| # | Code | Name | UG | GR | ADC | Subject | Subject Code | Academic Department | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3001 | PHYS400 | Physics Portfolio Each student majoring in Physics may compile a portfolio spanning a minimum of four semesters (typically starting in the sophomore year) consisting of records of participation in professional activities as suggested by departmental faculty and as initiated by the student. Examples of activities include but are not limited to the following: attendance at club meetings, professional film showings, visiting-scientist seminar, and research review sessions, reading of journals and books, participation at professional meetings, preparation for graduate school and for employment, and lists of concepts or new ideas. The portfolio is reviewed at the end of each semester and must meet minimum criteria before the student's registration for this course during the senior year. The grade earned for this credit will depend upon the persistence of the student in participation during his/her stay at Southern Adventist University and during summers, and upon the breadth and depth of the entries, and the extent to which the Department's suggestions are implemented. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1991 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Applied Technology | Active | |
| 3002 | PHYS400 | Physics Portfolio Physics and Biophysics majors prepare for post-graduation career plans by preparing a resume, a portfolio, graduate school applications and/or job search preparations. Independent reading and study in preparation for the Major Field Test in Physics and the GRE (as needed). Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Applied Technology | Active | |
| 3003 | PHYS411 | Statistical and Thermal Physics A study of the emergence of macroscopic thermodynamic concepts and processes from microscopic physical interactions using the tools of statistical physics. includes thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, and statistical mechanics (quantum and classical). Three hours of lecture each week. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Applied Technology | Active | |
| 3004 | PHYS411 | Statistical and Thermal Physics A study of the emergence of macroscopic thermodynamic concepts and processes from microscopic physical interactions using the tools of statistical physics. includes thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, and statistical mechanics (quantum and classical). Three hours of lecture each week. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2026 — Indefinite) Future (2026-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: Records Office Approval 1E, Records Office | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Applied Technology | Review | |
| 3005 | PHYS411 | Statistical and Thermal Physics A study of the emergence of macroscopic thermodynamic concepts and processes from microscopic physical interactions using the tools of statistical physics. includes thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, and statistical mechanics (quantum and classical). Three hours of lecture each week. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Applied Technology | Active | |
| 3006 | PHYS411 | Statistical and Thermal Physics A study of the emergence of macroscopic thermodynamic concepts and processes from microscopic physical interactions using the tools of statistical physics. includes thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, and statistical mechanics (quantum and classical). Three hours of lecture each week. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1976 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 3007 | PHYS412 | Quantum Mechanics The probabilistic interpretation of eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of the Schrödinger equation, the uncertainty principle, wave packets, the solution of the time-independent Schrödinger equation for one-dimensional potentials and for the hydrogen atom. Operator methods, matrices, angular momentum and spin. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Applied Technology | Active | |
| 3008 | PHYS412 | Quantum Mechanics The probabilistic interpretation of eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of the Schrödinger equation, the uncertainty principle, wave packets, the solution of the time-independent Schrödinger equation for one-dimensional potentials and for the hydrogen atom. Operator methods, matrices, angular momentum and spin. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Applied Technology | Active | |
| 3009 | PHYS412 | Quantum Mechanics The probabilistic interpretation of eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of the Schrödinger equation, the uncertainty principle, wave packets, the solution of the time-independent Schrödinger equation for one-dimensional potentials and for the hydrogen atom. Operator methods, matrices, angular momentum and spin. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1976 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 3010 | PHYS413 | Analytic Mechanics Classical kinematics and dynamics of single particles, systems of particles, and rigid bodies treated using vector calculus and differential equations. Includes oscillations, central forces, non-inertial reference frames, coupled oscillations, and an introduction to the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations. Special functions, vector theorems, transforms, tensors and computational methods are introduced as needed. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 3011 | PHYS413 | Analytic Mechanics Classical kinematics and dynamics of single particles, systems of particles, and rigid bodies treated using vector calculus and differential equations. Includes oscillations, central forces, non-inertial reference frames, coupled oscillations, and an introduction to the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations. Special functions, vector theorems, transforms, tensors and computational methods are introduced as needed. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1988 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 3012 | PHYS414 | Electrodynamics I Analysis of electrostatic and magnetostatic fields and potentials, both in vacuum and matter, leading to an understanding of Maxwell's equations. Differential equations associated with common electrostatic and magnetostatic situations and various methods of solution introduced. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Applied Technology | Active | |
| 3013 | PHYS414 | Electrodynamics I Analysis of electrostatic and magnetostatic fields and potentials, both in vacuum and matter, leading to an understanding of Maxwell's equations. Differential equations associated with common electrostatic and magnetostatic situations and various methods of solution introduced. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Applied Technology | Active | |
| 3014 | PHYS414 | Electrodynamics I Analysis of electrostatic and magnetostatic fields and potentials, both in vacuum and matter, leading to an understanding of Maxwell's equations. Differential equations associated with common electrostatic and magnetostatic situations and various methods of solution introduced. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1988 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 3015 | PHYS415 | Electrodynamics II The treatment of electrostatic and magnetostatic fields is extended to the full classical electrodynamic theory as summarized in Maxwell's equations, and the consequent prediction of electromagnetic waves. Relativistic and tensor formations are introduced. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 3016 | PHYS415 | Electrodynamics II The treatment of electrostatic and magnetostatic fields is extended to the full classical electrodynamic theory as summarized in Maxwell's equations, and the consequent prediction of electromagnetic waves. Relativistic and tensor formations are introduced. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1988 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 3017 | PHYS418 | Advanced Quantum Mechanics Builds on the foundation developed in PHYS 412. Time-independent perturbation theory; corrections to the hydrogen-atom treatment; Scattering theory; quantum statistics; variation techniques for small atoms and molecules, other atoms and the periodic table; emission and absorption of radiation from atoms. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 3018 | PHYS418 | Advanced Quantum Mechanics Builds on the foundation developed in PHYS 412. Time-independent perturbation theory; corrections to the hydrogen-atom treatment; Scattering theory; quantum statistics; variation techniques for small atoms and molecules, other atoms and the periodic table; emission and absorption of radiation from atoms. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | School of Engineering and Physics | Active | |
| 3019 | PHYS418 | Advanced Quantum Mechanics I Builds on the foundation developed in PHYS 412. Time-independent perturbation theory; corrections to the hydrogen-atom treatment; Scattering theory; quantum statistics; variation techniques for small atoms and molecules, other atoms and the periodic table; emission and absorption of radiation from atoms. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1976 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Physics and Engineering | Active | |
| 3020 | PHYS465 | Topics in Physics Selected topics presented in a formal classroom setting in specialty areas of physics not covered in regular courses. May be repeated for credit for different topics. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2006 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Applied Technology | Active | |
| 3021 | PHYS465 | Topics in Physics Selected topics presented in a formal classroom setting in specialty areas of physics not covered in regular courses. May be repeated for credit for different topics. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Applied Technology | Active | |
| 3022 | PHYS480 | Scientific Writing and Presentation (W) An introduction to effective practices in planning, writing, and revising scientific communications. Practical skills in using state-of-the art tools to prepare publication-ready scientific figures and articles. Students will produce both a scientific article and an oral presentation. Before enrolling in this course, students will have done some original scientific research, either in the Department or taking advantage of paid research opportunities at other universities and national laboratories during the summer, attested by PHYS 297/PHYS 497. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Applied Technology | Active | |
| 3023 | PHYS480 | Scientific Writing and Presentation (W) An introduction to effective practices in planning, writing, and revising scientific communications. Practical skills in using state-of-the art tools to prepare publication-ready scientific figures and articles. Students will produce both a scientific article and an oral presentation. Before enrolling in this course, students will have done some original scientific research, either in the Department or taking advantage of paid research opportunities at other universities and national laboratories during the summer, attested by PHYS 297/PHYS 497. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Applied Technology | Active | |
| 3024 | PHYS480 | Scientific Writing and Presentation (W) An introduction to effective practices in planning, writing, and revising scientific communications. Practical skills in using state-of-the art tools to prepare publication-ready scientific figures and articles. Students will produce both a scientific article and an oral presentation. Before enrolling in this course, students will have done some original scientific research. PHYS 295/PHYS 495 and PHYS 297/PHYS 497 exist to fulfill this requirement and students should also plan to take advantage of paid research opportunities at other universities and national laboratories during the summer before the senior year. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1979 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Physics and Engineering | Active | |
| 3025 | PHYS495 | Directed Study See PHYS 295 for course description. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1979 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Physics and Engineering | Active | |
| 3026 | PHYS495 | Independent Study This course consists of individual or group work adjusted to meet particular needs in Physics. Approval must be secured from the instructor prior to registration. This course may be repeated for credit. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Applied Technology | Active | |
| 3027 | PHYS495 | Independent Study This course consists of individual or group work adjusted to meet particular needs in Physics. Approval must be secured from the instructor prior to registration. This course may be repeated for credit. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Applied Technology | Active | |
| 3028 | PHYS497 | Advanced Undergraduate Research in Physics Research under direction of or verified by a member of the staff. The topic will be assigned in accordance to the interests and capabilities of the student. It is assumed that the student is familiar with one or more spreadsheets, mathematics manipulation programs, and graphing software packages. May be repeated for up to four hours. Credits: 0 - 2, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Applied Technology | Active | |
| 3029 | PHYS497 | Advanced Undergraduate Research in Physics Research under direction of or verified by a member of the staff. The topic will be assigned in accordance to the interests and capabilities of the student. It is assumed that the student is familiar with one or more spreadsheets, mathematics manipulation programs, and graphing software packages. May be repeated for up to four hours. Credits: 0 - 2, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Applied Technology | Active | |
| 3030 | PHYS497 | Undergraduate Research in Physics See PHYS 297 for course description. Credits: 1 - 2, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1986 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Physics (PHYS) | PHYS | Physics and Engineering | Active | |
| 3031 | PLSC103 | Trial Advocacy Basics See BUAD 103 for course description. Pass/Fail. This course is cross-listed with BUAD 103. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2018 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3032 | PLSC111 | Moot Court Students conduct research of legal controversies, prepare briefs, and argue cases before a mock judicial panel as part of the Tennessee Intercollegiate Legislative Society AMC3 Experience. Pass/Fail. May be repeated for up to four hours of credit. Credits: 0 - 1, Lab Fee 16 ($500), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: N/A Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3033 | PLSC121 | Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature Students work through content and activities on legislative procedures designed to prepare them to participate in the annual Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature (TISL). Pass/Fail. May be repeated for up to four hours of credit. Credits: 0 - 1, Lab Fee 16 ($500), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: N/A Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3034 | PLSC210 | Introduction to Careers in Law, Politics and Development This course is intended to introduce majors and minors in Political Science and International Development to professionals and opportunities in their field. It will involve guest speakers, field trips, and general reading regarding best practices for gaining employment. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 16 ($500), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: N/A Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3035 | PLSC210 | Introduction to Careers in Law, Politics and Development This course is intended to introduce majors and minors in Political Science and International Development to professionals and opportunities in their field. It will involve guest speakers, field trips, and general reading regarding best practices for gaining employment. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 12 ($300), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: N/A Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3036 | PLSC224 | Principles of Macroeconomics See ECON 224 for course description. This course is cross-listed with ECON 224, School of Business. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1995 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3037 | PLSC254 | American National and State Government An examination of the operation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government of the national, state, and local levels. The evolution and current state of the three branches of government through US history and the ways society historically and currently interacts with the government is also described. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3038 | PLSC254 | American National and State Government An examination of the operation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government of the national, state, and local levels. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1975 - 2022) Discontinued (2021-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3039 | PLSC254 | American National and State Government An examination of the operation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government of the national, state, and local levels. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL ODD YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3040 | PLSC254 | American National and State Government An examination of the operation of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government of the national, state, and local levels. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3041 | PLSC260 | Comparative Politics This course will be an introduction to comparative politics around the world. Some of those countries to be studied have been and are expected to remain semi-permanent fixtures in the political discussion; China, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Africa, India, Iran, and Russia, for example. Others will be selected based on events at the time the course is taught. The Arab Spring, for example, will have been discussed. Elements of domestic politics that will be included will be political and democratic reform, voting rights, civil rights and liberties, party politics, and minority politics. Obviously all aspects cannot be considered over the course of one semester, therefore, issues that are relevant to the students when the course is taught will be incorporated into the syllabus. Because it is impossible to dig deep into several of these political systems in only one semester, by the end of the course students should have a basic understanding of the domestic politics of democratic process and authoritarian power around the world, and how politics, culture, religion, and the economy all play a part in shaping this process. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2017 - 2022) Discontinued (2021-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3042 | PLSC260 | Comparative Politics This course will be an introduction to comparative politics around the world. Some of those countries to be studied have been and are expected to remain semi-permanent fixtures in the political discussion; China, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Africa, India, Iran, and Russia, for example. Others will be selected based on events at the time the course is taught. The Arab Spring, for example, will have been discussed. Elements of domestic politics that will be included will be political and democratic reform, voting rights, civil rights and liberties, party politics, and minority politics. Obviously all aspects cannot be considered over the course of one semester, therefore, issues that are relevant to the students when the course is taught will be incorporated into the syllabus. Because it is impossible to dig deep into several of these political systems in only one semester, by the end of the course students should have a basic understanding of the domestic politics of democratic process and authoritarian power around the world, and how politics, culture, religion, and the economy all play a part in shaping this process. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3043 | PLSC265 | Topics in Political Science Selected topics in political science presented in classroom setting. This course may be repeated for credit. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2011 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3044 | PLSC291 | Political Science Practicum Supervised work experience in a state legislative, congressional, or other governmental office. A minimum of 50 clock hours is required with an additional 50 clock hours for each credit hour beyond one credit (e.g., 0 credits = 50 clock hours, 1 credit = 50 clock hours, 2 credits = 100 clock hours, etc.). Pass/Fail. Credits: 0 - 6, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3045 | PLSC291 | Political Science Practicum Supervised work experience in a state legislative, congressional, or other governmental office. A minimum of 50 clock hours for each hour of credit is required. Credits: 0 - 6, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2006 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3046 | PLSC292 | Political Science Internship This course allows students to gain academic credit from work that relates to their discipline. In conjunction with their advisor, they should find an opportunity for legal, non-profit, government, or political experience that allows them to integrate their academic knowledge with professional experience. Pass/Fail. Credits: 9 - 12, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3047 | PLSC292 | Political Science Internship This course allows students to gain academic credit from work that relates to their discipline. In conjunction with their advisor, they should find an opportunity for legal, non-profit, government, or political experience that allows them to integrate their academic knowledge with professional experience. Credits: 9 - 12, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3048 | PLSC295 | Directed Study A course emphasizing individual directed study. The instructor to whom a student is assigned will determine whether credit is upper or lower division. This course also includes credit offered by the History Department on directed study tours. Writing emphasis credit for PLSC 495 only. Approval of the department is required prior to registration. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1997 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3049 | PLSC295 | Independent Study A course emphasizing individual study. The instructor to whom a student is assigned will determine whether credit is upper or lower division. This course also includes credit offered by the History Department on independent study tours. Writing emphasis credit for PLSC 495 only. Approval of the department is required prior to registration. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3050 | PLSC310 | Moot Court Students conduct research of legal controversies, prepare briefs, and argue cases before a mock judicial panel as part of the Tennessee Intercollegiate Legislative Society AMC3 Experience. Pass/Fail. May be repreated for up to four hours of credit. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 11 ($240), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3051 | PLSC310 | Moot Court Students conduct research of legal controversies, prepare briefs, and argue cases before a mock judicial panel as part of the Tennessee Intercollegiate Legislative Society AMC3 Experience. Pass/Fail. May be repreated for up to four hours of credit. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 06 ($90), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2018 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3052 | PLSC311 | Moot Court Students conduct research of legal controversies, prepare briefs, and argue cases before a mock judicial panel as part of the Tennessee Intercollegiate Legislative Society AMC3 Experience. Pass/Fail. May be repeated for up to four hours of credit. Credits: 0 - 1, Lab Fee 16 ($500), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: N/A Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3053 | PLSC320 | Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature Students work through content and activities on legislative procedures designed to prepare them to participate in the annual Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature (TISL). Pass/Fail. May be repeated for up to four hours of credit. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 11 ($240), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3054 | PLSC320 | Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature Students work through content and activities on legislative procedures designed to prepare them to participate in the annual Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature (TISL). Pass/Fail. May be repeated for up to four hours of credit. Credits: 1, Lab Fee 06 ($90), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2018 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3055 | PLSC321 | Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature Students work through content and activities on legislative procedures designed to prepare them to participate in the annual Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature (TISL). Pass/Fail. May be repeated for up to four hours of credit. Credits: 0 - 1, Lab Fee 16 ($500), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: N/A Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2025 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3056 | PLSC322 | Modern Latin America This course covers the region from Mexico to Brazil to Chile that some call “Latin America.” Examines the revolutionary nineteenth century to the present day. Particular emphasis on race and religion, including the Catholic presence, evolution of Pentecostal and other Protestant communities, and Afro-Caribbean religious practice. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: N/A Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3057 | PLSC330 | Introduction to United States Constitutional Law An introduction to the law of the United States Constitution, including the evolution of constitutional principles, methods of constitutional interpretation and analysis, and basic doctrines concerning the structure of government and the protection of individual rights Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2018 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3058 | PLSC331 | Model United Nations This course provides students with an applied introduction to international diplomacy and multilateral negotiation through participation in Model United Nations (MUN). It trains students to think critically about global governance while developing essential professional skills in negotiation, research, public speaking, and coalition building. By simulating real UN bodies, students gain firsthand insight into the complexities of diplomacy and the competing interests that shape international policy. Students will learn about the United Nations' operations, practice formal debate and resolution writing, and represent assigned countries in simulations addressing pressing global issues, including climate change, human rights, development, and security. Can be repeated for up to four credits. Credits: 0 - 1, Lab Fee 16 ($500), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: (2026 — Indefinite) Future (2026-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: UG Curriculum Committee, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Review | |
| 3059 | PLSC340 | Modern East Asia This course covers the period from the late nineteenth to twenty-first centuries. Particular emphasis on cultural, geopolitical, and economic interactions between Japan, China, and the Koreas. Students will gain fluency in broader themes of imperialism, modernization, nationalism, and gender. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: N/A Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3060 | PLSC345 | Middle Eastern Politics and History (W) See HIST 345 for course description. This course is cross-listed with HIST 345. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2004 - 2022) Discontinued (2021-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3061 | PLSC345 | Modern Middle East (W) See HIST 345 for course description. This course is cross-listed with HIST 345. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3062 | PLSC353 | From Colony to Nation (W) A study of the colonial phase of American history with particular emphasis on the political texts of the age. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1992 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3063 | PLSC356 | Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in American History (W) See HIST 356 for course description. This course is cross-listed with This course is cross-listed with HIST 356. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1988 - 2022) Discontinued (2021-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3064 | PLSC356 | Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in American History (W) See HIST 356 for course description. This course is cross-listed with This course is cross-listed with HIST 356. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3065 | PLSC357 | Modern America (W) A study of Twentieth-century political developments in the United States, focusing especially on the presidency, Supreme Court, and foreign affairs. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1989 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3066 | PLSC372 | Modern China See HIST 372 for course description. This course is cross-listed with HIST 372. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2015 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3067 | PLSC379 | American Foreign Policy See HIST 379 for course description. This course is cross-listed with HIST 379. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2015 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3068 | PLSC379 | American Foreign Policy This course will examine American foreign policy from the late 1800s to the present. Major themes of American foreign policy and diplomacy will be engaged. This will begin with American public diplomacy in the late 1800s, will continue through both world wars, shifting strategies during the Cold War, in the post-Cold War, and post-9/11. This course is cross-listed with HIST 379. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3069 | PLSC388 | Contemporary Europe (W) See HIST 388 for course description. This course is cross-listed with HIST 388. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2000 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3070 | PLSC388 | Modern Europe (W) See HIST 388 for course description. This course is cross-listed with HIST 388. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3071 | PLSC410 | Environmental Politics (SERV-2) This course equips students to understand the political forces behind environmental outcomes and prepares them to critically evaluate competing policy approaches. Students examine how political choices drive environmental degradation and protection, how global inequality affects who bears environmental costs, and how competing visions of justice and sustainability inform policy responses. Through comparative case studies, this course highlights the political struggles that define climate change, energy transitions, and international cooperation. It bridges political theory, public policy, and international cooperation to address one of the most urgent challenges of our era: how societies can balance economic development, ecological integrity, and social equity. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER EVEN YEARS Catalog: (2026 — Indefinite) Future (2026-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: UG Curriculum Committee, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Review | |
| 3072 | PLSC420 | Terrorism and Political Violence This course examines the causes, strategies, and consequences of terrorism as a form of political violence. It will explore how non-state actors use terrorism, how states respond, and the ethical, legal, and political debates surrounding terrorism. Through theoretical readings, case studies, and simulations, students will critically engage with terrorism as a global and domestic phenomenon. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER ODD YEARS Catalog: (2026 — Indefinite) Future (2026-01-01) Proposal — Workflow Step: UG Curriculum Committee, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Review | |
| 3073 | PLSC430 | Modern Africa (W) This course connects the region’s modern history with its contemporary politics with particular attention to patterns of colonialism, independence, post-independence systems of governance, policymaking, and domestic political institutions. Case studies are used to illustrate these patterns and to better understand the nuances driving political developments across Africa today. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: N/A Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3074 | PLSC450 | Legal Writing and Research Students will learn the basic skills necessary for using legal resources using online digital research tools, commonly used in the practice of law. Students will also learn the basic Bluebook citation method. Students will learn the process of legal analysis, incorporating the results of their legal research into case briefs, appellate briefs and legal memoranda. The course presents the student with techniques for effective writing in the legal memoranda. The course presents the student with techniques for effective writing in the legal environment. The student will be required to argue their appellate brief before a local attorney as part of this class. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2020 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3075 | PLSC465 | Topics in Political Science See HIST 465 for course description. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1980 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3076 | PLSC471 | Western Political Thought through the Renaissance (W) See HIST 471 for course description. This course is cross-listed with HIST 471. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1992 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3077 | PLSC472 | Western Political Thought since the Renaissance (W) See HIST 472 for course description. This course is cross-listed with HIST 472. A student may receive credit for this course from only one program. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1992 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3078 | PLSC490 | Oral Exam Independent study and reading in preparation for the one-hour oral exam taken the third week of the fall semester in the senior year. Students will read the assigned books, compose a departmental resume, and develop answers to thematic questions and political definitions in order to discuss them with faculty. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2019 - 2022) Discontinued (2021-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3079 | PLSC490 | Oral Exam Independent study and reading in preparation for the one-hour oral exam taken the third week of the fall semester in the senior year. Students will read the assigned books, compose a departmental resume, and develop answers to thematic questions and political definitions in order to discuss them with faculty. Credits: 1, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2022 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3080 | PLSC491 | Political Science Practicum Supervised work experience in a state legislative, congressional, or other governmental office. A minimum of 50 clock hours is required with an additional 50 clock hours for each credit hour beyond one credit (e.g., 0 credits = 50 clock hours, 1 credit = 50 clock hours, 2 credits = 100 clock hours, etc.). Pass/Fail. Credits: 0 - 6, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3081 | PLSC491 | Political Science Practicum See PLSC 291 for course description. Credits: 0 - 6, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2004 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3082 | PLSC495 | Directed Study See PLSC 295 for course description Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1997 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3083 | PLSC495 | Independent Study A course emphasizing individual study. The instructor to whom a student is assigned will determine whether credit is upper or lower division. This course also includes credit offered by the History Department on independent study tours. Writing emphasis credit for PLSC 495 only. Approval of the department is required prior to registration. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3084 | PLSC497 | Research Methods This course trains students to conduct their own research on a political science topic of their choice. By the end of the semester, students will have crafted research designs useful for future publications or writing samples for employment or graduate applications. While the research project will consume much of our class time, professionalization topics will also be discussed. Credits: 3, Lab Fee 10 ($210), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3085 | PLSC497 | Research Methods This course trains students to conduct their own research on a political science topic of their choice. By the end of the semester, students will have crafted research designs useful for future publications or writing samples for employment or graduate applications. While the research project will consume much of our class time, professionalization topics will also be discussed. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3086 | PLSC498 | Senior Capstone This class meets bi-weekly during the fall semester of the senior year. It includes the senior retreat, a professional conference, attendance at career fairs and mentoring regarding getting jobs, going to graduate school, and spiritual discipleship for emerging adults. Credits: 0 - 1, Lab Fee 02 ($15), Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2020 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Political Science (PLSC) | PLSC | History and Political Studies | Active | |
| 3087 | PREL235 | Public Relations Principles and Theory Basic public relations principles, philosophy, and theory as they relate to the historical development and contemporary practice of public relations; analysis of the role of public relations in business, industry, and nonprofit organizations, and of the functions and responsibilities of the public relations practitioner. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate ✔️ Adult Degree Completion (2000 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Public Relations (PREL) | PREL | School of Journalism and Communication | Active | |
| 3088 | PREL246 | Fundamentals of Advertising This course is designed to give the student a thorough overview of the business of advertising. Principal topics considered include advertising theories, the relationship between marketing and advertising, Integrated Marketing Communication, media planning, and advertising research. The course also includes an introduction to creative direction, copywriting, advertising research, and the process of planning and preparing advertisements. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2019 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Public Relations (PREL) | PREL | School of Journalism and Communication | Active | |
| 3089 | PREL265 | Topics in Public Relations Selected topics in public relations and related areas presented in a classroom setting. This course may be repeated for credit. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL | WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2002 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Public Relations (PREL) | PREL | School of Journalism and Communication | Active | |
| 3090 | PREL291 | Practicum Supervised work experience in public relations, advertising, or sales. At least 50 clock hours of work experience are required for each semester hour of credit. Procedures and guidelines are available from the school. Retroactive credit is not available. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: ALL SEMESTERS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Public Relations (PREL) | PREL | School of Journalism and Communication | Active | |
| 3091 | PREL291 | Practicum Supervised work experience in public relations, advertising, or sales. At least 90 clock hours of work experience are required for each semester hour of credit. Procedures and guidelines are available from the school. Retroactive credit is not available. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: ALL SEMESTERS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1998 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Public Relations (PREL) | PREL | School of Journalism and Communication | Active | |
| 3092 | PREL295 | Directed Study For students who want to do independent research and writing in a specialized area of public relations, advertising or marketing. Directed study topics will be selected with guidance from the instructor who will serve as a consultant to the student in carrying out the project. Credits: 1 - 4, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1986 - 2023) Discontinued (2022-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Public Relations (PREL) | PREL | School of Journalism and Communication | Active | |
| 3093 | PREL295 | Independent Study For students who want to do independent research and writing in a specialized area of public relations, advertising or marketing. Independent study topics will be selected with guidance from the instructor who will serve as a consultant to the student in carrying out the project. Credits: 1 - 4, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: VARIABLE Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (2023 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Public Relations (PREL) | PREL | School of Journalism and Communication | Active | |
| 3094 | PREL310 | Social Media Strategies This class examines the strategic use of digital and social media platforms and tools for professional purposes with an emphasis on hands-on experience and skills. Students will plan, execute, and evaluate social media campaigns. Special focus will be given to the measures, mechanisms, and necessary considerations for evaluating outcomes and communication effectiveness. Students will discover content management strategies and learn how to gather and analyze data and present results and recommendation in multiple ways including written, oral, visual, and digital. Drawing on theoretical and cultural perspectives, the course will also examine the pervasive impact social media is having on the relationship between individuals, organizations, and society. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate ✔️ Adult Degree Completion (2019 - 2025) Discontinued (2024-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Public Relations (PREL) | PREL | School of Journalism and Communication | Active | |
| 3095 | PREL325 | Public Relations Techniques Communication techniques used in public relations to identify and reach specified audiences through mass media channels and through controlled media. Preparation of press releases, brochures, newsletters, reports, audio-visuals, speeches, and media campaigns; planning and conducting special events. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate ✔️ Adult Degree Completion (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Public Relations (PREL) | PREL | School of Journalism and Communication | Active | |
| 3096 | PREL355 | Advertising Copywriting Principles and practices in writing and preparing advertising messages for the mass media. Analysis of successful advertising copy as well as opportunity for students to develop their own copywriting skills are part of the course. Social responsibility and ethics of the advertiser and copywriter are an integral part of instruction. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: FALL EVEN YEARS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate ✔️ Adult Degree Completion (2009 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Public Relations (PREL) | PREL | School of Journalism and Communication | Active | |
| 3097 | PREL366 | Public Relations Strategies and Management This course analyzes the changing public relations environment from a managerial perspective. Topics include the growing need for strategic planning, measurement of return on investment, credibility management, crisis communication, and management of social media. Senior communication professionals will be invited to present "real life" challenges they have confronted. Through case review, discussion of reputation issues in the news, and class presentations, students will focus on strategic thinking and creative approaches to management responsibilities in public relations. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate ✔️ Adult Degree Completion (2024 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Public Relations (PREL) | PREL | School of Journalism and Communication | Active | |
| 3098 | PREL368 | Fundraising for Nonprofits (SERV-2) Study of fundraising principles and concepts; techniques used in planning, organizing, and carrying out a fundraising campaign; developing prospect lists, writing proposals, identifying and training development leadership, and working with foundations. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1987 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Public Relations (PREL) | PREL | School of Journalism and Communication | Active | |
| 3099 | PREL391 | Practicum See PREL 291 for course description. Credits: 1 - 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: ALL SEMESTERS Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate (1998 — Indefinite) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | Public Relations (PREL) | PREL | School of Journalism and Communication | Active | |
| 3100 | PREL455 | Public Relations Strategy and Management This capstone course analyzes the changing public relations environment from a managerial perspective. Topics include the growing need for strategic planning, measurement of return on investment, credibility management, crisis communication, and management of social media. Senior communication professionals will be invited to present "real life" challenges they have confronted. Through case review, discussion of reputation issues in the news, and class presentations, students will focus on strategic thinking and creative approaches to management responsibilities in public relations. Credits: 3, Level: Undergraduate, Offered: WINTER Catalog: ✔️ Undergraduate ✔️ Adult Degree Completion (2014 - 2024) Discontinued (2023-01-01) | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | Public Relations (PREL) | PREL | School of Journalism and Communication | Active |