Fall 2003

390 Course Descriptions

ACCT 390: Special Topics in Accounting

Coverage includes mergers and acquisitions, international accounting partnership accounting, production reports, standard costing, variance analysis and other managerial accounting topics.

ANTH 390: Supplement to Quantitative Methods

This course is supplemental registration for Anth 370, Quantitative Methods in Anthropology.

ANTH 390: Outward Bound Experience I

This is the first course in a two-course series called Outward Bound Experience. The course series will encompass not only skills in physical strength and endurance, but in the area of leadership development.

ANTH 390: Outward Bound Experience II

This is the second course in a two-course series called Outward Bound Experience. The course series will encompass not only skills in physical strength and endurance, but in the area of leadership development.

BA 390: Research Seminar-Business

The seminar will provide a forum for discussions of research design and methodology. Issues of ethics will be discussed as these issues relate to actual projects. The research projects will be conducted in actual organizations.

BA 390: Project Management

The general methodology of managing a project from concept to operational use. Topics include techniques of project scope, work breakdown analysis, task estimating and scheduling and resource, risk and cost management. The human aspects of project work, teams and communication are addressed as are quality assurance and the construction and improvement of systems to manage project quality and standards. Course will integrate some type of project management software.

BA 390: Accounting Software Applications

Create a chart of accounts, reconcile your checking account, invoice management, payable and receivables tracking, inventory management, and report generation.

CSIS 390: Windows Programming (C#)

A course in the C# programming language with emphasis on GUI applications, for students with a background in object-oriented programming. Topics will include language basics, exception handling, interfaces and collections, Windows forms, handling keyboard and mouse events, pages and transforms, images and bitmaps, fonts, menus, dialog boxes and Windows controls, and printing.

CSIS 390: HTML II

Extension of HTML I. Covers the creation and use of frames, forms, cascading style sheets and using and modifying commercial and/or freeware JavaScript routines to enhance the content of Web pages. The course will also discuss advanced topics in design and usability of webpages.

CSIS 390: Web Programming

Provides an introduction to web page development using current technologies such as HTML and XML. Programming in such languages as Perl, CGI scripting, JavaScript, and Java.

ED 390: Language Arts, Art, Music

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ED 390: Language Arts, Art, Music, Movement

This course weaves reading, writing, art, music, and physical exercise into the classroom experience. Students focus on the Colorado Model Content Standards as they explore methods and strategies to deliver instruction in language arts, art, music, and physical education. Students take information learned in coursework directly to the public school classroom for the field study experience. Thirty hours of field study are required with this course. Fifteen of those hours will be conducted during class time.

ED 390: EC Project Wild

If you work with kindergarten through grade 12 kids in schools, after school, in camps, scouts, or other activities, you will love the activity—filled books that come with this class. This outstanding, outdoor education curriculum is designed to help you teach about the environment through hands-on and outdoor activities that are downright fun. Additional work will be required of students taking this course for upper-division credit.

ED 390: Targeting Students, Not Tests

Though teachers use rubrics daily, many people still do not fully understand the components of, benefits to, and drawbacks of rubric-driven assessment. In this course, participants will analyze a variety of popular rubrics including trait-writing rubrics, and CSAP extended writing rubrics. Participants will assess papers using all of the rubrics, then determine which features make a rubric truly helpful to instruction, and which elements are better left to other forms of assessment. Through a series of hands-on activities, reading, discussion, and a final rubric modification, teachers will learn that students can succeed on written exams and other assignments without the instructor’s having to “teach the test”.

GEOL 390: Geology of the Grand Canyon

Special topics course designed to introduce undergraduate geology majors to the stunning record of geologic events spanning most of the last 2 billion years exposed in Grand Canyon. Oral and written presentations are required prior to intensive field work emphasizing interpretation of structural and geologic relationships. An overnight backpacking trip into a remote part of Grand Canyon is a required component of the course.

GEOL 390: EC Exploring the Jemez Mountains

Learn all about the history, archaeology, and geology of this fascinating region. Classroom experiences will give you the background of the area followed by a weekend camping trip to the mountains to explore the locality firsthand! Dates and logistics for the weekend trip will be arranged by consensus of the class.

HIST 390: EC Researching pre-1850 East Asian History

Students will research areas of personal interest in pre-1850’s East Asian History and write a major research paper based on their findings. This course is designed to offer opportunities for students who want to do research and research paper writing, and who want an enriched Asian history experience.

MATH 390: Math Seminar

A math seminar in which faculty members and outside speakers will deliver talks with mathematical content. Any serious math student is encouraged to attend, especially students who will take Senior Seminar in the winter term. Course is repeatable for credit.

ML 390: EC Culture South America: Film

This course will explore Argentinean, Bolivean, and Peruvian culture through film. The art of cinematography and an analysis of the artistic qualities of these films will facilitate a greater understanding of the social, cultural, and historical contexts of these countries.

PHIL 390: EC A Brief History of Time

Where did the universe come from? Did the universe have a beginning, and if so, what happened before then? What is the nature of time? Stephen Hawking provides an accessible account of modern physics’ answer to these and other cosmological questions. Additional work will be required of students taking this class for upper-division credit.

PHIL 390: EC Inevitable Illusions

Everyone knows that optical illusions trick us because of the way we see. Scientists have discovered that cognitive illusions, a set of biases deeply embedded in the human mind, can also distort the way we think. What exactly are these illusions? Additional work will be required of students taking this course for upper-division credit.

PSYC 390: EC Mandala Explorations

A journey through the psychology, history, art, and culture of the Mandala. Additional work will be required of students taking this course for upper-division credit.

RS 390: New Testament: Paul

This course examines the life of Paul from 50-60 A.D. and his seven genuine letters, which constitute the earliest documents in the New Testament. Issues that will be illuminated are First Century Judaism, Greco-Roman culture, the historical Jesus, and the development of early Christianity. The course is designed for students who have completed related RS 300 and RS 400 courses.

SOC 390: Social Dimensions Law & Policy

This course will examine the history of law as it has developed in Western civilization and compare it with other legal traditions, including Asian, African, Central American, and indigenous legal systems. We will analyze the social structures of American society and how the concepts of law, policy and justice operate and form the basis for American behavioral patterns.

SOC 390: Small Farms, Ranches, Community

This course looks at the practices, efficiencies, and culture of small farms and ranches and their contribution to healthy communities. Amish and Mennonite farms, indigenous and Hispanic farms in the Southwest, small farms in Mexico, and small farms and ranches of the Four Corners area will be discussed.

SW 390: Indian/Hisp in Global Context

A survey of the relationships between the Indo-Hispanic culture of the Southwest and those of other Spanish colonies and Spain itself with an emphasis on landscape, history, culture, and ecology.

SW 390: Curate Museum Exhibits

This experiential learning class will stress hands-on projects towards developing skills in designing museum exhibitions that communicate to a broad audience. Students will select an area of interest (art, history, archaeology, popular culture) and develop an exhibit section for the Center’s upcoming exhibition, “Documenting the Southwest”. Participants are encouraged to pursue innovative methods for creating an engaging exhibit component. Final exhibit products can be visual, audio, Web-based, etc..