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ACCT 2100 - Managerial Accounting Hours: 3
Emphasizes the use of accounting for decision making in the managerial environment. The purpose to provide students with the basic skills and techniques for using accounting information in a decision-making role, and to enhance professional thinking skills and techniques in problem solving.
FA, SP Sems.
Prerequisites: ACCT 2000. (suggested)
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ACCT 3000 - Intermediate Accounting I Hours: 3
The application of accounting techniques and theory to recording and reporting of financial data. Emphasis is on the accounting cycle, current assets, plant assets, intangible assets, investments, the conceptual framework, and financial statements.
FA Sem.
Prerequisites: ACCT 2100.
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ACCT 3050 - Intermediate Accounting II Hours: 3
A continuation of ACCT 3000 with emphasis on current liabilities, long-term liabilities, stockholder equity, earnings per share and income determination and statement of cash flows.
SP Sem.
Prerequisites: ACCT 3000.
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ACCT 3200 - Advanced Accounting Hours: 3
A continuation of ACCT 3100 with emphasis on emerging accounting issues and special topics including pensions, leases, deferred taxes and SEC disclosure issues.
FA Sem.
Prerequisites: ACCT 3050.
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ACCT 3300 - Accounting Information Systems Hours: 3
Study of the procedures, practices, and concepts of Enterprise Resource Management information systems. Emphasis on major transaction cycles such as revenue/receivables and purchase/payables. Use of information as context for understanding business processes and their relationship with accounting information systems.
FA Sem.
Prerequisites: ACCT 2100.
Notes: Cross-listed with BIA 3600.
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ACCT 3900 - Independent Study Hours: 1-3
An opportunity for students to engage in intensive independent study on an accounting topic of their choice under the direction of an accounting faculty member.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing; or permission of instructor.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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ACCT 4100 - Taxation Hours: 3
Federal income taxation including taxable income, exclusions from taxable income, deductions, tax determination, tax credits, basic tax research and compliance. Exposure to current tax software.
SP Sem.
Prerequisites: ACCT 2000.
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ACCT 4200 - Auditing - Writing Intensive Hours: 4
The independent auditing function, professional ethics, legal liability, generally accepted auditing principles, and audit reporting. Case analysis and ethics cases important in developing critical thinking skills.
FA Sem.
Prerequisites: ACCT 3050.
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ACCT 4300 - Controllership Hours: 3
The fundamental techniques and the new management accounting and control tools needed to implement strategy in the 21st century. A hands-on approach is used in both the design of performance measurement and control systems and the fundamental uses of accounting data by Controllers in business organizations from a strategic, leadership and compliance perspectives. Critical thinking skills and ethical considerations regarding business decisions are emphasized.
SP Sem.
Prerequisites: ACCT 2100.
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ACCT 4900 - Internship Hours: 1-16
Experience with an organization that offers a hands-on exposure to accounting practices. Students may design their own internship experience within departmental guidelines.
FA, SP, SU Sems.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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ACCT 5200 - Tax Seminar Hours: 3
May include areas of tax policy, practice and procedures, and/or other relevant tax issues.
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ACCT 5310 - Governmental and Non-Profit Accounting Hours: 3
Governmental and non-profit accounting. The role of financial reporting, fiscal stewardship, and financial statements are covered within governmental entities and non-profit agencies.
FA Sem.
Prerequisites: ACCT 2100.
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ACCT 5320 - International Accounting Hours: 3
International financial reporting standards. Provides students an international perspective of global companies and differences in accounting practices around the world, as well as the influence of culture on financial accounting reports.
FA Sem.
Prerequisites: ACCT 3050.
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ACCT 5500 - Fraud and Forensics Hours: 3
Fraud examination and white-collar crime, with emphasis on the detection, investigation, and prevention of fraud. Critical examinations of management control systems that can be used to deter and/or detect fraud; behavioral attributes and employee actions that might indicate fraud; investigative techniques for confirming fraud; and the design of systems oriented at the prevention of fraud. The course will provide the special skills in accounting, auditing, ethics, finance, quantitative methods, research, and investigative methods required in the field of forensic accounting.
SP Sem.
Prerequisites: ACCT 2100.
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ART 1050 - Drawing I Hours: 3
Introduction to observational drawing -still-life and the human figure exploring compositional solutions, creative process, art historical context and a variety of drawing materials.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ART 1100 - Design 2D Hours: 3
Fundamental elements and principles of two-dimensional art and their application to problems of visual organization.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ART 1150 - Design 3D Hours: 3
Fundamental elements and principles of three-dimensional art and their application to problems of visual organization.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ART 1200 - Beginning Painting Hours: 3
Introduction to the broad field of painting. Students become familiar with a wide range of painting approaches, color concepts and color mixing techniques. Students acquire basic knowledge about the paint medium (acrylic and oil), grounds and supports. Through exploring contemporary and historical themes and genres, students develop painting skills and learn the fundamentals of composition and overall formal cohesiveness.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ART 1300 - Color Principles Hours: 3
Topics such as color as energy, color and perception, and light and pigments: additive and subtractive color. Studio applications will include color interaction problems, additive and subtractive color mixing, and written analysis of three-dimensional color applications.
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ART 1350 - Introduction to Arts Administration Hours: 3
Topics such as philanthropy and the arts, leadership, and public policy issues in the arts, arts marketing, and common challenges facing all arts disciplines.
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ART 1500 - Darkroom Photography Hours: 3
The fundamentals of black and white film photography, emphasizing the development of technical skills, creative seeing and visual expression. Includes a broad survey of the history of photography. Students are encouraged to have their own 35mm film SLR cameras, however, several cameras will be available for check out for a nominal fee.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ART 2100 - Drawing II Hours: 3
Complexities of drawing from the life model. Focused on understanding and rendering underlying essential structures (basic anatomy) and surface texture. Exploring the aesthetic and expressive nature of the human form and recognize the expressive possibilities of the various drawing materials, techniques and approaches utilized throughout the course. Students produce visually rich and thorough drawings and stretch themselves creatively.
Prerequisites: ART 1050 or instructor permission.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ART 2600 - Graphic Design - Foundations Hours: 3
Practice of typography and its importance in the field of graphic design. From hand lettering to computer software, demonstrating precise application skills of type as letterform. Exploring the various influences design has had on society through the historical study of major designers and movements, and applying aspects of these visual explorations in studio projects.
Prerequisites: ART 1050 and 1100.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ART 2700 - Beginning Ceramics Hours: 3
Introduction to working in ceramics through hand building processes, glazing and decorating techniques, and firing processes. Expressive qualities of the ceramic form will be addressed through sculptural and vessel construction.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ART 2800 - Relief Printmaking Hours: 3
Introduction to woodcuts, linocuts and monotypes, linking fundamental printmaking techniques and processes with a variety of conceptual and expressive approaches.
Prerequisites: ART 1050 and 1100, or instructor permission.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ART 3000 - Junior Seminar - Writing Intensive Hours: 3
The development and maintenance of a portfolio, and creating an artist’s statement. Exploring professional career paths and disciplines in the visual arts.
Prerequisites: Open to ART majors only at junior level or above; or instructor permission.
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ART 3050 - Senior Seminar Hours: 3
Second semester of topics addressed in Junior Seminar, with further focus on development of the artist’s statement and professional practice; also complements exhibition preparation methods covered in Senior Practicum
Prerequisites: ART 3000 and open to ART majors only, or instructor permission.
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ART 3100 - Advanced Drawing Hours: 3
Exploration of contemporary and traditional drawing techniques and concepts leading to the development of a unified portfolio of work.
Prerequisites: ART 2100 or instructor permission.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ART 3200 - Special Topics in Painting Hours: 3
Intermediate course work focused on assigned and self-directed projects and how they relate to the formal and conceptual evolution of a particular topic in painting. Both contemporary and traditional techniques and issues within the special topic are explored. Topics rotate and can include: still life painting, portraiture, figure painting, abstract painting or painting and mixed media. Emphasis is placed on expressiveness, formal cohesiveness and the creation of meaningful, mature works. Exploring a personal vision and style.
Prerequisites: ART 1050, 1100 and 1200; or instructor permission.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 9 hours. This course has an additional fee.
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ART 3300 - Sculpture Hours: 3
Art and craft of making sculpture. Studio projects will address modeling and fabrication techniques. Pertinent historical and contemporary topics will be addressed.
Prerequisites: ART 1150 or instructor permission.
Notes: Repeatable to a maxiumum of 9 hours. This course has an additional fee.
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ART 3400 - Beginning Intermedia Hours: 3
Introduction to the principles of digital media in a contemporary fine-art context. Emphasis will be placed on interdisciplinary, emerging and experimental uses of digital media (possible topics include video art, installation art and social media).
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ART 3500 - Digital Photography Hours: 3
The historical significance, basic materials and processes, and aesthetics of digital photography. Technical and conceptual assignments. Students are required to have access to a digital camera with RAW shooting function.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ART 3600 - Graphic Design - Media Applications Hours: 3
Complex practice of design as information management and its importance in the field of graphic design will be emphasized. Multiple page layouts and experimentation of various forms of advertising media will be explored. Experimentation with various image-generating techniques as it relates to the field of advertising, as well as practical concerns such as schedules, budgets, creative briefs, design strategies will be explored and applied.
Prerequisites: ART 1050, 1100, 1150 and 2600.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ART 3650 - Special Topics in Graphic Design Hours: 3
Advanced exploration of graphic design problems for students pursuing a concentration in Graphic Design. Possible topics include: Illustration, Package Design and Identities, and Corporate Furniture Design, among others.
Prerequisites: Art 2600, 3600 or instructor permission.
Notes: Repeatable a maximum of three times.
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ART 3700 - Introduction to Wheel-Thrown Ceramics Hours: 3
Introduction to the use of the potter’s wheel. Basic wheel throwing techniques are addressed through the creation of a variety of ceramic forms. Various glazing, decorating and firing processes, from lowfire to high-fire techniques, are also explored.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ART 3800 - Intaglio Printmaking Hours: 3
Introduction to the intaglio processes of etching, drypoint, softground, aquatint and related techniques using zinc and copper plates to explore a variety of conceptual and expressive approaches.
Prerequisites: ART 1050 and 1100, or instructor permission.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ART 3900 - Independent Study Hours: 1-5
Independent study in studio art. A proposal describing the specific project must be submitted and approved by the instructor prior to registration.
Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
Notes: This course is repeatable. This course has an additional fee.
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ART 3920 - Art Methods and Materials at the Elementary and Middle School Levels Hours: 3
Art curriculum in elementary and middle school level classrooms, investigating major themes in state and national Academic Content Standards for Art: 1) historical context, 2) creative expression and communication, 3) analyzing and responding to art, 4) valuing and reflecting on artwork and artifacts, and 5) connecting their learning of visual art to the study of other arts areas and disciplines outside the arts. Students will be expected to complete 50 hours of observation and participation in a local art classroom.
Prerequisites: EDUC 1600.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ART 4000 - Senior Practicum Hours: 1
Culminating seminar which directs students in creating and presenting an exhibition of their work.
Prerequisites: Senior standing and open to Art majors only.
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ART 4100 - Special Topics in Drawing Hours: 3
In depth, individualized drawing course focusing on mixed drawing media and theme-based, serial approaches resulting in a body of exhibition quality work.
Prerequisites: ART 1050, 2100 and 3100.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 6 hours. This course has an additional fee.
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ART 4200 - Advanced Painting Hours: 3
Further refining of painting skills through an ongoing exploration of issues in painting, both contemporary and historical. Focused on assisting students in developing their visions, methods and goals. Students engage in all the practical and conceptual aspects of developing a cohesive body of work in which the personal views are grounded in an understanding of the self, our communities and the broader culture.
Prerequisites: ART 1200 and 3200, or instructor permission.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ART 4400 - Intermedia Topics Hours: 3
An in-depth exploration of digital media arts through rotating topics: Intermedia: Time-Based Media, and Intermedia: Interdisciplinary Studio. Intermedia: Time-Based Media covers video and other time-based media through studio seminars, practical assignments and film screenings (possible topics include media remixing, video art, performance). Intermedia: Interdisciplinary Studio is a boundary-crossing exploration of digital and traditional art (possible topics include digital collage, installation art and social practice).
Prerequisites: ART 3400.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 9 hours. This course has an additional fee.
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ART 4500 - Advanced Photography Hours: 3
Individual long-term projects, and theory and issues related to contemporary photography. Possible areas of photographic exploration may include: Documentary; Black and White: The Fine Print; and Concepts of Photography.
Prerequisites: ART 1500 and 3500.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 9 hours. This course has an additional fee.
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ART 4600 - Advanced Graphic Design Hours: 3
Projects, processes and conceptual development of design through visual sophistication, advanced visual problem solving and development of a personal design voice will be emphasized. Portfolio development through print and web is explored.
Prerequisites: ART 1050, 1100, 1150, 2600 and 3600.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 9 hours. This course has an additional fee.
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ART 4700 - Rotating Topics in Ceramics Hours: 3
Exploration of ceramic art at the intermediate through advanced levels, rotating topics over a three year cycle. Rotating topics include: contentbased and topical formal issues in ceramic form; mold-making (mold-making techniques in ceramics, pressed and poured molds, and the use of repeated forms for installation); glaze calculation (introduction to the materials and methods in creating glazes, glaze formulary, and history and types of glazes).
Prerequisites: ART 2700 and 3700, or instructor permission.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 9 hours. This course has an additional fee.
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ART 4750 - Summer Ceramic Institute Hours: 3
Advanced topics in ceramics with 1 to 2 visiting ceramic artists; topics vary depending on specialty of visiting artists. Students gain skills and experience tied to specialties of visiting artists.
Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
Notes: This course is repeatable. This course has an additional fee.
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ART 4800 - Advanced Printmaking Hours: 3
Advanced exploration of relief and intaglio processes building upon the foundation levels with in-depth conceptual and expressive approaches informed by contemporary and historical printmaking concerns.
Prerequisites: ART 2800 and 3800, or instructor permission.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 9 hours. This course has an additional fee.
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ART 4900 - Internship Hours: 1-12
Internships are available to majors upon submission of a written proposal and are arranged individually with design firms, museums, and corporations.
Prerequisites: Permission of Art Department.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 9 hours.
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ARTH 1000 - Art History Survey I: Prehistory 14th Century Common Era Hours: 3
Before human beings wrote anything, they were painting, drawing, sculpting, and building works of art. Consideration of what this means for the nature of human existence as art produced between roughly 30,000 bce and 1400 ce in various locations and cultures around the world is examined. What does art-making contribute to human lives and our search for meaning and understanding? Is it different now than in ancient history? These questions are explored through studying art from the ancient through medieval periods and by looking at our own culture’s continued fascination with humankind’s distant past.
FA Sem.
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ARTH 1100 - Art History Survey II: 15th to 21st Centuries Hours: 3
Surveys major movements in the history of art from the 15th through the 21st centuries. Using a global perspective, the role of art across cultures, periods and places is examined. Consideration of how developments in various media, skills and concepts surrounding the production of art have helped humans understand larger, enduring questions of meaning and existence.
SP Sem.
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ARTH 2100 - Impressionists and Pop Artists Modern Art 1863-1963 - Writing Intensive Hours: 3
Prostitutes. Night Clubs. Movies. Skyscrapers. Chinese Restaurants. Stray Cats. Private Gardens. Beer Gardens. These are just some of the subject matters for artists, architects, and photographers in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries that will be considered in this course. Course readings and discussions focus on the development of the Modern in relation to issues of gender, sexuality, community building, social reform, surveillance, domesticity, historic preservation and so on. Exploring topics in relation to a diversity of artists and media, including paintings by the French Impressionists and the American Ash Can School; photographs by both documentary and fine art photographers; architecture, both commercial and domestic; ceramics, notably within the Arts & Crafts movement; and design work including Art Nouveau posters and Bauhaus graphics.
Offered alternate years.
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ARTH 2300 - Asian Art History - Writing Intensive Hours: 3
What is “Asian art,” and what role has it played in expressing and informing social, political, and creative aspects of Asian cultures? How has it been used historically to make or express identity and meaning? How has it historically served as an agent that reinforces tradition and/or promotes internationalization? This course explores these questions through a selective study of Asia’s visual arts. The regions explored include India, China, Korea and Japan, with attention paid to countries in Southeast and Central Asia. The art historical periods considered span from the earliest visual evidence in each region to the modern period. Key works of art will be examined as aesthetic objects, and also as material expressions of complex social, cultural, religious, and political contexts. In addition, the course will address the role of trade, commerce, and travel on artistic developments within Asia.
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ARTH 3100 - Soup Cans? Puppies? Transgenic Mice? Exploring Contemporary Visual Art - Writing Intensive Hours: 3
Explores visual art and culture of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, focusing primarily on art after 1960 in Europe and the United States. Linda Weintraub notes that artistic freedom expanded beyond all limits in this period, becoming “unencumbered by methods, rules, and requirements” and making artists our culture’s “free radicals.” We will consider the different roles taken on by contemporary artists as visionaries, activists, problem solvers, and cultural critics as they create works connected to the world outside art. Our approach focuses on how contemporary artists have engaged with particular themes and content relevant to this period, such as identity, place and spirituality.
Offered alternate years.
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ARTH 3200 - Special Topics in Art History Hours: 3
Special topics focusing on a particular concept, period, artist or school. Areas of focus might include: Modern Art & Urban Experience; Identity & the 1980’s; Art of the United States.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 9 hours.
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ARTH 3250 - Special Topics in Art History - Travel Course Hours: 3
Travel off campus to study art, architectures, and the cultural heritage of different cultures. Following a period of study at Otterbein’s campus, travel to a national or international location to deepen knowledge by studying the region’s and culture’s art and architecture in person. No previous knowledge of art or art history is needed to take this course. Locations for travel may vary by year and course section; possible travel destinations include Spain, Italy, or Thailand, amongst others. Length of travel may vary, but will in general be short-term travel for 10-14 days.
Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 9 hours. This course has an additional fee.
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ARTH 3300 - Gender and Sexuality in Art History Hours: 3
The history of European and American art is replete with images of the human body: sacred bodies and sexy bodies, old and young, ailing and athletic. This course examines how these images of the body reflect, reinforce, and shape constructions of gender and sexual identity. By taking a historical approach, we can examine how notions of masculine and feminine, queer and straight identities change and differ across time and place in order to understand that contemporary identities or categories are themselves constructed and not fixed. By focusing on representations of the body, we will be able to examine the gendered nature of representation itself and thereby gaining greater insight into the powerful role of images in shaping our understanding of gender and sexuality.
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ARTH 3400 - Art in America - Writing Intensive Hours: 3
The role and function of the visual arts in Central and North America. By taking a historical approach and studying this topic from the fifteenth through the mid twentieth centuries we will gain greater understanding of changing concerns and values in American society as conveyed through images, objects, monuments, and structures. Consideration of the nature of American experience as rooted in cross-cultural exchanges while also studying the presence of the past in our communities.
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ARTH 3500 - Women as Artists and Subjects in the Visual Arts Hours: 3
“Do Women Have to be Naked to get into the Met Museum?” The feminist performance group, Guerrilla Girls, posed this question in 1981 while noting that less than 5% of the artists in the Modern Art sections of the museum were women, while 85% of the nudes were female. Women have been making art for millennia, yet as noted by the Guerrilla Girls’ query, their contributions to cultural and intellectual traditions have been often overlooked by mainstream artworld institutions. An examination of the dilemmas and contributions of women working in the practice, theory and criticism of the visual arts.
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ARTH 3900 - Independent Study Hours: 1-4
Independent study in art history. A proposal describing the specific project must be submitted and approved by the instructor prior to registration
Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 3 hours.
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ARTH 4900 - Internship Hours: 1-12
Internships are available upon submission of documents described on the internship website of the Student Success and Career Development Office. They are arranged individually usually with local organizations, agencies or companies.
Prerequisites: Instructor and department chairperson permission required.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 12 hours. Graded Pass/Fail.
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ASC 0150 - Writing Workshop Hours: 1
Provides a scaffold for the assignments required in INST 1502.
Corequisites: INST 1502.
Notes: By placement only.
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ASC 1100 - Learning Strategies for College Success Hours: 2
Designed to help students develop effective learning and study strategies. Emphasizes critical reading strategies, study techniques, and time management.
Prerequisites: By placement or instructor permission.
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ASC 1150 - Argumentative Writing Hours: 3
Focus on argumentative writing in timed or demand writing situations. Writing workshops refine strategies in critical thinking, text analysis, composing, and revising. Students apply these skills in a service-learning component in which they work with younger writers.
Prerequisites: By placement only.
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ASCI 2000 - Introduction to Data Science with R Hours: 3
An introduction to essential elements of data science and analytics: data collection and management, summarizing and visualizing data, utilizing basic ideas of statistical inference, and machine learning. Hands-on experience using the R programming language.
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ASCI 3800 - Financial Mathematics Hours: 3
Introduction to the fundamental concepts of financial mathematics. Major topics include the measurement of interest, various annuities, loan repayment amortization schedules, bones, yield rates, duration, asset/liability management, and interest rate swaps.
FA Sem.
Prerequisites: MATH 1800.
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ASCI 3900 - Independent Study Hours: 1-3
Opportunity for work in topics of special interest.
FA, SP Sems.
Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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ASCI 4610 - Exam Preparation: Probability Hours: 2
Preparation for taking the Probability professional actuarial examination administrated by the Society of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuarial Society.
FA Sem.
Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
Notes: This course may be repeated.
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ASCI 4620 - Exam Preparation: Financial Mathematics Hours: 2
Preparation for taking the Financial Mathematics professional actuarial examination administrated by the Society of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuarial Society.
SP Sem.
Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
Notes: This course may be repeated.
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ASCI 4630 - Exam Preparation: Financial Economics Hours: 2
Preparation for taking the Actuarial Models: Financial Economics professional actuarial examination administrated by the Society of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuarial Society.
Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
Notes: This course may be repeated.
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ASCI 4640 - Exam Preparation: Life Contingencies Hours: 2
Preparation for taking the Actuarial Models: Life Contingencies professional actuarial examination administrated by the Society of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuarial Society.
Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
Notes: This course may be repeated.
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ASCI 4650 - Exam Preparation: Statistics and Probabilistic Models Hours: 2
Preparation for taking the Statistics and Probabilistic Models professional actuarial examination administrated by the Casualty Actuarial Society.
Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
Notes: This course may be repeated.
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ASCI 4660 - Exam Preparation: Construction and Evaluation of Actuarial Models Hours: 2
Preparation for taking the Construction and Evaluation of Actuarial Models professional actuarial examination administered by the Society of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuarial Society.
Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
Notes: This course can be repeated.
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ASCI 4900 - Internship Hours: 1-12
Internships are available to majors upon submission of a written proposal as described in the internship packet. They are arranged individually usually with local organizations, agencies or companies.
FA, SP Sems.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department chairperson required.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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ASCI 5000 - Models for Financial Economics Hours: 3
Introduction to financial economics. Major topics include derivatives markets and financial derivatives, valuation of derivative securities, and applications in financial risk management.
SP Sem, every other year, odd years.
Prerequisites: ASCI 3800.
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ASCI 5100 - Actuarial Models I Hours: 3
Introduction to the theoretical basis of actuarial models and application of those models to insurance and other financial risk. Major topics include survival models, life tables, life insurance models, life annuity models, and benefit premiums.
FA Sem, every other year, even years.
Prerequisites: MATH 3300.
Prerequisites or Corequisites: ASCI 3800.
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ASCI 5200 - Actuarial Models II Hours: 3
Continuation of Actuarial Models I. Major topics include benefit reserves, multiple-life models, multiple-decrement models, and multiple state models.
SP Sem, every other year, odd years.
Prerequisites: ASCI 5100.
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ASCI 5300 - Loss Models Hours: 3
Introduction to the construction and evaluation of actuarial models. Major topics include survival, severity, frequency and aggregate models, and use of statistical methods to estimate parameters of such models given sample date.
SP Sem, every other year, even years.
Prerequisites: MATH 3350.
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ASCI 5400 - Predictive Analytics Hours: 3
Introduction to the analysis of data to discover useful information and predict future events. Topics include techniques from statistics, data mining, and machine learning, and use of software packages such as R and MySQL.
FA Sem, every other year, odd years.
Prerequisites: MATH 3300 and COMP 1100, or instructor permission.
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ASL 1000 - Elementary ASL I Hours: 3
Introduction to American Sign Language and Deaf cultures for students with little or no knowledge of the language. Through partner and group work, readings, films, internet exploration, DVD exercises, and brief writing assignments, students will develop and practice the four skills visual production, visual comprehension, literacy production, and literacy comprehension and will be introduced to Deaf culture in ASL-using communities.
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ASL 1100 - Elementary ASL II Hours: 3
Second semester of an introduction to American Sign Language and Deaf cultures. Students will continue to learn the foundations of ASL, with the goal of achieving an intermediate level of proficiency. Continues to engage students with partner and group work, readings, films, internet exploration, online exercises and modules, and brief writing assignments to deepen competency with reading, writing, speaking, and listening as well as to increase knowledge of Deaf culture, history, and politics.
Prerequisites: ASL 1000.
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ASL 2000 - Intermediate ASL Hours: 3
Continued study of the foundations of ASL, with the goal of achieving a more advanced level of intermediate proficiency. Engages students with partner and group work, readings, films, internet exploration, online exercises and modules, and short writing assignments to deepen competency with reading, writing, production, and listening as well as to increase knowledge of Deaf culture, history, and politics.
Prerequisites: ASL 1100.
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ASL 3900 - Independent Study Hours: 1-3
Provides an opportunity to engage in independent study in an area not otherwise available.
Prerequisites: Instructor permission.
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ATHT 1000 - Introduction to Allied Health Professions Hours: 3
Introduction to the professional fields that fall under the allied health umbrella. Examples include but are not limited to: physical therapy, athletic training, physician assisting, and occupational therapy. This course exposes students interested in a career in healthcare to issues and conditions that are representative of health care in the 21st century. Course topics will include lecture and laboratory for therapeutic exercise and therapeutic modalities, gait training, and evidencebased practice. Professionalism will not only be introduced but also expanded on as students meet clinicians in the allied health field through observations and guest speakers. Students will be required to complete out of class hours for service learning and professional observations.
FA Sem.
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ATHT 1600 - Basic Athletic Training Hours: 3
Specific injuries and conditions associated with athletic injuries, as well as exploring many aspects of the profession of Athletic Training.
SP Sem.
Prerequisites: Open to Athletic Training majors only.
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ATHT 2600 - Advanced Athletic Training Lower Extremity Hours: 3
Mechanisms and pathologies of common injuries and conditions to the entire lower extremity including the low back and thorax areas. Evaluation, injury assessment and management techniques of common injuries to the lower extremity. Clinical skills associated with the didactic learning that is being taught in the classroom.
FA Sem.
Prerequisites: ATHT 1000, 1600; BIO 1810 and 1820, or EXSC 1111 and 1112; open to Athletic Training majors only. Corequisites: ATHT 3500.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ATHT 2650 - Advanced Athletic Training Upper Extremity Hours: 3
Common mechanisms and pathologies of injuries and conditions to the upper extremity including the head and neck areas. Evaluation, injury assessment and management techniques of common injuries to the upper extremity will be an integral part of course content. Clinical skills associated with the didactic learning that is being taught in the classroom.
SP Sem.
Prerequisites: ATHT 2600 and open to Athletic Training majors only. Corequisites: ATHT 3500.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ATHT 3300 - Psychosocial Intervention Techniques for Athletic Trainers Hours: 3
Critical thinking of the practices involved in athletic training, including the ability to integrate knowledge, skill and behavior, and to assume professional responsibility to recognize, intervene, and refer (when appropriate) patients exhibiting socio-cultural, mental, emotional, and psychological behavioral problems/issues. How to deal with the emotional side of athletic injuries, pain, and trauma, understanding motivational techniques needed to facilitate the injury repair process, understanding the basic principles of counseling and various strategies that athletic trainers may employ to avoid and resolve conflicts, and identifying clinical signs related to several psychological and emotional disorders, specifically related to athletic population.
Sp Sem, every other year, odd years.
Prerequisites: Open to Athletic Training majors only.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ATHT 3400 - Kinesiology Hours: 4
Study of muscles, bones, and joints as they are involved in the science of movement as it pertains to the development of knowledge, physical skills, and attitudes toward the athlete and the sport or physical activity.
FA Sem.
Prerequisites: ATHT 2600, EXSC 1111, and open to Athletic Training majors only.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ATHT 3500 - Clinical Proficiencies Hours: 3
Evidence-based class designed to enhance and refine the appropriate level of clinical skills required of the athletic training major. Knowledge and skill application will be focused on injury evaluation processes as well as on adding to the experiences received in prior clinical proficiency courses. How to apply therapeutic modalities along with application of specific rehabilitation, exercise physiology concepts and general medical technique skills to heal the injured areas. Meetings once per week with an Approved Clinical Instructor (ACI) to review and talk about experience and discuss required clinical proficiencies as they pertain to the injury evaluation and treatment process.
FA, SP Sems.
Prerequisites: ATHT 1000, 1600, EXSC 1111 and 1112, and formal acceptance into the Athletic Training Program.
Notes: Repeatable a maximum of six times. This course has an additional fee.
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ATHT 3800 - Organization and Management in Health and Sport Sciences Hours: 3
The nature, culture, and mechanisms of individuals and organizations in the leadership and management of non-profit, educational, and athletic training programs. Personal leadership styles as well as organizational leadership models will be discovered and discussed. This course will promote the understanding of self and our place in the larger community. In each professional field, the ideas of ethical responsibilities, leadership development, personal development, financial responsibility, relationship building, and staff development will be addressed
SP Sem.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ATHT 3900 - Independent Study Hours: 1-5
Exploration of a variety of specific topics in the field of Athletic Training. Students will develop a course topic and course of study with the respective Instructor.
Notes: This course is repeatable.
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ATHT 4100 - Professional Development in Allied Health Professions - Writing Intensive Hours: 3
An examination of three distinct modules: 1) focus on professional development and readiness for the students’ next steps after undergraduate school, 2) conduct an ethical analysis and develop understanding of personal and professional ethics for allied healthcare professions, and 3) completion of the research design process that began in either EXSC 2000 and 3000, or ATHT 4700. Projects will be completed along with an oral presentation for the project. Particular attention will be paid to the discipline specific writing that needs to take place in the student’s respective professional field.
FA Sem.
Prerequisites or Corequisites: MATH 1240 and senior standing in the program.
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ATHT 4200 - Contemporary Topics in Allied Health Hours: 2
An opportunity to discuss and research current issues in the field of athletic training and allied health professions. The culminating senior year experience for all athletic training majors. Provides practical application of theoretical knowledge gained in the classroom by bringing all senior majors of allied health professions together to research, discuss, construct and formalize the individual philosophies that are being developed. Centered on an interdisciplinary approach to providing healthcare in the 21st century.
FA Sem.
Prerequisites: Senior standing, open only to majors.
Notes: This course has an additional fee.
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ATHT 4600 - Therapeutic Interventions I and Lab Hours: 4
A study of the physiological basis for application of modalities and basic therapeutic exercise in the treatment of (common) athletic injuries. Principles of heat transfer, cryotherapy and hydrotherapy, range of motion, manual therapy, proprioception, muscle strength and endurance will be covered. Clinical skills associated with the didactic learning taught in the classroom portion.
SP Sem.
Prerequisites: ATHT 2600 open to Athletic Training majors only. Corequisites: ATHT 2650 and 3500, or instructor permission.
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ATHT 4700 - Therapeutic Interventions II and Lab - Writing Intensive Hours: 4
A study of the physiological basis for application of modalities and basic therapeutic exercise in the treatment of (common) athletic injuries. Principles and application techniques of the therapeutic modalities including electrotherapy, ultrasound, laser and diathermy will be studied and applied within the context of treatment strategies. In addition theory and application of the concepts related to range of motion, manual therapy, proprioception, muscle strength and endurance will be presented and studied within the context of treatment strategies and planning for individual body segments. Clinical skills associated with the didactic learning taught in the classroom portion. Process of evidence based medicine to the level of developing a clinically relevant question and appraising the literature. Includes a writing intensive project that helps students to prepare for their capstone research project.
SP Sem.
Prerequisites: ATHT 4600 and open to Athletic Training majors only. Corequisites: ATHT 3500, or instructor permission.
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ATHT 4800 - General Medical and Pharmacological Conditions Hours: 3
General medical conditions that may be seen in the physically active population, specifically those conditions which may become exacerbated with physical activity. Common illnesses and diseases of all the bodies system are explored, along with an understanding of their history, signs, symptoms and general treatment protocols. The roles of medical and allied health personnel in the referral, management, and treatment of athletes and others involved in physical activity suffering from general medical conditions will also be examined. Explores the basic pharmacological aspects of athletic training including common indication, contraindications, side effects, etc, of the main prescription drugs used in to treat common illnesses and injuries.
FA Sem, every other year, odd years.
Prerequisites: Senior standing in the Athletic Training Education Program, or instructor permission. Corequisites: ATHT 3500.
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ATHT 4900 - Internship Hours: 1-12
Internships are available to majors upon submission of documents described on the internship website of the Student Success and Career Development (SSCD). Arranged individually, usually with local organizations, agencies or companies.
FA, SP, SU Sems.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department chairperson required.
Notes: Repeatable to a maximum of 16 hrs.
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BIA 2200 - Data Visualization and Reporting Hours: 3
Introduces how to report complex quantitative data and business information to a wide range of audiences from different business disciplines. Covers contemporary visual reporting and analysis techniques. Practical techniques and tools used to develop data visualizations in the form of charts, maps, and other graphical representations such as infographics, enabling audiences to discover key trends, insights and discoveries from the data, and enabling business users to better understand data and use it to achieve tactical and strategic objectives. Course topics include: concepts and design for dashboards; internet-based reporting; visual presentation; academic research reporting.
FA, SP Sems.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or higher.
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BIA 3000 - Database and Networking Design Hours: 3
Introduces how databases and networking are designed, constructed and managed, with the exposure of the process of how business data analysts store, update, manage and retrieve the information. Basic data modeling concepts, implementing business intelligence to expand knowledge of database concepts to objectoriented data modeling techniques. Topics include: Database concepts; data modeling; SQL; data resource management; client/server databases; data security; implementation using commercial DBMS products in a variety of application and operating system environments.
SP Sem.
Prerequisites: COMP 1100, 1600, and MATH 1240.
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