Active Course List

2023-2024


Theatre Arts

Writing the short and long play.

Areas of Study:
Theatre and Dance

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Special topics not covered in other classes. May be repeated.

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Theatre and Dance

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Urban and Regional Studies

A fresh look at the city, with emphasis on the reasons why cities have grown and how people can make cities livable.

Areas of Study:
Urban and Regional Studies

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Critical Thinking Minor | Urban and Regional Studies (BS)

Appreciation of the city as the highest cultural achievement in design and architecture.

Areas of Study:
Urban and Regional Studies

Programs:
Urban and Regional Studies (BS)

This course will identify and analyze global social, economic, political and environmental problems impacting community viability and explore the full range of solutions to these problems. The course will view communities as complex, sustainable organisms and bring together the works of the great minds working on sustainability.

Areas of Study:
Urban and Regional Studies

Programs:
Corrections (BS) | Criminal Justice (BS) | Critical Thinking Minor | Ethnic Studies (BS) Racial/Ethnic Communities in the United States | Urban and Regional Studies (BS) | Urban and Regional Studies Minor | Agribusiness and Food Innovation (BS) | Policing Studies (BS)

Introduction to community leadership-elected, professional, or voluntary-and the skills and values which support it.

Areas of Study:
Urban and Regional Studies

Programs:
Urban and Regional Studies (BS) | Urban and Regional Studies Minor

Introduction to community leadership-elected, professional, or voluntary-and the skills and values which support it.

Areas of Study:
Urban and Regional Studies

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This course is a survey of the local community--the forces which shape it, the significance of a democratic public, and the professional practice of local government service.Fall, Spring

Areas of Study:
Urban and Regional Studies

Programs:
Urban and Regional Studies (BS)

Introduction to skills and techniques used to form questions about urban affairs, to organize and analyze information to answer it, and to present the results of one's analysis in a professional format.Fall, Spring

Areas of Study:
Urban and Regional Studies

Programs:
Urban and Regional Studies (BS)

This course, designed for student preparing for a professional career in local government or public service, focuses on media relations and building citizen involvement through public awareness projects.

Areas of Study:
Urban and Regional Studies

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Reviews processes and techniques related to evaluation of public programs.

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Urban and Regional Studies

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Public policy and programs that address issues of housing supply, quality, costs, and neighborhood revitalization.

Areas of Study:
Urban and Regional Studies

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Ethnic Studies (BS) Public/Government

An overview of local government law and local governing powers. In addition, public issues in the legal context will be examined from a management and operational perspective.

Areas of Study:
Urban and Regional Studies

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A basic working knowledge and vocabulary of urban design concepts and techniques in an applied problem solving context.

Areas of Study:
Urban and Regional Studies

Programs:
Urban and Regional Studies Minor

Preservation techniques, principles of structural evaluation, adaptive use potentials and options, economic consideration in preservation and the role of legislation.

Areas of Study:
Urban and Regional Studies

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Historic Preservation: Policy and Field Methods introduces students to the rules and laws of structural historic preservation. The course will investigate the major policy documents, laws, agencies, survey methods, and examine how they are applied in local government preservation.

Areas of Study:
Urban and Regional Studies

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Raising resources for public and nonprofit organizations--from needs assessment through obtaining funding to managing the grant after it is awarded.

Areas of Study:
Urban and Regional Studies

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Museum Studies (CERT)

A survey course covering the concepts, processes, tools and strategies of economic development in local communities. Emphasis is on the why and how of economic development.

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Urban and Regional Studies

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Examines and applies the fundamental concepts, techniques and mechanisms for environmental planning at the city, county, and sub-state regional levels.

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Urban and Regional Studies

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Examines transportation problems of, and solutions for large and medium sized cities. Special emphasis on reducing traffic congestion, improving management of transit systems, and linking transportation and land-use planning.

Areas of Study:
Urban and Regional Studies

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Varying topics dealing with emerging trends and contemporary needs facing urban America.

Areas of Study:
Urban and Regional Studies

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Problem solving in communities and direct involvement into specific areas of study of student interest.

Prerequisites:
Consent

Areas of Study:
Urban and Regional Studies

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Assemble and evaluate information and opinions into a coherent position on what makes cities work, and prepare for entry into professional world of work in cities.

Areas of Study:
Urban and Regional Studies

Programs:
Urban and Regional Studies (BS)