of dramatic structure: theme, form, style, genre, and characterization as applied to selected plays.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • THTR 32300 - Acting: Movement for the Actor

    Designed to heighten body awareness in movement and stillness. Characterization techniques will be practiced that expand the student’s flexibility, agility, and range of self-expression. Emphasis on freeing habitual tension patterns through the exploration of expressive movement.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 2, Lab. 3,
  

  • THTR 32510 - History of Modern Drama

    Students will explore a wide variety of theatrical styles developed since 1879 comprising modern drama including realism and the breaks from realism to discover their origins in society, culture and historical events and their effects on contemporary drams. Students will develop skills in script analysis and interpretation and apply them to various theatrical texts, recorded media and live production.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • THTR 33600 - Rehearsal and Performance II

    The study and practice of rehearsal techniques and stage performance. Students will be assigned to acting and stage-management duties in major stage productions. May be repeated for credit.

    Preparation for Course
    Instructor permission (signature) required: arrange time with the instructor.

    Cr. 1-2.
    Hours
    Lab. 3 to 6.
    Variable Title
    V.T.
  

  • THTR 33800 - Acting III

    Professional acting studio. Advanced character development focusing on the demands of period styles work. Possible styles to be covered include Greek Theatre, Restoration/Comedy of Manners, Elizabethan, and Contemporary Realism. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.

    Preparation for Course
    P: THGTR 23800, 21300 or 32300 or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 3, Lab. 1,
  

  • THTR 33900 - Musical Theatre Performance II

    This course is a continuation of Musical Theatre Performance I and is designed to provide the student with further understanding of and experience with the various techniques and practices of performance in musical theatre, the specific demands of the audition process, and the cannon of musical theatre literature. The course will consist of a series of discussions, in class exercises and student performance projects designed to address the major requirements of singing and acting in a musical.

    Preparation for Course
    P or C:  THTR 23800 or permission of instructor. 

    Cr. 3.
  

  • THTR 35100 - Costume Techniques I

    A project approach to the basic practices used in the construction of the theatrical costume and its accessories.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 2, Lab. 2,
  

  • THTR 35500 - American Musical Theatre

    A study of the origin, artistry, history, and unique qualities of the American musical theatre.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • THTR 36000 - Scenic Design

    A study of the application of scenographic theory to the art of scenic design. Emphasis on the development of unified production theory as specifically applied to the physical theatrical environment.

    Preparation for Course
    P: THTR 26100 or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 2, Lab. 2,
  

  • THTR 36100 - Costume Design

    Theory and principles of design specifically applied to stage costume design. Emphasis on the interrelationship of all aspects of production and how the costume becomes a building block toward total picturization.

    Preparation for Course
    P: THTR 26100.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 2, Lab. 2,
  

  • THTR 36200 - Light Design

    A study of the application of scenographic theory to the art and practice of light design. Emphasis on the development of unified production theory and the technical support of that theory.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 2, Lab. 2,
    Notes
    Restricted to theatre majors. Permission of instructor required.
  

  • THTR 36500 - Period Style for the Theatre I

    The study of developments in the history of dress, decor, and architecture from the primitive through the 17th century. Emphasis on interpretation of said developments in contemporary theatre practice.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • THTR 36600 - Period Style for the Theatre II

    The study of developments in the history of dress, decor, and architecture from the 18th century through the present. Emphasis on interpretation of said developments in contemporary theatre practice.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • THTR 36800 - Theatre Production II

    The study and application of technical theatre practice in scene construction, painting, lighting, costuming, and stage management. Students will be assigned to experimental and major stage productions. May be repeated for credit.

    Preparation for Course
    P: THTR 16800.

    Cr. 1-2.
    Hours
    Lab. 3 or 6.
  

  • THTR 37500 - Theatrical Composition

    This course will explore various contemporaty techniques to inspire the creation of theatre.

    Cr. 3.
    Subject Area
    Theatre
  

  • THTR 37600 - Introduction to Playwriting

    An introductory survey of the principles of dramatic construction, with emphasis on the practice of writing for the stage. Each student’s process and writing style are carefully examined. Workshop productions of works-in-progress of each student are expected.

    Preparation for Course
    P: THTR 28400.

    Cr. 3.
  

  • THTR 39000 - Directed Study of Special Theatre Problems

    An undergraduate-level individualized and intensive study of any aspect of theatre required by the student’s plan of study. May be repeated.

    Preparation for Course
    P: consent of instructor.

    Cr. 1-3.
    Variable Title
    (V.T.)
  

  • THTR 41300 - Advanced Voice for the Stage

    Advanced work in vocal production for performance. Emphasis on development of the full resonant voice, vocal power and range, and standard American speech. Special attention paid to application of knowledge to various performance situations and environments.

    Preparation for Course
    P: THTR 21300 or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 2, Lab. 2,
  

  • THTR 43800 - Acting IV

    Professional acting studio. Professional issues class preparing the advanced acting student for the rigors of the professional and graduate-level theatre arenas. Students will explore the skills of monologue auditions, cold readings, improvisational auditions, and interviews, as well as headshot and resume development. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.

    Preparation for Course
    P: THTR 33800 or consent of instructor.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 3, Lab. 1,
  

  • THTR 44000 - Directing: Page to Stage

    Focuses on a theoretical and practical understanding of the essential principals and fundamentals of directing for the stage. Students will learn a proven directorial methodology and engage in essential research and written and practical presentations throughout.

     

    Preparation for Course
    P: THTR 20100 and THTR 13800.

    Cr. 3.
    Hours
    Class 2, Lab. 2.
 

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