Principles, methods, and application of statistical methodology; includes frequency distributions, measures of central tendency and dispersion, simple probability, sampling, regression and correlation analysis, curve fitting, and tests of significance. Applications to natural and social sciences.Prerequisite: Math placement above 21:640:106, 107, 108, 109, or successful completion, with a grade of C or better, of one of the following courses: 21:640:106, 107, 108, 109, or any other higher-level mathematics course.
Designed for students who intend to major or minor in one of the physical sciences, mathematics, or economics. The course covers functions and operations of functions, operations on polynomials, fractions, solution of linear and quadratic equations and inequalities, graphing of linear and quadratic functions, solution of word problems, functions, polynomial and rational functions, inverse functions, systems of linear equations, algebra of matrices, and series.Prerequisite: 21:640:104 or 21:640:105 or placement by examination.
Through engagement with the scholarly field of social foundations (history, philosophy, and sociology of education), this course examines the relationship between urban schools and society. Attention is given to the ideal relationship between democracy and urban schooling, the current obstacles to realizing this relationship, and an opportunity to craft your stand on this relationship as a future teacher. This course employs multiple pedagogical orientations, including aspects of the following: democratic, feminist, libratory, and transformative pedagogies. Course requires 15 field hours.
Prerequisites: Grades of B in two English composition courses (101 and 102).
Current modes of theoretical analysis, and contemporary perspectives on the nature and historical development of modern forms of social organization and social relationships.Prerequisite: 21:920:409 or permission of instructor.
Writing intensive.
This course takes a multidisciplinary approach to consider how we use drugs in our society and how they may vary from culture to culture. The course will explore how drugs can create subcultures, how they have been used to reinforce racial stereotypes and maintain racial discrimination and how they affect the lives of men and women differently. It also considers how drugs create an altered consciousness that humans have been seeking for thousands of years.
Section H5 Cross-Listed With: Drugs and Society (21:070:285:H5:03710)
English Composition 102 is the second course in the sequence of writing courses required of nontransfer students and must be taken immediately following the successful completion of English Composition 101. This course builds on the critical reading, thinking, and writing skills developed in 101 and further prepares students for the types of intellectual inquiry as well as critical analysis and writing required in upper-level courses offered at the university. Students engage increasingly complex texts of different genres and from a variety of disciplinary orientations. Emphasis continues to be placed on writing as a process as students are required to conduct and to critically evaluate research as well as to maintain an independent voice as they negotiate multiple primary and secondary sources.
Examines the role of one's culture in various aspects of identity and development. Students examine the role of culture in psychology, look at the way in which psychologists have traditionally examined culture, and explore practices in various cultures throughout the world. This course will emphasize many real-world applications of cross-cultural psychology and will explore topics such as interpersonal relationships, social behaviors, and ethnocentrism.
Prerequisites: 21:830:101,102.
An individual research and reading program under the guidance of a member of the department.Prerequisites: Senior status, 12 credits in management.
Writing intensive.
Management is about the right work done well. Effective management requires development and implementation of strategy and organizational design in innovative, globally diverse, and socially responsible organizations resulting in superior growth and performance. This course introduces key concepts related to the practice of management in building successful organizations. Topics include: evolution of management principles, strategic management, organizational design, performance management, managing innovation and growth, global management, building a socially responsible organization, managing the diverse organization, and creating a motivating work context.