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2016-2017 Undergraduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy)
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2016-2017 Undergraduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy) 
    
 
  Apr 23, 2024
 
2016-2017 Undergraduate Studies Bulletin (Archived Copy) [Archived Catalog]

Course Descriptions


 
  
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    ACCT 222 - Introduction to Accounting

    Credits: 3

    Survey of accounting topics related to business decisions including financial reporting, managerial accounting, and other selected topics.

    Prerequisites: MATH 122 or equivalent or sophomore standing

    Note: (Not open to business majors.)

  
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    ACCT 225 - Introduction to Financial Accounting

    Credits: 3

    User-oriented approach to the study of financial accounting and reporting topics related to business decisions.

  
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    ACCT 225D - Introduction to Financial Accounting

    Credits: 3

    The study of financial accounting and reporting topics related to business decisions.

    Note: ACCT 225D is a version of ACCT 225 for degree fulfillment purposes.

  
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    ACCT 226 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting

    Credits: 3

    User-oriented approach to the study of managerial accounting topics related to business decisions.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 225

  
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    ACCT 324 - Survey of Commercial Law

    Credits: 3

    Basic legal concepts and the judicial system, with emphasis on business law.

  
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    ACCT 335 - Survey of Federal Taxation

    Credits: 3

    Federal tax law and preparation of individual income tax returns.

    Note: Not allowed as an upper-division elective by accounting majors and not open for students who received credit for ACCT 403

  
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    ACCT 401 - Financial Accounting I

    Credits: 3

    Accounting theory and practice as it relates to preparation of financial statements.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 226 and satisfactory performance on the department’s Accounting Readiness Examination.

  
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    ACCT 402 - Cost/Managerial Accounting

    Credits: 3

    Internal managerial and cost accounting, including budgeting, cost determination, and analysis.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 226

  
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    ACCT 403 - Tax I

    Credits: 3

    Overview of individual, corporate, and partnership taxation. Emphasis is on sole proprietorships. TEST

    Prerequisites: ACCT 401

  
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    ACCT 404 - Accounting Information Systems I

    Credits: 3

    Accounting systems for business decision-making and effective control of the business enterprise.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 401

  
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    ACCT 405 - Financial Accounting II

    Credits: 3

    Additional accounting theory and practice as it relates to preparation of financial statements.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 401

  
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    ACCT 406 - Auditing I

    Credits: 3

    Principles of auditing necessary to evaluate the integrity of accounting systems and financial reporting.

    Corequisite: Prereq or coreq: ACCT 405

    Prerequisites: ACCT 404 Prereq or coreq: ACCT 405

  
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    ACCT 470 - Financial Statement Analysis

    Credits: 3

    This course focuses on the analysis of financial statements for profitability and risk assessment and for firm and segment valuation.

    Cross-listed Course: FINA 470

    Prerequisites: ACCT 225/226 and FINA 363

    Note: Restricted to finance majors.

  
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    ACCT 501 - Financial Accounting III

    Credits: 3

    Advanced topics in accounting theory and practice as it relates to preparation of financial statements.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 405 or consent of instructor

  
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    ACCT 502 - Advanced Cost/Managerial Accounting

    Credits: 3

    Advanced topics in the use of accounting information for managerial decisions.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 402

  
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    ACCT 503 - Tax II

    Credits: 3

    Advanced tax topics. Emphasis is on the taxation of partnerships and corporations.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 403 or consent of instructor

  
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    ACCT 504 - Legal Issues for Accountants and Managers

    Credits: 3

    The study of legal issues affecting accountants and managers.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 324 or permission of department

  
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    ACCT 505 - Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting

    Credits: 3

    Accounting principles and procedures for local, state, and federal governmental units and for private nonprofit organizations.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 405 or consent of instructor

  
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    ACCT 506 - International Financial Reporting

    Credits: 3

    Study of the principles and application of international financial reporting standards.

    Prerequisites: ACCT 405

    Note: Restricted to: Accounting Majors
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    ACCT 590 - Special Topics in Accounting

    Credits: 3

    Analysis of current topics, issues and practices in various areas of accounting. May be repeated as content varies by suffix and title.

  
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    AERO 101 - The Foundation of the U.S. Air Force I

    Credits: 1

    Survey course introducing students to the U.S. Air Force and AFROTC. Topics include mission and organization of the Air Force, officership, professionalism, military customs and courtesies, and officer career opportunities.

  
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    AERO 101L - Initial Military Training Cadet Leadership Laboratory I

    Credits: 0

    Provides cadets the basic skills/knowledge to be functional members of the cadet corps, and activities to build camaraderie and esprit-de-corps. Includes mandatory physical fitness program.

    Note: Graded Pass/Fail.

  
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    AERO 102 - The Foundation of the U.S. Air Force II

    Credits: 1

    Continuation of AERO 101. Additional topics include Air Force core values, leadership principles, group leadership dynamics, and an introduction to verbal and written communications skills.

  
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    AERO 102L - Initial Military Training Cadet Leadership Laboratory II

    Credits: 0

    Continuation of AERO 101L. Exposure to additional information on an Air Force career. Scenarios and problems teach followership and leadership skills. Includes mandatory physical fitness program.

    Prerequisites: Graded Pass/Fail

  
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    AERO 201 - The Evolution of the U.S. Air Force I

    Credits: 1

    Examines USAF air and space power from a historical perspective. Covers the earliest aircraft, both World Wars, the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, air and space employment during the Cold War.

  
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    AERO 201L - Field Training Preparation Cadet Leadership Laboratory I

    Credits: 0

    Preparation of students for summer training at an Air Force base; teaching drill and other leadership experiences. Includes mandatory physical fitness program.

    Note: Graded Pass/Fail

  
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    AERO 202 - The Evolution of the U.S. Air Force II

    Credits: 1

    Continuation of AERO 201. This course continues to explore Air Force history, beginning with the Vietnam era and culminating with the application of air and space power in recent conflicts.

  
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    AERO 202L - Initial Field Training Preparation Cadet Leadership Laboratory II

    Credits: No credit

    Continuation of AERO 201L. Focuses on AFROTC Honor Code, Field Training Manual/procedures, and expeditionary skills required at field training. Includes mandatory physical fitness program.

    Note: Graded Pass/Fail

  
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    AERO 301 - Air Force Leadership Studies I

    Credits: 4

    Study of leadership, management fundamentals, the profession of arms, personnel evaluation systems, ethics, motivation, team building, change management, and communication skills. Analyses of leadership and management case studies.

    Corequisite: AERO 301L

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AERO 301L - Intermediate Cadet Leader Leadership Laboratory I

    Credits: 0

    Provides cadets opportunities to develop leadership and followership skills, as well as sharpen their planning, organization, and communication ability. Includes mandatory physical fitness program.

    Corequisite: AERO 301

    Note: Graded Pass/Fail.

  
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    AERO 302 - Air Force Leadership Studies II

    Credits: 4

    Continuation of AERO 301. Topics include developing subordinates, conflict management, counseling, influence, authority and responsibility, accountability, and moral leadership. Includes case studies on effective supervision and accountability.

    Corequisite: FAERO 302L

    Prerequisites: AERO 301

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AERO 302L - Intermediate Cadet Leader Leadership Laboratory II

    Credits: 0

    Continuation of AERO 301L. Allows intermediate cadet leaders to further develop leadership and management skills essential in Air Force officers. Includes mandatory physical fitness program.

    Corequisite: AERO 302

    Prerequisites: AERO 301L

    Note: Graded Pass/Fail.

  
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    AERO 401 - National Security Affairs

    Credits: 4

    Study of U. S. Constitution, the Armed Forces, civilian control of the military, elements of national security, USAF doctrine, Total Force, the Joint environment, terrorism, and regional and cultural studies.

    Corequisite: AERO 401L

    Prerequisites: AERO 302

  
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    AERO 401L - Senior Cadet Leader Leadership Laboratory I

    Credits: 0

    Provides senior cadet leaders opportunities to develop leadership and supervisory skills, and to effectively manage resources toward mission accomplishment. Includes mandatory physical fitness program.

    Corequisite: AERO 401

    Prerequisites: AERO 302L

    Note: Graded Pass/Fail.

  
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    AERO 402 - Preparation for Active Duty.

    Credits: 4

    Continuation of AERO 401. Topics include additional regional studies, military justice, personnel feedback, evaluation and promotion systems, the military profession, current issues affecting the military, and preparation for active duty.

    Corequisite: FAERO 402L

    Prerequisites: AERO 401

  
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    AERO 402L - Senior Cadet Leader Leadership Laboratory II

    Credits: 0

    Continuation of AERO 401L. Allows senior cadet leaders advanced opportunities to hone their leadership in preparation for entering active duty. Includes mandatory physical fitness program.

    Corequisite: AERO 402

    Prerequisites: AERO 401L

    Note: Graded Pass/Fail.

  
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    AERO 499L - Extended Cadet Leader Leadership Laboratory

    Credits: 0

    Provides extended cadet leaders opportunities to continue developing leadership, managerial, and communication skills, and to mentor junior cadet corps members. Includes mandatory physical fitness program.

    Prerequisites: 402L

    Note: Graded Pass/Fail.

  
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    AFAM 201 - Introduction to African American Studies: Social and Historical Foundations

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to the key debates, figures, and concepts that are fundamental to the interdisciplinary study of the historical, political, and social development of black life in America.

    Note: Carolina Core: GSS
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 202 - Introduction to African-American Studies: Arts and Cultural Foundations

    Credits: 3

    Introduction to the key debates, figures, and concepts that are fundamental to the interdisciplinary study of the artistic, literary, and cultural development of black life in America.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 207 - Introduction to African American Religions

    Credits: 3

    The variety of religious traditions of African Americans, with emphasis on the contexts in which they developed.

    Cross-listed Course: RELG 207

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 303 - African-American Cultures

    Credits: 3

    An examination of African-American cultures in the New World.

    Cross-listed Course: ANTH 303

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 308 - African-American Feminist Theory

    Credits: 3

    An interdisciplinary survey of the contributions of African-American women to feminist theory.

    Cross-listed Course: WGST 308

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 330 - Psychology and the African American Experience

    Credits: 3

    Psychological theory and research as it applies to African Americans. Explores Africentric and other perspectives and roles of culture, racism, and historical phenomena.

    Cross-listed Course: PSYC 330

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 331 - Black Experience in the United States to 1865

    Credits: 3

    The social, cultural, economic, and political life of black people in the United States to 1865.

    Cross-listed Course: HIST 211

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 332 - Black Experience in the United States since 1865

    Credits: 3

    The social, cultural, economic, and political life of black people in the United States since 1865. Effective Fall 2011

    Cross-listed Course: HIST 212

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 335 - The American Civil Rights Movement

    Credits: 3

    Examination of the origins of Jim Crow and the multi-faceted struggle against it, and other forms of racial inequality, in the American South and the rest of the US since the early 20th century.

    Cross-listed Course: HIST 455

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 343 - Religions of the African Diaspora

    Credits: 3

    Explore development/theologies of African/African Diaspora religions; examine misunderstandings; arrive at a more sophisticated and nuanced vision of these religions and the people who hold them.

    Cross-listed Course: RELG 343

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 350 - Antiracist Education

    Credits: 3

    Basic concepts, issues, and practices of antiracist education. Topics include individual and institutional racism, overt and covert racism, curriculum, textbooks, power relationships, teacher-student relationships, and privacy.

    Cross-listed Course: EDFI 350

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 353 - Introduction to U.S. Racial and Ethnic Politics

    Credits: 3

    Survey of theories of the impact of race, ethnicity, and racism on American politics, and analysis of major policies and racial group experience regarding American citizenship.

    Cross-listed Course: POLI 353

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 355 - Race and Ethnic Relations

    Credits: 3

    Theoretical and empirical approaches related to race/ethnicity and the current state of race relations in American, with some attention to global issues.

    Cross-listed Course: SOCY 355

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 364 - African-American Politics

    Credits: 3

    African-American politics from the colonial period to the present. Emphasis on voting rights and strategies to advance black representation.

    Corequisite: POLI 364

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 365 - Medical Experimentation and the Black Body

    Credits: 3

    A cross-disciplinary study of how the bodies of Africans and African-Americans were used in medical experimentation, starting in the late 18th century and continuing to the present.

    Cross-listed Course: ANTH 365

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 366 - Medicine, Disease, and Slavery

    Credits: 3

    An interdisciplinary study of the health of enslaved African Americans during the nineteenth century by focusing on the conceptions, experiences, and dynamics of the relationship between slaves, medicine, healing, and their masters in the Antebellum American South.

    Cross-listed Course: ANTH 366

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 380 - Cultural History of Hip Hop Music

    Credits: 3

    Roots of rap/hip hop music from African bardic tradition to African American vernacular traditions and development as a musical genre; rap’s musical and verbal traits and political ideologies; hip hop’s influence on mainstream American society and global youth.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 393 - Race and Science Fiction

    Credits: 3

    Draws on science fiction to understand the contemporary history of American racial and ethnic politics and to speculate about the significance of race in America’s political future.

    Cross-listed Course: POLI 393

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 397 - Special Topics in African American Society and History

    Credits: 3

    Reading and research on selected social and historical topics in African American studies. May be repeated as content varies by suffix and title.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 398 - Special Topics in African-American Arts and Cultures

    Credits: 3

    Reading and research on selected arts and cultural topics in African-American studies. Course content varies and will be announced in the schedule of courses by suffix and title.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Research

  
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    AFAM 399 - Independent Study

    Credits: 3-6

    Contract approved by instructor, advisor, and department chair is required for undergraduate students.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Research

  
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    AFAM 402 - African American Political Thought

    Credits: 3

    Survey of many of the major schools of historic and contemporary African American political thought.

    Cross-listed Course: POLI 402

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 428A - African-American Literature I: to 1903

    Credits: 3

    Representative works of African American writers to 1903.

    Cross-listed Course: ENGL 428A

    Prerequisites: All Literature Courses 300 and above require ENGL 101, 102, and one course between ENGL 270-292.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 428B - African American Literature II: 1903-Present

    Credits: 3

    Representative works of African-American writers from 1903 to the present.

    Cross-listed Course: ENGL 428B

    Prerequisites: All Literature Courses 300 and above require ENGL 101, 102, and one course between ENGL 270-292.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 438D - African Literature

    Credits: 3

    Authors and literary forms representative of Africa.

    Cross-listed Course: ENGL 438D

    Prerequisites: All Literature Courses 300 and above require ENGL 101, 102, and one course between ENGL 270-292.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 438E - Carribbean Literature

    Credits: 3

    Authors and literary forms representative of the Caribbean.

    Cross-listed Course: 438E

    Prerequisites: All Literature Courses 300 and above require ENGL 101, 102, and one course between ENGL 270-292.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 442 - African-American English

    Credits: 3

    Linguistic examination of the structure, history, and use of African-American English, as well as literary presentations, language attitudes, and issues relating to education and the acquisition of Standard English.

    Cross-listed Course: ANTH 442, ENGL 457, LING 442

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 476 - Black Activism

    Credits: 3

    Critical review of theories of community organizing, grassroots activism, and social movements, and examination of contemporary forms of black activism.

    Cross-listed Course: POLI 476

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 486 - African American Rhetoric

    Credits: 3

    African-American rhetoric as manifested in speeches, essays, and other rhetorical artifacts.

    Cross-listed Course: ENGL 486 and SPCH 486

    Prerequisites: WGST 111 or 112 or ANTH 102

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 498 - Seminar in African-American Studies

    Credits: 3

    Note: Carolina Core Integrative Course, African American Studies, BA

    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 499 - Seminar in African-American Studies

    Credits: 3

    Note: Carolina Core Integrative Course, African American Studies, BA

    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 515 - Race, Gender, and Graphic Novels

    Credits: 3

    Representations of race and gender in comics with a special emphasis on the experiences of African Americans.

    Cross-listed Course: WGST 515

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 517 - An Anthropological View of Blacks in Film

    Credits: 3

    Cultural representations, constructions, production, and consumption of African-American identity in the popular culture medium of feature films

    Cross-listed Course: ANTH 517

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 565 - African American Theatre

    Credits: 3

    The major movements, figures, plays, and critical strategies that have marked the development of African American theatre in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

    Cross-listed Course: ENGL 565, THEA 565

    Prerequisites: All Literature Courses 300 and above require ENGL 101, 102, and one course between ENGL 270-292.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    AFAM 580 - Culture and Identity in the African Diaspora

    Credits: 3

    Students will explore the African Diaspora as a social, cultural, and historical formation with Africa at its center, focusing on U.S.-, Latin American-, and Caribbean African-descended communities.

    Cross-listed Course: ANTH 580

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 101 - Primates, People, and Prehistory

    Credits: 3

    An exploration of human origins, human evolution, human prehistory, and cultural existence from its less complex forms to early civilizations. An introduction to the concepts, methods, and data of physical, biological, and archaeological anthropology.

    Note: Carolina Core: GSS

  
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    ANTH 102 - Understanding Other Cultures

    Credits: 3

    An exploration and comparison of selected contemporary cultures, including their languages. An introduction to the concepts, methods, and data of socio-cultural anthropology and anthropological linguistics.

    Note: Carolina Core GSS

    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 161 - Human Origins: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology

    Credits: 4

    An introduction to the science of biological anthropology, a subfield of anthropology that emphasizes a focus on humanity and its origin from a biological perspective, employing laboratory components to complement and reinforce lecture materials.

    Note: Carolina Core: SCI

  
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    ANTH 201 - Anthropological Inquiry in Undergraduate Research

    Credits: 3

    Introduces research-based learning in anthropology from a four-field perspective. To encourage self-reflective, professional thinking and provide experience and practice in professional skills and applications in anthropology.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Research

  
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    ANTH 204 - Plagues Past and Present

    Credits: 3

    An overview of how plagues and epidemics have shaped human prehistory and history. How large-scale social transformations have produced forms of human/disease interactions. How infectious disease has been conceptualized at different times and by different cultural groups and treated as a threat to the social order.

    Note: Carolina Core GSS

  
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    ANTH 205 - Panorama of Prehistory

    Credits: 3

    Panoramic survey of world prehistory from the paleolithic to the palaces and pyramids of ancient civilizations

  
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    ANTH 208 - Anthropology of Globalization and Development

    Credits: 3

    Examine cross-cultural definitions and experiences of globalization and development, through topics including colonial legacies of inequality, migration, land use, economic restructuring, media, consumption, tourism, health, and participatory development.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    ANTH 209 - Introduction to Folklore

    Credits: 3

    Folk expression as shaped by various cultures; fieldwork methodology and anthropological theory.

  
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    ANTH 210 - The Human Life Cycle in Different Cultures

    Credits: 3

    Childhood, maturity, old age, and gender socialization within the family.

    Cross-listed Course: WGST 210

    Note: Carolina Core: GSS
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Community Service
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 211 - Learning Across Cultures

    Credits: 3

    Classroom ethnography, bilingualism, cultural minorities, communication across cultural boundaries. Films, videotapes, and fieldwork in classroom settings.

    Note: Carolina Core GSS

    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 212 - Food and Culture

    Credits: 3

    Biological and cultural interactions in the development of human diets.

  
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    ANTH 213 - Ethnobotany: Plants and Peoples

    Credits: 3

    Anthropological overview of past and present uses of plants by people around the world; food, medicine, dyes, smoking, fibers, fuels, construction, beverages, spices.

  
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    ANTH 214 - Drinking in Culture: Anthropology of Alcohol

    Credits: 3

    Cultures of alcohol production and consumption from ancient times to the present, including relationships among social roles of alcohol, technological innovations, agriculture, and economy in an anthropological perspective.

  
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    ANTH 215 - Chinese Popular Culture

    Credits: 3

    An overview of Chinese popular culture with an introduction to broad anthropological frameworks concerning popular culture.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    ANTH 222 - Indigenous Caribbean Archaeology

    Credits: 3

    Historical archaeology and ethnography of the Casimiroid, Ortoiroid, Saladoid, Ostionoid, Taino and Carib indigenous culture of the Caribbean from 4,000 BC to 1524 AD. Emphasis on social complexity, religion, art and political organization to illustrate the diversity and richness of Amerindian Caribbean life until their rapid decline after European contact.

  
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    ANTH 225 - Archaeology in Film and Popular Culture

    Credits: 3

    Archaeological images and ideas in modern popular culture, including film and fiction.

  
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    ANTH 226 - Biblical Archaeology

    Credits: 3

    The fundamental elements of human culture as it relates to biblical archaeology. The defining characteristics of different kinds of society through interdependency of language and culture. The affects of modern world interests in defining / redefining this area.

    Cross-listed Course: RELG 208

  
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    ANTH 227 - Forbidden Archaeology: Fantasies, Frauds, and Mysteries of the Human Past

    Credits: 3

    History and basis of several popular “fringe” ideas about the human past that utilize archaeological information: giants, Ice Age civilizations, and pre-Columbian transoceanic contact.

  
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    ANTH 229 - Southeastern Archaeology

    Credits: 3

    Major cultural milestones and lifeways experienced by Indians in the archeological record of the southeastern U.S., including colonization, religion, trade, invention of pottery, and place-making.

  
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    ANTH 271 - Language and Popular Culture

    Credits: 3

    Linguistic anthropologal study of forms of language through the lens of popular culture. Explore the ethnography of communication through play and performance, discursive and semiotic practices, and varieties of language invoked in popular cultural forms that provide resources for cultural reproduction and contestation.

    Cross-listed Course: LING 241

  
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    ANTH 291 - Selected Topics in Anthropology

    Credits: 1-3

    Topics of special interest. May be taken more than once as topics change.

  
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    ANTH 300 - Comparing Cultures Through Film

    Credits: 3

    Human behavior in differing cultural contexts through ethnographic films of social relations in selected societies.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning

  
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    ANTH 301 - Latin American Cultures

    Credits: 3

    Comparative study of selected Latin American cultures with emphasis on their significance for a broader anthropological theory.

    Cross-listed Course: LASP 311

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 302 - Multicultural Perspectives of American Society

    Credits: 3

    Application of techniques and insights of social and cultural anthropology to selected cultural settings in contemporary USA.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy

  
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    ANTH 303 - African-American Cultures

    Credits: 3

    An examination of African-American cultures in the New World.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Diversity and Social Advocacy
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 304 - Contemporary Cultures of South Carolina

    Credits: 3

    Application of the methods & techniques of socio-cultural anthropology to the contemporary cultures of SC. Examination of contrasts such as low country and up country, black and white, and rich and poor as they are manifested in cultural patterns.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 305 - South American Indian Cultures

    Credits: 3

    An examination of ethnographic data on South American Indians, emphasizing methods used to acquire those data and their applications to theoretical considerations.

    Cross-listed Course: LASP 315

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

  
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    ANTH 307 - Cultures of Africa

    Credits: 3

    A comparative study of ethnographic data on African cultures with emphasis upon its significance for broader anthropological theory.

    Note: Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Global Learning
    Graduation with Leadership Distinction: Professional and Civic Engagement

 

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