Courses

Develops programming proficiency in a modern programming language. Students skills.

A detailed study of a particular topic of special interest. Topics will vary but will be listed in the schedule of classes and on the student's transcripts. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.

Writing in the professions is multidisciplinary and varied. Topics in this course will writing for a wide variety of contexts and persuasive outcomes. Topics may include storytelling in professional contexts. This course will require students to explore real-world issues and problems as they are addressed in a written context.

This course introduces and develops students’ knowledge of theories, issues, historical areas of quantitative psychology. Students will study topics broadly related to quantitative modeling, nonparametric statistics, mediation analysis, and Bayesian methods.

Introduction to the foundational texts and key concepts in the theory and practice of rhetoric. Each section emphasizes a specific topic within the larger subject of rhetoric.

Application of rhetorical theories and concepts to rhetorical problems and methods; emphasis on the relationship between theory and practice.

A variable-content course treating selected topics in Rhetoric/ Composition Studies. Possible topics include histories of rhetoric, digital literacy in composition and rhetorical analyses of texts.

An upper level Sculpture course treating a special subject or theme as announced. This course may be repeated when the topic varies for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

Major literary and cultural works of the French neoclassical age. Authors studied may include Molière, Racine, Corneille, Mme. de Lafayette, Pascal, and Descartes. May be repeated once for credit provided the topic is different.

Intensively explores one or two topics within social psychology. Sample topics include emotion, empathy and altruism, happiness, judgment and decision-making, social psychology in film, social influence, and prejudice and stereotyping.