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HS 322 Sports in America
Sports are a multibillion dollar part of America culture in the 21st century. Sports have been integral to this nation’s development. This course traces how sports developed from informal activities to the spectacle of today’s professional sports and how they have impacted society. All of the social movements of the 20th century find sports as an important aspect, from the Progressive Era through the fight for homosexual rights. Students also view sports movies to analyze how sports and history are portrayed on film.
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HS 325 European Fascism: Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany
This course focuses on Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. Origins, nature and demise of fascism are discussed. Particular attention is paid to the crisis that produced fascism; the nationalism and racism of the Italian and German movements; the nature and impact of each regime; the outbreak of World War II; the Nazi holocaust against the Jews; and the ongoing legacy of the era of fascism through to the present, in the form of neo-fascist and neo-Nazi movements.
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HS 326 Hitler and Stalin—Age of Dictators
A comparison of Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia, and of their respective leaders, Hitler and Stalin, this course examines the roots of Nazism and Communism; the personality development of Hitler and Stalin; their rise to power; what they did with their power; their great showdown in World War II; and the legacies and significance of Nazism and Communism to the modern world.
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HS 329 American Political Thought
(also listed as PS 330 )
This is an examination of ways in which American political thinkers, leaders and contemporary commentators have dealt with the issues of power, equality, sovereignty and representation. It focuses on the relationship between abstract political concepts and practical politics in American political thinking.
Prerequisite: Junior standing; or permission of the instructor. PS 101 American Politics strongly recommended.
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HS 330 America from 1877-1945: Gilded Age to Global War
This seminar is on selected political, economic, social and foreign policy problems in American history from the Progressive Movement to the end of World War II. It includes supervised reading, research and group discussions.
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HS 331 Contemporary America, 1945 to Present
This intensive seminar examines the events and issues of the post-war era. Possible topics for research and discussion include the Cold War, the Fair Deal, McCarthyism, Vietnam, the New Left, Watergate, Reagan and the revival of conservatism, the end of the Cold War, and America’s new status as the world’s sole superpower.
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HS 335 The Vietnam Wars
This course examines the origins, experiences, and consequences of the Vietnam War. Readings, discussions and assignments focus on the political, social, and military forces that shaped the contours of the conflicts between 1945 and 1975. Central themes include the emergence and evolution of Vietnamese nationalism, the global Cold War, the American anti-war movement, and how tens of millions of Southeast Asian and American lives were transformed by the conflicts. In addition, significant attention also is paid to the ways that the war has continued to have an important impact in the years since the cessation of fighting – from Vietnam’s postwar economic development and lingering social and environmental scars to the United States’ Vietnam-influenced foreign policy, domestic politics and popular culture.
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HS 340 Ancient Greece, Homer to Alexander the Great
This course is an introduction to the culture and key personalities of the ancient Greek world. The focus is on the achievements of ancient Greek civilization until Alexander the Great. Topics include: the emergence of Greek civilization; Homeric literature; the rise of Athens and Sparta; the wars against Persia; the flowering of classical culture; the Peloponnesian War; everyday life; sexuality; the status of women; the rise of Alexander the Great and his imperial conquests.
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HS 341 Ancient Rome: Rise and Fall
This course discusses the rise and fall of Ancient Rome and the emergence of early Christianity. Topics include: Rome’s rise to empire; gladiators; slavery; everyday life and sexuality; persecution of early Christianity; the rise and triumph of the Christian Church; and the destruction of the Western Roman empire by German invasions.
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HS 342 The Italian Renaissance
What was the Italian Renaissance, and what kind of society produced it? This course ranges widely across this famous phenomenon, including art, politics, sex and religion. Topics include: the origins of the Renaissance; Florence, the leading city; Leonardo da Vinci; Michelangelo; the lives of women, and how and why the Renaissance came to an end.
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HS 345 Urban and Suburban America
This seminar explores the development of urban society in North America from colonial commercial towns to today’s troubled network of older metropolitan centers and suburbs. Topics for discussion may include the shaping of modern cities through growth, migration, and politics; cultures—ethnic, class, commercial, and otherwise—of the city; suburbanization and the “urban crisis;” and the future of urban America.
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HS 350 Turning Points in Western History
This course examines key turning points in Western History. It begins with Ancient Israel and its religious revolution, then discusses the rise and impact of ancient Greece, the triumph of Christianity in the Mediterranean world, the rise of the West to global dominance and the struggles of the colonized peoples for political independence, the global expansion of Western (especially American) popular culture after World War II, the impact of the new globalization and global mobility, and finally 9/11 and the current United States-led war on international terror.
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HS 355 The World at War, 1914 to 1945
This course examines the origins, nature, variety, impact and legacy of the multiple wars in the period from World War I to World War II. It focuses on: World War I; Soviet Russia and communist revolutionary class warfare; Spanish Civil War; Fascism /Nazism and war as empire-building; Japanese imperialism and Japan’s attempt to take control of Asia and the Pacific region; and World War II in Europe. Attention is paid to the elites who decide on war as well as the impact of war on the ordinary people called to fight and pay for war. Finally, the legacy of this period of global conflict to the world since 1945 is discussed.
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HS 356 American Civil War
This course is an intensive examination of the origins and course of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the emergence of an industrial society on the verge of great power status.
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HS 360 Modern Italy
This course covers the dramatic history of modern Italy, including the wars of national unification, rise of fascism, disastrous defeat in World War II, rise of the mafia, surge of political terrorism in the sixties and seventies, recent economic prosperity, the current dilemmas caused by illegal immigration, and the sudden emergence of a multicultural society since the 1980s, all in international context.
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HS 366 World in Turmoil: The Mediterranean World, from the Fall of Rome to the First Crusade
The period from the fall of Rome and triumph of Christianity through the rise of the Arabs and Islam and thence the collision of the two faiths inthe first crusade is of momentous historical significance. It saw: the shattering of a 600 year old empire that had embraced the entire Mediterranean world; the replacement of a classical pagan civilization by a new otherworldly religious vision; a time of troubles plagued by mass migrations, wars and invasions; the rise of yet another monotheistic religion which, with the Arab invasions, would come to dominate huge swathes of the Mediterranean world; and the paradigmatic collision of the two rival exclusivist monotheisms in the era of the crusades.
By the end of the 11th century, the world that Rome had unified for six centuries had fragmented into Latin/Germanic kingdoms in the West, the Greek/Byzantine empire in the east, and the Arab empire in Iberia, north Africa, and the Middle East. Thus was set the fundamental juxtaposition of civilization in the Mediterranean world that endures through to the present. We will discuss this era of profound transformation through key episodes and turning points that illuminate the essence of the transformations that took place.
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HS 370 Race in America: Slavery to DuBois
This course includes a brief consideration of African roots, and examines the African American experience throughout American history from colonial days to the dawn of the twentieth century. Special emphasis is given to the periods of the Revolution, Civil War, Reconstruction, and Post-Reconstruction up to the conflict between Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois.
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HS 377 Labor in American History
This course traces the history of labor in America and how economic, technological, and political changes have transformed the nature of work in America. The course readings explore industrialization, the origins and development of labor organizations, the decline of manufacturing, the rise of a service economy, and the impact of globalization on labor in America.
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HS 380 Dangerous Continent: Europe, 1945-2005
This course examines Europe’s main events and processes during the years from 1945 to 2005. Coming after a disastrous half-century of Great Depression, political extremism, and two world wars, Europe’s history after World War II is often seen as less momentous and essentially peaceful. In fact, this view is something of an illusion. True, there were no world wars or great economic disasters between 1945- and 2005; but Europe continued to be a key flashpoint for crucial, sometimes truly historic, developments- from the beginnings of the Cold War to the European powers’ loss of their vast overseas empires, from the fall of communism in the miraculous revolution of 1989-91 to the disastrous disintegration of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, from the sudden, unexpected presence of a large Muslim minority and all the tensions and dilemmas this presented to the al-Qaeda attacks of 2004 and 2005 in Madrid and London.
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HS 385 Special Studies in History
The content and prerequisites for this course vary depending on the nature of the topic covered. Courses have included: The World at War, 1914 to 1945; Turning Points in Western History, Western History, from Ancient Israel to 9/11.
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HS 389 Independent Study
(4 credits)
Directed in-depth reading and research is devoted to specific topics or periods in history.
Prerequisite: approval of the adviser and Chair.
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HS 490 Senior Thesis Seminar
A two-semester capstone course, the first semester focuses on developing a research project. Thesis topics are chosen by students through discussion with the seminar professor. They may take the form of original research-based papers or discussions of the historical literature on an issue of interest and controversy. The second semester focuses on completing the research project, including in-class presentations of research findings, poster presentation, and the completion of the senior essay.
Prerequisite: senior standing in history; or permission of the instructor.
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HS 491 Senior Thesis Seminar
A two-semester capstone course, the first semester focuses on developing a research project. Thesis topics are chosen by students through discussion with the seminar professor. They may take the form of original research-based papers or discussions of the historical literature on an issue of interest and controversy. The second semester focuses on completing the research project, including in-class presentations of research findings, poster presentation, and the completion of the senior essay.
Prerequisite: senior standing in history; or permission of the instructor.
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Interdisciplinary Note: See Undergraduate Curriculum section for First-Year Seminars and University Seminars.
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ID 100A Becoming a Lifelong Learner
(1 credit)
This seminar is designed to assist incoming first-year students with transitional challenges related to university culture and its academic expectations. Students will critically examine themselves as lifelong learners looking at techniques and strategies to use as they adapt to the structures, routines and expectations of college life. Students examine their academic goals, personal strengths, and areas for development; become familiar with college resources and services through in-class presentations from campus staff and develop their communication and oral presentation skills. The course traverses theory and practice, by exploring theories of meta-cognition, reading and writing and applying these to the learning of college course material.
This course is required for all students admitted to the University who attend the Gateway to Success Summer program.
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ID 100B Becoming a Lifelong Learner
(1 credit)
This course is designed for students to examine their academic goals, personal strengths, and areas for development. Students will engage with college resources and services. In addition, students will review critical thinking strategies along with other learning strategies and also consider how other factors like health, wellness, and finances affect a student’s academic success and satisfaction in college. Student will convert their theoretical knowledge of learning strategies to practical application in the college classroom. Ultimately, the goals of this course are to help facilitate a smooth transition to college and lay the foundation for a successful college career.
This course is required for all students admitted to the University via the Gateway to Success program.
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ID 101 Science in Civilization I
In this course, students learn and apply basic concepts of physics and chemistry. The interrelationship among the fields of science is stressed, and concepts are reinforced throughout the semester. Basic problem-solving skills are emphasized in both lecture and laboratory. The goal of the course is to produce scientifically literate students who are able to make informed decisions in an increasingly technologically oriented world. It is a course for non-science majors, including those preparing for the teaching profession. Topics covered include the nature of science, the scientific method, motion, gravity, energy, laws of thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, waves, light, chemical reactions and nuclear energy.
Three class hours and three laboratory hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Satisfactory performance on the mathematics placement inventory or successful completion of MA 100 is required.
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ID 102 Science in Civilization II
In this course, students learn and apply basic concepts of astronomy, geology and biology. The interrelationship among the fields of science is stressed, and concepts are reinforced throughout the semester. Basic problem-solving skills are emphasized in both lecture and laboratory. The goal of the course is to produce scientifically literate students who are able to make informed decisions in an increasingly technologically oriented world. It is a course for non-science majors, including those preparing for the teaching profession.Topics covered include astronomy, the origin and evolution of life, the nature of living things, geology, weather, aquatic systems, human biology and genetics.
Three class hours and three laboratory hours weekly.
Prerequisite: Satisfactory performance on the mathematics placement inventory or successful completion of MA 100 is required. ID 101 is not a prerequisite for this class.
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ID 209 Ways of Knowing and Learning
(2 credits)
In this course, students become familiar with theories of knowledge and learning in addition to strategies and techniques for learning and thinking. The course covers insights from cognitive psychology, educational theory, and philosophy, various conceptions of learning styles, and critical thinking. Additionally, students engage in concrete ways to approach their studies in order to become actively involved in their own learning process. All students enrolled in the course will be assigned to work with a peer tutor; students must meet with their tutors at least six times through the course of the semester.
Prerequisite: Completed at least one semester at Arcadia.
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ID 226 Teen UpRise Mentoring Experience
This course will allow 15 Arcadia University students to have a Global Connection Experience within 12 miles of Glenside. AU students will work with Teen UpRise, a non-profit organization that seeks to help low-income adolescents create better futures. These enthusiastic and lively teenagers will entertain and inspire AU students. TU members are eager to find young adult role models and will impact your lives as much as you impact theirs. This course will design and implement a short-term mentoring program for TU’s students. AU students will spend at least 15 hours of direct contact with TU members. This course will meet three hours a week for on-campus discussions and planning and will host five separate three-hour visits with Teen UpRise students at either Arcadia University or Teen UpRise in Roxborough.
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ID 227 Raise Your Voice, Understand Your Voice, Express Your Voice: An Opportunity to Mix Up, Speak Up and Record Your Own Ideas
This has been an historic decade globally in terms of people expressing their voices for many reasons. What about you? Do you have something to say? A rue is a type of stew. Let’s stir up notions of the voice!
VOICE is a 5 letter word that starts with V. The voice is one of the most powerful mediums that we possess as people. Why and how? Current studies indicate that despite the technological changes occurring in workplaces, skills in oral communication, written communication, public speaking, motivating and managing others, and effective group leadership are most crucial for effective career improvement and advancement. Public speaking and oration are still considered very important and valued skills that a person can possess. As such, public speaking and oration skills can be used for almost anything. Many great speakers have a natural ability to display those skills and effectiveness in a way that can engage and move an audience for any purpose. Through engagement with narratives and various media, students will engage in creative expression using written expression and their voices to explore the power of oration, in addition to its historical and contemporary social impact. Language and rhetoric use are among two of the most imperative aspects of public speaking and interpersonal communication. Having knowledge and understanding of the use and purpose of oral communication will engage students to become more effective speakers as well as gain more innovative ways to communicate their messages as scholars and citizens.
This seminar explores the physical characteristics of the voice as well as historical orations from: Frederick Douglass, Shirley Chisholm, Adolph Hitler, Sukarno, Joseph Lowery, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Dick Gregory, Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, Mary McLeod Bethune, Dick Gregory, Ronald Regan, President Barack Obama, and other contemporary figures such as Lady Gaga. The course also explores and juxtaposes poetry, such as sonnets from Shakespeare, and students listen to recordings from the Last Poets and Nikki Giovanni to examine their voices. Students have an opportunity to research writings, create a work for oration, as well as visit a professional recording studio to make an individual and culminating group recording. These recordings are collaborated as a class CD project called “RUE,” which can be metaphorically referred to as a “voice stew project.”
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ID 228 Shakespeare on Stage with Seniors
The class offers students the opportunity to engage in a cross-cultural and cross-generational experience using a dramatic text as the initial point of contact. Students will study, analyze and discuss the text; learning skills necessary create and perform as the characters in the play. They will then go in to an established senior citizen community and share what they have learned. They will work with the residents’ experiences and understanding to rehearse and perform scenes from the play with the residents reversing age appropriate roles. For example, with Romeo and Juliet, students will play the adult roles and the residents will play Romeo and Juliet. The purpose is to engage and connect with the members of that community and understand their associations with character, circumstance and objectives and how these may differ from their own.
Prerequisite: EN 101
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ID 260 Cooperative Education I
Full-time or part-time placement in business, industry, government, social services, or education in a position related to the major field. Integrates work methods, scientific techniques and instruments and other practical applications of classroom work with individual academic and career objectives. This course provides added experiences and responsibilities in successive work assignments, commensurate with academic and professional development. It offers opportunity to explore various career interests by taking work assignments in more than one field.
It requires an evaluation to be completed by the student’s employer and an evaluation and reflection to be completed by the student.
Prerequisite: sophomore standing or above, completion of two courses in the major field, a cumulative GPA of 3.0 (may be waived by permission of the student’s major department), and permission of the instructor and the Office of Career Education.
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ID 325 Artist in the Community
This course fulfills the Global Connections Experience requirement and has been designed with the criteria for those experiences in mind. It provides a sustained cross-cultural experience in conjunction with local schools and community organizations. Students engage in personal creative development through various hands on art projects within the first section of the course. Beginning in weeks five or six, the second section provides the opportunity for students to take that creative expression to the community in order to explore the power of art to bring people together, create connections across differences, and re-create community spaces. Community service hours in organizations occur primarily during class time. The course concludes with an art exhibit of student work to be shared with the Arcadia community, friends and family. Students from a variety of disciplines are invited to enroll and no particular prior background experiences in the arts are required. All students are required, however, to make a commitment to stretching beyond the familiar as they meet new people and engage in individual and community art making.
Note: Background checks and child abuse clearances are required for some locations.
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ID 330 Inside Out
This unique, experiential course is affiliated with the International Inside Out Prison Exchange program. The class meetings take place at a Philadelphia County prison where students have the opportunity to learn about the criminal justice system in the United States. Half the students in the class are Arcadia students (outside), the other half are incarcerated individuals (inside). Inside and outside students meet once a week to discuss readings related to the course topic and to work on research projects. Course topics range from those in Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities. Students must be willing to abide by the rules and procedures of the prison and the Inside Out program. Enrollment in the course is by permission of the Arcadia program coordinator only.
Note: An approved application and background checks are required for this course.
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ID 330A Inside Out: Art (Representational Drawings)
Many advanced drawing classes focus on developing personal vision and style. In Representational Drawing, participants will review drawing basics – line, tone, perspective and composition, but the class will emphasize specific techniques required to render textures, surfaces, transparency, etc. – in fact, various ways to produce realistic still life subjects in graphite, charcoal and ink. Though the class is considered to be “advanced,” this label primarily reflects its discrete goal – i.e., the generation of accurate, realistic drawings. There are no prerequisites, though Drawing I (FA 104 ) and Drawing II (FA 105 ) are recommended.
Goals:
- To provide students with a comprehensive repertoire of techniques require to generate representational images.
- To foster an environment for exchange of creative solutions and discussion related to the value of representational art.
- To encourage thought and discussion of the relevance of art-making in restrictive settings and attitudes toward art produced in such settings.
- To foster connections between participants on the inside and on the outside.
- To promote creative problem solving within the perceived limitations associated with representational drawing.
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ID 481 International Mathematics Education
Students attend a 10-day exchange program for teacher-students, working with new teachers from different countries, and share different perspectives on mathematics education. Students present a half-day workshop on mathematics education in the United States and attend an international conference on the didactics of mathematics education. The international component is led by professors from Italy and the Netherlands. Before traveling, students meet three times with an Arcadia professor to prepare for their experience; after their return, students develop an outreach project designed to share what they learned with the Arcadia community.
Prerequisite: Completion of at least two education courses.
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IS 100 Introduction to International Studies
(3 credits)
See description under IS 101 .
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IS 101 Introduction to International Studies
This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of International Studies. Key themes and issues focused on include globalization, development, poverty, and human rights. The course explores how political, social and economic inequalities are produced and how they affect a variety of peoples and regions differently. Students examine the evolution of nation-state sovereignty and the inter-related impacts of other sub-national and supra-national actors, groups and forces such as those of global markets and non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations. In addition, students learn how the disciplines of history, anthropology, political science and economics engage the central topics of International Studies in distinct ways.
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IS 120 Global Public Health
This course introduces students to critical challenges in global health using multidisciplinary perspectives. Issues at the nexus between development and health are explored through millennium development goals, disease burden, environmental health and safe water, epidemiology and demography of disease, AIDS and HIV prevention, chronic diseases, nutritional challenges, social determinants of global health, harm reduction and behavioral modification, health professionals and capacity development, as well as human rights and bioethical issues in a global context.
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IS 130 Modern Mediterranean World
(also listed as HS 130 )
This course enables students to become knowledgeable about the geopolitically strategic as well as social-cultural importance of the Mediterranean region, both historically and in the modern era. Students learn about the strategic waterways, land, and air routes, the Suez Canal, and the nature of war and peace and how the conflicts in the region have affected global peace, stability and security. The course examines the Arab-Israeli conflict, the impact of immigration and migration into the European Union, trade patterns, and cultural, ethnic, religious, and linguistic identities and how they affect regional relations.
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IS 201 International Studies Research Writing
This course provides students an intensive introduction to discipline-focused research and writing in their International Studies field(s) of interest. Students are introduced to a variety of types of primary and secondary sources. They learn about how to search for and locate these different sources, how to evaluate them, and how to utilize the sources in their research-based writing. Students learn how to develop research projects from the initial topic of interest through to the final written product; this work includes the generation of research proposals, re-drafting of papers, and practice in formulating different kinds of arguments depending on audience, sources, and written form.
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IS 220 Global Environment
This course focuses on global interconnections and the consequences of humans’ use and frequent degradation of natural resources around the planet. All continents are explored. Readings, discussions, and written assignments examine such topics as the shifting demand for and politics of resource extraction, trends in energy use (past, present and future), environmental health and justice, and how and the extent to which ecological balances have been imperiled by human economic and social development.
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IS 225 Conflict and Inequality in Latin America
This class presents an overview of Latin America by focusing on the historical processes and contemporary socio-political practices that produce conflict and inequality in the region. Why has a region so rich in resources been historically underdeveloped? What issues have recurred across contexts as causes of conflict and inequality in the region? And how have people mobilized to address these causes? Through an examination of several specific case studies, from the Zapatista rebellion in Mexico to community health care activism in Chile, we will explore the similarities and differences in the nature of conflict and inequality found in countries across Latin America. As part of this, we will consider the role the United States has played in shaping the political economy of the region.
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IS 320 Global Poverty and Inequality
Debates that surround poverty and inequality are some of the most urgent in our time. This advanced seminar critically analyzes the causes of poverty and inequality and applies this analysis to new approaches to development around the world. Students explore historical efforts to address poverty as well as contemporary texts that offer cutting edge solutions to development challenges.
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IS 340 Law, Disorder and Globalization
In the late 20th century, there was a global turn towards criminalization and incarceration as responses to social problems-to “disorder.” While justified by claims about increases in crime, this “penal turn” often precedes such increases, and so cannot be explained by crime rates alone. The politics of crime are a useful way to examine many social and political changes, such as the criminalization of poor and African-American youth and “urban decline” in U.S. inner cities. This course will examine how these politics help construct inequality in the U.S.; we will also consider how they shape international relationships between the U.S., Europe, and nation-states in Latin America and Africa. As part of this, we will examine how criminalization creates social hierarchies, in which some types of people and some nation-states are seen as inherently criminal and disorderly. We will discuss a range of specific cases that allow us to understand the factors that motivate the penal turn, exploring the ways the penal turn has material consequences that encourage future criminalization, such as for-profit prisons.
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IS 425 Post-Conflict Reconstruction
This course introduces students to the main issues in post conflict reconstruction and the multiple challenges facing societies emerging from conflict. The objective of the course is to highlight the various dilemmas and needs of reconstruction and how these are generated by the specific dynamics of conflict. To do so, we adopt a comparative political economy approach that addresses many of the key issues affecting post conflict reconstruction in different conflict spaces, including the role of international actors; the relationship between socio-political peace and economic stability; the financing of reconstruction; the challenges of reconstituting domestic political relations after conflict; governance and institutional development; and the importance of social policy in facilitating reconstruction. This course also places emphasis on the applied side of post conflict reconstruction by introducing some of the techniques, policies and needs assessment strategies employed by international organizations in advancing reconstruction policies and strategies.
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IS 430 Social Life of War: Political, Cultural and Identity Process in Global Conflict
This course explores war and violent conflict from a socio-cultural perspective. The course explores the ways in which war and violent conflict reshape social structures, create new cultural processes in reaction to altered reality, and reconstitute identities. Students read and discuss ethnographic accounts that show how war and violent conflict are experienced at the personal, cultural and social level. This course enhances and complicates understandings of what conflict is and what it means for people and social groups who are forced to endure it.
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IS 490 International Studies Senior Thesis Seminars
In this two-semester Capstone course, students explore research methods and develop and complete a substantial research project. Project topics are chosen by students in consultation with the seminar professor.
(490 in fall only; 491 in spring only)
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IS 491 International Studies Senior Thesis Seminars
In this two-semester Capstone course, students explore research methods and develop and complete a substantial research project. Project topics are chosen by students in consultation with the seminar professor.
(490 in fall only; 491 in spring only)
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IT 101 Beginning Italian I
Courses introduce understanding, speaking, reading and writing skills. Basic vocabulary and grammatical structures are studied. At the end of IT 102 students are expected to advance to an intermediate-low level by ACTFL standards. Computer assisted practice using state-of-the-art digital laboratory.
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IT 102 Beginning Italian II
Courses introduce understanding, speaking, reading and writing skills. Basic vocabulary and grammatical structures are studied. At the end of IT102 students are expected to advance to an intermediate-low level by ACTFL standards. Computer assisted practice using state-of-the-art digital laboratory.
Prerequisite: IT 101 or equivalent
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IT 201 Intermediate Italian I
Course continues practice in listening, conversation, reading and writing in Italian while presenting advanced grammatical structures. At the end of IT 201, students are expected to advance to an intermediate-mid level by ACTFL standards. Computer-assisted practice using state of- the-art digital laboratory.
Prerequisite: IT 102 or equivalent.
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IT 202 Intermediate Italian Language and Culture
Capstone course designed to further develop students¹ language proficiency. At the end of IT 202 students are expected to advance to an intermediate-high or advanced level by ACTFL standards. Cultural knowledge is advanced through more advanced reading, listening, speaking and writing exercises.
Prerequisite: IT 201 or equivalent.
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IT 203 Italian Conversation and Diction I
Conversation in Italian for students who want to improve their conversational Italian as well as expand their knowledge of Italian culture by analyzing current issues and situations of Italian society.
Prerequisite: IT 102 or equivalent.
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IT 204 Italian Conversation and Diction II
Conversation in Italian for students who want to improve their conversational Italian as well as expand their knowledge of Italian culture by analyzing current issues and situations of Italian society.
Prerequisite: IT 102 or equivalent.
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IT 216 Italian through Art
The course aims at expanding students’ knowledge of the Italian language and culture through one of the most representative features of the Italian cultural tradition: Art. Throughout the semester students will develop the skills of reading, writing and speaking while analyzing some of the most famous Italian artists of all times and their major artworks.
Prerequisite: IT 201 or equivalent level or authorization from the instructor and/or the department.
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IT 226 Italian Language and Culture through Cinema
A view of Italian language and culture through contemporary Italian films. Italian society as represented by the most prominent Italian directors in the cinema. Course is taught in English
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IT 231 The Mafia and Beyond
The course examines the Sicilian mafia and other criminal organizations (camorra and ‘ndrangheta) in their historical and social context in Italian culture: their origins, development into powerful criminal syndicates with political ties, and expansion to North America. The course looks at organized crime through the lens of literature, film, and popular media, to examine how the mafiosi have been alternatively a target of civic indignation and an object of endless fascination in Italian (and Italian-American) popular culture.
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IT 285 Special Topics in Italian
(3 to 4 credits)
Exploration of selected topics such as Italian civilization: history, geography, literature, art and culture. Topics vary according to student and faculty interests. May be elected for more than one topic.
Prerequisite: IT 202 or equivalent level.
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IT 314 Introduction to Italian Literature
Introductory course in reading and interpreting Italian. The course provides students with the necessary knowledge to analyze narrative and poetry of the main movements of Italian literary tradition through selections of each genre.
Prerequisite: IT 202 or equivalent level.
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IT 315 La Divina Commedia: Inferno
Analysis of Dante’s masterpiece through discussion of philosophical concepts and historical facts of medieval Italy. The course will focus on the inferno and Dante’s journey in the realm of Lucifer.
Prerequisite: IT 202 or equivalent level.
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IT 389 Independent Study: Italian
(2 to 4 credits)
In-depth study of an author, movement, genre. Or a theme such as advanced grammar.
Prerequisite: Senior standing with 30 credits already approved, a minimum GPA of 3.0, consent from a faculty to direct the course, and authorization from the chair.
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IT 490 Italian Senior Thesis I
This is a Capstone project for senior Italian majors, exploring Italian cultural issues, both inside and outside of the United States. Seminar format, culminates in a project consisting of 20 to 25 pages written in Italian and a public presentation. The course develops along one year (Fall, 4 credits; Spring, 2 credits) and the theme must be approved by the instructor.
Prerequisite: All previous major courses requirements completed, and Senior Standing.
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IT 491 Italian Senior Thesis II
(2 credits)
This is a second semester course culminating in the conclusion of your thesis and final capstone presentation.
Prerequisite: IT 490
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JA 101 Beginning Japanese I
Conversation-based introduction to Japanese: grammar, comprehension, pronunciation and vocabulary. Includes individual work with CDs and audio cassettes and an introduction to the Japanese writing system. Computer-assisted practice for writing systems using state-of-the-art digital laboratory for writing system. Introduction of Japanese culture.
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JA 102 Beginning Japanese II
Conversation-based introduction to Japanese: grammar, comprehension, pronunciation and vocabulary. Includes individual work with CDs and audio cassettes and an introduction to the Japanese writing system. Computer-assisted practice for writing systems using state-of-the-artdigital laboratory for writing system. Introduction of Japanese culture.
Prerequisite: JA 101 or equivalent.
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JA 201 Intermediate Japanese I
Intermediate Japanese following the same basic procedure as the two Japanese courses, JA 101 and JA 102 . Continues work on formal patterns of Japanese and introduces informal patterns. Formally introduces Kanji borrowed from China and practices both reading and writing Japanese. Informal usages of verbs and adjectives are introduced and practiced in this course. Uses computer assisted practice using state-of-the-art digital laboratory.
Prerequisite: JA 102 or equivalent.
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JA 202 Intermediate Japanese Language and Culture
Basic continuation of JA 201 . Increases informal/plain verbs and adjectives in spoken, reading and writing Japanese. Emphasizes a working knowledge of everyday business conversation with business etiquette. Includes lessons on current Japanese culture to promote an understanding of the new Japan. Discussions of culture, viewing of DVDs and video tapes both in Japanese and English, and self-researching using websites are included. Uses state-of-the-art digital laboratory is used.
Prerequisite: JA 201 or equivalent.
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JA 203 Japanese Conversation
The course is designed for students who want to develop conversational skills in Japanese at a Mid-Beginner to Low-Intermediate level.
Prerequisite: JA 102
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JA 205 Japanese Culture
The course is designed for students who are interested in learning Japanese culture. The course is supported through bilingual readings in Japanese/English.
Prerequisite: JA 202
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JA 215 Introduction to Japanese Literature
This course is an introduction to Japanese literature, both in Japanese and in English, from the Meiji period to the present. Readings include selections from the course required texts (see below), which include various authors such as Mori Ogai,Natsume, Soseki Natsume, Higuchi Ichiyo, Enchi Fumiko, Hira bayashi Taiko, Banana Yoshimoto, Haruki Murakami, Sakai Junko, Kakuta Mitsuyo, Otsuichi, and others.
Prerequisite: JA 202 or an approved equivalent or permission from the instructor and/or department. To take this course a student must be able to communicate with her or his instructor on a daily basis in Japanese and be able to use the three writing systems of Japanese in order to comprehend the reading materials.
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Linguistics |
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LING 101 Introduction to Linguistics
This course provides an overview of the study of language, its structures and its organization. This course introduces the student to the field of linguistics, including the subfields of morphology, phonology, syntax, and pragmatics. We will also address insights from linguistics that apply to first and second language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and language variation and change.
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LING 300 Phonetics and Phonology
This course provides a study of speech sounds and their patterns. In particular, we look at how human speech sounds are produced and how they function together as a system. We learn and use the International Phonetic Alphabet to describe and analyze speech sounds. We explore the sound systems of a wide range of languages and will make applications to speech pathology, dialectology, learning languages and linguistics theory. Classes will be a combination of lecture, discussion, and problem solving in groups.
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LING 307 Second Language Acquisition
This course introduces students to the field of second language acquisition (SLA) from various theoretical perspectives. We will discuss features of the second language (L2) learner (age, aptitude, memory abilities, motivation, etc.) and his/her environment (classroom, immersion, naturalistic setting, study abroad, etc.) and the L2 learning process including linguistic factors and processes and social dimensions that influence L2 learning. As we deal with these topics, we will also look at the implications of SLA findings for the teaching of second languages and discuss current classroom practices. Students will read scholarly articles and learn to conduct a small research project on an aspect of second language acquisition of their choice. This course counts toward the Spanish major and the Linguistics minor.
Prerequisite: LING 101 .
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Mathematics |
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MA 095 Pre-Algebra (Math Skills)
(0 credits)
This course helps students to prepare for MA 100 This course is geared both to the individual needing a review of basic skills and those attempting to overcome math anxiety. Topics include operations on whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percents, ratios, proportions, signed numbers, areas of geometric figures, and an introduction to the solution of linear equations.
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MA 100 Elementary/Intermediate Algebra
(2 credits)
This course is an introduction to the fundamental concepts and processes of Elementary and Intermediate Algebra, with an emphasis on problem-solving. This course is geared both to the individual needing a review of algebra and those attempting to overcome math anxiety. Topics include operations with signed numbers, solving and graphing equations and inequalities, operations with polynomials, factoring, radicals, exponents, and quadratic equations.
Prerequisite: MA 095 or placement exam.
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MA 110 Pre-Calculus Mathematics
This course is an introduction to basic mathematical ideas and techniques centered on the function concepts. Includes relations and functions in general, algebraic functions, trigonometric functions, exponential and logarithmic functions.
Prerequisite: MA 100 or placement exam.
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MA 117 Mathematical Concepts I
This course is an introduction to mathematical reasoning and problem solving. The course emphasizes writing, individual and group investigations, and the use of relevant technology. Content focuses on number theory, college geometry, and the concept of infinity.
Prerequisite: MA 100 or placement exam; open to all majors except Mathematics and Computer Science.
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MA 118 Mathematical Concepts II
This course is a continuation of MA 117 . Further development of mathematical reasoning and problem solving. The course emphasizes writing, individual and group investigations, and the use of relevant technology. Content focuses on geometry, probability, and data analysis.
Prerequisite: MA 117 .
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MA 141 Elementary Statistics
This course is an introduction to basic statistical techniques and their applications to the sciences, social sciences and business administration. It includes the collection and presentation of data, measures of central tendency and variability, probability, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression, and introduction to analysis of variance. Students learn to use common computer packages in statistics.
Prerequisite: MA 100 or placement exam.
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MA 143 Business Math
This course will provide an introduction to the mathematics necessary for a business student to pursue quantitatively oriented business courses including accounting, economics, marketing, finance and operations research. In addition this course will prepare a student for a business orientated calculus course. Topics will include: algebraic concepts, linear, quadratic, polynomial and rational functions; logarithm and exponential functions; limits and continuity and differentiation. Some of the specific applications include: fitting of curves, interest rate calculations, present and future values of annuities and marginal analysis.
This course will also require students to take the accompanying Excel lab, where business applications will be reinforced using MS Excel exercises. Students will complete Excel related exercises applying the course concepts. Weekly exercises and projects will be outlined in a lab book which is included in the course requirements.
Prerequisite: MA 100 or placement exam.
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MA 201 Calculus I
This introduction to basic calculus presents limits, continuity, the derivative, the definite and indefinite integral, applications.
Prerequisite: MA 110 or placement exam.
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MA 202 Calculus II
This continuation of MA 201 investigates further techniques of one-variable calculus, including techniques of integration, and infinite series.
Prerequisite: MA 201 .
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MA 203 Calculus III
This continuation of MA 202 includes multi-variable calculus and applications.
Prerequisite: MA 202 with a grade of at least C-.
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MA 207 Applied Calculus I
(3 credits)
Not regularly offered.
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MA 208 Applied Calculus II
(3 credits)
Not regularly offered.
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MA 221 Linear Algebra
This intensive study of linear algebra includes essentials of finite-dimensional vector-spaces, linear transformation, matrix algebra, systems of linear equations, and determinants.
Prerequisite: MA 201 or permission of the Chair.
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MA 225 Writing Mathematics: A Transition to Higher Mathematics
This is the Computer Science and Mathematics Department’s research writing (RW) course. Intended for second-semester sophomores, it focuses on helping students gain facility with the two major types of mathematical writing: clear, concise proofs written for other mathematicians; and explanations of mathematics aimed at non-technical audiences. Writing mathematics is not easily separated from the process of doing mathematics, so while writing takes center stage throughout the course, there are a number of important mathematical concepts that also are covered. Exposure to these topics and the ability to express them clearly will serve students well in all future higher-level math coursework.
Prerequisite: EN 101 and MA 221 .
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MA 226 Writing Mathematics: An Abbreviated Transition to Higher Mathematics
(2 credits)
MA226 is an abbreviated version of MA 225 . It is intended for second-semester sophomores and it focuses on helping students gain facility with the two major types of mathematical writing: clear, concise proofs written for other mathematicians; and explanations of mathematics aimed at nontechnical audiences. Important mathematical concepts are also covered. Main difference with MA 225 : the number of mathematical concepts covered, which is less in MA226. Math majors must take MA 225 .
Prerequisite: EN 101 and MA 221 .
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MA 230 Discrete Structures
(3 credits)
This introduction to discrete mathematical structures with applications in computer science includes basic set algebra, functions, Boolean algebra, propositional logic, graph theory and trees.
Prerequisite: MA 100 or placement exam.
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MA 242 Intermediate Statistics
This in-depth examination of statistical concepts includes multiple correlation and regression, analysis of variance, non-parametric statistics, and sampling designs. It provides experience in working with computer packages in statistics.
Prerequisite: MA 141 or permission of the instructor.
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MA 302 Introduction to Analysis
This course is an introduction to the language, fundamental concepts and standard theorems of real analysis.
Prerequisite: MA 203 and MA 225 . Also, a 2.0 major GPA is required. However, a 2.20 major GPA is strongly recommended.
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MA 315 Theory of Computation
(3 credits)
In this introduction to the theoretical basis of computing, topics include: a review of graph theory; network models; grammars, languages and automata; Turing machines; computability.
Prerequisite: CS 201 and either MA 230 or MA 322 or MA 302 .
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MA 322 Abstract Algebra I
This course focuses primarily on group theory but also includes an introduction to rings and fields.
Prerequisite: MA 221 and MA 225 with a grade of at least C-.or permission of the instructor. Also, a 2.0 major GPA is required. However, a 2.20 major GPA is strongly recommended.
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MA 330 Graph Theory and Combinatorics
Graph theory topics include planar graphs, Euler and Hamiltonian circuits, graph coloring, trees, depth-first and breadth-first search, network algorithms. Combinatorial topics include arrangements and selections, generating functions, recurrence relations, pigeon-hole principle, and inclusion-exclusion. This course covers applications to computer science and business and also material of interest to mathematics/ secondary education majors. MA 330 may be used to satisfy the Computer Science MA 230 requirement.
Prerequisite: MA 203 and MA 225 or permission of the instructor.
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MA 331 Modern College Geometry
This is an examination of selected topics from Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry and projective geometry. It will introduce current software.
Prerequisite: MA 202 ; or permission of the instructor.
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MA 332 Topics in Geometry
Not regularly scheduled.
Prerequisite: MA 202 ; or permission of the instructor.
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MA 341 Probability
This is a study of combinatorics, discrete and continuous random variables of one and two dimensions, expectations, commonly used probability models, and normal approximation.
Corequisite: MA 203
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MA 342 Mathematical Statistics I
This is a study of sampling theory, sampling distribution, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, linear regression and related topics.
Prerequisite: MA 341 .
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MA 343 Mathematical Statistics II
This continuation of MA 342 includes regression models, time series, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). It employs the SAS programming language.
Prerequisite: MA 342 .
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