May 13, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


NOTE: Management, Marketing, Finance, and Economics courses that qualify as Business Electives are marked (E). Additional electives include approved Accounting and Business Education classes. For Management majors, selected leadership classes (Leadership Management I, Leadership Management II, Leadership Seminar I, and Leadership Seminar II) offered in Military Sciences can qualify as business elective courses.

NOTE:

F = Offered in Fall Semester;
SP = Offered in Spring Semester; and
S = Offered in Summer

 

Gerontology

  
  • GRON 3331 - Health Care and the Older Adult

    Credits: 3
    Highlights of health care for older adults and available services. Analysis of preventive health care and techniques in utilizing health services.

  
  • GRON 3345 - Death and Dying

    Credits: 3
    An examination of the concept of death in American society. The ethics surrounding death and dying, preparation of the dying, the survivors and grief processes. Special attention paid to the legal and emotional problems of survivorship.

  
  • GRON 3347 - Work/Leisure/Retirement

    Credits: 3
    An introduction to the biopsychosocial aspects and meaning of work, leisure and retirement in American society. Examines such issues as how we select work, how our life revolves around work, the evaluation or the meaning of work, the use and misuse of leisure time, and the meaning and consequences of retirement.

  
  • GRON 4322 - Seminar in Gerontology

    Credits: 3
    Course focuses on a variety of contemporary issues and topics in gerontology. Topics of discussion revolve around students’ practicum experiences. Students complete a research project.

  
  • GRON 4344 - Gerontology Community Services

    Credits: 3
    Explains the case management techniques used in state/federal aging programs and in congregate housing facilities for the elderly.

  
  • GRON 4356 - The Business of Gerontology

    Credits: 3
    The focus of this course is on the business aspects in the field of gerontology. Specifically, this course focuses on general administration in long-term care facilities, including general administration procedures, standards of environmental health and safety, local health and safety and departmental organization and management.

  
  • GRON 4660 - Field Internship

    Credits: 6
    Provides an opportunity for students to get part-time work experience to enhance the student’s educational program. This work experience is directly related to gerontology.


Health, Physical Education and Recreation

  
  • HLPE 1110 - Flag Football and Volleyball

    Credits: 1
    Development of the basic skills, techniques and knowledge involved in the games of flag football and volleyball.

  
  • HLPE 1111 - COED Basketball and Softball

    Credits: 1
    Development of the basic skills, techniques and knowledge involved in the games of basketball and softball.

  
  • HLPE 1112 - COED Beginner Swimming

    Credits: 1
    Designed to equip the student (non-swimmer) with basic water safety skills in order to make him/her reasonably safe. Follows the American Red Cross outline and sequential treatment of skills. Students successfully completing the course receive the Red Cross Certificate.

  
  • HLPE 1113 - Advanced Beginner Swimming

    Credits: 1
    Designed to increase swimming ability by adding to the skills learned in the beginner course. Follows the American Red Cross outline. Students successfully completing the course receive the Red Cross Certificate.

  
  • HLPE 1114 - COED Physical Fitness/Aerobics

    Credits: 1
    Introduces the benefits to be gained from regular exercise and weight measurement programs. Assists students in planning their exercise and nutrition program. Includes a wide variety of exercises, including aerobic exercises.

  
  • HLPE 1115 - COED Weight Training

    Credits: 1
    An introduction to weight training. Provides a sound, basic understanding of the history, techniques, skills and safety of the sport of weight training.

  
  • HLPE 1116 - COED Beginning Tennis

    Credits: 1
    Emphasis on rules, scoring, selection of racket, grips, footwork, and body positioning. Concentrates on forehand, backhand, serve, net volley, lob, fundamental strategy and techniques of singles and doubles play. Students must furnish tennis racket and balls.

  
  • HLPE 1117 - COED Beginning Racquetball

    Credits: 1
    Emphasis upon rules, scoring, selection of racket, grip, footwork, body positioning, serve, strategy and safety. Student is required to provide racquetballs and his/her own pair of eye protectors.

  
  • HLPE 1118 - COED Beginning Golf

    Credits: 1
    Fundamental knowledge, techniques and skills necessary for developing appropriate skill performance. Concentration upon rules and etiquette, use of two woods and three irons, grip, stance, back swing, head position, following through and putting. Course taught at Pine Bluff Jaycee’s Golf Course.

  
  • HLPE 1119 - COED Recreational Sports

    Credits: 1
    Fundamental knowledge, techniques and skills necessary for the development of selected recreational sports. (Badminton, pickle ball, table tennis, paddle tennis.)

  
  • HLPE 1123 - COED Water Aerobics

    Credits: 1
    Designed to provide benefits from regular aquatic exercises for individuals with disabilities.

  
  • HLPE 1124 - COED Recreational Fishing

    Credits: 1
    This course is a basic introduction to recreational fishing. Students will learn the skills, equipment and techniques needed to be successful anglers. Students will also learn basic biology, ecology and laws related to fishing. This course includes several in-class fishing trips to local waters. A valid Arkansas Fisheries Conservation License (fishing license) is required.

  
  • HLPE 1125 - COED Bowling

    Credits: 1
    Designed to teach the fundamental skills of bowling to college students with emphasis on rules, scoring, footwork, and ball selections.

  
  • HLPE 1310 - Personal Health and Safety (ACTS HEAL 1003)

    Credits: 3
    Study of correct living, including fundamental biological facts and aspects of human behavior as they affect individual health, conduct, and mental hygiene; agents of disease and modern scientific methods of controlling disease.

  
  • HLPE 2202 - Dance, Rhythmic Activities and Gymnastics

    Credits: 2
    Designed to teach the basic locomotor skills of dance, movement and gymnastics. A Movement Education approach is utilized as the basic instructional format in a lab setting.

  
  • HLPE 2210 - Introduction History and Principles of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

    Credits: 2
    A study of the history, philosophy and principles of physical education, recreation and leisure as related to general education.

  
  • HLPE 2393 - Structural Kinesiology

    Credits: 2
    This course is designed to provide an introductory study of the structure, function and application of the physiological systems, particularly the musculoskeletal system used to evaluate or determine physical performance.

  
  • HLPE 3219 - Physical Fitness and Aerobics

    Credits: 2
    Covers fundamental and current topics in physical fitness, diet and stress. Students assisted in developing individual levels of physical concepts, gaining knowledge and skill of exercises to aid in performance, and understanding the significance of lifestyle on health and fitness. Provides training to complete the American Council on Exercise certification programs in Personal Training and Group Instruction.

  
  • HLPE 3220 - First Aid/CPR

    Credits: 2
    Prepares persons to make appropriate decisions and administer emergency first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation to victims of serious bleeding, poisoning, shock, fracture, and other forms of injury until emergency medical services personnel arrive at the scene.

  
  • HLPE 3221 - Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries

    Credits: 2
    Care, prevention and treatment of athletic injuries to various parts of the body; taping and wrapping, laboratory practicum activities; exercise therapy techniques and basic understanding necessary to sound exercise programs.

  
  • HLPE 3222 - Sports Officiating

    Credits: 2
    Development of the skills and basic knowledge of officiating football, basketball, track and field.

  
  • HLPE 3224 - Health Education

    Credits: 2
    Deals with the general program of health education in the schools.

  
  • HLPE 3225 - Safety Education

    Credits: 2
    Safety needs and practices in the home and on the highways and streets, in schools, on playgrounds and in industry.

  
  • HLPE 3226 - Motor Learning

    Credits: 2
    Prerequisites: Prerequisite: HLPE 2393 - Structural Kinesiology 
    A review of the current theories of motor performances with emphasis on the hereditary and environmental determinants of motor development in children and adults.

  
  • HLPE 3228 - Individual and Dual Sports

    Credits: 2
    Development of the basic skills, techniques, strategies, and knowledge involved in the teaching of individual and dual sports such as track and field, tennis, golf, badminton, and racquetball.

  
  • HLPE 3229 - Team Sports

    Credits: 2
    Development of the basic skills, techniques, strategies, and knowledge involved in the teaching of team sports such as football, basketball, volleyball, softball, and soccer.

  
  • HLPE 3231 - Primary and Lead-Up Games for Children

    Credits: 2
    Emphasis on selecting primary and lead up games for children, student-designed games, and considerations when teaching games. Stresses evaluation techniques and procedures.

    Field Experience Requirements: Includes 15 hours of field experiences in the public school.
  
  • HLPE 3328 - Coaching Theory

    Credits: 3
    A philosophical, psychological orientation to the role of competitive sports in schools, colleges and recreational institutions. Emphasis placed on the organization and administration of coaching programs.

  
  • HLPE 4311 - Organization and Administration of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Athletic Programs

    Credits: 3
    Designed to assist in professional preparation of students who plan to teach physical education or to coach and/or to work in recreation. Emphasis is placed on the skills required in organizing, implementing and evaluating physical education, recreation and athletic programs.

  
  • HLPE 4312 - Methods and Materials of Adaptive Physical Education

    Credits: 3
    Designed to acquaint students with knowledge of psychological, behavioral and neurological aspects of the learning disabled individual. Emphasis placed on methods of evaluation, diagnosing and prescribing physical education and/or recreational activities for the exceptional student.

  
  • HLPE 4313 - Methods and Materials of Elementary Physical Education

    Credits: 3
    Provides the elementary school classroom teacher and physical education teacher with a knowledge base in motor development, elementary physical education curriculum planning (including annual, unit, and daily lesson plans), and appropriate selections of physical education activities for children.

  
  • HLPE 4314 - Methods and Materials of Secondary Physical Education

    Credits: 3
    Provides teachers and prospective teachers an opportunity to acquire the skills necessary to design and implement effective instructional programs in secondary school physical education, including middle schools, junior and senior high schools.

  
  • HLPE 4317 - Drug Education

    Credits: 3
    An in-depth study of drug education designed to assist teachers, administrators and other special interest groups in presenting drug education programs. Designed to expand the health educator’s knowledge of drug issues as they are influenced by laws, public opinion and scientific knowledge. The content includes extensive study of current controversial issues in drug education.

  
  • HLPE 4319 - Kinesiology

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisites: Prerequisite: HLPE 2393 - Structural Kinesiology  and HLPE 3226 - Motor Learning 
    Provides the student with a knowledge base of the human body as a machine for the performance of work. Students learn how to analyze the movements of the body and the underlying principles associated with movement. Helps prepare students to teach effective performance in fundamental and specialized motor skills and to evaluate exercises and activities in terms of their effect on the human structure.

  
  
  • HLPE 4393 - Exercise Assessment

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisites: Prerequisite: HLPE 2393 - Structural Kinesiology  and HLPE 3226 - Motor Learning 
    This course is designed to provide training in measurement and evaluation of physical education courses and programs. Emphasis is placed on collection, organization and analysis of test scores. Emphasis is also placed on construction and analysis of standardized and teacher made tests.


History

  
  • HIST 1330 - Western Civilization I (ACTS HIST 1213)

    Credits: 3
    A survey of the foundations of Western civilization in ancient and classical times, through the medieval period, to the end of the religious wars in 1648.

  
  • HIST 1340 - Western Civilization II

    Credits: 3
    A survey of the development of Western civilization from the end of the religious wars in 1648 to the present.

  
  • HIST 1350 - Survey of Non-Western History

    Credits: 3
    Historical survey of non-western civilizations, including Africa, Middle East, Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Indonesian and other Asian and South Sea Island Peoples, and aboriginal peoples. Attention given to major themes of political, military, economic, social, intellectual, and religious events in history, and also of the lives of individuals and groups who have a major impact in the world.

  
  • HIST 2315 - United States History to 1877 (ACTS HIST 2113)

    Credits: 3
    A survey of United States history from its origins to the end of the Civil War and Reconstruction in 1877.

  
  • HIST 2318 - United States History Since 1877 (ACTS HIST 2123)

    Credits: 3
    A survey of United States history from the end of Reconstruction in 1877 to the present.

  
  • HIST 3300 - Arkansas History

    Credits: 3
    A history of the state’s growth, including recent political, economic and social development.

  
  • HIST 3310 - Latin America

    Credits: 3
    A general study of the history of Hispanic America.

  
  • HIST 3330 - History of the South

    Credits: 3
    A two-part course, focusing first on a study of the geographical, political, economic, and cultural facets of the ante-bellum South; and second on the significant facets of the post-Civil War era, with increased emphasis placed on the twentieth century.

  
  • HIST 3335 - Civil War and Reconstruction

    Credits: 3
    The political, social and economic aspects of the period from 1850 to 1877 in United States History.

  
  • HIST 3340 - English History to 1688

    Credits: 3
    A survey of English history from the beginning of the Roman occupations to the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

  
  • HIST 3341 - English History Since 1688

    Credits: 3
    A survey of the social and cultural history of England and its empire since 1688.

  
  • HIST 3346 - American Colonial & Revolutionary History

    Credits: 3
    Emphasis on the institutional, economic and social life of the colonies, the increasing friction with England and the War of Independence, and the establishment of USA Government.

  
  • HIST 3350 - Classical Greece

    Credits: 3
    HIST 3350 examines the cultural and political development and ultimate decline of the city-states of Classical Greece with particular attention placed on the city-states of Athens and Sparta.

  
  • HIST 3361 - Middle East and the Islamic World

    Credits: 3
    Examines the religious, cultural, political and economic development of the Middle East and the greater Islamic world (South East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Indian sub-continent) since the time of Muhammad.

  
  • HIST 4310 - Recent United States History

    Credits: 3
    Emphasizes the significant domestic and foreign facets of twentieth century America.

  
  • HIST 4330 - Historiography

    Credits: 3
    Designed to acquaint students with the principles and philosophy of historical research as well as the principal writers of American history.

  
  
  • HIST 4360 - Modern Russia

    Credits: 3
    The political, social, economic, cultural and religious development of Russia from the time of Peter the Great.

  
  • HIST 4370 - History of the Far East in Modern Times

    Credits: 3
    The customs and institutions of the major nations in the Far East. The recent history of China, Japan, and Asiatic Russia.

  
  • HIST 4375 - African American History to 1865

    Credits: 3
    An in-depth study of African Americans in American history to 1865.

  
  • HIST 4380 - African American History Since 1865

    Credits: 3
    An in-depth study of African Americans in American history since 1865.

  
  • HIST 4385 - African History

    Credits: 3
    A broad and balanced historical picture of Africa from the earliest times to the present.

  
  • HIST 4395 - Independent Study/Readings in History

    Credits: 3
    Students are afforded opportunities to examine current readings and issues from an international perspective. Open only to seniors.

  
  • HIST 4610 - Internship in History

    Credits: 6
    The course is designed to expose students to a supervised internship that provides practical work experience and/or appropriate preparation for graduate and professional schools.


Human Sciences

  
  • HUSC 4V04 - Special Projects in Human Sciences

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisites: Prerequisite: Approval of Advisor and Consent of Instructor.
    Individual study of a definitive aspect of one of the subject matter areas in the department.

    Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 1102 - Orientation to Human Sciences

    Credits: 1
    This course is designed to assist students in achieving an understanding of, and an appreciation for, human sciences as a profession through the study of its Goals, history and the organizations within it; and a look at the future implications for each area within human sciences.

    Lecture: Lecture: 1 hour per week.
  
  • HUSC 1200 - Applied Food Service Sanitation

    Credits: 2
    A study of the principles and practices of sanitation and hygiene as applied to proper selection, preparation and storage of food in the foodservice industry. Completion of the course will qualify students for the National Restaurant Association ServSafe Food Protection Manager Certification Examination.

    Lecture: Lecture: 2 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 1231 - Social and Cultural Aspects of Food

    Credits: 2
    A study of the cultural basis for food habits as applied to the individual, community and various population groups: ethnic, religious, geographic and others.

    Lecture: Lecture: 2 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 1300 - Survey of the Hospitality Industry

    Credits: 3
    Provides an overview of the food service industry including career opportunities, operations and management.

    Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 1308 - Textiles, Apparel Selection and Design

    Credits: 3
    A study of the principles and elements of design as they relate to the selection of textiles and apparel; the influence of these principles and elements on buying, constructing and evaluating attractive, distinctive apparel that relate to various lifestyles; and analyzing color and figure types as well as using computer-aided instruction to create and adopt designs to meet individual needs in several phases of man’s environment and daily life.

    Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 1311 - Nutrition and Wellness

    Credits: 3
    This course is a basic nutrition course focusing on health promotion and disease prevention. It introduces nutrient requirements, sources, functions, deficiencies, and assessment of personal nutritional status and healthful eating patterns during the life cycle to promote health and prevent chronic disease.

    Lecture: Lecture 3 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 1312 - Basic Textiles

    Credits: 3
    An analysis of textile components (fiber, yarn, textile structures, dyeing, and finishing), the global supply chain, and their relationship to textile performance. Application of these concepts to textile making textile selections and decisions. Introduction to the issue of sustainability from fiber to the consumer.

    Lecture: Lecture: 1 hour per week. Laboratory: Laboratory: 4 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 1340 - Child Development

    Credits: 3
    A study of the young child from conception to the middle-school years. This course examines the physical, cognitive, emotional and social changes of the child at each developmental stage. The course covers research and theories relevant to understanding early childhood development.

    Lecture: Lecture: 2 hours per week. Laboratory: Laboratory: 2 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 1412 - Food Principles and Management

    Credits: 4
    This course deals with the principles of food preparation, planning and serving family meals which require inputs of money, time, personal effort, and mechanical energy. It also emphasizes the development of managerial abilities utilizing the process of decision making.

    Lecture/Lab: Lecture/Laboratory: 5 hours per week in certain areas.
  
  • HUSC 2300 - Family Development

    Credits: 3
    This course is the study of family structures, adaptations, and advancements at each stage of the family life cycle. Emphasis is placed on the developmental tasks, socioeconomic and cultural influences, family differences, and the understanding of the family as a system.

    Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 2320 - Principles of Apparel Design

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisites: Prerequisites: HUSC 1308  and HUSC 1312 .
    This studio course introduces students to basic principles of apparel design using flat pattern techniques as they relate to human anatomy. Basic techniques of apparel construction and the use of industrial sewing machines are presented. Additional costs may be incurred for course materials and equipment.

    Lecture: Lecture: 1 hour per week. Laboratory: Laboratory: 4 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 2321 - Elementary Nutrition

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisites: Prerequisite: CHEM 1310  / CHEM 1110  or CHEM 1330  / CHEM 1130  .
    Understanding the significance and application of the US Dietary Reference Intakes, nutrient sources, food consumption, human digestion, absorption and metabolism with special emphasis on biochemical pathways in health and disease.

    Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 2340 - Adolescent and Adult Development

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisites: Prerequisite: HUSC 1340 - Child Development  or consent of instructor.
    This course stresses the growth and development of individuals from adolescence through the life cycle; examines the developmental tasks of each stage and changes in emotional, social, cognitive and physical domains from one stage to the next.

    Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 2342 - Introduction to the Apparel Industry

    Credits: 3
    An introduction to the apparel industry including the business and language of fashion, market segments, and the global supply chain from fiber through to retailers. Discussion of career opportunities.

    Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 2345 - Residential Housing and Equipment

    Credits: 3
    Focuses on the social, economic and design aspects of American housing. Concerned with basic family, neighborhood and community needs, legal aspects and financial considerations in acquiring housing and the changing equipment needs of society.

    Lecture: Lecture: 1 hour per week. Laboratory: Laboratory: 4 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 2348 - Interior Design and Home Furnishings

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisites: Prerequisite: HUSC 2345 .
    A step-by-step study of the fundamentals of the interior design process, and a consumer orientation to home furnishings. Focuses on design principles and elements that create an interior atmosphere appropriate to particular life styles.

    Lecture: Lecture: 1 hour per week. Laboratory: Laboratory: 4 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 2433 - Quantity Food Production and Management

    Credits: 4
    Prerequisites: Prerequisite: HUSC 1412 - Food Principles and Management 
    Principles of selecting, purchasing, operating and maintaining institutional equipment; fundamentals of design and layout of food service systems. Application of principles, tools and controls of quantity cookery management.

    Lecture: Lecture: 2 hours per week. Laboratory: Lab: 15 clock hours per week for 5-6 weeks.
  
  • HUSC 3300 - Family Dynamics

    Credits: 3
    Examines the structural components and processes that are at work in all family systems. This course explores the complex communication patterns that control the ways families regulate their level of intimacy, attempt to meet their needs and adapt to change throughout the life cycle. Special attention will be given to understanding the unique characteristics, interpersonal dynamics, challenges and needs of single parent, blended and abusive families.

    Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 3311 - Food Service Systems Management

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisites: Prerequisite: HUSC 2433 .
    Application of the principles and techniques of management to food service systems with various organizational structures and functions; emphasis on management of personnel, finance and technical controls.

    Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 3320 - Home Management Systems

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisites: Prerequisite: HUSC 3310.
    An overview of home management theories and the integrated nature of management in the family and the ecological system. Stresses the application of managerial principles to a variety of family situations through the effective use of human and material resources.

    Lecture: Lecture: 1 hour per week. Laboratory: Laboratory: 4 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 3321 - Fashion Illustration

    Credits: 3
    This studio course develops skills in fashion sketching, fashion illustration. and producing flats using a variety of rendering techniques with traditional drawing mediums and computer-aided design. Additional costs may be incurred for course materials and equipment.

  
  • HUSC 3326 - Nutrition Through the Life Cycle

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisites: Prerequisite: HUSC 1311  or HUSC 2321 .
    A life cycle approach to the science of normal nutrition that incorporates study of the physiological, psychological and cultural aspects of eating behaviors, specific nutritional requirements and health promotion as they relate to the different stages of life from prenatal to old age.

    Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 3330 - Creative Activities for Young Children

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisites: Prerequisite: HUSC 1340 .
    Application of principles of development to the planning of young children’s activities; an overview of applied principles and practical application of strategies for classroom management utilizing lesson planning and appropriate behavioral guidance techniques; specific emphasis on maintaining child-centered environments that promote creative expression as well as physical, cognitive and social-emotional development in young children.

    Lecture: Lecture: 2 hours per week. Laboratory: Laboratory: 3 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 3331 - Advanced Nutrition

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisites: Prerequisites: HUSC 2321 , HUSC 3326 ; CHEM 1430 and 1440; and BIOL 2452 .
    A study of the chemistry and functions of nutrients and the interrelationship in the physiological and metabolic processes of the human organism; includes nutrient requirements, allowances and measurements.

    Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 3341 - Parenting Education

    Credits: 3
    Examination of major Goals and the underlying guidance principles in parent child relations; study of programs and agencies in parent education and principles that evaluate parent guidance.

    Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 3342 - Fashion Buying and Merchandising Procedures

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisites: Prerequisite: HUSC 2342 .
    Application of principles underlying buying and selling, promotion, advertising and consumption. Analysis of case studies.

    Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 3348 - Administration and Supervision of Child Care Centers

    Credits: 3
    Planning and implementing child care programs, policies, concepts, assessments, records; evaluation of centers and programs.

    Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 3352 - Advanced Textiles

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisites: Prerequisites: HUSC 1312  and CHEM 1310  / CHEM 1110  .
    The evaluation of textile performance in end-products, including physical testing and data analysis to assist in decision making, quality control, product development, and marketing. Sustainability of materials throughout the textile supply chain will be analyzed in detail. Research methodology for textile testing will be presented; students will develop research and creative new products. Development and use of sustainable textiles and other issues i.e. re-shoring of textile production will be examined. An overview of technology advances will be presented.

    Lecture: Lecture: 2 hours per week. Laboratory: Laboratory: 2 hours per week.
  
  • HUSC 3354 - Globalization of the Textile and Apparel Industries

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisites: Prerequisites: HUSC 1312  and HUSC 2342 .
    The study of the globalization of the textile and apparel industries from a historical as well as current perspective, including international sourcing, trade policies, sustainability, fair trade, and labor practices in the design, production, marketing, and consumption of textile, apparel, and related products. Current production locations and trends i.e. reshoring and apparel are summarized.

  
  • HUSC 3362 - Consumer Economics

    Credits: 3
    The on-site and distance delivered course is designed to present content information which will serve as a basis for assisting individuals and families with decision making as consumers of goods and services in the market place. Emphasis placed on economic factors, money management principles and utilization of resources pertinent to consumer needs.

    Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week or Web.
  
  • HUSC 3364 - Infant and Toddler Practicum

    Credits: 3
    This course provides an in-depth overview of the infant/toddler period with practicum experiences in the Child Development Centers’ Infant/Toddler program and community centers serving infants/toddlers. Specific attention is given to preparing students to: (1) provide age and stage appropriate care in a group setting, and (2) provide professional practicum assistance for parenting groups and individuals.

    Lecture: Lecture: 3 hrs. per week Laboratory: Laboratory: 2 hrs. per week.
  
  • HUSC 3366 - Fundamentals of Financial Planning

    Credits: 3
    Prerequisites: Prerequisites: MATH 1330 , HUSC 3362  or ECON 2310  or Permission of Instructor
    This on-site and distance delivered course introduces students to the various financial planning topics that face families such as the financial planning process, client/planner interactions, time value of money applications, personal financial statements, cash flow and debt management, asset acquisition, and education planning. Risk management, investment planning, retirement planning, plan integration, and ethics are also included.

    Lecture: Lecture: 3 hours per week or Web.
 

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