Courses

Problems in design of the home environment; individual and group problem solving. Emphasis is on historic preservation principles and practices for interior designers. Experiential Learning, PW: Innovation and Creativity

An advanced consideration of issues in the study of history, involving discussion of historiographical questions, analysis of scholarly papers on varied topics, and individual research and seminar presentations. Refining skills in organizing research, data collection, scholarly apparatus and historical writing will be emphasized. Required of all senior history majors. American History

Advanced topics.

Comprehensive review of the academic research process in the context of hospitality management.

This course familiarizes students with theory, research and methodological issues, current issues, practices, and principles in hospitality operations. Students will be exposed to a broad range of academic research and practice-oriented readings such as case studies and book chapters in the area of customer relations management, service quality, sustainable operations and corporate social responsibility, strategic management, human resource management, financial management, etc.

Regional study of human gross anatomy by dissection of human donor bodies.

This course is a detailed, advanced examination of human anatomy and histology. In a laboratory setting, students will achieve course objectives from dissecting a human cadaver, and observing prosected cadavers and casted models.

Advanced study of human development and family relations across the lifespan. FCS 5560 Advanced Methods for Teaching Family and Consumer Sciences (3) Study of advanced methods for teaching Family and Consumer Sciences curricula.

Advanced Course. This course will cover the conceptual basis, major discoveries, and unsolved problems in human genomics, with an emphasis on disease applications. The goal is to make students conversant with the structures, functions, and natural histories of human genomes, the computational and experimental methods used to establish that knowledge, the applications of genomics to medical research, and the broader impacts of genomic research on the community.

This course explores a more advanced approach to nutrient function and utilization in humans. Specifically, comparisons between normal metabolic functioning to metabolic characteristics of chronic disease (e.g., diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, obesity, cancer, etc.) at the cellular level will be covered. Additional topics include nutrition and the microbiome, genetic considerations, and exercise performance.