Course Archive, Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
CPO 3034
Politics of Developing Areas (3)
CPO 3123
Comparative Government and Politics of Great Britain (3)
ECO 2013
Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
Aggregate economics and national income determination, money and monetary theory, present macroeconomic conditions, and aggregative policy alternatives; theory of international trade and the balance of payments; economic growth and development.
ECO 2023
Principles of Microeconomics (3)
ECO 3104
Applied Microeconomic Analysis (3)
Prerequisites: ECO 2013, 2023; STA 2023, 2122 or 4321
Applications of microeconomic theory for business and policy analysis. Topics include the theory of the firm, valuation techniques in the absence of market prices, empirical research with accounting, financial and administrative data, theory of supply and business strategy, cost-benefit methods.
ECO 3223
Financial Markets, the Banking System, and Monetary Policy (3)
Prerequisites: ECO 2013, 2023
The functions of money, bank creation of deposits, and credit; Federal Reserve control of money supply; and monetary theory and policy questions.
ECO 3933r
Special Topics in Economics (3)
Prerequisites: ECO 2013, 2023
This course code is used for special topics of current interest or to benefit from the specialties of visiting faculty. May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) semester hours. May be repeated within the same semester.
ECO 4431
Introduction to Economic Forecasting (3)
Prerequisites: ECO 2013, 2023; STA 2023, 2122 or 4321
Provides a hands-on survey of forecasting methods used in business and economics. Students work extensively with computer-based statistical software to solve actual cases encountered in the business world.
ECO 4554
Economics of State and Local Government (3)
Prerequisite: ECO 2023
State and local revenues, expenditures, and borrowing; intergovernmental relationships.
ECO 4704
International Trade (3)
Prerequisites: ECO 2013, 2023; ECO 4101 recommended.
Theory of international trade, the gains from trade, tariffs and other trade restrictions, cartels.
ECO 4713
International Finance (3)
Prerequisites: ECO 2013, 2023; ECO 3223 or 4203 recommended
Balance of payments; disequilibrium and adjustments; birth, evolution, and demise of the Bretton Woods System; the managed float; international monetary reform; multinational corporations.
ECP 3143
Afro-Americans in the American Political Economy (3)
Prerequisites: ECO 2013, 2023
Examines the market, institutional, governmental, and social processes that have contributed to the economic well-being of African-Americans. Also covers theoretical material related to wage determination, labor market discrimination, and marriage and transitions in family structure, as well as interaction between race and class as determinants of the life chances of African-Americans.
GEA 1000
World Geography (3)
A regional survey of the human occupation of the face of the earth, local cultures, political systems, and development problems.
GIS 3015
Map Analysis (3)
An introduction to the acquisition, processing, and presentation of cartographic data.
OCE 1001
Elementary Oceanography (3)
Prerequisite: MGF 1106 or 1107
Structure and motion of the ocean and its environs, properties, populations, and energy budget. Not intended for upper-division science or mathematics majors. Upper-division science or mathematics majors are encouraged instead to take OCE 4008.
PAD 4223
Budgets and Finances in Managing Public Affairs (3)
Concepts and practices in budgeting and financial processes such as planning, goal setting, and implementation.
PAD 4374
Introduction to Terrorism (3)
This course helps you identify terrorism, its historical roots, and consequence management in response to terrorism. Topics include the distinctions between nuclear, biological and chemical agents; acceptable risk in terms of individual and community exposure; the role of government in managing terrorist events; the legal and political relationships among federal, state, and local emergency management agencies; and the kinds of problems that develop when programs require intergovernmental/multi-organizational cooperation.
PAD 4375
Advanced Topics in Terrorism (3)
Prerequisite: PAD 4374.
This course reviews the contemporary evolution of terrorism and the current, direction of global terrorism with regards to domestic policies and programs.
PAD 4712
Information Resource and Communication Management (3)
This course in communications, information resource management, and information technologies is aimed at administrators in the public and not-for-profit sectors. It deals with the basics of information technologies, organizational and other communications or information exchange networks; the interaction of government and non-profits with clients, citizens, other agencies or institutions; and the virtual state.
PAD 4391
Foundations in Emergency Management (3)
PAD 5377
Advanced Topics in Terrorism (3)
Prerequisite: PAD 5376.
This course reviews the contemporary evolution of terrorism and the current, direction of global terrorism with regards to domestic policies and programs.
POS 4284
Courts, Law, and Politics (3)
Prerequisite: POS 1041 or consent of instructor.
Survey of the judicial system and its links to politics in the United States. Covers the U.S. Supreme Court, other federal courts, and state and local courts. Topics include legal education and law careers, role of lawyers in court, selection of judges, how
POS 4606
Supreme Court in American Politics (3)
Prerequisite: POS 1041 or consent of instructor.
Reviews the political role of the Supreme Court with particular attention to case law concerning judicial review, commerce power, federalism, and presidential and legislative power.
POS 4624
The Supreme Court, Civil Liberties, and Civil Rights (3)
Prerequisite: POS 1041 or consent of instructor.
Reviews recent interpretations of the Bill of Rights and 14th Amendment case law with special attention to freedom of expression, equal protection, and criminal due process rights.
SYA 4010
Sociological Theory (3)
This course introduces the student to the kind of theory that has developed in the field of sociology since its foundation, moving through to the contemporary scene. Major theoretical fields, major theorists, and dominant theoretical issues that continue to be part of the sociological approach to explanation are covered.
SYA 4300
Methods of Social Research (3)
Broad coverage of research design, data collection, and data analysis. This is a required course for sociology majors.
SYA 4400
Social Statistics (3)
This course involves the application of statistical techniques to sociological data as illustrated in the research and writing of social scientists. As a course for majors, it represents an important part of the student's methodological training with respect to the statistical analysis of data typically used by sociologists. The student is expected to carry out a number of exercises involving the statistical analysis of sociological data and to interpret the results.
SYA 4930r
Selected Topics in Sociology (3)
May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours.
SYA 4932
Unequal Childhoods (3)
Prerequisite: Upper-division sociology major or minor status. Reading and analysis of primary literature on selected topics in contemporary sociology. May be repeated to a maximum of three (3) semester hours.
SYD 3020
Population and Society (3)
This course examines the causes and consequences of population change in the United States and the world with an assessment of the impact of demographic change on various social institutions.
SYO 3460
Sociology of Mass Media (3)
This course provides a sociological view of mass communications by critically examining the origin, history, and functions of the American mass media and its effect on social life.
SYO 4402
Medical Sociology (3)
This course explains why and how social structure influences the distribution of health and illness and illustrates how the medical care system is organized and responds.
SYP 3000
Social Psychology of Groups (3)
This course represents the study of social psychology from a sociological perspective. Specifically, it is an analysis of the influence of groups and the individual on each other, including the study of norms, group pressure, leadership, motivation, and social personality.
SYP 3454
The Global Justice Movement (3)
This course critically examines the history, organization, strategies, ideology, opponents, culture, and future prospects of the global justice movement.
SYP 3540
Sociology of Law (3)
This course examines the interrelationship between the legal order and the social order. Limitations of civil and criminal law for conflict management and for implementation of social policy are considered.
SYP 3730
Aging and the Life Course (3)
In coming years, Americans will have to make important decisions regarding the consequences of population aging. This course explores how changing life course patterns have influenced retirement, health care, politics, and family structure. It also considers the policy choices that will have to be made in the twenty-first century as the baby boom generation reaches retirement age.
SYP 4550
Alcohol and Drug Problems (3)
This course presents a review and analysis of sociological approaches to the study of alcohol and drug problems. It addresses theoretical perspectives on recreational and deviant drinking and drug use and introduces important empirical methods in the study of alcohol and drug problems and current debates over alcohol and drug policy.
SYP 4570
Deviance and Social Control (3)
This course focuses on major theories and research traditions, including structural and social psychological causes of deviant behavior, processes of labeling deviants, and social conflict over definition and treatment of deviance.
URP 4404
River Basin Planning & Management (3)
This course introduces river-basin management and planning and takes a systemic approach from biological, hydrological, and geopolitical viewpoints. Special emphasis is placed on the planning and management of transboundary (interstate and international) basins. The course focuses on world river-basin systems as well as on the local Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint basin. Students are introduced to technical concepts and tools, including negotiation and math simulation tools.
URP 5405
River Basin Planning & Management (3)
This course introduces river-basin management and planning and takes a systemic approach from biological, hydrological, and geopolitical viewpoints. Special emphasis is placed on the planning and management of transboundary (interstate and international) basins. The course focuses on world river-basin systems as well as on the local Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint basin. Students are introduced to technical concepts and tools, including negotiation and math simulation tools.
URS 1006
World Cities: Quality of Life (3)
