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2021-2022 Catalog (Revised Dec 2021) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


In special cases, students may seek a waiver of stated course prerequisites by obtaining written approval of their academic advisor, the course instructor, and the appropriate school dean.

Online Credit and Contact Hour Equivalency Guide  

 

Criminal Justice

  
  • CJU 220 - Criminal Law

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    The focus of this course will be on the definitions and structure of criminal law, as well as defenses and excuses to criminal liability. Students at the conclusion of the course will be able to determine what conduct is “criminal” and understand the public policy considerations which underlie these definitions. 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): CJU 201 .
    Course Session Cycle: FA
  
  • CJU 250 - Friction Ridge Analysis

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    Student will study the exploration of the techniques and methods of identification, capture, and analysis of fingerprint evidence, including consideration of the fundamentals of fingerprint patterns, classification formulas and extensions, scarred patterns, amputations and missing fingers, filing sequence, searching and referencing, Henry Classification, techniques for taking good fingerprints, problems in fingerprinting, latent impressions, powdering and lifting latent impressions, preparation of fingerprint charts for court testimony, and practical exercises for capturing fingerprints on a ten print card and live scan fingerprint machines. This course has an additional fee. 3 Credit(s).

    Course Session Cycle: SP
  
  • CJU 300 - Dilemmas and Decision Making in Criminal Justice

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    The course defines the responsibilities of criminal justice personnel and explores the decision-making dilemmas faced by police, court, and corrections officials as they carry out their duties. Distinctions among basic theories of decision-making are addressed: 1) deontology, 2) utilitarianism, 3) peacemaking, 4) caring, and 5) a feminist-based approach. Controversial issues in criminal justice are also addressed. 3 Credit(s).

    Course Session Cycle: SP
  
  • CJU 310 - Victimology

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course explores theories explaining victimization, the measurement and scope of victimization, fear of crime, the experience of victimization, and victims’ interaction with the criminal justice and other systems that have direct contact with victims. Attention also is paid to prevention strategies. 3 Credit(s).

    Course Session Cycle: FA
    Course Yearly Cycle: ODD
  
  • CJU 311 - Restorative Justice

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    A justice course that reconsiders beliefs about punishment, habilitation, and justice and introduces an alternative approach based on values and principles. Restorative Justice moves beyond the victim-offender paradigm and views crime as violation against people and relationships. The course compares the moral roots and structural elements of the Western justice system and restorative justice, and how each model seeks to achieve order and security. Students will examine some of the legal and moral dilemmas posed by punitive responses to conflict, crime and violence, and how restorative justice can avoid these dilemmas. Students learn how restorative justice can be applied in the schools, courts and community and develop skills for facilitating restorative circles to address conflict and crime. 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): CJU 201 .
    Course Session Cycle: SP
  
  • CJU 314 - Courts and the Judicial Process

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    Designed to give the student an in-depth study of the U.S. legal system and the judicial process. It will emphasize national structures, but also view state and local justice systems. 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): CJU 220 .
    Course Session Cycle: SP
  
  • CJU 315 - Constitutional Law for Criminal Justice Professionals

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course will explore the role of the United States Constitution in how it shapes the American legal system, with specific emphasis on how constitutional law governs police action. Its primary focus will be on the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth amendments and their relationship to the American criminal justice system. 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): CJU 201 , CJU 220  and PSC 101 .
    Course Session Cycle: SP
  
  • CJU 330 - Criminal Investigation

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    Explores the theoretical and practical aspects of criminal investigations and their importance in the overall criminal justice process. The course will cover recognizing, evaluating, and processing evidence and crime scenes, as well as other information sources. This course has an additional fee. 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): CJU 201 .
    Course Session Cycle: FA
  
  • CJU 335 - Forensic Investigation

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    Forensics is the application of science as it applies to law enforcement. Topics will include physical evidence collection, fingerprinting, organic analysis, inorganic analysis, toxicology and serology, DNA, document examination, physical properties, and development of footwear and tire impressions. There will be exercises in: locating a buried body and processing the crime scene, lifting latent fingerprints, processing footwear/tire impressions, and reconstructing a crime scene from blood spatter analysis techniques. This course has an additional fee. 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): CJU 250 - Friction Ridge Analysis  and CJU 330 - Criminal Investigation     
    Course Session Cycle: SP
  
  • CJU 340 - Interviewing and Crisis Intervention

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course introduces the interview as a basic tool of criminal justice practice, and the introduction to selected theoretical perspectives and intervention approaches applicable to various crisis situations. The course focuses on developing effective communication skills, mediating conflict, and defusing violence. 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): CJU 201 .
    Course Session Cycle: FA
  
  • CJU 350 - Crime and Delinquency Prevention

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    The focus of the course will be on the relationship between the police and the community and ways to involve both sides of the process of reducing and managing crime. Topics will include technological advances related to crime prevention and public and private responses to the crime problem. 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): CJU 201 .
    Course Session Cycle: FA
    Course Yearly Cycle: EVEN
  
  • CJU 360 - Police Operations

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course introduces fundamental law enforcement operations. Topics include the historical evolution of law enforcement operations and contemporary issues. Upon completion, students should be able to explain theories, practices, and issues related to law enforcement operations. Through an application setting, students utilize current methods and practices of local agencies in order to acquire a more comprehensive understanding of operational needs and logistics. 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): CJU 201 .
    Course Session Cycle: FA
  
  • CJU 361 - Criminal Justice Administration and Leadership

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course provides an in-depth exploration of the structure, organization and operating procedures of American law enforcement agencies, including the ways in which they assess, evaluate and respond to crime. The course will review the relationship of leadership styles, communication skills and decision making on the effective performance of managers and subordinates. The class will also explore the impact of the environment and legal cases on the process of police administration. 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): CJU 201 .
    Course Session Cycle: SP
  
  • CJU 370 - Research Methods & Statistics in Criminal Justice

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    An introduction to research methods in criminal justice and criminology, with applications to both pure and applied research. The course provides a basic conceptual framework for understanding and interpreting criminal justice research as well as designing, conducting, and evaluating research projects. 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): Junior standing.
    Course Session Cycle: FA
  
  • CJU 375 - Crime Scene Photography

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    The purpose of this course is to enable students to accurately record crime scenes through the use of photography, both film and digital. The class covers the basic elements of photography as well as how photographs can be properly used as evidence in court. The focus of the course is on preparing visual images that accurately depict the subject, including photographing documents, accidents, fingerprints, tire tracks, and other trace evidence with attention to ultraviolet, fluorescent, and infrared photography. 3 Credit(s).

    Course Session Cycle: ET
  
  • CJU 404 - Juvenile Justice System

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    Provides students with insights into the juvenile justice field with emphasis on corrective measures. 3 Credit(s).

    Course Session Cycle: SP
    Course Yearly Cycle: EVEN
  
  • CJU 406 - Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course examines probation, parole, and community-based correctional programs and the role they play within the criminal justice system. This course will also review a variety of long-established correctional treatment practices as well as new and innovative programs. 3 Credit(s). 38 Service Hour(s).

    Course Session Cycle: SP
    Course Yearly Cycle: ODD
  
  • CJU 408 - Rural Criminal Justice Issues

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course will provide students with the opportunity to critically examine the criminal justice system within a rural context. Much of the literature and analysis of the criminal justice system, that our students are exposed, is developed from the urban experience. Subsequently the rural criminal justice experience often goes unnoticed and unexamined. Students who are interested in criminal justice will benefit from this examination of the distinct characteristics and elements of the rural criminal justice process. The opportunity to understand rural criminal justice concepts and contexts will provide students with the appropriate empirical base to facilitate further study of the complete criminal justice experiences and processes. 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): CJU 201 .
    Course Session Cycle: SP
    Course Yearly Cycle: ODD
  
  • CJU 430 - Specialized Investigations

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    Basic and advanced concepts of deviant sexual behavior and related criminal activity will be explored. At the conclusion of the course, students will recognize the different types of rapists, pedophiles, child molesters, and paraphilia. The responsibilities of law enforcement and other professions in investigations of criminal offenses will be presented. Students will have experience in criminal investigative techniques by profiling an assigned case. 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): CJU 330 .
    Course Session Cycle: FA
  
  • CJU 435 - Forensic Investigations II

    Credit Hour(s): 4
    The goal of this course is to apply skills and knowledge expected of n an entry-level criminalist to the practical analysis of evidence in the criminal investigative process., Topics will include the applications of the scientific disciplines, including bloodstain analysis, questioned document analysis, controlled substance, and ballistics analysis. This course will provide a further intensive study on the analysis of physical evidence in practical laboratory exercises. 4 Credit(s). 5 Contact Hour(s).

    Prerequisite(s): CJU 335 .
    Course Session Cycle: FA
  
  • CJU 460 - Criminal Profiling

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    Concentrated extension of the criminal investigative process that focuses on the evaluation of physical evidence and the reconstruction of crime scenes, with an emphasis on examining criminal behavior in order to identify the type of offender. Many crime scenes and serial offenders will be studied, including topics on victimology, cyber patterns, organized and disorganized scenes. 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): CJU 201  and CJU 330  or CJU 430 .
    Course Session Cycle: SP
  
  • CJU 475 - Directed Research

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    Under the supervision of a faculty member with appropriate expertise, students may complete a sustained research agenda relating to a topic of current theoretical and/or empirical interest within the criminal justice field and leading to the production of a substantial research paper. The student will be directed to research problems through published materials and/or field inquiry. 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): SOC 470  or SSC 251 .
    Course Session Cycle: SP
    Course Yearly Cycle: EVEN
  
  • CJU 497 - Special Topics

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    The content of the special topics course will change each time the course is offered. The subject matter of the course will be some highly specialized area of criminal justice which is not covered in depth in any other criminal justice course. Students may take a maximum of two different special topics courses for credit. 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Criminal Justice Program Coordinator.
    Course Session Cycle: ET
  
  • CJU 498 - Seminar

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    The seminar is designed to explore and develop issues, both current and future, involving all aspects of criminal justice. It will include, but is not limited to, issues related to causes of criminal behavior, prisons, intermediate sanctions, crime prevention, the role of police, and expectations of the 21st century. 3 Credit(s).

    This course is designated Writing Intensive; a grade of “C” or higher in this course is required for this course to count toward the six-credit-hour Writing Intensive graduation requirement for Ferrum College. A student cannot earn a grade of “C” or higher in this course unless he or she earns a “C” or better on the writing assignments required by the course.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102  with a grade of “C” or higher. Senior standing. 2.5 GPA in the major.
    Course Session Cycle: FASP
  
  • CJU 499 - Internship

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    The internship represents the culmination of the student’s undergraduate preparation for professional practice. Students are placed in approved agencies and provided a supervised educational experience. They must spend a minimum of 125 hours in the agency during the semester. This course has an additional fee. 3 Credit(s). 125 Service Hour(s).

    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing.
    Course Session Cycle: ANY
  
  • CJU/SOC 320 - Deviance and Social Control

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    An examination of deviance, norms, and the various sociological theories of deviant behavior. An emphasis upon the relationship of deviance to criminal behavior, as well as the social control mechanisms and our economic system. Deterrence and various types of deviant behavior will be explored.  3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 - General Sociology  or  SOC 202 - Social Problems  
    Course Session Cycle: Fall
    Course Yearly Cycle: Every

Crop Science

  
  • CRP 180, 181 to 480, 481 - Practicum

    Credit Hour(s): 1
    Allows the student to gain firsthand experience and knowledge of procedures and practices common to the field by providing service to program, college, business, and/or the community. Pass/Fail. 1 Credit(s). 45 Service Hour(s).

    Prerequisite(s): AGS 110 .
    Course Session Cycle: FA
  
  • CRP 190, 290, 390 or 490 - Special Topics

    Credit Hour(s): 1-4
    Specifically designed for agriculture majors to be able to design an independent study class in a specialized field that is not normally in the schedule. 1-4 Credit(s).

  
  • CRP 195, 196 to 495, 496 - Independent Research

    Credit Hour(s): 1-3
    Under faculty supervision, students will design and carry out a vigorous scientific study of a specific problem in agriculture. Written and oral presentations of the research are required. 1-3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): ASI 201  and BIO 202 .
    Course Session Cycle: FA
  
  • CRP 301 - Principles of Field and Forage Crop Production

    Credit Hour(s): 4
    Considers the importance of crop science and focuses on management of the crop environment, while emphasizing variety in crops and cultivation practices as a means of developing the concepts of field and forage cropping systems. This course has an additional fee. 4 Credit(s). 6 Contact Hour(s).

    Prerequisite(s): BIO 202 .
    Course Session Cycle: FA
    Course Yearly Cycle: ODD
  
  • CRP 315 - Soil Science and Management

    Credit Hour(s): 4
    Examines properties of arable and natural soils, considering their various ecological functions, and studies productive management of soil tilth and fertility, while developing concepts of conservative, sustainable practice. This course has an additional fee. 4 Credit(s). 6 Contact Hour(s).

    Prerequisite(s): BIO 110  OR BIO 111 , AND CHM 103 .
    Course Session Cycle: FA

Dance

  
  • DAN 100 - Foundations in Movement

    Credit Hour(s): 1
    A survey of the basic principles of movement for performance for both drama studnets and non-majors. Practice and principles of fundamentals and stylistic characteristics common to ballet, jazz and modern dance.  1 Credit(s). 1 Contact Hour(s).

    Course Session Cycle: Fall
    Course Yearly Cycle: Every Year
  
  • DAN 101 - Ballet and Modern

    Credit Hour(s): 1
    A introductory study of ballet and modern dance technique, history, performance, and style with an emphasis placed on a basic  level  of  execution,  vocabulary  and  terminology. 

    Appropriate clothing  and  shoes  are  required.

      1 Credit(s). 1 Contact Hour(s).


    Course Session Cycle: Spring
    Course Yearly Cycle: Every Year

  
  • DAN 102 - Tap and Jazz

    Credit Hour(s): 1
    A introductory study of Tap and Jazz dance technique, history, performance, and style with an emphasis placed on a basic  level  of  execution,  vocabulary  and  terminology. 

    Appropriate clothing  and  shoes  are  required. 1 Credit(s). 1 Contact Hour(s).


    Course Session Cycle: Spring
    Course Yearly Cycle: Every Year

  
  • DAN 103 - Choreography

    Credit Hour(s): 1
    An introductory study of Choreography.

    Appropriate clothing and shoes required. 1 Credit(s). 1 Contact Hour(s).


    Course Session Cycle: Spring
    Course Yearly Cycle: Every Year

  
  • DAN 104 - Dance for the Musical Stage

    Credit Hour(s): 1
    A study of the theory and performance practice of dance for the musical theatre stage.

    Appropriate clothing and shoes are required. 1 Credit(s). 1 Contact Hour(s).


    Course Session Cycle: Fall
    Course Yearly Cycle: Every Year

  
  • DAN 105 - Fundamentals of Dance Styles

    Credit Hour(s): 1
    This course introduces basic elements of dance including movement, rhythm patterns, balance, and body alignment. It presents specific techniques from ballet, tap, jazz, ballroom, folk, ethnic, and country line dancing to develop strength, flexibility, balance, precision, and the freedom to move more creatively. 1 Credit(s). 2 Contact Hour(s).

    Meets the Activity Liberal Arts Requirement.
    Course Session Cycle: FASP
  
  • DAN 106 - Intermediate Dance Styles

    Credit Hour(s): 1
    This course continues to introduce basic elements of dance ballet, tap, jazz, ballroom, folk or ethnic, and country line dances to improve strength, flexibility, balance, precision, and freedom of movement. 1 Credit(s). 2 Contact Hour(s).

    Meets the Activity Liberal Arts Requirement.
    Course Session Cycle: FASP
  
  • DAN 110 - Beginning Dance for Performance I

    Credit Hour(s): 1
    This course introduces movement patterns, such as soft shoe, trenches, and sugar foot, that choreographers frequently expect actors, singers, and other performers to do on stage. It develops the performers’ awareness of their bodies and how movement communicates meaning. Students will perform publicly. 1 Credit(s). 2 Contact Hour(s).

    Meets the Activity Liberal Arts Requirement.
    Course Session Cycle: FASP
  
  • DAN 111 - Beginning Dance for Performance II

    Credit Hour(s): 1
    This course introduces more complex movement patterns and awareness of space and time. It introduces the particular demands of working in various types of costumes. Students will perform publicly. 1 Credit(s). 2 Contact Hour(s).

    Meets the Activity Liberal Arts Requirement.
    Course Session Cycle: FASP
  
  • DAN 121 - Rhythm with the Feet

    Credit Hour(s): 1
    This course introduces the history and steps from Irish and Appalachian dances. It considers the influences of these traditions on American tap. 1 Credit(s). 2 Contact Hour(s).

    Meets the Activity Liberal Arts Requirement.
  
  • DAN 122, 123 to 422, 423 - Private Dance Lessons

    Credit Hour(s): 1
    One-hour private dance lessons will be made available in ballet, tap, jazz, modern, interpretive, and emerging dance styles and techniques. Lessons will allow dance students the opportunity to study dance theory and technique at a more advanced level. Prior experience in dance is expected. The more advanced the student, the more demanding and complex the course of instruction. Admission by permission of instructor. This course has an additional fee. 1 Credit(s).

    Course Session Cycle: FASP

Democracy, Justice and Civic Engagement

  
  • DJC 496 - Individual or Collaborative Study

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    Working under the direction of individual faculty members, students conceptualize, design, and begin to implement action-oriented projects that they continue to develop throughout the remainder of their senior year. Faculty project directors are matched with students based on the subject matter and scope of projects. Students may elect to conduct research in issues relating to democracy, justice, and/or civic or choose to develop a project with an activist orientation, such as starting an interest group or promoting a campus, local, regional, or national cause, or spearheading a community improvement project. 3 Credit(s).

  
  • DJC 498 - Democracy, Justice and Civic Engagement Senior Seminar

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    Students will present the research projects that they previously developed twice over the course of the semester: once in a process of peer-review towards the beginning of the semester and a second, formalized presentation at the end of the semester. In between these presentations, students will be conducting intensive, community-based research in preparation for their final presentation. Students will also select readings and lead discussion with their classmates for the purposes of discussion and reflection towards the middle weeks of the semester. 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): DJC 496 .

Economics

  
  • ECO 201 - Principles of Macroeconomics

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    Definition of economics and its methodology. Scarcity and the resulting macroeconomic problems. Measures and fluctuation in the level of economic activity (size and components of GNP, full employment, growth), stabilization policies, (inflation, unemployment). Money, financial markets and monetary policy in an open economy. 3 Credit(s).

    Meets Social Science Requirement.
    Course Session Cycle: FASP
  
  • ECO 202 - Principles of Microeconomics

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    Scarcity and the resulting microeconomic problems. Demand and supply analysis and applications. Production and cost functions (elements of location theory). Market structures, industry and firm conduct and performance. Factor demand analysis. 3 Credit(s).

    This course has been identified in the General Education Curriculum as addressing the Core Competency in Quantitative Reasoning.
    Course Session Cycle: FASP
  
  • ECO 205 - Black Gold, Speed, White Lightning and Tobacco-Economics of Growth and Decline in Appalachia

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course seeks to identify and to analyze the economic factors that impact industry growth and the decline in the Appalachian Region by examining how four industries have fared over the years. More specifically it will address: coal, moonshine, NASCAR and tobacco, and will evaluate the impact that they had in the region. It will conclude with a round-table discussion on the future of the Region. 3 Credit(s).

  
  • ECO 313 - Money and Banking

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    Involves the study of money, financial institutions and markets, interest rates, the banking system, and monetary policy. Domestic as well as international financial systems are studied. 3 Credit(s).

    This course is designated Writing Intensive; a grade of “C” or higher in this course is required for this course to count toward the six-credit-hour Writing Intensive graduation requirement for Ferrum College. A student cannot earn a grade of “C” or higher in this course unless he or she earns a “C” or better on the writing assignments required by the course.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102  with a grade of “C” or higher. Three hours of ENG 200 -ENG 212 ECO 201  and ECO 202 .
    Course Session Cycle: FA
    Course Yearly Cycle: ODD
  
  • ECO 315 - Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course provides the student with an opportunity to utilize a variety of economic tools to address issues of natural resource use, the resulting environmental issues and implications, and the proposed environmental policies in a framework of sustainable economic development. 3 Credit(s).

  
  • ECO 330 - International Trade

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    Trade theories, traditional and modern. International resource allocation, trade flows, tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade. GATT rounds. Multinational corporations and foreign direct investment. Commercial trade policies. 3 Credit(s).

    This course is designated Writing Intensive; a grade of “C” or higher in this course is required for this course to count toward the six-credit-hour Writing Intensive graduation requirement for Ferrum College. A student cannot earn a grade of “C” or higher in this course unless he or she earns a “C” or better on the writing assignments required by the course.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102  with a grade of “C” or higher. ECO 201  and ECO 202 .
  
  • ECO 400 - International Finance

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    Analysis of foreign exchange and foreign exchange markets, balance of payments disequilibrium and adjustment, exchange rate risk management for MNC’s and FDI. 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): ECO 201  and ECO 202 .
    Course Session Cycle: SP
    Course Yearly Cycle: EVEN
  
  • ECO 405 - Government and Business

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    Antitrust and regulation based on economic and social criteria: legal basis, limitations, and the instruments and objects of controls. Justifications of regulation (social, economic); costs of regulation. Analysis and evaluation of government agencies and commissions (FDA, EPA, FCC, SEC, CPC, etc.) 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): ECO 201  and ECO 202 .
  
  • ECO 490 - Selected Topics in Economics

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course provides flexibility to the economics curriculum by focusing on a topic of special interest that is not addressed in the regular course offerings. This course will provide students with the opportunity to deepen their understanding of economics through an in-depth study of narrowly defined topics. A student may repeat the course for credit only if the topics offered are different. 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): ECO 201  and ECO 202 .

Ecotourism

  
  • ECT 107 - Introduction to Fly Fishing

    Credit Hour(s): 1
    This experiential activity course is an introduction to the lifetime sport of fly fishing.  The course presents to the student, through classroom instruction and hands on field-based opportunities, the many aspects of fly fishing.  These students will be introduced to:  casting, tactics, knots, equipment selection/care/use, basic fly tying, aquatic entomology, conservation and regulations. 1 Credit(s). 2 Contact Hour(s).

  
  • ECT 108 - Trail Design and Construction

    Credit Hour(s): 1
    An introduction to trail building with an emphasis on long-term sustainability. Students will learn trail
    design, construction techniques and how to maintain existing trails. The course will include both
    classroom and hands-on practical experience.  1 Credit(s). 2 Contact Hour(s).

  
  • ECT 110 - Nature Guiding

    Credit Hour(s): 1
    Nature guiding is an essential skill for those wishing to work in ecotourism, outdoor recreation or environmental education. Students will learn the basics of interpretive guide theory and techniques. Students will participate in, plan and deliver guided hikes focused on the natural and cultural heritage of the Blue Ridge region. 1 Credit(s). 2 Contact Hour(s).

    This course meets an activity requirement.
    Course Session Cycle: Fall and Spring
  
  • ECT 111 - Hunting and Tracking

    Credit Hour(s): 1
    Hunting and tracking wildlife is a time-honored tradition that is related to sustenance and wildlife conservation. This interactive course explores the fundamentals of hunting laws, safety, ethics and etiquette, use of firearms and archery equipment, still hunting and tracking game. 1 Credit(s). 2 Contact Hour(s).

    Course Session Cycle: Fall and Spring
    Course Yearly Cycle: Every Year
  
  • ECT 112 - Wild Blue Ridge

    Credit Hour(s): 1
    Wild Blue Ridge takes you to the forests, ponds, streams, and mountains around Ferrum COllege where you will aquire the basic skills needed to identify, share and preserve the natural history of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. 1 Credit(s). 2 Contact Hour(s).

    Course Session Cycle: Fall and Spring
    Course Yearly Cycle: Every Year
  
  • ECT 165 - World Ecotourism Destinations and Cultures

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course is a study of top ecotourism destinations around the world. Students will learn about the cultures, environments, and tourist sites that draw tourists to each destination. Students will also learn about push/pull travel motivations, basic tourism theory, and leisure of different cultures. 3 Credit(s).

    This course has been identified in the General Education Curriculum as meeting the Core Competency in Global and Social Responsibility.
    Course Session Cycle: Fall
    Course Yearly Cycle: Every Year
  
  • ECT 257 - Interpreting Culture and Nature

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course seeks to develop the knowledge and abilities necessary to plan high quality cultural/natural interpretation. After the course, students will understand audiences and the significances of resources so that they may select appropriate techniques for the creation of programs, products and services. They will discuss, compare and put into practice diverse theories, perspectives, methodologies and interpretive tools. 3 Credit(s).

    Course Session Cycle: FA
    Course Yearly Cycle: ODD
  
  • ECT 265 - Foundations of Ecotourism

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    As an overview of general principles and theory of the hospitality and tourism industry with a focus on ecotourism, this class is a critical stepping stone of knowledge preparing students for a career in ecotourism. Topics include origin of ecotourism; ecotourism environments, present characteristics of the ecotourism market and destination development; importance of ecotourism to state and federal economies; environmental, economic, and socio cultural impacts; and implications of business and non-business eco-travel. 3 Credit(s).

    Course Session Cycle: SP
    Course Yearly Cycle: EVEN
  
  • ECT 270, 271 to 470, 471 - Ecotourism Practicum

    Credit Hour(s): 1
    Designed to allow students to obtain practical hands-on experience working in the Ecotourism field. Students will be required to spend a minimum of 50 hours with an approved agency. 1 Credit(s). 50 Contact Hour(s).

    Course Session Cycle: Fall and Spring
  
  • ECT 312 - Protected Area Management

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    The world’s protected areas serve as repositories of biodiversity, regulators of climate, laboratories for research, sanctuaries for aesthetic and spiritual inspiration, and natural arenas for outdoor recreation and exploration. 

    Protected area management requires a blend of community participation, interpretation, law enforcement, natural and cultural resource management, administration, and maintenance. This course is an overview of protected area management principles and techniques.  Special emphasis will be given to climate change, poverty, indigenous cultures, biodiversity conservation, endangered species, and responsible tourism management.

      3 Credit(s).


    Course Session Cycle: Fall
    Course Yearly Cycle: Even

  
  • ECT 357 - Applied Interpretation

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    Students will apply interpretive communications theory and processes toward the conservation and promotion of their cultural and natural patrimony. Students are expected to apply their knowledge by planning, choosing and producing appropriate interpretive media. The class will feature planning for interpretive trails, exhibits, electronic media such as radio and television, as well as live events such as music and theatre. Site promotion will emphasize the use of low-cost, high-quality media products to reach the target audiences of community-based tourism sites or social causes. 3 Credit(s).

    This course is designated by Ferrum College faculty to meet the entire Speaking Intensive requirement; a grade of “C” or higher in this course is required for this course to be used by a student to complete the Speaking Intensive graduation requirement for Ferrum College. A student cannot earn a grade of “C” or higher in this course unless he or she earns a “C” or better on the speaking assignments required by the course.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102  with a grade of “C” or higher.
    Course Session Cycle: SP
    Course Yearly Cycle: ODD
  
  • ECT 372 - Eco-Adventure

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course is a hands-on ecotourism experience that provides a powerful case study of the relationship between ecotourism and its role in community development. Specifically, students will participate in a variety of adventure and cultural activities that illustrate how tourism can promote local economic development, environmental conservation, and education. Students will be required to participate in meetings during the spring semester.  3 Credit(s). 3 Contact Hour(s).

  
  • ECT 391 - Cultural and Heritage Tourism

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    An in-depth exploration of tourism to cultural and heritage sites. Local examples of existing culture and heritage sites/destinations will be used as case studies to show the effectiveness of using culture and heritage sights as tools of local economic development, strengthening community, and preserving culture/heritage. Additional topics will include history of culture and heritage tourism, today’s culture and heritage tourism industry, marketing and market segmentation, and designing and programming cultural and heritage tours. 3 Credit(s).

    Course Session Cycle: ET
  
  • ECT 421 - Issues in Sustainable and Ecotourism

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    A capstone course that explores the many facets of ecotourism in a research and seminar format. Special attention will be paid to ecotourism as a responsible form of tourism in which protecting natural environments and cultures while improving local economies are the primary goals. Students will learn about using ecotourism as means of protecting green space and integrating local people into the tourism process to all stages of development. 3 Credit(s).

    Course Session Cycle: SP
    Course Yearly Cycle: EVEN
  
  • ECT 499 - Ecotourism Internship

    Credit Hour(s): 2-4
    The internship in ecotourism provides a capstone, experiential learning opportunity.  The student will work with an approved ecotourism business, agency or organization. 2-4 Credit(s). A minimum of 400 hours is required. Service Hour(s).

    Prerequisite(s): ECT 265  

Education

  
  • EDU 147, 247 or 347 - Selected Topics in Education

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course is designed to provide students opportunities to study specialized topics and timely issues in education through the parameters of a class. The topics courses typically provide elective credit in the teacher education minor, and may be repeated if the topics are different. Courses at the 147 and 247 level are those in which students are acquiring a knowledge base through the direction of the faculty member. Courses at the 347 level will require students to integrate the skills and knowledge from previous experiences thorough a combination of faculty guidance and working independently on assigned tasks. 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): Will be stipulated in each topics course description.
  
  • EDU 202 - Introduction to 21st Century Education

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course provides an introduction to the teaching profession using public school classrooms as the setting for observation during internship. The course develops an understanding of the multiple aspects of the teachers’ work; explores a range of key issues related to 21st century educational practices. Topics include the purpose of schools, the teaching profession, legal issues, governance, finance, equity issues, an introduction to special education and multicultural education, as well as the relationship between politics and education. The development of a personal philosophy of education begins here with the understanding of school structure.

    An opportunity for participation in an online lab to prepare for the Virginia Language and Communication Assessment (VCLA) is provided. Students are required to complete a 20 hour internship in an assigned placement as part of this course, and the course has an additional fee. This course has an additional fee. 3 Credit(s). 3 Contact Hour(s). 20 Service Hour(s).


    Course Session Cycle: Fall and Spring

  
  • EDU 203 - Foundations and Trends in Education

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course provides an overview lens through which the student views the history, philosophy, psychology, and sociology of general and special education in American schools. Through multiple readings and directed activities students create a developmental pedagogical framework in order to gauge the practicality of educational theory and philosophies for the public school setting.

    Students are required to complete a 20 hour internship in an assigned placement as part of this course, and the course has an additional fee.

      This course has an additional fee 3 Credit(s). 3 Contact Hour(s). 20 Service Hour(s).


    This course has been identified in the General Education Curriculum as addressing Exploration Area 3:
    How Do We Evaluate & Solve Problems, with Experiential Emphasis.
    Course Session Cycle: Fall and Spring
    Course Yearly Cycle: Every Year

  
  • EDU 310 - Developmental and Diagnostic Reading

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course establishes the foundation for teaching reading and for diagnosing reading difficulties at the elementary level. The theoretical foundations and developmental nature of the reading process is examined. Instructional methods related to grapho-phonemic, syntactic, and semantic cueing systems are modeled and applied. The course relies on the reading and interpretation of children’s and adolescent literature as a base of instruction. This course includes a required 20-hour internship in a local school division. This course has an additional fee. 3 Credit(s). 20 Service Hour(s).

    Prerequisite(s): EDU 202  and EDU 203 . It is recommended that students pass the VCLA before taking this course if seeking licensure in Elementary Education PreK-6. pass VCLA. This course has an additional fee.
    Corequisite(s): EDU 311 .
    Course Session Cycle: SP
  
  • EDU 311 - Elementary Language Arts Methods

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course completes the reading block for elementary endorsement candidates. The many facets of reading, writing, speaking, and listening are explored for teaching and learning content across the curriculum in elementary and middle school classrooms.
    Students are required to complete a 20 hour internship in an assigned placement as part of this course, and the course has an additional fee.

      This course has an additional fee. 3 Credit(s). 3 Contact Hour(s). 20 Service Hour(s).


    This course is designated Writing Intensive; a grade of “C” or higher in this course is required for this course to count toward the six-credit-hour Writing Intensive graduation requirement for Ferrum College. A student cannot earn a grade of “C” or higher in this course unless he or she earns a “C” or better on the writing assignments required by the course.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 - Composition and Research   with a grade of “C” or higher

    EDU 202 - Introduction to 21st Century Education    

    EDU 203 - Foundations and Trends in Education   

     
    Course Session Cycle: Spring

  
  • EDU 312 - Content Area Literacy

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course immerses secondary and all-level candidates in the concept of literacy for students beyond the elementary level. Finding the appropriate strategies, scaffolding and applications for reading, writing, speaking and listening, and media literacy in discipline content areas creates the foundation for this class. Teaching the content of one’s discipline through the use of appropriate literacy approaches are practiced and applied. Students are required to complete a 20 hour internship in an assigned placement as part of this course, and the course has an additional fee. This course has an additional fee. 3 Credit(s). 3 Contact Hour(s). 20 Service Hour(s).


    This course is designated Writing Intensive; a grade of “C” or higher in this course is required for this course to count toward the six-credit-hour Writing Intensive graduation requirement for Ferrum College. A student cannot earn a grade of “C” or higher in this course unless he or she earns a “C” or better on the writing assignments required by the course. This course includes a required 20 hour internship in a local school division.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 - Composition and Research   with a grade of “C” or higher

    EDU 202 - Introduction to 21st Century Education  

    EDU 203 - Foundations and Trends in Education   
    Course Session Cycle: Spring

  
  • EDU 314 - The Teaching of English

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course provides the study of strategies, techniques, materials, technology, and current research used in the teaching of English to secondary (6-12) learners. Participants will employ the Virginia Standards of Learning to teach English at the middle and secondary school level using the latest theories and practices governing the teaching of written composition and research. Through hands-on learning activities, students will develop an awareness of the professional resources and technology available to teachers in order to teach reading, writing, listening, speaking, grammar, media literacy, and research. A wide variety of nonfiction, minority, ethnic, and young adult texts will be examined. In-class instruction is augmented by a required 20 hour internship experience in a middle or secondary school classroom. This course has an additional fee. 3 credits. 20 Service Hours. This course has an additional fee. 3 Credit(s). 3 Contact Hour(s). 20 Service Hours Service Hour(s).


    Prerequisite(s): EDU 202 - Introduction to 21st Century Education  

    EDU 203 - Foundations and Trends in Education  

    SPD 220 - Survey of Exceptional and Special Education  
    Course Session Cycle: Spring
    Course Yearly Cycle: Odd Years

  
  • EDU 320 - Elementary Math Methods

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    Students pursuing elementary education licensure will examine the content knowledge, teaching strategies, methods, and cultural applications as well as the theoretical foundations necessary for teaching math effectively in the elementary school through 6th grade.

    Students are required to complete a 20 hour internship in an assigned placement as part of this course, and the course has an additional fee. This course has an additional fee. 3 Credit(s). 3 Contact Hour(s). 20 Service Hour(s).


    Prerequisite(s): EDU 202 - Introduction to 21st Century Education   

    EDU 203 - Foundations and Trends in Education  

    MTH 105 - Fundamentals of Mathematics   
    Course Session Cycle: FA

  
  • EDU 330 - The Middle School

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course focuses on the middle school philosophy, the middle school learner, and the curriculum of middle schools. This course prepares the student to develop strategies to meet the specific needs of the unique middle school learner.
    Students are required to complete a 20 hour internship in an assigned placement as part of this course, and the course has an additional fee. This course has an additional fee. 3 Credit(s). 3 Contact Hour(s). 20 Service Hour(s).


    Prerequisite(s): EDU 202 - Introduction to 21st Century Education  

    EDU 203 - Foundations and Trends in Education   

  
  • EDU 335 - Psychological and Educational Assessment

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    Covers test construction, observation, interviewing, rating scales, personality inventories, intelligence tests, interest tests, and ability tests. Cross-listed with PSY 335. 3 Credit(s).

    Prerequisite(s): PSY 201  
    Course Session Cycle: SP
    Course Yearly Cycle: Even
  
  
  • EDU 352 - Elementary Education Classroom Management and Differentiated Instructional Strategies

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course assists the Elementary Education teacher candidates with understanding the complexities in today’s classrooms. This course helps prepare candidates with relating to diverse populations by developing procedures and rules for the classroom; learning about problem behaviors; meeting the needs of special students, parents, and community; and motivating and encouraging students while managing the physical space and time in the classroom. Additionally, this course assists students in understanding the relationship between differentiated instruction and classroom management with the goal of developing student understanding of the impact of instruction on classroom management.

    Students are required to complete a 20 hour internship in an assigned placement as part of this course, and the course has an additional fee. This course has an additional fee. 3 Credit(s). 3 Contact Hour(s). 40 Service Hour(s).


    Prerequisite(s): EDU 202 - Introduction to 21st Century Education  

    EDU 203 - Foundations and Trends in Education  

    EDU 310 - Developmental and Diagnostic Reading  

    EDU 311 - Elementary Language Arts Methods 

    Passing score on VCLA
    Corequisite(s): EDU 353 - Elementary/Middle School Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Strategies 
    Course Session Cycle: Fall

  
  • EDU 353 - Elementary/Middle School Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Strategies

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    Students seeking elementary/middle school endorsement concentrate on curriculum, instruction and assessment, and focus on methods appropriate to their major and level of endorsement. Students are introduced to the Clinical Cycle process, a variety of theories about teaching and learning, and topics such as setting instructional goals, instructional approaches to teaching and learning, learning to deliver lessons, assessing student learning and reporting student learning, promoting critical thinking, units and lesson planning. This course requires 20 hours of internship. Program candidates are encouraged to take and pass Praxis II and the RVE as a part of the course requirements.  This course has an additional fee. 3 Credit(s). 20 Service Hour(s).


    Prerequisite(s): EDU 310  and EDU 311 . Students must meet all Teacher Education Program admission requirements including passing score on VCLA, PCASE Math or have met the SAT/ACT established pass score. 

     
    Corequisite(s): EDU 352 .
    Course Session Cycle: FA

  
  • EDU 355 - Secondary and Middle School Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Strategies

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course prepares students to teach in grades 6 - 12 through a study of curriculum, instruction and assessment that includes the following topics: decision making; developing, planning, implementing, and assessing instruction; aligning instruction with appropriate content area state standards; principles of learning; the application of skills in the discipline-specific methodology; the selection of instructional strategies and materials; and the use of technology in planning, implementing and assessing learning. Program candidates are introduced to the Clinical Cycles and will teach a minimum of six lessons.

    As part of this course, students are required to complete a 20 hour internship in an assigned placement. This course also has an additional fee. This course has an additional fee. 3 Credit(s). 3 Contact Hour(s). 20 Service Hour(s).


    Prerequisite(s): EDU 202 - Introduction to 21st Century Education  

    EDU 203 - Foundations and Trends in Education  

    EDU 312 - Content Area Literacy  

    Passing scores on VCLA 
    Corequisite(s): EDU 357 - Secondary and Middle School Classroom Management and Differentiated Instructional Strategies   
    Course Session Cycle: Fall

  
  • EDU 357 - Secondary and Middle School Classroom Management and Differentiated Instructional Strategies

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course prepares students to teach in grades 6-12 with study that includes the following topics: developing and implementing classroom management plans based on theory and empirical research; teaching methods and strategies used in general education classrooms that are appropriate for those students who are gifted as well as those with exceptional challenges. Pre-service teachers in this course explore strategies to expand learning opportunities for students as related to content-specific disciplines.

    Students are required to complete a 20 hour internship in an assigned placement as part of this course and the course has an additional fee. This course has an additional fee. 3 Credit(s). 3 Contact Hour(s). 20 Service Hour(s).


    Prerequisite(s):  

    EDU 202 - Introduction to 21st Century Education  

    EDU 203 - Foundations and Trends in Education  

    EDU 312 - Content Area Literacy  

    Passing scores on VCLA

     
    Corequisite(s):  

    EDU 355 - Secondary and Middle School Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Strategies   
    Course Session Cycle: Fall

  
  • EDU 358 - All-Level (Pre-K-12) Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Strategies

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course prepares all-level program candidates in Physical Education to teach PK - 12 students through instruction in the following topics: decision making, developing, planning and implementing and assessing instruction; aligning instruction with appropriate content area state standards; principles of learning; the application of skills in discipline-specific methodology; the selection of instructional strategies and materials; the use of technology in planning, implementing and assessing learning. Emphasis is placed on the distinction between elementary curriculum, instruction and assessment as compared to middle/secondary school.


    Students are required to complete a 20 hour internship in an assigned placement as part of this course, and the course has an additional fee. This course has an additional fee. 3 Credit(s). 3 Contact Hour(s). 20 Service Hour(s).


    Prerequisite(s):  

    EDU 202 - Introduction to 21st Century Education  

    EDU 203 - Foundations and Trends in Education  

    EDU 312 - Content Area Literacy  

    Passing scores on VCLA

     
    Corequisite(s):  

    EDU 360 - All-Level (Pre-K-12) Classroom Management and Differentiated Instruction Strategies 
    Course Session Cycle: Fall

  
  • EDU 360 - All-Level (Pre-K-12) Classroom Management and Differentiated Instruction Strategies

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course prepares all-level licensure program candidates in Physical Education to teach PK – 12 students through instruction related to the following topics: developing and implementing classroom management plans based on theory and empirical research; teaching methods and strategies used in general education classrooms that are appropriate for those students who are gifted as well as those with exceptional challenges. Program candidates learn strategies to expand the learning opportunities for all students in their content discipline classrooms.

    Students are required to complete a 20 hour internship in an assigned placement as part of this course, and the course has an additional fee. This course has an additional fee. 3 Credit(s). 3 Contact Hour(s). 20 Service Hour(s).


    Prerequisite(s):  

    EDU 202 - Introduction to 21st Century Education  

    EDU 203 - Foundations and Trends in Education  

    EDU 312 - Content Area Literacy  

    Passing scores on VCLA

     
    Corequisite(s): EDU 358 - All-Level (Pre-K-12) Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Strategies   
    Course Session Cycle: Fall

  
  • EDU 362 - Elementary Health & Physical Education Methods (PreK-6)

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course will prepare teacher candidates to organize and effectively teach health and physical education to grades pre-K-6 using a variety of instructional methods, focusing on instructional strategies, addressing the progression of skills and knowledge, assessment, and discipline. This course provides a systematic approach to planning, organizing, teaching, and evaluating health and physical education programs designed specifically for young children. Emphasis will be placed on interpreting and applying content standard/competences, instructional methods and techniques, technology, principles of learning, safety, and a healthy lifestyle. Program candidates are required to take and pass Praxis II as part of course requirements. This course has an additional fee. 3 Credit(s). 3 Contact Hour(s). 20 Hour Internship Service Hour(s).


    Prerequisite(s): EDU 202 - Introduction to 21st Century Education  

    EDU 203 - Foundations and Trends in Education  

    SPD 220 - Survey of Exceptional and Special Education  

    Passing Scores on VCLA
    Course Session Cycle: Spring
    Course Yearly Cycle: Odd Years

  
  • EDU 364 - Adolescent Health and Physical Education Methods (6-12)

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course will prepare teacher candidates to organize and effectively teach health and physical education to grades 6-12 using a variety of instructional methods, focusing on instructional strategies, addressing the progression of skills and knowledge, assessment, and discipline. This course provides a systematic approach to planning, organizing, teaching, and evaluating health and physical education programs designed specifically for adolescents. Emphasis will be placed on interpreting and applying content standard/competences, instructional methods and techniques, technology, principles of learning, safety, and a healthy lifestyle. Program candidates are required to take and pass Praxis II as part of course requirements. 3 Credit(s). 3 Contact Hour(s).


    Prerequisite(s): EDU 312 - Content Area Literacy  

    Passing Scores on VCLA
    Course Session Cycle: Fall
    Course Yearly Cycle: Odd Years

  

English

  
  • ENG 100 - Fundamentals of Writing

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    The course develops competency in the use of English mechanics, word usage, and sentence structure in order to develop effective paragraphs and thesis-based essays. (Hours earned count toward graduation, but course does not meet Liberal Arts Requirements.) 3 Credit(s).

    Course Session Cycle: FA
  
  • ENG 106 - Introduction to News Writing and Reporting

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    With an emphasis on creating a concise, “tight” news article, this course teaches the fundamentals of news writing combined with transmitting factual and accurate information in a stylized methodology. Students will employ the fundamentals of college-level critical reading, writing, and research as they develop their writing voices and news sense. Focusing on audience, purpose, and context, students will develop writing projects through multiple stages of research, interviewing, first-hand accounts, and drafting processes while refining proficiency with conventions of standard written English and Associated Press Style. 3 Credit(s). 3 Contact Hour(s).

    Course Session Cycle: Fall Semester
    Course Yearly Cycle: Every Year
  
  • ENG 111 - Composition and Rhetoric

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    This course teaches the fundamentals of college-level critical reading and writing with attention given to rhetorical concepts and conventions of standard written English. Students will develop writing projects through multiple stages of the composition process, including work on prewriting, drafting, revision, and editing. Prerequisite: ENG 100 or testing into ENG 111 through Ferrum College’s placement tool. NOTE: Passing ENG 111 with a “C” or higher is a prerequisite for ENG 112. 3 Credit(s). 3 Contact Hour(s).

    Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 - Fundamentals of Writing   or testing into ENG 111 through Ferrum College’s placement tool
    Course Session Cycle: Fall and Spring Semester
    Course Yearly Cycle: Every Year
  
  • ENG 112 - Composition & Research

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    With an emphasis on the empowering, creative art of persuasion, this course teaches the fundamentals of college-level critical reading, writing, and research as students develop their writing voices. Focusing on audience, purpose, and context, students will develop writing projects through multiple stages of the research and drafting process while refining proficiency with conventions of standard written English. 3 Credit(s). 3 Contact Hour(s).

    This course has been identified in the General Education Curriculum as meeting the Core Competency of Freshman English (Written Communication).
    Course Session Cycle: Fall and Spring Semester
    Course Yearly Cycle: Every Year
  
  • ENG 131, 132 to 431, 432 - Journalism Practicum

    Credit Hour(s): 1
    An introduction to the basic principles and techniques of journalism through practical experience on the campus newspaper. In addition to class meetings on such general topics as the reporter’s stance, news leads, news sources, attribution techniques, copy-editing, and layout, all students will take an active role in the writing and production of the campus newspaper. Courses must be taken in sequence. 1 Credit(s).

    Pre-/Corequisite(s): ENG 106 - Introduction to News Writing and Reporting  
  
  • ENG 141, 142 to 441, 442 - Creative Arts Practicum

    Credit Hour(s): 1
    This course introduces and develops techniques for representing the arts in a campus community by working on the school literary/art magazine, running coffeehouses, and promoting other creative events. In addition to regular instruction in evaluating and editing creative writing, the visual arts, and contemporary music, and in using graphic arts design software, students will take an active role in putting together the College literary/art magazine and organizing and running the coffeehouses on campus. Courses must be taken in sequence. 1 Credit(s).

    Course Session Cycle: FASP
  
  • ENG 200 - Introduction to Literary Studies

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    The Study of Literature:  Why Does it Matter?  What kinds of mirrors and windows does literature provide as a lens to understand culture?  This course explores historical, social, and cultural contexts in the development of literature through four millennia, including race, gender, class, and ethnicity.   3 Credit(s).

    This course has been identified in the General Education Curriculum as meeting the Core Competency in Written Communication.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 112 - Composition & Research   with a grade of “C” or higher
    Course Session Cycle: Fall & Spring
    Course Yearly Cycle: Every Year
  
  • ENG 201 - World Literature I

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    A survey of poetry, drama, and prose from the ancient workl through the Renaissance from a variety of Western and non-Western literary traditions.  This course focuses on the historical and cultural contexts of literary myths, legends and heros.  Students will conduct primary and secondary research in an analysis of literary devices through the lens of multiple critical approaches.  3 Credit(s).

    This course has been identified in the General Education Curriculum as meeting the Core Competency in Written Communication.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 112   with a grade of “C” or higher.
    Course Session Cycle: Fall
    Course Yearly Cycle: Every Year
  
  • ENG 202 - World Literature II

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    A survey of poetry, drama and prose from the Enlightenment through the twenty-first century from a variety of Western and non-Western literary traditions.  This course focuses on the historical and cultural contexts of literary myths, legends, and heroes.  Students will conduct primary and secondary research in an analysis of literary devices through the lens of multiple critical approaches.  3 Credit(s).

    This course has been identified in the General Education Curriculum as meeting the Core Competency in Global and Social Responsibility.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 112   with a grade of “C” or higher.
    Course Session Cycle: Spring
    Course Yearly Cycle: Every Year
  
  • ENG 203 - British Literature I

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    A study of the literary heritage of the British Isles from the Middle Ages to 1800. Writers often studied include Chaucer, Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Swift, and Pope. (Substantial writing component required.) 3 Credit(s).

    This course has been identified in the General Education Curriculum as meeting the Core Competency in Written Communication.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 112   with a grade of “C” or higher.
    Course Session Cycle: Fall
    Course Yearly Cycle: Every
  
  • ENG 204 - British Literature II

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    A study of the literary heritage of the British Isles from 1800 to the present. Writers often studied include Blake, Wordsworth, the Brontes, Austen, the Brownings, Joyce, Yeats, and T.S. Eliot. (Substantial writing component required.) 3 Credit(s).

    This course has been identified in the General Education Curriculum as meeting the Core Competency in Written Communication.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 112   with a grade of “C” or higher.
    Course Session Cycle: Spring
    Course Yearly Cycle: Every
  
  • ENG 205 - American Literature I

    Credit Hour(s): 3
    Identity has been a central subject for those libing on the North American continent from the time of its earliest literary works.  Aspects of identity that have influenced the development  of American literature include race, gender, class and ethnicity.  In this course, we will use literary texts as a basis for discussing how American identities evolved through the period before the Civil War.  Students will explore both primary and secondary sources to analyze literature using multiple critical approaches.   3 Credit(s).

    This course has been identified in the General Education Curriculum as meeting the Core Competency in Written Communication.
    Prerequisite(s): ENG 112   with a grade of “C” or higher.
    Course Session Cycle: Fall
    Course Yearly Cycle: Every Year
 

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