May 21, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 

Accounting

  
  • ACCT 166 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • ACCT 200 - Survey of Accounting (4cr.)

    Credit(s): 4
    SURVEY OF ACCOUNTING
    Component: Lecture
    Survey of financial and managerial accounting concepts for the non-business major. Students learn about financial statements for merchandising, manufacturing, and service companies. Topics include: accounting cycle, budgeting, standard costing, contribution margins, cost-volume-profit analysis, and decision making.
    Allowed Units: 4 Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: No credit granted for majors within the accounting or business degree programs.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

  
  • ACCT 207 - Accounting I (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ACCOUNTING I
    Component: Lecture
    An introduction to financial accounting. Topics: the accounting cycle, merchandise accounting, accounting procedures for cash, receivables, payables, inventories, plant and equipment, stocks and bonds.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Not open to freshmen.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

  
  • ACCT 208 - Accounting II (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ACCOUNTING II
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to managerial accounting. Topics: manufacturing accounting, cost-volume-profit analysis, job-order accounting, budgeting, standard costs and variance analysis, contribution approach to decision analysis, absorption and variable costing.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ACCT 207 . RESTRICTIONS: Not open to freshmen. Requires a grade of C or better in ACCT 207 .
    Course Typically Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer

  
  • ACCT 266 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • ACCT 267 - SEMINAR (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • ACCT 302 - Accounting Information Systems (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS
    Component: Lecture
    Accounting information and its place within an organization’s overall management information system. Emphasis on information and document flow, internal control, data organization, and analysis, design, development, and audit of computer-based accounting systems. Includes some computer work.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ACCT 208 , MISY 160  or CISC 101 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires sophomore status.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • ACCT 305 - Information Security and Risk Management (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INFORMTN SECURITY & RISK MGMT
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to the management of information security and risk at both the personal and enterprise levels. Topics include viruses, hacking, cyber warfare, mobile security, social networking, denial-of-service, cloud computing, and risk assessment.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with MISY 305 . PREREQ: MISY 160 . RESTRICTIONS: Not open to freshmen.
  
  • ACCT 313 - Taxation for Business and Investment Planning (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    TAX FOR BUSINESS INVESTMT PLAN
    Component: Lecture
    Explores taxable entities, tax aspects of selecting a business form, incomeconcepts, business deductions, tax factors in the acquisition, use, anddisposition of fixed assets, nontaxable transactions, capital gains andlosses, and tax planning.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ACCT200 or ACCT207. RESTRICTIONS: Not open to accounting majors.
  
  • ACCT 315 - Intermediate Accounting I (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING I
    Component: Lecture
    In-depth coverage of financial accounting. Topics include: environment and conceptual framework of financial accounting; review of the accounting process; preparation of financial statements; recognition and measurement of current assets, property, plant and equipment and current liabilities.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ACCT 207 ACCT 208 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires sophomore status.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall, Winter and Spring

  
  • ACCT 316 - Intermediate Accounting II (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INTERMEDIATE ACCOUNTING II
    Component: Lecture
    Continuation of ACCT 315 . Topics include: recognition and measurement of investments, long-term liabilities and stockholders’ equity; dilutive securities and earning per share calculations; revenue recognition; accounting for income taxes, pensions and leases; accounting changes and error analysis; financial reporting and changing prices; preparation of the statement of cash flows; and disclosure requirements in financial reporting.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ACCT 315 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires junior status and a grade of C- or better in ACCT 315 .
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • ACCT 327 - Cost Accounting (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    COST ACCOUNTING
    Component: Lecture
    Process, job order and standard costing; variable and absorption costing; budgeting, decentralization, and transfer pricing; and cost analysis for managerial applications.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ACCT 208 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires sophomore status.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • ACCT 350 - Business Law I (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    BUSINESS LAW I
    Component: Lecture
    Formation, use and performance of contracts, including both Common Law and the Uniform Commercial Code (Article 2, Sales). Other topics covered include product liability, negotiable instruments and accountants’ legal liability.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires junior status.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • ACCT 351 - Business Law II (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    BUSINESS LAW II
    Component: Lecture
    Covers variety of areas of law, including agency, partnerships, corporations, unfair competition, debtor-creditor relationships, bankruptcy, secured transactions, real and personal property, wills and trusts.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ACCT 350 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires junior status.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • ACCT 352 - Law and Social Issues in Business (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    LAW AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN BUS
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on the legal environment of business, including objectives of the law, sources of the law, regulatory and judicial process, and effect of government and society on the formation and evolution of the law.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Not open to accounting majors. Requires junior status.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • ACCT 363 - Service Learning and Earned Income Tax Credit (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SERVICE LEARNING & EITC
    Component: Independent Study
    Requires 8-12 hours of training in tax preparation for people with incomes low enough to qualify for the EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit). In addition, at least 34 hours of service preparing returns for this type of taxpayer is expected.
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Additional University Requirement(s): Discovery Learning Experience Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • ACCT 364 - Accounting in Practice (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    ACCOUNTING IN PRACTICE
    Component: Independent Study
    Requires at least 120 hours of an accounting-related internship with verification by the hiring company. Term paper relating the real-world duties and experiences of the internship to principles learned in traditional accounting classes also required.
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ACCT 315 , ACCT 327 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
    Additional University Requirement(s): Discovery Learning Experience Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • ACCT 366 - Independent Study (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • ACCT 367 - SEMINAR (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept

  
  • ACCT 395 - Seminar: International Accounting (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    SEM:INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING
    Component: Lecture
    Seminar on selected topics in international accounting. Combines lectures and visits to local organizations.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ACCT 207 . RESTRICTIONS: Taught abroad.
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept

  
  • ACCT 410 - Theory of External Reporting (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    THEORY OF EXTERNAL REPORTING
    Component: Lecture
    Covers the traditional model of accounting for information users external to the firm as well as modern descriptive research. Examines institutional environment and impact of the organization on development of accounting theory and practice.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ACCT 316 . RESTRICTIONS: Accounting junior or senior status.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • ACCT 413 - Income Tax Accounting (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INCOME TAX ACCOUNTING
    Component: Lecture
    Analysis of recent revenue acts; use of federal law and regulations todetermine tax liability.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ACCT 315 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires junior status and a grade of C- or better in ACCT 315 .
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • ACCT 414 - Advanced Federal Taxation (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED FEDERAL TAXATION
    Component: Lecture
    Advanced federal tax concepts including income taxation of corporations, partnerships, estates, and trusts as well as wealth transfer taxes (Estate and Gift Tax).
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ACCT 413 .
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • ACCT 415 - Advanced Accounting (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED ACCOUNTING
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to branch accounting, consolidations, partnerships, fund accounting for state and local governments, and accounting for international transactions. Other relevant topics may also be covered.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ACCT 316 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires senior status and a grade of C minus or better in ACCT 316 .
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • ACCT 417 - Auditing (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    AUDITING
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to standards and procedures underlying contemporaryauditing. Topics include ethics, legal liability, internal control, auditevidence, audit reports, statistical sampling, the audit of computerizedsystems, operational auditing, other engagements and services.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ACCT 316 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires senior status and a grade of C- or better in ACCT 316 .
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • ACCT 418 - Estate Planning (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ESTATE PLANNING
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on the efficient conservation and transfer of wealth. Studies the legal, tax, financial, and non-financial aspects of this financial planning process, covering topics such as trusts, wills, probate, advance directives, gift planning, wealth transfers, and related taxes.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ACCT 350  or ACCT 352.
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • ACCT 425 - Strategic Information Systems and Accounting (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    STRATEGIC INFO SYSTEMS & ACCTG
    Component: Lecture
    Explores the role of accounting and information systems in accomplishing thestrategic goals of the corporation. Students exposed to accountinginformation from large data bases, enterprise-wide computing environments andcases and projects related to strategic problem solving across functionalareas of business.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ACCT 302  and ACCT 316 . RESTRICTIONS: Accounting majors only.
    Capstone: Classroom course Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • ACCT 457 - Legal Issues for Entrepreneurs (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    LEGAL ISSUES FOR ENTREPRENEURS
    Component: Lecture
    Explores important legal issues faced by entrepreneurs as they put their ideas into action. Topics are sequenced to mirror the entrepreneurial process, beginning with pre-startup issues like partnership agreements and intellectual property, continuing to entity formation, governance and ownership issues, and ending with emerging growth and exit transactions.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with ENTR 457 .
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences

  
  • ACCT 466 - Independent Study (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept

  
  • ACCT 467 - SEMINAR (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • ACCT 483 - Introduction to International Accounting (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INTRO INTERNATIONAL ACCT
    Component: Lecture
    Describes the functions of international accounting; foreign currency transactions, financial statement translation, inflation, auditing and taxation. Current issues are covered as appropriate.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: ACCT 207 .
    Course Typically Offered: Spring


Agricultural Education

  
  • AGED 167 - SEMINAR (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • AGED 266 - Special Problem (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Freshman or sophomore classification or approval of instructor.
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept

  
  • AGED 267 - SEMINAR (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • AGED 366 - Independent Study (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept

  
  • AGED 367 - SEMINAR (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept

  
  • AGED 448 - Student Teaching Seminar (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    STUDENT TEACHING SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Provides support to undergraduates during their student teaching experience. Covers various aspects of professional development, portfolio development, and classroom management.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    COREQ: EDUC 400 .
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • AGED 466 - Independent Study (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept

  
  • AGED 467 - SEMINAR (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • AGED 480 - Methods of Teaching Agriculture and Technology Education I (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    METHODS OF TEACHING AGRI ED I
    Component: Lecture
    Teaching methods, treatment of aims, materials, unit organization, evaluation and teaching techniques. Participation in career and technical student organization activities required.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: Students must show evidence of passing Praxis I. RESTRICTIONS: School practicum of 12 hours required.
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • AGED 481 - Methods of Teaching Agriculture and Technology Education II (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    METHODS OF TEACHING AGRI ED II
    Component: Lecture
    Methods of teaching and organization in supervised career and technical programs, applied technical skills and adult education and community activities. Participation in career and technical student organization activities required.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences Course Typically Offered: Spring


Agriculture

  
  • AGRI 100 - Organic and Sustainable Farming (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ORGANIC AND SUST FARMING
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to sustainable food systems for students with little or no background in agricultural sciences. The history, common practices, regulations, economics, nutritional, environmental and sustainability issues surrounding the organic food industry are discussed within the broad context of sustainable food systems. Students will actively participate in growing crops organically and conventionally on the Newark Farm to develop a fuller understanding of challenges and opportunities of organic farming.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    University Breadth: Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology

  
  • AGRI 130 - Understanding Today’s Agriculture (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    UNDERSTANDING TODAYS AGRICULTU
    Component: Lecture
    Broad overview of Delaware agriculture and its associated industries. Topics include agronomic, vegetable, fruit, and livestock production; management of water and other natural resources; agricultural statistics, marketing, and promotion; food safety, supply, and security; state government; the importance and impact of technology (GMOs and precision ag); impact on corporate America and on climate; social media. Classroom blog, guest speakers, workforce preparation, and various field trips allow for interactive and hands-on experiences.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • AGRI 165 - Mastering the Freshman Year (1cr.)

    Credit(s): 1
    MASTERING THE FRESHMAN YEAR
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on academic services, career exploration and preparation, campusresources, and practical skills that are helpful in mastering the freshmanyear.
    Allowed Units: 1 Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    RESTRICTIONS: Limited to Freshmen in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
  
  • AGRI 166 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept

  
  • AGRI 167 - SEMINAR (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • AGRI 224 - One Health: Zoonotic and Emerging Diseases (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ONE HEALTH: ZOONOTIC AND EMERG
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to the concept of One Health, zoonotic and emerging diseases. The integration of human, animal and environmental health and the impact on infectious diseases. The use of antibiotics in animal production and human/animal medicine, and its emerging disease consequences.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: BISC 207   or BISC 205  or ANFS 240  or permission of instructor.
  
  • AGRI 266 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • AGRI 267 - SEMINAR (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • AGRI 366 - INDEPENDENT STUDY (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • AGRI 367 - SEMINAR (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • AGRI 400 - Senior Capstone in Agriculture and Natural Resources (1cr.)

    Credit(s): 1
    SENIOR CAPSTONE IN AG & NR
    Component: Lecture
    Capstone experience for students in the Agriculture and Natural Resources interdisciplinary major. A culminating and integrative experience that examines issues facing the agriculture and natural resource fields.
    Allowed Units: 1 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Capstone: Classroom course

  
  • AGRI 467 - SEMINAR (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option

Air Force Science

  
  • AFSC 110 - Foundations of the United States Air Force I (1cr.)

    Credit(s): 1
    FOUNDATIONS OF THE USAF I
    Component: Lecture
    Survey course which briefly covers topics relating to the Air Force and defense. Focuses on the structure and missions of Air Force organizations, officership and professionalism. Introduction into the use of communication skills.
    Allowed Units: 1 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • AFSC 111 - Foundations of the United States Air Force II (1cr.)

    Credit(s): 1
    FOUNDATIONS OF THE USAF II
    Component: Lecture
    Continuation of AFSC 110 . Survey course which briefly covers topics relating to the Air Force and defense. Focuses on the structure and missions of Air Force organizations, officership and professionalism. Introduction into the use of communication skills.
    Allowed Units: 1 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • AFSC 150 - Initial Military Training I (0cr.)

    Credit(s): 0
    INITIAL MILITARY TRAINING I
    Component: Laboratory
    This course (to be taken in conjunction with AFSC 110  and AFSC 111  respectively) is a weekly laboratory that touches on the topics of Air Force customs and courtesies, health and physical fitness, and drill and ceremonies.
    Allowed Units: 0 Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    COREQ: AFSC 110 . RESTRICTIONS: Open to freshmen and sophomores.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • AFSC 151 - Initial Military Training II (0cr.)

    Credit(s): 0
    INITIAL MILITARY TRAINING II
    Component: Laboratory
    Continuation of AFSC 150 . Provides instruction on the ROTC program and an overview to Air Force skills and life.
    Allowed Units: 0 Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    COREQ: AFSC 111 . RESTRICTIONS: Open to freshmen and sophomores.
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • AFSC 166 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • AFSC 167 - SEMINAR (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • AFSC 210 - Evolution of United States Air and Space Power I (1cr.)

    Credit(s): 1
    EVOL OF US AIR/SPACE POWER I
    Component: Lecture
    Survey course focused on the beginnings of manned flight and the development of aerospace power in the United States, including the employment of air power in WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War and the peaceful employment of U.S. air power in civic actions, scientific missions and support of space exploration.
    Allowed Units: 1 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • AFSC 211 - Evolution of United States Air and Space Power II (1cr.)

    Credit(s): 1
    EVOL OF US AIR/SPACE POWER II
    Component: Lecture
    Continuation of AFSC 210 . Survey course focused on the beginnings of manned flight and the development of aerospace power in the United States, including the employment of air power in WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War and the peaceful employment of U.S. air power in civic actions, scientific missions and support of space exploration.
    Allowed Units: 1 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • AFSC 250 - Field Training Preparation I (0cr.)

    Credit(s): 0
    FIELD TRAINING PREPARATION I
    Component: Laboratory
    This course (to be taken in conjunction with AFSC 210  and AFSC 211  respectively) provides you with the opportunity to demonstrate fundamental management skills and prepares you for Field Training.
    Allowed Units: 0 Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    RESTRICTIONS: Open to sophomores and juniors. Required for all cadets planning to attend field training in the next year.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • AFSC 251 - Field Training Preparation II (0cr.)

    Credit(s): 0
    FIELD TRAINING PREPARATION II
    Component: Laboratory
    This course (to be taken in conjunction with AFSC 210  and AFSC 211  respectively) provides you with the opportunity to demonstrate fundamental management skills and prepares you for Field Training.
    Allowed Units: 0 Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    RESTRICTIONS: Open to sophomores and juniors. Required for all cadets planning to attend field training in the next year.
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • AFSC 266 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • AFSC 267 - SEMINAR (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • AFSC 310 - Leadership Studies I (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    LEADERSHIP STUDIES I
    Component: Lecture
    This course is a study in the anatomy of leadership, the need for quality and management leadership, the role of discipline in leadership situations and the variables affecting leadership. Case studies are used to examine Air Force leadership and management situations as a means of demonstrating and exercising practical application of the concepts. Deal with actual problems and complete projects associated with planning and managing the Leadership Laboratory.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Students must complete Air Force Field Training the summer prior to enrolling in AFSC310. This training is an initial component of the coursework contained in the class.
    Additional University Requirement(s): Discovery Learning Experience Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • AFSC 311 - Leadership Studies II (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    LEADERSHIP STUDIES II
    Component: Lecture
    Continuation of AFSC 310 . This course is a study in the anatomy of leadership, the need for quality and management leadership, the role of discipline in leadership situations and the variables affecting leadership. Case studies are used to examine Air Force leadership and management situations as a means of demonstrating and exercising practical application of the concepts. Deal with actual problems and complete projects associated with planning and managing the Leadership Laboratory.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • AFSC 350 - Intermediate Cadet Leader Training I (0cr.)

    Credit(s): 0
    INTERMED CADET LEADER TRNG I
    Component: Laboratory
    This course (taken in conjunction with AFSC 310  and AFSC 311  respectively) provides you the opportunity to develop your fundamental management skills while planning and conducting cadet activities.
    Allowed Units: 0 Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    COREQ: AFSC 310 . RESTRICTIONS: Restricted to those cadets who have completed Field Training.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • AFSC 351 - Intermediate Cadet Leader Training II (0cr.)

    Credit(s): 0
    INTERMED CADET LEADER TRNG II
    Component: Laboratory
    This course (taken in conjunction with AFSC 310  and AFSC 311  respectively) provides you the opportunity to develop your fundamental management skills while planning and conducting cadet activities.
    Allowed Units: 0 Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    COREQ: AFSC 311 . RESTRICTIONS: Restricted to those cadets who have completed Field Training.
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • AFSC 367 - SEMINAR (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • AFSC 410 - National Security Affairs I (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS I
    Component: Lecture
    Learn about the role of the professional military leader in a democratic society; societal attitudes toward the armed forces; the requisites for maintaining adequate national defense structure; the impact of technological and international developments on strategic preparedness and the overall policymaking process; and military law. In addition, you will study topics that will prepare you for your first active-duty assignment as an officer in the Air Force.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • AFSC 411 - National Security Affairs II (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS II
    Component: Lecture
    Continuation of AFSC 410 . Learn about the role of the professional military leader in a democratic society; societal attitudes toward the armed forces; the requisites for maintaining adequate national defense structure; the impact of technological and international developments on strategic preparedness and the overall policymaking process; and military law. In addition, you will study topics that will prepare you for your first active-duty assignment as an officer in the Air Force.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • AFSC 450 - Senior Cadet Leader Training I (0cr.)

    Credit(s): 0
    SENIOR CADET LEADER TRING I
    Component: Laboratory
    This course (taken in conjunction with AFSC 410  and AFSC 411  respectively) provides you with the opportunity to use your leadership skills in planning and conducting cadet activities. It prepares you for commissioning and entry into the active-duty Air Force.
    Allowed Units: 0 Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    COREQ: AFSC 410 . Restricted to those cadets who have completed Field Training.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • AFSC 451 - Senior Cadet Leader Training II (0cr.)

    Credit(s): 0
    SENIOR CADET LEADER TRNG II
    Component: Laboratory
    This course (taken in conjunction with AFSC 410  and AFSC 411  respectively) provides you with the opportunity to use your leadership skills in planning and conducting cadet activities. It prepares you for commissioning and entry into the active-duty Air Force.
    Allowed Units: 0 Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    COREQ: AFSC 411 . RESTRICTIONS: Restricted to those cadets who have completed Field Training.
    Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • AFSC 467 - SEMINAR (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
    Course Typically Offered: Spring


Africana Studies

  
  • AFRA 107 - History of Rock (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    HISTORY OF ROCK
    Component: Lecture
    The study of various styles of rock music. Introduction to folk, country, blues, and jazz as predecessors to rock. Intended for the non-music major. No music reading skills required.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with MUSC 107 .
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change

  
  • AFRA 110 - Introduction to Black American Studies (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INTRO TO BLACK AMER STUDIES
    Component: Lecture
    Assesses the status of Black America in the modern technological order through an examination of the major spheres of institutional life, including employment, education politics, criminal justice and the military.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring

  
  • AFRA 134 - History of Africa (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    HISTORY OF AFRICA
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to African history south of the Sahara, from the earliest times to 1914. Introduces major themes in African history: pre-colonial African political, social and economic institutions; diversity in African political organizations; slave trade and colonialism.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with HIST 134 .
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • AFRA 166 - Special Problem (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • AFRA 167 - SEMINAR (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • AFRA 203 - Architecture and Power in Africa (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ARCHITECTURE & POWER IN AFRICA
    Component: Lecture
    Explores architecture in Africa as a representation both of political power and social/religious complexity. Architecture’s relationship to art forms a component of course content. Always regionally focused, lecture vary by semester among these five zones: West Africa and the Maghreb, the Sahel (West Africa and East Africa), East Africa and the Nile Valley, Southern Africa, and Central Africa.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with ARTH 204 .
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural

  
  • AFRA 204 - Urban Communities (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    URBAN COMMUNITIES
    Component: Lecture
    Urbanization, rural-urban social differences and the organization of urban communities by race, class, ethnicity and stage in the life cycle.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with SOCI 204 .
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences

  
  • AFRA 205 - Contemporary African American Issues (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    CONTEMPORY AFRICAN AMER ISSUES
    Component: Lecture
    The impact of important issues involving African American people in contemporary American society. Critical theoretical analyses of trends that affect programs of the Black community writ large.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • AFRA 206 - Survey of African American Culture (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    SURVEY OF AFRICAN AMER CULTURE
    Component: Lecture
    Historic and contemporary aspects of African American culture. A multi-faceted approach utilizing resources from music, literature, history, folklore, religion and sociology.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    University Breadth: Creative Arts and Humanities Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • AFRA 207 - History of Jazz (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    HISTORY OF JAZZ
    Component: Lecture
    Chronological study of the style changes in jazz from the late 19th century to the present. Emphasis on the sociological, economic and technological influences of the period and on the principal personalities who have been primarily responsible for change.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with MUSC 207 . RESTRICTIONS: Offered in even numbered years, fall semester only.
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change

  
  • AFRA 215 - Race in Society (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    RACE IN SOCIETY
    Component: Lecture
    Examination of the social construction of race and its importance in institutions and social identify. History of race in the United States, including access to rights and privileges and how groups worked for racial equality. and how race structures relationships among diverse groups in society. Includes analysis of rights and privileges denied or extended to groups and how disadvantaged groups work towards racial equality.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with SOCI 215 .
    University Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • AFRA 220 - The Civil Rights Movement (3 to 4cr.)

    Credit(s): 3-4
    THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
    Component: Lecture
    This course examines African American struggles for freedom, equality, and citizenship from the 1940s to the present.
    Allowed Units: 4 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with HIST 220 .
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept

  
  • AFRA 240 - Create Performances about Black American History using all Art Forms (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    BLACK HISTORY LIVE ON STAGE
    Component: Lecture
    Culminate in the creation of new theatrical works based in African American History using Theatre, Music, Dance, Writing, Literature, Painting, Sculpture, Sets, Costumes, Lighting, Sound, and Multi-media.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with THEA 240 .
    University Breadth: Creative Arts and Humanities Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural

  
  • AFRA 266 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • AFRA 267 - SEMINAR (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • AFRA 293 - Special Topics in BAMS (1cr.)

    Credit(s): 1
    SPECIAL TOPICS IN BAMS
    Component: Lecture
    Topics vary.
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 6 Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
  
  • AFRA 296 - Honors Forum (1cr.)

    Credit(s): 1
    HONORS FORUM
    Component: Lecture
    Recent topics include Passing the Torch: An Interdisciplinary Look at a World Poised for Change; Living in History; Representations of Race, Class and Gender in the Media; Sexual Identity in Contemporary Culture. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
    Allowed Units: 1 Grading Basis: Student Option
  
  • AFRA 298 - Research on Race, Ethnicity and Culture (1cr.)

    Credit(s): 1
    RESRCH:RACE ETHNICITY&CULTURE
    Component: Lecture
    Lecture series in which faculty and guest speakers discuss their research oncontemporary and historical perspectives on race, ethnicity and culture.Research presented from several disciplines, including sociology, history,literature, anthropology and psychology, among others.
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 2 Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with WOMS 298 . RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
  
  • AFRA 304 - African American History to the Civil War (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    AFAM HIST TO THE CIVIL WAR
    Component: Lecture
    Gender in the Media; Sexual Identity in Contemporary Culture.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with HIST 325 .
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • AFRA 305 - Race, Image, in Media/Culture (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    RACE,IMAGE & MEDIA/CULTURE
    Component: Lecture
    Study how images shape and reflect attitudes toward race and ethnicity in culture. Visual materials include film, photography, television, and popular illustrations.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with HIST 305 .
    Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural

  
  • AFRA 306 - African America History Since the Civil War (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    AF AM HISTORY SINCE CIVIL WAR
    Component: Lecture
    Provides an overview of the major themes, issues, and debates in African American History from the Civil War to the contemporary era. Through readings, lectures, discussions film, the course will address: the process of emancipation, Reconstruction, Jim Crow segregation and racial violence, black cultural production, the modern black freedom struggles, and black life in the 21st century.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with HIST 326 .
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change Additional University Requirement(s): Multicultural Course Typically Offered: Spring

  
  • AFRA 307 - Black Thought and Philosophy (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    BLACK THOUGHT & PHILOSOPHY
    Component: Lecture
    Readings and discussions of Black philosophies, ideologies and concepts asreflected in the thought of significant Black figures.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with PHIL 307 .
    University Breadth: Creative Arts and Humanities Course Typically Offered: Fall

  
  • AFRA 308 - Delaware Black History (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    DELAWARE BLACK HISTORY
    Component: Lecture
    Survey course in Delaware Black history. The Black American in Delaware from colonial times to recent developments.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: HIST 205 .
  
  • AFRA 309 - Political Culture By Country (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    POLITICAL CULTURE BY COUNTRY
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to the political and civic cultures underpinning and supporting different political systems. Topics may vary depending on host country.
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 6 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with POSC 309 , WOMS 309 LLCU 309 . RESTRICTIONS: Offered only in conjunction with travel abroad programs. May be taken twice for credit when countries vary.
  
  • AFRA 313 - African American Literature I (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE I
    Component: Lecture
    Literature by African American writers from the eighteenth century to theHarlem Renaissance.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with ENGL 344 . PREREQ: ENGL 110 .
    University Breadth: History and Cultural Change

 

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