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Business Analytics - Upper Division |
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BSAN 359 - Advanced Blockchain Design & Analytics Upper Division
Prerequisites BSAN 357 ; Minimum grade C-.
In this course, students will learn about the state of the art ideas such as homomorphic encryption, zero knowledge proofs, ZK-rollups, sidechains as well as technologies to enable students to build their own innovative blockchain applications and platforms. Machine learning techniques will be used to automate and improve upon existing approaches.
Repeatable No
Course credits: 3 |
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BSAN 495 - Internship Upper Division
Prerequisites Permission of program director or associate dean required.
Work-study program conducted in an appropriate internship position, under the supervision of a faculty member.
Repeatable No
Course credits: 1-4 |
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BSAN 497 - Independent Study Upper Division
Prerequisites Permission of instructor and department chair required.
An independent study or research course for students whose needs are not met by the regular courses in the curriculum.
Repeatable No
Course credits: 1-4 |
Center for Writing Across the Curriculum |
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CWAC 200 - Writing Adviser Training Lower Division
This pass/fail, labor-based course prepares undergraduate students to facilitate small group discussion in the Center for Writing Across the Curriculum (CWAC) and work with writers from any discipline, level, or stage of the writing process. Through research, discussion, observation, and community engagement, students will learn collaborative strategies for active listening and asking questions to help draw out writers’ ideas, respond to others’ writing from the perspective of a reader, and offer constructive feedback in a consistent, supportive, and respectful manner. Discussion topics include philosophical and educational questions about how people learn, which mindsets and strategies encourage reflection, and which tools help writers read their own work critically and revise for considerations of audience and purpose. Open to students of freshmen, sophomore, and junior standing (with no more than 90 units earned).
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: ENGL 106
Course credits: 1 |
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CWAC 201 - Writing Adviser Staff Workshop Lower Division
Prerequisites CWAC 200 ; Minimum grade P.
This pass/fail, labor-based course offers peer Writing Advisers advanced and ongoing training in the principles of peer learning and the art of helping students develop, organize, and articulate their ideas in writing. Building on their learning from CWAC 200 , peer Writing Advisers develop and refine tutoring skills through practice, observation, reflection, and discussion in a workshop setting.
Repeatable Yes
Additional Notes Previous course number: ENGL 107
Course credits: 1 |
Chemistry - Lower Division |
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CHEM 110 - General Chemistry I Lower Division
Concurrently Concurrent enrollment in CHEM 110L is required.
A study of the fundamental principles of chemical science and the chemistry of the common elements and their compounds, intended for students who are majoring in physical, environmental, or biological sciences.
Core Curriculum Designation(s) SCIU - Scientific Understanding: Lecture
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Students who are placed into MATH 136 are encouraged to take MATH 136 concurrently with Chem110
Previous Course Number: CHEM 008
Course credits: 4 |
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CHEM 210 - Organic Chemistry I Lower Division
Concurrently Concurrent enrollment in CHEM 210L is required.
Prerequisites CHEM 110 /CHEM 110L w/ C- or better.
An introduction to the concepts of structure and reactivity of organic compounds.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: CHEM 104
Course credits: 4 |
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CHEM 210L - Organic Chemistry I Laboratory Lower Division
Concurrently Concurrent enrollment in CHEM 210 is required.
Prerequisites CHEM 110 , CHEM 110L w/ C- or better.
An introduction to experimental methods and laboratory techniques in organic chemistry.
Repeatable No
Fee $175
Additional Notes Previous course number: CHEM 104L
Course credits: 1 |
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CHEM 220 - Organic Chemistry II Lower Division
Concurrently Concurrent enrollment in CHEM 220L is required.
Prerequisites CHEM 210 and CHEM 210L w/ C- or better.
A continuation of CHEM 210 , with advanced coverage of structure and reactivity of organic compounds.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous Course Number: CHEM 106
Course credits: 4 |
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CHEM 220L - Organic Chemistry II Laboratory Lower Division
Concurrently Concurrent enrollment in CHEM 220 is required.
Prerequisites CHEM 210 and CHEM 210L w/ C- or better.
Laboratory to accompany CHEM 220 . Additional methods of synthesis, purification, and analysis of organic compounds.
Repeatable Yes
Fee $175
Additional Notes Previous course number: CHEM 106L
Course credits: 1 |
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Chemistry - Upper Division |
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CHEM 300 - Chemical Literature Upper Division
Prerequisites CHEM 210 previously or concurrently. WRIT 200 or WRIT 201 or WRIT 205 or WRIT 210 or WRIT 215 or WRIT 220 or WRIT 225 or WRIT 230 or WRIT 308 previously or concurrently.
A systematic survey of the literature of chemistry and allied fields. Practice in the retrieval, evaluation, and use of chemical information.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: CHEM 089
Course credits: 1 |
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CHEM 310 - Analytical Chemistry Upper Division
Prerequisites CHEM 230 , CHEM 230L previously or concurrently; Minimum grade C-.
Study of the fundamentals of analytical chemistry with emphasis on careful experimental technique. Laboratory includes volumetric, gravimetric, spectroscopic, and instrumental methods.
Lecture and/or Lab Hours Two lectures and two labs per week.
Repeatable No
Fee $175
Additional Notes Previous course number: CHEM 113
Course credits: 5 |
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CHEM 319 - Environmental Chemistry Upper Division
Concurrently Concurrent enrollment in CHEM 319L is required.
Prerequisites CHEM 230 , CHEM 230L w/ C- or better.
A study of the theory and practice of water, air and soil chemistry with emphasis on the problem areas within our environment. The Engaged Learning core designation will be integrated into this course.
Lecture and/or Lab Hours Three 65-minute lectures and one 4-hour lab per week.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: CHEM 119
Course credits: 5 |
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CHEM 319L - Environmental Chemistry Laboratory Upper Division
Concurrently Concurrent with CHEM 319
Laboratory to accompany CHEM 319
Repeatable Yes
Fee $175
Additional Notes Previous course number: CHEM 119L
Course credits: 0 |
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CHEM 325 - Advanced Organic Chemistry Upper Division
Prerequisites CHEM 220 and CHEM 230 w/ C- or better.
An in-depth examination of the mechanisms of organic reactions, the methods used to study them, and the relationship between structure and reactivity. Selected advanced synthetic methods may also be covered.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: CHEM 111
Course credits: 3 |
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CHEM 330 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Upper Division
Prerequisites CHEM 210 and CHEM 230 w/ C- or better.
A study of the structures, reactions, and relationships of the elements and their compounds. Topics include atomic structure, bonding, symmetry, and coordination chemistry of the transition metals. The implementation of these principles in nature and industry, and their impacts on society will also be discussed.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: CHEM 130
Course credits: 4 |
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CHEM 340 - Polymer & Supramolecular Chemistry Upper Division
Concurrently CHEM 300 may be taken concurrently
Prerequisites CHEM 210 and CHEM 230 and CHEM 300 w/ C- or better.
An in-depth study of macromolecules and supramolecular systems, including their structure, synthesis and preparation, characterization, and physical properties. This course centers around reading and discussion of journal articles, as a prime learning objective of this course is to assist the student to use other instructional materials besides textbooks.
Core Curriculum Designation(s) WID - Writing in the Discipline
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: CHEM 110
Course credits: 4 |
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CHEM 410 - Instrumental Chemical Analysis Upper Division
Prerequisites CHEM 210 , CHEM 210L , CHEM 230 , CHEM 230L w/ C- or better.
A study of the principles used in the design and operation of instruments and their applications in chemistry.
Lecture and/or Lab Hours Two lectures and two labs per week.
Repeatable No
Fee $175
Additional Notes Previous course number: CHEM 118
Course credits: 5 |
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CHEM 430 - Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy Upper Division
Concurrently Concurrent enrollment in CHEM 430L is required.
Prerequisites CHEM 230 and CHEM 230L ; MATH 238 ; PHYSI 142 , PHYSI 142L or PHYSI 152 , PHYSI 152L ; all w/ C- or better, or consent of instructor.
MATH 239 is strongly recommended.
An overview of quantum chemistry and spectroscopy. Topics will include: quantum theory, the Schrodinger Equation, the particle in a box model, the rigid rotator and harmonic oscillator models, electronic structure of atoms, chemical bonding, computational quantum chemistry, molecular spectroscopy, and lasers & photochemistry.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: CHEM 114
Course credits: 4 |
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CHEM 430L - Physical Chemistry Laboratory Upper Division
Concurrently Concurrent enrollment in CHEM 430 is required.
Laboratory to accompany CHEM 430 .
Repeatable No
Fee $100
Additional Notes Previous course number: CHEM 114L
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CHEM 440 - Thermodynamics and Kinetics Upper Division
Concurrently Concurrent enrollment in CHEM 440L is required.
Prerequisites CHEM 230 and CHEM 230L ; MATH 238 ; PHYSI 142 , PHYSI 142L or PHYSI 152 , PHYSI 152L ; all w/ C- or better, or consent of instructor.
MATH 239 is strongly recommended.
An overview of statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, and chemical kinetics. Topics will include: properties of gases, partition functions, the three laws of thermodynamics, Helmholtz and Gibbs Energies, the kinetic molecular theory of gases, reaction rates, transition state theory, and gas-phase reaction dynamics.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: CHEM 115
Course credits: 4 |
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CHEM 440L - Thermodynamics and Kinetics Laboratory Upper Division
Concurrently Concurrent enrollment in CHEM 440 is required.
Laboratory to accompany CHEM 440 .
Repeatable No
Fee $100
Additional Notes Previous course number: CHEM 115L
Course credits: 0 |
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CHEM 497 - Mentored Research / Independent Study Upper Division
Prerequisites Consent of instructor.
Laboratory research in chemistry, under the direction of a faculty advisor. Results from the research project will be summarized in the form of a written thesis and an oral or poster presentation. Students should contact potential faculty advisors directly.
Repeatable Yes
Additional Notes Previous course number: CHEM 197
Course credits: 1-4 |
Classical Languages - Lower Division |
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CLSL 100 - Etymology Lower Division
A course in vocabulary-building and word-power. Students learn how to decode a wide range of complicated English vocabulary, to make better and more precise vocabulary choices, and to improve oral and written communication skills. Over 60 percent of all English words have Greek or Latin roots. In the sciences and technology, the figure rises to over 90 percent. This course surveys Greek and Latin derivatives in English and examines the contexts in which the original meanings have changed. Students learn to interpret correctly the semantic range of Greek and Latin roots in English. The English language emerges as a dynamic system intricately linked to historical, social, and cultural realities.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: CLSL 001
Course credits: 1 |
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CLSL 101 - Greece & Rome: Golden Times Lower Division
Who were the ancient Greeks and Romans? How did they see their place and role in the world around them? This lower-division course serves as a comprehensive introduction to the Greco¬ Roman civilization. It also enables students to explore methodically, through a wide selection of primary texts, various Greek and Roman notions of self and other, mortal and divine, same and different. By the end of the term, students will be able to assess competently the basic assumptions behind the texts and discuss them in light of our own complex assumptions and attitudes.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: CLSL 002
Course credits: 3 |
Classical Languages - Upper Division |
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CLSL 300 - Classical Mythology Upper Division
Introductory course. Study of the highly flexible narrative content of Greek and Roman myths, the underlying thought patterns behind it, and the ancient attitudes to myth in our main sources, the literary works of Greek and Roman writers. Classical myths and mythological references in both Classical and non-Classical literature and art emerge in historical contexts.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: CLSL 100
Course credits: 3 |
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CLSL 301 - Empires of Greece and Rome Upper Division
Prerequisites WRIT 200 or WRIT 201 or WRIT 205 or WRIT 210 or WRIT 215 or WRIT 220 or WRIT 225 or WRIT 230 or WRIT 308 previous or concurrently.
This course studies the political, social and cultural history of ancient Greece and Rome, focusing particularly on the period from the 9th century BC to the end of the 5th century AD. We will examine how the Greek and Roman authors represented the changing economic and political realities of their times, or how they reevaluated earlier historical accounts. The primary sources and scholarly essays will give us an opportunity to compare and assess various interpretations of important episodes, phenomena and figures in Greek and Roman history.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: CLSL 101
Course credits: 3 |
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CLSL 497 - Independent Study Upper Division
Prerequisites Permission of the instructor and department chair is required.
An independent study or research course for upper-division students.
Repeatable Yes
Additional Notes Previous course number: CLSL 197
Course credits: 1-4 |
Collegiate Seminar - Lower Division |
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SEM 150 - Looking Inward Lower Division
Concurrently WRIT 101 (C-)
This first seminar develops the skills of critical thinking, critical reading and writing, and shared inquiry that are foundational to Collegiate Seminar. Students learn strategies for engaging with a diversity of texts, asking meaningful questions, and effectively participating in collaborative discussions. Reading and writing assignments are specifically designed to support students’ gradual development of these strategies and skills. This seminar considers questions such as What is a person? and What is a good person?
Core Curriculum Designation(s) SEM - Collegiate Seminar
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: SEM 001
Course credits: 3 |
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SEM 250 - Looking Outward Lower Division
Prerequisites SEM 150 (D-)
Employing and building upon the strategies of critical thinking, critical reading, and shared inquiry learned in the first seminar, in this seminar students will consider questions such as What is a good society? and What is a person’s place in the world?
Core Curriculum Designation(s) SEM - Collegiate Seminar
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: SEM 002
Course credits: 3 |
Collegiate Seminar - Upper Division |
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SEM 303 - Western Tradition II Upper Division
Prerequisites SEM 250 (D-) or SEM 327 (D-)
Employing and building upon the strategies of critical thinking, critical reading, and shared inquiry learned in previous seminars, students will read, write about and discuss a selection of Renaissance, 17th, 18th and 19th century texts from the Western tradition.
Core Curriculum Designation(s) SEM - Collegiate Seminar
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: SEM 103
Course credits: 3 |
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SEM 304 - Global Conversation: 20th and 21st Centu Upper Division
Prerequisites SEM 303 (D-)
Building on the Western tradition explored in the second and third seminars, readings focus on the Great Conversation of the modern world, which includes the West but also includes important intercultural and global voices. The course focuses on issues of significant relevance for a 21st century student, as well as texts that allow for integrative thinking across the entire Collegiate Seminar sequence. The last portion of the course will include student reflections on what they have learned and how they have grown, revisiting the steps of their intellectual development in a capstone experience.
Core Curriculum Designation(s) SEM - Collegiate Seminar
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: SEM 104
Course credits: 3 |
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SEM 327 - Looking Outward for Transfer Students Upper Division
Prerequisites WRIT 101 (C-) previously or concurrently; Minimum grade C-.
This is a version of Looking Outward that is 4 units to support transfer student transition to Saint Mary’s College writing requirements. Employing and building upon the strategies of critical thinking, critical reading, and shared inquiry learned in lower division work, in this seminar students will consider questions such as What is a good society? and What is a person’s place in the world?
Core Curriculum Designation(s) SEM - Collegiate Seminar
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: SEM 102
Course credits: 4 |
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SEM 350 - Looking Forward Upper Division
Prerequisites SEM 250 (D-) or SEM 327 (D-)
The course focuses on issues of significant relevance for a 21st century student, as well as texts that allow for integrative thinking across the entire Collegiate Seminar sequence. The course includes student reflection on what they have learned and how they have grown, revisiting the steps of their intellectual development in a capstone experience. This seminar considers questions such as What is worth living for? and what is worthy of leaving as a legacy? How should one think about the future?
Core Curriculum Designation(s) SEM - Collegiate Seminar
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: SEM 104
Course credits: 3 |
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SEM 374 - Multicultural Thought Upper Division
Prerequisites SEM 350 (C-)
Selected readings from 20th-century multicultural authors of the United States, especially from California. Readings continue the dialogue with authors from previous seminars, give renewed attention to questions raised in those contexts and address contemporary issues as well.
Core Curriculum Designation(s) SEM - Collegiate Seminar
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: SEM 144
Course credits: 3-4 |
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SEM 376 - The Common Good: Topic Upper Division
Prerequisites SEM 350 (C-)
This elective seminar uses a thematically organized selection of readings to promote discussion and writing about what the common good is and how it might be pursued. Through critical engagement with interdisciplinary primary texts, students explore questions of human nature, the common good, and a just social order. Reading lists vary according to the particular thematic focus of the course.
Core Curriculum Designation(s) SEM - Collegiate Seminar
Repeatable Yes
Additional Notes Previous course number: SEM 146
Course credits: 3-4 |
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SEM 390 - Seminar Co-Leader Upper Division
Prerequisites SEM 150 (D-)
A course designed for specially selected, experienced seminar students assigned to assist a faculty member as student co-leader for a specific seminar class. As co-leaders, students participate as discussion facilitators and models in a seminar they have already completed. Meetings with assigned seminar faculty by arrangement.
Repeatable Yes
Additional Notes Previous course number: SEM 190
Course credits: 1 |
Communication - Lower Division |
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COMM 102 - Introduction to Media & Cultural Studies Lower Division
This course intends to acquaint students with ways of critically assessing the everyday communication practices and texts (spoken, visual and mediated) which construct and transmit social knowledge. Introduces students to issues such as language, meaning, rhetoric, persuasion, definition, mediation, representation, visual culture, social knowledge, understanding the “self,” the relationship between culture and communication, the social construction of reality, and the assessment of the influence of mass communication. Students will participate in in-depth discussions based in primary texts of communication theory and produce critical essays and creative media projects that demonstrate their grasp of course content.
Core Curriculum Designation(s) ACP, ARTS, HUM, HSP - Arts and Humanities Analysis and Practice
Repeatable No
Fee $50
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 002
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 103 - Intro to Human Communication Lower Division
This course is designed to give students an overview of the basic concepts and theories of human communication as a meaning making process, involving both verbal and nonverbal symbols, that constructs social meaning across various contexts such as relational, intercultural, small group, and workplace. In order to understand human communication in these contexts, students will learn to examine, analyze, and interpret identities, perceptions, group dynamic and power, and technology and media in everyday life through the social scientific, interpretive, and critical lenses of the field of Communication Studies. This course will prepare students to develop fundamental knowledge on the study of communication as well as communication competence as a practical outcome.
Core Curriculum Designation(s) SOCSI - Social Sciences
Repeatable No
Fee $50
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 003
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 110 - Rhetoric and Public Discourse Lower Division
This course examines general principles of argument and advocacy as they relate to rhetorically creating change in different spheres of social life. Communication scholar, Rod Hart, writes that advocacy “is the human creature’s most natural way of changing the world. It is also the most civilized way of doing so. Bombs, torture and mayhem change the world too, but those are primitive modalities and they lead to unstable outcomes. Symbolic influence is better. It lasts longer and it’s less noisy.” Students will explain the importance of communication in civic life and explore how the conventions of argument change-and how advocacy functions-in different societal spheres. Students will develop an understanding of argument and evaluation theories, while also embodying those theories by developing practical advocacy and critical appraisal strategies. Finally, students will identify the challenges faced by communities and the role of communication in contributing to the resolution of those challenges. This course involves significant public speaking (speeches) as well as some writing.
Repeatable No
Fee $15
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 010
Course credits: 3 |
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COMM 200 - Communication Theory Lower Division
Prerequisites COMM 102 and COMM 103 (one of these can be a co-requisite); Minimum grade C-.
This course provides students with a review of major theories applicable to communication among individuals, within organizations, in politics and in the media. Through readings and discussion of seminal core texts, students are encouraged to judge for themselves the strong and weak portions of alternative concepts, models and theoretical concepts, as well as to evaluate the empirical methods from which these theories are derived.
Core Curriculum Designation(s) WID - Writing in the Discipline
Repeatable No
Fee $20
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 100
Course credits: 3 |
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COMM 263 - Topics in Communication/200-Level Lower Division
These are topical, special-interest courses exploring an area of study or particular problem in the field of communication. Topics cover the range of communication theory, rhetoric and persuasion, law and public policy and visual media.
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 163
Course credits: 3-4 |
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COMM 297 - Independent/Special Study (200-Level) Lower Division
An independent study or research course for upper-division majors with a B average or better in communication courses.
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 197
Course credits: 1-4 |
Communication - Upper Division |
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COMM 301 - Qualitative Methods Upper Division
Prerequisites COMM 102 and COMM 103 ; Minimum grade C-.
This course introduces students to qualitative methodology and offers students an opportunity to design and practice qualitative methods. Topics addressed will include origins of qualitative methodology, ethnography, participant observation, interviewing, formulating research questions, collection and analysis of data, and writing the literature review.
Repeatable No
Fee $100
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 111
Course credits: 3 |
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COMM 304 - Understanding Digital Culture Upper Division
Prerequisites At least sophomore standing required.
Students will explore key concepts and theories through a close reading of fundamental texts, study of representative examples of digital work (e.g. websites, gaming, networked and immersive environments, media art), and will engage in basic digital design and production assignments.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 104
Course credits: 3 |
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COMM 306 - Intercultural Communication Upper Division
An exploration of intercultural communication within various national contexts, though primarily U.S.-based. The courses will include an examination of the roles of identity, history, power, language, cultural values, nonverbal communication, migration, cultural space, popular cultural communication and relationships. Students will also become familiar with intercultural communication theories and with approaches to studying intercultural communication. Seeks to provide a basis for comprehending the relationship between culture and communication and for understanding cultural practices, differences and similarities.
Core Curriculum Designation(s) ARTS & HUM - Arts and Humanities Analysis, IPE - Identity, Power, and Equity in the United States
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 106
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 308 - Visual Communication Upper Division
In this course, students study visual culture, learn to do visual analysis and explore key ideas in visual communication including visual methodologies, such as compositional interpretation, semiotics, discourse analysis and psychoanalytic analysis. Possible topics include exploration of the visual components of advertising, video games, technology, photography, film, television, news, the body, comics, theme parks and museums.
Core Curriculum Designation(s) ACP, ARTS, HUM, HSP - Arts and Humanities Analysis and Practice
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 109
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 310 - Quantitative Methods Upper Division
Prerequisites COMM 200 ; Minimum grade C-.
This course is designed to introduce students to the design of empirical research, such as survey, experiment, and content analysis, and the basics of statistics and concepts of hypothesis testing through systematic data collection and analysis. Students will learn to understand existing research in social sciences and to design and execute a project for their own inquiry that are practical and applicable to the construction of generalizable knowledge.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 110
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 312 - Interpersonal Communication Upper Division
Upper-level course treating major theories and concepts in interpersonal communication. Lecture, discussion, readings and activities integrating concepts such as nonverbal communication, listening, intimate relationships, family relationships, interracial relationships, conflict management, forgiveness, negotiation, gender, perception and self-concept, technology’s role in communication, as well as relationship development, maintenance, struggles and termination.
Core Curriculum Designation(s) SOCSI - Social Sciences
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 112
Course credits: 3 |
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COMM 313 - Rhetorical Criticism Upper Division
This course will provide students the opportunity to learn and practice rhetorical criticism. Students will analyze artifacts (textual, visual, online) by employing methods such as Neo-Aristotelian criticism, cluster criticism, fantasy-theme criticism, feminist criticism, generic criticism, ideological criticism, metaphor criticism, narrative criticism, pentadic criticism, generative criticism and queer criticism.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 113
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 316 - Advertising and Civic Engagement Upper Division
This course is designed to give students an understanding of both the theory and practice of advertising through the medium of civic engagement projects. The first half of the course will allow you to study the underlying theories of the practice of advertising; in the second half, students will have the opportunity to apply these theories in the form of advertising campaigns for on-campus clients.
Repeatable Yes
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 116
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 317 - Public Relations Upper Division
This course provides an in-depth understanding of the theories of public relations and the ways in which they are practiced throughout our society, both in the marketplace and in the political realm. Emphasis is on application of these theories in student-authored projects that focus on civic engagement in the community. This course affords students the opportunity to research, plan, execute and evaluate a public relations campaign.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 117
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 318 - Communication Policy and Law Upper Division
This course examines the function of the laws regulating media and communication and explores how legal, political, social, administrative, economic and technological factors contribute to determining public policy on media issues. Of primary concern is the First Amendment’s relationship to intellectual property, torts and telecommunication law.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 118
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 322 - American Journalism Upper Division
An introduction to the craft of news writing and reporting in print and electronic news media. Historical development of newspapers, journals, blogs and magazines-in print, on television/radio, and online; emphasis on journalism as a profession and ethical conduct.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 122
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 323 - Sports Journalism Upper Division
American culture, its contests and celebrations have moved from the sports page to the front page. This course explores the history, literature and practice of sports journalism in print, TV/radio and new media. Students will examine issues of gender and ethics, develop editorial criteria for sports coverage, and learn “best practices” in writing for print and broadcast.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 123
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 325 - Media, Technologies, & Culture Upper Division
This course, an introduction to media studies, focuses on the critical concepts and technical skills necessary for understanding communication practices in the 21st century. While acknowledging that the media have become digital, this course places communication and media technologies within a broader historical and cultural context. Students will be required to produce media criticism and creative media projects, as well as learn key theories about media and communication in the global, networked digital age.
Core Curriculum Designation(s) ACP, ARTS, HUM, HSP - Arts and Humanities Analysis and Practice
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 125
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 326 - Visual Research Methods Upper Division
Prerequisites COMM 102 and COMM 103 ; Minimum grade C-.
This course introduces students to analytical and interpretative methods for understanding visual and media culture within a communication and cultural studies context. Students will explore the ways in which a variety of media - comics, art, television, video, cinema, and the Internet - can serve as the basis for qualitative, rhetorical, and textual forms of research practice. At the completion of the course, students will have demonstrated a working knowledge of a range of research methods and will have applied their knowledge to images from several different media. As a culminating experience, students will produce a paper or project that makes use of a particular approach to interpreting visual and media-based research materials. Each class session will present students with a specific visual research method and will apply this method to various forms of media. In addition, the basic technical skills of media pre-production, production, postproduction, and analysis will be taught with the objective of understanding the role of rigorous research and theoretical grounding in the production process.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 126
Course credits: 3 |
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COMM 332 - Audio Production Upper Division
Recognizing the importance of the sonic arts in contemporary forms of media, this course introduces students to: (1) basic acoustical theory, (2) musical concepts as related to media production, (3) aesthetic and technical elements of sound design, (4) audio field recording, and (5) non-linear audio editing and post-production techniques.
Core Curriculum Designation(s) ACP, ARTS, HUM, HSP - Arts and Humanities Analysis and Practice
Repeatable No
Fee $100
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 132
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 333 - Video Production Upper Division
This course introduces students to the basics of digital video production. Topics covered include: (1) introduction to film language and sound design, (2) video camera basics and video-production workflow, (3) cinematography and lighting, (4) non-linear video editing, and (5) post-production techniques.
Core Curriculum Designation(s) ACP, ARTS, HUM, HSP - Arts and Humanities Analysis and Practice
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 133
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 343 - Topics in Media Production Upper Division
This is an upper-division course that delves into areas of specialization in media production. Possible topics may include web design, digital photography, motion graphics, video game design, and animation.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 143
Course credits: 3-4 |
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COMM 363 - Topics in Communication/300-Level Upper Division
These are topical, special-interest courses exploring an area of study or particular problem in the field of communication. Topics cover the range of communication theory, rhetoric and persuasion, law and public policy and visual media.
Repeatable Yes
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 163
Course credits: 3-4 |
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COMM 370 - Group Facilitation & Leadership Upper Division
Prerequisites COMM 310 or COMM 326 ; Minimum grade C-.
This course focuses on development of group facilitation and critical thinking skills for making ethical decisions in various multicultural settings. Topics covered in this course include leadership and communication theories of power and interpersonal dynamic in teams and groups, listening abilities and perspective-taking, practical discussion facilitation skill building, and understanding organizational structure and decision-making processes.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 170
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 370EL - Group Facilitation & Leadership EL Upper Division
Concurrently Concurrent enrollment in COMM 370
Engaged Learning component to accompany COMM 370 . Engaged learning, as an important aspect of Lasallian education, provides students opportunities to apply their academic knowledge and skills to serve a community and to learn in partnership with its members. Students are expected to spend 20-30 hours working with the community partner in addition to the related Engaged Learning coursework.
Repeatable No
Course credits: 1 |
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COMM 390 - Media Labs in Radio, Journalism or Other Upper Division
Prerequisites Instructor’s consent required.
This course allows the advisor to assign credit for regular participation over the semester in the newspaper, the radio station and other agreed-upon forms of campus media.
Repeatable Yes
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 190
Course credits: 1 |
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COMM 405 - International Communication Upper Division
A review of our “global village,” which is dangerously divided not only by power struggles and interest conflicts, but by message flows that create confusion and justified or unjustified suspicion. Special attention is given to the role of the United Nations (and its specialized agencies dealing with communication) as a vital mode of cross-cultural communication among the leaders of nations, and to the role of the media in defining global policy issues.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 105
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 407 - Political Communication Upper Division
The interplay of the press, politics and public policy is a key feature in understanding our democracy today. This course examines the role of communication, information and media technologies in the electoral and legislative processes. Special attention is given to how the Internet and other media have altered the political landscape.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 107
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 443 - Advanced Media Production I Upper Division
This is an upper-division course that delves into areas of specialization and advanced applications in media production. Possible topics may include web design, digital photography, motion graphics, video game design, animation, DVD authoring and advanced audio engineering.
Core Curriculum Designation(s) ACP, ARTS, HUM, HSP - Arts and Humanities Analysis and Practice
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 143
Course credits: 3-4 |
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COMM 444 - Community Media Upper Division
Students will learn about the role of communal, non-commercial non-fiction storytelling and create videos about the Saint Mary’s College community. The class will involve a working relationship with Contra Costa Community Television (CCTV) and its public access television producers. Students will visit CCTV to better understand the processes and workflow of a public access television station, and will interview local filmmakers to understand the service public access serves for marginalized and underrepresented communities.
Repeatable No
Fee $100
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 144
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 444EL - Community Media Engaged Learning Upper Division
Concurrently Concurrent enrollment in COMM 444
Engaged Learning component to accompany COMM 444 . Engaged learning, as an important aspect of Lasallian education, provides students opportunities to apply their academic knowledge and skills to serve a community and to learn in partnership with its members. Students are expected to spend 20-30 hours working with the community partner in addition to the related Engaged Learning coursework.
Core Curriculum Designation(s) EL - Engaged Learning
Repeatable No
Course credits: 1 |
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COMM 447 - Persuasion Upper Division
Prerequisites COMM 102 and COMM 103 ; Minimum grade C-.
This course examines the theory and practice of persuasive communication in a variety of forms ranging from public relations campaigns to visual media, political debate, religion and music. Course emphasizes the utility of classical and modern rhetorical frameworks for understanding contemporary persuasive efforts in a broad range of contexts, as well as other persuasive theories, including Robert Cialdini’s influential theory, Sherif’s social judgment theory and Miller’s information processing theory.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 147
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 458 - Topics in Film Upper Division
This course examines film history and film theory through the lens of communication. As a dominant mode of communication and as a major art form, the study of film itself ranges from theatrically-based Hollywood films to digital cinema. This course emphasizes the centrality of film to the visual imagination and the development of visual culture. Students will produce critical writing about film and a final creative media project.
Core Curriculum Designation(s) ARTS & HUM - Arts and Humanities Analysis
Repeatable Yes
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 158
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 461 - Communication & Social Justice Upper Division
Concurrently Must be concurrently enrolled in COMM 461EL .
This course engages the power of communication as a transformative act. In the pursuit of social justice, communication can be a tool, a weapon and a witness on behalf of community service, social change and political struggle. The role of communication in relation to social justice is not just studied abstractly, but passionately practiced and embodied through real-world projects and first-hand experiences. This course involves a service-learning component. Recent topics include food justice, hip hop, consumerism and drag culture.
Repeatable No
Fee $50
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 161
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 461EL - Communication & Social Justice EL Upper Division
Concurrently Concurrent enrollment in COMM 461
Engaged Learning component to accompany COMM 461 . Engaged learning, as an important aspect of Lasallian education, provides students opportunities to apply their academic knowledge and skills to serve a community and to learn in partnership with its members. Students are expected to spend 20-30 hours working with the community partner in addition to the related Engaged Learning coursework.
Core Curriculum Designation(s) EL - Engaged Learning
Repeatable No
Course credits: 1 |
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COMM 463 - Topics in Communication/400-Level Upper Division
Prerequisites COMM 200 ; Minimum grade C-.
These are topical, special-interest courses exploring an area of study or particular problem in the field of communication. Topics cover the range of communication theory, rhetoric and persuasion, law and public policy and visual media.
Repeatable Yes
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 163
Course credits: 3-4 |
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COMM 491 - Senior Research Capstone: Strategist Upper Division
Prerequisites COMM 310 and instructor’s consent required.
Students must submit a formal capstone proposal to the department in the semester prior to enrolling in the course. In this course, students conceptualize and conduct research using one or two approaches (including performative, narrative or multimedia). Their research must address a socially significant communication issue, under the approval and supervision of an instructor. Students are encouraged to explore a question/issue that will represent the culmination of their undergraduate experience and reflect their finest work as a college student. At the conclusion of the term, students will present their work to interested members of the College community.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 196
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 492 - Senior Research Capstone: Media Maker Upper Division
Prerequisites COMM 326 and instructor’s consent required.
Students must submit a formal capstone proposal to the department in the semester prior to enrolling in the course. In this course, students conceptualize and conduct research using one or two approaches (including performative, narrative or multimedia). Their research must address a socially significant communication issue, under the approval and supervision of an instructor. Students are encouraged to explore a question/issue that will represent the culmination of their undergraduate experience and reflect their finest work as a college student. At the conclusion of the term, students will present their work to interested members of the College community.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 196
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 497 - Independent/Special Study (400-Level) Upper Division
Prerequisites COMM 200 ; Minimum grade C-. Instructor’s consent required.
An independent study or research course for upper-division majors with a B average or better in communication courses.
Repeatable Yes
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 197
Course credits: 1-4 |
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COMM 500 - Theories of Communication Upper Division
Prerequisites Master’s students only.
This course introduces you to theory broadly and communication theories from a breadth of meta-theoretical perspectives, mostly thorugh reserach articles. The end result of this course is an increased ability to use communication theory to inform and guide research and to ask critical questions regarding theory.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 300
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 502 - Strategic Mediated Communication Upper Division
Prerequisites Master’s students only.
This course examines media and mediated forms of communication as they intersect with cultural, economic, political or social contexts. The focus is on both the analysis and strategic use of mediated communication for various occasions, including development, social change, crisis response, corporate/organizational digital presence, and social justice. The course integrates both critical and practical approaches to understanding effective mediated communication.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 302
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 505 - Applied Research Design Upper Division
Prerequisites Master’s students only.
This course is designed to focus on methods of data gathering. In this course, students will learn designs of quantitative and qualitative research, such as experiment, survey, interview, participant observation, and ethnography. Students design a project to address a particular intercultural communication phenomenon, and the importance of proper research design for professional applications, including project or training assessment and evaluation. Each student’s proposed research project will be executed in COMM 506 Applied Research Methods course.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 305
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 590 - International Externship Upper Division
Prerequisites Master’s students only.
This final experience works as a “capstone” that synthesizes and builds upon the competencies learned in the MA courses. Students choosing this option spend two weeks on campus and two weeks traveling to a site (international unless global health and safety measures requires a domestic site) to conduct an applied research project as a group. Site preference, whenever possible, is given to Lasallian partner organization(s) working in international settings. Students act as consultants and assist the client organization in the development and execution of a data-driven research project or provide a series of workshops and training in Communication. Students may also work to create strategic materials for these international partners. The cost of travel for this course is not included in tuition.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 390
Course credits: 0 |
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COMM 591 - Comprehensive Exams Upper Division
Prerequisites Master’s students only.
Students who opt to take the comprehensive exams will receive their questions the last week of June and will be given two weeks to complete the exam set. Students may use their notes, texts and other course materials however they may NOT consult with each other. Students will be asked to write four papers responding to four questions from COMM 500 , COMM 603, the Research Sequence, and one of their two graduate bridge courses. The questions will be written and graded by the faculty of the respective course. Students will be graded blindly on a Pass Fail basis.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 390
Course credits: 0 |
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COMM 601 - Communication and Conflict Upper Division
Prerequisites Master’s Degree Class
This course introduces you to theory broadly and communication theories from a breadth of meta-theoretical perspectives, mostly thorugh reserach articles. The end result of this course is an increased ability to use communication theory to inform and guide research and to ask critical questions regarding theory.
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 301
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 610 - Group Facilitation and Leadership Upper Division
Prerequisites Master’s Degree Class
This course investigates the relationship between communication and culture. Students will use case studies to apply a range of intercultural communication theories to analyze problems that typically arise in “real world” cross-cultural settings. Students are expected to make a clear connection between a communication phenomenon (e.g., current social issues) and intercultural communication theories as they work toward critical engagement with intercultural and cross-cultural communication competency.
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 310
Course credits: 4 |
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COMM 611 - Identity and Intercultural Communication Upper Division
Prerequisites Master’s Students only
This course aims to develop a critical cultural consciousness. Students begin by examining their own cultural identities and then learn how to view interactions with others through the lens of intercultural communication. Through self-awareness and understanding how identity, culture, and communication work together, students learn critical skills to enhance their intercultural competence. Students work in groups to apply these insights by developing a diversity training activity grounded in theories of identity and intercultural communication.
Additional Notes Previous course number: COMM 311
Course credits: 4 |
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CS 102 - Digital Literacy Lower Division
This course introduces students in an accessible way to the basics of digital literacy through web design as a stepping-stone to computer programming concepts and applications. Students are introduced to web development including (1) design principles, (2) information architecture, and (3) interactivity design. Primary development tools include HTML5 and CSS3. Class projects develop knowledge, research and problem solving skills needed for the design, development, and testing of interactive media projects.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: CS 002
Course credits: 3 |
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CS 121 - Programming I Lower Division
Prerequisites Level C Math Placement or CS 102 or MATH 136 or Sophomore Standing
An introduction to problem-solving concepts and program design. Topics covered include top-down design with a structured programming language, bottom-up testing, control statements and structured data types. No prior knowledge of programming is required. The language for the course is Python; students with knowledge of another programming language will find the course valuable.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: CS 021
Course credits: 4 |
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CS 222 - Programming II (Data Structures) Lower Division
Prerequisites CS 121 ; Minimum grade C-.
A continuation of CS 121 . Topics include recursion, an introduction to data structures, and object-oriented programming. Programming style and large program development are emphasized.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: CS 102
Course credits: 4 |
Computer Science - Upper Division |
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CS 310 - Computer Systems Upper Division
Prerequisites CS 121 ; Minimum grade C-.
Computer structure and machine languages, assembly language macros, file I/O, program linkage and segmentation.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: CS 110
Course credits: 4 |
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CS 322 - Web Programming Upper Division
Prerequisites CS 222 ; Minimum grade C-.
Introduces students to the basics of digital literacy through web design as a stepping-stone to computer programming concepts and applications, using JavaScript, jQuery, Web API’s and simple mobile applications while implementing a team-oriented project development approach. Other topics include responsive web design, CSS grid systems and HTML5 Canvas.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: CS 192
Course credits: 4 |
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CS 360 - Tech Ethics Upper Division
Prerequisites CS 102 or CS 121 or Physics 260 or BSAN 205 previously; One of WRIT 200 or 201 or 205 or 210 or 215 or 220 or 225 or 230 or 308 previously or concurrently
Technologies are born and shaped by the societies in which they are developed. Computing technologies shape our personal, social, and political lives in increasingly complex and consequential ways. It is becoming increasingly clear, if it had not been clear before, that we must grapple with the ethical implications and consequences of algorithmic decision making and computing technology at large. This is a key course in the Computer Science curriculum which brings home for the student how to apply the principles of social justice, equity, and inclusion towards being effective computing professionals in the future.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: CS 160
Course credits: 3 |
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CS 374 - Analysis of Algorithms Upper Division
Prerequisites CS 222 ; Minimum grade C-.
Basic notions of the design and efficiency of computer algorithms, nonnumerical algorithms for sorting and searching and numerical algorithms. Underlying data structures are examined.
Repeatable No
Additional Notes Previous course number: CS 174
Course credits: 4 |
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