Jun 26, 2024  
2013-14 NSU Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2013-14 NSU Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Courses


 
  
  • IS 4660 - IS Problems

    1-6 Hours. Designed to meet student needs by providing classroom and/or laboratory experiences in an area of Information Systems/Information Technologies. Prerequisite: Junior standing and approval of department chair.
  
  • IS 4670 - IS Problems

    1-6 Hours. Designed to meet student needs by providing classroom and/or laboratory experiences in an area of Information Systems/Information Technologies. Prerequisite: Junior standing and approval of department chair.
  
  • IS 4950 - IS Internship

    1-3 Hours. Work in an approved business position related to management information systems. Consists of applying knowledge gained while working toward a degree. Prerequisite: Junior standing or above, approval of department chair and GPA of 2.5 or higher. Maximum of three hours per semester.
  
  • JPN 1113 - Elementary Japanese I#

    3 Hours. A beginning course in understanding, speaking, reading and writing Japanese. Intended for students with no or very minimal experience with oral and written Japanese.
  
  • JPN 1123 - Elementary Japanese II #

    3 Hours. Continued instruction in basic language concepts and conversational skills. Prerequisite: JPN 1113 or equivalent.
  
  • JPN 2013 - Intermediate Japanese I #

    3 Hours. Continued instruction in understanding, speaking, reading and writing Japanese. Prerequisite: JPN 1123 or equivalent. The third in a sequence of related courses.
  
  • JPN 2023 - Intermediate Japanese II #

    3 Hours. Continued instruction in understanding, speaking, reading and writing Japanese. Prerequisite: JPN 2013 or permission of instructor. The fourth in a sequence of related courses.
  
  • LAS 1811 - Liberal Arts Studies #

    1 Hours. Courses in a variety of liberal arts topics including interdisciplinary studies, specialized instruction that is liberal arts related but does not fit into a particular discipline, specialized language courses, and instruction related to international studies. Can be repeated for up to six hours.
  
  • LAS 1812 - Liberal Arts Studies #

    2 Hours. Courses in a variety of liberal arts topics including interdisciplinary studies, specialized instruction that is liberal arts related but does not fit into a particular discipline, specialized language courses, and instruction related to international studies. Can be repeated for up to six hours.
  
  • LAS 1813 - Liberal Arts Studies #

    3 Hours. Courses in a variety of liberal arts topics including interdisciplinary studies, specialized instruction that is liberal arts related but does not fit into a particular discipline, specialized language courses, and instruction related to international studies. Can be repeated for up to six hours.
  
  • LAS 2811 - Liberal Arts Studies #

    1 Hours. Courses in a variety of liberal arts topics including interdisciplinary studies, specialized instruction that is liberal arts related but does not fit into a particular discipline, specialized language courses, and instruction related to international studies. Can be repeated for up to six hours.
  
  • LAS 2812 - Liberal Arts Studies #

    2 Hours. Courses in a variety of liberal arts topics including interdisciplinary studies, specialized instruction that is liberal arts related but does not fit into a particular discipline, specialized language courses, and instruction related to international studies. Can be repeated for up to six hours.
  
  • LAS 2813 - Liberal Arts Studies #

    3 Hours. Courses in a variety of liberal arts topics including interdisciplinary studies, specialized instruction that is liberal arts related but does not fit into a particular discipline, specialized language courses, and instruction related to international studies. Can be repeated for up to six hours.
  
  • LAS 3811 - Liberal Arts Studies #

    1 Hours. Courses in a variety of liberal arts topics including interdisciplinary studies, specialized instruction that is liberal arts related but does not fit into a particular discipline, specialized language courses, and instruction related to international studies. Can be repeated up to six hours.
  
  • LAS 3812 - Liberal Arts Studies #

    2 Hours. Courses in a variety of liberal arts topics including interdisciplinary studies, specialized instruction that is liberal arts related but does not fit into a particular discipline, specialized language courses, and instruction related to international studies. Can be repeated for up to six hours.
  
  • LAS 3813 - Liberal Arts Studies #

    3 Hours. Courses in a variety of liberal arts topics including interdisciplinary studies, specialized instruction that is liberal arts related but does not fit into a particular discipline, specialized language courses, and instruction related to international studies. Can be repeated for up to six hours.
  
  • LAS 4811 - Liberal Arts Studies #

    1 Hours. Courses in a variety of liberal arts topics including interdisciplinary studies, specialized instruction that is liberal arts related but does not fit into a particular discipline, specialized language courses, and instruction related to international studies. Can be repeated for up to six hours.
  
  • LAS 4812 - Liberal Arts Studies #

    2 Hours. Courses in a variety of liberal arts topics including interdisciplinary studies, specialized instruction that is liberal arts related but does not fit into a particular discipline, specialized language courses, and instruction related to international studies. Can be repeated for up to six hours.
  
  • LAS 4813 - Liberal Arts Studies #

    3 Hours. Courses in a variety of liberal arts topics including interdisciplinary studies, specialized instruction that is liberal arts related but does not fit into a particular discipline, specialized language courses, and instruction related to international studies. Can be repeated for up to six hours.
  
  • LAT 1113 - Elementary Latin I #

    3 Hours. Fundamentals of Latin grammar, vocabulary and translation. Specific emphases will include conjugation of verbs, tense, parts of speech, basic grammatical structure, and translation of elementary Latin.
  
  • LAT 1123 - Elementary Latin II#

    3 Hours. Continuing fundamentals of Latin grammar, vocabulary and translation. Emphases will include conjugation of verbs, tense, parts of speech, basic grammatical structure, and translation. Will provide pre-professional students a background in the language which is prominent in the jargon of their intended fields of graduate study. Prerequisite: LAT 1113.
  
  • LIBM 4023 - Materials for Children (Formerly Children’s Literature)

    3 Hours. Resources and services for children in terms of their needs, interests, and abilities. Evaluation, selection, and use of multi-media materials in school media centers.
  
  • LIBM 4611 - Electronic Information Retrieval

    1 Hours. This course is designed to develop skills, techniques and strategies for retrieving information in a variety of electronic formats through hands on experience in a computer laboratory. Instruction on the use of Internet, World Wide Web, electronic indexes, and online catalogs is provided.
  
  • M S 1103 - Introduction to Media Studies #

    3 Hours. An introduction to the mass communication field.  Includes a study of the radio, newspaper, television, public relations, and advertising fields. 
  
  • M S 2103 - Basic Writing for the Media #

    3 Hours. Fundamental study and practice in the gathering, writing and evaluating of news.
  
  • M S 2403 - Introduction to Web Design #

    3 Hours. An introductory course designed to acquaint students with techniques and technologies of website design and construction through hands-on training. Credit cannot be earned in both M S 2403 and VCOM 2403 Dual-listed: VCOM 2403
  
  • M S 2453 - Media Literacy #

    3 Hours. This course will deconstruct a variety of media including images, video, audio, television, games, and the internet.  The goal of the course is to promote awareness of the methods, issues, theories, subtleties of media content and develop the ability to ask critical questions in order to interpret mass media. Dual-listed: COMM 2453
  
  • M S 3013 - Digital Photography #

    3 Hours. Study and practice in the fundamentals of photojournalism and digital photography. Students will learn how photographs are used by the media to inform, illustrate, and document. (every Fall, Spring, Dec/May Intersession)
  
  • M S 3033 - Basic Advertising #

    3 Hours. The study of advertising today. Investigate audience definition, research, and planning, to learn about the advertising creative process, to explore the variety of advertising media choices that are available today. Learn the basics of putting the advertising campaign together.
  
  • M S 3113 - Newspaper Production #

    3 Hours. Practical lab experience for basic techniques in reporting, editing, layout and design, photography, and/or advertising. Six hours of lab working by arrangement on the staff of  the student newspaper.  Permission of newspaper advisor required. Prerequisite:  M S 3233
  
  • M S 3133 - Basic Public Relations #

    3 Hours. Study and practice of the use of public relations in maintaining and fostering positive reactions in newspapers, radio and television stations.
  
  • M S 3233 - Publication/Editing #

    3 Hours. Study and practice in editing copy, writing headlines and leads, laying out print news sources and producing electronic newscasts. Prerequisite: M S 1103, M S 2103, M S 2243 and M S 3133.
  
  • M S 3333 - Multimedia Writing #

    3 Hours. The purpose of this course is to apply and expand the reporting and writing skills learned in basic journalism so that students learn to develop stories for traditional media outlets as well as new electronic media, which is evolving daily.  Students will learn the importance of electronic media in a global world.  They will come to understand how media systems in many countries have developed differently from those in the United States.  Students will come to understand that working in a global market means that they must comprehend how media systems around the world are developed and structured.  Students will learn to thoroughly answer the journalistic how and why questions when writing about problems, trends and issues. (every Fall)
  
  • M S 3401 - Honors Research I

    1 Hours. Topic identification and literature review for scholarly activity. Prerequisite: Honors student, Junior standing or above.
  
  • M S 3402 - Honors Research II

    2 Hours. Research and development of scholarly activity. Prerequisite: Honors student, Junior standing or above, M S 3401 
  
  • M S 3513 - Media Management & Planning #

    3 Hours. Provides an introduction and overview to the media industry from a strategic management perspective.  Strategies for management and planning will be examined throughout areas central to the media sector including, but not limited to budgeting and accounting, contracts, grant writing, social media and technological advances, the economy and branding.
  
  • M S 3523 - Announcing #

    3 Hours. Covers radio, television and internet delivery announcing skills such as voice quality, articulation, enunciation, and pronunciation. The class includes preparation for opportunities in announcing employment in news, sports, commercial, voice talent, disc jockey, radio and television.
  
  • M S 4063 - Advanced Advertising #

    3 Hours. Study and practice in selling, creating, and producing newspaper and magazine advertising, The course will also focus on yellow page or directory advertising, outdoor advertising, direct mail advertising, and other supplemental types of advertising, including the internet. (every Spring)
  
  • M S 4073 - Broadcast Advertising and Production #

    3 Hours. Study and practice selling, creating and producing radio and television advertising. Special emphasis will be on local rate cards, national rate estimation, scripting, selling, and producing radio and television commercials on all formats of electronic media including cable and the internet.
  
  • M S 4093 - Copywriting/Layout #

    3 Hours. Study and practice of copywriting and layout for advertising, public relations, promotions, marketing, visual communication, and graphic design materials using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign software programs. (every Fall)
  
  • M S 4173 - Digital Photography II #

    3 Hours. Introduces student to alternative concepts and technical approaches to using photography as a creative medium. Provides advanced study in new and emerging photographic technologies and techniques. Prerequisite: M S 4133
  
  • M S 4201 - Media Studies #

    1 Hours. A series of courses in special areas of mass communications studies. Includes reporting, editing, and the teaching of mass communication. Any combination of this series may be taken for a maximum of six hours credit.
  
  • M S 4202 - Media Studies #

    2 Hours. A series of courses in special areas of mass communications studies.  Includes reporting, editing, and the teaching of mass communications. Any combination of this series may be taken for a maximum of six hours credit.
  
  • M S 4203 - Media Studies #

    3 Hours. A series of courses in special areas of mass communications studies.  Includes reporting, editing, and the teaching of mass communication.  Any combination of this series may be taken for a maximum of six hours credit.
  
  • M S 4233 - Broadcast Production #

    3 Hours. Study and practice in radio production and in television videography, editing and production. Credit may not be earned in both M S 4233 and VCOM 4233 Dual-listed: VCOM 4233
  
  • M S 4303 - Qualitative Research Methods #

    3 Hours. An introduction to the characteristics and various approaches to designing and conducting qualitative research projects in communication studies.  Students will gain hands-on experience in qualitative methods and analysis techniques. Credit cannot be earned in both M S 4303 and COMM 4303. Dual-listed: COMM 4303
  
  • M S 4333 - Media Law

    3 Hours. Study of legal issues of the mass media; including such legal topics as defamation, privacy, obscenity, privilege, access as they apply to the news, advertising/public relations and entertainment industries. 
  
  • M S 4393 - Web Design II

    3 Hours. Advanced analysis and production of interactive designs and other forms of nonlinear visual communications. Students will study and develop navigation systems, efficient information flow, and user environments.
  
  • M S 4401 - Honors Research IV

    1 Hours. All enrolled students will present their scholarly activity,  All other students are expected to attend. Prerequisite: Honors student,  M S 4402 
  
  • M S 4402 - Honors Research III

    2 Hours. Completion of honors thesis, artistic composition or other scholarly activity.  Prerequisite: Honors student, Senior standing,  M S 3402 
  
  • M S 4453 - Public Relations Writing #

    3 Hours. Advanced study and practice in gathering, writing and evaluating of news, with an emphasis on the development of story ideas and primary sources of news information. Prerequisite: M S 3133,  M S 3233
  
  • M S 4533 - Crisis Communication #

    3 Hours. This course focuses on the implementation of a crisis plan within an organization.
  
  • M S 4553 - Media Campaigns & Events #

    3 Hours. Integration of theory, research methods, and communication techniques for planning, implementing, and evaluating public relations campaigns, client proposal writing and presentation.  Prerequisite: M S 3133, M S 3233, M S 4453  (every Spring)
  
  • M S 4653 - Public Relations and the Media #

    3 Hours. The understanding of public relations and the media and the similarities and differences.
  
  • M S 4713 - Communication Ethics #

    3 Hours. The primary goal of this course is to stimulate a dialogue about the ethics and values inherent to human communication while sampling broadly from the array of ethical frameworks.  This course will review a number of approaches to communication ethics. In addition, because ethics are central to a number of contexts of human communication, the course will examine the interpersonal, small groups, organizational, public and mass communication contexts. Dual-listed: COMM 4713
  
  • M S 4831 - Media Studies Problems

    1 Hours. Individual work fitted to the special needs of student.
  
  • M S 4832 - Media Studies Problems

    2 Hours. Individual work fitted to the special needs of student.
  
  • M S 4833 - Advanced Video Production

    3 Hours. Individual work fitted to the special needs of student.
  
  • M S 4834 - Media Studies Problems

    4 Hours. Individual work fitted to the special needs of student.
  
  • M S 4835 - Media Studies Problems

    5 Hours. Individual work fitted to the special needs of student.
  
  • M S 4836 - Media Studies Problems

    6 Hours. Individual work fitted to the special needs of student.
  
  • M S 4983 - Media Internship I

    3 Hours. Supervised practical experience in a second media facility; such as a newspaper, radio or television station, public relations operation or advertising agency. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor required.
  
  • M S 4993 - Media Internship II

    3 Hours. Supervised practical experience in a second media facility; such as a newspaper, radio or television station, public relations operation or advertising agency. Permission of Instructor required
  
  • MATH 0123 - Elementary Algebra

    3 Hours. A course for students with little or no previous algebra background. Included topics are signed numbers, exponents, order of operations, factoring, algebraic fractions, linear equations and inequalities, word problems and percents. (No college credit.)
  
  • MATH 0133 - Intermediate Algebra

    3 Hours. A course for students that need to review algebra or need to satisfy a high school deficiency. Included in the course is a brief review of topics from Elementary Algebra, radicals, rational exponents, factoring, rational expressions, linear equations, and inequalities, absolute value, complex numbers, and quadratic equations.  No credit toward degree. Prerequisite: Placement and enrollment in this course is based on ACT and/or CPT scores, or a combination of ACT and high school grades in mathematics. High school deficiency in mathematics may be satisfied by the successful completion of this course.
  
  • MATH 1473 - Applied Mathematics #

    3 Hours. This course focuses on using data, functions and graphs to analyze issues in business, social and natural sciences, and education.  Quantitative reasoning skills and statistical thinking will be applied to financial, environmental and social problems. Prerequisite: Placement and enrollment in this course is based on ACT and/or CPT scores, or a combination of ACT and high school grades in mathematics. No major or minor credit in mathematics.
  
  • MATH 1513 - College Algebra #

    3 Hours. Linear and quadratic equations and inequalities; relations, functions, inverse functions; exponential and logarithmic functions; systems of equations; zeros of polynomials and determinants; permutations, combinations and the binomial theorem, as well as other selected topics. Prerequisite: Placement and enrollment in this course is based on ACT and/or CPT scores, or a combination of ACT and high school grades in mathematics.
  
  • MATH 1613 - Plane Trigonometry #

    3 Hours. Trigonometric functions, equations, and identities; solutions of triangles; trigonometric representation of the complex number. Prerequisite: Math 1473 or Math 1513.
  
  • MATH 1715 - Precalculus #

    5 Hours. College level algebra, trigonometry, and geometry topics necessary for the study of calculus. Prerequisite: Placement and enrollment in this course is based on ACT and/or CPT scores, or a combination of ACT and high school grades in mathematics.
  
  • MATH 2253 - Finite Mathematics #

    3 Hours. An introductory course in mathematics for the non-mathematics major as well as an elective for mathematics majors and minors. Subjects chosen from logic, sets, permutations, combinations, binomial theorem, probability, coordinate systems, graphing, matrices, vectors, linear programming, and game theory. Also, applications from areas of business and social science are investigated.
  
  • MATH 2423 - Calculus for Business and Social Science

    3 Hours. An introductory course in differential calculus for students of business and social sciences. Prerequisite: MATH 1715. No major or minor credit in mathematics
  
  • MATH 2614 - Calculus I #

    4 Hours. Functions, limits, derivatives, applications of the derivative, the definite integral, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and applications of integration. Prerequisite: Math 1715.
  
  • MATH 2624 - Calculus II #

    4 Hours. Inverse functions, logarithmic and exponential functions, hyperbolic functions, inverse trigonometric functions, techniques of integration, improper integrals, L’Hopital’s rule, and infinite series. Prerequisite: MATH 2614.
  
  • MATH 2633 - Calculus III#

    3 Hours. Polar coordinates, parametric equations, vector-valued functions, partial derivatives, and multiple integrals. Prerequisite: MATH 2624.
  
  • MATH 3023 - Discrete Mathematics #

    3 Hours. A brief introduction to mathematics topics appropriate for problem solving and computer programming, including number systems, logic and Boolean algebra, formal systems and methods of proof, sets, operations, relations, functions, combinatorics, and probability. Prerequisite: MATH 1473, 1513 or 1715.
  
  • MATH 3313 - College Geometry #

    3 Hours. An advanced study of Euclidean geometry including angles, triangles, parallel and perpendicular lines, circles, polygons, similarity, areas and volumes. Prerequisite: MATH 3703.
  
  • MATH 3401 - Honors Research I

    1 Hours. Topic identification and literature review for scholarly activity. Prerequisite: Honors student, Junior standing or above.
  
  • MATH 3402 - Honors Research II

    2 Hours. Research and development of scholarly activity. Prerequisite: Honors student, Junior standing or above, MATH 3401.
  
  • MATH 3413 - Modeling: Geometry and Measurement #

    3 Hours. A study of mathematical concepts for prospective elementary teachers using tactile models and appropriate technology. Topics include: Geometry, measurement, and trigonometry. Prerequisite: MATH 1473 or MATH 1513. No major or minor credit in mathematics.
  
  • MATH 3433 - Modeling: Numeration and Operations #

    3 Hours. A study of mathematical concepts for prospective elementary teachers using tactile models and appropriate technology. Topics include: problem solving, logic, relations and their properties, numeration, whole number operations and their properties, and number theory. Prerequisite: Math 1473 or MATH 1513. No major or minor credit in mathematics.
  
  • MATH 3443 - Modeling: Real Numbers and Statistics #

    3 Hours. A study of mathematical concepts for prospective elementary teachers using tactile models and appropriate technology. Topics include: rational numbers and their operations, integers and their operations, statistics, and probability. Prerequisite: MATH 1473 or MATH 1513. No major or minor credit in mathematics.
  
  • MATH 3513 - Statistical Methods #

    3 Hours. Analysis of data using descriptive and inferential statistics.  Topics will include graphical descriptors, numerical measures, probability distributions, sampling distributions, parameter estimation, hypothesis testing and regression and correlation.  Spreadsheet software will be used.  Dual listing BADM 3933.  Students may not receive credit in both MATH 3513 and BADM 3933. Prerequisite: Math 1473, 1513 or 1715. No credit for both this course and MATH 3623 in the mathematics major. Dual-listed: BADM 3933
  
  • MATH 3623 - Mathematical Statistics#

    3 Hours. Descriptive statistics; probability and combinatorial methods; discrete and continuous probability distributions and densities including multi variant, marginal, and conditional distributions of random variables; sampling distributions; mathematical expectation; simple linear regression and correlation. Prerequisite: MATH 2614.
  
  • MATH 3703 - Introduction to Proof #

    3 Hours. An introduction to writing proofs using concepts fundamental to advanced mathematics.  Course includes basic proof methods, set theory, mathematical induction, relations, functions, and other selected topics.  Emphasis is placed on the correct use of logic and grammar. Prerequisite: Math 2614.
  
  • MATH 3713 - Abstract Algebra I #

    3 Hours. Equivalences, congruences, logic, sets, groups, rings, and fields. Prerequisite: Math 3703.
  
  • MATH 3763 - Teaching Mathematics

    3 Hours. Pre-service mathematics teachers prepare and teach lessons in an undergraduate mathematics class.  Assessment, grading, and use of technology is coordinated by instructor. Prerequisite: Math 2614.
  
  • MATH 3810 - Topics in Mathematics#

    1-3 Hours. Special topics in mathematics. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. May be repeated with a change in subject matter for up to 6 hours credit.
  
  • MATH 3811 - Topics in Mathematics#

    1 Hours. Special topics in mathematics.  May be repeated with a change in subject matter for up to 6 hours credit. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
  
  • MATH 3812 - Topics in Mathematics#

    2 Hours. Special topics in mathematics.  May be repeated with a change in subject matter for up to 6 hours credit. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
  
  • MATH 3813 - Topics in Mathematics#

    3 Hours. Special topics in mathematics.  May be repeated with a change in subject matter for up to 6 hours credit. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
  
  • MATH 3913 - Introduction to Analysis #

    3 Hours. A rigorous treatment of calculus of one and several variables.  Elementary topology of Euclidean spaces, continuity, and uniform continuity. Prerequisite: Math 2624 and 3703.
  
  • MATH 3983 - Linear Algebra #

    3 Hours. Real numbers, fields and mappings, vectors and vector spaces, matrices, linear dependence and simultaneous linear equations. Determinants, linear transformations. Prerequisite: MATH 2614, 3023, or 3703.
  
  • MATH 4013 - Abstract Algebra II #

    3 Hours. The algebra of integers including rings, integral domains, order, divisibility, congruences, isomorphisms, automorphisms, rational numbers and fields. Prerequisite: MATH 3713 or consent of the instructor.
  
  • MATH 4063 - Intermediate Analysis #

    3 Hours. A continuation of MATH 3913.  Topics include differentiation and integration of functions of one and several variables. Prerequisite: Math 3913.
  
  • MATH 4113 - Differential Equations #

    3 Hours. Introduction to the theory and application of ordinary differential equations, linear and nonlinear first order equations, second order linear equations and higher order linear equations. Introduction to the Laplace transform and applications. Prerequisite: Math 2624.
  
  • MATH 4123 - Partial Differential Equations #

    3 Hours. Series solutions of ordinary equations, Fourier series, classical second order partial differential equations, heat equation, wave equation, and Laplace’s equation. Boundary value problems and Sturm-Liouville theory. Prerequisite: Math 2633, 4113.
  
  • MATH 4223 - Computer Graphics

    3 Hours. The study of hardware and software principles of interactive computer graphics. Topics Include an Introduction to basic concepts, 2-D and 3-D modeling and transformations, projections, rendering techniques, graphical software packages and graphics systems. An API will be used to reinforce concepts and study the fundamental algorithms. Prerequisite: Math 2614 and programming experience.
  
  • MATH 4233 - Numerical Analysis #

    3 Hours. Computational methods for solving algebraic, transcendental, ordinary differential, and finite difference equations, and summation of series. Prerequisite: Math 2633.
  
  • MATH 4243 - Elementary Number Theory #

    3 Hours. Divisibility of integers; continued fractions; Diophantine equations; quadratic residues; distribution of primes; numerical functions; mathematical induction. Prerequisite: Math 2614 or equivalent.
  
  • MATH 4253 - Point-Set Topology #

    3 Hours. Fundamental ideas of Point-Set Topology necessary for modern mathematics, including sets and functions, metric spaces, topological spaces, compactness, separation, and connectedness. Prerequisite: Math 3713.
 

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