Courses numbered 0 to 99 are developmental and credits may not be used to satisfy degree requirements. Courses numbered 1000 to 1099, freshman; 2000 to 2099, sophomore; 3000 to 3099, junior; 4000 to 4099, senior; 5000 to 5099, graduate; 6000 to 7099, graduate courses beyond the master’s level. Where indicated, certain 4000-level courses are accepted for graduate credit.
The number after each course title indicates the semester hours credit. CR(credit) or NC (no credit) after a course title indicates a pass/fail course with no semester hours credit.
An abbreviation following a course description indicates the semester or summer term the course will normally be offered: F-fall semester; Sp-spring semester; Sum-entire summer session; Sum I - first summer term; Sum II - second summer term. The word “even” or “odd” follows the description of a course which is offered only in alternate years.
Students may not enroll in more than one section of the same course specified in the University catalog without approval of the Registrar. Students who register for more than one section of the same course may be arbitrarily dropped from one of the sections without notice.
Class pre-requisites must be completed as prescribed by the most current catalog, regardless of the catalog or curriculum in effect for any student. Students who do not meet course qualifications or who have not completed pre-requisites for a course may be arbitrarily dropped without notice.
The courses that are listed in this catalog may be offered for credit in a variety of formats, including electronically mediated teaching.
Accounting
4000-level accounting courses are open only to juniors/seniors in the College of Business Administration, or with permission of department head.
ACCT 1010 - Accounting Survey
3 cr.
Fundamental principles and managerial applications; data processing. Designed to meet the needs of students majoring in subjects outside the College of Business Administration. Not open to majors in the College of Business Administration.
Cash flow and financial statement analysis and fundamental managerial accounting principles related to product costing and use of information in organizational decision-making.
The integration of basic software programs into the accounting curriculum and the use of typical accounting software programs to reinforce accounting concepts in an interactive case setting. Not applicable to a major or minor in Finance.
Prerequisite(s): minimum grades of “C” in ACCT 2013 and CSCI 1070, and junior standing. F, Sp
Identification of distinct information systems knowledge required by accountants. Survey of effect of computers on accounting systems. Analysis of internal controls and cycles of accounting systems, both manual and computer.
Accounting as an aid to management; use of accounting techniques, reports, analyses, and interpretations in decision making. Not open to accounting majors.
Prerequisite(s): Junior standing. Credit toward a degree will not be granted for both ACCT 3015 and ACCT 2013.
The use of accounting information to evaluate the financial stability and the financial strength of insurance companies. Not open to accounting majors.
Prerequisite(s): RMIN 3019; Junior standing or permission of department head. (Same as RMIN 3019 .
Basic concepts and procedures involved in accounting for raw materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead in job order, process, and standard cost accounting systems.
Prerequisite(s): minimum grade of “C” in ACCT 2012 and ACCT 2013; junior standing. LCCN: CACC 3113
Accounting principles and procedures and the theoretical framework on which they rest; selected specialized topics; emphasis on publications of the AICPA and AAA.
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of “C” in ACCT 3011 or permission of department head.
Recognition and applied solutions as related to farm machinery, livestock, chemicals, and other related agricultural hazards. Emphasis will be placed on both the ethics and liabilities associated with farm safety.
Planning, conducting, and interpreting agricultural experiments. Topics include central tendency measures and dispersion, hypothesis, hypothesis testing, and statistical inferences as applied to agricultural data.
Lectures to be presented by professional agriculturists. Students will present oral and written interpretations of current topics relating to agriculture.
Application of the scientific methods, principles, and techniques of mating and selection systems to improve economically important traits in animal and plant populations.
Supervised work experience with industry in the use of materials and equipment related to the student’s major field of interest. Six (6) hours maximum towards B.S. Degree.
Supervised work experience with industry in the use of materials and equipment related to the student’s major field of interest. Six (6) hours maximum towards B.S. Degree.
Supervised work experience with industry in the use of materials and equipment related to the student’s major field of interest. Six (6) hours maximum towards B.S. Degree.
Introduction to techniques for analyzing, displaying, and managing geographic data topics including: structure of geographic data bases, principles of digital cartography, basic spatial statistics, and analysis of spatial relationships using GIS.
Prerequisite(s): Junior, senior, or graduate standing (Same as GEOS 4035).
Student participation in research projects in the area of agriculture.
Two to three hours per week per credit hour. Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing in agriculture and approval of department head. (formerly AGRI 495A)
Student participation in research projects in the area of agricultural economics.
Two to three hours per week per credit hour. Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing in agriculture and approval of department head. (formerly AGRI 495B)
Student participation in research projects in the area of animal science.
Two to three hours per week per credit hour. Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing in agriculture and approval of department head. (formerly AGRI 495C)
This course introduces students to the fundamental tools of quantitative analysis in agribusiness. Topics include time value of money, economic indices, enterprise budgeting, farm records and accounts, loan structures, macroeconomic indicators, spreadsheet and database techniques, and other quantitative methods used in agriculture.
The principles and methods of marketing agricultural products and the institutions performing the various functions in the marketing of various commodities. Current trends and developments in the agricultural marketing process.
Fundamental principles for assimilation, organization, and analyses of farm records as applied to decision-making processes. Utilization of computers in farm records and accounting will be stressed.
Fundamental concepts of forward pricing. Introduction to forward contracting, the futures market, and options on agricultural futures. Emphasis is placed on forward pricing as a tool to reduce price risk.
Principles of agricultural finance emphasizing costs and returns from capital and credit, various types and sources of credit, development, characteristics and role of agricultural lending institutions.
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of “C” in AGRB 3005. (Formerly AGEC 310)
AGRB 3011 - Agricultural Price Analysis and Forecasting
3 cr.
Basic treatment of agricultural price analysis tools. Emphasis is placed on computer software and problem recognition. Course lectures concentrate on local commodities.
This course covers the basic techniques and principles of estimating fair market value and production value of rural estate committed to agricultural production. Data needs, methodologies, report writing, and appraisal ethics are covered in detail and related to rural land.
Principles and methods for critically analyzing environmental issues from an economic and policy perspective. Review of current environmental issues with emphasis on agriculture related topics.
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of “C” in AGRB 3010. (Formerly AGEC 421)
Managerial techniques applied to farm and agribusiness organizations, which include input-output relationships, enterprise combinations, and budget analysis. Emphasis will be placed upon typical decision-making problems encountered by farm and agribusiness managers.
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of “C” in AGRB 3010. (Formerly AGEC 423)
Effects of public policies on the food and agriculture sector, policy formation process, various domestic farm programs, and discussion on new farm bill. U.S. trade policies and factors affecting trade in farm products will be discussed.
Prerequisite(s): Minimum grade of “C” in AGRB 3007 and AGRB 3010. (Formerly AGEC 4061)
Designing and laying out conservation practices necessary to reduce erosion. Emphasis will be placed upon surveying, mapping, drainage, terracing, water impoundment and safe water movement.
Three hours lecture and two hours laboratory. Prerequisite(s): MATH 1011.
The nature, distribution, use, and conservation of important soil groups; the efficient use, control, and storage of water in humid and arid regions; water pollution and its control.
This course focuses on the basic characteristics of the air doctrine; U.S. Air Force mission and organization; functions of the U.S. strategic offensive and defensive, general purpose and support forces; officership; followership, military customs and courtesies, and an assessment of communicative skills.
A focus on U.S. Air Force installations and professions; introduction to flight; geographical awareness; U. S. defense policy; military balance; terrorism; and a study of the other branches of the Armed Services.
Study and practice of Air Force customs and courtesies, drill and ceremonies, and military commands. Grades of CR (credit) or NC (no credit) will be awarded. Must be taken in conjunction with AFAS 1001.
Origin of words and principles of their construction. Definitions of medical terms, diseases, syndromes, and application of terms in clinical practice are stressed. Overview of anatomy and physiology and application to each system is reviewed.
The study of the origin of and biogenetic heritage of humans; a survey of modern human racia variation; an introduction to archeological and prehistoric techniques of investigation regarding the changing physical form of humans.
An introduction to prehistoric archeology of the Middle East and nearby areas that figure prominently in the Judeo-Christian Old Testament. Temporal scope includes the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, and the Chalcolithic Periods.
Survey of the history and development of archeology as a science, its place in the sciences, and an overview of the important material remains of past human life and activities in selected areas of the world.
The archeological background of North America from Mexico to the Arctic Circle; progressive states of development of prehistoric North American cultures.
An in-depth view of the development of pre-Hispanic Mexican and Meso-American cultures and civilizations from Paleo-Indian times to the Spanish Conquest; an overview of the major archeological sites pertinent to these cultures.
A field course introducing the basic techniques of archeological mapping, excavation, cataloging, specimen preparation and preservation. A study of soils, physical stratigraphy, synecology, and techniques of artifact laboratory analysis.
May be repeated once for a maximum of 12 hours credit. (Same as GEOG 4023)
An overview of techniques applied in identification of human skeletal remains for the medicolegal professions, including assessment of age, sex, ancestry, trauma, and disease; occupational stress markers; procedures for search/recovery of human remains; and estimations of time since death.
ANTS 4022 - Latin America: Peoples and Institutions
3 cr.
Description of indigenous social organizations prior to conquest. Survey of community ethnographic studies of African, Amerind, Asiatic and European cultures in contemporary rural and urban Latin America.
Prerequisite(s): SOCL 3007 or approval of department head. (Same as SOCL 4022)
The relationship between pre-literate belief systems and social structure; myths of creation, life cycle crisis, rites of passage, purity and pollution, witchcraft and supernatural illness.
An analysis of different values that define appropriate masculine and feminine behavior (sex roles) in a variety of cultures. Explores the impact of social institutions on teaching and enforcing sex roles in traditional and modern societies.
Application of language skills in a foreign language environment. Student will be involved in a total immersion living situation and will receive a minimum of fifteen clock hours per week in formal language instruction.
May be repeated with permission of the department head.
Introduction to the religion of Islam and the intellectual and spiritual heritage of the Arabs. The early Arabs, the Revelation, theology, religious law, Sufism and modernist phenomena. Architectural, scientific, philosophical and literary developments.
Application of language skills in a foreign language environment. Students will be involved in a total immersion living situation and will receive a minimum of fifteen clock hours per week in a formal language instruction.
May be repeated with permission of the department head.Prerequisite(s): ARAB 2002 or permission of the department head.