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ACC 225 - Intro to Financial Accounting
The first of a two-course sequence in basic accounting, this course emphasizes the preparation, understanding and analysis of the standard financial statements for the purpose of making informed business decisions. Topics covered also include the processing of transactions through the accounting cycle, generally accepted accounting principles, and the role of accounting in business. Sophomore standing required.
Prerequisites: CO1 course AND (MATH 110 OR MATH 121 OR MATH 210 OR MATH 221 OR Computed Math Placement Score MA121)
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ACC 226 - Intro to Managerial Accounting
The second of a two-course sequence in basic accounting, this course emphasizes the understanding and use of accounting information by management personnel for the purpose of making informed business decisions. Topics covered include the accumulation and behavior of costs; cost-volume-profit analysis; budgeting, planning, and variance analysis; and analysis of financial statements.
Prerequisites: ACC 225
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ACC 323 - Intermediate Accounting I
This course is the first of two courses that address the in-depth study of financial statement presentation prescribed by accounting standard setting organizations. This course begins with an introduction to the accounting conceptual framework and the formats of the standard financial statements, and then turns to the presentation and disclosure of specific assets and liabilities.
Prerequisites: ACC 226
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ACC 324 - Intermediate Accounting II
This course is a continuation of the in-depth study of financial statement presentation from Intermediate Accounting I. The course begins with stockholders’ equity, then examines the presentation and disclosure of topical areas (for example, leases, pensions, deferred income taxes), and includes the preparation of the statement of cash flows.
Prerequisites: ACC 323
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ACC 335 - Accounting Information Systems
An analysis of the effects of information technology on the control and maintenance of accounting information systems. Included is the application of contemporary accounting/business software tools in accounting information systems.
Prerequisites: ACC 225
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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ACC 370 - Topics in Accounting
An examination of selected topics and issues pertaining to the study of accounting. Topics might include current accounting pronouncements and legislation, accounting software, not-for-profit accounting, fraud auditing, financial statement analysis, SEC reporting or other current topics.
Prerequisites: ACC 226
Credits: 1 to 6
Repeatable: Course may be repeated to an accumulated maximum of 6 credits provided the subject is different each time.
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ACC 426 - Advanced Accounting
A study of topical advanced accounting issues such as business combinations and consolidation accounting, international accounting standards, foreign currency transactions, translation of foreign financial statements and other advanced topics.
Prerequisites: ACC 323
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ACC 430 - Income Tax Accounting
A brief history of the income tax, income tax accounting and a study of current federal income tax provisions are presented.
Prerequisites: ACC 323
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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ACC 431 - Income Tax Accounting II
Federal income taxation of partnerships, corporations, S-corporations, estates and trusts, and gifts.
Prerequisites: ACC 430
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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ACC 436 - Auditing-Theory and Practice
Functions of the independent public accountant are stressed. The course includes audit reports and opinions, account analysis, audit programs, working paper content and form, professional ethics, applications of accounting and auditing standards, SEC stock exchange regulations, investigations for purchase and financing and current literature on auditing.
Prerequisites: ACC 323
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ACC 470 - Gov ‘Not for Profit’ Accounting
This course covers accounting standards and principles applicable to local and state governments and other not-for-profit entities.
Prerequisites: ACC 323
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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AE 101 - Foundations of Adventure Education
An introduction to the professional expectations, responsibilities and global opportunities in adventure education. Topics include the meaning of adventure education, clients and settings, the difference between personal recreation and professional preparation, environmental and social impacts, public land resources, and international trends. A weekend reflection/solo experience is included. Restricted to Adventure Education Majors; students who anticipate declaring a minor in Adventure Education should contact the instructor about waiver of the restriction.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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AE 121 - Top Rope Rock Climbing
This course provides an introduction to the skills and safety systems associated with institutional rock climbing for the adventure educator. Topics include management of rock climbing in adventure programs, belaying, rappelling, top-rope anchor building, and stewardship of climbing environments. Restricted to Adventure Education majors; students who anticipate declaring an Adventure Education minor should contact the instructor about waiver of the restriction.
Credits: 2
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-4)
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AE 131 - Paddling Fundamentals
An introduction to the skills of flat/moving water canoeing, river rafting and/or tour kayaking for the adventure educator. Includes selection and use of equipment, trip planning, safety and rescue procedures, group management on the water, and stewardship of water environments. Restricted to Adventure Education majors, instructor permission. Students who anticipate declaring an Adventure Education minor should contact the instructor about waiver of the restriction.
Credits: 2
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-4)
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AE 141 - Backcountry Skiing
An introduction to telemark skiing for the adventure educator. Includes turning, weighting/unweighting, body position, selection and use of equipment, safety procedures, and stewardship of mountain environments. Restricted to Adventure Education majors; students who anticipate declaring an Adventure Education minor should contact the instructor about waiver of the restriction.
Credits: 2
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-4)
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AE 151 - Challenge Course Fundamentals
Introduces students to the use of a variety of low and high challenge course initiatives for instructing others in problem solving, trust, team building, self-confidence, and communication skills. Includes belay and high ropes rescue techniques. Restricted to Adventure Education majors; students who anticipate declaring an Adventure Education minor should contact the instructor about waiver of the restriction.
Credits: 2
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-4)
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AE 201 - Wilderness Expedition
Professional practices of extended backcountry travel. Students plan, organize, and participate in a series of three to 14-day mountain, desert and/or river wilderness trips. Topics include Leave No Trace, menu planning, meal preparation, equipment use, campsite selection, expedition technology, map and compass orienteering, route finding, and weather prediction. Students must have proper clothing and equipment for extended backcountry travel.
Prerequisites: AE 101
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (1-4)
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AE 210 - Adventure Leadership
The theory and implementation of adventure leadership, including judgment and decision making, problem solving, risk management in the field, leadership models and styles, self-leadership, situational leadership, feedback, expedition behavior, effective communication, valuing diversity, behavior management, and professional ethics. Students serve as leaders for portions of extended backcountry travel experiences. Students must have proper clothing and equipment for extended backcountry travel.
Prerequisites: AE 101
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (1-4)
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AE 220 - Adventure Instruction
An in-depth study of the models and methods of outdoor and experiential education. Topics include lesson design; creating an engaging learning environment; physical, cognitive and affective methods of lesson delivery; teaching for multiple intelligences; challenge, stress and learning; and assessment of learning. Students will plan, present and give/receive feedback on lessons during extended backpacking expeditions.
Prerequisites: AE 101
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (1-4)
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AE 230 - Wilderness First Responder
This course provides the knowledge needed to handle medical emergencies requiring extended care in remote settings. Emphasis is on prevention, decision making, and treatment. National certification requires this course to meet for approximately 80 hours. Students who successfully complete the course and pass the WFR exam receive a Wilderness First Responder certificate good for three years.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (6-0)
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AE 310 - Philosophy & Theory of Adv Ed
An exploration of the background, philosophical basis, ethical issues, and theories of adventure and experiential education. This course explains the “Why?” behind the “What?” adventure educators do, and includes an overview of applications to specific client groups (youth-at-risk, chemical dependency, business, school, etc.). Students develop in writing their own personal philosophy of adventure education.
Prerequisites: AE 101
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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AE 321 - Lead Rock Climbing
Advanced outdoor skills course focusing on selection and placement of protection gear, route finding, lead climbing and belaying, multiple pitch climbing, advanced anchor building, rescue systems, and climbing instructional strategies.
Prerequisites: AE 121 AND AE 201
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-6)
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AE 325 - Mountaineering
Knowledge, skills, and attitudes of basic mountaineering, including snow, ice, and alpine climbing, avalanche awareness, use of technical equipment including crampons, ropes, and ice axes for snow and glacier travel, use of fixed lines, group management on technical terrain, crevasse rescue, and mountaineering instructional strategies.
Prerequisites: AE 121 AND AE 201
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-6)
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AE 331 - Advanced Paddling
Techniques and procedures to conduct canoeing, rafting, and/or kayaking in moving and whitewater environments. Includes basic rescue techniques, more advanced paddling techniques, and paddling instructional strategies.
Prerequisites: AE 131 AND AE 201
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-6)
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AE 341 - Winter Backcountry Travel
Equipment, techniques, and instructional strategies for travel and camping in winter conditions on snowshoes and backcountry skis. Includes extended cold weather survival methods, building snow shelters, winter expedition camping, trip planning, and winter travel instructional strategies.
Prerequisites: AE 141 AND AE 201
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-6)
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AE 350 - Adventure Processing Facilitation
This course provides the skills necessary for facilitating a variety of client groups in indoor and outdoor experiential and adventure programs. Includes group development stages, group discussion leading, active listening, debriefing, frontloading, metaphors, and transfer of client learning. Students will develop and facilitate a program with a client group.
Prerequisites: AE 101
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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AE 360 - Special Topics Ad Ed: Skills
Each year this course focuses on a different advanced skill and/ or environment. Skills may include wilderness search and rescue, sea kayaking and other skills. This course may involve traveling to a distant location, such as Baja, Mexico, or other regional or international environments.
Prerequisites: AE 201
Credits: 3
Repeatable: Repeatable provided the subject is different.
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-6)
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AE 361 - Spec Topics Ad Ed: Profession
Each year this course focuses on a different adventure topic. Topics may include multi-cultural and international adventure pursuits, corporate adventure training, therapeutic adventure, eco-psychology in outdoor adventure, and other topics.
Prerequisites: AE 201
Credits: 3
Repeatable: Repeatable provided the subject is different.
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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AE 380 - Adventure Ed Practicum
Students who have demonstrated a high level of proficiency serve as assistant instructors in Adventure Education courses, with FLC Outdoor Pursuits trips, or with other programs and populations. Students take active leadership roles, prepare and teach adventure topics and skills, implement professional standards, and receive supervision and feedback on their performance. Instructor permission required.
Prerequisites: AE 220
Credits: 1 to 6
Hours: Each credit represents 50 hours of practicum experience.
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AE 450 - Org & Admin of Adventure Ed
This is a capstone course in which students synthesize their experience in adventure leadership, instruction, and programming to explore the details of managing an adventure program. Topics include program accreditation standards; risk management; staff recruitment, hiring, and training; and program marketing.
Prerequisites: AE 310 AND AE 350
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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AE 480 - Adventure Ed Internship
Students serve with an approved program/organization to gain a variety of on-the-job professional experience and apply theories and practices learned in adventure education courses. Each internship credit represents 50 hours of internship experience, so students should plan for a minimum of 7 weeks of full time experience. Internship sites are nationwide; some may include housing and/or a small stipend. Instructor permission required.
Prerequisites: AE 310
Credits: 6 to 12
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AG 101 - Introductory Animal Science
Basic introduction to the aspects of animal science, concentrating on products, reproduction, genetics, anatomy, basic production in cattle, sheep, swine and dairy.
Credits: 4
Suffix: SC1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-3)
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AG 102 - Principles of Crop Production
Basic principles of crop production, concentrating on growth, development, management, utilization and cultural practices dealing mainly with the crops of Colorado.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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AG 150 - Farm Records and Accounts
This course is designed to give proficiency in keeping farm records for income tax and management purposes.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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AG 180 - Sustainable Agriculture
This course will introduce students to the theoretical and practical dimensions of sustainable agriculture. The major topics of discussion will include current issues in sustainable agriculture, sustaining soil fertility, environmentally friendly pest control, and case studies in sustainable agriculture.
Credits: 3
Suffix: SC2
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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AG 202 - Weed Management / IPM
Principles and practices of weed control and insect pest management. The recognition of important weed and insect pests.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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AG 203 - Intro to Medicinal Crops
An introduction to the topic of medicinal crops. A study of selected medicinal crops with regard to their production, medical usage and scientific basis for reported benefits.
Credits: 3
Suffix: SC2
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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AG 204 - Forage Production & Management
Principles and practices of forage production and management in the United States.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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AG 235 - Soils and Soil Fertility
A basic course dealing with soil formation, physical and chemical properties, fertility, management and conservation.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-3)
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AG 240 - Principles of Animal Nutrition
Digestive anatomy nutrient sources and requirements of livestock, including ration-balancing and analysis of feedstuffs.
Prerequisites: AG 101
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-3)
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AG 299 - Individual Study
Individual research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Topic and format must be approved by the department chairperson and dean.
Credits: 1 to 6
Hours: 50 contact hours are the equivalent of one credit hour.
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AG 301 - Range Management
Application of range science principles in managing rangelands. Major topics include ecology, grazing systems, management principles, range improvements, and range utilization.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-3)
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AG 325 - Beef Science
A comprehensive course in beef cattle production, including topics in breeding and selection, reproduction, nutrition, herd health and marketing. Commercial beef cattle production enterprises will be emphasized.
Prerequisites: AG 101
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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AG 346 - Agricultural Marketing
An introduction to applied grain, livestock, and agricultural product marketing in the U.S. Basic marketing principles and practical marketing strategies using the futures market will be discussed.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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AG 370 - Internship in Ag
Directed work experience in agricultural production and agribusiness. Minimum requirements are that students maintain a detailed journal and complete at least 80 hours of directed experience. Sophomore standing and minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA required.
Credits: 3
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AG 499 - Independent Study
Individual research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Topic and format must be approved by the department chairperson and dean.
Credits: 1 to 6
Hours: 50 contact hours are the equivalent of one credit hour.
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ANTH 151 - Introduction to Anthropology
A comprehensive, systems-oriented study of general anthropology covering the four major subfields (archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology and ethnology). This course is recommended as a beginning course for students who have had no previous background in anthropology.
Credits: 3
Suffix: SS3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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ANTH 171 - World Archaeology
An introduction to cultures of the past. Students study the fundamental role that technology, as evidenced in the archaeological record, has played in the evolution of humans, from the earliest hominids to the rise of states in the Old and New Worlds. The interconnection between technology and society is emphasized, as is the scientific method and its historical and cultural contexts.
Credits: 4
Suffix: SS3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 201 - Introduction to Archaeology
This course is designed to introduce the beginning student to the basic techniques, concepts, and theories of archaeology and its relation to the wider field of anthropology.
Credits: 4
Suffix: SS3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 208 - Trad Eco Knowldge & Cult Surv
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) is an integrated body of spiritual and practical knowledge that has evolved over vast stretches of time through the successful adaptation of a culture to its local environment. In this course, students will be introduced to the ways different cultures organize and categorize domains of TEK, including plants, animals, landscapes and kin. The class will also address the growing question of cultural survival in relation to environmental loss, as it is increasingly apparent that cultural diversity is directly related to biological diversity.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 210 - Intro Sociocult Anthro
Sociocultural anthropology deals with the relationship of culture to society and the individual. This course is designed for the beginning student and introduces the basic concepts, theories and methods of this broad field. It also looks at the application of ethnological thought in considering modern human realities and problems and in understanding the relationship of cultural and expressive forms to identity.
Credits: 4
Suffix: SS3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 212 - Applied Anthropology
Applied and practicing anthropologists directly serve the needs and interests of communities and organizations around the world. This course provides an introduction to the ways in which anthropology and anthropologists work toward finding solutions to real world problems. A case study approach provides the student with methods for seeing how social and environmental problems are defined, solutions generated, and outcomes evaluated.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 215 - Magic and Religion
This course provides an inquiry into the forms that spiritual and religious beliefs take cross culturally and investigates the various practices and symbols through which these beliefs are expressed and enacted in public life.
Credits: 3
Suffix: SS3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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ANTH 217 - Cultural Images of Women & Men
This course examines cultural images of gender and sexuality drawn from film, advertising, literature, music, and ethnography that contribute to the definition and delimitation of identity and autonomy. Special attention is given to the social hierarchies that underlie the discourse involving gender-based human behavioral expectations. Our goal is to arrive at a deeper understanding of social power and equality.
Credits: 4
Suffix: SS3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 236 - Intro Biological Anthropology
This course provides a study of the biological development of humankind and the modern understanding of human variation from a technological, critical, ethical and evolutionary perspective. Topics to be explored in the classroom and laboratory contexts include the biological basis of the race concept, the workings of Mendelian genetics, forensic anthropology and the basics of primate evolution.
Credits: 4
Suffix: SC1
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-3)
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ANTH 241 - Intro to Forensic Anthropology
This course provides students with a basic introduction to forensic anthropology and its context within the forensic sciences, including its three major subfields: forensic archaeology, taphonomy and osteology. Students will gain a general understanding of the methods used by forensic anthropologists in the search and recovery of human remains, determination of time since death, and analysis of human skeletal remains.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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ANTH 246 - Human Biological Variation
In this course, students learn about human biological variation and adaptation within an evolutionary framework. The genetic basis for human variation, the concept of race, examples of physiological and behavioral adaptation to environmental variables, and current issues in human biodiversity will be addressed. Health and disease of human populations will be considered using a biocultural perspective.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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ANTH 259 - Field Training in Archaeology
Actual on site training in the techniques of archaeological survey and excavation. Students spend full days, five days a week, in the field for seven weeks. They receive intensive instruction in field survey, remote sensing and all aspects of excavation, recording, mapping, photography, artifact classification, field laboratory techniques and site interpretation. A written description of the field school for each year will be furnished to prospective students.
Credits: 4 to 8
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ANTH 299 - Individual Study
Individual research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Topic and format must be approved by the Department Chairperson and Dean.
Credits: 1 to 6
Hours: 50 contact hours are the equivalent of one credit hour.
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ANTH 302 - Research in Human Origins
This course includes an in-depth study of human evolution. This class will address the biological basis for evolution, the history of fossil discoveries within a social context, and the most current genetic, fossil and cultural evidence for hominid evolution. Students explore the current issues and controversies in the field of paleoanthropology.
Prerequisites: ANTH 236
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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ANTH 303 - Anthropological Debates
This course is organized around a controversial theme and debate within the discipline. The student will enter into this debate by reading, writing and speaking. Course debate themes will alternate from semester to semester.
Prerequisites: (COMP 150 OR COMP 126 OR COMP 250) AND (ANTH 210 OR ANTH 201)
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 310 - Geoarchaeology
This course offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of archaeology. The conceptual foundations and historical relationships between archaeology and the geosciences are explored. The major focus of this course is on the methods and techniques borrowed from the geosciences (geology, geography, geomorphology) that relate to the reconstruction of the archaeological landscape.
Prerequisites: ANTH 201
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 313 - Arch of Ancient Greece & Rome
This course examines the past of Greece and Rome from the Bronze Age to the end of the Classical and Imperial periods, drawing on both archaeology and other relevant disciplines. The course situates the development of classical archaeology in its historical and socio political context and addresses some current issues of relevance to both classical archaeology and archaeology in general.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 314 - Greece: Culture, Archaeology
This off campus course introduces students to the rich culture, archaeology and history of Greece through an intensive study of some of the major archaeological, historical and cultural sites and locations in Greece and the Aegean Islands. Students will be expected to participate in all activities and also conduct independent research on topics of their choice. This course requires that the class travel to Greece and the Greek islands and therefore requires additional fees.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 316 - Internship in Anthropology
This course offers a guided framework for practical experience for work carried out by students in discipline related governmental and non-governmental agency projects. Interns will be involved in effective public service in order to promote student understanding of complex social, political, economic, scientific and philosophical issues. Internship examples include, but are not limited to, work in archaeological, museum, and public health contexts. Course credit is based on 1) satisfactory performance of 30 hours of work for each credit earned; 2) fulfillment of a learning contract with a faculty sponsor; and 3) the satisfactory completion of a final project, usually a paper.
Credits: 1 to 6
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ANTH 320 - Archaeological Lab Techniques
This lecture course covers laboratory techniques and the analysis of prehistoric artifacts, with special emphasis on lithic, ceramic and bone technologies. This course also introduces the student to the preparation of technical reports.
Prerequisites: ANTH 201
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 330 - Prehistory of the Southwest
This course provides a comprehensive survey of the major cultural traditions of the prehistoric Southwestern United States, including the environmental and social factors that contributed to their distinctiveness.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 340 - Ancient Egypt
Using archaeological data, this course examines the development of a major civilization and its relationship to both the earlier civilizations of Mesopotamia and the later developing civilizations of the Mediterranean.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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ANTH 341 - Prehistory of Europe
This course provides a survey of early cultures of Europe from the earliest evidence of humans until the development of civilizations.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 348 - Topics in American Prehistory
The primary focus of this course is the development of the indigenous cultures of the Americas. Potential topics include overviews of North, South, or Central America as well as more regionally focused curricula. The latter might include topics like Woodland Culture, the Plains, the Maya, etc.
Credits: 4
Repeatable: Repeatable for a maximum of 8 credits, provided the topics are different.
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 350 - Ethnology of Mesoamerica
This course provides a comparative study of major cultural topics concerning contemporary ethnic groups of central Mexico and northern Central America. Geography, demography, ecology and prehistory will be touched upon, while social, economic and political systems will be studied in more depth.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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ANTH 351 - Native Peoples of the Andes
Peoples of indigenous ancestry who live in the Andes region of South America (and who live as transnational migrants outside of the Andes) are studied in their environmental and sociopolitical contexts. Phenomena such as global indigenous rights, colonialism, Euro-American imperialism, and pre-Hispanic legacies are examined. Native perspectives are included through the study of political documents, myths, and other Native authored texts.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 355 - Anthropology of Gender
This course offers an in depth, interdisciplinary analysis of the nature and origin of gender concepts cross culturally, particularly as they relate to explaining gender hierarchy. Topics to be covered include the contributions of feminist thought to social scientific theories, the cultural construction of gender categories, and the relationship of gender to power. This course is the same as WS 355; credit will be given for only one of these courses.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 356 - Ecological Anthropology
This course provides a comparative study of human populations in ecosystems, stressing the relationship between culture and the biophysical environment with the focus on cultural adaptations. Implications for anthropological theory, sociocultural evolution and contemporary problems will be investigated.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 357 - Medical Anthropology
The medical systems of indigenous peoples are analyzed cross culturally from the perspectives of epidemiology, symbolism, history and political economy. Topics will include the development of medical anthropology, the medical traditions of Ayurvedic, humoral, shamanic and biomedical practitioners, theories of cause and cure, and applied practice. This course is recommended for pre health and social science majors.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 358 - Native American Gender Issues
In this course we examine gendered aspects of cosmologies and language; gender roles; sexuality and sexual identities; women’s rights; and political power resistance in past and current Native societies throughout the Americas. When possible, Native American students will serve as collaborators and teaching assistants, and Native guest speakers will provide a key component to the course.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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ANTH 359 - Forensic Osteo & Bioarchaeology
A detailed study of the human skeleton provides the basis for learning techniques used in forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology. Age at death, sex, ancestry, stature, taphonomy and pathology are explored through lecture and hands on activities. Specific applications of these techniques to forensic and archaeological contexts are presented, including forensic cases, mass disasters, human rights issues, repatriation, paleodemography and paleopathology.
Prerequisites: ANTH 236 OR ANTH 241
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-2)
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ANTH 360 - Legal/Ethical Issues-Anthro
This course examines in depth the current ethical issues confronting anthropologists and those whose heritage they study. The legal foundations of these issues are studied in detail to prepare students for an understanding of the tenets of heritage resource management and conservation and the manner in which these fields relate to interpreting the cultural identity of traditional societies.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 365 - Language and Culture
This course introduces students to the relationship between language and culture. Attention will be paid to a diversity of human communicative behavior, both spoken and unspoken, with a focus upon aspects of communication as the structural properties of language, cross-cultural variations in language use, the contextualization of meaning, and how language is affected by such variables as gender identity and group affiliation.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 370 - Research Methods in Anthro
This course will examine the use of quantitative methods in anthropological research, through the application of traditional statistical techniques, exploratory data analysis, and GIS. Students will also be introduced to various archaeological and ethnographic examples using the tools of SPSS statistical software, GIS, and ArcView.
Prerequisites: ANTH 201 AND ANTH 210 AND ANTH 236
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 380 - Topics: Primate Behav & Conser
Examines behavioral similarities and differences of non-human primates in their natural habitats. Various topics will focus on different species and the specific threats posed to them and to their habitats; the research and mitigation strategies of various primatologists and conservationists; and proto linguistic and other behaviors that help us better understand human evolution.
Credits: 3
Repeatable: Repeatable up to a maximum of 6 credits provided the topics are different.
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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ANTH 388 - Ethnology of the Southwest
This course provides a comparative overview of selected American Indian cultures of the American Southwest in terms of their history, social organization, belief systems, oral traditions, political economy and responses to change as they intersect with non- Indian peoples.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 395 - Hist Anthropological Thought
This course provides a genealogical and critical look at the major philosophical, historical and scientific elements that have contributed to anthropological thought and practice – both archaeological and ethnological – since the early 19th century. Although this course is specifically required for the anthropology major, it is recommended for any student interested in the development of social scientific thought and the ways it plays out in students’ own intellectual autobiographies.
Prerequisites: ANTH 201 AND ANTH 210 AND ANTH 236
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 402 - Adv Archaeological Lab Techniques
This lecture course covers advanced laboratory techniques and the analysis of prehistoric artifacts, with special emphasis on lithic, ceramic and bone technologies. The course also further develops the student’s ability in the preparation of technical reports.
Prerequisites: ANTH 201 AND ANTH 320
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 403 - Adv Archaeological Field Tech
This course provides advanced training in the techniques of archaeological survey and excavation. Students spend full days, five days a week, in the field for a total of seven weeks. In addition to intensive instruction in all aspects of field survey and excavation, training includes research design preparation, hypothesis generation, field test propositions and excavation sampling design. Students may serve as crew chiefs and direct field laboratory sessions. A written description of the field school for each year will be furnished to prospective students.
Prerequisites: ANTH 259
Credits: 4 to 8
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ANTH 406 - Ethnobotany of the Southwest
This class offers students the opportunity to conduct in-depth research regarding traditional plant knowledge unique to the various cultures of the Greater Southwest and to become familiar with the important and useful plants of the region.
Prerequisites: COMP 150 OR COMP 250 OR COMP 126
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 412 - Advanced Topics in Applied Ant
Students will work on an applied community project. The course will emphasize first hand experience in research design, rapid social impact assessment, ethics, advocacy, interviewing and community based participatory methods. Theoretical and methodological readings will ground the experiential portion of the course.
Prerequisites: ANTH 210 AND ANTH 212
Credits: 4
Repeatable: May be repeated once for an additional 4 credits provided the topics are different.
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 430 - Adv Topics in SW Archaeology
This course is an in-depth traditional research experience on current topics in Southwestern U.S. archaeology. Instructor permission only.
Prerequisites: ANTH 330
Credits: 4 to 6
Repeatable: This course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits, provided the topic is different.
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ANTH 450 - Adv Research-Latin Amer Anth
Students work on a focused research project that requires previous knowledge about Latin American sociocultural systems. Class discussions center around research methods, possible applications, and ethical implications of working in Latin America. Guidance is provided to those students who wish to formulate a Fulbright or other post-B.A. grant proposal. Instructor permission required.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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ANTH 455 - Adv Research in Anth of Gender
Students conduct a focused research project that requires familiarity with gender-based theory as well as feminist discourse, methods, and practice. Guidance is provided to students who wish to formulate their research into a Fulbright or other post B.A. grant proposal. Instructor permission required.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (3-0)
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ANTH 496 - Senior Capstone Sem in Anthro
This course provides a context for advanced reading, writing and seminar discussion centered on integrating the undergraduate anthropological focus in the student’s life beyond college. As a capstone course, the Senior Seminar provides a rich opportunity to reflect upon and synthesize, through various written and oral projects, the many dimensions of the anthropological intellectual experience.
Prerequisites: ANTH 303 AND ANTH 395 AND ANTH 370
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (4-0)
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ANTH 499 - Independent Study
Individual research is conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Topic and format must be approved by the Department Chairperson and Dean. 50 contact hours are the equivalent of one credit hour. This course may not be used to meet major requirements in lieu of an existing course offered by the department.
Credits: 1 to 6
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ART 101 - Drawing
Introduces students to the fundamentals of drawing. Includes traditional representational and imaginative drawing problems, perspective, spatial illusion and composition.
Credits: 4
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (1-6)
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ART 109 - Visual Foundations I
Introduces two-dimensional design principles and the study of color theory. Critical thinking and conceptual problems are explored.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (1-4)
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ART 110 - Visual Foundations II
Introduces three-dimensional design principles and the study of color theory. In addition, interdisciplinary arts and time design problems are explored.
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (1-4)
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ART 201 - Figure Drawing
A studio experience designed to allow an in depth study of the human figure in drawing. Live models will be used extensively.
Prerequisites: ART 101 AND ART 109 AND ART 110
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-6)
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ART 205 - Experimental Drawing
A studio course designed to link the development of drawing skills to expressive and conceptual content via a variety of experimental approaches to drawing.
Prerequisites: ART 101 AND ART 109 AND ART 110
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-6)
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ART 210 - Introduction to Digital Media
An introduction to industry-standard applications used for type and image manipulation and layout. Art major status must be declared for enrollment.
Prerequisites: ART 101 AND (ART 109 OR ART 110)
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-6)
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ART 213 - Sculpture
This course introduces the tools, materials, terminology and ideas of sculpture. Three dimensional design principles will be employed in the execution of studio projects.
Prerequisites: ART 101 AND ART 109 AND ART 110
Credits: 3
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-6)
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ART 220 - Graphic Design
Introduction to the practice of graphic design. Areas of investigation include manipulation of form in two dimensional space, type and image handling, layout techniques, computer applications, visualization and creative problem solving. Students will create a series of design solutions that express growing proficiency and knowledge in graphic design.
Prerequisites: ART 101 AND ART 109 AND ART 110 AND ART 210
Credits: 3
Repeatable: This course is repeatable once for an additional three credits.
Clock Hours - (Lect-Lab): (0-6)
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