May 21, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

TN eCampus Courses

  
  • HIST 4670 - Civil War and Reconstruction (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: There are not any prerequisites, but completion of History 2010 is recommended. This course is a study of the events leading to the sectional crisis that resulted in the Civil War (1861-1865), the four years of war, and Reconstruction through 1877. Students will examine the development of the Southern plantation-based economy in contrast to the industrialized North, and the contest for national power as the United States expanded west adding new territories and states during the antebellum years. Major attention is given to the struggle over the issue of the expansion of slavery into these new lands. The social, economic, cultural, political, and military aspects of the struggle are studied in order to gain an analytical understanding of the causes, course and results of the war and its impact on the changing roles of all Americans including the changing roles of women and blacks in American society. The course examines the impact of the Emancipation Proclamation and subsequent freedom for African Americans (via the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution) up to the removal of Federal troops from the South in 1877.


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  • HIT 1011 - Fundamentals of Health Information Technology (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    This course is designed to introduce students to the principles of health information technology. The development, content and management of the medical record will be explored as well as a basic overview of the health care delivery system. Emphasis is placed on hospital and medical staff organization; patient record content; procedures in filing; numbering and retention of patient records; quantitative analysis; release of patient information; forms control and design; indexes and registers; regulatory and accrediting agencies; and the transition to an electronic health record.


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  • HIT 2130 - Coding and Classifying Systems II (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: All developmental study courses (if required based on ACT scores or COMPASS test), Higher level computer class, HIT1130 Coding and Classification Systems I. This course covers the basic principles of coding with Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)coding system including structure and rules. Instruction will also be given in use of HCPCS Level II coding including structure and rules. The use of these coding systems will be studied as they are used in reporting of reimbursable medical services and procedures performed by physicians.


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  • HIT 2140 - Professional Practice I (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: HIT 1130, Admission to the HIT Program. Emphasis is placed on providing opportunities for students to relate classroom theory to actual functions of health information, such as assembly and record analysis; medicolegal procedures; information retention; filing and retrieval; the use of technology. Students will meet objectives through assignment to a health care facility or through the use of virtual simulation projects.


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  • HPSS 3550 - Principles of Sports Fitness (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Principles of Sports Fitness provides an opportunity for students to learn the concepts and principles essential for an understanding of how to improve physical fitness for participation in sports. Specific activities with step-by-step instructions and procedures may be used to ensure that students learn how to identify, assess, and improve basic components of fitness (flexibility, cardio-respiratory endurance, strength, and body fat composition). Emphasis is placed on the ability of students to utilize the principles of readiness, adaptation, progressive overload, specificity, and reversibility, to design and manage a personalized fitness-training program. Appropriate individual and group activities are included in this course to afford opportunities for students to share their ideas and experiences in a manner that will facilitate the learning process. This course is designed for health fitness professionals, physical education teachers, coaches, and other individuals who desire to know how to plan and manage fitness-training programs.


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  • INFS 1150 - Introduction to Micro Comp App (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    This course introduces the student to the use, capabilities, and limitations of microcomputer applications. Students study the terminology and concepts involved with the hardware operating system Windows environment, and microcomputer applications software. A fundamental study of the Windows environment and its interaction with hardware and software is covered. The Internet and word processing within the Windows environment are introduced. Keyboarding skills are required for this course.


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  • INFS 1150 - Introduction to Microcomputers (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: You must have basic typing skills to produce your work in a timely fashion. You must have access to a Windows-based computer with an Internet connection, Microsoft Windows 95 or higher, Microsoft Internet Explorer browser software, a personal e-mail account, and the software used in the class (Office XP). A course designed to introduce students to Windows and Office XP. The course will use the following packages in Office XP: Microsoft Word 2002, Microsoft Excel 2002, and Microsoft PowerPoint 2002. In addition, students will have an introductory section on computer hardware/software concepts and Windows file management.


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  • INFS 3700 - Introduction to Systems Analysis and Design (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): Working knowledge of some type of graphic tool (i.e. PowerPoint). This will be used for any type modeling done in the course. Management of Information Technology (PTMA 3020 ). This course will provide the students with the basics of information systems components and vocabulary. In this course, students will explore and become familiar with various concepts, principles, and stages of computer-based information systems analysis and design. Students will be exposed to and learn about the groups of people involved in systems development and the different methods, tools, and techniques used in systems analysis and design. Feasibility study, requirements definition and design and development documentation will be covered. The system development life cycle, prototyping, data modeling, and user involvement will also be covered.


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  • JOUR 3400 - Introduction to Public Relations (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Introduction to Public Relations is a survey of the public relations discipline including the professional foundation of ethics, law, and theory as well as the process, audiences, and professional practice areas. As a student in this course you can expect to learn this foundation allowing you to move on through more advanced professional practice courses in public relations; however, with this foundation you should have good understanding of the discipline, why it is important, and how to do basic public relations functions.


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  • JOUR 3409 - Public Relations Case Studies (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Public Relations Case Studies is a practical studies course. With the understanding that the functions of public relations must be to mediate in changing circumstances, we  will seek, with case studies and problems, to help future practitioners develop agility in the principles and the application of effective two-way communications in a wide variety of situations likely to confront them and their employers. The purpose of this course is to help you prepare to deal with a variety of public relations problems/opportunities by working out a planned effort to deal with them…with in the PRSA code


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  • JOUR 4410 - Public Relations Research (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    This online course is designed to enable students to perform and supervise preliminary and systematic research in contemporary public relations practice. The course will emphasize problem solving. Assignments will require you to analyze and make sense of data. During this course you will establish questions and data for a focus group guide. This document will represent a final product that would represent one that would be used with a company executive. Additionally, in this class you will conduct actual research through the use of a questionnaire that you will develop for a subject that will be assigned.


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  • JOUR 4712 - Mass Media and Cultures (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: A Junior standing. This is a writing-intensive course and presupposes some familiarity with the journalism profession. Mass Media and Cultures is designed to orient future professional communicators to the challenges and opportunities involved in understanding and communicating with people of different cultures, both domestically and internationally. For the professional journalist, public relations practitioner, and advertising executive, such communication is crucial, as the world becomes more of a global village every day. Even if one never leaves the shores of the United States, he or she will find it necessary and inevitable to communicate with members of different cultural, racial and ethnic backgrounds every day of the week in his/her professional world. Each culture communicates differently. Some of these differences are minor and subtle; others are major (both subtle and obvious).


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  • MATH 1410 - Number Concepts/Algebra (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Documented eligibility for collegiate mathematics; one high school credit each in algebra I, algebra II, and geometry. Students who are subject to A89 admission requirements who do not have a high school credit in geometry must successfully complete MATH 0990 prior to enrollment in MATH 1410. This course is a conceptual approach to the study of the properties of number sets within the real number system. Topics include tools for problem solving, sets, functions, logic, numeration systems, properties of and operations with whole numbers, integers, rational numbers and real numbers. Successful completion of an Arithmetic Proficiency Test is required. Students will participate in discussions and submit projects as well as Internet assignments and activity critiques.


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  • MATH 1420 - Logic/Problems/Geometry (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Documented eligibility for collegiate mathematics; one high school credit each in algebra I, algebra II, and geometry. Students who are subject to A89 admission requirements who do not have a high school credit in geometry must successfully complete MAT 0990 prior to enrollment in MATH 1420. This course is a conceptual approach to the study of geometry. Topics include measurement, congruence, similarity, and graphing; constructions, theorems, and proofs in both non-coordinate and Cartesian settings; historical development of geometry as a tool. Students will participate in discussions and submit projects as part of the course.


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  • MATH 1630 - Finite Mathematics (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Two years of high school algebra and an acceptable placement score. This introduction to finite mathematics is intended for students studying Information Systems, Computer Network Technology, and Business Management. This course is also intended to fulfill the general education mathematics requirement for other degree areas. Topics covered include linear equations and systems, matrices, linear programming, finance, set theory, counting methods, probability, and logic.


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  • MATH 1710 - Precalculus I (Algebra) (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Two years of high school algebra and an acceptable placement score into collegiate mathematics. This course is a study of the algebra necessary to prepare students for Calculus. Topics covered will include polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions; systems of equations and inequalities; matrices and determinants; the binomial theorem; and an introduction to sequences and series.


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  • MATH 1720 - Precalculus II (Trigonometry) (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: MATH 1710  with a grade of C or better and an acceptable placement score. MATH 1130  will not substitute for the MATH 1710  prerequisite. Designed as a course for students who plan to major in mathematics and/ or science and are not prepared to take calculus. Topics include the trigonometric functions of the acute and general angle, applications of right triangles, identities, related angles and the reduction formula, radian measure, graphs and graphical methods of the trigonometric functions, applications, inverse trigonometric functions, and complex numbers.


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  • MATH 1920 - Calculus II (TN eCampus)

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in MATH 1910 . This course is a study of integral calculus, parametric equations and series. Compared with MATH 1910 , this course offers a more in-depth concentration into integration techniques (anti-derivatives, definite integrals, and their applications). Topics covered will include inverse functions, techniques and applications of integration, an introduction into the modeling and techniques for solving simple first order differential equations, the study of parametric equations as well as the polar coordinate system and its use, conic sections, sequences and series to include conditions and tests for convergence.


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  • MDT 2100 - Photoshop Essentials (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Proficiency with 35mm camera. Familiarity with a personal computer, creating and saving documents, document formats. Basic knowledge of HTML, web graphics, and web design or COM 1000 , COM 1010 , and COM 1020 .   Students are introduced to the digital darkroom using Adobe Photoshop® and Image Ready® with images from film and flatbed scanners, digital cameras, and other media. Topics covered include: selecting, layers, color correction, color theory, retouching, special effects, rollovers, animation, slicing, type effects, and using Photoshop® as a design tool. Documents created in class will be optimized for web, print, and multimedia uses. Students will complete a variety of tutorials as well as create personal projects.


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  • MGMT 3030 - Management Service Organization (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Management and Organization Behavior, College Algebra, Word Processing (e.g. MS Word), Presentation Software (e.g. PowerPoint), and Spreadsheet (e.g. Excel). Decision making in service operations such as health care and delivery, food/restaurant, hotel/motel, banking and finance, transportation, leisure, and government. Both conceptual framework and application of management techniques to problems peculiar to service organizations.


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  • MGMT 3220 - Management Information System (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Junior or senior status with basic computer skills. Integrates topics of management and organization theory, information and communication theory, and systems theory relevant to managing an organization’s information resources. Includes computer hardware and software, telecommunications, and database concepts and emphasizes the ecommerce and Internet-based business models to get a competitiveness of global-based business environments.


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  • MGMT 4800 - Corporate Etiquette (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Junior or Senior standing. Students will benefit the most when taking this course within two semesters of graduation. To learn skills which will help in obtaining a job, advancing to a higher position, making career changes, and practicing professional conduct on the job. Topics include communications, appropriate business attire, resume writing, interviewing, wining and dining in corporate America, international business customs, and up-to-date business etiquette. Student will learn how to handle business situations that will lead into the 21st century. Activities include time log analysis, cover letter and resume development, mock interviews, human resources interviews, and international business projects. .


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  • NURS 1030 - Fundamentals of Nursing I (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Admission to nursing major or permission of department. This course introduces the philosophy and central competencies of the Associate of Applied Science in Nursing. The central competencies flow from the philosophy and organizational framework and are the basis for theory skills, and clinical experiences. The focus is on nursing as a discipline; the nursing process; the person as a psychosocial, spiritual, cultural being; health promotion; environmental safety; and communication.


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  • NURS 1040 - Fundamentals of Nursing II (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Admission to nursing major or permission of department. Corequisites: NURS 1041 . This course is a continuation of Fundamentals I, which builds on the central competencies of the nursing program. The student is introduced to essential life functions including: protective, comfort/rest, activity/mobility; nutrition, elimination, fluid/gas transport. The focus is on nursing, the nursing process with emphasis on assessment, the client with normal or variations of normal functions, health promotion, environment, and communication. Basic management principles are introduced to assist the student to organize client care.


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  • NURS 1041 - Fundamentals of Nursing II Clinicals (TN eCampus)

    (2 credits)
    Prerequisites: Admission to nursing major or permission of department. Corequisites: NURS 1040 . This clinical course is an extension of Fundamentals I and Fundamentals II, which continues to build on the central competencies of the nursing program. The focus remains on nursing, the nursing process with emphasis on assessment, the client with normal or variations of normal life functions, health promotion, environment, and communication in a variety of clinical settings. Basic management principles are applied to client care.


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  • NURS 1050 - Medical-Surgical Nursing I (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: NURS 1030 , NURS 1040 , NURS 1041 . Corequisites: NURS 1051 . With a continued emphasis on assessment, the focus of this course is on planning, implementing and evaluating strategies to promote, maintain and restore optimum health for diverse clients across the lifespan experiencing alterations in life function(s). The course evolves around nursing, nursing process, and clients experiencing alterations in specified life functions: protective, fluid/gas transport, elimination, nutrition/metabolism and growth and development. Management principles and therapeutic communication are incorporated into the plan of care for clients experiencing alterations in life functions.


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  • NURS 1051 - Medical-Surgical Nursing I Clinical (TN eCampus)

    (2 credits)
    Prerequisites: NURS 1030 , NURS 1040 , NURS 1041 . Corequisites: NURS 1050 . The clinical course operationalizes the development and implementation of plan(s) of care to promote, maintain and restore optimum health for diverse clients experiencing alterations in specified life function(s); protective, fluid/gas transport, elimination, nutrition/metabolism and growth and development. The student will apply management principles and use therapeutic communication while providing care to client(s) in a variety of clinical settings: acute care, ambulatory and community-based settings.


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  • NURS 1061 - Mental Health Nursing Clinical (TN eCampus)

    (1 credit)
    Prerequisites: NURS 1050 /NURS 1051 . Corequisites: NURS 1060 . This clinical course focuses on care of the client across the lifespan with variations and alterations in mental health issues. The core competencies flow from the philosophy and organizational framework and are the basis for skills and clinical competencies. The nursing process will be applied to client care in inpatient and outpatient settings, focusing on health promotion, therapeutic communication, caring interventions and the legal/ethical aspects of mental health nursing.


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  • PADM 3601 - Introduction to Public Administration (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: There are no formal prerequisites for this course, however, it is strongly recommended that students have completed a freshman-level course in American Government. Set within the context of contemporary political, social, economic, and administrative realities, this introductory course in public administration explores responsive, equitable, effective, efficient, and accountable governance processes, public policies, and institutional base programs. It examines, from a multidisciplinary perspective, those essential competencies, values, and issues important to public service organizations and the importance of public policy at the local, state, national, and international levels.


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  • PADM 4226 - Introduction to Nonprofits Organization (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Historically, private nonprofit institutions have served as mechanisms for citizen participation, social responsibility, and collective action in the resolution of societal problems. From social service agencies, foundations and churches to museums, schools, and professional associations, the nonprofit sector includes a diverse array of organizations, all chartered with a particular public or collective purpose. This course introduces the nonprofit sector of organizations and the role(s) it plays in society.


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  • PADM 4401 - Comparative Public Administration (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Although not a requirement for this course, the successful completion of an introductory course in public administration and/or comparative politics would be beneficial. This introductory level course examines a range of contemporary topics and issues through the lens of a comparative study of differing concepts and perspectives of public administration. Imbedded in the organization and focus of this course is a concerted effort to overcome notions that American administrative structures and approaches reflect the ideal type of contemporary administrative style.


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  • PHIL 0201 - Introduction to World Religions (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites or corequisites for this course. However, a previous course in world history or philosophy would be helpful. PHIL 201 is a survey of the development of religions from tribal cultures to present-day societies. This course provides the student with a general knowledge of the major religions that exist in the world today as well as an understanding of their origins, development, and adaptation to present-day social and political situations. In addition to these major religions, this course will provide an insight into past religions and spiritual thinking and analyze how they influenced religious thoughts that persist to this day.


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  • PHIL 1030 - Introduction to Philosophy (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: No prerequisites except the ability to read and write at a college level; and to enjoy a sense of curiosity about life. Students who are unfamiliar with the Internet and/or computers will want to spend some time before class starts getting to know the basics. This is a general introductory course designed to familiarize the student with the basics of philosophical inquiry. In this course we will discuss the “big” questions of life while looking at some of the answers the great philosophers of the Western tradition have devised. These discussions will take place in two formats, the Cohort and the General Discussion. Cohort Discussions are small group discussions that take place with minimal teacher interaction: it is here where students can interact with one another in a more informal way just as they might discuss important ideas in a coffee shop or a dormitory or in the hallway between classes. General Discussions are more formal full-class discussions in which the teacher actively interacts with the students’ arguments as would occur in a formal land-based classroom setting.


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  • PHYS 1030 - Introduction to Physics Survey (TN eCampus)

    (4 credits)
    Prerequisites: The student should have a knowledge of basic algebra to the degree that he/she can solve simple literal equations. This is a one-semester introductory physics course for non-science and non-engineering majors. Emphasis is placed on understanding the nature of physics and applying basic physics concepts in one’s everyday life experience and work. The use of mathematics is limited to basic algebraic manipulations required to understand and apply physics concepts. Topics covered include mechanical motion, energy, temperature and heat, fluids, electricity, magnetism, and wave motion. Four hours lecture and four hours laboratory.


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  • POLI 4230 - The Presidency (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this course. It would be beneficial if students had some background in American politics but this is not a requirement for enrolling in the class. This course will examine the evolution, and development of the office of the President. The topics that will be discussed are: (1) The creation of the office, powers, public perceptions, and interaction with the media; (2) Selection of the President; (3) The development of the executive branch; (4) The role of the Presidency in policymaking.


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  • POLS 2010 - State and Local Government (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this course except a desire to know how states and local governments work. A basic knowledge of American government is helpful, though not required. This course covers the basics of how state and local governments operate. It includes topics such as federalism, state constitutions, political parties and elections at the state and local level, legislatures, governors, the judiciary, the structure of local governments, and of course public budgeting and service delivery. The course also deals with several issue areas of concern to states and local governments such as education, criminal justice, economic development, and social welfare and health care policy. There are seven weekly quizzes based on the textbook readings, several essays based on the reading of a different book, a closed book timed midterm and a closed book timed comprehensive final exam.


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  • POLS 4508 - Theories/Concepts of International Relations (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: An introductory course in International Relations theory is preferred but not required. The purpose of this course is to provide advanced coverage of the field of International Relations Theory. Course readings will focus on original theoretical and empirical works. As such, students will be exposed to classic studies that espouse the central tenets of IR theory. To show how theories have changed over time, attention will also be given to current works and variants of IR theory. Armed with the theoretical foundation, we will then cover some of the major issues of contention within the field of IR including morality, international conflict, and the pursuit of peace.


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  • PSCI 1010 - Survey of Physical Science I (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Two years high school algebra and acceptable placement scores. Includes a study of six fundamental components of the physical sciences, Newtonian mechanics; linear motion, momentum, energy, gravity, satellite motion, fluid mechanics, Thermodynamics; thermal energy, heat transfer, Electricity, Magnetism, Waves; sound and light waves, and the properties of light. This course also includes a study of Chemistry including the structure of the atom, the atomic nucleus, periodic table, chemical bonding, chemical reactions, acids, bases, molecular mixing, organic chemistry, and nuclear chemistry. This course will establish a base with which the non-science student can view nature more perceptively. This course is designed to correct a missing essential in the sciences: the practice of conceptualizing before calculating. The equivalent of three hours lecture and three hours laboratory per week is required. Four (4) credit hours.


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  • PSY 3590 - Psychology of Personality (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Introductory Psychology is recommended but not required. This course is designed to provide students with a critical overview of personality theory, research, assessment, disorders, and therapy. The course will take a scientific approach to the study of personality. This means that we will devote a good deal of attention to current theoretical and research approaches. Classic theories of personality will also be covered. This is primarily a course on the varieties of “normal” personality functioning rather than aspects of abnormal psychology. Students will have several opportunities to complete examples of personality measures during the course.


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  • PSYC 2111 - Psychology of Human Growth and Development (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Students must possess reading and writing proficiency appropriate for a college-level course. It is preferable that students have had an introductory psychology course prior to taking this course. This course surveys the biological and environmental factors influencing the physical, intellectual, social, emotional, and language development from birth until death. It explores causes and results of interruption in or interference with the developmental process. This course surveys the changes individuals go through from conception to death-from “womb to tomb”. The aspects of development including biological, social, cognitive, emotional, and moral will be covered. The theme of this course is change. We will examine how the abilities, needs, problems, and concerns of humans change throughout life, and how people are shaped by their experiences throughout their development.


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  • PSYC 3305 - Learning and Memory (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of at least one course in introductory psychology is a prerequisite for enrollment in this course. This prerequisite is necessary to ensure that students have some familiarity with the language, basic concepts and general methodology of psychology. This course will involve a survey and analysis of basic processes involved in acquisition and retention of new behaviors and alterations of existing behaviors in animals and humans. The course will examine the central theoretical concepts and issues in the fields of learning and memory.


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  • SCED 4904 - Independent Study in Science (TN eCampus)

    (1 credit)
    Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Add-On program in chemistry or biology, a program that is part of the TN eCampus system. This course will emphasize classroom management strategies, teaching strategies, laboratory techniques and selection of appropriate resources and materials for teaching middle and high school science. Students will be involved in methods/activities designed to portray the teaching of science as a student centered, hands-on experience. The student will demonstrate knowledge of textbook assignments, submit journal article reviews, and develop lesson plans, a unit plan, and a rationale statement on “why I want to become a science teacher.”


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  • SOC 3200 - Sociology of Sex and Gender (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: SOCI 1010 . The students should have a basic understanding of the sociological perspective. Through a combination of readings, discussions, and written assignments, this course examines the concept of gender and its impact on our society. First, we will critically review various theoretical perspectives that have tried to define sex and gender categories, explain differences between men and women, and sometimes justify gender stratification. We will then look at how men and women are assigned different roles in various institutions, and how they have different levels of social, economic, and political power in society. We will also look at the consequences of gender categorization for our intimate relationships, our health, our attitudes to violence. Finally, we will look at how throughout history, social movements have challenged existing gender categories, and what issues will be prominent in the future. The approach of this course is that the current gender hierarchy tends to exaggerate differences between men and women and force them into rigid molds, while in reality, men and women have much in common, and would benefit from a more flexible approach to gender.


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  • SOC 4010 - Organized Crime (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: SOCI 1010 . Organized crime refers to criminal activity involving multiple offenders who operate in a structured manner for purposes of sustaining profits from an illegal activity. There are different forms of organized crime with the more conventional image being that of illegal activities committed by basically criminal organizations such as the Mafia, Triads, the Vory, etc. However, another form of highly organized crime is that which is committed by otherwise legitimate organizations such as corporations. Since this course is entitled organized crime, not “crime organizations,” we will explore both forms of the problem looking for common threads of causation and control.


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  • SOC 4720 - Sociological Theory (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Students must be able to read and write at the college level. This class is designed for students to examine the contributions of classical and contemporary sociological theory. A goal of the class is for students to gain an understanding of theory as an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena. Another goal of this class is for students to have an introduction to some of the main structural, philosophical, and thematic issues important to the field of Sociology.


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  • SOCI 1010 - Introduction to Sociology (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Students must be able to read and write at the college level. Students will be expected to write and express themselves in good grammatical, concise, and Standard English. Poor grammar will affect your participation in group discussion and the written homework assignments. Grades will be based on writing skills, presentation, thoroughness, and timeliness. The purpose of this course is to introduce you to theoretical approaches of sociology. This course will emphasize the subject areas below: Culture, gender, socialization, race and ethnicity, groups and organizations, economics and politics, social interaction, family and religion, deviance, education and medicine, global and social stratification, population and urbanization, sex, environmental concerns. We will also discuss theories and methods of sociological research.


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  • SOCI 1020 - Social Problems (TN eCampus)

    (3 credits)
    Prerequisites: Students must be able to read and write at the college level. Students will be expected to write and express themselves in good grammatical, concise, and Standard English. Poor grammar will affect your participation in group discussion and the written homework assignments. Grades will be based on writing skills, presentation, thoroughness, and timeliness. The purpose of this course is to introduce you to the increasingly acute and intense problems such as alcoholism, violence, drugs, crime, inequality, lifestyle preferences and environmental abuse within the context of social change. We will utilize various theoretical/sociological paradigms.


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