May 07, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


*LCCN indicates Louisiana Common Course Number.

 

Computer Science-Computer Engineering

  
  • CSCE 899 - Examinations Only

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Required of all graduate non-thesis students taking examinations, oral and/or written, who are not registered for any other courses.


Cooperative Education

  
  • COOP 200 - Co-Operative Education I

    Credit Hours: 0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Semester-long program of full-time or part-time employment in business, government, and industry arranged jointly through the Office of Career Services and the student’s academic department or college.

  
  • COOP 300 - Co-Operative Education II

    Credit Hours: 0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Semester-long program of full-time or part-time employment in business, government, and industry arranged jointly through the Office of Career Services and the student’s academic department or college.

    Prerequisite(s): COOP 200 
  
  • COOP 400G - Co-Operative Education III

    Credit Hours: 0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Semester-long program of full or part-time employment in business, government, and industry arranged jointly through the Office of Career Services and the student’s academic department or college.

    Prerequisite(s): COOP 200 , COOP 300 , or permission of instructor required

Counseling

  
  • COUN 496G - Special Projects in Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit.

  
  • COUN 500 - Orientation to Ethical, Professional, and Legal Issues in Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Goals and objectives of professional organizations, codes of ethics, legal considerations, standards of preparation, certification, licensing, best and emerging practices, and role identity of counselors.

    Restriction(s): Admission to program in Counselor Education

  
  • COUN 501 - Methods of Inquiry in Counseling Research

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Focus on data collection, analysis, and dissemination, design of studies and methodology.

  
  • COUN 502 - Theories of Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Major theories and approaches to counseling.

  
  • COUN 503 - Principles and Administration of School Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Development of the conceptual framework for administering comprehensive proactive and reactive counseling programs in the schools.

  
  • COUN 504 - Theories and Techniques of Appraisals for Counselors

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Psychometric and clinical methods, interpretations of information, and data-based treatment planning.

  
  • COUN 505 - Helping Relationships

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Development of fundamental counseling skills through didactic and experiential methods.

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 500  and COUN 502  
  
  • COUN 506 - Multicultural Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Social and cultural perspectives on counseling diverse populations.

  
  • COUN 507 - Lifestyle and Career Development

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Interrelationships between career development theories and career counseling theories; career guidance procedures and materials.

  
  • COUN 509 - Group Processes

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Major theories of group counseling, dynamics, procedures, and techniques.

  
  • COUN 510 - Relationship, Marriage, and Family Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Theories, skills, and techniques, family dynamics, assessment, treatment planning.

  
  • COUN 511 - Substance Abuse and Dependency Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Etiology, assessment, recovery, and strategies related to prevention, use, abuse, and dependency.

  
  • COUN 512 - Counseling College Students

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Strategies for working with clients on the college campus, including academic, personal and social, and career issues

  
  • COUN 513 - Student Development in Higher Education

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Philosophy, concepts, and objectives of programming for student development in higher education.

  
  • COUN 514 - Counseling Children and Adolescents

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Age appropriate theories and techniques.

  
  • COUN 515 - Orientation to the Vocational Rehabilitation Process

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    History, philosophy, and trends in the delivery of rehabilitative services and the counselor’s role in the restoration of the disabled citizen to optimum functioning in society.

  
  • COUN 516 - Psychosocial Aspects of Disability

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Effects of disabilities on the individual from the cultural, social, personal, familial and behavioral standpoints.

  
  • COUN 517 - Medical Aspects of Disability

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Utilization and integration of medical information to develop functional rehabilitation plans for vocational goals and independent living.

  
  • COUN 518 - Vocational Analysis and Assessment of People With Disabilities

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Theories and approaches to career development and exploration, analysis of abilities, employment trends, meaningful employment strategies for people with disabilities.

  
  • COUN 519 - Counseling in Community Settings

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Theories and techniques for counselors working in community and agency settings; examination of mental health delivery systems.

  
  • COUN 520 - Advanced Appraisal Techniques

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Administration and interpretation of standardized assessments in counseling settings.

  
  • COUN 521 - Advanced Seminar in Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Parenting, Family Law, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Parental Alienation, and related topics. Focus on prevention and treatment. Contents varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit under alternate subtitles.

    Pre/Corequisite(s): Permission of program director required
  
  • COUN 522 - Crisis Counseling.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Fundamentals of crisis management. Theories and models related to crises, disasters, and other trauma-causing events.

  
  • COUN 523 - Grief and Bereavement Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Theories, assessment and intervention with children, adolescents, adults, and families.

  
  • COUN 524 - Counseling and Development Across the Lifespan

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Principles of cognitive, physical, emotional and psychosocial development applied to counseling.

  
  • COUN 525 - Human Sexuality in Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Human sexual development, awareness, knowledge, and counseling skills.

  
  • COUN 525 - Human Sexuality in Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Human sexual development, awareness, knowledge, and counseling skills.

  
  • COUN 526 - Issues and Trends in School Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Examines issues and trends related  to professional school counseling, including classroom behavior management, consultation, trauma, group work, ethical/legal issues, and family/school dynamics.

  
  • COUN 539 - Counseling Practicum

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 5
    Supervised experience in counseling; setting to be determined by chosen area of concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): Satisfactory completion of core courses in counseling
    Restriction(s): Permission of program director required

  
  • COUN 540 - Counseling Internship

    Credit Hours: 3-9
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3-9 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Advanced supervised experience in counseling at a site appropriate to area of concentration.

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 539  
    Restriction(s): Permission of program director required

  
  • COUN 541 - Rehabilitation Counseling Internship

    Credit Hours: 3-9
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3-9 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Supervised field experience in an agency selected according to the student’s area of interest and competency.

  
  • COUN 544 - Introduction to Play Therapy

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Theory and practice; philosophical basis, essential elements and principles.

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 502  and COUN 505  
  
  • COUN 550 - Advanced Relationship, Marriage and Family Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Advanced instruction in theories, techniques, principles, and topics.

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 510  
  
  • COUN 553 - Advanced School Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Development and management of comprehensive school counseling programs. Focus on leadership, advocacy, school culture, data management and systemic change.

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 503  
  
  • COUN 554 - Advanced Play Therapy

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Advanced study and application of theory and practice.

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 544  
  
  • COUN 555 - Advanced Counseling Techniques

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Advanced instruction in counseling, techniques, principles, models, and topics; development and practice of skills; treatment planning and execution.

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 505  
  
  • COUN 559 - Advanced Group Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Advanced theories, techniques, principles, and topics.

    Prerequisite(s): COUN 509  
  
  • COUN 597 - Directed Research/Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated for credit under alternate subtitles.

    Restriction(s): Permission of instructor and program director required

  
  • COUN 599 - Thesis Research and Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3-9
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3-9 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Grades S, U, W.

  
  • COUN 899 - Examinations Only

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Required of all graduate non-thesis students taking examinations, oral and/or written, who are not registered for any other course.


Criminal Justice

  
  • CJUS 101 - Introduction to Criminal Justice

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Study of crime and the role of law in society; the agencies and processes involved in the criminal justice system; relations within the system.

    LCCN: CCRJ 1013
  
  • CJUS 203 - The Police Process

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Historical and social settings of the police; the police role and discretion; police organization and practices; problems of law enforcement in a democratic society.

    LCCN: CCRJ 2313
  
  • CJUS 204 - The Criminal Courts

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Role and structure of prosecution, defense, and the courts; basic elements of substantive and procedural law.

    LCCN: CCRJ 2613
  
  • CJUS 205 - The Corrections Process

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Historical and social settings of corrections; theories and practices in corrections; correctional programs in institutions and the community.

    LCCN: CCRJ 2013
  
  • CJUS 301 - Introduction to Research Methods

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Design of research models. Emphasis on techniques of gathering, recording, and analyzing criminal justice data and preparation of research reports.

  
  • CJUS 303 - Forensics I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    The role of forensics in the Criminal Justice System; evidence recognition and collection; the role of the crime lab and evidence technicians.

    Restriction(s): 6 hours of CJUS or permission of instructor

  
  • CJUS 305 - Criminal Behavior

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Study of criminal behavior with special attention to implications for criminal justice professionals. Emphasis on theories, criminal typologies and treatment methods.

    Prerequisite(s): CJUS 101  or permission of instructor required
  
  • CJUS 311 - Crime and Mental Health

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Elements and history of the intersection of mental health and the US criminal justice system including a balanced assessment of approaches to handling justice-related individuals with mental health diagnoses.

  
  • CJUS 315 - Criminal Investigation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Study of crime investigation as a process; the investigation of several serious offenses, focusing on homicide; the contribution of specialized methods and scientific processes in investigation.

    Prerequisite(s): 6 hours of CJUS or permission of instructor required
  
  • CJUS 330 - Juvenile Justice

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Processing of juvenile offenders through police, judicial and correctional agencies. Emphasis on the legal distinctions between the juvenile and adult systems.

    Prerequisite(s): CJUS 101  or permission of instructor required
  
  • CJUS 345 - Criminal Law

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Legal definition of crime and defenses, purposes and functions of the substantive and procedural criminal law. Constitutional considerations and judicial decisions affecting arrest and search and seizure will be emphasized.

    Prerequisite(s): 6 hours of CJUS or permission of the instructor required
  
  • CJUS 350 - Private Security

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    The role of security and the security industry; relationships of private security with public law enforcement; investigative personnel, and physical aspect of the security industry, loss prevention management in business.

  
  • CJUS 360 - Sexual Offending

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Sexual offending from offender and victim perspectives. Why individuals commit sex crimes, patterns of sexual offending behavior, prevention/intervention methods, and the criminal justice system’s response to sexual offending over time.

  
  • CJUS 397 - Field Projects in Criminal Justice

    Credit Hours: 3-6
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Supervised project with a criminal justice agency in the community; individual observation and research into some aspect of the agency’s operation.

    Prerequisite(s): 9 hours of CJUS
    Restriction(s): Permission of department head required

  
  • CJUS 399 - Special Issues in Crime and Justice

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Alternate subtitles will appear on student’s transcript. Content varies. 

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated; no limit on number of times course may be repeated for credit.

  
  • CJUS 401 - Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Alternate subtitles will appear on student’s transcript. Content varies. 

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated; no limit on number of times course may be repeated for credit.

  
  • CJUS 402 - Ethics in Criminal Justice

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    A critical examination of the philosophy of ethics and it’s application in the criminal justice system. Emphasis is placed on the reasoning and actions or criminal justice professionals.

  
  • CJUS 403 - Forensics II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Advanced study of forensics, emphasizing testing and handling of evidence; processing evidence; preparing for court presentation; and use of technology to solve cases.

    Restriction(s): 12 hours of CJUS

  
  • CJUS 404G - Comparative Criminal Justice Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Comparative study of criminal justice systems in the United States and selected foreign countries; examines legal, police, and correctional practices.

    Prerequisite(s): 9 hours of CJUS or permission of instructor required
  
  • CJUS 410G - Management of Criminal Justice Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Examination of current aspects of police, corrections, or judicial administration; emphasis is on innovative or controversial methods available to administrators.

    Prerequisite(s): 9 hours of CJUS or permission of instructor required
  
  • CJUS 415 - Criminal Procedure and Evidence

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Overview of constitutional criminal procedure with focus on the Fourth Amendment (search and seizure), Fifth Amendment (custodial interrogations), and Sixth Amendment (interrogation and identification).

  
  • CJUS 420 - Drugs & Crime: Policy & Politics of Getting High

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Examines drug policy, history of drug legislatin, the connection between drugs and crime (and victimization), and impact of different policies targeting drug supply and demand on society.

  
  • CJUS 421 - Gender, Race, and Crime

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Criminalized behavior and societal responses to crime shaped by gender and race highlighting the intersection of gender, race, and class in offending, victimization, and employment in the field of criminal justice.

  
  • CJUS 484G - The Offender and Society

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Study of the relationship between the convicted offender and free society. Emphasis on sentencing theories and objectives, rehabilitation methods, and problems concerning institutionalization and reintegration.

    Prerequisite(s): 9 hours of CJUS or permission of instructor required
  
  • CJUS 490G - Research Methods

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Interaction of theory, research, and practice; purposes and limits of research; introduction to research design, data collection, analytic techniques, data processing resources, and preparation of research reports.

    Prerequisite(s): 9 hours of CJUS
    Restriction(s): If prerequisite not met permission of instructor required

  
  • CJUS 495 - Internship in Criminal Justice

    Credit Hours: 6
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 24
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Supervised experience in a criminal justice agency in a civilian capacity; a planned program of observation is devised for each student.

    Restriction(s): CJUS majors of senior standing only

  
  • CJUS 497 - Special Projects

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Research in an area not covered by an existing course.

    Prerequisite(s): 9 hours of CJUS or permission of department head
  
  • CJUS 498 - Special Projects

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Research in an area not covered by an existing course.

    Prerequisite(s): 9 hours of CJUS or permission of department head
  
  • CJUS 499G - Senior Seminar

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    General Education Core Curriculum: Social/Behavioral Sciences

    Critically analyze current crime and justice related policies in the US, emphasizing the political and ideological forces that influence policy-making practices and evidence based practices used in assessing policy effectiveness.

  
  • CJUS 501 - Special Topics in Criminal Justice

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Theories, issues, methods and practices within our criminal justice system. Content varies.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated with different topics.

  
  • CJUS 505 - Seminar in Juvenile Prevention, Intervention and Rehabilitative Programs

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Theories and evidence based best practices in juvenile justice prevention intervention and rehabilitation programs.

  
  • CJUS 510 - Seminar in Juvenile Justice

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Contemporary issues and challenges within the juvenile justice system.

  
  • CJUS 512 - Child Delinquency

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Causes and issues surrounding juvenile offenders 12 years of age and younger. Examination of familial and institution connections associated with child delinquents and their likelihood of becoming adult offenders.

  
  • CJUS 515 - Seminar in Criminal Justice Administration and Operations

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Administrative theories, techniques, decision making and organizational dynamics.

  
  • CJUS 561 - Seminar in Theories of Crime and Delinquency

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Theories of crime and delinquency.

  
  • CJUS 570 - Inequality, Crime and Justice

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Theoretical and empirical studies on the relationship between crime and inequality and explores policy implications.

  
  • CJUS 590 - Research Methods

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Advanced knowledge and skills in research methodology and design.

  
  • CJUS 591 - Program Assessment/ Evaluation Research

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Advanced skills in applying research techniques and methods to program assessment and evaluations.

  
  • CJUS 592 - Legal Research

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Methods and techniques of research in the legal system.

  
  • CJUS 597 - Directed Individual Studies

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Intensive readings and/or research within a specialized area of justice studies.

  
  • CJUS 599 - Thesis Research and Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3-9
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3-9 Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • CJUS 899 - Examinations Only

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Required of all graduate non-thesis students taking examinations, oral and/or written, who are not registered for any other course.


Dance

Performing Arts Majors must have maintained a grade of “C” or better in THEA 111, 161, 251 and Dance 101 and 113 before registering for any 300-level Theatre or Dance course.

  
  • DANC 101 - Introduction to Dance I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 4
    General Education Core Curriculum: Fine Arts

    Dance as a theatre art; development of modern dance forms. Studio experiences in modern dance techniques.

  
  • DANC 102 - Introduction to Dance II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 4
    General Education Core Curriculum: Fine Arts

    Evolution of classical ballet from Court Dancing through dance in contemporary times. Studio experiences in ballet technique.

  
  • DANC 112 - Modern Dance Techniques II

    Credit Hours: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 4
    Development of movement principals.

    Prerequisite(s): DANC 101  or permission of instructor required
  
  • DANC 113 - Beginning Jazz Technique

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 3
    General Education Core Curriculum: Fine Arts

    Fundamentals of Jazz Dance: body alignment, body isolation, stretch and strengthening, movement combinations. Compositional exploration.

  
  • DANC 114 - Beginning Hip Hop

    Credit Hours: 3
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 3
    General Education Core Curriculum: Fine Arts

    Lyrical jazz, artistic interpretation and hip hop dance with an emphasis on style and technique.

  
  • DANC 115 - Rhythmic Analysis

    Credit Hours: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Rhythmic properties: pulse, meter, tempi. Application to movement/dance principles. Musical accompaniment as it relates to dance pedagogy.

    Restriction(s): Not allowed for Music majors

  
  • DANC 118 - Dance Conditioning

    Credit Hours: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Fundamental strength training and injury prevention techniques specific to dance. Movement sequences to build core strength, endurance, and coordination.

    Repeatable Course: Repeatable for credit up to 6 credit hours.

    Prerequisite(s): DANC 101  and DANC 102  
  
  • DANC 131 - Ballet I

    Credit Hours: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Fundamental techniques including: barre work, step combinations, movements design and theory, and phrasing. Analysis of music as it relates to choreography.

  
  • DANC 132 - Ballet II

    Credit Hours: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 4
    Balletic vocabulary: balletic design principals; choreographic problems, music analysis.

    Prerequisite(s): DANC 102  
  
  • DANC 201 - Intermediate Performance

    Credit Hours: 1
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Rehearsal and performance of a professionally choreographed concert work.

    Repeatable Course: May be repeated up to 4 credits.

    Restriction(s): Permission of instructor required

  
  • DANC 204 - Tap Dance

    Credit Hours: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Study of tap dance steps related to modern theater dance.

    Prerequisite(s): DANC 113 
  
  • DANC 211 - Modern Dance Technique III

    Credit Hours: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Further development of movement principles established in Modern Dance Technique II.

    Prerequisite(s): DANC 112  or permission of instructor required
  
  • DANC 212 - Modern Dance Technique IV

    Credit Hours: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Further development of movement principles established in Modern Dance Technique III.

    Prerequisite(s): DANC 211  or permission of instructor required
  
  • DANC 231 - Ballet III

    Credit Hours: 2
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1 Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Further development of the balletic vocabulary: balletic design principles leading into choreographic problems, music analysis.

    Prerequisite(s): DANC 132  
 

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