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2016-2017 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2016-2017 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

English

  
  • ENGL 4600 - Topics in Literature and Language

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2030 , junior status, permission of instructor and onsite supervisor
    Description: Study of selected topic in literature, linguistics or writing as determined by the instructor.  May be taken twice for credit for a maximum of six hours.
  
  • ENGL 4610 - Professional Writing Internship

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1100 , junior or senior status, permission of instructor and onsite supervisor
    Description: Practical experience in technical or professional writing. Students must produce documents meeting the requirements of the instructor and the onsite supervisor. May be taken twice for credit for a maximum of six hours.
  
  • ENGL 4620 - Literary Journal Internship

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Instructor permission only
    Description: Students exemplifying an aptitude for literary editing will be invited to participate.  This hands-on opportunity to learn publishing consists of attending meetings to establish evaluation criteria, reading, voting, and providing commentary on ten to twenty weekly submissions, and completing a reflection paper about this learning experience.
  
  • ENGL 4650 - Independent Study in Language or Literature

    1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 2030 
    Description: Under special circumstances a student may be assigned an academic project not otherwise available. The assignment must be approved by the departmental chair.
  
  • ENGL 4900 - Playwriting

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross Listed THEA 4900 
    Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
    Description: Composing and revising scenes, and one or two one-act plays for stage performance.
  
  • ENGL 4950 - Advanced Playwriting

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross Listed THEA 4950 
    Prerequisite: ENGL 4900  or THEA 4900 
    Description: Revising plays and one-act scripts for stage performance.

Finance

  
  • FIN 490A,B,C - Special Problems in Finance

    1,2,3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 FIN 3010  and permission of Chair
    Description: Supervised independent study of finance topics (outside of classroom) which are academically relevant and of interest to both student and faculty.
  
  • FIN 1000 - Personal Finance

    3 Credit Hours
    Description: An examination of consumer financing including budgeting, planning, taxes, credit, housing, insurance, investing, and retirement plans.
  
  • FIN 3010 - Principles of Finance

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 
    Description: A survey of business financial practices related to financial analysis, planning and control, managing working capital, capital investment, sources and costs of financing. Computer models and software are used in instruction.
  
  • FIN 3310 - Investments

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 
    Description: A survey of the field of investments including investment setting, security markets, investment alternatives, valuation principles, strategy, and factors affecting security price movements. Available computer software is used.
  
  • FIN 3410 - Principal Casualty and Life Insurance

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 , FIN 3010 
    Description: A survey of insurance principles and practices through a study of underwriting, life insurance, disability insurance, casualty insurance, and legal liability.
  
  • FIN 3510 - International Finance

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 , FIN 3010 
    Description: Theories of international trade will be introduced, as well as international business finance and its environment. Additional topics to be examined include: comparison of financial statements between countries, risk and the foreign investment decision, exchange rate risk, and institutions and instruments of international finance.
  
  • FIN 3610 - Principles of Real Estate

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 , FIN 3010 
    Description: Covers fundamental principles of real estate involved in the ownership and transfer of real property. Other topics include the operation of a real estate business, techniques of real property transactions, problems of buying and leasing real property transactions, and problems of buying and leasing property for residence or investment purposes.
  
  • FIN 3620 - Real Estate Finance

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 , FIN 3010 
    Description: Emphasizes financial aspects of real estate transactions.
  
  • FIN 3900 - Finance Internship

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 , GPA of 3.0, and Internship Coordinator
    Description: Designed to provide academic credit for relevant and meaningful experience in preparation for finance positions.  Weekly updates, term paper, and satisfactory evaluation by employer/supervisor required for credit.  Grading on a pass/fail basis.
  
  • FIN 4010 - Managerial Finance

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 FIN 3010 
    Description: Financial management of the firm through in-depth study of financial planning, capital budgeting, working capital management, sources of financing, mergers, capital structure, and cost of capital. Available computer simulations and software are used with cases as instructional aides.
  
  • FIN 4210 - Financial Markets and Institutions

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 FIN 3010 
    Description: A study of financial markets and financial institutions. Emphasis will be placed on the interaction of financial markets and financial institutions, and their interaction with the corporate sector.
  
  • FIN 4310 - Security Analysis and Portfolio Theory

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FIN 3310 , BB 1 
    Description: A continuation of 3310 through in-depth study of security valuation; risk diversification; portfolio construction; and performance evaluation. Available computer software is used.
  
  • FIN 4400 - Financial Policy

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 FIN 3010 
    Description: An analysis of selected financial problems and financial management decision-making using the case approach. The course emphasizes both internal and environmental analysis in developing appropriate financial strategies for the firm.
  
  • FIN 4410 - Selecting Equity Investments

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1 FIN 3010 
    Description: Equity investments decisions made by student teams for the TVA Investment Challenge or similar projects. Written and oral presentations are required.
  
  • FIN 4420 - Financial Valuation

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1  and permission of instructor
    Description: Students perform a comprehensive financial analysis and valuation of a publicly traded firm.  A final written report is produced that provides the details relevant to the final valuation and buy, sell or hold recommendation.  An oral presentation outlining and summarizing the major issues leading to the final recommendation is required.

Food Service Technology

  
  • FS 2040 - Cake Decorating

    3 Credit Hours
    Description: Fundamentals and techniques of cake decorating; the preparation and baking of a variety of cakes and icings, the art of preparing color flow, marzipan, and pastillage.
  
  • FS 2100 - Food Preparation and Buffet Catering

    3 Credit Hours
    Description: Food preparation with emphasis on style of service, buffet, table, box lunch, wedding receptions, picnics, office parties, and luncheons.
  
  • FS 2300 - Food Management Operation and Administration

    3 Credit Hours
    Description: Business methods related to the field of food service. Accounting systems, record keeping, reporting cash turn-in, labor and menu costing, equipment selection, purchasing and maintenance, food purchasing and control, scheduling of personnel for shift, supervising, and controlling.
  
  • FS 2400 - Facility Layout and Volume Food Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Description: Design of food service facilities, to include analysis of floor pattern time and motion principles and equipment placement. Large volume food service, operational differences, menu construction, raw materials estimate, and large volume preparation.
  
  • FS 2600 - Nutrition and Menu Planning

    3 Credit Hours
    Description: Menu planning and nutritional consideration with emphasis on menu types and specializations such as ethnic foods and special occasions. The 650 calorie menu, other factors influencing menu planning, refrigeration facilities, employee skills, eye appealing food combinations, type of clientele, and food service.
  
  • FS 2980 - Culinary Skills

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CULA 2351  or permission of instructor
    Description: The art and technique of culinary arts; the creating and preparing of cocktail canapés, cold buttetfish/shellfish, cold buttet meat-poultry/game, cold buffet dessert, decorated edible cake, fancy pastries. Centerpieces-sculptures made of chocolate and tallow, fruit and vegetable, work in pastillage, weight-watcher meals, and breads.
  
  • FS 2990 - Supervised Field Study

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
    Description: Individualized work experience in a full-service restaurant and instruction through a series of conferences with placement supervisor.

French

  
  • FREN 1010 - Elementary French

    4 Credit Hours
    Description: Introduction to French language and culture with emphasis on oral communication. Extensive practice in reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
  
  • FREN 1020 - Elementary French

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 1010 
    Description: Introduction to French language and culture with emphasis on oral communication. Extensive practice in reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
  
  • FREN 2010 - Intermediate French

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 1020 
    Description: A comprehensive review of French along with extensive reading, close textual examination, and discussion of representative works of French literature.
  
  • FREN 2020 - Intermediate French

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 2010 
    Description: A comprehensive review of French along with extensive reading, close textual examination, and discussion of representative works of French literature.
  
  • FREN 3040 - Study Abroad

    6-8 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of French or permission of instructor
    Description: A study program in Quebec designed to provide students with a total French-speaking environment which will allow a broadening of knowledge and appreciation of the French language and culture of Quebec. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • FREN 3043 - Study Abroad in Quebec

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of French or permission of instructor
    Description: A short-term study program in Quebec designed to provide students with a total French-speaking environment which will allow broadening of knowledge and appreciation of the French language and the culture of Quebec.
  
  • FREN 3044 - Study Abroad in Quebec

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 1010 , 1020 
    Description: A short-term study abroad program in Quebec designed to provide students with a total French-speaking environment which will allow broadening of knowledge and appreciation of the French language and the culture of Quebec.
  
  • FREN 3049 - Short-term Intensive French Immersion

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 1020  or equivalent
    Description: A short-term intensive French Immersion study abroad experience designed to provide French students with a total French-speaking environment which will allow broadening of knowledge and appreciation of French language and francophone culture. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • FREN 3050 - Semester Study in France

    6-15 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of French or permission of instructor
    Description: A semester-long program of study in France designed to provide advanced French students with a total French-speaking environment which will allow broadening of knowledge and appreciation of French language and culture. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • FREN 3210 - Advanced Composition in French

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 2020 
    Description: Free composition on assigned topics and translations to and from French from a variety of authors and topics to develop fluency and correctness in writing French.
  
  • FREN 3220 - Phonetics and Conversation in French

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 2020  or permission of instructor
    Description: A minimum of theory with extensive application in corrective phonetics to assure a high level of accuracy in French pronunciation. Concentrated practice in oral command of French. This course affords the student opportunities to discuss in French assigned topics in order to develop confidence and accuracy in oral expression.
  
  • FREN 3320 - French Civilization

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 2020  or permission of instructor
    Description: The creative forces of the genius of French civilization are studied through discussion, lectures, and research projects.
  
  • FREN 3330 - Quebec Literature and Culture

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 2020  or permission of instructor
    Description: This course will examine the culture, literature, and language of the Canadian province of Quebec. This course complements FREN 3040.
  
  • FREN 3410 - Business French

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 2010 
    Description: Vocabulary and concepts in French and Québéco’s finance, accounting, and marketing.
  
  • FREN 3420 - French Cinema

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 2020 
    Description: History of French cinema and study of representative film.
  
  • FREN 3430 - Approaches to French Literature

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 2020 
    Description: Practice reading, discussing, and writing about French literary texts.
  
  • FREN 4110 - Independent Study in French

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
    Description: Students study independently in French under instructor’s guidance. Studies are planned to satisfy special individual needs and interests.
  
  • FREN 4120 - Independent Study In French

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
    Description: Students study independently in French under instructor’s guidance. Studies are planned to satisfy special individual needs and interests.
  
  • FREN 4410 - French Poetry

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 2020 
    Description: Study of the most important movements, authors, and poems in French literature.
  
  • FREN 4420 - French Theatre

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 2020 
    Description: Study of the most important movements, authors, and plays in French literature.
  
  • FREN 4430 - French Fiction

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 2020 
    Description: Study of the most important movements, authors, novels and short stories in French literature.
  
  • FREN 4530 - French Literature Spec Topics

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: FREN 2020 
    Description: Selected texts from a genre, period or theme in French literature. May be repeated for credit.

General Business

  
  • BB 1 - College of Business Benchmark 1

    Credit Hours
    Description: Business majors must have earned junior standing (60 hours) with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.25 or better and have completed the following courses with a grade of “C” or better:  COMM 1010 ; ENGL 1020 ; ACCT 2010/201L , 2020 ; ECON 2010 , 2020 ; MATH 1810  or 1910  or MATH 1530 
  
  • BB 2 - College of Business Benchmark 2

    Credit Hours
    Description: Admission requirements for BBA degree.  Completion and requirements of the following values:  FIN 3010 ; MKT 3010 ; MGT 3310 ,
    MGT 3010 , MGT 3300 
  
  • GB 3900 - Internship

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: BB 1  and permission College of Business Internship Coordinator
    Description: Designed to provide academic credit for relevant and meaningful managerial and professional employment experience in preparation for managerial positions. Term paper and satisfactory evaluation by employer are required for credit. Pass/Fail.

Geography

  
  • GEOG 425 A, B, C/4251 - Applied Geographic Information Systems (and lab)

    4 each Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 3150/3151 ; Corequisite: GEOG 4251
    Description: The application of GIS technology to specific areas of specialization within the geosciences.  May be repeated for credit.
  
  • GEOG 450A - Special Problems in Physical Geography

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor; only one course can be taken for completion of the geography minor.
    Description: To promote personal growth as an independent investigator, each well qualified senior or junior may complete an independent laboratory (in-house or field) oriented original research project with faculty supervision.
  
  • GEOG 450B - Special Problems in Economic Geography

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor; only one course can be taken for completion of the geography minor.
    Description: To promote personal growth as an independent investigator, each well qualified senior or junior may complete an independent laboratory (in-house or field) oriented original research project with faculty supervision.
  
  • GEOG 450C - Special Problems in Regional Geography

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor; only one course can be taken for completion of the geography minor.
    Description: To promote personal growth as an independent investigator, each well qualified senior or junior may complete an independent laboratory (in-house or field) oriented original research project with faculty supervision.
  
  • GEOG 450D - Special Problems in Urban Geography

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor; only one course can be taken for completion of the geography minor.
    Description: To promote personal growth as an independent investigator, each well qualified senior or junior may complete an independent laboratory (in-house or field) oriented original research project with faculty supervision.
  
  • GEOG 1010 - Physical Geography

    3 Credit Hours
    Description: Introduction to map reading as well as development of skills and techniques used in the study of geography. This course concentrates on interrelationships among elements of the natural environment: landform, climate, soil, vegetation, weather, and water.
  
  • GEOG 1020 - Geography of Europe, the Americas, and Australia

    3 Credit Hours
    Description: Regions and countries generally included within Europe, the Americas and the Austral Realm will be analyzed with respect to their world location, population characteristics, cultural characteristics, economies, political connections/relationships, and problems/potentialities.
  
  • GEOG 1030 - Geography of Africa, Asia, and Oceania

    3 Credit Hours
    Description: Regions and countries generally included within Africa, Asia and the Pacific Realm will be analyzed with respect to their world location, population characteristics, cultural characteristics, economies, political connections/relationships, , and problems/potentialities.
  
  • GEOG 1040/1041 - Environmental Sciences (and lab)

    4 Credit Hours
    Cross Listed AGRI 1040/1041  
    Corequisite: GEOG 1041
    Description: This course will provide an introduction to environment science and major environmental issues and concerns facing our planet.  From a background study of natural ecosystems and human populations, the course will survey the environmental, social and economic consequences of development, energy generation, resource management and pollution.
  
  • GEOG 3040 - Sustainable Development

    3 Credit Hours
    Cross Listed AGRI 3040 
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1010 MATH 1110  or higher
    Description: The impact of a rapidly growing human population on availability of natural resources and pollution of the environment. Minerals and energy resources, soil, water, air, forests, and wildlife habitats will be considered. Reducing consumption and using alternative sources will be considered as options to increasing resources production.
  
  • GEOG 3060/3061 - Statistics in the Geosciences (and lab)

    4 Credit Hours
    Cross Listed GEOL 3060/3061 
    Prerequisite: (GEOG 1010   or GEOL 1040/1041 ) and MATH 1530  or higher; or permission of instructor Corequisite: GEOG 3061
    Description: Techniques of geologic and atmospheric data collection and analysis with special emphasis on those parametric and nonparametric statistics utilized in the applied Geosciences.  Emphasis placed on computer applications.
  
  • GEOG 3110 - Geography of the United States and Canada

    3 Credit Hours
    Description: A spatial analysis of the physical and cultural characteristics of the United States and Canada within a regional context.
  
  • GEOG 3120 - Geography of Asia

    3 Credit Hours
    Description: Description: Regional and national conditions, events, problems and trends in South, East, and Southeast Asia using a cross disciplinary approach.  Interaction between the physical and cultural landscapes as a basis for social, economic, political and environmental problems will be emphasized.
  
  • GEOG 3130 - Geography of the Middle East

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1010  or 1020  or 1030  or permission of instructor
    Description: The course will focus on the physical and cultural geography of the Southwest Asia. The objectives are to analyze natural and human components and evaluate the significance of resources such as petroleum and water. The course will also cover historical and religious aspects that play a significant role in demographic, economic, and political development.
  
  • GEOG 3150/3151 - Geographic Information Systems I (and lab)

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MATH 1730  with a grade of “C” or higher, CSCI 1017  or GEOL 3060/3061  or GEOG 3060/3061   Corequisite: GEOG 3151
    Description: Introduction to the fundamentals of mapping and geographic information systems including the nature of spatial data, coordinate systems, data collection, vector data, models, data analysis, mapping, and map interpretation.
  
  • GEOG 3250/3251 - Geographic Information Systems II (and lab)

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 3150/3151  Corequisite: GEOG 3251
    Description: Intermediate geographic information systems, topics including: relational database management systems, database design, vector and raster data models, address geocoding, spatial analysis operations, surface modeling, volume estimation, view shed analysis and data uncertainty.
  
  • GEOG 3450/3451 - Oceanography (and lab)

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Four (4) hours of laboratory science. Corequisite: GEOG 3451
    Description: Physiography, geologic processes, and sediments of the ocean floor.  Chemistry and physical properties of sea water.  Currents, waves, tides, and coastal landforms.  Marine biology and ecology.  Ocean resources, hazards, degradation of the marine environment, and its relation to climate change.
  
  • GEOG 3750 - Geography of the African World

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1010 , GEOG 1030 
    Description: A thematic approach to the multi-faceted aspects of the physical and human geography of Africa, contemporary geographic ideas, theories, and concepts and their applicability to African “real-world” situations.
  
  • GEOG 3920 - Field Mapping and Global Positioning System

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: MATH 1730 
    Description: Principles and practice of the global positioning system and their interface with geographic information systems.
  
  • GEOG 3930 - Natural Hazards in Environment

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1010 GEOL 1040/1041 
    Description: Natural hazards are examined, including: thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, drought, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, landslides, collapse, subsidence, floods, and wildfire. Emphasis is placed on the interaction between people and the physical process. An analysis is made of the human perception of disasters as well as preparedness and recovery planning.
  
  • GEOG 3940 - Technological Hazards in the Environment

    3 Credit Hours
    Description: Environmental hazards introduced into the environment as a byproduct of technology are examined including: air, pollution, water, terrestrial pollution, nuclear and industrial accidents. Emphasis is placed on the role of technology in altering natural processes and how society copes with increasing risks posed to life, limb, and property. Lecture will examine technological hazards as existing and evolving threats and global social, economic and environmental security.
  
  • GEOG 3960 - Urban Environment

    3 Credit Hours
    Description: An examination is made of urban environments. Consideration is given to urban environmental problems.
  
  • GEOG 3970 - Rural Development

    3 Credit Hours
    Description: Description: Practices and problems in agricultural and economic advancement are reviewed using development thought and theories.  Explanations of inequalities among different agricultural societies are emphasized in the context of contemporary themes like globalization.
  
  • GEOG 3980 - Economic Geography

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: recommended: GEOG 1020 , 1030 
    Description: A systematic examination of the structure of dynamic global economic activities, provided through an analysis of their defining spatial patterns, pressures and interactions. Economic theory is not emphasized, except as necessary for the investigation of geographic patterns of resource utilization and the dynamic interactions of human, economic and physical environments.
  
  • GEOG 4000 - Environmental Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Description: An analysis of environmental regulations and management strategies employed by federal agencies, state, and local governments, and corporations.
  
  • GEOG 4010 - Environmental Assessment

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 4000 , ENGL 1100 
    Description: An analysis of the environmental impact statement (EIS) process. Emphasis is placed on preparation, review, and requirements of an EIS as a tool for environmental assessment.
  
  • GEOG 4170/4171 - Meteorology (and lab)

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1010   Corequisite: GEOG 4171
    Description: An analysis of the components and processes of weather, emphasizing atmospheric energy exchange, local and global circulation patterns, and human modification of weather elements. Weather as a natural hazard is explored. Lab assignments emphasize weather observation, prediction, and presentation.
  
  • GEOG 4180/4181 - Climatology (and lab)

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1010/1011 Corequisite: GEOG 4181
    Description: Elements and processes defining and characterizing global climate patterns and classifications. Climates are examined for their spatial and temporal interaction with, and impact on, physical, biological and human activity environments. Impact of environmental and atmospheric phenomena, including global warming and ozone depletion on climate and climate change are examined.
  
  • GEOG 4200 - Historical Data Management and GIS

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Four (4) credit hours of any lower-division, Natural Science courses with the APSU General Education
    Description: The course provides experience with a Geographic Information System as a tool for a chosen field and provides experience with using GIS related to human systems in historical context.  Emphasis is placed on the use of GIS and other digital tools to create, manage, and interpret spatial and statistical data.  For non-majors.
  
  • GEOG 4250 - Applied Geographic Information Systems

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 3150/3151  with a “C” or better. May not be taken concurrently.
    Description: The application of GIS to specific areas of specialization within the geosciences. May be repeated for credit.
  
  • GEOG 4260/4261 - Remote Sensing (and lab)

    4 Credit Hours
    Cross Listed GEOL 4260/4261 ;
    Prerequisite: MATH 1730 , (CHEM 1110/1111  or PHYS 2010/2011 ); Corequisite: GEOG 4261
    Description: Data capture, image characteristics, and interpretation of aerial photography and satellite imagery, to include multispectral, thermal, and radar images. Digital image processing using a raster geographic information system.
  
  • GEOG 4270/4271 - Surface Water Hydrology (and lab)

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: CHEM 1110/1111   Corequisite: GEOG 4271
    Description: Quantitative analysis of processes in the hydrologic cycle including precipitation, infiltration, evaportranspiration, runoff, stream processes, open channel flow, erosion, and water quality.  Environmental decision-making in light of model output.
  
  • GEOG 4650 - Field Study Biogeography and Biodiversity

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOG 1010  or BIOL 1040/1041  or BIOL 1110/1111  and permission of instructor;
    Description: This field course will examine the biogeography, biodiversity and changing landscape of various regions. Focus will be given to the ecosystems as well as unique geographic regions.

Geology

  
  • GEOL 290A - Internship in Geology

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
    Description: University arranged and jointly supervised full-time salaried work experience as a technician-level employee of a geologically oriented government agency or company.
  
  • GEOL 290B - Internship in Geology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
    Description: University arranged and jointly supervised full-time salaried work experience as a technician-level employee of a geologically oriented government agency or company.
  
  • GEOL 290C - Internship in Geology

    5 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
    Description: University arranged and jointly supervised full-time salaried work experience as a technician-level employee of a geologically oriented government agency or company.
  
  • GEOL 290D - Internship in Geology

    6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
    Description: University arranged and jointly supervised full-time salaried work experience as a technician-level employee of a geologically oriented government agency or company.
  
  • GEOL 390A - Advanced Internship in Geology

    3 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOL 290A 
    Description: A second year of University arranged and jointly supervised full-time salaried work experience as a junior professional in a geologically oriented government agency or company.
  
  • GEOL 390B - Advanced Internship in Geology

    4 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOL 290B 
    Description: A second year of University arranged and jointly supervised full-time salaried work experience as a junior professional in a geologically oriented government agency or company.
  
  • GEOL 390C - Advanced Internship in Geology

    5 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOL 290C 
    Description: A second year of University arranged and jointly supervised full-time salaried work experience as a junior professional in a geologically oriented government agency or company.
  
  • GEOL 390D - Advanced Internship in Geology

    6 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: GEOL 290D 
    Description: A second year of University arranged and jointly supervised full-time salaried work experience as a junior professional in a geologically oriented government agency or company.
  
  • GEOL 455 A, B, C - Seminar in Earth Science

    1 each Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
    Description: Exploration of a theme from the current literature in the earth sciences.
  
  • GEOL 1000 - Geology as a Profession

    1 Credit Hours
    Description: Explores varied roles geologists play in private industry and in government. Course features guest speakers who work as geologists in Middle Tennessee.
  
  • GEOL 1040 - Physical Geology

    3 Credit Hours
    Description: Minerals and rocks, volcanism and related processes, weathering and soil development, glaciations, wind and stream erosion, major water and soil pollution problems, natural disaster forecasting, and development and landscape.
  
  • GEOL 1040/1041 - Physical Geology (and lab)

    4 Credit Hours
    Corequisite: GEOL 1041
    Description: Minerals and rocks, volcanism and related processes, weathering and soil development, glaciations, wind and stream erosion, major water and soil pollution problems, natural disaster forecasting, and development and landscape.
  
  • GEOL 1050/1051 - Historical Geology (and lab)

    4 Credit Hours
    Corequisite: GEOL 1051
    Description: Plate tectonics and continental drift, development of major scientific theories about the earth, physical environment and organic populations of the earth in prehistoric times.
  
  • GEOL 1234 - Honors Seminar in Geology

    1 Credit Hours
    Prerequisite: Admission to the Honors Program or permission of instructor; Corequisite: GEOL 1040  or ;
    Description: This honors course introduces students to topics of current research in Geology.
 

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