Apr 16, 2024  
2021-22 NSU Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-22 NSU Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Courses


 

Technology

  
  • TECH 4680 - Industrial Problems


    Description: Designed to meet individual student needs by providing classroom and/or laboratory experiences in an area of industry.

    Credit Hours: 1-6
    Note: Any combination of courses in this series may be repeated for credit with different topics.
  
  • TECH 4690 - Industrial Internship


    CIP Code: 151501
    Description: Employment in an approved industry related to the student’s technology major consisting of experiences in the various levels of the industry in which he/she is assigned for a cooperative education experience.

    Credit Hours: 3 or 6
    Restrictions: Seventy-five (75) semester hours earned (30 hours at NSU).
    Note: May be repeated for credit.
  
  • TECH 4723 - Materials Management Handling


    Description: The study of the concepts, models, and systems for material management and production planning. Materials flow from raw material acquisition through the finished product is examined. Materials management covers the basics of supply chain management, manufacturing planning and the control systems, purchasing, vendor-managed inventory, inventory evaluation, physical distribution, and performance metrics.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: TECH 4003 Production Planning.
    Cross-listed: SCM 4723.
    Note: Credit cannot be earned in both SCM 4723 and TECH 4723.
  
  • TECH 4743 - Integrated Manufacturing


    Description: This course will illustrate the integration of a manufacturer’s production and operations system with their financial system. Specific course topics will include the basic budgeting process for a manufacturer and will illustrate other contemporary performance measures for the industrial entity.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: TECH 4003 Production Planning.
  
  • TECH 4753 - Process of Purchasing


    Description: This course addresses what firms must do to achieve a competitive advantage in the global economy from their procurement and sourcing processes. The course examines the interdependent relation of a firms strategic planning and purchasing strategies.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: TECH 4003 Production Planning.
    Cross-listed: SCM 4753.
    Note: Credit cannot be earned in both SCM 4753 and TECH 4753.

University Studies

  
  • UNIV 1003 - University Strategies


    CIP Code: 240101
    Description: As part of the university’s induction program, students participate in activities which address academic, social, career, and other transitional questions common to first-year college students.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Note: Students may not earn credit in both MILS 1002 and UNIV 1003.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • UNIV 2091 - General Education Capstone


    Description: A general education capstone course in which assessment of general education objectives and student learning outcomes will be measured.

    Credit Hours: 1
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • UNIV 4991 - General Studies Capstone


    CIP Code: 270102
    Description: Students will prepare and submit a portfolio of their work that demonstrates (1) their learning in the core areas of the BGS degree; (2) their ability to synthesize information from the core areas of the degree; (3) their ability to explain how they plan to use their degree in their professional and educational lives.

    Credit Hours: 1
    Other contact hours per week: 1

    Restrictions: The Capstone should be taken during the final semester of the degree.

Visual Communication

  
  • VCOM 1003 - Introduction to Visual Communication


    Description: Course introduces the principles, theories, and language of visual communication, the analysis of visual messages and the development of basic skills necessary to become an effective visual communicator.

    Credit Hours: 3
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • VCOM 1233 - 2D Design


    CIP Code: 500701
    Description: Introduction to the principles and fundamentals of two-dimensional design using various media.  Emphasis placed on developing creative solutions to a series of design projects. 

    Credit Hours: 3
    Cross-listed: ART 1233.
    Note: Credit cannot be earned in both ART 1233 and VCOM 1233.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • VCOM 1273 - Graphic Design I


    Description: An overview of graphic design history, visual principles, and tools used by graphic designers.  Analysis and production of designs for varying media. 

    Credit Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: ART 1173 Computer Applications in Art, ART/VCOM 1233 2D Design, and ART 3353 Typography.
    Cross-listed: ART 1273.
    Note: Credit cannot be earned in both ART 1273 and VCOM 1273.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • VCOM 2403 - Introduction to Web Design


    Description: An introductory course designed to acquaint students with techniques and technologies of website design and construction through hands-on training.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Cross-listed: M S 2403.
    Note: Credit cannot be earned in both M S 2403 and VCOM 2403.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • VCOM 3103 - Introduction to Photography


    Description: Introduction to fine art photography.  Students will learn how and why photography works as they understand basic camera operation, the principles of  composition, the materials and processes used in photography, and exposure and developing techniques.

    Credit Hours: 3
    Cross-listed: ART 3103.
    Note: Credit cannot be earned in both ART 3103 and VCOM 3103.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • VCOM 3401 - Honors Research I


    Description: Topic identification and literature review for scholarly activity.

    Credit Hours: 1
    Restrictions: Honors student with junior standing or above.
  
  • VCOM 3402 - Honors Research II


    Description: Research and development of scholarly activity.

    Credit Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: VCOM 3401 Honors Research I.
    Restrictions: Honors student with junior standing or above.
  
  • VCOM 4233 - Broadcast Production


    Description: The course addresses study and practice in radio production and in television videography, editing and production. 

    Credit Hours: 3
    Cross-listed: M S 4233.
    Note: Credit cannot be earned in both M S 4233 and VCOM 4233.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • VCOM 4401 - Honors Research IV


    Description: All enrolled students will present their scholarly activity.  All other students are expected to attend.

    Credit Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: VCOM 4402 Honors Research III.
    Restrictions: Honors student with senior standing.
  
  • VCOM 4402 - Honors Research III


    Description: Completion of honors thesis, artistic composition or other scholarly activity.

    Credit Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: VCOM 3402 Honors Research II.
    Restrictions: Honors student with senior standing.
  
  • VCOM 4813 - Advanced Photography Tour


    Description: Tour-centered course of on-location photography, explores the urban/rural landscape through the medium of digital photography.  The course addresses location photography challenges and opportunities for image making.

    Credit Hours: 3
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • VCOM 4840 - Independent Study in Visual Communication


    CIP Code: 500701
    Description: Course allows exploration in photography for personal expression.  Students devise and produce a photographic project that expands on the techniques and processes mastered in previous courses. 

    Credit Hours: 1-3
    Restrictions: Instructor permission.
    Note: Any combination of courses in this series may be repeated with different topics for a maximum of six credit hours.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • VCOM 4850 - Visual Communication Seminar


    Description: This series of courses covers special topics of Visual Communication. 

    Credit Hours: 1-3
    Note: Any combination of courses in this series may be taken with different topics for a maximum of six credit hours.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • VCOM 4901 - Senior Project


    Description: To be taken in the final semester of studies, the Capstone Project will require the staging of an exhibition, installation, filmmaking project, or other focused endeavor that reflects the experiences and interest of the student.

    Credit Hours: 1

Women’s and Gender Studies

  
  • WGS 1000 - Special Topics Seminar


    CIP Code: 050207
    Description: Course designed to meet any number of felt needs; the content will vary with the need.  Seminar topics could include (but are not limited to) Defining Feminism, Women and Finance, Women and Incarceration, Parenting, Women of the New Testament, Women and the Courts, Critiques of the WGS Discipline, Indigenous Women, Feminists in the Local Community, Women in Politics, Human Trafficking, Poverty, White Privilege, Masculine Studies, GBLT, Media Representations, Domestic Violence, Eating Disorders, Women’s Health Issues, Critical Pedagogy, Self Defense for Women, and Muslim Women.   

    Credit Hours: 1-3
    Note: Any combination of courses in this series may be repeated for credit with different topics. Student will be allowed a maximum of nine (9) one-hour credits toward the 18-hour WGS minor.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • WGS 2000 - Special Topics Seminar


    CIP Code: 050207
    Description: Course designed to meet any number of felt needs; the content will vary with the need.  Seminar topics could  include (but are not limited to) Defining Feminism, Women and Finance, Women and Incarceration, Parenting, Women and the New Testament, Women and the Courts, Critiques of the WGS Discipline, Indigenous Women, Feminists in the Local Community, Women in Politics, Human Trafficking, Poverty, White Privilege, Masculine Studies, GBLT, Media Representations, Domestic Violence, Eating Disorders, Women’s Health Issues, Critical Pedagogy, Self Defense for Women, and Muslim Women. 

    Credit Hours: 1-3
    Note: Any combination of courses in this series may be repeated for credit with different topics. Students will be allowed a maximum of nine (9) one-hour credits toward the 18-hour WGS minor.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • WGS 2123 - Intro Women’s & Gender Studies


    CIP Code: 050207
    Description: An interdisciplinary course that examines the intersection of gender with other identity categories including race, class ethnicity, sexual orientation, culture, age, and physical ability.

    Credit Hours: 3
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • WGS 3000 - Special Topics Seminar


    CIP Code: 050207
    Description: Course designed to meet any number of felt needs; the content will vary with the need.  Seminar topics could include (but are not limited to) Defining Feminism, Women and Finance, Women and Incarceration, Parenting, Women of the New Testament, Women and the Courts, Critiques of the WGS Discipline, Indigenous Women, Feminists in the Local Community, Women in Politics, Human Trafficking, Poverty, White Privilege, Masculine Studies, GBLT, Media Representations, Domestic Violence, Eating Disorders, Women’s Health Issues, Critical Pedagogy, Self Defense for Women, and Muslim Women

    Credit Hours: 1-3
    Note: May be repeated for credit with different topics. Students will be allowed a maximum of nine (9) one-hour credits toward the 18-hour WGS minor.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • WGS 4000 - Special Topics Seminar


    CIP Code: 050207
    Description: Course designed to meet any number of felt needs; the content will vary with the need.  Seminar topics could include (but are not limited to) Defining Feminism, Women and Finance, Women and Incarceration, Parenting, Women of the New Testament, Women and the Courts, Critiques of the WGS Discipline, Indigenous Women, Feminists in the Local Community, Women in Politics, Human Trafficking, Poverty, White Privilege, Masculine Studies, GBLT, Media Representations, Domestic Violence, Eating Disorders, Women’s Health Issues. Critical Pedagogy, Self Defense for Women, and Muslim Women. 

    Credit Hours: 1-3
    Note: Any combination of courses in this series may be repeated for credit with different topics. Students will be allowed a maximum of nine (9) one-hour credits toward the 18-hour WGS minor.
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • WGS 4113 - Feminist and Social Activism


    CIP Code: 050207
    Description: Feminist and Social Activism explores the roots of social activism as a means to empower students to become civically engaged.  This course addresses the fundamentals to social movements by examining methods to influencing social change through activism.  Social movements and current issues in women’s issues will be explored through the Social Change Model of Leadership Development.

    Credit Hours: 3
    LAS Course: Yes
  
  • WGS 4950 - Internship


    CIP Code: 050207
    Description: Students gain practical experience while applying knowledge, theories, and skills learned in Women’s and Gender Studies courses in a professional setting. Students should arrange their schedules to allow for an internship of commensurate number of clock hours to equal the value of credit hours for the semester at a professional site chosen in consultation with the faculty program coordinator.

    Credit Hours: 1-6
    Lecture contact hours per week:

    Other: Clock hours to equal the value of credit hours for the semester.


    Prerequisite: WGS 2123 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies.
    Restrictions: WGS minors.
    Note: May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
 

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