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Term: Fall 2024

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CHM 300W - Scientific Writing: Introduces the genres of scientific writing, emphasizing writing skills used in scientific research. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
PHO 310W - Writing For Photography: Written analysis, research, reflection, and criticism of various contemporary photography figures and issues. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ENG 302W - Technical Writing: Instruction and experience in preparing job application materials and workplace documents, such as business letters, memos, emails, analyses, instructions, proposals, and reports. Additional emphasis in document design and visual rhetoric. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ENG 370W - Intermediate Fiction Writing: Fiction writing in a workshop setting that focuses on the composition and revision of student stories. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
CMF 328W - Media Development Writing: Writing skills and techniques for use in the entertainment industry. Coverage, pitching, project proposals, and other genres of writing included. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ENG 372W - Intermediate Creative Nonfiction Writing: Creative nonfiction in a workshop setting that focuses on the composition and revision of student essays. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
PR 372W - Public Relations Writing: Writing for all media, including public service announcements, brochures, news releases, and newsletters; techniques for working with mass media and the public. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
CMF 330W - Writing Media Criticism: Writing, editing and revising critiques of various popular media forms including film, television, popular music, and new media. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
SPA 304W - Spanish Communication Through Writing: Intermediate level course stressing clarity and accuracy of written expression through grammar review and practice. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ARE 330W - Critiquing And Writing About Art: Examines concepts and processes involved in critiquing and writing about art. Involves writing about and discussing art, inquiry, and context. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Contains an assessment that must be passed to student teach. Letter grade only.
BIO 365W - Writing In The Biological Sciences: This course provides students with practice in biological writing for both technical and non-technical audiences, with the goal of fostering development of effective communication of scientific information by majors in the biological sciences. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
PHI 310WH - Philosophy Writing Seminar - Honors: This course rotates topics within Philosophy. It introduces techniques used in advanced philosophical writing. Also, this course provides an opportunity for career preparation and professional development. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of course credit with different topics.
PHI 310W - Philosophy Writing Seminar: This course rotates topics within Philosophy. It introduces techniques used in advanced philosophical writing. Also, this course provides an opportunity for career preparation and professional development. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of course credit with different topics.
SPA 304WH - Spanish Communication Through Writing - Honors: Intermediate level course stressing clarity and accuracy of written expression through grammar review and practice This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ENG 302WH - Technical Writing - Honors: Instruction and experience in preparing job application materials and workplace documents, such as business letters, memos, emails, analyses, instructions, proposals, and reports. Additional emphasis in document design and visual rhetoric. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
CCS 350W - Words At Work: Researching And Writing About Culture: This seminar focuses on academic writing and effective oral communication skills through interdisciplinary engagement with various modes of cultural production. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ENG 370WH - Intermediate Fiction Writing - Honors: Fiction writing in a workshop setting that focuses on the composition and revision of student stories. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
CMF 328WH - Media Development Writing - Honors: Writing skills and techniques for use in the entertainment industry. Coverage, pitching, project proposals, and other genres of writing included. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ENG 305WH - Writing In Disciplinary Communities - Honors: Assists with writing expectations and performances required in specific majors; all assignments, strategies, and theories attend to the specific genres and conventions of academic disciplines and departments. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
PSY 303W - Writing In The Psychological Sciences: This course introduces writing techniques used in psychological research such as effectively integrating logical reasoning and empirical evidence and opportunities for career preparation and professional development. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
CMF 330WH - Writing Media Criticism - Honors: Writing, editing and revising critiques of various popular media forms including film, television, popular music, and new media. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
PR 372WH - Public Relations Writing - Honors: Writing for all media, including public service announcements, brochures, news releases, and newsletters; techniques for working with mass media and the public. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ENG 372WH - Intermediate Creative Nonfiction Writing - Honors: Creative nonfiction in a workshop setting that focuses on the composition and revision of student essays. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
BIO 365WH - Writing In The Biological Sciences - Honors: This course provides students with practice in biological writing for both technical and non-technical audiences, with the goal of fostering development of effective communication of scientific information by majors in the biological sciences. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
CCS 350WH - Words At Work: Researching And Writing About Culture - Honors: This seminar focuses on academic writing and effective oral communication skills through interdisciplinary engagement with various modes of cultural production. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
BUS 350W - Interdisciplinary Foundations And Writing: In BUS 350W, students learn skills essential to interdisciplinary inquiry and writing. Students in this course will study a contemporary, interdisciplinary topic, and use the perspectives of their two minors to analyze that topic. Students will develop the interdisciplinary writing skills to construct written arguments with relevant evidence that are tailored to particular audiences. The course provides opportunities to gain core research skills in interdisciplinary inquiry, specifically in conducting multidisciplinary academic literature searches and identifying research findings and arguments. Students also have an opportunity to begin building a career portfolio. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
GLG 350W - Intermediate Field Geology And Report Writing: Intermediate field methods, critical reading, and effective written and oral communication centered on the observation and interpretation of geology and geologic history. Emphasizes collecting and conveying scientific data proficiently in written and graphical form. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. 2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
GER 304W - Intermediate Grammar And Composition: Intensive practice in writing German. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
HA 315W - Hospitality Leadership And Ethics: A junior-level writing-intensive course that gives a theoretical and practical overview of leadership, ethical, and communication processes characteristic of the hospitality industry. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ENG 310W - Topics In Academic And Public Writing For Diverse Communities: This course focuses on language and literacy practices in diverse communities, with an emphasis on rhetorical principles that guide traditional and digital documents. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit.
FRE 304WH - Intermediate French Composition - Honors: Continuation of FRE 303. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
FRE 304W - Intermediate French Composition: Continuation of FRE 303. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
CTE 340W - Research And Development In Career And Technology Education: Examines principles and concepts of writing and research in career and technical education. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ENG 366WH - Film As Literature - Honors: Literary and rhetorical devices such as theme, symbolism, characterization, and structure in films from world film literature. This course fulfills NAU's junior- level writing requirement. These courses are designated with a W at the end of the course number. Junior level writing courses engage students in the writing process within the context of a discipline or profession. Letter grade only.
ENG 366W - Film As Literature: Literary and rhetorical devices such as theme, symbolism, characterization, and structure in films from world film literature. This course fulfills NAU's junior- level writing requirement. These courses are designated with a W at the end of the course number. Junior level writing courses engage students in the writing process within the context of a discipline or profession. Letter grade only.
ANT 359W - Proseminar In Archaeology: Method and theory in archaeology; lab experience with major materials classes. Required for major. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ANT 309W - Cultural Anthropology: Surveys the major theoretical, methodological, and empirical foundations of cultural anthropology. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ANT 309WH - Cultural Anthropology - Honors: Surveys the major theoretical, methodological, and empirical foundations of cultural anthropology. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ENG 360W - Literary Criticism: Practice in techniques of literary analysis and the production of critical commentary. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ENG 360WH - Literary Criticism - Honors: Practice in techniques of literary analysis and the production of critical commentary. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
PSY 302W - Research Methods In Psychology: Introduces scientific methodologies as used in psychological research including projects in conducting research. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
PSY 302WH - Research Methods In Psychology - Honors: Introduces scientific methodologies as used in psychological research including projects in conducting research. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
TH 341WH - History Of The Theatre II - Honors: Theory and development of global theatre and drama from 1650 to 1945. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
TH 341W - History Of The Theatre II: Theory and development of global theatre and drama from 1650 to 1945. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ADV 311W - Creative Advertising Strategies: Developing and implementing advertising strategies as they relate to executing a marketing plan. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
MER 300WH - Promotional Communication - Honors: Planning, producing, and evaluating written, visual, and oral presentations for the communication and merchandising professional. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
MER 300W - Promotional Communication: Planning, producing, and evaluating written, visual, and oral presentations for the communication and merchandising professional. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
CM 302W - Communication Skills For Project Managers: Instruction in the writing expectations of a professional project manager. Proposals, letters, analysis, reports, technical reporting, notifications, and legal of requirements of written documentation. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
EGR 386WH - Engineering Design: The Methods - Honors: Methods of engineering design, including project planning and management, effective interdisciplinary team skills, professional writing, oral communication skills, and professional ethics. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ENG 346W - Literature Of The Southwest: Intensive study of the historical, cultural, and artistic elements that characterize the literature of the Southwest. This course engages students in the writing process within the context of a discipline or profession. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ENV 301W - Topics In Environmental Studies: Intensive writing projects and discussion in subject areas within Environmental Studies. Course content varies. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
NAV 304W - Intermediate Reading And Composition: Emphasizes developing competency in descriptive and narrative writing and reading. Stresses clarity and accuracy of written expression through grammar review and practice. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
EE 386W - Engineering Design: The Methods: Application of statistics, economics, and modeling in the engineering design process. Team activities, ethics, contemporary issues, writing and oral communications. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
MGT 350IWH - Integrated Business Seminar - Business Communication - Honors: Written and oral communication in organizations. Emphasizes writing business reports and other business communication. Equivalent to BA/MGT 350W but integrated with management and marketing. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
EGR 386W - Engineering Design: The Methods: Methods of engineering design, including project planning and management, effective interdisciplinary team skills, professional writing, oral communication skills, and professional ethics. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ENV 301WH - Topics In Environmental Studies - Honors: Intensive writing projects and discussion in subject areas within Environmental Studies. Course content varies. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
PADM 302W - Public Sector Communication: This course examines the role of communication in the public sector and explores strategies to help public managers communicate and write effectively. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
MGT 350IW - Integrated Business Seminar - Business Communication: Written and oral communication in organizations. Emphasizes writing business reports and other business communication. Equivalent to BA/MGT 350W but integrated with management and marketing. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
JPN 304WH - Intermediate Stylistics And Oral Expression In Japanese - Honors: JPN 304WH is an intermediate-level, writing intensive, course in which you will develop your writing, reading, speaking and listening skills, provided you prepare thoroughly outside of class and take an active part in class. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
JPN 304W - Intermediate Stylistics And Oral Expression In Japanese: JPN 304W is an intermediate-level, writing intensive, course in which you will develop your writing, reading, speaking and listening skills, provided you prepare thoroughly outside of class and take an active part in class. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
AIS 301W - Communication Skills For Applied Indigenous Studies: This is the required junior-level writing course for AIS students. It assists students with developing the communication skills needed by professionals working in indigenous communities and organizations. Students will develop skills in writing any of the following: policy, business plans, environmental impact statements, research reports, grants, and other documents as required. They will also develop oral and non-verbal communication skills which will focus on culturally sensitive communication. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
CCJ 345W - Investigating Difference: Explores the development and effects of categories of difference and inequality on patterns of crime and victimization, and the meaning and practice of justice. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
FOR 323W - Forest Management I: Studies techniques and skills needed to manage complex forested ecosystems for the generation of goods and services. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
MUS 330W - Topics In Music Literature: In-depth study of various genres in the Western classical music tradition including symphonic, chamber music, and choral literature. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only. May be repeated for credit.
CCJ 345WH - Investigating Difference - Honors: Explores the development and effects of categories of difference and inequality on patterns of crime and victimization, and the meaning and practice of justice. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
DH 373W - Community Health Assessment And Program Planning: Dental public health, oral epidemiology, and prevention and control of oral disease through community interventions. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ENG 364W - Topics In Popular Literature: Nature, appeal, and social function of selected works of popular literature. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only. May be repeated, with different topics, for up to 6 units of credit.
ENG 364WH - Topics In Popular Literature - Honors: Nature, appeal, and social function of selected works of popular literature. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only. May be repeated, with different topics, for up to 6 units of credit.
ENV 385W - Energy, Resources And Policy: Origins and exploitation of energy and mineral resources, and the policies that control how we obtain and use them. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. 3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
ENV 385WH - Energy, Resources And Policy - Honors: Origins and exploitation of energy and mineral resources, and the policies that control how we obtain and use them. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. 3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
HS 390W - Current Health Issues: In-depth study of selected contemporary health problems; examines contributing social, psychological, physical, legal, and cultural factors. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
PRM 346W - Outdoor Recreation: A contemporary study of outdoor recreation concepts and trends related to activities, experiences, resource protection, management, and education. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
PRM 346WH - Outdoor Recreation - Honors: A contemporary study of outdoor recreation concepts and trends related to activities, experiences, resource protection, management, and education. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
NAUY 300W - Dynamic Organizations: Explores organizational dynamics, emphasizing factors contributing to extraordinary success. Incorporates theoretical perspectives and case studies. Department consent required. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ID 326W - Interior Codes And Regulations: Codes and regulations related to interior design, with emphasis on building, life safety, and barrier-free regulations. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
CST 300W - Communication Criticism: Examines methods of analyzing and evaluating public discourse, including rhetorical, media, and/or cultural criticism. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
GSP 375W - Geographic Thought And Practice: Emphasizes research methods and writing skills appropriate for geography, as well as introducing students to the history and philosophy of geography as a discipline. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level requirement. Letter grade only.
SW 320W - Social Policy And Legislation: Historical development of social policy and legislation within the context of social and economic justice. Impact on social services. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
MUS 330WH - Topics In Music Literature - Honors: In-depth study of various genres in the Western classical music tradition including symphonic, chamber music, and choral literature. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only. May be repeated for credit.
CSD 300W - Diversity, Equity And Inclusion In Speech-language Pathology: In this course, students will develop an understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion as it relates to working as speech-language pathologists. Students will effectively communicate understanding of this topic in writing through the application of the American Psychological Association (APA) format, 7th edition. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
EGR 333W - Technology And Society: Exploration of issues that deal with the societal and ethical implications of widespread use of computers and electronic technology. Topics include professional ethics, lifelong learning, career development, research, teaming, writing, and oral communication. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ENG 301W - Language And Literacy: Methodology course for secondary English BSED students. Theoretical and practical issues concerning the integration of reading and writing in English language pedagogy. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only. Recommended: ENG 300.
HIS 300WH - Topics In History - Honors: Covers various regional and thematic topics in the history of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Also includes specific instruction in historical writing. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. It may not be used to fulfill other 300-level course requirements for the History degrees. Letter grade only.
PHI 348W - Topics In Philosophy, Politics And Law: This course rotates topics within Politics, Philosophy and Law. It introduces techniques used in advanced philosophical writing. Also, this course provides an opportunity for career preparation and professional development. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of course credit with different topics.
POS 301W - Topics In Political Science: Analyzes contemporary issues in national and international politics, incorporating extensive writing skill instruction. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit with different content.
POS 301WH - Topics In Political Science - Honors: Analyzes contemporary issues in national and international politics, incorporating extensive writing skill instruction. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit with different content.
BBA 305W - Effective Business Communications: Written and oral communication in organizations. Emphasis on writing letters, memos, and reports; speaking and listening skills; nonverbal communication; communication theory; precise word usage; common communication pitfalls; interpersonal communication and human relation skills; and cross-cultural communication. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
BSC 326LW - Ecology Lab: Scientific analysis of plant and animal interactions within ecosystems, including community dynamics, ecological processes, and biotic inventories in the natural environment. In addition to specific skills, this course will emphasize effective writing, an essential skill in the biological sciences. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
MGT 350W - Business Communication: Written and oral communication in organizations. Emphasizes writing letters, memos, and reports; speaking and listening skills; communication theory; precise word use; common pitfalls, interpersonal skills; human relation skills; and cross-cultural communication. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
PHY 333W - Advanced Lab: Advanced lab problems and associated writing techniques in physics. Involves acquiring and analyzing experimental data and submitting journal reports based on the results. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit.
SPA 312W - Spanish Composition For Native Speakers: Family and community Spanish skills are expanded through exposure to local and standard world Spanish in various informal and formal contexts. Emphasizes development of reading and writing skills. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
SPA 312WH - Spanish Composition For Native Speakers - Honors: Family and community Spanish skills are expanded through exposure to local and standard world Spanish in various informal and formal contexts. Emphasizes development of reading and writing skills. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
HIS 300W - Topics In History: Covers various regional and thematic topics in the history of Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Also includes specific instruction in historical writing. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. It may not be used to fulfill other 300-level course requirements for the History degrees. Letter grade only.
JUS 350W - Research Methods In Criminal Justice: This course introduces concepts and theories used in criminal justice research, and requires students to develop and improve writing skills through the analysis of data collection methods and research results. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
MGT 350WH - Business Communication - Honors: Written and oral communication in organizations. Emphasizes writing letters, memos, and reports; speaking and listening skills; communication theory; precise word use; common pitfalls, interpersonal skills; human relation skills; and cross-cultural communication. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
CHI 304W - Intermediate Stylistics & Oral Expression In Chinese (Mandarin): CHI 304W is an intermediate-level writing intensive course in which students will develop writing, reading, speaking and listening skills in Mandarin Chinese, with thorough outside-of-class preparation and active in-class participation required. CHI 304W intends to help students learn to use Chinese written vocabulary in formal settings and speeches, and to become proficient in writing and speaking using the target language. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
EDF 301W - School And Society: Studies social, historical, and political contexts of education in a multicultural, democratic society. Emphasizes intellectual traditions grounded in a spirited critical debate over the political, economic, and moral center of educational practice.This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
EDF 301WH - School And Society - Honors: Studies social, historical, and political contexts of education in a multicultural, democratic society. Emphasizes intellectual traditions grounded in a spirited critical debate over the political, economic, and moral center of educational practice. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
NUR 390W - Research & Evidence-based Practice: Focuses on the research process as it relates to interprofessional health care. Emphasizes developing abilities to search, interpret research reports and consider research evidence for application in nursing practice. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
NUR 390WH - Research & Evidence-based Practice - Honors: Focuses on the research process as it relates to interprofessional health care. Emphasizes developing abilities to search, interpret research reports and consider research evidence for application in nursing practice. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
PHI 345WH - Moral Foundations Of Property And Markets - Honors: Reading and critical analysis of texts dealing with the fundamental elements of market economies, including property, freedom, efficiency, distributive justice, public goods, and moral hazard among others. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
PHI 345W - Moral Foundations Of Property And Markets: Reading and critical analysis of texts dealing with the fundamental elements of market economies, including property, freedom, efficiency, distributive justice, public goods, and moral hazard among others. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
EDU 301W - School And Society: Studies social, historical, and political contexts of education in a multicultural, democratic society. Emphasizes intellectual traditions grounded in a spirited critical debate over the political, economic, and moral center of educational practice. This course fulfills NAU-Yuma's junior-level writing requirement. Available only at the NAU-Yuma Branch campusLetter grade only.
JLS 335WH - Environmental Reporting Topics - Honors: Students learn the techniques, research, and function of investigative and feature storytelling as they work on environmental reporting projects. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit with different topics.
JLS 328W - Place-based Reporting Topics: Students learn the techniques, research, and function of investigative and feature storytelling as they work on larger reporting projects. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only. May be taken for up to 9 units of credit with different topics.
JLS 335W - Environmental Reporting Topics: Students learn the techniques, research, and function of investigative and feature storytelling as they work on environmental reporting projects. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit with different topics.
JLS 328WH - Place-based Reporting Topics - Honors: Students learn the techniques, research, and function of investigative and feature storytelling as they work on larger reporting projects. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only. May be taken for up to 9 units of credit with different topics.
SOC 355W - Research Methods: Examines inductive and deductive approaches to scientific inquiry. Exercises in hypothesis construction and testing, research design, collection and analysis of social data, and written presentation of research results. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
FRE 309W - French For Science And Engineering Professions: This course will introduce the students to the basics of reading and writing scientific texts in French. Students will learn fundamental vocabulary for their scientific field, as well as conventions of scientific writing in French. Students will also learn basic professional communication as well as social concerns related to science and engineering professions. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ME 386W - Engineering Design: The Methods: This course explores the methods of engineering design, including project planning and management, effective multi-disciplinary team skills, professional and effective technical writing, oral communication skills, and professional ethics. A major focus of the course is to learn and apply principles of effective technical writing to produce clear, concise, grammatically correct, well-organized, well-written documents: memos, proposals, and reports. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
FRE 309WH - French For Science And Engineering Professions - Honors: This course will introduce the students to the basics of reading and writing scientific texts in French. Students will learn fundamental vocabulary for their scientific field, as well as conventions of scientific writing in French. Students will also learn basic professional communication as well as social concerns related to science and engineering professions. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
PE 365W - Physical Education For Special Populations: Students will apply instructional design strategies and develop lesson plans that include modifications and accommodations for students with exceptionalities. Assignments and field activities will be based around assessment, planning and implementation of unified sports and adaptive physical education to ensure students learn and experience current concepts and trends in inclusive physical activity and sport. This course also meets requirements for a Junior Level Writing course. Students will research and interpret laws and historical context around the fourteen disability categories recognized in Arizona. Students will also apply disability specific definitions, etiology, prevalence, behaviors, and teaching strategies to enhance inclusive environments for children with exceptionalities in a PreK-12th grade school setting. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
NTS 325W - Nutrition Research And Communication: In-depth study of current research methods and communication as it relates to nutrition and foods. Students will learn to identify research designs, samples and analysis plans, and types of instruments commonly used in nutrition research. Students will also learn to tailor communications for diverse audiences across a range of media. his course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
IMG 333W - Diversity, Equality And Inclusion In Games: Overview of the physical, psychological, cultural, and psychosocial aspects of disability and how they impact gameplay. Discusses implications for universal and accessible game design. Includes hands-on learning, game playtests, surveys of current literature, peer critique, and an individual semester-long project. In this project, students develop a catalog of speculative designs for playful and inclusive technology and envision potential impacts on society. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
PSY 304W - Advanced Research Methods In Psychology: This course will further your understanding of research principles in psychological science that were introduced in PSY 290 (Research Methods in Psychology), with an emphasis on learning about, evaluating, and applying the methods and techniques used to conduct and report psychological research. You will review basic research methods before covering advanced topics in research design, methodology, measurement, and statistical analysis. Goals of this course include: (1) honing written communication skills, and (2) refining scientific inquiry and critical thinking skills in the field of psychology. This junior-level writing course is aligned with the second (Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking) and fourth (Communication) learning goals of the BS in Psychological Sciences. This course emphasizes the essential skill of effective writing through its principal assignment, a group research project that results in a professional poster and oral presentation, and individually written APA style research paper. The individual research paper reinforces basic written communication skills and the development of scientific writing skills within the discipline of psychology. The paper is written in sequential sections (abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion, tables/figures, references, appendices) and students receive feedback on and revise each section of the paper. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
CENE 386WH - Engineering Design: The Methods - Honors: This course builds upon the engineering design analysis learned in CENE 286. Design methods will be studied through the application of the hydraulics principles learned in CENE 333. These methods include hands-on experience in solving design problems involving hydraulic concepts and their applications using instrumentation, lab work, field work, and software analysis. Course content also includes professional ethics, engineering economics, and documentation using various technical writing methods and tools. 2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. This course is required for civil engineering and environmental engineering majors. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
CENE 386W - Engineering Design: The Methods: This course builds upon the engineering design analysis learned in CENE 286. Design methods will be studied through the application of the hydraulics principles learned in CENE 333. These methods include hands-on experience in solving design problems involving hydraulic concepts and their applications using instrumentation, lab work, field work, and software analysis. Course content also includes professional ethics, engineering economics, and documentation using various technical writing methods and tools. 2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. This course is required for civil engineering and environmental engineering majors. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
GSP 305W - Community Planning Preparation: This course focuses on extensive research and writing skills essential for students within the geographic sciences or community planning programs. It is dominantly project-based, and students will be presented with a variety of topics and issues that focus on research methods, theoretical perspectives, and applicable case studies. The readings and topics discussed in class will be applied to your problem-based term projects. Issues central to the study of geography and community planning will be discussed. Students will be creating a Comprehensive Plan or Neighborhood Plan for a local jurisdiction. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
TSM 303W - Knowing And Learning In Science And Science Teaching: This course examines what it means to know and learn science. The course expands prospective teachers' understanding of current theories of learning through examining their own assumptions about learning as well as the needs of a diverse student population. This understanding is then applied to knowing and learning in science. In addition, students explore A Framework for K-12 Science Education and examine the ways in which the Framework informs and impacts science teaching and learning. Additionally, the course engages students in investigating and enacting effective instructional techniques aligned with modern learning theories and the Framework in order to be responsive to the needs of students in middle and high school science classrooms. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
AST 333W - Laboratory Techniques In Astronomy And Planetary Science: The fields of astronomy and planetary science are rooted in data acquisition, analysis, interpretation, and presenting results through scientific and technical writing. This course is designed to provide students with a strong foundation in all of these critically important areas. Students will design research projects, acquire data using field-specific scientific equipment, analyze and interpret these data using a variety of analytical techniques, and produce written reports to clearly disseminate their results. Techniques include sample preparation, machining and 3D printing, and various spectroscopic and modeling approaches. These student-led research projects will teach students the importance of clear communication, teamwork, collaborative research efforts, and revision of written work. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit.
LEA 300W - Requisites For Effective Leadership Communication: It comes as no surprise to any of us that communication amongst friends, family and colleagues has changed in the past twenty or so years. We are growing up in the information age, where we are less inclined to communicate face to face, but rather through more expedient means such as technological and mobile devices. Imagine going into your leader's office and receiving a document full of red marks and asking yourself, what happened, only to learn that the information on the paper was to be sent off to the executive leadership group. And all of this because you truly didn't understand or seek to understand the audience for which the communication was for. This course, Requisites for Effective Leadership Communication, is designed to provide students with ample opportunity to develop a set of writing skills that are of greatest importance in working in and leading organizations. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ENGL 306W - Writing Across The Disciplines: This course helps reinforce university-level writing expectations. In this course, students will engage with the writing process through rhetorical strategies that are specific to the university disciplines. The focus is developing writing that will meet the performance expectations of upper-level university courses. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
FOR 352W - Fire Monitoring And Measurements: This course serves as a crucial component to comprehensive learning in fire-adapted ecosystems. It is designed to equip students with fundamental knowledge and practical skills essential for measuring and monitoring fire-adapted ecosystems and resources. The course delivers insights into basic forest measurement skills and practical applications of statistical concepts, crucial components of a successful monitoring program, and an extensive understanding of fire monitoring conventions and protocols commonly utilized by land managers. The articulated structure and content of this course enable students to gain familiarity and competence in facilitating a broader understanding and appreciation of the diverse, fire-adapted ecosystems, thereby contributing substantially to their academic and professional development in applied wildland fire science. By the completion of this course, students will not only attain theoretical acumen but also pragmatic proficiency in measuring and monitoring fire-adapted ecosystems, preparing them effectively for advanced studies and diverse career paths in wildland fire and related fields. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
CCSU 351W - Interdisciplinary Research And Writing: This course couples academic writing and effective communication with the interdisciplinary analysis of a variety of cultural and artistic artifacts. The main goal is to produce good academic writing through analysis, interpretation, and evaluation in the humanities. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ENG 313W - Topics In Literacy, Language And Diversity: Focuses on theories and practices of text and digital literacies as influenced by political, social, cultural, and historical situations. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit.
MUP 380 - Junior Recital: Open to music majors (MBUS, BMED) currently enrolled in upper-division private lessons. Department consent required. Pass/Fail only. May be repeated for a maximum of 4 units.
ENG 305W - Writing In Disciplinary Communities: Assists with writing expectations and performances required in specific majors; all assignments, strategies, and theories attend to the specific genres and conventions of academic disciplines and departments. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ENG 74X - Intensive English For Academic Purposes - Level Four: Level 4 is academic English, and students acquire knowledge and demonstrate language abilities for academic purposes. This level provides students opportunities to engage with adapted academic reading, writing, listening and speaking. Students respond critically to academic texts while developing their vocabulary knowledge. Students in level 4 take classes in reading, writing, listening, speaking, and content-based instruction. This course is developmental in nature and does not count toward a student's GPA or graduation requirements. May be repeated up to 3 times.
ENG 73X - Intensive English For Academic Purposes - Level Three: Level 3 is an introduction to academic English. Students acquire and demonstrate knowledge and language abilities for academic purposes with significant support. At this level, students process simplified academic input in order to produce spoken and written texts. Students in level 3 take classes in reading, writing, listening, speaking, and content-based instruction. This course is developmental in nature and does not count toward a student's GPA or graduation requirements. May be repeated up to 3 times.
ENG 85X - Semi-intensive English For Academic Purposes - Level Five: Level 5 is English for university preparedness. Students become fluent in listening to academic lectures. They learn to apply reading strategies in order to successfully comprehend and discuss academic texts. Students at this level study a wide-range of academic vocabulary and apply it in written and spoken contexts. Students in level 5 take classes in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. This course is developmental in nature and does not count toward a student's GPA or graduation requirements. May be repeated up to 3 times.
ENG 72X - Intensive English For Academic Purposes - Level Two: Level 2 is general English and students use their language knowledge and ability to go beyond simple exchanges of information into the realm of elaboration. At this level, students process information in order to produce longer spoken and written texts, and also develop their ability to sustain reading and conversation. Students in level 2 take classes in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. This course is developmental in nature and does not count toward a student's GPA or graduation requirements. May be repeated up to 3 times.
ENG 87X - Semi-intensive English For Academic Purposes - Level Seven: Level 7 is Advanced English for University preparedness. Students listen to authentic academic passages and lectures. They read academic texts in order to learn and use academic vocabulary and complex grammatical structures to complete both academic written and spoken tasks. Students in level 6 take classes in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. This course is developmental in nature and does not count toward a student's GPA or graduation requirements. May be repeated up to 3 times.
ENG 86X - Semi-intensive English For Academic Purposes - Level Six: Level 6 is advanced English for university preparedness. Students listen to authentic academic passages and lectures. They read academic texts in order to learn and use academic vocabulary and complex grammatical structures to complete both academic written and spoken tasks. Students in level 6 take classes in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. This course is developmental in nature and does not count toward a student's GPA or graduation requirements. May be repeated up to 3 times.
ENG 89X - Semi-intensive English For Academic Purposes - Level Nine: Level 9 is English for Academic Purposes for Graduate Students. Students listen to authentic academic passages and lectures. They read academic texts, scholarly articles, in order to learn and use academic vocabulary and complex grammatical structures to complete both academic written and spoken tasks encountered in graduate studies. Students in level 6 take classes in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. This course is developmental in nature and does not count toward a student's GPA or graduation requirements. May be repeated up to 3 times.
ENG 526 - Advanced Professional Writing: Techniques and standards for advanced research and writing, as practiced in business, industry, government, and academic settings. By the end of the course, students will be able to design and carry out research projects, data gathering and analysis, and writing of final studies at a publishable level. Letter grade only.
ECI 724 - Collaborative Writing Groups For Doctoral Students: This course supports doctoral students in developing academic writing skills necessary to become successful in writing and publishing academic pieces. The course will focus on academic writing tools and on working in writing groups. A variety of texts related to academic writing strategies will be read and used. On alternate weeks, students work within a writing group (one to which they already belong, or as a group formed through this course) to provide feedback on writing and practice strategies from class. All doctoral students at any level in their program are welcome to take this course. Letter grade only.
OTD 708 - Fieldwork Level II: The goal of Level II fieldwork is to develop as a competent, entry-level, generalist occupational therapist. This fieldwork is a 24 week, full time, in-depth experience in delivering occupational therapy services to clients through engaging purposeful and meaningful occupation, research, and administrative activities. The student will see a variety of clients across the lifespan in a variety of settings. Students must have completed all health and background requirements. Pass/Fail only. May be repeated for up to 24 units of credit.
ECI 659 - Instructional Problems In Junior Highs And Middle Schools: Role of junior high and middle school in American education. Instructional problems, philosophy, functions, curriculum, guidance, activities, personnel, and administration of junior high or middle school. Letter grade only.
PRM 225 - Avalanche Training Level-one: In alignment with American Avalanche Association's Recreation Avalanche Level-One guidelines, the course is designed to give participants practical introduction to avalanches as phenomena and begin development of skills to recognize key conditions and factors responsible for avalanche occurrence. Additionally, participants are coached in the application of strategies for prudent decision-making and techniques for travel in avalanche terrain that could thereby assist in minimizing risk. Required 2-day minimum field component. Pass/Fail only.
PHI 332H - Health Care Ethics - Honors: Moral examination of topics in bioethics, such as abortion, euthanasia, genetic testing, and justice in the distribution of health care. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only. Recommended: 3 units of philosophy (PHI) coursework.
TH 331H - History Of The Theatre I - Honors: In depth study and development of global theatre and drama from dawn of civilization to 1650. This course helps prepare students for TH 341W, an NAU-approved junior level writing course. Letter grade only.
TH 331 - History Of The Theatre I: in depth study and development of theatre and drama from dawn of civilization to 1650. This course helps prepare students for TH 341W, an NAU-approved junior level writing course. Letter grade only.
WGS 300W - Feminist Theories: Foundational overviews of the history of feminist theory. Also addresses contemporary ethnic minority and international theorists. This course fulfills NAU's junior-level writing requirement. Letter grade only.
ET 325W - Engineering Ethics And Standards: Exploration of issues that deal with the societal and ethical implications of engineering practice with particular focus on professional ethics, lifelong learning, career development, research, teaming, writing, and oral communication. Letter grade only.
AHB 305W - Research Methods In Applied Human Behavior: This writing course is designed for students who wish to gain an understanding of the potential uses and limitations of social science research. It is intended to increase your awareness of the research process in the behavioral health field and your ability to conduct research in a thorough and ethical manner. Research Methods is designed to give you a foundation in the qualitative and quantitative methodologies associated with research analysis. Applied Human Behavior students have the opportunity to identify correlations between the causes of observed phenomena and their consequences and to draw reliable causal explanations of current human behavior issues. You have the opportunity to learn APA style writing through researching, organizing, and writing a well-developed research proposal using practice assignments along with peer and faculty feedback to draft and revise proposal elements. In particular, you will learn to identify research problems, develop viable research questions, and match those questions with the correct research tools and methodologies necessary to develop a complete research proposal. The practical knowledge and skills emphasized in this course can be applied to support best practice in academic, clinical, and administrative profession environments. Letter grade only.
BME 331W - Structured English Immersion In Early Childhood Settings: The teaching of content in English to English learners in a Pre K-3 setting using appropriate approaches, methods and techniques. This course contains an assessment that must be successfully completed in order to register for student teaching. Letter grade only.
FOR 360W - Natural Resources Policy: Fundamentals of the natural resource policy making and implementation process. Focus on legislative history and current policy topics for United States land management agencies. Department consent required. Letter grade only.
FOR 360WH - Natural Resources Policy - Honors: Fundamentals of the natural resource policy making and implementation process. Focus on legislative history and current policy topics for United States land management agencies. Department consent required. Letter grade only.
BUS 460C - Capstone In Interdisciplinary Inquiry: In BUS 460C, students conduct independent interdisciplinary research specific to their field of study and interest, gaining skills in the entire research process. This culminating capstone experience synthesizes the skills and knowledge students have learned through their general studies courses, diversity requirements, the BUS junior-level writing course, and the two BUS minors. Students will expand on the career portfolio begun in BUS 350W. Letter grade only.
BIO 459H - Success In Environmental Health Research Part 2 - Honors: This course serves junior-level students participating in research programs in Biological Sciences, Health and Human Services and Social and Behavioral Studies. The purpose of this course is to provide students with the practical skill, knowledge and training to successfully conduct research, compete for graduate programs and research funding. Students will receive practical training in research ethics, responsible conduct in research, as well as training in writing for research and presenting results in writing and for conferences. We will also provide Title IX training, and guide students in navigating the complexities of life/work in the sciences. Letter grade only.
BIO 458H - Success In Research Part I - Honors: This course serves students participating in BS programs across four colleges (CEFNS, SBS, CHHS, and CEIAS). The purpose of this course is to provide students with the practical skill, knowledge and training to successfully conduct research, compete for graduate programs and research funding. Students will receive practical training in research ethics, responsible conduct in research, as well as training in writing for research and presenting results in writing and for conferences. We will also provide Title IX training, and guide students in navigating the complexities of life/work in the sciences. Instructor consent required. Students must be junior level or higher and conducting independent research. This course is on environmental health topics. Letter grade only
BIO 458 - Success In Research Part I: This course serves students participating in BS programs across four colleges (CEFNS, SBS, CHHS, and CEIAS). The purpose of this course is to provide students with the practical skill, knowledge and training to successfully conduct research, compete for graduate programs and research funding. Students will receive practical training in research ethics, responsible conduct in research, as well as training in writing for research and presenting results in writing and for conferences. We will also provide Title IX training, and guide students in navigating the complexities of life/work in the sciences. Instructor consent required. Students must be junior level or higher and conducting independent research. This course is on environmental health topics. Co-convened with BIO 558. Letter grade only
BIO 459 - Success In Environmental Health Research Part 2: This course serves junior-level students participating in research programs in Biological Sciences, Health and Human Services and Social and Behavioral Studies. The purpose of this course is to provide students with the practical skill, knowledge and training to successfully conduct research, compete for graduate programs and research funding. Students will receive practical training in research ethics, responsible conduct in research, as well as training in writing for research and presenting results in writing and for conferences. We will also provide Title IX training, and guide students in navigating the complexities of life/work in the sciences. Co-convened with BIO 559. Letter grade only.
JUS 525 - Graduate Writing For Criminal Justice Administrators: This course is designed to expand on the scholarly writing and communication skills students learned during their undergraduate program. Class material and activities will involve APA formatting, scholarly and government research, discerning scholarly research, writing a graduate-level research paper, and developing and presenting material on relevant, graduate-level topics. Letter grade only.
ITG 301 - Writing For Innovation: This course focuses on technical and creative writing around how to best communicate big ideas. The course will utilize writing multiple drafts many different styles of writing. Students in the course will be introduced to grant writing, academic journal articles, creative nonfiction, basic business planning, feasibility planning, and how to write concise and exciting summaries of the work they are doing. Students in the course will write over 30 pages of peer reviewed and edited drafts. Instructor consent required. Letter grade only.
ENG 405 - Writing Center: Writing, Research, Design Presentation: One-to-one, individualized teaching to improve your writing. Pass/Fail only. May be repeated for up to 4 units of credit.
ENG 373 - Writing For Performance: A creative writing workshop focused on the composition and revision of short-form student plays or other performance texts. Letter grade only.
JLS 230 - Humor Writing: Introduction to the elements of humor writing, including the creation of jokes, sketches, monologues, and articles. Letter grade only.
ENG 533 - Writing For Performance: Topics workshop in writing for the screen or stage that may include writing for television, advanced playwriting, and other forms of literary narrative intended for live and/or filmed performance. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units with different topics. ENG 509 strongly recommended.
COM 545 - Writing Science: Intensive writing practice aimed at improving writing skills in professional and lay settings. The class focuses on writing techniques, story structure, and effective revision. Written products will run the gamut from short news articles to longer features, press releases, social media outreach efforts, scripts for radio and/or video, and informal science communication products such as museum or virtual displays. Letter grade only.
DIS 524 - Assistive Technology Applications: Literacy: Provides specific knowledge and skills necessary to implement assistive technology tools and strategies for individuals who struggle to gain the skills of reading, writing, and literacy. This course addresses a range of ages, skill levels, and disabilities. Letter grade only.
ENG 605 - Proposal Writing: This course develops proposal strategy and writing processes through proposal design, development, revision, editing, and review processes, as practiced in the working worlds of business, industry, government, and education. Letter grade only.
FOR 215 - Writing In Forestry: An overview of and training in types of writing expected of students in the professional forestry program: technical synthesis papers, laboratory reports, memos, professional opinion pieces, and management plans. Letter grade only.
WGS 345 - Writing As Resistance: Students will learn to tell their stories creatively and in resistance to oppressive histories and current representations. We will spend time reading memoirs and doing writing workshops in class. Students will leave with powerful narratives about their lives in ways that have radical potential for both disruption and building individual and collective resilience. No previous creative writing experience needed. Letter grade only.
FRE 303 - French Conversation: FRE 303 is an intermediate level course in which students will strengthen listening, reading, speaking and writing skills. Class time will focus on oral communication while reviewing difficult grammatical structures, reading texts about culture and chosen literature excerpts, exploring writing genres and improving their French language proficiency towards an upper-intermediate level. Letter grade only.
CTE 550 - Grant Writing: This class focuses on searching for funding sources and developing the major components of request for proposal for education, health care, public sector, or business/industry. Regulatory guidelines, proposal preparation, budgeting, and proposal processing and submission are also included. Students will conduct a search for an appropriate funding source and write a proposal for that agency. Letter grade only.
CHM 610 - Scientific Writing: Research-related Writing Skills In Chemistry: A chemistry-specific writing course that focuses on the skills needed to write a journal article, a research proposal and a scientific poster. Letter grade only.
AT 655 - Research IV - Applied Project: The student will employ graduate level critical thinking to implement their Applied Project research, assess the results, and write their final paper. Each student will work with a professor for advisement through this final phase of their research. Students are expected to submit their final Applied Project paper to a scholarly journal for publication.
BIO 537 - Grant Writing: An introduction to techniques necessary to produce a successful grant application for research support from federal and private agencies and to develop skills needed to review and revise grant proposals. The course also introduces the issues and conventions for grant administration such as indirect (overhead) cost calculations, matching funds, group proposals, and how to respond to reviewers' comments. At the end of the course, you will have a proposal that could be submitted to federal agencies. Cross-listed with BE 537. Letter grade only.
HIS 603 - Writing The Prospectus: HIS 603 is an independent study type of course where students pursuing either the Research Option or the Research with Public History Option can work closely with their advisor to conduct focused readings on their research area and produce a thesis prospectus or Public History Project prospectus as their final project. Instructor consent required. Letter grade only.
BE 537 - Grant Writing: An introduction to techniques necessary to produce a successful grant application for research support from federal and private agencies and to develop skills needed to review and revise grant proposals. The course also introduces the issues and conventions for grant administration such as indirect (overhead) cost calculations, matching funds, group proposals, and how to respond to reviewers' comments. At the end of the course, you will have a proposal that could be submitted to federal agencies. Cross-listed with BIO 537. Letter grade only.
ENG 479C - Editing And Publishing: Students will learn about all forms of literary editing, including developmental editing, line editing, and copyediting. Additionally, they will study literary publishing by focusing on the aesthetic and ethics of operating literary journals and independent presses. Finally, students will help produce original content in collaboration with a literary magazine. Students will also interview authors and review books. Editing and Publishing provides a culminating experience for an English major with an emphasis in Creative Writing: you will apply what you've learned in other courses to help produce content for an established literary magazine or blog. In your workshop and literature courses you have learned how to analyze writing; in this course you will synthesize and apply those reading skills to decide which work to publish in the magazine, and then work with authors to revise and edit their work. In addition to selecting what to publish, you will also promote the magazine, plan events, copyedit, write blogs in the form of reviews and interviews, and engage with the community of NAU, and beyond. This class is more like a job than a typical course, and applying classroom skills to a real-life product will prepare you for entry-level jobs in the editing and publishing field, and a productive future as an editor and as a writer. This course is required for students emphasizing in Creative Writing, but other majors and emphases would benefit from this course in similar ways. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit.
ENG 479CH - Editing And Publishing - Honors: Students will learn about all forms of literary editing, including developmental editing, line editing, and copyediting. Additionally, they will study literary publishing by focusing on the aesthetic and ethics of operating literary journals and independent presses. Finally, students will help produce original content in collaboration with a literary magazine. Students will also interview authors and review books. Editing and Publishing provides a culminating experience for an English major with an emphasis in Creative Writing: you will apply what you've learned in other courses to help produce content for an established literary magazine or blog. In your workshop and literature courses you have learned how to analyze writing; in this course you will synthesize and apply those reading skills to decide which work to publish in the magazine, and then work with authors to revise and edit their work. In addition to selecting what to publish, you will also promote the magazine, plan events, copyedit, write blogs in the form of reviews and interviews, and engage with the community of NAU, and beyond. This class is more like a job than a typical course, and applying classroom skills to a real-life product will prepare you for entry-level jobs in the editing and publishing field, and a productive future as an editor and as a writer. This course is required for students emphasizing in Creative Writing, but other majors and emphases would benefit from this course in similar ways. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit.
JLS 450 - Adventures In Video Journalism: This course immerses the student in advanced video storytelling techniques, working with long-form pieces to truly become video creators. In this hands-on professional-level course, students will sharpen their skills in every aspect of video production and storytelling. Students will critically analyze proposed topics, develop sources, write, shoot, edit and use the latest post-production techniques to create broadcast or streaming-quality stories. Letter grade only.
EDU 300 - Mathematics In The Elementary School: Teaching of mathematics in the elementary and junior high school; opportunity for the development of instructional materials. Available only at the NAU-Yuma Branch campus. Letter grade only.
POR 212 - Second Year Portuguese: Portuguese 212 is a continuing accelerated Portuguese language and Luso-Brazilian culture course, with an emphasis on Brazil, which serves as a crossroads between European (e.g., Portugal), African, and Indigenous cultures. This course aims to increase students' levels of proficiency via the everyday use of the target language. By continuous practice with the target language, it is expected that students will be able to spontaneously create with the language, initiate, sustain and close intermediate-level exchanges, ask and answer questions and possess the skills necessary to circumlocute when faced with a more difficult communicative task. Additionally, students will be able to meet intermediate practical writing needs by creating compositions, descriptive narratives and, crucially, will determine the message, the primary thesis, and/or the socio-cultural context of simple expository and narrative texts (written and oral). Since instruction is conducted entirely in Portuguese, students will achieve a high understanding of the target language that helps them to utilize it creatively in speech and writing and to interpret some complex aural passages and readings. They also investigate some historical contemporary issues important to life in Luso-Brazilian culture. They continue to build skills for interpreting readings dealing with cultural issues and they comment on relevant texts critically. Letter grade only.
TSM 620 - Research On Teaching And Teacher Education: This course serves students in the doctoral programs in science and mathematics education. In the course, we examine teaching and learning in the contexts of secondary science and mathematics classrooms, teacher preparation, post-secondary classrooms, teacher professional development, and informal learning environments. Multiple theoretical perspectives are introduced and used to analyze the literature and build effective research designs around teaching/instruction/interpretation in studying teaching in these contexts. Students will use the literature to identify and explicate identified gaps in the field's knowledge of teaching and propose a research study to fill that gap. Course components such as lecture, readings, assignments, and seminar discussions will focus on building students' skills in reading, synthesizing, and writing at a professional level. There are no prerequisites for this course. Letter grade only.
BIO 560 - Ecotoxicology: Ecotoxicology is an interdisciplinary course spanning from molecular mechanisms of toxicity to atmospheric transport of persistent organic pollutants. Course topics include: the history of chemical contamination of the environment and associated cases of environmental injustice; categories and characteristics of major classes of contaminants; physiological processes involved in uptake, biotransformation, detoxification, elimination, and accumulation of contaminants; chemical and physical processes involved in environmental fate of contaminants; individual-level processes and outcomes such as dose-response, bioaccumulation and trophic transfer; molecular effects of contaminants and employing those effects in biomarkers; quality assurance/quality control principles and procedures; cytotoxicity and histopathology; interactions between genetics and contaminants in development of cancer; principles of endocrine disruption; the use of stable isotopes in environmental tracking of contaminants; sublethal, acute, and chronic lethal effects of contaminants; effects of contaminants on populations, communities and ecosystems; landscape to global effects of contaminants; and environmental and health risk assessments. This is a writing-intensive course, and as such, students will improve their technical writing skills. This is also a reading-intensive course, and students will learn to evaluate scientific papers in the context of theory and application. Letter grade only
TSM 621 - Learning Theories In Mathematics And Science Education: TSM 621 is a 3-credit course that is part of the Education Core block of courses as part of the Mathematics Education and Science Education doctoral programs. This course focuses on a variety of theories of learning and development, beginning with a discussion about what learning is, and how it has been viewed and studied over time. The course provides an introduction to some of the major theories of learning and how they have guided educational practice, such as teaching, historically and currently. We will read texts to explore some of these theories and analyze educational artifacts and learning environments (e.g., curricula, assessment, software, pedagogical strategies, museum programming) to look for traces of these various ideas about learning. In addition, we will investigate how existing educational artifacts and learning environments might be altered to better align with one or more of these perspectives on learning. We will also focus on how to use these perspectives in research-related analyses and writing. Course components such as lecture, readings, assignments, and seminar discussions will focus on building students' skills in reading, synthesizing, and writing at a professional level. There are no pre-requisites for this course. Letter grade only.
POR 112 - First Year Portuguese: Portuguese 112 is an accelerated introduction to the Portuguese language and Luso-Brazilian cultures, with an emphasis on Brazil, which serves as a crossroads between European (e.g., Portugal), African, and Indigenous cultures. This course aims to increase students' levels of proficiency via the everyday use of the target language. It is expected that students will be able to participate in conversational interactions to satisfy basic needs and/or to handle a simple transaction. Students will be able to self-correct and re-state when necessary, and circumlocute. Emphasis is placed on using the language orally for practical (i.e., transactional) functions (e.g., purchasing goods, interacting with medical personnel) as well as describing people and places. Students will be able to write about personal topics and about their immediate environment. They will also be able to write about general interest (e.g., travel, studies) and work-related topics. This course teaches students to see the Luso-Brazilian world from a Portuguese speaker's perspective, and aims to raise the students' own cultural self-awareness through comparison and contrast. Letter grade only.
ECI 503 - Literacy II: Language Arts Methods, Evidenced-based Practices In The Elementary School: This course focuses on language and literacy development, from kindergarten through eighth grade. This course supports children's reading, writing, and language arts pedagogy with current and classic research. Research-based systematic phonics, including language and literacy development is incorporated into course instruction. Also included are research-based instructional strategies for delivering differentiated reading instruction, assessment, intervention and remediation to support readers of varying ages and ability levels, including students with dyslexia. Candidates engage in developmentally appropriate instructional delivery, facilitation and methodologies for teaching language and the arts. Candidates develop skills related to instructional design and lesson planning, including modifications, and accommodations. Students facilitate the establishment of the learning environment, including classroom management. Contains an assessment that must be successfully completed in order to move toward student teaching. Co-Convened with 403. Letter grade only.
ECI 413 - Integrated Literacy II: Readng Thry, Decoding, Evidnc-bsd Prac & Lang Elem Sttngs-learng & Pedagogy: Language and literacy development, from kindergarten through eighth grade. Supports children's reading, writing, and language arts pedagogy with current and classic research. Research-based systematic phonics, including language and literacy development, and Science of Reading components are incorporated into course instruction. Also included are research-based instructional strategies for delivering differentiated reading instruction, assessment, intervention and remediation to support readers of varying ages and ability levels, including students with dyslexia. Candidates engage in developmentally appropriate instructional delivery, facilitation and methodologies for teaching language and the arts. Candidates develop skills related to instructional design and lesson planning, including modifications, and accommodations. Students facilitate the establishment of the learning environment, including classroom management. Letter grade only.
OTD 601 - Practice Competency And Fieldwork Level I: This course includes practice competency activities to synthesize learning and demonstrate reflective clinical reasoning across the semester coursework. In addition, the student completes three one-week fieldwork experiences, one per semester. The first one will be in psychosocial and behavioral health. The context for the other two will be coordinated by the program to fulfill curriculum outcomes. 1 hr. lecture, 3-6 hrs. lab. Pass-fail only. May be repeated for up to 7 units of credit.
ENG 174 - Introduction To Creative Writing: This course introduces students to fiction, nonfiction, and poetry writing. Students will learn the basic craft tools of creative writing, creative writing terminology, and workshopping skills. Letter grade only.
AS 302 - Leading People And Effecitve Communication II: Continuation of AS 301. This course utilizes student's field training experience to take a more in-depth look at leadership. Special emphasis is placed on enhancing communication skills, and why that is important as a leader. Students have an opportunity to try out these leadership and management techniques in a supervised environment as juniors and seniors. Letter grade only.
AS 301 - Leading People And Effecitve Communication I: This course utilizes student's field training experience to take a more in-depth look at leadership. Special emphasis is placed on enhancing communication skills, and why that is important as a leader. Students have an opportunity to try out these leadership and management techniques in a supervised environment as juniors and seniors. Letter grade only.
ANT 606 - Anthropology Writing Seminar: This course is required for Anthropology M.A. Degree students who are engaged in their thesis writing. As such, the course provides a framework within which students are expected to take the initiative to accomplish their goals. Our purpose is to travel together through the key stages of effective academic writing. The course will provide students with the opportunity to improve their writing through grammar and punctuation exercises, peer-evaluation and discussion of writing, and instruction on academic writing practices, standards, and expectations. Letter grade only.
CAR 610 - Quantitative Research In Addictions: After gaining a solid knowledge in the Foundations in Addictions class, this second course will emphasize quantitative methods, study design, and analysis to equip scholars for their research experience projects. The course requires Scholars to have completed prior courses in research design and methods and analysis at the graduate level. In this quantitative research methods class, Scholars will learn advanced methodological principles of research design, formulating research questions, collecting and managing data, analyzing and evaluating data, and the application to addiction research. Scholars will apply this knowledge by critiquing existing peer-reviewed manuscripts, policy analyses, program evaluations, and technical reports related to SU/SUDs. The program curriculum ensures that Scholars will develop a core competency in study design, data collection, effect size calculation, accounting bias (confounding, moderation and mediation effects), and analytic methods required to answer research questions related to addiction research. Scholars will get a hands-on orientation on publicly available datasets such as National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), National Mental Health Services Survey (N-MHSS), National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), Mental Health Client-Level Data ( MH-CLD), and Uniform Reporting System (URS). In this hybrid course, class lectures will be shared with real-world examples from health systems. Scholars will apply research skills and knowledge to their Culturally-Centered Research Experience projects throughout the program. The course will also focus on specific aspects of research, including measurement, and secondary data sources (syndicated data, post-adjudicated claims data, and Electronic Medical Record encounter data). Scholars will demonstrate an understanding of this knowledge by interpreting data analyses, developing quantitative analyses plans, and writing results narratives. Letter grade only.
ENG 100 - English Composition: Writing Center: One-to-one, individualized teaching to improve your writing. Pass-fail only. May be repeated for up to 3 units of credit.
ENG 502 - Advanced Technical Writing: Development of advanced skills in technical writing for teachers as well as professionals in technical fields. Letter grade only.
ENG 507 - Poetry Writing Workshop: Workshop course in the serious writing of poetry. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit.
ENG 509 - Fiction Writing Workshop: Workshop course in the writing of literary fiction. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit.
ENG 371 - Intermediate Poetry Writing: Poetry writing in a workshop setting that focuses on the composition and revision of student poetry. Letter grade only.
CENE 486C - Engineering Design: Serves civil engineering and environmental engineering majors as the culminating experience that builds upon concepts taught in all previous coursework through the junior year and CENE 476. Students will learn the professional aspects of being an engineer by working in a team in order to design an engineered solution in response to a client's need. Students will proceed through the design process, adapting it to their specific project, and produce a detailed final design, documented in a report, for the client. Must be taken in the year in which you graduate. Letter grade only.
CENE 486CH - Engineering Design - Honors: Serves civil engineering and environmental engineering majors as the culminating experience that builds upon concepts taught in all previous coursework through the junior year and CENE 476. Students will learn the professional aspects of being an engineer by working in a team in order to design an engineered solution in response to a client's need. Students will proceed through the design process, adapting it to their specific project, and produce a detailed final design, documented in a report, for the client. Must be taken in the year in which you graduate. Letter grade only.
ENG 593 - Northern Arizona Writing Project In-service: Introduces the basics of writing process instruction, applicable to writing across the curriculum. Letter grade or pass-fail. No repeat limit.
ENG 107 - Intensive Writing Lab: This is an individualized course providing instruction for improving proficiency in writing. This course is taken concurrently with ENG 105 in order to provide supplemental instruction. Special emphasis is placed on aspects of the composing process indicated by individual needs. By the end of the semester, students should be able to demonstrate competency in writing in the university context. Pass-fail only.
ENG 577 - Readings In Creative Writing: Intensive study of narrative/poetic techniques in selected literary texts. For students in the graduate creative writing program. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit.
ENG 531 - Climate Science Writing: This course combines contemporary research in climate science with the aesthetic imperatives of creative writing in prose genres. Students will plan, draft, and revise one long-form essay, short story, or book chapter that swings between the personal and transpersonal, the present and speculative/projective future, the local and global, and all while developing the emotional core of the writing. Letter grade only.
WGS 345H - Writing As Resistance - Honors: Students will learn to tell their stories creatively and in resistance to oppressive histories and current representations. We will spend time reading memoirs and doing writing workshops in class. Students will leave with powerful narratives about their lives in ways that have radical potential for both disruption and building individual and collective resilience. No previous creative writing experience needed. Letter grade only.
BIO 570 - Plant Ecology: Surveys theories that explore the dynamic nature and ecological genetics of plants. Uses examples from population-level and community-level studies to demonstrate current problems in plant ecology, emphasizing paradigms unique to plants. Letter grade only.
BIO 444CH - Human Physiology - Honors: Physiology of major body systems studied at the metabolic, cellular, and systemic levels, emphasizing homeostatic mechanisms. Letter grade only.
BIO 444C - Human Physiology: Physiology of major body systems studied at the metabolic, cellular, and systemic levels, emphasizing homeostatic mechanisms. Letter grade only.
CHM 565 - Chemical Toxicology: This introductory graduate course will cover basic principles and chemical mechanisms of toxicology on a subcellular and systemic level. Letter grade only.
CM 120 - Building The Human Environment: Comparative study of humans' efforts to control their environment with constructed shelter and infrastructure on global, regional, and personal levels. Letter grade only.
ENG 406H - Ell Methods And Materials For Secondary Teachers - Honors: Teaching methods and materials for English Language Learners useful for middle- and secondary-level English teachers. Letter grade only.
ENG 406 - Ell Methods And Materials For Secondary Teachers: Teaching methods and materials for English Language Learners useful for middle- and secondary-level English teachers. Letter grade only.
BSC 444 - Human Physiology: Physiology of major body systems studies at the metabolic, cellular, and systematic levels, emphasizing homeostatic mechanisms. Letter grade only.
GSP 401 - Permitting And Review Process: City- and county-level permit and review process for land-use planning. Letter grade only.
EDF 742 - Historical Research And Educational History: This course will provide the student with an exploration of American Education History through the requirements of practicing history at the local, state, and national level. The context of social history will be used to explore history of schools and teachers and educators at the K-12 and CC/HE level. The main historical research focus is Oral History. Letter grade only.
EPS 740 - Doctoral Practicum In Counseling Psychology And Supervision: Doctoral-level practicum emphasizing advanced skills, educational and psychological assessment, and intervention strategies. 150 clock hours minimum experience. Models and theories of supervision will also be covered along with supervised practice in supervision of master's level students. Pass-fail or letter grade. May be repeated for up to 12 units of credit.
AT 535 - Pathophysiology Of Medical Conditions In Athletic Training: This course will provide an advanced level of knowledge and clinical skills in the signs, symptoms, and management of the pathophysiology of general medical conditions commonly see in athletics. Letter grade only.
CCJ 530 - Schools, Youth, And Violence: Focuses on schools and critically explores the problem of youth violence. Letter grade only. This course is available to Senior-level undergraduates with instructor's consent.
POS 527 - Ethics Of Public Administration And Management: This course examines alternative approaches to ethics in the context of public administration and management, and at the level of individuals, organizations, society, culture, and politics. Letter grade only.
VC 102 - Introduction To Digital Graphics: Introduction to computer literacy. Practical and technical concepts for entry-level image manipulation. Demonstrations, exercises, and concepts necessary for digital design. Letter grade only.
SW 422 - Generalist Practice II: Practice principles applied to intervention with micro- and mezzo-level client systems, including individuals, families, and small groups. Letter grade only.
SW 422H - Generalist Practice II - Honors: Practice principles applied to intervention with micro- and mezzo-level client systems, including individuals, families, and small groups. Letter grade only.
SW 423 - Generalist Practice III: Practice principles applied to intervention with macro-level client systems, including community and organizational change primarily in rural localities. Letter grade only.
SW 522 - Foundation Practice II: Generalist Practice principles applied to intervention with micro and mezzo level client systems, including individuals, families, and small groups. Letter grade only.
PADM 411 - Ethics, Policy And Administration: This course examines alternative approaches to ethics and relates them to the context of politics and public policy, at a variety of administrative levels. Letter grade only.
MUS 224 - Piano Pedagogy I: Emphasizes the study of elementary methods, materials, and techniques needed for successful teaching at the beginning level. Supervised teaching required in MUS 224L. Letter grade only.
MUS 455 - Secondary Music Methods I: A first semester study and application of the pedagogical and administrative knowledge and skills related to performing ensemble teaching at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Letter grade only.
MUS 326 - Piano Pedagogy IV: Emphasizes the study of advanced methods, materials, and techniques needed for successful teaching and performing at the advanced level. Supervised teaching required in MUS 326L. Letter grade only.
MUS 457 - Secondary Music Methods II: A second semester study and application of the pedagogical and administrative knowledge and skills related to performing ensemble teaching at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Letter grade only.
SOC 661 - Demography: Quantitative and qualitative study of human population size, growth, composition, and distribution. Analysis on both global and regional levels. Letter grade only.
ENG 179 - The Craft Of Creative Writing: This course introduces students to the major contemporary genres of creative writing--poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction--and provides foundational knowledge of the discipline through a survey of essential craft terms, strategies for close readings of contemporary work, and approaches for critical analysis of works-in-progress. Students will apply their knowledge and practice techniques in weekly faculty-led breakout sessions. Regardless of their major, students will leave this course having rekindled their love of reading while exploring the joys of creating their own literary works. Letter grade only.
FOR 688 - Writing Your Professional Paper: This is a required course for online master's students in Forest and Natural Resource Management. This course focuses on enhancing scientific writing skills, with an emphasis on topics in fire science. Students will learn to interpret and synthesize data or literature in fire and forestry, formulate management options, and justify recommendations. The goal is to enable students to effectively communicate original research findings and ideas, preparing them to contribute as members of the scientific community in fire science, forestry, and related fields. Instructor consent required. Letter grade only.
BIO 526L - Herpetology Lab: This course will cover the identification, anatomy, behavior, ecology, management, conservation, and survey techniques for the herpetofauna (amphibians and reptiles) during laboratory sessions and field trips. As a graduate-level class, there is a strong focus on developing critical thinking and professional comportment and networking skills. BIO 526L fulfills an upper-level class requirement for the Wildlife Certificate in Wildlife Ecology and Management, and is an upper-level elective in the Bachelor of Science, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology degree. Letter grade only.
GLG 475 - Environmental Geochemistry: This course is an introduction to the field of aquatic geochemistry or hydrogeochemistry as applied to Environmental problems in society. There are generally two types of senior level or graduate level aquatic geochemistry courses, those emphasizing quantifying processes at the microscopic and atomic scales, with an emphasis on laboratory investigations, and those emphasizing processes at the ecosystem level with an emphasis on field investigations. This course is of the latter type. The material covered over the course of the semester will draw upon both chemistry and geology. Co-convened with GLG 575. 3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
ECO 498 - Topics In Economics: Senior-level research course designed to give students research experience in their major field. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit with different topics.
ECO 498H - Topics In Economics - Honors: A senior-level research course designed to give students research experience in their major field. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit with different topics.
CCJ 545 - Ethnicity, Race, And Justice: Explores the disparate experiences of ethnic and racial minorities within the criminal justice system, with emphasis on the raced nature of contemporary criminal justice policies. This course is available to Senior-level undergraduates with instructor's consent. Letter grade only.
COM 603 - Qualitative Research Methods: Graduate level class in qualitative research methods, focusing on contemporary problems and practices of participant observation, interviewing and ethnographic inquiry, and developing background and skills to conduct qualitative research. Letter grade only.
CSD 651 - Fluency: Diagnosis And Treatment: This course is designed to provide the master's level student in speech-language pathology with an understanding of the complex issues which surround the successful evaluation and treatment of fluency. Letter grade only.
EDL 734 - Education Funding Policy Studies: This course is designed to familiarize students with aspects of school finance policy regarding revenues and expenditures. It includes studying the tools to analyze existing policy and development of recommendations in finance policy at the federal, state, and local level. Letter grade only.
FOR 447 - Human - Forest Interactions From Community Perspective: Social science theory, concepts and analytic techniques for understanding human-forest ecosystems, from the perspective of human communities as a fundamental unit of social organization relevant to landscape-level processes. Instructor's consent required. Letter grade only.
FOR 310 - Forest Ecology For Professionals: Introduction to Forest Ecology. Addresses the biotic and abiotic aspects of forest ecosystems that affect structure, composition, and function of forests at the individual, population, community, landscape, and ecosystem levels. Letter grade only.
HIS 484 - Topics In Gender And Sexuality: Senior level seminar on regional or comparative history and theory of gender and sexuality, including analysis of intersections with race, class, ethnicity, culture, and geography. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit.
HIS 467 - Topics In Atlantic World History: Senior level seminar on political, social, cultural, diplomatic, gender, race, and environmental history of the Atlantic World region. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit.
HS 590 - Multilevel Approaches To Public Health: Explores multilevel approaches to public health and the impact of various health issues as they affect individuals and communities on regional, national, and global levels. Letter grade only. Prerequisites: graduate status or consent of instructor.
PM 686 - Advanced Project Management: Advanced topics in the supervision of projects. Emphasis will be placed on high level management skills and activities that distinguish excellence in project management. Productivity measurement and improvement knowledge is reinforced. Letter grade only.
POS 538 - Comparative Public Administration: This a graduate-level course designed as a general survey to the research literature on comparative public administration. The course focuses on approaches and methodological issues, exploring the state of the art in the comparative study of public administration. Letter grade only.
BBA 285 - Principles Of Macroeconomics: Measurement of national economic variables; determination of output, income, employment, and price levels through aggregate supply and demand analysis; business cycles, fiscal and monetary policy, global implications of international trade and production. Letter grade only.
BBA 495 - Managing For Organizational Quality Excellence: Provides an introduction to the foundations of quality management at the product, process, and organizational level. Several quality management methods such as Baldrige, Six Sigma, Lean principles, TQM, and ISO 9000 will be explored. Letter grade only.
EDU 330 - Evaluation Of Learning: Elementary: Principles and techniques of evaluation of achievement in education at the elementary level. This course contains an assessment that must be successfully completed in order to register for student teaching. Available only at the NAU-Yuma Branch campus. Letter grade only.
ID 362 - Interior Design II: Studio course. Intermediate-level studio problems dealing with multi-space, public and private uses of interiors. Emphasizes use planning, working drawings, and budgeting. Letter grade only.
MOL 688 - Capstone Project: Advanced organizational level leadership theory, degree synthesis case studies and student emphasis driven leadership research papers. Department consent required. Pass/Fail only.
EE 412 - Digital Systems Design: Top-down design methods using hardware descriptive languages (HDL), logic synthesis and timing analysis, FPGA design from high-level specification prototype. Letter grade only.
SE 450 - Software Testing: Intensive study of the underlying concepts, algorithms, and software tooling associated with testing of embedded and low-level software systems, in for particular safety-critical or security-critical contexts. Letter grade only.
PADM 301 - Introduction To Public Administration: This course explores the dynamic and unique environment in which public administrators operate and the skill set required to be a successful public administrator at the local, state, and federal levels of government. Letter grade only.
MUS 225 - Piano Pedagogy II: Emphasizes the study of intermediate and early advanced methods, materials, and techniques needed for successful teaching at the intermediate and early advanced levels. Supervised teaching required in MUS 225L. Letter grade only.
PHY 520 - Applied Physics: Develops the four primary fields of physics - classical mechanics, electrodynamics, thermal and statistical physics, and quantum mechanics - at a level adequate for continuing study in the department's M.S. in Applied Physics program. Letter grade only.
ENG 559 - Esl Methods And Materials: Reading And Writing: Provides overview of second language literacy, exploring ESL reading and writing development and examining effective teaching methods. Letter grade only.
POS 539 - Homeland Security: This class will explore the creation of the largest organization in the US government -- the Department of Homeland Security. This course covers the interplay between the federal, state, and local levels and how the largest agency of the US government handles policy issues within its purview. Using case studies of "homeland security crises," students will develop policy responses to the problems faced by federal, state, and local level officials to meet their respective agencies' objectives under the guise of a 'homeland security mission'. Letter grade only.
APMS 620 - Molecular Biophysics: A survey of topics in biophysics that span the areas of bioenergetics, biomechanics, the use of spectroscopy and microscopy to probe biological systems, and the role of quantum mechanics in biophysics research. In particular, this course will primarily focus on events and properties at the molecular level and will include how biological systems utilize light or chemical energy to achieve its metabolic goals, the role of thermodynamics and kinetics in controlling the structure and function of biological macromolecules and assemblies, and how dynamics at the molecular level influence the function of molecular motors, pumps, and membranes. Letter grade only.
CHI 303 - Third Year Chinese (Mandarin): This course is designed to reinforce the fundamental language skills of Mandarin Chinese introduced in First and Second Year Chinese, while introducing more complex forms of expression, vocabulary and sentence structures, as well as strategies for language learning. This course aims at developing students' ability to communicate in Chinese beyond the fundamental level and improving students' proficiency level in using formal Chinese expressions in written form. It aims at building a deeper understanding of Chinese culture as well. Letter grade only.
JPN 303 - Third Year Japanese: This course is designed to reinforce the fundamentals of Japanese introduced in First and Second Year Japanese, while introducing more complex forms of expressions, vocabulary, grammatical structures, and strategies for communication. This course aims at developing the functional ability to communicate in Japanese beyond the survival level and is concerned with the students' level of the proficiency in using Japanese for realistic, communicative purposes. It aims at developing the deeper understanding of Japanese culture as well. Letter grade only.
JPN 303H - Third Year Japanese - Honors: This course is designed to reinforce the fundamentals of Japanese introduced in First and Second Year Japanese, while introducing more complex forms of expressions, vocabulary, grammatical structures, and strategies for communication. This course aims at developing the functional ability to communicate in Japanese beyond the survival level and is concerned with the students' level of the proficiency in using Japanese for realistic, communicative purposes. It aims at developing the deeper understanding of Japanese culture as well. Letter grade only.
INF 604 - Writing Scientific Papers: The process of writing and peer review is often intimidating for many scientists, particularly those at the early-career stage. This class aims to demystify the process, and provide students with a solid skill-set that will serve them well for a life-long career in scientific research. This is a hands-on, workshop-style class that demands active participation and hard work, and challenges students to communicate their science in an engaging, memorable, and effective way. The course is intended for students pursuing a graduate degree (MS or PhD) in the sciences who are ready to put together a manuscript for submission to, and potential publication in, a peer-reviewed scientific journal. The class will emphasize the idea that good papers tell stories that engage, rather than bore, the reader. By the end of the semester, students will produce a coherent, well-structured, and polished manuscript. Instructor consent required. Letter grade only.
ECO 285 - Principles Of Economics: Macro: Measurement of national economic variables; determination of output, income, employment, and price levels through aggregate supply and demand analysis and related graphical techniques; business cycles, fiscal and monetary policy, global implications of international trade and production. Letter grade only.
ANT 509 - Spatial Archaeology: Provides extensive and intensive experience in spatial analysis in anthropology and archaeology. Students learn to develop, analyze, and produce professional-level spatial research on archaeological data sets. Students also acquire a solid understanding of database development and spatial analytical and landscape theory in archaeology. Letter grade only.
ANT 520 - Ethics In Anthropological Research: Explores ethical principles and dilemmas encountered in anthropological research. Includes principles for protecting humans in research and strategies for thinking through ethical dilemmas in anthropological research. M.A. in Anthropology or Senior-level undergraduate major in Anthropology. Letter grade only.
AT 536 - Pharmacology In Athletic Training: This 7-week online course will provide students with an advanced level of knowledge concerning the identification and use of pharmacological agents in athletics. This includes pharmacokinetics and dynamics, legal issues with medication management in Athletic Training, and all parameters governing the use of medications commonly prescribed in the athletic setting. Letter grade only.
BIO 504 - Pan-biology: This seminar serves as an introduction to the study of the Biological Sciences at the graduate level. The intent of the course is to introduce students to fundamental concepts and controversies from across the field of Biology, including original works by many of the major contributors who have shaped biological theory. Letter grade only.
BA 690 - Strategy: Students evaluate strategic business challenges, considering managerial implications of organizational issues, to make high-level decisions and determine proper leadership to implement those decisions. Students use analytical tools and class discussion to formulate and implement strategy. Letter grade only.
CENE 582 - GIS And Remote Sensing For Water Resources And Environmental Engineering: Students will be able to work with surface and subsurface digital representations of the environment. Assignments focus on landscape level applications specific to engineering including hydrologic process (groundwater, rivers, and reservoirs), soil and soil erosion, and climate modeling. Letter grade only.
CHM 151 - General Chemistry I: Fundamental chemistry principles presented at a level appropriate for preprofessional, science, and engineering majors, including students proceeding to CHM 235 and 238. Prerequisites: high school chemistry or CHM 100 plus intermediate algebra; recommended: CHM 151L. Letter grade only.
CHM 151H - General Chemistry I - Honors: Fundamental chemistry principles presented at a level appropriate for preprofessional, science, and engineering majors, including students proceeding to CHM 235 and 238. Letter grade only Prerequisites: high school chemistry or CHM 100 plus intermediate algebra. Recommended: CHM 151L. .
CENE 270 - Surveying: Introduction to basic land surveying and construction-layout principles and methods using contemporary equipment and software, including datums and coordinates, elementary geodesy, leveling, distance and angle measurement, topographic and quantity surveying, and calculation of horizontal and vertical curves. 2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
CENE 418 - Highway Engineering: Highway capacity analysis and geometric design, including driver-roadway-vehicle model, traffic characteristics, level of service, traffic safety, cross-section/roadside design, horizontal and vertical curves, earthwork and pavement design. Letter grade only.
COM 605 - Introduction To Documentary Issues, Theories, And Methods: Graduate level class in learning how to see the world from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives. Includes a range of documentary work by photographers, filmmakers, oral historians, folklorists, radio documentarians, and writers stressing aesthetic, scholarly, and ethical considerations involved in representing other people and cultures. Letter grade only.
COM 535 - Documentary Skills And Storytelling Practicum: In this documentary production crash course students will learn to tell stories in three different mediums: audio, photography, and digital filmmaking. They will produce three professional level documentary stories over the course of the semester, one in each format. Letter grade only.
CSD 515 - Augmentative And Alternative Communication For The Slp: This course is designed to provide the master's level student in speech-language pathology with an understanding of the issues of ethics, evidence-based practice and current research when working with adults and children who benefit from augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Letter grade only.
ECI 409 - Literacy In Early Childhood: This course encompasses research-based instructional strategies for delivering differentiated reading instruction, assessment, intervention and remediation to support readers of varying ability levels, including students with dyslexia. It incorporates foundations of early literacy and focuses on children birth through age eight. Letter grade only.
ENV 550 - Historical Ecology: Reconstructing Past Ecosystems: Theories and methods in reconstructing terrestrial and aquatic biotic communities of the past, affected by climate change and human activities. Sources of information on ecological change include pollen analysis, paleobotany, lake levels, charcoal particles, sediments, and packrat middens. Special topics will concentrate on the record of human influence on landscapes. Letter grade only.
EPS 676 - Professional Competencies In Student Affairs Leadership: The course uses the CAS Standards and ACPA/NASPA Professional Competency Areas for Student Affairs Practitioners to examine leadership in college and university student affairs administration. Special emphasis is given to application of complex cases to support advanced level professional competencies. Letter grade only.
HIS 468 - Topics In The History Of The United States: Senior level seminar on topics in United States history. Focus may include political, social, cultural, diplomatic, gender, race, and environmental history. Topics may co-convene with HIS 590. Letter grade only. May be repeated with a different topic for up to 9 units of credit.
NUR 322 - Fundamentals Of Nursing Practice: Study of foundational concepts of nursing practice including the cognitive and psychomotor skill development needed to meet the basic human needs. Emphasis is placed on the development of student as a caring competent nurse at a beginning level. Provides knowledge of introductory skill development and health history and physical examinations skills essential for holistic practice. Letter grade only.
POS 679 - Topics In Global Environmental Politics: This course explores the relationship between global politics and environmental problems. It examines both a variety of environmental issues and range of possible responses at global, state, and civil society levels. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to six units of credit with different content.
PM 588 - Project Scheduling And Control: Basic principles of project scheduling and control with resource allocation and management. Project control methods principally through earned value management principles and practices. CPM, PERT, Gantt scheduling with the identification of critical path and resulting floats. Resource leveling, compression, and network adjustments. Instructor consent required. Letter grade only.
PSY 404C - Psychological Sciences Capstone: Advanced Teaching Experience: An advanced teaching capstone course that allows psychological science to collaborate closely with a faculty member in gaining supervised teaching experience and engaging in reflection and action surrounding teaching at the college or university level. Instructor consent required. Letter grade only.
JUS 530 - Counterterrorism And Intelligence: This course provides a detailed look at terrorism and counterterrorism, at all levels (local, national, and international) from the perspective of the intelligence community. Particular focus is placed on examining problems of policy, law, resources, and management, as they arise for senior officials in the criminal justice community. Letter grade only.
INT 315 - Intelligence Collection, Analysis And Technology: With an emphasis on contemporary methods of foreign and domestic intelligence collection and analysis, this course will focus on sources, means, capabilities, and limitations of information mining at the local, state, federal level. Analytic procedures used to present findings to a broad range of clients and the use of technology in the collection and analysis processes are also highlighted. Letter grade only.
MGBA 680 - Global Strategy: This course examines the strategic models for global growth and activities. Through readings, lectures, teamwork, case studies, and simulations, students will scrutinize the most relevant issues for managing a globally integrated firm. Emphasis will be placed on formulating and evaluating big-picture, organizational-level strategies that sustain global performance. Letter grade only.
AS 402 - National Security And Preparation For Active-duty: Continuation of AS 401. This course is designed for college seniors and provides them the foundation to understand their role as military officers and how they are directly tied to our National Security Strategy. It is an overview of the complex social and political issues facing the military profession and requires a measure of sophistication commensurate with the senior college level. Letter grade only.
AS 401 - National Security And Preparation For Active-duty I: This course is designed for college seniors and provides them the foundation to understand their role as military officers and how they are directly tied to our National Security Strategy. It is an overview of the complex social and political issues facing the military profession and requires a measure of sophistication commensurate with the senior college level. Letter grade only.
SW 455 - Spanish Language Skills For Social Work Practice: This is an advanced Spanish course intended for BASW students whose level of fluency in Spanish is intermediate and it will further develop their language skills, social/cultural principals of social work practice with Latinos, competence in professional relations with Latinos, and delivery systems and how they affect Latinos and their families. Department consent required. Letter grade only.
CS 540 - Advanced Software Architecture: Graduate level exploration of the design of software architectures, including foundational concepts, architectural styles, architecture description languages and modeling notations, domain-specific architectures, product-line architectures, and the role of architecture and architects in the software engineering process. Co-convened with CS 440. Letter grade only.
CYB 412 - Secure Hardware: Covers a broad array of topics in hardware security and security engineering that concern hardware computing systems including hardware trojans, side channel attacks, test-oriented attacks, physical unclonable functions, random number generation, obfuscation, and hardware-level security policies. Letter grade only.
PHY 500 - Teaching Physics: Techniques in teaching concepts in physics at the college or advanced high school level are examined in light of current advancements in physics education research. Key topics include models of learning and the development of reasoning in the physics classroom, assessing conceptual learning, and planning for teaching. Letter grade only.
ARB 223 - Intermediate Study Abroad: Intermediate academic study in Arabic language, history and culture. Available only at the study abroad site in Meknes, Morocco every other year. The course requires beginner level Arabic to be able to navigate the language and the culture in Morocco. Contact the Arabic instructor at the Department of Global Languages and Cultures for more information. Letter grade only.
CENE 286 - Civil And Environmental Engineering Design: Analysis: Students will further their understanding of the engineering design process implanting methods and tools learned in CENE 186. This course will utilize basic land surveying and construction-layout principles and methods using contemporary equipment and software to analyze civil and environmental engineering projects. Content includes datums and coordinates, geodesy, leveling, angle measurement, topography, teaming, engineering economics and impacts of engineering designs. Lab will conduct site investigations, leveling, distance and angle measurement, topographic and quantity surveying, and construction staking. Required for civil engineering and environmental engineering majors. (3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab). Letter grade only.
NUR 541 - Pathophysiology And Pharmacology Assessment In Practice: The purpose of this course is to integrate advanced-level knowledge, experience, and skills in pharmacology, pathophysiology, and assessment with a systems approach to diverse clinical and leadership situations encountered in health care settings. The course builds upon existing foundational knowledge in the pharmacologic management of common health problems, integration of pathophysiologic principles, and health assessment skills with the daily decision-making skills required for positive outcomes at an individual, multi-client, or multi-system level. The course aligns with Commission on Certification of Nursing Education (CCNE) Essentials and American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) Nurse Executive Leader, and Population Health competencies. Letter grade only.
APMS 609 - Professional Proposal Writing In Applied Sciences: This course is designed to lead students through concepts of professional scientific proposal writing particularly in regards to the Applied Sciences sector. Applied Sciences exist in a unique space between the traditional science and engineering landscapes and thus requires an interdisciplinary approach to being successful in scientific communication including proposal writing. Students will learn fundamentals in applied sciences proposal writing including: proposal call identification, proposal preparation, submission requirements, evaluation, review analysis, progress reports and follow up. Students will review multiple funding opportunities including NIH, NSF and DOE as well as NSF Doctoral fellowship applications focusing on variations within each type of proposal. The intent of this class is to develop the student's ability to be competitive in proposal writing and understanding how to navigate the increasingly complex world of scientific funding. Letter grade only.
MS 170 - Ranger Challenge: Ranger Challenge is an intercollegiate competition between college Army ROTC programs, held as a series of single-elimination tournaments at Task Force (about ten Army ROTC programs each), Brigade, and International level (the "Sandhurst" competition), beginning in October every year. It involves 11-person teams competing in a combination of physical endurance, military skills, and tactical tasks carried out over two days of intense activity. Specific events within the competition can change from year to year. The top two teams in each task force compete at Brigade level. The top two teams from each Brigade get to compete in the annual "Sandhurst" competition involving a Military Academy team, as well as cadet teams from armies around the world. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 4 units of credit.
BA 659 - Strategy And Leadership: Students evaluate strategic business challenges, considering managerial implications of organizational issues, to make high-level decisions and determine proper leadership to implement those decisions. Students use analytical tools and class discussion to formulate and implement policy. This case intensive class sets the foundation for other core MBA classes. Letter grade only.
CENE 539 - Public Policy And Regulatory Issues In Civil And Environmental Engineering: This course provides contextual information as to how modern engineering techniques are applied to current public policy and regulatory decision making. A variety of civil engineering case studies demonstrate how public policies develop through public input, the political process, and multiple levels of government administration. The role engineers have in the assessment of technical requirements in relation to the broader impacts of policies and regulations, as well as barriers to instituting innovative change, are also examined. Letter grade only.
EDL 696 - Internship: Participation in actual situations in cooperation with various educational organizations. Assignments made according to projected needs of the individual. Department consent required. Pass/Fail only. Prerequisites: Admission to certification or doctoral program in educational leadership, completion of required leadership courses for desired level of state certification, and department approval. (Please note that you must apply for internship enrollment one semester before serving as an intern; application deadlines are October 1 for spring semester, May 1 for fall.)
ENV 450 - Historical Ecology: Reconstructing Past Ecosystems: Theories and methods in reconstructing terrestrial and aquatic biotic communities of the past, affected by climate change and human activities. Sources of information on ecological change include pollen analysis, paleobotany, lake levels, charcoal particles, sediments, and packrat middens. Special topics will concentrate on the record of human influence on landscapes. Co-convenes with ENV 550. Letter grade only.
EPS 678 - Psychological Consultation, Collaboration, And Supervision In School-based Settings: This course is designed to integrate theory, principles, and procedures of the psychological consultation process to address academic, behavioral, and social/emotional problems exhibited by children and adolescents in school, community, and home settings. Students build skills in consultation as a psychological intervention at the individual, group, and system levels to address student behavioral and instructional needs. Development of collaborative approaches to improve implementation of services is emphasized. In addition, the course will acquaint students with theoretical knowledge and key concepts related to the supervision of school psychology practitioners. Letter grade only.
ESE 575 - Organizational Behavior Management: This course explores human behavior at the individual, group, and organization level. Students will gain competence related to performance analysis and management, supervision, staff training, behavioral systems analysis, organizational culture, and leadership. Students will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to work collaboratively with individuals, groups, agencies, and organization to improve performance and functioning. Letter grade only.
FOR 569 - Forest Genetics: The course introduces the main principles of quantitative genetics and genomics to understand the basis and application of forest genetics/genomics science. The main emphasis of this course is in the study of complex traits and application to breeding; and in the adaptation to climate in forest trees. This course combines lectures, computer labs, and discussions of important scientific literature. Undergraduate-level genetics and statistics are recommended but not mandatory. Letter grade only.
ESE 660 - Advanced Foundations And Methods Of Learning Disabilities And Language Disorders: Etiology, identification, characteristics, and educational provisions related to students with mild/moderate learning disabilities. In-depth attention to Language Development/Disorders, methods and strategies for instruction to include English Language Arts and Math. Research-based instructional strategies for delivering differentiated reading instruction, assessment, intervention, and remediation to support readers of varying ages and ability levels, including students with dyslexia are specifically addressed. Letter grade only.
HS 501 - Introduction To Public Health: This course provides an introduction to the principles of public health research and practice. Course content includes the history of public health, philosophies, core values and current public health topics and trends. This course prepares students for graduate-level public health coursework with an overview of social and structural determinants of health, including environmental, biological, behavioral, psychological, and genetic factors of health and well-being. Letter grade only.
HS 624 - Community Based Participatory Research To Improve Health Equity: This course examines Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) as a research paradigm to understand and address health disparities at the community level. Through class discussions and assignments, students become familiar with the paradigm shift, developing methodology and ethical and professional challenges posed by CBPR. Students have the opportunity to critique published Community-Based Participatory Research and propose and present a CBPR plan for a health disparity within a community. This course prepares students to conduct meaningful research within communities plagued by health disparities. Letter grade only.
PRM 502 - Foundations Of Recreational Therapy: The Foundations of Recreational Therapy 3-credit course is designed to provide insight to the history, philosophy, and theoretical foundations of the field of therapeutic recreation. Global considerations of the application of therapeutic recreation will be explored. Students completing this course will understand interprofessional practice with allied health disciplines. This is a required course of the Graduate Certificate in Recreational Therapy within the Parks and Recreation Management program. The course is open to all senior level or graduate students. Letter grade only.
POS 530 - Managing State And Local Government: This course is designed to offer an overview of how decisions are made at the sub-national level (that is, state and local) in the United States. In doing so, students will develop an understanding of both the theory and practice of government administration outside the federal bureaucracy. This course will utilize both academic and practitioner approaches to examine state and local governments in the United States. Letter grade only.
PT 695 - Contemporary Pt Practice 2: This course introduces learners to the theoretical constructs of determinants of health, social determinants of health, health disparities, and health inequities. The theoretical constructs prepare learners to assess, intervene, and create positive changes in underserved, underrepresented, and marginalized populations as physical therapists. Learners develop the ability to understand, communicate, and interact with stakeholders at both an individual and population level and the relationship to their role in assessing and addressing personal and contextual factors to achieve optimal patient/client outcomes in clinical practice. Letter grade only.
PT 606 - Clinical Education Experience 3: This course is the third, full-time clinical education experience under the supervision of a licensed physical therapist. The learners integrate their knowledge, skills, and attitudes to carry out essential professional responsibilities with decreasing levels of supervision in a clinical practice environment. This course further develops clinical reasoning skills, evidence-informed patient/client management, and prescribing individualized interventions for patients/clients with conditions commonly seen in practice. Pass/Fail only.
PT 605 - Clinical Education Experience 2: This course is the second, full-time clinical education experience under the supervision of a licensed physical therapist. The learners integrate their knowledge, skills, and attitudes to carry out essential professional responsibilities with decreasing levels of supervision in a clinical practice environment. This course further develops clinical reasoning skills, evidence-informed patient/client management, and prescribing individualized interventions for patients/clients with conditions commonly seen in practice. Pass/Fail only.
STA 478 - Statistical Computing: Computationally intensive statistical methods. Topics include statistical learning (cross-validation, GAMs, classification and regression trees), nonparametric methods (bootstrapping and permutation tests) as well as general-purpose algorithms (MCMC). Emphasis placed on both underlying statistical concepts and implementing resulting algorithms in a high-level mathematical programming language on non-tidy data. Co-convened with STA 578. Letter grade only.
STA 578 - Statistical Computing: Computationally intensive statistical methods. Topics include statistical learning (cross-validation, GAMs, classification and regression trees), nonparametric methods (bootstrapping and permutation tests) as well as general-purpose algorithms (MCMC). Emphasis placed on both underlying statistical concepts and implementing resulting algorithms in a high-level mathematical programing language on non-tidy data. Co-convened with STA 478. Letter grade only.
SUS 330 - Community Engagement In American Democracy: Examine the interrelationships between civic engagement in the informal democratic sector (nonprofits, social movements) and the formal institutions and practices of representative democracy (local, regional, and state levels). Study the variety of ways in which diverse organizations in the informal sector seek to influence, contest, change, or transform the processes and outcomes of formal representative and administrative institutions. Letter grade only.
EE 505 - Advanced Electric Vehicles: The topics include architectures and technologies for electric, hybrid electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Specific topics include electric and hybrid electric drivetrains, energy storage, electromechanical energy conversion and power-electronic drives, vehicle-level modeling and control, batteries, and charging technologies. 2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Co-convened with EE 405. Letter grade only.
EE 405 - Electric Vehicles: Architectures and technologies for electric, hybrid electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Specific topics include electric and hybrid electric drivetrains, energy storage, electromechanical energy conversion and power-electronic drives, vehicle-level modeling and control, batteries, and charging technologies. 2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Co-convened with EE 505. Letter grade only.
PHA 530 - Introduction To History Taking And Physical Examination: This lecture/laboratory course will focus on developing, practicing and meeting a proficient level of the skills needed to perform the medical interview (baseline interviewing, communication and medical knowledge proficiency) and a complete head-to-toe physical examination (obtaining, performing and documenting findings). The course will focus on communication, interviewing skills and normal/abnormal physiologic findings for each body system. 3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
SW 637 - Organizational Leadership, Administration & Supervision: This course provides an introduction and overview of the methodologies for leadership, supervision, management, administration and planning within social service settings. Topics such as decision-making, conflict resolution, fiscal management, fundraising, legal issues, program and staff development are functions of the supervisory and administrative role that are covered during the course. The course covers skills of effective leadership at all organizational levels. Letter grade only.
MKT 303H - Concepts In Marketing - Honors: Overview of high-level marketing concepts and practices to provide foundational skills for those without a business background. Topics include the impact of external forces on marketing decisions; segmentation, targeting, and positioning; marketing strategies across the marketing mix; and role of marketing in social and environmental progress. (Note: This course will not count to meet major specific requirements for students pursuing a degree in accountancy, business analytics, economics, finance, information systems, management or marketing). Letter grade only.
MKT 303 - Concepts In Marketing: Overview of high-level marketing concepts and practices to provide foundational skills for those without a business background. Topics include the impact of external forces on marketing decisions; segmentation, targeting, and positioning; marketing strategies across the marketing mix; and role of marketing in social and environmental progress. (Note: This course will not count to meet major specific requirements for students pursuing a degree in accountancy, business analytics, economics, finance, information systems, management or marketing). Letter grade only.
APMS 602 - Apms Methods In Research: Introduction to Research Topic Areas within Applied Physics and Materials Science. This course will introduce students to the breadth of research being conducted within the APMS Program by participating faculty. The course will consist of weekly research introductions given by participating faculty of the APMS program. By the end of the course, students are expected to have a high-level understanding of the breadth of research areas in the APMS program and specific research interests of individual faculty members. Pass/Fail only.
APMS 601 - Condensed Matter Of Physics Of Materials: Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science with foci in soft matter, hard matter, theory and simulation and experimental approaches. This course is intended to introduce students to a wide-variety of topics and approaches in condensed matter physics and materials science. By the end of the course, students are expected to be able to converse at a 'high-level' on the variety of topic presented and demonstrate an eagerness and ability to traverse the literature of condensed matter physics and materials science. Letter grade only.
APMS 621 - Graduate Quantum Mechanics: The field of Applied Physics is inherently connected to the application of quantum physics. This course assumes prior exposure to quantum mechanics and provides graduate level study of non-relativistic quantum physics, focusing on fundamental conceptual issues and methods. The course is intended to prepare students for a professional career or doctoral studies in Applied Physics and will provide students with the foundational, conceptual, and technical background required to move to advanced topics such as quantum information, quantum optics, quantum field theory and quantum many-body physics. Instructor consent required. Letter grade only.
AS 256 - Air Force Physical Training Course VI: Opportunity for NAU students who meet the following requirements: Per 10 U.S.C.2109(c)(1), Practical Military Training, "A person who is not qualified for, and...will not be able to become qualified for, advanced training (POC),...shall not be permitted to participate in...practical military training," including Physical Fitness Training. All students must have a recent physical examination medically clearing individual to participate in class and proof of liability insurance. The syllabus will cover both cardiovascular and anaerobic activity, aimed at helping every participant to get in better shape regardless of fitness level. Pass/Fail only.
AS 255 - Air Force Physical Training Course V: Opportunity for NAU students who meet the following requirements: Per 10 U.S.C.2109(c)(1), Practical Military Training, "A person who is not qualified for, and...will not be able to become qualified for, advanced training (POC),...shall not be permitted to participate in...practical military training," including Physical Fitness Training. All students must have a recent physical examination medically clearing individual to participate in class and proof of liability insurance. The syllabus will cover both cardiovascular and anaerobic activity, aimed at helping every participant to get in better shape regardless of fitness level. Pass/Fail only. May be repeated for a maximum of 2 units.
AS 252 - Air Force Physical Training Course II: Opportunity for NAU students who meet the following requirements: Per 10 U.S.C.2109(c)(1), Practical Military Training, "A person who is not qualified for, and...will not be able to become qualified for, advanced training (POC),...shall not be permitted to participate in...practical military training," including Physical Fitness Training. All students must have a recent physical examination medically clearing individual to participate in class and proof of liability insurance. The syllabus will cover both cardiovascular and anaerobic activity, aimed at helping every participant to get in better shape regardless of fitness level. Pass/Fail only. May be repeated for a maximum of 2 units.
AS 253 - Air Force Physical Training Course III: Opportunity for NAU students who meet the following requirements: Per 10 U.S.C.2109(c)(1), Practical Military Training, "A person who is not qualified for, and...will not be able to become qualified for, advanced training (POC),...shall not be permitted to participate in...practical military training," including Physical Fitness Training. All students must have a recent physical examination medically clearing individual to participate in class and proof of liability insurance. The syllabus will cover both cardiovascular and anaerobic activity, aimed at helping every participant to get in better shape regardless of fitness level. Pass/Fail only. May be repeated for a maximum of 2 units.
AS 251 - Air Force Physical Training Course I: Opportunity for NAU students who meet the following requirements: Per 10 U.S.C.2109(c)(1), Practical Military Training, "A person who is not qualified for, and...will not be able to become qualified for, advanced training (POC),...shall not be permitted to participate in...practical military training," including Physical Fitness Training. All students must have a recent physical examination medically clearing individual to participate in class and proof of liability insurance. The syllabus will cover both cardiovascular and anaerobic activity, aimed at helping every participant to get in better shape regardless of fitness level. Pass/Fail only. May be repeated for a maximum of 2 units.
AS 254 - Air Force Physical Training Course IV: Opportunity for NAU students who meet the following requirements: Per 10 U.S.C.2109(c)(1), Practical Military Training, "A person who is not qualified for, and...will not be able to become qualified for, advanced training (POC),...shall not be permitted to participate in...practical military training," including Physical Fitness Training. All students must have a recent physical examination medically clearing individual to participate in class and proof of liability insurance. The syllabus will cover both cardiovascular and anaerobic activity, aimed at helping every participant to get in better shape regardless of fitness level. Pass/Fail only. May be repeated for a maximum of 2 units.
ESE 450 - Methods In Special Education: Mild To Moderate Disabilities: Methods and strategies for teaching and co teaching students with mild/moderate disabilities in the content areas with emphasis on Math and English Language Arts. Research-based instructional strategies for delivering differentiated reading instruction, assessment, intervention, and remediation to support readers of varying ages and ability levels are provided. The course content will include specific phonics instruction and teaching methods to address dyslexia. This course is required for educators seeking certification in mild/moderate disabilities and contains a key assessment that students must pass to be eligible to register for student teaching. Letter grade only.
HIS 420 - Public History: Public History is defined as the employment of historians and the historical method outside of academia: in government, private corporations, the media, historical societies and museums, even in private practice. As a senior-level seminar, Public History prepares students for internships and careers in history jobs outside the classroom including government, archives, historical societies, museums, historic preservation, local history, cultural resource management, and a variety of other fields. This course is divided equally between an intensive reading colloquium covering the first eight weeks of the course and a hands-on, collaborative, class-based public history project for the remainder of the class. Co-convened with HIS 502. Letter grade only.
PE 345 - Physical Education For Middle School Students: Instructional content, design and lesson planning including modifications and accommodations for developmentally appropriate physical education for middle school children while targeting a variety of teaching styles, practical guidance on student-centered planning, curriculum development and effective advocacy of strategies for best middle level practice. Students will apply the most current research on physical, socio-emotional, cognitive and identity development of young adolescents. Students will create and teach well developed, age-appropriate lessons that meet content standard requirements, integrate technology, and encompass multiple middle grade teaching and learning strategies. This course also requires completion of a Suicide Prevention training as outlined by the Arizona State Board of Education. Letter grade only.
CMF 422 - Media Literacy Workshop: Media Literacy is an approach that mixes media analysis and media practice. We will examine pressing issues in creative media and film and use the tools of creative media to explore and comment on them. Topics covered include media ownership and practices, media representation and reception, and legal issues such as censorship, piracy, intellectual property, and fair use. The course is open to different levels of technical proficiency in media, from a familiarity with widely available apps to ability with DSLR cameras and Final Cut Pro. This is not a course in production techniques, rather it focuses on the content you create and the commentary you make with creative media tools. Letter grade only.
MER 340 - Trend Forecasting: This course enhances students' understanding of trend forecasting, a major function in merchandising businesses. Trend forecasters predict colors, fabrics, materials, and other styles that will be presented on the runway and in stores for upcoming seasons. The concept of trend forecasting applies to all levels of the merchandising industry including fashion, automobile, medicine, food and beverage, literature, and home furnishings. Students will learn the basic steps of understanding the vision of the business and profile of target consumers, collecting information about available merchandise, preparing information, determining trends, and choosing appropriate merchandise for the company and target consumers. Letter grade only.
SOC 618 - Medical Sociology: Health and illness cannot be solely explained in terms of biology. This graduate-level seminar introduces major concepts and founding premises of medical sociology, providing a framework for understanding the social contexts of health, illness and medicine. In the first half of the semester, we will focus on the social determinants of health and illness. We will explore a wide range of instances where differences in social conditions generate differences in health outcomes. The second half of the semester focuses on the societal implications of health, illness and medicine -- how medicine and medical practice have a profound influence on and are influenced by social, cultural, political and economic forces. Topics include the social construction of health and disability, sick role, medicalization, and the profession of medicine. Letter grade only.
ENGL 106 - Critically Reading, Evaluating And Composing Writing: This course encourages students to think critically about written texts through thoughtful engagement with the reading process. Students apply critical thinking to the evaluation of written texts and their own writing process. Students will engage in a variety of written assignments from expository and research-driven genres. Letter grade only.
EES 591 - Foundations In Greenhouse Gas Accounting I: In this course you will be introduced to the emerging field of GHG emissions accounting and develop the skills needed to identify, verify, and report a corporation's GHG emissions. Increasingly businesses are recognizing that tracking and managing GHG emissions can result in measurable environmental, social, and economic benefits. You will be introduced to the basic skills and techniques needed to generate GHG emissions inventories for entities or corporations, including the requirements for reporting and verifying entity-level direct emissions (e.g., Scope 1) and indirect emissions from purchased electricity (e.g., Scope 2). This is the first course in a series of four courses that satisfy the requirements for the Professional Certificate in Greenhouse Gas Accounting. The course focuses on building the foundation skills necessary for all aspects of GHG accounting, reporting, and mitigation and is pre-request to the other courses in the certificate. Letter grade only.
EES 592 - Foundations In Greenhouse Gas Accounting II: This course builds off the foundational concepts learned in EES 591 (Foundations in Greenhouse Gas Accounting I), and introduces you to more advanced skills and methods needed to produce credible emissions inventories. Best practices and requirements for GHG inventories are continuing to evolve as the science advances and as governments enact GHG mitigation policies. This course includes emerging and more advanced GHG accounting methods and approaches, special considerations for community or city-level inventories, and evolving reporting frameworks and requirements. Students will be introduced to current standards, frameworks, and reporting tools, as well as, how emission inventories can be used to set mitigation goals and targets for climate actions plans, as well as tracking progress over time. This course, together with EES 591, provides you the foundation to construct a GHG inventory for any type of corporation or organization. This is the second course in a series of four courses that satisfy the requirements for the Professional Certificate in Greenhouse Gas Accounting. Letter grade only.
SIMY 259 - Introduction To Exceptional Customer Service: Quality customer service is critical, regardless of the industry we are working in. The service culture within an organization is just as important and can be the deciding factor between success and failure. Understanding how to provide an affective level of service is only half the battle, and knowing how service permeates an organization offers considerable benefits. This course introduces students to the value that needs to be placed on service and how implementing a culture and service strategy can assist an organization in rising above its competition. This includes placing great emphasis on the principles, values and service strategy employed from the top down. This course addresses indicators of quality service, employee commitment to customer satisfaction, workforce training and leadership to maintain customer relations over time. These concepts will be used to create and implement a customer service-training module. In addition, customer decision-making, factors influencing customer interactions, relationship building, and company policies and procedures are evaluated in a context of customer relations. Letter grade only.
DIS 604 - Disability Studies Framework Across The Life Course: This course expands the concepts introduced in DIS 603. Students will explore the concepts of evidenced-based practice and interdisciplinary collaboration in health care and educational systems. They will evaluate how these practices promote improved attitudes, increased access, and full inclusion for people with disabilities in all aspects of society. Additionally, students will examine disability legislation and current policies and practices designed for enhancing the rights of people with disabilities. Students will examine and critique how legislation and policies are implemented by systems and organizations for the benefit of those with disabilities. This course focuses on system-level variables pertaining to disability, including concepts of evidenced-based practice and interdisciplinary collaboration, expanding upon concepts presented in DIS 603. Students will investigate contemporary issues facing people with disabilities to evaluate how these practices can promote improved attitudes, increased access and full inclusion for people with disabilities in all aspects of society. Letter grade only.
NUR 402L - Developmental And Health-illness Transitions Of Childbearing And Childrearing Families Clinical: This clinical and experiential course presents the student with opportunities to plan or provide care for children of all ages, women who are planning on becoming, are, or have recently been pregnant, and families in community, outpatient, and inpatient settings. The skills developed in this course include (a) physiologic and developmental assessment for infants and children of all ages and levels of development; (b) health promotion, anticipatory guidance, and family teaching for prenatal, pregnant, and postpartum women; and (c) practice of the integration of theory content, critical reasoning, and the nursing process in a simulated and actual patient care activity. These learning experiences may take place in inpatient, ambulatory, school, or other community settings. The focus is on supporting positive health outcomes for the individuals as well as the family unit. The course builds upon the student's medical-surgical nursing knowledge and experience and expands their ability to provide quality nursing care across the lifespan. This clinical course prepares the student for their final semester of public health nursing and preceptor clinical experience. Letter grade only.
NUR 561 - Population Health, Dei And Care Coordination: This course was designed for nurses and healthcare professionals who need to expand upon existing skills in care coordination management for improvement of population health outcomes. After multiple conversations with nurse leaders throughout the country, the need for nurse and healthcare professionals to lead care coordination with an emphasis on diverse, equitable, and inclusive management skills, and principles across multiple populations arose as a primary need. The recent pandemic also brought home the need for nurse leaders to have systems level thinking, strategic population-based care coordination skills, and principles. This course was designed to help alleviate some of these critical needs in nurse leadership in population health, care coordination with specific emphasis on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in partnership with Dignity Health Global Education. This course is not exclusive to nurses and is open to healthcare professionals and others desiring to acquire these skills and economic principles in a systems approach to healthcare organizations. The course can be taken individually (non-degree seeking), as a course in the Graduate Certificate in Strategic Systems Leadership, or the course can stack into the MS in Nursing Strategic Systems Leadership degree. Letter grade only.
SCI 640 - Survey Of Research In Science Education: SCI 640 is a 3-credit course that is part of the Science Education Core block of courses as part of the PhD in Science Education program. The course is designed to offer graduate students a forum to critically examine research related to several areas of interest for science educators. The course will explore a variety of trends, theories, and hypotheses in science education through examination of seminal and contemporary research, reflection on application of findings to current practice in science education, and connection to student interests. The readings and associated learning activities designed for this course are suitable for doctoral level students conducting research or intending to become a science education researcher. This course is offered every other Fall and is one of the required courses for students to take during their first semester in the program. This survey course provides an overview for areas of research addressed in future courses in the program, as well as introducing areas of research not specifically developed as part of this program but available for students to pursue as part of their own interests. There are no pre-requisites for this course. Letter grade only.
ENG 583 - Approaches To Teaching Writing In The Secondary Classroom: This course focuses on the different approaches to writing instruction in secondary (grades 6-12) and college classrooms. Students will examine the theory and research behind each approach and how it is implemented in the classroom, as well as looking at both the effectiveness and limitations of each approach. Instructor consent required. Co-convened with ENG 403. This course contains an assessment that must be successfully completed in order to register for student teaching or internship. Letter grade only.
ENG 403 - Approaches To Teaching Writing In The Secondary Classroom: This course focuses on the different approaches to writing instruction in secondary (grades 6-12) and college classrooms. Students will examine the theory and research behind each approach and how it is implemented in the classroom, as well as looking at both the effectiveness and limitations of each approach. This course contains an assessment that must be successfully completed in order to register for student teaching. Instructor consent required. Co-convened with ENG 583. Letter grade only.
ENG 530 - Professional Environmental Writing: This course will examine environmental communication, specifically green/cultural tourism promotion, journalism, public participation, health and safety, non-profit communication, and multimedia production. Students will incorporate field experience and produce a workable business/problem solving proposal, multimedia marketing or informational materials for an instructor approved non-profit organization. Letter grade only.
ENG 210 - Principles In Rhetoric And Writing: This course offers an overview of rhetorical theory and effective written communication to meet the demands of any rhetorical situation in current text and digital communication practices. Letter grade only.
ECI 411 - Integrated Literacy III: Writing Instruction For Elementary School: Introduces the candidate to teaching language and literacy development processes for writing and composition for children from kindergarten through eighth grade. Focus includes research-based instructional strategies to develop competences for various approaches to writing instruction. Emphasis is placed on developing professional responsibilities and ethical conduct that supports a learning environment, including classroom management. Where candidates are exposed to developmentally appropriate instructional design and lesson planning with appropriate accommodations and modifications while assessing, monitoring, and reporting progress for diverse student populations including those with exceptionalities through facilitation and methodologies for teaching language. Letter grade only.
ENG 554 - Professional Writing For Digital Audiences: This is a course in writing and accompanying writing-related skills for digital audiences and workplace (professional) purposes, including web pages and social media. Letter grade only.
ENG 218 - Introduction To Public And Disciplinary Writing: This course focuses on written communication strategies and genres of writing relevant to particular disciplines and public settings. Students learn to evaluate rhetorical principles to compose clear written documents, preparing them for upper-division disciplinary writing and writing for a public audience. Letter grade only.
ENG 470 - Seminar In Creative Writing: Fiction: Intensive study of fiction writing, emphasizing the writing of a novella or a sequence of interrelated short stories or other narrative forms. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit with different content.
ENG 471 - Seminar In Creative Writing: Poetry: Intensive study of poetry writing emphasizing the writing of a single long poem or a sequence of interrelated, shorter poems. May be repeated for up to 9 hours of credit with different content. Letter grade only.
ENG 271 - Introduction To Creative Writing: Poetry: Beginning course in poetry writing that emphasizes the composition and revision of student poems. Letter grade only.
ENG 270 - Introduction To Creative Writing: Fiction: Beginning course in short-story writing that emphasizes the composition and revision of student stories. Letter grade only.
ENG 371H - Intermediate Poetry Writing - Honors: Poetry writing in a workshop setting that focuses on the composition and revision of student poetry. Letter grade only.
ENG 606 - Issues In Technical And Professional Writing: Examination of specific areas of concern and interest in professional and technical writing, such as ethics, cross-cultural communication, or gender issues. Letter grade only.
HON 395 - Calderwood Seminar In Public Writing: Discipline-based, writing-intensive course that engages students in areas of special interest. The defining focus is public writing, or translating specialist knowledge to a general audience. The seminar is collaborative in nature, with students writing frequently and revising their work in response to comments from both their instructor and classmates. Letter grade only. May be repeated once if topic changes.
ECI 721 - Writing For Publication Seminar: Writing is an essential skill in becoming a scholar. ECI 721 is a seminar designed to enable students in the Curriculum and Instruction Program to become productive and scholarly writers. This seminar prepares doctoral students for the challenging endeavor of writing for publication. Students are guided to become skilled in constructing manuscripts by developing arguments, supporting those arguments with evidence, and creating an organization schema based on a convincing presentation of the argument and evidence. Students deconstruct published pieces, engage in mock manuscript reviews, and compose an original manuscript for publication. American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines for publication are utilized. The necessary, but oftentimes, hidden skills and strategies of preparing writing for publishers' review are developed. Through these discussions and writing groups, students gain insights into the knowledge and dispositions of successful writers. Letter grade only.
ENG 120 - Introduction To Workplace Writing: This course is an introduction to workplace writing in diverse professions. Students will examine narratives of workplace writers to understand the obstacles they face and how to overcome them. In addition, students will understand the content production and delivery processes of the workplace writer through the analysis of written documents, digital content, and oral presentations. Students will explore technical communication careers while developing writing, collaboration, and presentation skills. Letter grade only.
ENG 624 - Topics In Public And Disciplinary Writing: This course focuses on the goals and situations that require the need to write for pubic and disciplinary communities, and it focuses on the expectations, goals, situations, and needs of the reader. It pays close attention to research, design of the document, medium in which the document is presented, and media used to distribute information. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit.
IH 602 - Interdisciplinary Health Grant Writing: Provides an overview as well as hands-on experience with the processes associated with writing for scholarly publication, applying for external research funding in the areas of health equity, disability, and psychosocial health, and disseminating scholarly work across broad audiences. Students will gain exposure, increase knowledge, and develop skills essential for conceptualizing, writing and preparing scholarly articles as well as grant proposals for a variety of federal funding agencies as well as foundations and community-based funders. Emphasizes ways of incorporating (a) community-based research methodologies, (b) interdisciplinary research advances and perspectives, and (c) stakeholder involvement in proposal development and ultimately in carrying out and disseminating funded research. Letter grade only.
ENG 211 - Principles In Argumentation And Digital Media Writing: This course focuses on argumentation and digital media writing to examine how the writing practices we employ influence notions of what it means to participate in community, society, and public discourse. Letter grade only.
ENG 471H - Seminar In Creative Writing: Poetry - Honors: Intensive study of poetry writing emphasizing the writing of a single long poem or a sequence of interrelated, shorter poems. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit with different content.
ENG 470H - Seminar In Creative Writing: Fiction - Honors: Intensive study of fiction writing, emphasizing the writing of a novella or a sequence of interrelated short stories or other narrative forms. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit with different content.
ENG 105 - Critical Reading And Writing In The University Community: Writing skills for completing university coursework. Fulfills the liberal studies requirement for English Foundation. Letter grade only.
ENG 272 - Introduction To Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction: A beginning course in creative nonfiction writing that emphasizes the composition and revision of student essays. Letter grade only.
ENG 211H - Principles In Argumentation And Digital Media Writing - Honors: This course focuses on argumentation and digital media writing to examine how the writing practices we employ influence notions of what it means to participate in community, society, and public discourse. Letter grade only.
ENG 522 - Rhetoric And Writing In Professional Communities: Intensive study of written discourse typical of professional communities in education, business, industry, and government. Letter grade only.
ENG 472 - Seminar In Creative Writing: Creative Non Fiction: Intensive study of the craft of creative nonfiction, emphasizing the writing of personal essays, memoirs, or subjective criticism. May be repeated for up to 9 hours of credit with different content.
ECI 731 - Grant-writing Skills, Knowledge, And Dispositions Seminar: Writing proposals for funding agencies can seem mysterious to the uninitiated. ECI 731 affords opportunities to doctoral students in the Curriculum and Instruction Program to develop an in-depth understanding of the grant-writing process through experiential, hands-on, approaches. A thorough exploration of the grant-writing process - taking novices from an initial call for proposals, to an analysis of writing guidelines, into an application of review rubrics, on to language and argument usage, into an exploration of procedures for submission, and finally, through the acceptance or non-funding judgement - prepares doctoral students to meet the challenge of grant-writing. Students review successful grant proposals, and analyze non-funded grant proposals for areas of deficiency. In groups, they identify and develop ways of addressing these weaknesses. Also, a requirement for students in ECI 731 is to construct a grant proposal. Letter grade only.
ENG 472H - Seminar In Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction - Honors: Intensive study of the craft of creative nonfiction, emphasizing the writing of personal essays, memoirs, or subjective criticism. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit with different content.
ENG 686 - Research Projects: Rhetoric, Writing, And Digital Media Studies: Students will create a project that engages them in learning essential knowledge and life-enhancing skills through an extended, student-influenced inquiry process structured around complex, authentic questions and carefully designed products and tasks that demonstrate mastery of learning outcomes in Rhetoric, Writing, and Digital Media Studies. Letter grade only.
NUR 609 - Synthesis Of Writing, Research And Statistical Principles In Healthcare: This course prepares graduate students in health professions to critically analyze professional literature with a focus on research design, methodology, implementation and statistical analysis. This course will facilitate the development of scholarly writing skills to communicate a critical analysis of the evidence with an application to practice. Letter grade only.
ECI 418 - Integrated Literacy III: Writing Instruction In Elementary Settings-learning And Pedagogy: This course is designed to demonstrate methods for effectively/efficiently teaching writing/composition strategies/ skills to students in elementary settings and the ability to design writing instruction appropriate student needs. Letter grade only.
ENG 561 - Introduction To Rhetoric, Writing And Digital Media Studies: This course provides a survey of key texts, current trends, and critical questions in rhetorical and composition theory, research metholodogies in rhetoric and composition, workplace writing, historical and contemporary rhetoric, narrative studies and creative rhetorics, and social and digital media studies. Student are introduced to pedagogical and workplace techniques derived from the main theories of the discipline. Letter grade only.
ENG 403H - Approaches To Teaching Writing In The Secondary Classroom - Honors: This course focuses on the different approaches to writing instruction in secondary (grades 6-12) and college classrooms. Students will examine the theory and research behind each approach and how it is implemented in the classroom, as well as looking at both the effectiveness and limitations of each approach. This course contains an assessment that must be successfully completed in order to register for student teaching. Instructor consent required. Letter grade only.
ECI 411H - Integrated Literacy III: Writing Instruction For Elementary School - Honors: Introduces the candidate to teaching language and literacy development processes for writing and composition for children from kindergarten through eighth grade. Focus includes research-based instructional strategies to develop competences for various approaches to writing instruction. Emphasis is placed on developing professional responsibilities and ethical conduct that supports a learning environment, including classroom management. Where candidates are exposed to developmentally appropriate instructional design and lesson planning with appropriate accommodations and modifications while assessing, monitoring, and reporting progress for diverse student populations including those with exceptionalities through facilitation and methodologies for teaching language. Letter grade only.
ENG 118 - Special Topics: Diversity In Rhetoric, Writing, And Digital Media: ENG 118 focuses on rhetorical analysis of written, digital, and visual texts on U.S. ethnic diversity issues, laying the foundation for continued study of how race and ethnicity intersect with aspects of class, gender, power, politics, history, religion, environment, and culture, and how race and ethnicity influence the experiences of racial and ethnic minorities in a growing globalized community. Students engage in critical thinking about and analysis of the diverse human experiences of U.S. ethnic and racial populations, conduct research, and compose in written, visual, and digital modalities. This course will increase students' awareness of the perspectives and experiences of one or more U.S. ethnic minority groups (such as African American, Alaskan Native, American Indian, Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino/a peoples). Letter grade only. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 units.
ENG 563 - Introduction To Research Methods In Rhetoric And Writing Studies: Introduction to Research Methods helps you to learn about the basic research methodologies in rhetoric and composition. You will study practical methods for conducting research in the discipline. Methods will include ethnographic research methods, case studies, qualitative literacy research, discourse studies in composition, and archival research. You will have the opportunity to begin mapping out research questions that you might later address in the Graduate Research class. Letter grade only.
TH 462 - Playwriting: Theory and practice in the writing of plays. Letter grade only.
NAV 101 - First Year Navajo: Speaking, reading, and writing of basic conversational Navajo. Letter grade only.
ENG 562 - Introduction To Rhetoric And Composition Theory: This course introduces students to ancient and present-day theories of rhetoric, writing, and digital media and their significance for contemporary composition instruction and professional writing practices. Throughout the course, students explore the connections between rhetorical theories, writing processes, and pedagogical practices. Letter grade only.
ENG 532 - Workplace Grammar: In this course, we focus on workplace practices rather than on academic writing conventions that apply to "local" writing issues such as "grammar," spelling, sentence structure, word choice and punctuation as well as to "global" writing issues such as notions of coherence, cohesion, correctness, formality, and usability. Letter grade only.
CMF 329 - Advanced Screenwriting: Develop and write original scripts for long form (90 minute) narratives. Students will write and revise approximately 90 pages of an original entertainment script. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit.
ANT 609 - Post-internship Seminar: Emphasizes preparing and presenting internship reports and developing skills in report writing and presentation. Letter grade only.
CENE 799 - Dissertation: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected dissertation topic. Departmental consent required. Pass-Fail only.
CTE 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Pass-fail only. May be repeated for credit.
EDF 799 - Dissertation: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected dissertation topic. Pass-fail only. No repeat limit.
EDL 799 - Dissertation: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected dissertation topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only.
ENG 205H - The Academic Writer's Workshop - Honors: Reading and writing skills in response to academic texts. Partially fulfills the liberal studies requirement for English Foundation. Letter grade only.
ENG 205 - The Academic Writer's Workshop: Reading and writing skills in response to academic texts. Partially fulfills the liberal studies requirement for English Foundation. Letter grade only.
EPS 799 - Dissertation: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected dissertation topic. Pass-fail only.
ME 799 - Dissertation: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected dissertation topic. Pass-Fail only. May be repeated as needed.
PT 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Pass-Fail only. Prerequisite: Admission to master's plan.
EES 605 - Topics In Earth And Environmental Science And Policy: Introduction to research and grant-proposal writing and to local and global geologic, environmental, and policy issues. Pass/Fail only.
BE 799 - Dissertation: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected dissertation topic. Pass-Fail only. May be repeated as needed.
AST 799 - Dissertation: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected dissertation topic. Pass-Fail only. May be repeated for credit.
AST 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Pass-Fail only.
CMF 426C - Creative Media And Film Capstone: Integrates theories, concepts, and techniques in the writing, planning, and producing of short film projects in production teams. Letter grade only.
CMF 426CH - Creative Media And Film Capstone - Honors: Integrates theories, concepts, and techniques in the writing, planning, and producing of short film projects in production teams. Letter grade only.
NAV 201 - Second Year Navajo: Review of grammar and phonetics. Development of speaking, reading, and writing skills. Letter grade only.
JLS 104 - Grammar & Style: A review of basic English grammar as well as an overview of the AP writing style. Letter grade only.
GSP 402 - Environmental Impact Analysis: Assessing Project Impacts Under The National Environmental Policy Act: Requirements and implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act, with emphasis on writing environmental assessments and impact statements. Letter grade only.
INF 799 - Dissertation: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected dissertation topic. Pass-Fail only. May be repeated for credit.
ITA 201 - Second Year Italian: Consolidates and increases basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Expansion of vocabulary and cultural awareness. Letter grade only.
INF 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Pass-Fail only.
SPA 404 - Advanced Composition And Oral Expression: Advanced course in writing Spanish, including creative expression and development of research skills. Letter grade only.
SPA 404H - Advanced Composition And Oral Expression - Honors: Advanced course in writing Spanish, including creative expression and development of research skills. Letter grade only.
FRE 404 - Advanced French Composition: Emphasizes refinement of intensive advanced practice in writing French, with a cultural component. Letter grade only.
RUS 101 - First Year Russian: Introduces the basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Fundamentals of grammar, basic vocabulary, conversation, and culture. Letter grade only.
ETC 635 - Technology Planning And Professional Development: Prepares technology leaders for planning, writing, assessing, and maintaining district and school-based technology plans. Also involves instructional program and staff development, facilities and resource management, managing change processes, and grant writing. Field component. Letter grade only.
HON 190 - Honors Colloquium: Intensive writing and reading course designed to broaden your understanding of ideas and values from varied cultures; to strengthen your critical reading, writing, and thinking skills; and to introduce you to an honors liberal studies education. Partially fulfills the liberal studies requirement for English Foundation. Letter grade only.
INF 626L - Applied Bayesian Modeling Lab: Laboratory section that accompanies INF 626. Guided, hands-on experience implementing Bayesian statistical models in JAGS and/or OpenBUGS via R. Emphasizes model building, writing code in JAGS or OpenBUGS, and writing code in R to run prepare data for the JAGS/OpenBUGS models, run the models, and evaluate model output. Letter grade only.
SPAN 103 - Second Semester Spanish: This course will improve basic skills, including comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. The emphasis will be on understanding main ideas, initiating and responding in basic communicative tasks, reading simple written material, writing short compositions, and demonstrating an understanding of cultural traits in the Spanish-speaking world. Continuation of SPAN 102. Letter grade only.
SPAN 202 - Third Semester Spanish: This course will enhance skills, including comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. The focus will be on interacting in face-to-face conversations, writing dialogues and short stories, and demonstrating comprehension and deriving meaning from concepts, situations, and cultural nuances. Continuation of SPAN 102 and 103. Letter grade only.
ANT 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Pass-fail only. Department Consent. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
BIO 799 - Dissertation: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected dissertation topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. May be repeated as needed.
BIO 469 - Data Analysis And Representation: This course emphasizes quantitative approaches, graphical representation, and science writing, and prepares students for the presentation of independent field research in a public and professional forum. Letter grade only.
CCJ 694 - Teaching Criminology Practicum: Capstone writing project based on analysis of supervised experience teaching criminology/criminal justice in a university, community college, or other professional setting. Pass-fail only.
BME 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Pass-fail only. May be repeated as needed. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
ECI 799 - Dissertation: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected dissertation topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. May be repeated for credit.
ECI 551 - Clinical Practice In Reading Practicum K-8: Clinical experience with tutoring children with reading delays in reading, diagnostic testing, case studies, and clinical report writing. Letter grade only.
ENG 607 - Forms Of Poetry: Workshop course in writing poetry in established forms or other special topics. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit with different content.
ENG 799 - Dissertation: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected dissertation topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. No repeat limit.
ENG 110 - Rhetoric In The Media: Uses rhetoric to analyze and write about popular cultural texts such as print media, advertising and commercials, television shows, films, cyberspace, and radio. Letter grade only.
EPS 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Pass-fail only. No repeat limit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
FOR 799 - Dissertation: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected dissertation topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. No repeat limit.
ESE 799 - Dissertation: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected dissertation topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. No repeat limit.
HIS 799 - Dissertation: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected dissertation topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. No repeat limit.
MAT 232 - Introduction To Mathematical Reasoning: Mathematical reasoning in multi-step problems across different areas of mathematics. Focuses on problem solving and solution writing. Letter grade only.
PSY 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass/Fail only. May be repeated for credit.
PSY 699H - Thesis - Honors: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass/Fail only. May be repeated for credit.
EES 606 - Research Methods In Earth And Environmental Science: Continued development of research, writing, and presentation skills for graduate studies, leading to successful presentation of a MS thesis proposal or PhD dissertation chapter. Pass/Fail only.
EES 799 - Dissertation: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected dissertation topic. Department consent required. Pass-Fail only. May be repeated as needed.
EES 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Pass-Fail only. No repeat limit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's plan.
BSC 395 - Science Career Development: This course will focus on refining a student's writing and research skills in developing the materials necessary for attaining an internship, job, or entrance in a graduate or professional program in science.
SCI 699 - Mast Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Instructor consent required. Pass-fail only. May be repeated for credit.
ARE 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Pass-fail only. No repeat limit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
JLS 332H - Advanced Editing And Layout - Honors: Applying publication design principles, structure, and styles for a variety of journalism media. Type, illustrations, color, and new technology; writing publication specifications. Letter grade only.
JLS 332 - Advanced Editing And Layout: Applying publication design principles, structure, and styles for a variety of journalism media. Type, illustrations, color, and new technology; writing publication specifications. Letter grade only.
IH 799 - Dissertation: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected dissertation topic. Department consent required. Pass/Fail only. No repeat limit.
ITA 101 - First Year Italian: Introduces the basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Fundamentals of grammar, basic vocabulary, conversation, and culture through a variety of approaches. Letter grade only.
ITA 101H - First Year Italian - Honors: Introduces the basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Fundamentals of grammar, basic vocabulary, conversation, and culture through a variety of approaches. Letter grade only.
CCHE 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Pass-fail only. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: admission to master's plan.
SPAN 102 - First Semester Spanish: This course will introduce basic skills, including comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. The emphasis will be n the fundamentals of grammar, basic vocabulary, conversation, and culture. Letter grade only.
BSCI 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. May be repeated as needed.
APMS 799 - Dissertation: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected dissertation topic. Instructor consent required. Pass/Fail only. No repeat limit.
CHI 201 - Second Year Chinese (Mandarin): Designed to consolidate and increase basic skills: characters and writing, fundamentals of grammar, listening, speaking, reading. Lab drill work. Letter grade only.
ARB 101 - First Year Arabic: Introduces the basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Fundamentals of grammar, basic vocabulary, conversation, and culture through a variety of approaches. Letter grade only.
FRE 101 - First Year French: Introduces the basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Fundamentals of grammar, basic vocabulary, conversation, and culture through a variety of approaches. Letter grade only.
SPA 101H - First Year Spanish - Honors: Introduces the basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Fundamentals of grammar, basic vocabulary, conversation, and culture through a variety of approaches. Letter grade only.
SPA 101 - First Year Spanish: Introduces the basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Fundamentals of grammar, basic vocabulary, conversation, and culture through a variety of approaches. Letter grade only.
SPA 511 - Methods Of Spanish Instruction: Exploration of learning theories and instructional strategies for promoting students' speaking, writing, listening, reading abilities as well as cultural knowledge of the Hispanic experience. Letter grade only.
RUS 201 - Second Year Russian: Continuation of RUS 101 and 102. Developing basic skills of speaking, comprehension, reading, and writing. Speaking is heavily emphasized. Letter grade only.
GER 101 - First Year German: Introduces the basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Fundamentals of grammar, basic vocabulary, conversation, and culture through a variety of approaches. Letter grade only.
SPA 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Pass-fail only. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
JPN 201 - Second Year Japanese: Designed to consolidate and increase basic skills: characters and writing, fundamentals of grammar, listening, speaking, reading. Drill work. Letter grade only.
ENG 623 - Topics In Narrative Studies And Creative Rhetorics: This course prepares students to recognize, critique, help shape, and transform a story. It requires a background in the history of narrative, cross-cultural and contemporary developments in narrative writing. Topics addressed in Narrative Studies include narratives in cross-cultural perspectives, popular culture and ethnicity, writing and narrative form, historical perspectives on narrative writing, and visual/digital culture and literacy. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit.
BIO 699 - Graduate Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. May be repeated as needed. Department Consent. Pass-fail only. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
BIO 573 - Field Ecology: Emphasizes identification of original field research problems in diverse habitats, experimentation, data analyses, oral presentation of findings, and writing in journal format. 2 hrs. lecture, 6 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
CCJ 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
CENE 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent. Pass-fail only. May be repeated as needed. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
CHM 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. May be repeated as needed. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
CSD 685 - Graduate Research: Entails writing a master's project paper to be submitted for presentation or publication. Department consent required. Letter grade or pass-fail. May be repeated for up to 6 units of credit.
COM 150 - Environmental Communication: Survey of environmental communication that is also focused on analytical research and the production of environmental messages for the purpose of public awareness and/or action. In addition to writing, the course involves the creation of messages in audio, visual, oral, or other forms. Letter grade only.
ECI 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent. Pass-fail only. May be repeated as needed. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
ECI 604 - Advanced Study In Emergent Literacy: Theories of emergent literacy, early childhood development of language, reading and writing, role of parent and teacher, and current thinking in areas of instructional strategies, environment, and assessment. Letter grade only.
EDR 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. No repeat limit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
EDF 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. No repeat limit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
EGR 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. No repeat limit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
EDL 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. No repeat limit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
ENG 609 - The Art Of Fiction: Workshop course in writing fiction and in study of the literary-aesthetic boundaries of narrative form. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit with different content.
ENG 555 - Content Strategy: Content is writing or other media that appears on the web. Content strategy includes the research, planning, web writing skills and resources we use to plan that content, create it, deliver it to readers on the web in multiple formats, and manage that content so it can be retrieved and used in multiple ways by a myriad of different users. This class is an overview of content strategy and related concepts and practices related to workplace writing situations. Students will explore the vocabulary and processes involved in content audits, perform their own content strategy review for an organization, and explore related resources and concepts such as the use of intelligent content, localized content, content management systems and DITA. Students will create deliverables using technical writing style for the web. Letter grade only.
ENG 676 - Workshop In Creative Nonfiction: Workshop course in the writing of creative nonfiction, with particular emphasis on the personal essay. Instructor's consent required. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit.
ENG 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. May be repeated as needed. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. No repeat limit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
ENG 581 - Language, Learning, And Literacy: This course focuses on the relationships among reading, writing, listening, and speaking in the secondary English Language Arts classroom, with a focus on 21st-century literacies and the Common Core Standards. Letter grade only.
ENG 261H - Introduction To Women Writers - Honors: Representative novels, poetry, and plays by women writing in English studied in the context of new scholarship on women in language, literary theory, history, philosophy, and psychology. Letter grade only.
ENG 261 - Introduction To Women Writers: Representative novels, poetry, and plays by women writing in English studied in the context of new scholarship on women in language, literary theory, history, philosophy, and psychology. Letter grade only.
EPS 737 - Psychological Assessment: This course is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills in the selection, administration, scoring and interpretation of psychological measures of personality (adolescents and adults). Students will demonstrate skills in writing case evaluation reports and communicating results to consumers. Letter grade only.
EPS 674 - Psychoeducational Assessment: Administration, scoring, and interpretation of tests of cognitive, academic, adaptive, sensory, and motor functioning. Emphasizes psychoeducational diagnosis and report writing. This course contains an assessment that must be passed to be eligible to register for the practica. Letter grade only.
FOR 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. No repeat limit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
ESE 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. No repeat limit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
HIS 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. No repeat limit Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
HIS 355 - History Of Feminisms And Feminist Historiography: Examines differing histories of international feminist movements and the writing of histories of the same. Looks at how scholars have sought to build alliances across various cultural and political borders. Cross-listed with WGS 355. Letter grade only.
HIS 602 - Topics In Graduate Research: Research and writing using archival, primary, and secondary sources in topics appropriate to primary or secondary field. Required of all history graduate students. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit.
HS 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
MAT 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. Prerequisite: GPA of at least 3.3 in MS mathematics program coursework
MAT 320 - Foundations Of Mathematics: Symbolic logic, set theory, functions, and number systems. Focuses on techniques of proof and mathematical writing. This course contains an assessment that must be successfully completed in order to register for student teaching. Letter grade only.
ME 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
MAT 603 - Capstone Course: Comprehensive Exam And Portfolio: Individualized directed writing and oral defense of capstone comprehensive exam and portfolio. Pass-fail only. Prerequisite: Approval of the Final Portfolio and Oral Exam request/Instructor Consent.
POS 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
POS 799 - Dissertation: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected dissertation topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Admission to candidacy for doctoral degree.
PSY 461H - Language And Cognition - Honors: Theory and research on the role of language in human thought and behavior with attention to brain mechanisms, speech, comprehension, reading, writing, second language acquisition, and social context. Letter grade only.
PSY 461 - Language And Cognition: Theory and research on the role of language in human thought and behavior with attention to brain mechanisms, speech, comprehension, reading, writing, second language acquisition, and social context. Letter grade only.
PT 582 - Therapeutic Exercise: Theory and application of passive, active, and resistive exercise, with development of skills in exercise prescription-writing, health promotion, use of therapeutic modalities and fitness testing. 2 hrs. lecture, 6 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
TH 490C - Senior Capstone Experience: Seminar for seniors including career workshops and senior projects culminating in a retrospective oral presentation or portfolio review. Projects may include performance, directing, design, research, and creative writing. Letter grade or Pass/Fail.
TH 490CH - Senior Capstone Experience - Honors: Seminar for seniors including career workshops and senior projects culminating in a retrospective oral presentation or portfolio review. Projects may include performance, directing, design, research, and creative writing. Letter grade or Pass/Fail.
STA 371 - Intermediate Statistics: Applies statistical methods to real world problems. Simple and multiple regression, ANOVA, experimental design, and categorical data analysis. Designing studies and collecting data, analyzing information, and writing reports. Letter grade only.
STA 371H - Intermediate Statistics - Honors: Applies statistical methods to real world problems. Simple and multiple regression, ANOVA, experimental design, and categorical data analysis. Designing studies and collecting data, analyzing information, and writing reports. Letter grade only.
STA 699 - Graduate Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Pass-fail only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit.. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
WGS 355H - History Of Feminisms And Feminist Historiography - Honors: Examines differing histories of international feminist movements and the writing of histories of the same. Looks at how scholars have sought to build alliances across various cultural and political borders. Letter grade only.
WGS 355 - History Of Feminisms And Feminist Historiography: Examines differing histories of international feminist movements and the writing of histories of the same. Looks at how scholars have sought to build alliances across various cultural and political borders. Cross-listed with HIS 355. Letter grade only.
ADV 307H - Advertising Copy And Layout - Honors: Practical application of advertising design techniques and electronic layout. Creative strategy. Intensive practice in copy writing for various media channels. Taught in a computer lab. Letter grade only.
ADV 307 - Advertising Copy And Layout: Practical application of advertising design techniques and electronic layout. Creative strategy. Intensive practice in copy writing for various media channels. Taught in a computer lab. Letter grade only.
ARE 200 - Foundations In Art Education: Includes quality components, state and national standards, lesson plan design and writing, the language of art, and children's artistic development. This course contains an assessment that must be passed to be eligible to register for student teaching. Letter grade only.
CST 311 - Speaking, Advocacy, And Civic Engagement: Preparing and presenting speeches with special emphasis on advocacy and civic engagement. Emphasizes audience analysis, research, organizational style, presentation aids, and speech writing and delivery in a variety of contexts. Letter grade only.
CST 201 - Research In Communication Studies: Surveys primary research areas, methods, and perspectives in communication studies. Emphasizes basic undergraduate research techniques and writing in communication studies. Letter grade only. Recommended: COM 101, COM 200, CST 111, or instructor's consent.
CS 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent. Pass-fail only. May be repeated as needed. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
SUS 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
CST 311H - Speaking, Advocacy, And Civic Engagement - Honors: Preparing and presenting speeches with special emphasis on advocacy and civic engagement. Emphasizes audience analysis, research, organizational style, presentation aids, and speech writing and delivery in a variety of contexts. Letter grade only.
MST 210 - Arts And Cultural Management: History, law, and problems associated with art and cultural organizations in the non-profit, for profit, and public sector; fund raising, grant writing, marketing/publicity, personnel management, programming, and office management. Letter grade only.
NTS 657 - Career Preparation In Nutrition And Dietetics: The graduate seminar will prepare students to be successful public health nutritionists. Topics covered include writing a cover letter and resume, building an online portfolio, and studying techniques for the Examination for Registered Dietitians Nutritionists. Letter grade only.
EE 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. No repeat limit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
GSP 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. No repeat limit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
ENTY 240 - Introduction To Entrepreneurship: Introduction to economic, social, and human factors necessary to opening and operating a business. Emphasis on writing and analyzing business plans, developing marketing strategies and raising capital. Letter grade only.
CS 386H - Software Engineering - Honors: Involves applying software engineering and software architecture principles and techniques in the construction of complex computer programs in a team setting. Individualized and team writing and oral presentation tasks. Ethical issues. Letter grade only.
CS 386 - Software Engineering: Involves applying software engineering and software architecture principles and techniques in the construction of complex computer programs in a team setting. Individualized and team writing and oral presentation tasks. Ethical issues. Letter grade only.
MUS 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Required of all music history, music theory and composition, and music education majors. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. May be repeated for credit.
SPAN 203 - Fourth Semester Spanish: This course will enhance skills, including comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. The focus will be on enhanced communication skills, vocabulary and cultural awareness of nuances in the Spanish-speaking world. Letter grade only.
PHY 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Instructor's consent required. Pass-fail only. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
SOC 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
APMS 699 - Thesis: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected thesis topic. Department consent required. Pass-fail only. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Admission to master's program.
FRE 310 - Professional French: This course will introduce students to the basics of written and oral professional communication in French. Students will learn vocabulary, writing conventions, and cultural conventions of the French professional context. Students will also develop vocabulary for specific professions. Letter grade only.
FRE 105 - French For Advanced Beginners: Introduces the basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Fundamentals of grammar, basic vocabulary, conversation, and culture through a variety of approaches. This accelerated course is intended for students with prior French background. Letter grade only.
ARB 201 - Second Year Arabic: Designed to consolidate and increase basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Expansion of communicative skills, vocabulary and cultural awareness with particular emphasis on speaking. Continuation of ARB 101 and 102. Letter grade only.
ARB 202 - Second Year Arabic: Designed to consolidate and increase basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Expansion of communicative skills, vocabulary, and cultural awareness with particular emphasis on speaking. Continuation of ARB 101, 102, and 201. Letter grade only.
FRE 202 - Second Year French: Designed to consolidate and increase the basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Expansion of vocabulary and cultural awareness with particular emphasis on reading. Course conducted entirely in French. Letter grade only.
FRE 202H - Second Year French - Honors: Designed to consolidate and increase the basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Expansion of vocabulary and cultural awareness with particular emphasis on reading. Course conducted entirely in French. Letter grade only.
SPA 221 - Intermediate Spanish Immersion I: Third course in the Spanish immersion sequence. Designed to consolidate and increase the basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading and writing. Expansion of vocabulary and cultural awareness. Class conducted entirely in Spanish. Letter grade only.
SPA 222 - Intermediate Spanish Immersion II: Fourth course in the Spanish immersion sequence. Designed to consolidate and increase the basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading and writing. Expansion of vocabulary and cultural awareness. Class conducted entirely in Spanish. Letter grade only.
SPA 202 - Second Year Spanish: Designed to consolidate and increase basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Expansion of communicative skills, vocabulary and cultural awareness with particular emphasis on reading. Course conducted entirely in Spanish. Letter grade only.
LAN 450CH - Capstone Seminar - Honors: BA in Modern Languages capstone course targeting critical thinking and effective writing. Students choose their individual project in consultation with the instructor of the course and their target-language advisor. Letter grade only.
LAN 450C - Capstone Seminar: BA in Modern Languages capstone course targeting critical thinking and effective writing. Students choose their individual project in consultation with the instructor of the course and their target-language advisor. Letter grade only.
SPA 303H - Spanish For Everyday Conversation - Honors: Emphasizes oral proficiency in Spanish through speaking, writing, reading, and listening activities. If your competence exceeds the scope of this course, you receive credit by exam. Letter grade only.
SPA 303 - Spanish For Everyday Conversation: Emphasizes oral proficiency in Spanish through speaking, writing, reading, and listening activities. If your competence exceeds the scope of this course, you receive credit by exam. Letter grade only.
SPA 202H - Second Year Spanish - Honors: Designed to consolidate and increase basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Expansion of communicative skills, vocabulary and cultural awareness with particular emphasis on reading. Course conducted entirely in Spanish. Letter grade only.
SPA 514 - Testing And Classroom Assessment: Best development and analysis for the assessment of students' overall proficiency (i.e., speaking, writing, listening, reading), cultural knowledge, and literacy. To include guidelines such as state and national Language Standards and ACTFL Proficiency guidelines. Letter grade only.
GER 202H - Second Year German - Honors: Designed to consolidate and increase basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Expansion of vocabulary and cultural awareness with particular emphasis on reading. Course conducted entirely in German. Letter grade only.
GER 202 - Second Year German: Designed to consolidate and increase basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Expansion of vocabulary and cultural awareness with particular emphasis on reading. Course conducted entirely in German. Letter grade only.
ECI 701 - Frameworks Of Curriculum: ECI 701 is designed to engage students in a study of the central themes and arguments that currently shape the complex and complicated field of curriculum. Through this course, students intentionally consider the field of curriculum, developing deep understandings of the historical and philosophical underpinnings; explore the foundational writings, as well as the authors who contributed these concepts and theories. All of which have shaped the themes and arguments of this field of human endeavor. Within and between these writings, students surface points of connection and areas of dispute. Letter grade only.
ENG 434 - Technical Documentation: Students will produce and edit technical documentation based on best practices for writing content such as help files, user manuals, and FAQ files. In addition, students will create resume-building documentation in teams affiliated with the online iFixit Technical Writing Project. As members of graduate-student-led teams, students will learn and practice teamwork skills as well as editing and Search Engine Optimization principles. Co-convened with ENG 534. Letter grade only.
TSM 360 - Perspectives On Science: This course examines the ways in which we have come to understand how science works. Students will examine work in the philosophy, history, and sociology of science as well as the science studies literature to develop understandings of the nature of science. Additionally, the course will examine pedagogies to enact nature of science understandings and scientific and engineering practices in the secondary science classroom. A specific focus will be on the effective use of writing to express our ideas about the ways in which science works. This course is intended to improve your writing skills. Letter grade only.
COM 544 - Trends And Research In Merchandising: This course will deepen students' understanding of the theory, practice, and application of research applied to the merchandising field, with a particular focus to quantitative data collection methods. Students will have the opportunity to write a prospectus for a potential graduate project or thesis. Co-convened with MER 444. Letter grade only.
ENV 360 - Physical And Chemical Processes In The Atmosphere And Hydrosphere: Integrated approach to Earth's atmosphere and hydrosphere, emphasizing composition, chemical processing, physical transport, and aspects of human impacts and policy. Lab includes experimental design, statistics, and writing. 3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
ENV 360H - Physical And Chemical Processes In The Atmosphere And Hydrosphere - Honors: Integrated approach to Earth's atmosphere and hydrosphere, emphasizing composition, chemical processing, physical transport, and aspects of human impacts and policy. Lab includes experimental design, statistics, and writing. 3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
EPS 673 - Intellectual And Cognitive Assessment: Administration, scoring, interpretation, and report writing with major measures of intelligence and cognitive processing. Includes theory and research regarding cognitive processing and intellectual assessment. This course must be passed to be eligible to register for practica. Cross-listed with CPP 673. Letter grade only.
HON 291 - Topics In Aesthetic And Humanistic Inquiry: Creative Expressions: Introduction to philosophical inquiry and analysis of forms of creative and literary expression, encompassing diverse modes of artistic communication, including the study of writing, music, film, photography, and art. Partially fulfills the liberal studies requirement for English Foundation. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit.
MAT 554 - Python For Mathematics And Statistics: An introduction to the software package Python for Mathematics and Statistics. Topics include reading and writing data files, data types and structures, simple data manipulation, graphing data, strings, control and flow, and functions. Co-convened with MAT 454. Pass/Fail only.
MAT 454 - Python For Mathematics And Statistics: An introduction to the software package Python for Mathematics and Statistics. Topics include reading and writing data files, data types and structures, simple data manipulation, graphing data, strings, control and flow, and functions. Co-convened with MAT 554. Pass/Fail only.
CMF 251 - Creative Media Workshop I: Professional hands-on production, post production, writing, marketing, graphic design, programming, or sales experience in working as a staff member in one of the departments of student media operations of NAZ Today, UTV or KJACK radio. CMF 251 and CMF 252 may be repeated for a combined maximum of 12 units. Pass/Fail only.
EDU 310 - Integrated Literacy II: Reading Theory, Decoding, And Language Arts In The Elementary School: Language and literacy development, from kindergarten through eighth grade. Supports children's reading, writing, and language arts pedagogy with current and classic research. 5 hrs. lecture, 1 hr. lab. Available only at NAU-Yuma Branch campus. Letter grade only.
CPP 673 - Intellectual And Cognitive Assessment: Administration, scoring, interpretation, and report writing with major measures of intelligence and cognitive processing. Includes theory and research regarding cognitive processing and intellectual assessment. This course must be passed to be eligible to register for practica. Cross-listed with EPS 673. Letter grade only.
JLS 231 - Community Reporting: This content development course provides students with the background and skills they need to conducting reporting in real-world settings. Students will develop sources and topics in the NAU and Flagstaff communities, write stories based on their reporting, and learn associated multimedia skills. Letter grade only.
EE 476C - Project Design Procedures: Proposal phase for the capstone, industry-sponsored, team design project. Proposal includes design and build documentation. Topics include teaming, sponsor negotiations, proposal writing, documentation, and computer design and management tools. 1 hr. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Letter grade only.
INF 605 - Professional Communication For Informatics And Computing: Overview of academic and non-academic career opportunities in informatics and computing, career planning and search strategies, as well as best practices for effective professional communication, including oral presentations, posters, digital social media, grant writing, and professional networking. Letter grade only.
SPA 122 - Spanish Immersion II: Second course in the Spanish immersion sequence. Introduces basic skills: comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Fundamentals of grammar, basic vocabulary, conversation, and culture through a variety of approaches. Take concurrently with SPA 221, 222, and 223. Letter grade only.
SPA 209 - Spanish For Health Professions I: This course provides foundational knowledge and skills for basic communication in Spanish within a health professions context. Through a combination of interactive activities, experiential learning, and targeted assessments, students will develop the four language skills (speaking, reading, listening, and writing), focusing on important linguistical and cultural aspects of medical Spanish. Letter grade only.
SPA 209H - Spanish For Health Professions I - Honors: This course provides foundational knowledge and skills for basic communication in Spanish within a health professions context. Through a combination of interactive activities, experiential learning, and targeted assessments, students will develop the four language skills (speaking, reading, listening, and writing), focusing on important linguistical and cultural aspects of medical Spanish. Letter grade only.
BIO 559 - Success In Environmental Health Research Part 2: This course serves first year MS students (2nd semester) participating in programs in Biological Sciences, Health and Human Services and Social and Behavioral Studies. The purpose of this course is to provide students with the practical skill, knowledge and training to successfully conduct research, compete for graduate programs and research funding. Students will receive practical training in research ethics, responsible conduct in research, as well as training in writing for research and presenting results in writing and for conferences. We will also provide Title IX training, and guide students in navigating the complexities of life/work in the sciences. Co-convened with BIO 459. Letter grade only.
BIO 558 - Success In Research Part I: This course serves students participating in MS programs in across four colleges (CEFNS, SBS, CHHS, and CEIAS). The purpose of this course is to provide students with the practical skill, knowledge and training to successfully conduct research, compete for PhD programs, research funding and careers in research and academia. Students will receive practical training in research ethics, responsible conduct in research, as well as training in writing for research and presenting results in writing and for conferences. We will also provide Title IX training, and guide students in navigating the complexities of life/work in the sciences. Instructor consent required. Letter grade only. Students must be admitted to a thesis-based MS program at NAU. Co-convened with BIO 458. Letter grade only.
ENG 534 - Technical Documentation: Students will produce and edit technical documentation based on theory and best practices for writing and editing content such as help files, user manuals, and FAQ files. In addition, students will manage a remote team of undergraduate writers using a variety of document project management modalities, tools, and software. Students will lead their teams to create resume-worthy documentation affiliated with the online iFixit Technical Writing Project. Students will practice Search Engine Optimization practices and explore team leadership, management, and coaching concepts related to working with documentation and writers. Co-convened with ENG 434. Letter grade only.
AIS 230 - Tribal Administration: This course introduces students to the topic of administration in the context of American Indian Tribal Nations within the United States. The course examines the similarities between public administration and tribal administration, the unique aspects and challenges of administration within tribal nations, and recent developments in tribal administration. Students will explore and write responses to authentic and hypothetical case studies. Letter grade only.
BIO 503 - Elements Of Scientific Endeavor: This course is designed for first-year graduate students in Biological Sciences. Students will develop core competencies to aid in professional development. Assigned readings and discussion will cover a range of topics including, writing a research prospectus and/or short grants, presenting research ideas, ethical conduct of research, reviewing and publishing papers, student-advisor interactions, graduate committees, authorship issues, collaborations and mentoring, speaking with the media, outreach, graphic design, data curation, and career development. Letter grade only.
BIO 433CH - Bioethics - Honors: This course introduces students to bioethics as an interdisciplinary subject through critical thinking, writing, and discussing contemporary issues. Bioethics considers the ethical principles and values relevant to life, and their application to the use of technology. This course examines some major moral issues involved in the practice and research of medicine, health care, and biological research methods. Letter grade only.
BIO 433C - Bioethics: This course introduces students to bioethics as an interdisciplinary subject through critical thinking, writing, and discussing contemporary issues. Bioethics considers the ethical principles and values relevant to life, and their application to the use of technology. This course examines some major moral issues involved in the practice and research of medicine, health care, and biological research methods. Letter grade only.
CENE 613 - Proposal And Grant Preparation In Civil And Environmental Education: Students will develop effective grant writing skills in preparation for acquiring competitive funding from government agencies. Students will learn how to identify funding sources, and about the grant application process. Students will conduct a literature review and prepare a complete proposal in a research area of interest and receive feedback. By the end of the course, students are prepared to lead in the development of complete funding proposals. Pass/Fail only.
CENE 335 - Environmental Biotechnology: Environmental Biotechnology (EB) is a wide ranging field that aims to use living organisms in the environment to provide services to society, including remediation, water/soil/solid/air treatment, production of clean energies, among many others. In this course you will learn the fundamentals of EB, how to apply them in engineering, and how to use biology and microbiology tools to design and assess environmental engineering systems. Additionally, the course will provide a space to acquire knowledge through literature review and give students tools for better writing. Letter grade only.
COM 330 - Digital Media Management: Students in this class learn best practices in digital media management, while managing digital content for a working newsroom. These practices include, writing content for the web, posting content on a website, managing a YouTube channel and promoting news content on social media. Students will also examine trends in the digital media job market and identify skills needed to succeed in that marketplace. Letter grade only.
ECI 361 - Classroom Guidance/Management: This course provides future educators with the knowledge necessary to develop a practical, effective approach to classroom guidance/management for students in K-8 classrooms. The course focuses on a variety of classroom management techniques such as: developing positive relationships, motivating students, evolving a repertoire of guidance strategies and creating a community of learners. Through course readings, reflective writing, class discussions and presentations, participants will study effective classroom guidance/management practices. Letter grade only.
ENG 622 - Topics In Historical And Contemporary Rhetoric: This course explores the long-standing foundation on which the contemporary discipline of rhetoric and writing studies is built. At its base is Aristotle's belief that rhetoric is the art of discovering all the available means of persuasion. Today we study private and public discourse, social movements, and mediated discourse, which includes the study of visual and nonverbal elements. Letter grade only. May be repeated for up to 9 units of credit.
ENG 82X - Semi-intensive English For Academic Purposes - Short Term: The Program in Intensive English (PIE) offers a variety of short-term programs for international students who want to come to NAU to study English. The programs are specialized according to the needs of the students. Students enrolled in short-term programs will take classes in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and content-based instruction. This course is developmental in nature and does not count toward a student's GPA or graduation requirements. May be repeated up to 5 times.
FOR 511 - Getting Started In Graduate Studies: Welcome to "Getting Started in Graduate Studies." This 7-week online course is designed to provide new graduate students in the School of Forestry with the essential knowledge and skills needed to excel in their graduate studies. As you embark on your academic journey, you will learn about the expectations, resources, and strategies necessary for success in a graduate program. This course will cover topics such as time management, research ethics, academic writing, and effective communication. By the end of this course, you will be well-prepared to navigate your graduate studies with confidence. Letter grade only.
FOR 105 - Professional Development And Operations In Fire: This course fosters professional aptitudes in students interested in the fields of fire ecology and fire operations throughout agency, state, and private organizations. Students will focus on developing practical skills through activities, readings, and exercises. Students will learn to understand job application processes and apply to federal jobs; learn to write federal résumés and cover letters; be provided with opportunities to build hard skills; and explore their own future in the fire ecology and operations. Letter grade only.
HON 303 - Honors Advanced Scholarship: HON 303 is designed to define and plan, in detail, the student's Honors Capstone experience. Honors students develop their Honors Capstone Pathway culminating in a research, creative, or experiential project that they complete during their senior year. HON 303 sections are aligned with the different Honors Capstone Pathways (Health/Medical, Interdisciplinary Team-Based Applied, Knowledge/Discovery, Creative, Professional, and Entrepreneurial). Students in HON 303 write their proposal for their capstone experience, define their capstone course options, and select their capstone mentors. Letter grade only.
HS 622 - Research Methods And Program Evaluation: This course covers fundamentals of research design and program evaluation within the field of public health. Using the scientific method, students learn how to write a research proposal, conduct small-scale quantitative and qualitative research and analyze and present findings. This course also includes program evaluation techniques used in public health settings. Letter grade only.
PHI 247 - U. S. Constitutional Principles And The Rule Of Law: This course has no requisites and satisfies the requirement for American Institutions Civil Discourse in speech. It examines the principles and ideals embodied in founding documents of the American Republic and the way they are interpreted in seminal U.S. Supreme Court cases. Students write analyses of legal principles, case briefs, outlines of arguments, explanations of reasons pro and con, and philosophical evaluations of arguments and use each as tools for engaging in effective expressions of speech to promote healthy civil discourse. Speech is practiced in class during regularly scheduled discussions and debates. Letter grade only.
POS 542 - Human Resource Management: This course examines human resource management by focusing on the evolution of HRM, functions of HRM, legal and ethical dimensions of personnel decision making, and the future of HRM. The class will focus on professional skills surrounding human resource management such as writing job descriptions, crafting diversity plans, and evaluating employees. The course also deals with challenging issues facing contemporary human resource managers, including affirmative action; diversity, equity, and inclusion; sexual harassment; civil liberties in the workplace; social media; and disability and reasonable accommodations. Letter grade only.
SCI 613 - Perspectives On Science: This course examines the enterprise of science from multiple perspectives including those of philosophers, historians, science studies scholars, and scientists themselves. Specific attention is paid to the impact of this scholarship on the field of science education and the empirical foundations of the practices of science. The course is foundational to all graduate programs in science education. Course components, including lectures, readings, assignments, and discussion, develop various skills including academic writing. Letter grade only.
CPP 700 - Basic Assessment And Intervention Skills: An introduction to psychological services for clinical students. It involves developing basic intervention skills across theoretical orientations in the fundamental areas of: Conducting a clinical interview, rapport building and maintenance, diagnostic assessment and therapeutic activity. Areas of fundamental psychological assessment will also be reviewed including: Basic statistics and issues of measurement, administration practice of commonly used instruments and test interpretation. Legal, ethical, cultural and professional issues will be emphasized throughout the class as well as professional writing. Letter grade only.
GSP 364 - Critical Wilderness Studies: This course introduces students to the contested history and idea of wilderness. Drawing on perspectives and writings in critical geography, the course examines how wilderness has been understood by society over time, from ancient origins to contemporary understandings. It details indigenous and eco-feminist critiques of wilderness, as well as outlining how proponents have argued for wilderness preservation. The course examines the Wilderness Act and ultimately explores whether wilderness has relevance in the 21st century. Letter grade only.
SPA 210 - Spanish For Health Professions II: Continuation of SPA 209. This course is designed to consolidate and increase basic communication skills to communicate effectively in Spanish within a health professions context. Through a combination of interactive activities, experiential learning, and targeted assessments, students will develop the four language skills (speaking, reading, listening, and writing), focusing on important linguistical and cultural aspects of medical Spanish. Letter grade only.
SPA 210H - Spanish For Health Professions II - Honors: Continuation of SPA 209. This course is designed to consolidate and increase basic communication skills to communicate effectively in Spanish within a health professions context. Through a combination of interactive activities, experiential learning, and targeted assessments, students will develop the four language skills (speaking, reading, listening, and writing), focusing on important linguistical and cultural aspects of medical Spanish. Letter grade only.
POS 798 - Qualifying Paper Exam: Individualized directed research, writing, and oral defense of selected qualifying papers. PhD students are required to complete and defend in an oral exam two (2) qualifying exam papers by the end of the 3rd year. Each paper is to cover a topic of interest related to the student's substantive disciplinary and foci areas. The quality of the paper must be "submittable" to a reputable peer-reviewed journal in the student's area of research or a Political Science journal. Students are to enroll in POS 798, with their primary reader for the paper as the instructor for the course. Pass/Fail only. May be repeated for up to 18 units of credit.
PSY 290 - Research Methods In Psychology: Research methods in psychology is designed to teach students about the research principles in psychological science with the primary goal of the course being to learn about and evaluate the processes and methods used to conduct psychological research. The focus of this course is on the consumption of psychological science. Students will be familiarized with scientific reasoning, basic research designs and methodology, historical and contemporary issues in research ethics, measurement, and application and interpretation of appropriate statistical tests. In addition, this course teaches basic writing skills for psychological research as well as critical thinking skills. The skills you obtain during this course will prepare you for advanced coursework in psychology. Letter grade only.
JLS 250 - Introduction To Video Journalism: Introduction to video journalism, including critical examination of various styles of video journalism from news websites to local TV news to national/international television news programs and other nontraditional video journalism platforms. This course also introduces students to using DSLRs for shooting video stories, using audio equipment to record interviews and natural sound, professional lighting techniques, finding good video journalism stories, interviewing for video journalism stories, writing video journalism stories, video journalism laws and ethics, and related content. Letter grade only.
ISM 596 - Capstone Experience: In this capstone course, students are required to define a Management Information Systems (MIS) problem and devise solutions using their acquired knowledge and skills. Emphasis is also placed on critical thinking, communication, teamwork, presentation, and writing skills. Collaborative efforts with industry partners or faculty advisors to formulate projects spanning various MIS facets are encouraged. The course concludes with a final presentation, where teams present their work to a broader audience including their industry partners or faculty advisors for evaluation. A detailed written report will also be submitted following the presentation. Letter grade only.
ECI 403H - Integrated Lit II: Reading Theory, Decoding, Evidence-based Practices, And Lang Arts In The Elem Sch: Informed by the Science of Reading, this course introduces the candidate to teaching language and literacy development processes in language arts for children from kindergarten through eighth grade and across content areas. Focus includes research-based instructional strategies to develop competences for differentiated reading instruction of systematic phonics, fluency, comprehension, writing, and language arts. Emphasis is placed on developing professional responsibilities and ethical conduct that supports a learning environment, including classroom management. Where candidates are exposed to developmentally appropriate instructional design and lesson planning with appropriate accommodations and modifications while assessing, monitoring, and reporting progress for diverse student populations including those with dyslexia and/or exceptionalities through facilitation and methodologies for teaching language. This course contains an assessment that must be successfully completed in order to move toward student learning. Letter grade only.
ECI 403 - Integrated Lit II: Reading Theory, Decoding, Evidence-based Practices, And Lang Arts In The Elem Sch: Informed by the Science of Reading, this course introduces the candidate to teaching language and literacy development processes in language arts for children from kindergarten through eighth grade and across content areas. Focus includes research-based instructional strategies to develop competences for differentiated reading instruction of systematic phonics, fluency, comprehension, writing, and language arts. Emphasis is placed on developing professional responsibilities and ethical conduct that supports a learning environment, including classroom management. Where candidates are exposed to developmentally appropriate instructional design and lesson planning with appropriate accommodations and modifications while assessing, monitoring, and reporting progress for diverse student populations including those with dyslexia and/or exceptionalities through facilitation and methodologies for teaching language. This course contains an assessment that must be successfully completed in order to move toward student learning. Co-convened with ECI 503. Letter grade only.
ENG 579 - Literary Editing And Publishing: This class provides hands-on experience with the many facets of literary journal production including editing, design, fundraising, budgeting, grant writing, marketing, branding, blog/web editing, microblogging, and new media management. Class periods combine lecture, seminar, and practicum. Students' efforts will make immediate and accumulative impact on NAU's national literary journal, Thin Air Magazine. Students are expected to work effectively on a live and dynamic editorial board. Students also study trends --aesthetic, ethical, financial-- in literary journal publication while interacting with other national literary journals throughout the semester. In addition, students will draft cover letters, query letters, and book proposals as they prepare to launch their own literary futures. Letter grade only.
FOR 345H - Forest Wildlife Habitat And Range Management - Honors: This course emphasizes population ecology concepts and their use in forest habitat and range management for wildlife. It provides an ecological basis for understanding wildlife, habitat relationships, and principles of forest and range management. It focuses on population ecology and habitat use at varying spatial and temporal scales. Students will gain an understanding of the organisms, species, populations, and communities including components, patterns, and processes of biological and ecological systems across spatial and temporal scales. Students will learn techniques and tools for gathering and analyzing information and be exposed to important issues currently faced by natural resource professionals relevant to future jobs as professional natural resource managers. Students will increase their ability to present, write, and use critical reasoning skills in resource management decision making. Letter grade only.
FOR 345 - Forest Wildlife Habitat And Range Management: This course emphasizes population ecology concepts and their use in forest habitat and range management for wildlife. It provides an ecological basis for understanding wildlife, habitat relationships, and principles of forest and range management. It focuses on population ecology and habitat use at varying spatial and temporal scales. Students will gain an understanding of the organisms, species, populations, and communities including components, patterns, and processes of biological and ecological systems across spatial and temporal scales. Students will learn techniques and tools for gathering and analyzing information and be exposed to important issues currently faced by natural resource professionals relevant to future jobs as professional natural resource managers. Students will increase their ability to present, write, and use critical reasoning skills in resource management decision making. Letter grade only.
FW 380 - Strength And Conditioning Program Design: This course is designed to provide foundational knowledge of exercise training physiology and applied experience in strength training and conditioning modalities. General course topics include physiological responses and adaptations to training, program design, periodization of training, performance evaluation, speed/agility development, power training, body weight and implement training, balance and instability training, corrective exercise, plyometric training, flexibility training, all of which are important for any future exercise professional. Students will be required to demonstrate proper exercise technique and display the ability to effectively instruct others in-group settings. Students will also develop and demonstrate the skills to write safe and effective programs to enhance athletic performance and general health and fitness. Letter grade only.
FW 380H - Strength And Conditioning Program Design - Honors: This course is designed to provide foundational knowledge of exercise training physiology and applied experience in strength training and conditioning modalities. General course topics include physiological responses and adaptations to training, program design, periodization of training, performance evaluation, speed/agility development, power training, body weight and implement training, balance and instability training, corrective exercise, plyometric training, flexibility training, all of which are important for any future exercise professional. Students will be required to demonstrate proper exercise technique and display the ability to effectively instruct others in-group settings. Students will also develop and demonstrate the skills to write safe and effective programs to enhance athletic performance and general health and fitness. Letter grade only.
BAN 586 - Capstone Experience: This is a required capstone course in the MS in Business Analytics program. In this course, students will work on a comprehensive project that builds upon the knowledge they've learned from the required courses in the Master of Science in Business Analytics program. This capstone course will require students to identify a business problem and solve it using analytical skills. Other important skills include critical thinking, communication, teamwork, presentation and writing. Students are encouraged to work with industry partners to identify a comprehensive business analytics project that encompasses one or more aspects of business analytics. Students may also work with faculty advisors on business analytics projects. The course requires a final presentation, where all teams will formally present and demonstrate their projects. A written report will need to be submitted after the formal presentation. Letter grade only.
CIT 503 - Innovations And Globalizations Using Information Technology: This course examines the use of innovative technology in business settings as well as the strategic importance of globalization afforded by technology. Students will explore historical and recent innovations and change theories to support innovation and technical change, global technologies and their impact on business and society, and how management can leverage technology, globalization, and change as elements key to maintaining and advancing strategic organizational initiatives. A foundational understanding of technological innovation and globalization is important to students' learning as the concepts are pervasive, impact business operations both locally and globally, and apply to the remaining concepts explored this program. Students will develop skills and apply concepts encountered in this course throughout the remainder of their program as they engage in research, essay writing, and project development. Students will build upon this and other core courses during the remainder of their program by applying their knowledge and skills to a targeted area of study or emphasis within the IT domain/MCIT program. Letter grade only.
JUS 650 - Employment Law For Criminal Justice Administrators: This course will examine the laws, regulations, and policies that govern the employment relationship between public sector employees and the federal, state, and city criminal justice systems in which they serve, as well as the role of supervisors and other justice administrators in initiating, maintaining, and, if appropriate, terminating that relationship. The focus of study will include understanding the rights and protections that public sector employees enjoy under federal and state laws and the actions that supervisors may take without exposing the agency or organization to liability or, in some instances, themselves to personal liability. This course will also analyze the role of political influence in the development of employment laws and reforms that have been made in the public employment context in recent years. Letter grade only. Students will be introduced to the case study method. They will learn how to apply this approach to real-life situations regarding employment law and the criminal justice system. Throughout the course, students will complete writing assignments that emphasize critical thinking. These assignments will involve analyzing individual case studies, as well as discussions with their peers in an effort to explore different viewpoints regarding contemporary employment law topics. Letter grade only.
CIT 631 - Web Application Programming Foundations: The focus of this course is Web programming using HTML and CSS. Students are introduced to HTML as the structural component and CSS as the layout and formatting component of the Web. This course examines HTML and CSS syntax, tags/selectors, and the importance of writing well-formed HTML code. Also introduced are the Document Object Model and CSS Box Model, browser support considerations, tag deprecation, code validation, options for scaling content, color specification methods, designing for aesthetic appeal, responsive design techniques, and HTML5 and CSS3 standards. Skills garnered in this course are important as they represent a baseline of required Web programming knowledge for careers in the mobile and Web application domain of the information technology field. This course builds on topics encountered in CIT630 by affording students fundamental programming skills and knowledge associated with mobile and Web application development. Students will engage in research and synthesize findings of peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles on programming best practices and current trends as well as apply programming techniques associated with mobile and Web application development. This course provides a foundation toward learning JavaScript in CIT632 as JavaScript is integrated into HTML and CSS to provide interactivity and client-side processing. Letter grade only.