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Islam in the Modern World


ANTH-3210

Average GPA: 3.23
Withdraw Rate: 6%
Total Enrollment: 35
Number of Reviews: 0
Prerequisite(s): University Advanced Standing
Explores the different ways anthropologists have studied Muslim social life, including attempts to apply Muslim ethical frameworks to the domains of finance, politics, leisure, and the modern domestic sphere. Addresses the variety of ways Islam is practiced and interpreted. Covers Islam in Africa, the Middle East, Central and Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States. Explores issues in interfaith relations, such as the challenges Muslims face when living in a Christian-majority society.
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Marriage and Relationship Skills SS


FAMS-1150

Average GPA: 3.25
Withdraw Rate: 4%
Total Enrollment: 3159
Number of Reviews: 0
Guides students in building a lasting intimate relationship of their own and in understanding and teaching relationship maintenance and improvement strategies based on large-scale scientifically derived marriage and relationship principles. Utilizes cutting edge research on factors and issues related to relationship success and outcome including whom and when to marry and how to build stable and happy relationships over time. Stresses increased understanding of desirable relationship outcomes and how to achieve them.
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Introduction to Environmental Management PP


ENVT-1110

Average GPA: 3.21
Withdraw Rate: 3%
Total Enrollment: 3366
Number of Reviews: 0
Surveys environmental issues and the impact of people on the environment. Covers water, air, and soil pollution. Discusses pollution prevention and remediation methods. For majors and any who have an interest in environmental issues.
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Introduction to Folklore HH


ENGL-2210

Average GPA: 3.22
Withdraw Rate: 7%
Total Enrollment: 101
Number of Reviews: 0
Pre- or Corequisite(s): ENGL 1010 or ENGH 1005
Introduces the study of folklore. Presents the dynamics of the traditional expressions of a variety of folk groups. Emphasizes folklore performance and its cultural context. Provides practical experience in folklore collection.
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Adventures of Ideas Through 1500 HH


HUM-2100

Average GPA: 3.19
Withdraw Rate: 13%
Total Enrollment: 82
Number of Reviews: 0
Studies great written or visual texts in the Western or Eastern history of ideas--artistic, literary, philosophical, religious, political, technological, or scientific--from Antiquity through1500. Readings and thematic focus vary by instructor, but all courses interrelate texts from different disciplines and world regions under one broad topic relating to the human condition, such as love, death, war and peace, family, justice, the state etc.
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Group Voice for Theatre


THEA-2156

Average GPA: 3.42
Withdraw Rate: 3%
Total Enrollment: 163
Number of Reviews: 0
Prerequisite(s): For theatre majors only
Provides group instruction for actors to develop technical skill and understanding of the singing voice. Requires a minimum of 2 hours of practice each week.
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Geographic Information Systems Application Development


GIS-3630

Average GPA: 3.57
Withdraw Rate: 4%
Total Enrollment: 25
Number of Reviews: 0
Prerequisite(s): GIS 3600 or GEOG 3600, GIS 3620 or GEOG 3650, and University Advanced Standing
Develops customization skills for geospatial data, modeling, and automation. Introduces and defines basic Python concepts and scripting environments for the most common GIS software. Delineates common scripting errors and applies Python syntax rules when writing scripts.
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Content Marketing


MKTG-3685

Average GPA: 3.31
Withdraw Rate: 3%
Total Enrollment: 584
Number of Reviews: 0
Prerequisite(s): MKTG 3600, University Advanced Standing, and matriculation in the Woodbury School of Business
Introduces content marketing which includes blogging, infographics, video, podcasts, and email marketing as a way to bring commercial marketing messaging to targeted customers through marketing channels. Provides experience with blogging software, photo and image design software, video editing software, and email automation software using WordPress and Email Marketing Automation.
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Tap Dance I


DANC-1580

Average GPA: 3.41
Withdraw Rate: 5%
Total Enrollment: 61
Number of Reviews: 0
Introduces basic steps and rhythms of tap dance. Reviews the history of this American theatrical dance form.
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ATV and UTV Systems Lab


PST-2125

Average GPA: 3.7
Withdraw Rate: 5%
Total Enrollment: 22
Number of Reviews: 0
Corequisite(s): PST 2120
Enhances the technical theory covered in the PST 2120 course. Provides a laboratory experience for ATV and UTVs by following industry task lists for ATV and UTV systems. Emphasizes demonstrations, observations, and hands-on participation. Utilizes actual vehicles and vehicle systems of major manufacturers in completing the task lists. Covers advanced repair techniques. Stresses safety procedures.
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Moral Psychology


PHIL-4461

Average GPA: 3.25
Withdraw Rate: 9%
Total Enrollment: 24
Number of Reviews: 0
Prerequisite(s): (PHIL 2050 or PHIL 205G or PHIL 205H or PSY 1010 or PSY 101H) and University Advanced Standing
Analyzes questions about how people engage in moral thinking and in moral behavior from the perspectives of the philosophy of mind, ethics and psychology. Explores topics such as virtue and character, reason and passion, altruism and egoism, agency and responsibility, and moral intuitions.
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Psychology of Gender


PSY-3100

Average GPA: 3.43
Withdraw Rate: 3%
Total Enrollment: 970
Number of Reviews: 0
Prerequisite(s): PSY 1010 (with a C- grade or higher) and (ENGL 2010 with a C+ grade or higher) and University Advanced Standing
For Behavioral Science majors and others interested in gender issues from a psychological perspective. Examines the topic of gender behaviors and attitudes that relate to (but are not entirely congruent with) biological sex. Discusses biological influences on gender, gender differences, gender development, and the influence of gender on various dimensions of daily life.
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Aviation Safety


AVSC-2130

Average GPA: 3.32
Withdraw Rate: 5%
Total Enrollment: 1260
Number of Reviews: 0
Prerequisite(s): AVSC 1100
Presents an introduction to aviation safety. Covers agencies overseeing safety at the commercial and general aviation levels as well as the applicable regulations they develop and enforce. Explores general aviation and commercial aviation accident statistics and accident causation models. Discusses airline, airport, aircraft, and air traffic control safety issues. Explores the role of the aviation administrator as a safety advocate and responsible party in a variety of settings.
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Aural Skills IV


MUSC-2140

Average GPA: 3.25
Withdraw Rate: 5%
Total Enrollment: 155
Number of Reviews: 0
Prerequisite(s): MUSC 2130
Provides further training in the aural identification of intervals, triad inversions and chord progressions. Practices rhythmic dictation of complex rhythm patterns and asymmetric and mixed meters. Teaches four-part harmonic dictation. Completes study of the solfege movable "Do" system.
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Stage Management I


THEA-3561

Average GPA: 3.32
Withdraw Rate: 2%
Total Enrollment: 50
Number of Reviews: 0
Prerequisite(s): THEA 1513 and University Advanced Standing
Introduces students to the basic processes of creating and managing a theatre production organization. Includes introductory structural organization, collaboration, strategic planning, accounting, and marketing concepts, procedures, and simulation exercises. Prepares students for upper division courses in theatre management.
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Beginning Portuguese I LH


PORT-1010

Average GPA: 2.31
Withdraw Rate: 12%
Total Enrollment: 61
Number of Reviews: 0
For those with no prior Portuguese. Emphasizes listening, speaking, and writing skills along with basic grammar, vocabulary and verb conjugations all within the cultural context of modern Brazil and Portugal. Use eclectic methodology requiring conversational exchanges.
Lab access fee of $10 applies.
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