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Course Descriptions

 

Other Courses
  

  • BI 270 Special Topics in Neurobiology

    (2 or 4 credits)
    This course will introduce students to select topics in specialized areas of neuroscience including neurobiology of disease, neurodevelopment, glial cell biology, neurotoxicology, and neuropharmacology. The specific topic of this course will vary by semester and area of faculty expertise. Topics covered will draw from current literature, involve student-led discussions, and incorporate problem-based learning approaches to enhance student understanding of key concepts in neurobiology.  The course is offered as either 2-credits or 4-credits depending on the topic and can be repeated. Students taking this to fulfill the requirements for the Neuroscience Minor may take individual, 4-credit courses or combine two, 2-credit courses to fulfill the credit requirement.  Students should have completed BI 101   and either BI 242   or PY 142   prior to enrolling in the course, or have permission of the instructor if these prerequisites have not been met.

    Prerequisite: BI 101  ; and either BI 242   or PY 142  
  

  • BI 341 Plant Physiology

    4 credits
    This course provides the basic knowledge base of a general, upper division plant physiology course including topics such as photosynthetic physiology, plant growth and tropisms, plant nutrition, and ecological effects of abiotic factors. Particular emphasis will be given to knowledge and skills needed for applied of plant physiology. This course will be especially useful for students interested in pursuing graduate study or careers in applied tracks like natural resources, forestry, wildlife biology, conservation biology, ecology, agriculture or horticulture. Laboratories are designed to complelemnt the various career needs. This course satisfies the plant lab requirement for the Biology Major.

    Prerequisite: BI 101  , BI 102  
  

  • BI 345 Cancer Biology

    4 credits
    This course provides students with an in-depth analysis of the biological changes that lead a cell to lose proliferative control and start spreading; becoming a cancer cell.  Topics include tumor viruses, oncogenes, tumor suppressors, cancer cell signaling, mechanisms of tumorigenesis, metastasis, immunotherapy and targeted-drug design.  Current seminal research literature is discussed in class and oral presentations from the students are required.  Three class hours weekly and special projects (no laboratory).

    Prerequisite: BI 204  , BI 242  ; or written permission of the instructor and Department Chair.  BI 325  is highly recommended.
  

  • FR 310 French Women Writers and Other Troublemakers

    From bomb-throwing pétroleuses through the modern-day MeToo 

    #balancetonporc, women have claimed a place in the major 

    political and social movements in France and other French-speaking regions such as North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, 

    and Quebec. In this course, we ask how the contributions of women writers, filmmakers, activists, and other “troublemakers” both disrupt and shape social norms in the French-speaking world.

     

    Course is conducted in French

    Prerequisite: French 202 or equivalent.

Art Education

NOTE: Studio courses require a combination of scheduled class time and independent work that averages at least 12 hours a week.
  

  • AE 300 The Uses of Theory in Art Education

    This comprehensive course is designed for students who are preparing to teach art K-12. This course examines stages of artistic development and investigates how creative exploration and learning occurs. Students study curriculum theory, construct models for actual teaching situations, and develop strategies for classroom management and evaluation procedures. Students have the opportunity to develop and model a lesson for their peers. A field experience is included and provides students with the opportunity to practice and apply acquired skills.

    Offered in even years.

    Prerequisite: ED 110 , ED 212 ; or permission of the instructor.
  

  • AE 308 Curriculum Design in Art Education

    This comprehensive course is designed for students who are preparing to teach art K-12. The course explores the philosophy, psychology and literature of art education as the basis for developing, instructing and evaluating art. Curriculum writing and lesson planning will be intertwined throughout the course. Students have the opportunity to develop and model a lesson for their peers. A field experience is included and provides students with the opportunity to practice and apply the skills that they are acquiring. 

    Prerequisite: AE 300 , senior standing and admission to internship.

Art History
  

  • AH 111 Western Art: Renaissance to Modern

    This course is a chronological survey of art from the Renaissance to the Modern world, spanning a period from 1300 to the present day. Selected works in architecture, sculpture and painting are studied as examples of the way in which the natural and social environment, together with ethical and religious beliefs, determine the forms and images of a culture’s art.
  

  • AH 112 Western Art: Prehistory to Medieval

    This course is a chronological survey of art from the prehistoric to the medieval periods, spanning a period from 3000 BCE to 1300 CE. Selected works in architecture, sculpture and painting are studied as examples of the way in which the natural and social environment, together with ethical and religious beliefs, determine the forms and images of a culture’s art.
  

  • AH 220 Medieval Art

    This course explores major examples of medieval art within the context of cultural history.  Lectures and classroom discussions will introduce students to important frescoes, sculptures, manuscript illuminations, metalwork, ivories, tapestries and stained glass of the era.  The construction and symbolism of key architectural monuments from Christian basilica, Islamic mosque and crusader castle to the Gothic cathedral will be investigated.  A variety of cultural themes such as the art of courtly love, life in the castle, chivalry and the rules of the tournament, the impact of the music and poetry of the troubadours and trouveres and the culinary practices of the knightly class, will be explored in relationship to key works of art.  The semester will culminate with a medieval banquet in the Grey Towers Castle.
  

  • AH 222 Early Renaissance Art

    This course explores Renaissance art in Western Europe from the 14th to 16th centuries, with a, focus on the revival of the classical past, changes in artistic status, gender roles, and the advent of the Protestant Reformation. Artists may include Giotto, Masaccio, Donatello, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo. Fieldtrips to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to study the Renaissance collections are included.

    Offered in even years.

  

  • AH 224 Baroque Art

    This course focuses on art and architecture of the 17th century in the European artistic centers of Rome, Paris, Madrid, and Amsterdam. Themes include the impact of the Counter Reformation, relationships between art and power, and the development of portraiture, genre and landscape painting. Artists may include Caravaggio, Bernini, Poussin, Velázquez, Rembrandt, and Vermeer. Fieldtrips to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to study the Baroque collection are included.

    Offered in odd years.

  

  • AH 225 Nineteenth Century Art

    This course charts the development of art from Rococo to Post-Impressionism. It examines the relationship between this stylistic transformation and the century’s rapid political, economic, and social changes. Students will gain insight into the integral relationship between modern art and modernity by studying works of art in the context of revolution, industrialization, imperialism, emancipation, and other dramatic sociopolitical events that shaped the century. Our focus will shift between art produced in Western Europe and elsewhere, especially in former and current colonies in North America, the Middle East, and South Asia. Study includes visits to the area’s premiere collections of nineteenth-century art.
  

  • AH 226 History of Photography

    Photography has a unique status in our visual culture. Unlike other technologies of visualization, photography saturates everyday life, mass media, science, and fine art. Paradoxically, the medium’s pervasiveness can render it invisible – too commonplace to be noticed. The goal of this course is to enable you to truly see photography by exploring the medium’s technological, aesthetic, and sociopolitical histories. Thematic units investigate questions that have persistently plagued the medium sense its invention circa 1830, including: Do photographs always tell the truth, or can they lie? What are the ethics of making and viewing photographs, especially when they capture violence and vulnerability? What are the implications of using photography to craft identities for ourselves and others? By tackling these questions and many more, you will gain a new perspective on your role as a maker, subject, and consumer of photographs.

    Prerequisite: AH 111 , AH 112 , FA 102 , FA 103 , or permission from instructor.
  

  • AH 227 History of Modern Craft and Design: 1915-Present

    This class explores the movements and styles that developed during the 20th centuries in American and European decorative arts, craft and design. Some of these are Bauhaus, Art Deco, Streamline, International Style, and Contemporary Craft. The social, political and artistic causes as well as the innovators and practitioners of these styles are studied as well. The impact of technological developments and social change on the art are studied.

    Prerequisite: AH 111  or AH 112  are recommended.
  

  • AH 228 High Renaissance and Mannerist Art

    This course focuses on the painting, sculpture, and architecture of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti and their contemporaries in sixteenth-century Italy. Emphasis will be upon the form and content of each work, with particular attention given to the role of creativity and the notion of artistic genius. We will also consider the revival of antiquity and its relationship to vernacular culture, as well as the changing role of the artist over time.
  

  • AH 232 Art of Ancient Greece and Rome

    This course is an introduction to ancient Greek and Roman art, covering material from the Aegean Bronze Age to the Hellenistic period and from the Etruscan culture to the Late Antique period, roughly spanning from the 3rd millennium B.C. to the 4th century C.E.  Students will be exposed to a variety of artwork including pottery, marble statues, bronze sculptures, and wall paintings, and discuss how classical antiquity influenced the very foundations of western thought and culture.
  

  • AH 234 Global Modernisms

    This course asks not only “what was modernism?”, but also “where and when was modernism?”.  Following recent scholarship, it expands the scope of modern art to include works made beyond the borders of Europe and the United States in the first half of the twentieth century.  The class explores how these new international parameters test traditional definitions of modern art.  Thematic organization of select case-studies encourages students to compare how artists approached similar problems within distinct cultures and under disparate historical circumstances, and to trace how the ideas and styles associated with modernism travelled internationally.  The course challenges each student to develop their own definition of modernism, one that considers its global nature.

    Prerequisite: AH111 or permission of the instructor.
  

  • AH 235 Contemporary Art: 1945 to the Present

    This course traces themes in visual art from World War II to the present.  These seventy-five years have seen dramatic shifts in the form, site, and function of art.  Many artists have abandoned traditional fine art media (such as painting and sculpture) or modified them beyond recognition through the use of vernacular materials and new technologies.  Their experiments have pushed artworks out of the gallery into non-art venues (such as the street, the wilderness, and the internet) where they demand new modes of viewer engagement.  We will examine not only how art has changed in this period but also why it has done so.  What political, social, and cultural developments have artists responded to our hoped to affect?  Our investigation will focus mainly on the United States and Europe, with excursions to other countries and continents.

    Prerequisite: AH 111  or permission of the instructor. 
  

  • AH 236 Latin American Art

    This course explores the arts of Latin America from the European conquest to the modern period. A brief survey of the ancient cultures of Mesoamerica (Mexico and Central America) and the Andes (Peru and Bolivia) provides the background for understanding artistic developments in these areas after Spanish and Portuguese colonization. We investigate the post-conquest culture of the Americas through an analysis of works in various media, including codices, paintings, featherwork, sculpture, architecture, murals, and prints. Particular emphasis will be given to the diffusion of European visual culture in the Americas, with a focus on points of cross-cultural contact. Considerations of colonialization, religious conversion, race, and hybridity will deepen our understanding of Latin American visual culture.
  

  • AH 285 Special Topics

    Exploration of an art-historical topic presented in lectures and discussions by art history faculty. Topics may range in chronologies, cultures, and geographies. Topics vary from semester-to-semester. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • AH 323 Contemporary Curatorial Practices

    This seminar provides students with a broad overview of mid-to-late 20th century and contemporary art through the lens of exhibition making. Organized around a comprehensive proposal for a thematic group exhibition, topics include evolution of gallery and exhibition contexts, installation design, the rhetorical impact of artworks on each other, the role of the given physical site and layout on the works displayed, and the exhibition as mode of interpretation and research. Students are introduced to a wide variety of contemporary artists and how their work is contextualized by the exhibition format. Projects include an oral presentation on a postwar artist (or movement), curating a hypothetical group exhibition, and six 2-to-3-page papers. Fieldtrips to regional exhibition spaces and guest speakers reinforce the course material.
  

  • AH 324 Seminar: Art and the Italian Renaissance Court

    This course provides an in-depth examination of painting, buildings, sculpture, and manuscripts produced in the Italian Renaissance courts of the fourteenth through early sixteenth centuries.  It was at this time that princely figures relied on art and architecture to bolster their claim to power and to display their wealth, piety, and learning.  A focus on the courtly centers of Mantua, Urbino, Ferrara, and Milan will not only reveal how these princes used the arts to legitimate their own right to rule, but also how artists and objects circulated between the courts as part of a complex network of patronage and political alliances
  

  • AH 325 Leonardo da Vinci: Art, Myth, and Innovation

    This seminar explores the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci—perhaps one of the best known, but most mysterious artists in the Western tradition. In this course, we examine Leonardo’s many paintings, drawings, and writings in order to situate him within a broader cultural context. Special attention is given to his voluminous notebooks with their studies of weaponry, machinery, human anatomy, and hydraulics.
  

  • AH 326 Seminar: Modern Art

    This advanced seminar on Fauvism, Cubism, Dadaism, Futurism, Surrealism, Expressionism and other movements of the first half of the century focuses on their developments in the ‘40s and ‘50s in Europe and America. It requires individual research and discussion on a selected period.

    Prerequisite: AH 111  or AH 112  and one of the following: AH 222 , AH 224  or AH 225 . Open to juniors and seniors.
  

  • AH 327 Seminar: Make an Exhibition

    This course combines the focused, in-depth study of a seminar with the applied learning of a practicum.  Over the semester, students work together to create an exhibition in one of the campus galleries.  In the first half of the course, students learn about the art they are tasked with exhibiting through assigned readings, independent research, field trips, and guest speakers.  They are also introduced to best practices in the curation, collections management, educational programming, marketing, and installation of visual art exhibitions.  Students then use the knowledge and skills they have acquired to collaboratively create an art exhibition on campus.

    Prerequisite: 100-level Art History course or instructor’s permission.  200-level Art History course or work experience with the Arcadia University Gallery program (especially, Contemporary Curatorial Practice and/or The Artist and the Exhibition: Gallery Practicum) recommended.
  

  • AH 328 Seminar: Contemporary Art

    This advanced seminar on current art and its background in the ‘60s and ‘70s includes methods and problems in modern art criticism. It requires papers on various concepts for discussion and critiques of art shows in Philadelphia and New York.

    Prerequisite: AH 111  or AH 112  and one of the following: AH 222 , AH 224  or AH 225 . Open to juniors and seniors.
  

  • AH 329 Art Now: Special Topics in Contemporary Art

    This seminar examines art since 2000 with an emphasis on the present. Topics covered vary with each iteration of the course to correspond with the most pressing current issues in contemporary art. Guest speakers and field trips supplement in-class discussion of recent art works, exhibitions, institutions, criticism, and theory. The goal is to produce more informed, critical, and engaged viewers of the art of today. 

    While there are no prerequisites for this course, it is an advanced seminar. Students without prior art or art history training who wish to learn about contemporary art are encouraged to take AH235 Contemporary Art: 1945 to the Present instead. 
  

  • AH 378 Art History/Curatorial Apprenticeship

    (2 or 4 credits)
    Student apprentices gain practical working experience in the major art historical area or related curatorial field. Working with an apprenticeship mentor, students combine apprentice work with their academic studies to gain hands-on-experience to advance their individual educational and career objectives. Possibilities include placements with art historians, curators, or with individuals involved in galleries, museums, art institutions, art collectives, and art publications. It is the student’s responsibility to arrange for the apprenticeship and faculty support.

    Requires 100 hours for 2 credits, 200 hours for 4 credits. A maximum of 8 credits permitted.

    Prerequisite: Permission of the major adviser and applicable apprenticeship coordinator, and course work for the particular field of study must be completed prior to signing up for apprenticeship.
  

  • AH 383 Capstone Research

    (2 credits)
    This is the preliminary course in the Capstone research project in Art History. Students explore a range of methodologies, as well as consult primary and secondary sources, in order to select the Capstone
    thesis topic. Once the topic is chosen, students complete research and outline papers through discussion with the seminar professor and peers.

    Prerequisite: Senior standing in Art History; or permission of the instructor.
  

  • AH 385 Studies in the History of Art

    Small discussion-based seminar taught by art history faculty. The topics are chosen by instructor and vary from semester-to-semester. Seminars may include visits to area museums and galleries. May be repeated for credit. 

    Prerequisite: Permission of the Chair and instructor.
  

  • AH 387 Special Topics in History of Art Museums

    This course is intended for students who want to learn the fundamentals about museums, their history and changing philosophies, and the economic, social and political context within which they exist. Fieldtrips are to a variety of museums (anthropology, art, natural history and science).
  

  • AH 490 Senior Thesis

    Students complete a semi-independent study in a problem of art history chosen in consultation with the faculty adviser and thesis committee. It includes individual and group conferences to examine research methods and procedures.

    Required of all Art History majors.

American Sign Language
  

  • AS 101 Beginning American Sign Language I

    Courses designed to guide students who have no knowledge of Sign Language to the point where they can function comfortably in a wide variety of situations in the Deaf community.
  

  • AS 102 Beginning American Sign Language II

    Building upon the proficiency of AS 101 , this course is designed to guide students who have a one semester’s knowledge of Sign Language to the point where they can function comfortably in a wide variety of situations in the Deaf community.

    Prerequisite: AS 101  

Anthropology
  

  • AN 120 Cultural Anthropology

    Systematic study of the customs, social organization, environmental adaptation and belief systems of primitive and contemporary societies. Considers cultural variations in technology, economy, language, families, government and religion, with a special emphasis on social and cultural change and global relations. Non-majors may substitute this course as prerequisite for other courses in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice.
  

  • AN 150 The Family

    Analysis of the family as a basic social institution in both Western and non-Western cultures. Exploration of various marriage arrangements, kinship, family life cycle, and issues and problems relating to societal change as it affects kinship and family structure.
  

  • AN 210 Introduction to Archaeology

    This course introduces students to the scientific study of archeology, examining how human cultures’ survival, success and sometimes failure to thrive is studied through the analysis of material culture and remains.  It provides students a survey of fundamental archaeological practice by covering the basic empirical methods and theories of data explanation use by contemporary archaeologists. An overview of the archaeological record from human beginnings to recent times give students an appreciation for the diversity of world cultures through time and across space. Contemporary questions of cultural resource management, issues of ethics, and ownership of heritage and artifacts will be addressed.

    Prerequisite: AN120 or AN150 or by permission of the instructor.
  

  • AN 220 Social Issues

    In-depth analysis, from a social science perspective, of a substantive social issue confronting modern societies. Emphasizes pertinent social structure, values and attitudes, and the effects on the individual. Topics vary from year to year. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • AN 230 Reading Ethnography

    This course presents students with an exploration of the genre of data presentation unique to cultural anthropology, the ethnographic monograph. Students explore the difficulty of translating ‘emic’ perspectives to ‘etic’ analysis, as well as becoming knowledgeable with the tropes of contemporary ethnographic writing. Also, students will become familiar with the ways that cultural anthropologists use contemporary social and anthropological theory to frame questions and provide analysis. Finally, the course explores the ethical dilemmas usually encountered and recounted within ethnographic monographs.
  

  • AN 240 Ethnographic Film

    (Also listed as SO 241 ) 

    Ethnographic film explores the history and impact of documentary films made by anthropologists and the issues and ethical dilemmas involved in this type of storytelling. Classes consist of lectures, readings, screenings and discussions concerning the style and content of the major ethnographic films, and anthropological and documentary film theory.
  

  • AN 250 Ethnographic Methods

    This course introduces students to ethnographic methods, strategies of participant observation, interviewing techniques, the writing of field notes, qualitative research design and analysis. One of the foci of the course is on auto ethnography so that the student may trace his or her own human journey from an ethnographic perspective.
  

  • AN 262 Myth, Magic and Religion

    This course studies human belief systems in their varied forms, the nature of religious understanding and the interplay between religious forms of life, and political structures using anthropological concepts. Consideration includes the resurgence of religious belief in modern culture. This course assumes a basic familiarity with Anthropology.
  

  • AN 272 Cultures, Conflict and Power

    This course examines how systems of power are established through the imposition and contestation of symbolic practices both within and between cultural groups. Beginning with an examination of how the powerless have historically used deception and feigning deference as a political strategy to confront a sovereign state, central emphasis of the course is on understanding “symbolic violence,” the establishment of a sense of the “natural” to cultural constructions of identity and practice. Utilizing this notion of symbolic violence, the course investigates how the historical formulations of racial, gender and class hierarchies were developed as modern classificatory schemas of identity within the colonial context. The course ends with an ethnographic examination of power within a contemporary ethnographic situation of cultural conflict.
  

  • AN 282 Introduction to Medical Anthropology

    This course provides an introductory overview of how medical anthropology has contributed to an understanding of the cultural embeddedness of knowledge and practive around health, illness, disease and healing. The course reviews the central anthropological schools of thought (ecological, interpretive, and critical medical anthropology) in the ethnographi examination of disease causality, the dynamics of healers’ roles, health disparities among individuals at the local level. An emphasis of the course is familiarizing students with the actual research processes associated with participant observation, mostly qulaitative, that anthropologist utilize in creating ethnographic monographs.

    Prerequisite: Prerequisite:  AN120 or PBH110 or PBH 120 or permission of the instructor
  

  • AN 285 Aesthetics

    Through the intersection of the disciplines of Anthropology and Theatre, performance research, this course examines the dramatic aesthetic and cultural shifts that have occurred with the advent of what Jameson has called “late advanced capitalism.” Starting with an examination of the decade of the ‘70s, this course charts the explosion of particular cultural aesthetics into worlds of entertainment, economics and politics. A significant concern of the course is for students to understand the degree to which everyday life has become a mediated reality with the concerns of marketing, hype and profitability being central to that reality.
  

  • AN 312 International Migration & Human Rights

    This seminar introduces students to the existing international norms and systems for the protection of human rights, including the United Nations, Inter-American, European, and African treaty systems and various specialized treaties and supervisory bodies. In addition, selected substantive rights will be discussed in detail, with an emphasis on a comparative analysis of the systems. A substantial part of the seminar is devoted to two simulations. Students will play the roles of individual petitioners, government agents, and international judges when handling human rights complaints from their initial stages to the handing down of final judgments. Students will thus be enabled to apply their knowledge of legal reasoning and methodology in practice.
  

  • AN 320 Ritual to Theatre

    This course begins by examining the place of ritualization as part of our biological heritage, and then explores the cultural uses of ritual, performance and ceremony in both informal and formal interaction from a cross-cultural vantage point. Finally, the course examines a number of avenues by which traditions of performance may be integrated into the artistic investigation of self and society.
  

  • AN 361 Social Change: Globalization and Culture

    Designed for the advanced Anthropology student or International Business and Culture major, this course examines the recent re-territorialization of the world known as “globalization.” Using a critical anthropological perspective that addresses the cultural dimensions of globalization, the course examines the organized and disjunctive social processes by which local and transnational identity have emerged.

    Prerequisite: AN 120  or SO 261. Majors in International Business and Culture should have more than 90 credits.
  

  • AN 370 Anthropological Theory

    This seminar explores the historic and contemporary ways that anthropologists have used key theoretical ideas and explored complex conceptual debates in their research and writing as attempts to understand humankind. These ideas and debates are explored both as historically changing, often confrontational, clashes between different schools of anthropological thought around central disciplinary questions like the definition of culture, the relationship of structure to agency, the question and place of relativity, the relationship between power and knowledge, and the contemporary ethnographic location of culture and identity in a world marked by scalar processes of neoliberal globalization. While these ideas and debates express central disciplinary concerns, the course also contextualizes how these debates are often marked by and directly address broader social and historical contexts of which they are a part. A thematic emphasis of the course is on how anthropological writing is a practice of knowledge making, as well as knowledge dissemination. Through both textual analysis and their own written production, students investigates how subtle shifts in the anthropological style and voice results in different forms of anthropological knowledge.

    Prerequisite: AN 120  or AN 150  
  

  • AN 389 Independent Study

    Individual research or directed in-depth reading at an advanced level devoted to specific topics in anthropology.

    Prerequisite: Approval of the Director and instructor concerned.

Art Therapy

NOTE: Studio courses require a combination of scheduled class time and independent work that averages at least 12 hours a week.
  

  • AT 200 Introduction to Art Therapy

    This basic survey of the history of art therapy includes a review of contemporary theory and practice.
  

  • AT 210 Intermediate Art Therapy

    This course is an introduction to theoretical models of psychology most commonly utilized within the practice of art therapy. Psychodynamic, Cognitive/Behavioral, Self- Psychology, Jungian and Gestalt perspectives are integrated with art therapy techniques and practice. Developmental theories of Freud, Piaget, Mahler and Erickson are correlated with art processes and art productions. It includes class discussions, readings, experiential and exams.

    Prerequisite: AT 200  
  

  • AT 310 Art Therapy: Applications and Techniques

    This studio and didactic course fosters empathic responsiveness and increased awareness through exploration of a wide variety of media choices and applications within an experiential framework. Students work individually and in group settings to develop and integrate approaches to the use of art therapy media applications.

    Prerequisite: AT 200  , AT 210 , FA 103 , FA 102  and at least two additional Art and Design courses, PY 111  and two of the following: PY 212 , ED 214 , PY 238 .
  

  • AT 365 Internship in Art Therapy

    Opportunity to get firsthand experience in the field of art therapy by working as a volunteer in an agency or hospital.

    Requires 100 hours for 2 credits, 200 hours for 4 credits. A maximum of 8 credits permitted.

    Prerequisite: AT 200 , AT 210 , and AT 310 , junior or senior standing and permission of the instructor and chairperson.  Cannot take AT365 and AT 310  in the same semester.
  

  • AT 383 Capstone Research


    (2 credits)
    This is the preliminary course in the Capstone research project in Art Therapy. Students explore a range of methodologies, as well as consult primary and secondary sources, in order to select the Capstone thesis topic. Once the topic is chosen, students complete research and outline papers through discussion with the seminar professor and peers.

    Prerequisite: Senior standing in Art Therapy; or permission of the instructor.

Business Administration
  

  • BA 101 International Business

    This course is a basic survey of the fundamentals of business administration, looking at both external and internal factors that influence organizational decisions. External factors include the political, economic and legal systems as well as culture. Internal factors include marketing, management, accounting, human resources, and finance. Considering the above, students examine the role of the organizational decision-maker operating in the global marketplace.

    Prerequisite: Mathematics proficiency at least at the level of MA 100 .
  

  • BA 201 Financial Accounting

    This course is designed to provide students with fundamental exposure to the steps in the accounting cycle leading up to the preparation and analysis of financial statements. The focus of the course is on how accounting provides information to users so they can then make more informed decisions. Specific topics include asset and equity measurement, income determination, cash flow and working capital.

    Prerequisite: Facility in working with quantitative material is required for this course. Such facility may be demonstrated by appropriate mathematics courses that were completed recently, by a sufficiently high, recent SAT or ACT score, or by a placement examination through the University or an outside testing association. Students who need review in mathematics will need to take MA 100  prior to BA 201.
  

  • BA 202 Managerial Accounting

    This course is a continuation of BA 201  and an introduction to the use of accounting information for managerial decision making. Topics include cost accounting systems, budgeting, decision making information and performance reporting.

    Prerequisite: BA 201  or equivalent.
  

  • BA 222 Intermediate Accounting I

    This course is an extensive examination of accounting theory, the accounting process, and problems associated with presenting fairly the financial position and operating results of business entities. It includes in-depth study of current and non-current assets and current liabilities.

    Prerequisite: BA 202 .
  

  • BA 223 Intermediate Accounting II

    Continuation of BA 222 . This course examines generally accepted accounting principles and problems associated with presenting fairly the operating results, financial position and changes in financial position of business entities. It includes detailed consideration of shareholders’ equity, earnings per share, tax allocation, pensions, leases and price level changes. It introduces preparation, analysis and interpretation of financial statements.

    Prerequisite: BA 222 .
  

  • BA 225 Cost Accounting

    This course is a detailed examination of principles and practices of industrial and commercial cost accounting. It includes cost planning and budgeting, cost controls, job order and process costing systems, standard costing and variance analysis, variable/direct costing, performance reports and relevant costs in management decision making.

    Prerequisite: BA 202 .
  

  • BA 230 Legal Environment of Business

    This first-level course surveys the business legal environment and legal subjects of practical utility to business. It emphasizes basic contractual concepts including formation, operation and discharge. It provides an introduction to governmental control of business.
  

  • BA 232 International Environmental and Legal Issues for Business

    This course covers the international legal environment that influences business decisions. It includes international treaties, sources of international laws, environmental laws, contracts, tariffs and trade, licensing, agency and employment, and regulatory issues. Particular emphasis is given to the European Economic Community and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the effect they have on the multinational enterprise.
  

  • BA 260 Principles of Management

    This course explores the four management functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling to create competitive and sustainable organizations in a global environment. Key course concepts include strategic planning, decision-making, organizational structures, managing change and innovation, human resources, ethics, corporate social responsibility, leadership, motivation, team-building, and quality control.

    Prerequisite: BA 201  or BA 202  or permission of the instructor.
  

  • BA 285 Selected Topics in Business Administration

    Not regularly scheduled.
  

  • BA 326 Federal Tax Accounting

    This course is introductory exposure to federal income tax legislation, rules and regulations applicable to tax determination for individuals, corporations and partnerships. It emphasizes the relationships among tax theory, tax preparation and tax planning.

    Prerequisite: BA 202 .
  

  • BA 327 Auditing

    This course is a survey of auditing theory, objectives, and practices related primarily to the responsibilities of the independent professional accountant. It includes an overview of professional ethics, generally accepted auditing standards and internal control procedures. It examines data processing, statistical and sampling methods and report writing.

    Prerequisite: BA 223 .
  

  • BA 328 Advanced Accounting

    This course is a detailed examination of the problems associated with business combinations and consolidations, inter-company profit transactions, complex affiliation transactions, branch operations, foreign operations and transactions, and state and local government fund accounting.

    Prerequisite: BA 223 ; or permission of the Program Chair if taken concurrently with BA 223 .
  

  • BA 329 Selected Topics in Taxation

    This course will introduce students to various tax topics.  Topics will include new developments in individual taxation, business taxation, and financial planning.

    Prerequisite: BA 201 , BA 230 , or BA 232  and BA 326  (suggested).
  

  • BA 340 Principles of Marketing

    This course is an examination and analysis of marketing management in the modern organization. Basic marketing concepts, including a target market and the four Ps—product, price, place and promotion—are covered. It evaluates the marketing manager’s task in relation to the strategic and economic goals of the organization and in terms of environmental factors, including the international milieu.

    Prerequisite: EC 211  or permission of the instructor and junior standing.
  

  • BA 341 Advertising and Sales Promotion

    This course is a study of the communication-promotion decision process of organizations. It examines the effects of source, message, and media variables on audience, response to communication campaigns, and the interactions among these variables. It emphasizes the promotion model consisting of the roles of personal selling, sales, promotion, publicity and advertising.

    Prerequisite: BA 340 .
  

  • BA 344 International Marketing

    This course is an examination of potential international market entry strategies. It includes exporting, the use of agents and licensing. It also studies the historical and theoretical background of foreign trade, world marketing environment and patterns, and international marketing organization and management.

    Prerequisite: BA 340  or declared major in International Business & Culture .
  

  • BA 347 Sport Marketing

    This is an upper-level marketing course focused on theories and issues related to marketing sport. Grounded in marketing theory, it focuses on the application of the marketing mix (product, price, place, and promotion) to a sport environment. The context of the material studied here is the sport arena and includes such topics as fan involvement, sponsorship, team identification, revenue sources (concessions, merchandise, amenities, etc.), and sport as entertainment. The course content is consistent with expectations set forth by COSMA (Commission on Sport Management Accreditation).

    Prerequisite: BA 340  
  

  • BA 348 Marketing Research

    This course is a consideration of marketing research that involves the gathering and analysis of information to assist management in making marketing decisions. It examines the application of the research process, methods and technique as an integral part of strategic decision-making in marketing management.

    Prerequisite: BA 340 , MA 141 .
  

  • BA 349 Marketing: An International Experience

    This course explores international marketing with respect to Europe in an experiential fashion. Students study on the Arcadia University campus for two weeks then engage in two weeks of study in England, returning to Arcadia University for two final weeks. Specific topics covered include the European Economic Community, product planning, U.S. brands in the British marketplace, British advertising and promotion techniques, and comparisons of the U.S. and British markets.

    Prerequisite: BA 340 .
  

  • BA 361 Managing Social Media & Communication in the Workplace

    The focus of this course is communication in the workplace and the proper use of email and, in particular, social media, when communicating within the organization.  With the increased use of technology to communicate there are questions surrounding its proper use and when it improves (or hinders) work performance.  Issues such as trust and proper use of language will also be addressed.

    Prerequisite: Students must have completed BA260 (Principles of Management) and have Junior status in the Major. Approval may be granted by the Chair.
  

  • BA 362 Human Resources Administration

    This course is a study of the functions performed by the personnel department in an organization, including human resource planning, recruitment, selection, performance appraisal, training and development, wage and salary administration, employee benefits, safety and health and employee management relations. It includes discussion of the various theories, concepts, approaches, tools and techniques appropriate for each function.

    Prerequisite: BA 260  and junior standing.
  

  • BA 363 International Organizational Behavior

    TThis course is an application of psychological principles to human relationships within an enterprise. It studies the dynamics of intrapersonal and interpersonal relationships, emphasizing the manager’s leadership role in utilizing and developing human resources in an international environment. It includes motivation, interpersonal communications, leadership and influence, socialization, organizational development and career development.
     

    Prerequisite: BA 260  and junior standing.
  

  • BA 367 Operations Management

    BA 260  This course is a study of the selection, design, control and updating of systems concerned with providing goods or services. It emphasizes quantitative tools and techniques for dealing with system problems. It includes program management, statistical quality control, inventory control, process optimization, global supply chain, queuing theory, material requirements planning, and enterprise resource planning.

    Prerequisite: Junior standing, BA 260 , MA 141 , and either MA 143  or MA 201 /MA 207 .
  

  • BA 369 Management Information Systems

    This course is an analysis and design of computer-based information systems for business applications. It studies relationships between various categories of information system architectures and organizational strategic and management requirements.

    Prerequisite: Junior standing, BA 260 , and MA 143  or familiarity with computer software such as Excel and Access.
  

  • BA 380 Principles of Finance

    An introduction to corporate finance stressing the management approach as it applies to asset management and capital structure, this course emphasizes capital budgeting and valuation, working capital management, and discounted cash flow techniques.  It illustrates basic principles through a problem-solving approach.

    Prerequisite: BA 201 , or BA 202  and junior standing. 
  

  • BA 381 Advanced Financial Analysis

    This course is an introduction to corporate finance stressing the financial operations of publicly held corporations. The concepts of time value of money, risk, rates of return, capital budgeting, and securities valuation are presented in theory as well as practice. It illustrates basic principles through a problem-solving approach.

    Prerequisite: BA 380 .
  

  • BA 382 Investments

    This course is an examination of investment principles and methods: business condition analysis, portfolio management, and evaluation of other investment opportunities. It focuses on analysis of corporate securities and issues of governmental bodies as investment vehicles.

    Prerequisite: BA 380 .
  

  • BA 383 Financial Institutions and Markets

    The objective of this course is to provide an overview of the U.S. financial system, The Federal Reserve, and its role in our financial system, banks and other financial institutions; the impact of monetary policy in our economy and the tools used to implement them.  Furthermore, functions and structure of financial markets, institutions such as banks, credit unions, mutual funds, insurance companies and their role in the society. Analyzes risk and return characteristics of different financial securities traded in financial markets.

    Prerequisite: BA 380  
  

  • BA 384 Derivative Securities and Markets

    This course is designed as an introductory class in derivative securities and markets for undergraduate finance students. It covers the concepts, theories, and applications of derivative instruments; it examines the origin, development, and significance of derivative markets in the financial system. Among all derivatives, the focus is on the oldest and most common place of these instruments, namely, options and futures. The issues to be covered include options markets and strategies, the structure of options markets, principles and models of option pricing, forwards and futures, the structure and pricing of futures, futures hedging strategies, and other advanced derivatives. It attempts to strike a balance between institutional details, theoretical foundations, and practical applications.

    Prerequisite: A grade of “C” or above in BA 380  and junior standing.
  

  • BA 386 International Finance

    This course provides an introduction to the international finance which is one of the new, dynamic areas of finance and international business.  Business leaders of tomorrow will be confronted with challenges that would require them to comprehend the international markets and lead their organizations through the constant changes in global marketplace. Therefore, in order to understand the contemporary events and market trends in finance and business it is necessary to study international finance.  The purpose of this course is to provide the basic understanding of international financial markets, banking, and financial decision making in a global environment.

    Prerequisite: A grade of “C” or above in EC 210  and junior standing or permission of the instructor.
  

  • BA 390 Seminar in Business Administration

    This seminar course in business administration, focusing on current problems and issues in business administration, requires a research paper as a major component of the course.

    Prerequisite: BA 340 , BA 369 , BA 380  and senior standing in Business Administration.
  

  • BA 445 Marketing Strategy

    This is an integrative course in marketing that extends the marketing topics learned in prior marketing courses.  The course uses a seminar based approached where new perspectives and trends in marketing are analyzed through a conceptual lens and these learning are applied in real/simulated scenarios.  The course will focus on integrating aspects of strategic management into marketing.  Topics coverage includes but no limited to competitive intelligence, customer behavior analysis, quantitative marketing, and the marketing mix.

    Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in BA 340  and senior standing or permission of the instructor.
  

  • BA 445 Marketing Strategy

    This is an integrative course in marketing that extends the marketing topics learned in prior marketing courses.  The course uses a seminar based approached where new perspectives and trends in marketing are analyzed through a conceptual lens and these learning are applied in real/simulated scenarios.  The course will focus on integrating aspects of strategic management into marketing.  Topics coverage includes but no limited to competitive intelligence, customer behavior analysis, quantitative marketing, and the marketing mix.

     

    Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in BA 340 and at least one additional marketing course. Senior standing or permission of the instructor.
  

  • BA 470 Internship in Business Administration

    Students will complete 100 hours of internship work in a professional organizational setting. The internship course is designed to have the student apply academic concepts in a work environment. The student is required to find and secure a legitimate internship related to his/her major and career goals. Internships may be paid or unpaid. In addition to the work component at the internship site location, the student will complete several assignments designed to help bridge the transition from college to career.

    Prerequisite: BA 260 , completion of two 300-level business courses, and completion of 75 credits.  Students who do not meet the pre-requisite must gain permission from the department chair. 
  

  • BA 471 Internship in International Business and Culture

    Students will complete 100 hours of internship work in a professional organizational setting. The internship course is designed to have the student apply academic concepts in a work environment that is related to international business and culture. The student is required to find and secure a legitimate internship related to his/her major and career goals. In addition to the work component at the internship site location, the student will complete several assignments designed to help bridge the transition from college to career.

    Prerequisite: BA 101 , BA 260 , competition of two (2) 300-level business courses, and completion of 75 credits. Students have the option of completing their internship abroad, but it must be pre-approved by the department Chair if the prerequisites have not been met.
  

  • BA 495 Policy Formulation and Administration

    This course in policy making and administration from the point of view of top management develops a total organization approach to problem solving through readings, case studies, and a general management simulation. Methods of strategic analysis, formulation, and implementation are studied with an emphasis on integrating the functional areas of an enterprise.

    Prerequisite: BA 260 , BA 340 , BA 367 , BA 380 , EN 218   and senior standing in Business Administration. 

Biology

 

Policy on Taking Upper-Level (200 or above) Biology Courses:

 

Students that wish to take upper level biology courses (200 level and above) must have met one of the following two criteria:

The average of the student’s grades in BI101 and BI102 must be greater than or equal to a C- (1.7).

OR

The student must have received transfer credit for BI101 and BI102.
  

  • BI 101 General Biology I

    This course is an Introduction to the science of living organisms, with emphasis on molecular and cellular aspects of energy processing, cell reproduction and genetics.

    Three class hours and three laboratory hours weekly. The lecture portion of the course may be offered on-line in the summer, but labs and exams are on campus.

  

  • BI 102 General Biology II

    This is an organismal-rich course, with an overview of current organismal classification and an emphasis on the structure and function of plants and animals as well as consideration of community ecology.

    Three class hours and three laboratory hours weekly. The lecture portion of the course may be offered online in the summer, but labs and lecture exams are on campus.

    Prerequisite: BI 101 ; or written permission of the instructor and Department Chair.
  

  • BI 110 Biology of Humans

    In this course students will learn about the biology of the human organism. This course encompasses the form and function of the human, from the cellular to the environmental level. It is organized around two unifying themes: (1) the relationships between structure and function of body parts and (2) the body’s mechanisms of internal regulations and problems that occur (illness) when these mechanisms are disrupted. Critical thinking and the scientific method are emphasized. This course is appropriate for students majoring in all disciplines except biology.

    It contains a weekly three hour laboratory section.

  

  • BI 180 Introduction to Biological Research

    ( 1 or 2 credits)
    This is a laboratory or field research experience that can be taken with approval of the sponsoring professor and department chair.  Students will develop a research proposal under the guidance of their faculty research adviser. They will then execute this research design to collect the appropriate data, analyze that data, and complete a research report. Because of the highly specialized nature of this course, students must obtain written approval by the faculty research adviser and department chair in order to register for the course and students must register for the course at least 1 month prior to the first day of classes.

    Prerequisite: None. However, it is highly recommended that students have high school biology
  

  • BI 190 Careers in Biology Seminar

    2 credits
    This course will inform students about the wide variety of professional paths that one can consider with a bachelor’s degree in biology.  Activities and assignments will include completing a career questionnaire, preparing a resume/curriculum vitae, preparing a personal statement, and participating in a mock interview.  Guest speakers from diverse biological/healthcare-related disciplines will be invited to describe their professions and to enlighten students about graduate and/or post-baccalaureate professional programs.

    This course is designed for Biology majors.

    Prerequisite: BI 101   & BI 102  or permission of the instructor.
  

  • BI 201 Evolution and Population Biology

    This course is a study of how evolutionary changes contribute to the diversity of life. Includes an overview of the history of evolutionary theories as well as the use of modern molecular techniques, traditional population biology, and genetics to examine the evolutionary history of life. The course also focuses on the role of natural and artificial selection, sexual selection, kin selection, and social behavior on the development of specific adaptations.

    Three class hours weekly.

    Prerequisite: BI 101 , BI 102 ; or written permission of the instructor and Department Chair.
  

  • BI 204 Genetics

    This course is a study of the classical and modern views of the nature of the gene, its transmission and its function. 

    Three class hours and three laboratory hours weekly.

    Prerequisite: BI 101  and BI 102 ; CH 101  /CH 111 , successful completion of MA 100  or placement into MA 110   or higher, or written permission of the instructor and Department Chair.
  

  • BI 205 Human Anatomy

    This course is a study of the structure of the human body at cellular, tissue, organ and system levels with emphasis on the primary structural components of the skeletal, muscular, circulatory and nervous systems. Laboratory exercises include a detailed dissection of the cat as a representative organism for the study of mammalian musculature and vasculature.

    Three class hours and three laboratory hours weekly.

    Prerequisite: BI 101  and BI 102 ; or written permission of the instructor and Department Chair.
 

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