Courses

Advanced studies in the discipline of new media with an emphasis on indepth individually generated projects. Students will focus on professional development and portfolio preparation.

An advanced course for students majoring in journalism, this course takes up where Introduction to Media Writing leaves off. It offers in-depth instruction in such areas as investigative newsgathering strategies, the use of public records in the newsgathering process, the coverage of civil and criminal courts, police reporting, local government reporting and specialty reporting.

This course is the study of covering civic and public affairs, covering beats and news/sports events and practicing advanced reporting and writing techniques.

Advanced practice of newsgathering and newswriting for specialized topic areas ranging from government, education to more soft news and human interest stories. Writing proficiency is required for a passing grade in this course. A student who does not write with the skill normally required of an upper-division student will not earn a passing grade, no matter how well the student performs in other areas of the course. Writing

Selected readings from the New Testament. Through the careful study of these passages students further develop their ability to read, understand, and interpret ancient Greek. Includes introduction to the study and practice of textual criticism.

An extensive analysis of the origin, destination, purpose, literary characteristics, contents, authorship, and questionable areas of the New Testament books of the Bible.

The literature of fact. Emphasis on student writing and analysis of nonfiction forms, such as personal narrative, autobiography, lyric in prose, and New Journalism.

Topics selected from: discretization matrices, sparse matrices, QR-algorithm, symmetric eigenvalue problems, singular value decomposition, pseudo-inverses, simplex method, matrix algorithms for vector computers.

Basic concepts of finite element (FE) analysis. Development of FE computer codes for solving environmental engineering problems. FE grid generation and visualization methods.

This course provides opportunities for students to integrate advanced nursing care concepts within a family and community context. Content includes but is not limited to manager of care for advanced concepts in safety, fluid/electrolyte balance, cellular regulation, gas exchange, psychosocial well-being, growth and development, perfusion, and medical emergencies.