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ENG 2242 - American Literature II: Realism and Naturalism Credits: 4
The course presents a survey of American literature from 1865-1914. Authors include Jewett, Twain, James, Gilman, Chopin, Crane, Norris, Wharton, Dreiser, and Cather. The course will examine literary works in depth as well as explore the social, cultural, and historical forces that contributed to the creation of a vigorous native literature during the dynamic five decades between the American Civil War and World War I.
Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2243 - American Literature III: Modern and Contemporary Credits: 4
This course presents a survey of American Literature from World War I to the present. Students examine the major movements of Modernism and Postmodernism by genre, starting with poetry and moving through short stories and novels to the popular novel. Students consider these texts in their historical, social, cultural, political, economic, and psychological contexts. This survey includes readings by Frost, Stevens, Hughes, Plath, Rich, Wright, Faulkner, Cheever, O’Connor, and Morrison.
Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2250 - Post-Colonial Literature Credits: 4
An exploration of literature written in English by people of the variety of races and cultures that once were part of the British Empire. Works covered reflect and represent their experiences and creative genius. Writers studied include Conrad, Rushdie, and Chinua Achebe.
International Nonwestern; Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2251 - Literature by Women I Credits: 4
A survey of literature written in English by women from the medieval period through the eighteenth century. Course readings include poems, speeches, memoirs, plays, and novels. Students examine selected works that explore women’s evolving roles in society and the many facets of women’s unique position, experience, and perspective on the world.
Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2252 - Popular Literature Credits: 4
An examination of the literary and cultural significance of a number of sub-genres of popular literature, including the detective story, spy story, western, science fiction, fantasy, love romance, and other popular forms. Writers covered include Conan Doyle, Hammett, Christie, Fleming, Wells, and Burroughs.
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ENG 2253 - Southern Literature Credits: 4
An examination of regional literature of the American South. Students examine the emergence and persistence of themes such as miscegenation, misogyny, racism, incest, the grotesque, and the power of the past. Writers covered include Angelou, Faulkner, O’Connor, Warren, Walker, Hurston, and Porter.
Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2254 - Nature Writing Credits: 4
A consideration of various responses to the natural world and the ways in which writers have described their encounters with it. Students focus on creative non-fiction by writers such as Thoreau and John Muir. They also have the opportunity to produce their own creative nonfiction responses to wild nature.
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ENG 2255 - The Short Story Cycle Credits: 4
An examination of the literary genre of the short story cycle, a novel-length grouping of inter-related stories linked by character, setting, and theme. Typical American examples include Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio; Faulkner’s Go Down, Moses; Welty’s The Golden Apples; and Tan’s The Joy Luck Club.
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ENG 2256 - American Poetry Credits: 4
An examination of significant American poetry from colonial times to the present. Poets covered will include Bradstreet, Wheatley, Emerson, Poe, Whitman, Dickinson, Frost, Williams, Pound, and others.
Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2258 - African American Literature I Credits: 4
An examination of the African American oral and written literary legacy, tracing its history as a distinct literary tradition as well as an important part of the dominant American literary tradition. Students examine and discuss poetry, plays, short stories, essays, and novels from all literary periods.
Multicultural; Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2260 - Horror Fiction Credits: 4
An investigation of the dark and popular world of horror fiction, with special emphasis on the Gothic tradition within British and American literature since 1764. Students examine and discuss why horror stories fascinate, and how anxieties about sexuality, the unconscious mind, scientific discoveries, social injustice, and other topics are translated into the horror literature we read.
Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2261 - Literature by Women II Credits: 4
A survey of literature written in English by women since Mary Wollstonecraft’s “A Vindication of the Rights of Women.” Texts considered include poems, speeches, nonfiction, plays, short stories, and novels. Students examine selected works that explore women’s evolving roles in society and the many facets of women’s unique position, experience, and perspective on the world.
Multicultural; Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2262 - The Arthurian Tradition Credits: 4
This course investigates the major traditions of Arthurian literature from the Middle Ages to Monty Python. Students will focus on the medieval development of the myth of Arthur in Celtic, Latin, and French texts (all read in translation), as well as in Middle English literature including Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Malory’s Morte Darthur, and medieval romance. In the second half of the course, students will examine the transformation of the Arthurian legend according to changing values of different eras by analyzing Victorian and modern adaptations such as Tennyson’s Idylls of the King, T.H. White’s The Once and Future King, and Marion Zimmer Bradley’s feminist revision of the legend, The Mists of Avalon. Students will also consider the Arthurian legend in several films including Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Excalibur
Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2264 - Historical Novels of the Black Diaspora Credits: 4
The course focuses on novels that are set in the historical past and informed by key events, figures or periods. It examines works by African American, British and West Indian authors and queries the effect of location, time and culture (particularly religious beliefs) on characters’ choices and decisions. Students will consider how cultural beliefs and historical circumstances contribute to a diversity of perspectives on race, gender, community and human responsibility. Finally, we will interrogate the relationship between the texts: Is there thematic continuity? Is the fact of dispersion, discrimination or oppression the basis of connection? What is gained or lost in analyzing these texts as part of the Black Diaspora?
International Western; Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2265 - Special Topics in English Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline.
Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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ENG 2268 - African American Literature II Credits: 4
An examination of the African American literary tradition as a distinct area of study both informed by and exerting influence upon the dominant American literary tradition. Students examine and discuss poetry, plays, short stories, essays and novels from the mid 20th through the early 21st century.
Multicultural, Textual Analysis
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ENG 2270 - Twentieth-Century British Literature Credits: 4
This course surveys twentieth-century British literature and the social, cultural, and historical circumstances in which these works of literature were produced. This course will examine literary and cultural developments including the impact of Freudian thought, the impact of the two world wars, stream of consciousness, fragmentation, Angry Young Men, “The Movement,” imperial devolution, and the growing diversity of British literature. Authors include a selection from among the following: Joseph Conrad, T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, D.H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, W.H. Auden, Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Stevie Smith, Phillip Larkin, Kingsley Amis, Kazuo Ishiguro, Salman Rushdie, Mark Haddon, Hanif Kureishi, Zadie Smith.
Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis.
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ENG 2295 - Internship in English Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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ENG 2298 - Independent Studies in English Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors.
Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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ENG 3306 - Approaches to the Study of Language Credits: 4
An introduction to the principles and methods of linguistics, the study of human language as a natural phenomenon. The course begins with an examination of the foundational subfields of morphology, syntax, phonetics, phonology, and semantics, then moves on to examine historical linguistics and the development of the many dialects of modern English.
Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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ENG 3307 - Writing in the Digital Environment Credits: 4
An exploration of the shifting expectations for writing in digital environments. Students analyze and produce Web-based writing designed for real audiences, and, in the process, address various cultural and ethical issues involved in digital communication, such as the construction of identity through word and image, the rearticulation of gender, race and class, and issues of accessibility.
Prerequisites English 2212 or 2214.
Creative Expression.
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ENG 3308 - Writing in Law and Policy Credits: 4
A study of the conventions of legal and analytical writing. Focused on analysis of legal problems and the presentation of findings in forms employed by legal and paralegal professionals, attention will also be devoted to critiquing new developments in the profession.
Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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ENG 3309 - Approaches to Everyday Discourse Credits: 4
An introduction to rhetorical methods for analyzing such “texts” as speeches, editorials, advertisements, sports writing, movie reviews, and talk radio programs. Students will learn to identify patterns in everyday discourse and to recognize and explain the persuasive powers these forms exert over audiences. The course develops students as critical observers and consumers of everyday discourse.
Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding; Textual Analysis.
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ENG 3310 - Rhetorical Approaches to Nonfiction Literature Credits: 4
Intensive study of nonfiction prose literature including autobiography, biography, essay, journalism, and polemic. Students learn methods of textual analysis drawn from rhetoric, stylistics, and narrative theory. They also explore the relationship between “literary” and more pragmatic forms of discourse and examine the persuasiveness of narrative.
Textual Analysis.
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ENG 3311 - Writing in Professional Contexts Credits: 4
This course focuses on the analysis and production of professional writing in context. Students consider how workplace practices and expectations help shape written products, paying particular attention to the analysis of historical moments when communication choices have had real, often disastrous, consequences. Students will develop skills in the production of technical definitions, technical descriptions, instruction sets, and project reports. They will also be exposed to theoretical texts that shed light on workplace practices and writing.
Prerequisites English 1101 and two additional 2000-level English courses.
Textual Analysis.
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ENG 3341 - British Novel I Credits: 4
A survey of the British novel from its beginnings in the early eighteenth century through the mid-nineteenth century. In addition to studying theories explaining the novel’s relatively recent emergence as a dominant literary form, students will examine novels by DeFoe, Fielding, Richardson, Austen and others within their social, intellectual and historical contexts.
Prerequisites English 2213 or permission of instructor.
Textual Analysis.
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ENG 3342 - British Novel II Credits: 4
A survey of the British novel from the Victorian era to the present day. Students address the social, intellectual, and historical contexts of significant works as well as the themes and continuing development of the form of the novel.
Prerequisites English 2213 or permission of instructor.
Textual Analysis.
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ENG 3343 - The American Novel Credits: 4
This course surveys American novels from it inception, Charles Brockden Brown’s Wieland, to the present day. Topics addressed include social, intellectual, and historical contexts, as well as theme and the developing form of the novel.
Prerequisites English 2213 or permission of instructor.
Textual Analysis.
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ENG 3350 - Shakespeare Credits: 4
A survey of Shakespeare’s major poetic and dramatic works. In addition to background on Shakespeare’s life and the Elizabethan theatre, the early portion of the course covers the narrative poem Venus and Adonis and the Sonnets. The remainder of the course is dedicated to the study of major comedies from Love’s Labors Lost to The Tempest, history plays from Richard II to Henry V, and the major tragedies.
Prerequisites English 2213 or permission of instructor.
Textual Analysis.
Cross-listed with Theatre Arts 3350.
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ENG 3360 - Chaucer Credits: 4
An examination of The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, and the minor poems as well as focus on the influence of continental authors on Chaucer’s works.
Prerequisites English 2213 or permission of instructor.
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ENG 3362 - Austen Credits: 4
A study of Jane Austen’s novels and juvenilia with special focus on the place of women in regency society and Austen’s place in the history of the novel in English.
Prerequisites English 2213 or permission of instructor.
Textual Analysis.
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ENG 3363 - Major Figures and Groups I (British) Credits: 4
An intensive study of the work of a major British writer or group of writers.
Prerequisites English 2213 or permission of instructor.
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ENG 3364 - Major Figures and Groups II (American) Credits: 4
An intensive study of the work of a major American writer or group of writers.
Prerequisites English 2213 or permission of instructor.
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ENG 3365 - Special Topics in English Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline.
Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
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ENG 3381 - Fiction Credits: 4
A study of British or American fiction, either in the novel or short story as a type of literary expression.
Prerequisites English 2213 or permission of instructor.
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ENG 3395 - Internship in English Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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ENG 3398 - Independent Studies in English Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors.
Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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ENG 4492 - Senior Seminar Credits: 4
The capstone to the English major emphasizes techniques and methods of literary criticism. Seniors explore different themes, genres, or topics each semester, and each prepares a major paper.
Prerequisites Any 3000-level English course, a 2.00 GPA in major, and permission of instructor.
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ENG 4495 - Internship in English Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
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ENG 4498 - Independent Studies in English Credits: 0-4
Directed study planned and conducted with reference to the needs of those students who are candidates for departmental honors.
Qualified students who are not candidates for such honors but who desire to do independent studies are also admitted with permission of the Department.
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EPE 1002 - Fencing Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1003 - Judo Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1005 - Wrestling Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1006 - Educational Gymnastics Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1008 - Karate Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1016 - Weight Training Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1017 - Water Aerobics Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1018 - Orienteering Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1020 - Jogging Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1031 - Ballet Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1033 - Modern Dance Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1035 - Jazz Dance Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1037 - Tap Dance Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1039 - Basic Aerobics Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1041 - Step Aerobics Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1043 - Creative Rhythms & Dance Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1045 - Square & Western Dance Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1047 - Folk/Social Dance Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1055 - Special Topics in Physical Activities Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1067 - Archery Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1068 - Backpacking Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1069 - Badminton Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1070 - Fundamental Motor Skills Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1071 - Basketball Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1072 - Bowling Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1073 - Casting Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1074 - Canoeing Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1076 - Field Hockey Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1077 - Golf Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1078 - Kayaking Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1079 - Lacrosse Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1081 - Racquetball Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1082 - Rappelling Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1083 - Rock Climbing Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1084 - Skiing Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1086 - Soccer/Speed ball Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1087 - Softball Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1088 - Team Handball Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1089 - Tennis Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1091 - Volleyball Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1092 - Wallyball Credits: 0.5
Instruction in the fundamental skills and basic knowledge of the activity named.
Each activity meets approximately 15 hours.
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EPE 1132 - Basics of Electrocardiography
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EPE 1140 - Hap Ki Do: A Korean Martial Art
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EPE 1141 - Fundamentals of Exercise and Conditioning Credits: 1
The development and analysis of various exercise and conditioning programs including personalized fitness assessment and planning, exercise selection, weight training, and aerobic activities.
Each of the following EPE activities meets approximately 30 hours per semester and carries one semester-hour credit.
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EPE 1155 - Special Topics in Physical Activities Credits: 1
No Course Description Provided
Each of the following EPE activities meets approximately 30 hours per semester and carries one semester-hour credit.
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EPE 1170 - Scuba Diving Credits: 1
No Course Description Provided
Each of the following EPE activities meets approximately 30 hours per semester and carries one semester-hour credit.
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EPE 1176 - Lifeguarding Credits: 2
Principles, techniques, and skills of aquatic lifeguarding. Students must also complete or have completed standard First Aid and Adult CPR programs prior to the conclusion of the course to qualify for American Red Cross lifeguard certification.
Prerequisites demonstrated swimming competency.
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EPE 1178 - Water Safety Instructor Credits: 2
Principles, techniques, and skills of aquatic instruction leading to American Red Cross WSI certification. WSI certification qualifies individuals to instruct American Red Cross swimming progression courses: IPAP, LWT, BWS, and EWS.
Prerequisites Exercise Science and Physical Education 1176 or the equivalent.
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EPE 1185 - Contemporary Health Issues Credits: 4
An examination of current health issues confronting the individual and society. The emphasis is on analyzing health behavior and influencing attitudes. Topics include wellness concepts, stress, socially transmitted diseases, consumer health, substance abuse, and aging.
Each of the following EPE activities meets approximately 30 hours per semester and carries one semester-hour credit.
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EPE 1211 - History and Philosophy of Physical Education and Sport Credits: 4
The historical and philosophical development of physical education and sport from ancient civilizations to the present era. Areas covered include cultures, leaders, events, programs, and guiding thoughts that have evolved into the current status of the academic discipline and the physical education profession as well as closely allied fields.
Each of the following EPE activities meets approximately 30 hours per semester and carries one semester-hour credit.
Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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EPE 1245 - Sport in American Society Credits: 4
The examination of sport and its relationship to the many facets of American society. Included are explorations of the structure and role ofsport and its participants. Various dimensions of sport and society – religious, political, economic, language and literature, song, and art – are also considered.
Each of the following EPE activities meets approximately 30 hours per semester and carries one semester-hour credit.
Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding.
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EPE 2214 - Unarmed Stage Combat Credits: 4
Actors, choreographers and directors need to know safe techniques for executing violence on stage. This very active course teaches fundamentals of safety, while teaching students how to fall, roll, punch, slap, kick, grapple and more. Students will also learn advanced actor physical warm up, stretching and strength building techniques.
Each of the following EPE activities meets approximately 30 hours per semester and carries one semester-hour credit.
Creative Expression, Physical Education
Cross-listed with Theatre Arts 2214.
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EPE 2215 - Adapted Physical Education Credits: 4
Organization of developmental, remedial, and atypical programs for people with disabilities with an emphasis on the special competencies needed to deliver quality physical education programs to special populations. Consideration is given to legal and administrative aspects of service delivery; assessment of individuals; program planning and IEP preparation; specialized instructional techniques and teaching strategies; and modification of activities, materials, equipment, and facilities. Extensive field work is required.
Each of the following EPE activities meets approximately 30 hours per semester and carries one semester-hour credit.
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EPE 2223 - Motor Development: A Lifespan Perspective Credits: 4
This course focuses on the study of motor skill development across the lifespan. As such, motor development is studied from the prenatal stage to the mature adult (elderly). There is emphasis on the immature mover and the processes by which skills develop throughout childhood. Content is then extended into adulthood and highlights motor behavior changes – including cardiovascular, muscular, neurological, sensory and socio-cultural – as the individual ages. Individual environmental (physical environment and socio-cultural) and task influences to the emergence of motor behavior will be examined. Cognitive development as it relates to movement will also be studied.
Each of the following EPE activities meets approximately 30 hours per semester and carries one semester-hour credit.
Prerequisites Psychology 1106.
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EPE 2225 - Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries Credits: 4
Prevention, care, and management of injuries associated with physical activity and medical emergencies. Topics considered include basic human anatomy, recognition, and evaluation of injuries. Support measures such as wrapping and taping of various areas of the body are emphasized. CPR certification is an important component.
Each of the following EPE activities meets approximately 30 hours per semester and carries one semester-hour credit.
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EPE 2230 - Biomechanics and Applied Anatomy Credits: 4
An integrated study of forces produced by and acting on the human body involved in the performance of physical activity. Attention is given to mechanical considerations and skill applications. Special emphasis is placed on the study of human anatomy, particularly the skeletal and muscular systems and their function.
Each of the following EPE activities meets approximately 30 hours per semester and carries one semester-hour credit.
Prerequisites Mathematics 1001, placement above Mathematics 1002.
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EPE 2238 - Principles of Sports Coaching and Sports Management Credits: 4
This course is designed as an overview in the preparation of coaches and athletics administrators. The focus is on principles and practices for effective coaching and sports management. Topics will include but are not limited to the following: philosophy, contest management, team selection, scheduling, fiscal management, purchasing criteria, legal concerns, support staff, support groups, and the media.
Each of the following EPE activities meets approximately 30 hours per semester and carries one semester-hour credit.
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EPE 2240 - Sport Behavior Credits: 4
The use of psychological principles to describe, explain, predict, and change human behavior within the framework of sport, motor learning, and motor development situations.
Each of the following EPE activities meets approximately 30 hours per semester and carries one semester-hour credit.
Prerequisites Psychology 1106.
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EPE 2265 - Special Topics in Exercise Science and Physical Education Credits: 4
The study of a selected topic in the discipline. Different topics are chosen for each offering, based on students’ interests and needs.
Each of the following EPE activities meets approximately 30 hours per semester and carries one semester-hour credit.
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EPE 2295 - Internship in Exercise Science and Physical Education Credits: 0-4
Supervised field experiences in appropriate settings, usually off-campus, designed to assist students in acquiring and using skills and knowledge of the discipline unique to the selected topic.
Each of the following EPE activities meets approximately 30 hours per semester and carries one semester-hour credit.
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