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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog

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Last Updated | June 28, 2018, 1:14 pm

Effective Fall 2018, unless stated otherwise

Programs

New

Majors

Minors

Special Education Minor (non-certification)

Revised

Majors

Minors

Other

Post-Baccalaureate Program in Secondary Education

For a complete list of undergraduate programs, see Academic Programs .

Courses

New
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AD 401 - Advanced Portfolio I 3 hrs
AD 402 - Advanced Portfolio II 3 hrs
AD2D 301 - Drawing 3 hrs
AD2D 302 - Painting 3 hrs
AD2D 303 - Printmaking 3 hrs
AD2D 304 - Watercolor 3 hrs
AD2D 320 - 2D Methods and Materials 3 hrs
AD2D 321 - 2D Ideation 3 hrs
AD2D 331 - The Figure 3 hrs
AD3D 301 - Ceramics 3 hrs
AD3D 302 - Fibers 3 hrs
AD3D 303 - Furniture Design 3 hrs
AD3D 304 - Metalsmithing 3 hrs
AD3D 305 - Sculpture 3 hrs
AD3D 320 - Topics in 3D Media 3 hrs
AD3D 321 - Digital Fabrication: An Exploration in Making 3 hrs
ADGD 331 - Graphic Design Workshop 3 hrs
ADGD 333 - Motion Graphics 3 hrs
ADGD 334 - Design for Web and Interaction 3 hrs
ADPM 320 - Photo/New Media Workshop 3 hrs
AFC 245 - Slavery in the American Imagination 3 hrs
AFC 363 - Race and the Zombie 3 hrs
ARTS 107 - Oil Painting for Non-Majors [GEKA] 3 hrs
ARTS 108 - Furniture Design for Non-Majors 3 hrs
ARTS 111 - Sculpture for Non-Majors 3 hrs
B
BIO 112 - Introductory Biology I Lab, Small World [GEKN] 2 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 401 - Completing an Honors Thesis 2 hrs
BIO 418 - Plant Communities of Michigan 4 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 419 - Ecosystem Ecology 4 hrs
C
CLSC 204 - Clinical Lab Techniques Laboratory 1 hr
CNST 230 - Construction Management Computer Applications 3 hrs
CNST 312 - Statics and Strength of Materials 3 hrs
CRM 355 - Juvenile Justice Policy 3 hrs
CRM 356 - Schools & Crime 3 hrs
CTWE 202 - Disabled in the U.S.A. - Rights, Prejudice, Claims and Responsibilities 3 hrs
F
FIN 455 - Fixed Income 3 hrs
H
HIST 205 - American Immigration and Ethnic History 3 hrs
HIST 462 - The Atlantic World 3 hrs
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IDE 326 - Portfolio Development 3 hrs Winter 2018
IDE 390L4 - Internship in Interior Design [GELB] 1 hr Winter 2018
IS 210 - Excel for Business Applications 3 hrs
IT 145 - Task Automation for IT Admins 3 hrs
IT 219 - Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction 3 hrs
IT 221 - Web Server Administration and Development 3 hrs
IT 256 - Managing Virtualization and Cloud Computing 3 hrs
IT 367 - Application Server Administration 3 hrs
IT 375 - Wireless Networks Administration 3 hrs
IT 495 - Capstone 3 hrs
K
KORN 121L5 - Beginning Korean I [GEKH & GELB] 5 hrs
KORN 122L5 - Beginning Korean II [GEKH & GELB] 5 hrs
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LITR 203 - (Mis)fits: Literature and Disability 3 hrs
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MATH 225 - Differential Equations and Linear Algebra 4 hrs
MATH 450 - Mathematical Models for Financial Economics 3 hrs
MATH 473 - Long-Term Actuarial Modeling 3 hrs
MATH 476 - Short-Term Actuarial Modeling 3 hrs
P
PDD 409 - Mold Flow Analysis 3 hrs
PHIL 413 - Global Justice 3 hrs
PHIL 493W - Comparative Philosophy [GEWI] 3 hrs
PHIL 494 - Topics in Chinese Philosophy 3 hrs
PLSC 331 - State Politics 3 hrs
PLSC 350 - Seminar in Political Science 3 hrs
PLSC 363 - Politics and Sexual Minorities 3 hrs
PLSC 413 - Global Justice 3 hrs
S
SMGT 363 - Sport Risk Management 3 hrs
SPGN 360 - Teaching the Exceptional Learner in the Inclusive Classroom 3 hrs
SPGN 462 - Positive Behavioral Supports in School, Family, and Community 3 hrs
SWKE 423 - Advocacy for Social Justice 1 hr Summer 2018
SWKE 432 - Engaging Across Disabilities 2 hrs
SWKE 436 - Introduction to End-of-Life Care 3 hrs
SWKE 468 - Practice with Active Duty, Veterans & Military Families 2 hrs
SWRK 261 - Aging to Infancy: A Life Course Retrospective 3 hrs
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WGST 302 - Masculinities and Manhood 3 hrs
WGST 363 - Politics and Sexual Minorities 3 hrs
WGST 410 - Gender, Sexuality, and Disability 3 hrs
For a complete list of undergraduate courses, click here
Revised
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ACC 475 - Principles of International Accounting & Taxation 3 hrs
AD 121 - Two-Dimensional Design 3 hrs
AD 122 - Three-Dimensional Design 3 hrs
AD 123 - Foundations Drawing I 3 hrs
AD 126 - Foundations Drawing II 3 hrs
AD 127 - Foundations Digital Media 3 hrs Winter 2018
AD 300W - Studio Concepts [GEWI] 3 hrs
AD 400W - Capstone [GEWI] 3 hrs
AD2D 330 - Color 3 hrs
ADGD 301 - Introduction to Graphic Design 3 hrs
ADGD 321 - Typographic Systems 3 hrs
ADGD 322 - Image Making 3 hrs
ADGD 323 - Experimental Typography 3 hrs
ADGD 324 - Design Systems and Series 3 hrs
ADGD 332 - Poster Design 3 hrs
ADGD 335L4 - Graphic Design Practicum [GELB] 3 hrs
ADGD 401 - Advanced Graphic Design Studio I 3 hrs
ADGD 402 - Advanced Graphic Design Studio II 3 hrs
ADPM 301 - Digital Photography 3 hrs
ADPM 302 - Creative Coding 3 hrs
ADPM 303 - Analog Photography 3 hrs
ADPM 304 - Animation, Video, & Moving Image 3 hrs
ADPM 330 - Photographic Image Making 3 hrs
ADPM 331 - Lens Based Studio Lighting 3 hrs
ADPM 333 - Interactive Media 3 hrs
AFC 101 - Introduction to Africology and African American Studies [GEUS] 3 hrs
AFC 201 - Foundations of Knowledge in Africology and African American Studies 3 hrs
AFC 301 - Research Methods in Africology & African American Studies 3 hrs
AFC 302W - Writing for Africology & African American Studies [GEWI] 3 hrs
AFC 402L4 - Internship Seminar in Africology and African American Studies [GELB] 3 hrs
ANTH 497 - Independent Study 1 hr
ANTH 498 - Independent Study 2 hrs
ANTH 499 - Independent Study 3 hrs
ARTH 475 - Seminar in Art History 3 hrs
ARTS 105 - Photography for Non-Majors [GEKA] 3 hrs
ARTS 109 - Fibers for Non-Majors [GEKA] 3 hrs
ATM 302 - Fashion Manufacturing Techniques CAD I 3 hrs
ATM 390 - Virtual Retail and Merchandising 3 hrs
ATM 437 - Senior Portfolio 3 hrs
B
BIO 110 - Introductory Biology I [GEKN] 3 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 111 - Introductory Biology I Laboratory [GEKN] 2 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 120 - Introductory Biology II 3 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 121 - Introductory Biology II Laboratory 2 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 130 - Introduction to Botany [GEKN] 4 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 140 - Introduction to Zoology [GEKN] 4 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 226 - Global Ecology and the Environment 4 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 251 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 252 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 255 - Human Genetics 3 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 256 - The Biology of Cancer 3 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 259 - Biology of Aging 2 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 301 - Genetics 3 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 306W - Cell and Molecular Biology and Genetics Laboratory [GEWI] 4 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 311W - Laboratory in Ecology [GEWI] 4 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 315 - Evolution 3 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 326 - Human Physiology 4 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 328 - Microbiology for Health Professions 4 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 357 - Human Embryonic Development 3 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 358 - Germs, Plagues and Human Infections 3 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 369 - Biology of Sex and Gender 3 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 410 - Limnology 4 hrs
BIO 411 - Animal Physiological Ecology 4 hrs
BIO 412 - Biogeography 3 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 413 - Wetland Ecosystems 4 hrs
BIO 414 - Community Ecology 4 hrs
BIO 415 - Microbial Ecology 4 hrs
BIO 416 - Behavioral Ecology 4 hrs
BIO 433 - Marine Biology 4 hrs
BIO 447 - Scanning Electron Microscopy 4 hrs
BIO 455 - Plant Evolution and Classification 4 hrs
BIO 456 - Freshwater Algae 4 hrs
BIO 457 - Aquatic Plants 4 hrs
BIO 458 - Trees and Shrubs 4 hrs
BIO 459 - Mycology 4 hrs
BIO 460 - Plant Anatomy 4 hrs
BIO 461 - Plant Physiology 4 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 462 - Plant Biotechnology 4 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 472 - Parasitology 4 hrs
BIO 473 - Concepts in Animal Physiology 4 hrs
BIO 476 - Mammalian Histology 4 hrs
BIO 480 - Natural History of Invertebrates 4 hrs
BIO 481 - Natural History of Vertebrates 4 hrs
BIO 482 - Ichthyology 4 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 483 - Mammalogy 4 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 484 - Herpetology 4 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 485 - Ornithology 4 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 486 - Entomology 4 hrs Summer 2018
BIO 488 - Biology of Arachnids 4 hrs Summer 2018
BMMT 123 - Document Creation and Communication Production 2 hrs
BMMT 213 - Advanced Spreadsheet Applications 3 hrs
BMMT 220 - Advanced Document Creation, Collaboration and Communication 3 hrs Winter 2018
BMMT 371 - Methods of Teaching Business and Marketing Education 4 hrs
BMMT 395 - Workplace Training and Technology 3 hrs
C
CHEM 121 - General Chemistry I [GEKN] 3 hrs
CHEM 123 - General Chemistry II 3 hrs
CHEM 457 - Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design 3 hrs
CLSC 203 - Clinical Laboratory Techniques 2 hrs
CNST 302 - Contract Documents, Regulations, and Specifications 3 hrs
CNST 304 - Construction Estimating and Bidding 3 hrs
CNST 403 - Production Control 3 hrs
CNST 450 - Fundamentals of Construction Project Management 3 hrs
CTAA 169 - Eagle Radio 1 hr
CTAT 130 - Introduction to Digital Media 3 hrs
CTAT 141 - Digital Media Production for Non-Majors 3 hrs
CTAT 231 - Multitrack Sound Recording 3 hrs
CTAT 321 - Sound Design for Digital Media 3 hrs
CTAT 333 - Digital Movie Production I 3 hrs
CTAT 431 - Podcasting and Advanced Radio Production 3 hrs
CTAT 433 - Digital Movie Production II 3 hrs
CTAT 444W - Screenwriting [GEWI] 3 hrs
D
DS 317 - System Simulation 3 hrs
DS 367 - Business Statistics II 3 hrs
DS 465 - Applied Linear Statistical Models 3 hrs
E
ECON 416 - Time Series Analysis 3 hrs
EECE 212 - Engineering Circuit Analysis 3 hrs
ELEC 320 - Microcomputer Circuits 3 hrs
ESSC 355 - Geologic Field Methods Lab 1 hr
ESSC 356 - Field Geology 4 hrs
EXSC 431W - Pathophysiology [GEWI] 3 hrs
ESSC 448 - Hydrogeology 4 hrs
EXSC - Courses previously listed with prefix SPMD now listed as EXSC Summer 2018
EXSC 281 - Pharmacology 3 hrs Summer 2018
EXSC 300 - Exercise Physiology 4 hrs
EXSC 305 - Biomechanics 3 hrs
EXSC 325L4 - Practicum in Exercise Science [GELB] 2 hrs
EXSC 380W - Exercise and Sport Psychology [GEWI] 3 hrs
EXSC 410 - Exercise Testing 4 hrs Summer 2018
EXSC 432 - Exercise Programming and Prescription 3 hrs Summer 2018
EXSC 480L4 - Internship in Exercise Science [GELB] 8 hrs Summer 2018
F
FIN 350 - Principles of Finance 3 hrs
FIN 357 - Financial Markets and Institutions 3 hrs
FIN 358 - Financial Statement Analysis 3 hrs
I
IA 110 - Concepts of Network and Business Technology 3 hrs
IA 202L4 - Risk-Vulnerability Analysis [GELB] 3 hrs
IA 212 - Open Systems Platform and Network Administration 3 hrs
IA 400 - Malware Analysis and Reverse Engineering 3 hrs
IA 427 - Digital Forensics I 3 hrs
IA 455 - Incident Response 3 hrs
IA 473 - Network Forensics and Analytics 3 hrs
IA 495 - Capstone 3 hrs
IS 320 - Business Data Communications and Information Security 3 hrs
IS 350 - Enterprise Resource Planning and Architecture 3 hrs
IS 380 - Data and Information Management 3 hrs
IS 425 - IS Project and Risk Management 3 hrs
IS 427 - Business Process and Identity Management 3 hrs
IS 437 - Introduction to Business Information Technology Audit 3 hrs
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LEGA 202 - Disabled in the U.S.A. - Rights, Prejudice, Claims and Responsibilities 3 hrs
LEGL 396 - Electronically Stored Information and eDiscovery 3 hrs
LEGL 400 - Advanced Legal Writing, Research and Analysis III 3 hrs
LEGL 404 - Transactional Law 3 hrs
LEGL 416L4 - Paralegal Capstone [GELB] 3-6 hrs
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MKTG 470 - Marketing Research 3 hrs
MSL 101L1 - Introduction to the Army [GELB] 2 hrs
MSL 102L1 - Foundations of Agile and Adaptive Leadership [GELB] 2 hrs
MSL 201L1 - Leadership and Decision Making [GELB] 3 hrs
MSL 202L1 - Army Doctrine and Team Development [GELB] 3 hrs
MSL 301L1 - Training Management and the Warfighting Functions [GELB] 4 hrs
MSL 302L1 - Applied Leadership in Small Unit Operations [GELB] 4 hrs
MSL 401L1 - The Army Officer [GELB] 4 hrs
MSL 402L1 - Company Grade Leadership [GELB] 4 hrs
O
OM 374 - Introduction to Operations Management 3 hrs
P
PDD 122 - Engineering Graphics 3 hrs
PDD 212 - Molding Materials and Processes 3 hrs
PDD 216 - Concept Development 3 hrs
PDD 224 - Solid Modeling 3 hrs
PDD 309 - Molded Product Design 3 hrs
PDD 310 - Formed Product Design 3 hrs
PDD 331 - Product Data Management 3 hrs
PDD 350 - Prototyping 3 hrs
PDD 380 - Engineering Cost Estimating 3 hrs
PDD 432 - 3-D Modeling and Surfacing 3 hrs
PDD 433 - 3D Assembly Modeling 3 hrs
PDD 491 - CAD Capstone 3 hrs
PDD 492 - Product Realization Capstone 3 hrs
PHED 260 - Motor Development 3 hrs
PHIL 330W - Ancient Philosophy [GEWI] 3 hrs
PHIL 331W - Modern Philosophy [GEWI] 3 hrs
PHIL 332W - 19th Century Philosophy [GEWI] 3 hrs
PHY 100 - Physics for Elementary Teachers [GEKN] 3 hrs
S
SFCE - Courses previously listed with prefix SOFD now listed as SFCE
SPEI 240L4 - Pre-Clinical Experiences - Emotional Impairment [GELB] 3 hrs
SWKE 443 - Assessment Issues in Domestic Violence 3 hrs
U
URP 410L4 - Site Planning Studio [GELB] 4 hrs
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WGST 369 - Biology of Sex and Gender 3 hrs Summer 2018
WGST 400W - Capstone Seminar [GEWI] 3 hrs
WRTG 310W - Writing and Civic Literacy [GEWI] 3 hrs
WRTG 328W - Writing, Style and Technology [GEWI] 3 hrs
WRTG 354W - Critical Digital Literacies [GEWI] 3 hrs
WRTG 417W - Rhetoric and the Written Word [GEWI] 3 hrs
WRTG 424 - Technical Writing 3 hrs
WRTG 427 - Technical Editing 3 hrs
WRTG 428W - Writing Documentation, Usability, & User Experience Research [GEWI] 3 hrs
WRTG 444 - Writing for the World Wide Web 3 hrs
WRTG 484W - Seminar in Written Communications [GEWI] 3 hrs
For a complete list of undergraduate courses, click here

General Education

Writing Intensive
ATTR 300W - Athletic Training Observation [GEWI] 3 hrs
EXSC 431W - Pathophysiology [GEWI] 3 hrs
GEOG 333W - Unsettled Geographies [GEWI] 3 hrs
LITR 405W - Shakespeare [GEWI] 3 hrs
LITR 422W - Studies in the Novel in Global Perspective [GEWI] 3 hrs Winter 2018
LITR 480W - Studies in Literature and Culture [GEWI] 3 hrs
NURS 300W - Reading and Writing in Nursing Studies [GEWI] 3 hrs
PHIL 493W - Comparative Philosophy [GEWI] 3 hrs
TSLN 325W - Second Language Acquisition [GEWI] 3 hrs
WRTG 417W - Rhetoric and the Written Word [GEWI] 3 hrs
WRTG 428W - Writing Documentation, Usability, & User Experience Research [GEWI] 3 hrs
Quantitative Reasoning
BMMT 250 - Personal Finance [GEQR] 3 hrs
Perspectives on a Diverse World
Global Awareness [GEGA]
AFC 211 - Caribbean Cultural Production in Context [GEGA] 3 hrs
For a complete list of courses in this category, see Perspectives on a Diverse World .
Knowledge of the Disciplines
ARTS [GEKA]
ARTS 107 - Oil Painting for Non-Majors [GEKA] 3 hrs
ARTS 109 - Fibers for Non-Majors [GEKA] 3 hrs
CTAR 116 - Musical Theatre Dance I [GEKA] 3 hrs
DANC 116 - Musical Theatre Dance I [GEKA] 3 hrs
Humanities [GEKH]
JPNE 111 - Introduction to Japanese Language and Culture [GEGA] 3 hrs
PHIL 292 - Philosophy of Buddhism [GEKH] 3 hrs
RLST 275 - Gender, Sexuality, and Religion in the U.S. [GEUS or GEKH] 3 hrs
WGST 275 - Gender, Sexuality, and Religion in the U.S. [GEUS or GEKH] 3 hrs
Natural Sciences [GEKN]
BIO 112 - Introductory Biology I Lab, Small World [GEKN] 2 hrs
BIO 130 - Introduction to Botany [GEKN] 4 hrs
BIO 140 - Introduction to Zoology [GEKN] 4 hrs
For a complete list of courses in this category, see Knowledge of the Disciplines .