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ED 4901 Selected Topics One hour
An intensive study of a selected area of the school curriculum designed to meet the particular needs of pre-service and in-service teachers or administrators. Specific subtitles may be added.
Offered each semester
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ED 4902 Selected Topics Two hours
An intensive study of a selected area of the school curriculum designed to meet the particular needs of pre-service and in-service teachers or administrators. Specific subtitles may be added.
Offered each semester
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ED 4903 Selected Topics Three hours
An intensive study of a selected area of the school curriculum designed to meet the particular needs of pre-service and in-service teachers or administrators. Specific subtitles may be added.
Offered each semester
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ED 4911 School Experience One hour
Weekly field experience based on teaching needs determined during internship.
Prerequisites for Secondary Education majors: ED 4880 and ED 4881
Prerequisites for Early Education majors: ED 4850 and ED 4851
Prerequisites for Music Education majors: ED 4890 and ED 4891
Corequisite for all majors: ED 4912
Offered spring semester
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ED 4912 Education Capstone Two hours
Based on internship experiences and understandings, an examination of factors affecting student learning and the culture of schools. An additional fee associated with this course.
Prerequisites for Secondary Education majors: ED 4880 and ED 4881
Prerequisites for Early Education majors: ED 4850 and ED 4851
Prerequisites for Music Education majors: ED 4890 and ED 4891
Corequisite for all majors: ED 4911
Offered spring semester
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EE 2213 Digital Electronics Three hours
A study of bipolar and MOS switching circuits, combinational and sequential logic design, and programmable logic devices. Includes a design component. Two hours lecture-discussion and one two-hour laboratory per week. An additional fee associated with this course.
Prerequisite: CS 1113
Offered spring semester
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EE 2223 Electrical Circuits Three hours
An introductory course in electrical circuits and electronics. Topics include basic circuit analysis, electric power, and semiconductor devices such as diodes, rectifiers, and operational amplifiers. Two hours lecture-discussion per week and one three-hour laboratory per week. An additional fee associated with this course.
Prerequisites: EN 1323 and MTH 1144
Offered fall semester
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EE 3123 Embedded Systems Three hours
An introduction to the design of embedded systems including their hardware and software architectures, design methodologies and tools, and communication protocols. Three hours lecture-discussion per week. An additional fee associated with this course.
Prerequisite: CS 1113 and EE 3313
Offered fall semester
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EE 3313 Electronics I Three hours
A study of the analysis and design of electronic circuits using BJTs and MOSFETs. Topics include bipolar and MOS transistor physics, bipolar and CMOS amplifiers, differential amplifiers, and frequency response. Two hours lecture-discussion and one three-hour laboratory per week. An additional fee associated with this course.
Prerequisite: EE 2223
Offered fall semester
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EE 3323 Digital Systems Three hours
A continuation from EE 2213 of the design and analysis of digital systems with particular emphasis in one or more areas of application. Two hours lecture-discussion and one two-hour laboratory per week. An additional fee associated with this course.
Prerequisites: EE 2213 and EE 3313
Offered fall semester
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EE 3343 Power Systems Three hours
An introductory course to power system engineering. A basic theory of power system analysis/design and power simulation software are covered. Topics include power transformers, transmission lines, power flows, symmetrical components and power system controls.
Prerequisite: EE 2223
Offered upon sufficient request
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EE 3353 Power Electronics Three hours
An introductory course to power electronics. A basic theory of power electronics and simulation software are covered and laboratory sessions are included. Topics include DC-DC converters, DC power supplies, inverters and designing printed circuit boards (PCBs). Three hour lecture-discussion per week. An additional fee associated with this course.
Prerequisite: EE 3313
Offered upon sufficient request
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EE 3423 Signal Processing Three hours
Includes signal representation, Fourier techniques, convolution, correlation, AM, PM, and FM modulation, spectral density, filter synthesis, and signal control. Includes two hours lecture-discussion and one two-hour laboratory per week. An additional fee associated with this course.
Prerequisite: EE 2223
Offered fall semester
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EE 3501 Selected Topics One hour
A study of a special area of electrical engineering such as computer design, microprocessor applications, electric motor design, advanced logic design, digital filters, computer systems, digital control, or direct energy converters. May also be used as internship credit or independent study.
Prerequisite: TBD according to topic
Offered upon sufficient request
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EE 3502 Selected Topics Two hours
A study of a special area of electrical engineering such as computer design, microprocessor applications, electric motor design, advanced logic design, digital filters, computer systems, digital control, or direct energy converters. May also be used as internship credit or independent study.
Prerequisite: TBD according to topic
Offered upon sufficient request
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EE 3503 Selected Topics Three hours
A study of a special area of electrical engineering such as computer design, microprocessor applications, electric motor design, advanced logic design, digital filters, computer systems, digital control, or direct energy converters. May also be used as internship credit or independent study.
Prerequisite: TBD according to topic
Offered upon sufficient request
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EE 4123 Electromagnetics Three hours
Application of Maxwell’s equations to transmission lines, waveguide, and antennas. Three hours lecture-discussion per week.
Prerequisites: MTH 2123 and PHY 2124
Offered spring semester
Same as PHY 4123
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EE 4173 Computer Networking Three hours
A study of digital networking systems. Covers topics such as data transmission and encoding, multiplexing, packet switching, local and wide area networks, network architecture and design, switches and routers, security, and protocols such as TCP, UDP, IP, HTTP, WiFi, and Ethernet. Three hours lecture-discussion per week.
Prerequisite: CS 1113 or equivalent
Offered upon sufficient request
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EE 4213 Electronics II Three hours
A study of the analysis and design of electronic circuits using diodes, BJTs and FETs. Topics include low and high frequency effects, power amps, oscillators, filters, and converters. Two hours lecture-discussion and one two-hour laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: EE 3313
Offered upon sufficient request
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EE 4303 Digital Signal Processing Three hours
Theory and techniques of characterizing discrete time signals. Includes Fourier and Z-transform, flow graphs, digital filter design, quantization effects, and spectral estimation. Includes a design component. Two hours lecture-discussion and one two-hour laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: EE 2223
Offered upon sufficient request
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EE 4403 Advanced Digital Systems Three hours
Topics may be selected from advanced logic design, coding, digital filters, computer systems, digital communications or digital control.
Prerequisite: EE 3123
Offered upon sufficient request
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EE 4413 Digital Communications Theory Three hours
Study of digital communications systems may include such topics as QAM, FSK, CPM, M-ary, PSK, ISI, coding theory, or correction theory/coding. Lab implements various communications in digital form. Two hours lecture-discussion and one two-hour laboratory per week. An additional fee associated with this course.
Prerequisite: EE 3423
Offered spring semester
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English |
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EGL 1003 Basic Writing Three hours
Basic Writing is a course designed for students who need to improve written communication prior to taking the Core Curriculum requirement EGL 1013 . This course equips students with a firm knowledge of the fundamentals of composition, standard English grammar, punctuation, and style. The course develops college-level reading, writing, and thinking skills; practical writing skills such as generating and focusing ideas for essays, composing drafts, and polishing (revising and editing) drafts; critical reading skills such as annotating, summarizing, responding, discussing, and synthesizing assigned readings; and critical thinking skills such as analysis; argumentation, and persuasion.
Offered fall semester
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EGL 1013 English I: Composition Three hours
An introduction to and practice in college writing in all its variety: from personal reflections to arguments and research-supported writing. A total of twenty pages of writing is required, including a short research paper.
Prerequisite: either a minimum ACT English score of 19, or minimum SAT verbal score of 500, or CLT grammar/writing score of at least 32, or EGL 1003, or LS 1193.
Offered each semester
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EGL 1023 English II: Literary Analysis and Research Three hours
An introduction to the analysis of literary texts through reading and researching a selection of short stories, poems, dramas, and novels. In addition to essays of analysis of such works, a research paper is required.
Prerequisite: EGL 1013 or EGL 1083
Offered each semester
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EGL 1083 Honors: English I: Composition Three hours
A course which has as its thematic core the ethnographical study of local cultures. Focus is on primary and secondary research methods, problem solving, and writing skills. Methods include experiential, reflective, integrative, and collaborative learning, and teaching by way of field experiences, group projects, interviews, guest speakers, and seminar-type participation.
Prerequisite: admission to Honors Program or Honors Committee approval
Offered fall semester
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EGL 1093 Honors: English II: Literary Analysis and Research Three hours
An introduction to the analysis of literary texts, including poetry, drama, short fiction, and the novel. Methods may include collaborative learning, field experience, group projects, guest speakers, and seminar-type participation. Assignments will include analysis and response to literary texts and a short documented scholarly research paper, leading up to a longer research project in which the student works with a selected text, the author of that text, and secondary sources to analyze the production of texts in context.
Prerequisites: admission to Honors Program or Honors Committee approval and EGL 1013 or EGL 1083
Offered spring semester
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EGL 1221 Introduction to English Studies One hour
A seminar that explores the disciplines of language and literature, introduces students to departmental faculty and to graduates in the discipline, and prepares students for their work at JBU and for the decisions they will make regarding the professional world.
Offered fall semester
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EGL 2213 World Literature I Three hours
Readings of the major writers from antiquity through the Renaissance. Includes European authors such as Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Cervantes as well as classics of non-Western literature such as Gilgamesh, Chinese poetry, Persian epic, and Japanese drama. A scholarly paper is required. Meets The Arts and Humanities requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisite: EGL 1023 or EGL 1093
Offered spring semester (odd-numbered years)
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EGL 2223 World Literature II Three hours
Readings of the major writers from the Enlightenment through the contemporary period. Includes authors such as Moliére, Voltaire, Goethe, Wordsworth, Ibsen, Kafka, and Beckett. A scholarly paper is required. Meets The Arts and Humanities requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisite: EGL 1023 or EGL 1093
Offered spring semester (even-numbered years)
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EGL 2243 Young Adult Literature Three hours
An introduction to young adult literature as a genre, including an introduction to young adult literature as an academic field of study. Course readings will feature contemporary young adult literature. Assignments may include short literary analyses and a larger research paper. Meets The Arts and Humanities requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisite: EGL 1023 or EGL 1093
Offered spring semester (even-numbered years)
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EGL 2273 Introduction to Creative Writing Three hours
This course will provide a forum for beginning writers to acquaint themselves with and explore the conventions of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. Students will read widely and write extensively, learning to appreciate the creative process and developing a vocabulary for the craft. Meets The Arts and Humanities requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisite or corequisite: EGL 1023 or EGL 1093
Offered spring semester
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EGL 2393 Advanced Composition Three hours
An advanced course in composition for English and Education majors in which rhetorical skills are developed and refined in the practice of writing thesis-driven literary analyses and researched arguments in MLA format. Multiple stages of revision through group work and peer review are a key component of the course.
Prerequisite: EGL 1023 or EGL 1093
Offered fall semester
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EGL 2413 American Literature I Three hours
This course introduces the student to major and minor American writers from colonial times through the end of the Civil War (e.g. Winthrop, Emerson, Dickinson, Poe, Hawthorne, Whitman, Douglass). Students will be introduced to writing and research strategies regarding literary analysis. Meets The Arts and Humanities requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisite: EGL 1023 or EGL 1093
Offered fall semester (even-numbered years)
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EGL 2423 American Literature II Three hours
This course introduces the student to major and minor American writers from after the Civil War to the present (e.g., Twain, Chesnutt, Eliot, Miller, O’Connor, Morrison, Alexie). A scholarly papers is required. Meets The Arts and Humanities requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisite: EGL 1023 or EGL 1093
Offered fall semester (odd-numbered years)
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EGL 3003 Masterpieces of Literature Three hours
An exploration of texts from ancient to modern world literature in drama, prose and poetry. Authors may include Homer, Sophocles, Dante, Shakespeare, Voltaire, Dostoevsky and Kafka. Reflective and analytical essays are required. Meets The Arts and Humanities requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisite: EGL 1023 or EGL 1093
Offered each semester
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EGL 3313 Medieval Literature Three hours
A study of early English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period through the fifteenth century. Authors may include Chaucer, Langland, and Kempe; anonymous works may include Beowulf, The Dream of the Rood, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Most works are read in translation; however, the course introduces students to broad concepts in the history of the English language. A scholarly paper is required. Meets The Arts and Humanities requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisite: EGL 1023 or EGL 1093
Offered fall semester (odd-numbered years)
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EGL 3321 Writing Center Practicum One hour
Experience in Writing Center methods through participant-observation, readings, and periodic staff meetings. Three hours of tutoring (peer reviews and grammar advice on student writing) each week and a weekly memo are required, plus web reports on each client served.
Prerequisite: EGL 2393
Prerequisite or corequisite: EGL 3363
Offered each semester
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EGL 3323 Renaissance Literature Three hours
A study of the masterpieces from the English Renaissance. Readings include major playwrights, such as Marlow, Jonson, and Webster, and lyric poets ranging from Sir Thomas Wyatt to Donne, Herbert, and Marvell. A scholarly paper is required. Meets The Arts and Humanities requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisite: EGL 1023 or EGL 1093
Offered spring semester (even-numbered years)
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EGL 3333 Shakespearean Drama Three hours
Representative comedies, tragedies, histories, and romances. A scholarly paper is required. Meets The Arts and Humanities requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisite: EGL 1023 or EGL 1093
Offered spring semester
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EGL 3340 Publishing Practicum No credit
Students gain hands-on experience in the publishing world by working in teams on a real world publishing project for which they design, write, interact with a publisher and revise according to publisher feedback. At the end of the course, projects are officially published and students have a real world publication for their resumes.
Prerequisites: COR 1002 and either EGL 1013 or EGL 1083
Offered each semester
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EGL 3341 Publishing Practicum One hour
Students gain hands-on experience in publishing through the production of John Brown University’s yearly literary and visual arts journal, Shards of Light. Under the supervision of a faculty sponsor, students will serve as the journal’s staff and oversee all parts of the publication process: solicitation, selection, revision, and copyediting of submissions; advertising and distribution; and general problem-solving. May be retaken for credit.
Prerequisites: COR 1002 and either EGL 1013 or EGL 1083
Offered each semester
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EGL 3343 Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature Three hours
A study of the major writers, genres, and issues of this period. Authors may include Dryden, Behn, Pope, Richardson, Johnson, and Burney; issues may include British colonialism and slavery, the rise of the novel, and the beginnings of British feminism. A scholarly paper is required. Meets The Arts and Humanities requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisite: EGL 1023 or EGL 1093
Offered fall semester (even-numbered years)
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EGL 3353 Nineteenth Century British Literature Three hours
A study of the major British writers of the Romantic and Victorian periods. Authors may include Wordsworth, Byron, Gaskell, Dickens, Browning, and Eliot; issues may include women’s voting rights, the Industrial Revolution, and evolution. A scholarly paper is required. Meets The Arts and Humanities requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisite: EGL 1023 or EGL 1093
Offered spring semester (odd-numbered years)
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EGL 3363 Advanced English Grammar Three hours
An analytically and pedagogically focused study of English grammar and an introduction to the history of the English language.
Prerequisite: EGL 2393
Offered each semester
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EGL 3713 Literary Theory Three hours
A study of the primary texts of literary criticism and aesthetics from Plato to the recent theorists, including Greenblatt, Derrida, Fish, and Foucault. Focuses on developing knowledge and application of the various ideas from the different schools of thought. A scholarly project -class presentation and paper- involving application of theories is required. Meets The Arts and Humanities requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisites: EGL 1013 , either EGL 1023 or EGL 1093 , and one upper-level literature course
Prerequisite or corequisite: RPH 2103 or POL 3003
Offered fall semester (odd-numbered years)
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EGL 3991 Internship One hour
Practical experience writing outside of the classroom in a professional setting. Interns have worked for non-profits, publishing houses, churches, and small businesses. Enrollment is limited to English majors. Students will keep a journal of their experiences and turn in a reflective essay at the end of the semester. Each semester hour represents 40 hours of service.
Prerequisites: sophomore standing and a 3.0 major GPA
Offered upon sufficient request
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EGL 3992 Internship Two hours
Practical experience writing outside of the classroom in a professional setting. Interns have worked for non-profits, publishing houses, churches, and small businesses. Enrollment is limited to English majors. Students will keep a journal of their experiences and turn in a reflective essay at the end of the semester. Each semester hour represents 40 hours of service.
Prerequisites: sophomore standing and a 3.0 major GPA
Offered upon sufficient request
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EGL 3993 Internship Three hours
Practical experience writing outside of the classroom in a professional setting. Interns have worked for non-profits, publishing houses, churches, and small businesses. Enrollment is limited to English majors. Students will keep a journal of their experiences and turn in a reflective essay at the end of the semester. Each semester hour represents 40 hours of service.
Prerequisites: sophomore standing and a 3.0 major GPA
Offered upon sufficient request
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EGL 4043 Masterpieces of Literature: Ireland Three hours
A reading-intensive overview of the literary history of Ireland through examination of selected works of writers William Butler Yeats, Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, James Joyce, C. S. Lewis, and others. A scholarly paper is required. May substitute for EGL 3003 in the Core Curriculum. Meets The Arts and Humanities requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisites: EGL 1023 , either HST 2013 or HST 2083 , and either HST 2023 or HST 2093
Offered summer semester, Irish Studies Program
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EGL 4473 Creative Writing Workshop: Selected Genres Three hours
Study of and practice in a designated genre or subgenre of creative writing, such as poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or writing from faith. Students submit original work for class critique. Significant writing, reading, and participation are required. May be repeated for credit in a different genre/subgenre. Meets The Arts and Humanities requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisite: EGL 2273
Offered each semester
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EGL 4483 Selected Topics: Literature Three hours
In-depth study of a literary topic of interest. Topics vary widely based on student and professor interest, and in the past have included C.S. Lewis and the Inklings, Jane Austen, Russian literature, James Joyce, and Gothic Fiction. A scholarly paper is required. Meets The Arts and Humanities requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisite: EGL 1023 or EGL 1093
Offered each semester
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EGL 4611 Independent Study/Research One hour
Independent study supervised by a member of the English faculty. A scholarly paper and/or a significant research project is required.
Offered upon sufficient request
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EGL 4612 Independent Study/Research Two hours
Independent study supervised by a member of the English faculty. A scholarly paper and/or a significant research project is required.
Offered upon sufficient request
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EGL 4613 Independent Study/Research Three hours
Independent study supervised by a member of the English faculty. A scholarly paper and/or a significant research project is required.
Offered upon sufficient request
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EGL 4881 English Capstone One hour
The English Capstone course will assess all Student Learning Outcomes for the English Major (writing and literature emphasis). This course will ask students to complete a standardized exam to assess “a high level of Understanding of the Field” of English literature; to construct a portfolio that demonstrates Creative or Critical Thinking, Independent Research, Improvement in Writing and Expression of Ideas, and an understanding of Christian Perspectives in literature; and to write several reflective essays.
Prerequisite: senior standing
Offered spring semester
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EN 1112 Engineering Concepts and Design Two hours
A first course in engineering involving basic engineering concepts and the design process. Two hours lecture-discussion per week. An additional fee associated with this course.
Offered fall semester
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EN 1121 Production Techniques Laboratory One hour
Basic training in the areas of welding, metal fabrication and machine tools. Two 2-hour laboratory periods per week. An additional fee associated with this course.
Offered fall semester
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EN 1223 Concepts in Mechanical Engineering Three hours
An introduction to the Mechanical Engineering profession. Course will provide an overview of forces in structures, engineering materials, fluid mechanics, thermal and energy systems, power transmission and machine design. Two hours lecture-discussion and one two-hour laboratory per week. An additional fee associated with this course.
Prerequisite: MTH 1134
Offered spring semester
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EN 1323 Concepts in Electrical Engineering Three hours
An introduction to electrical circuits: Ohm’s Law, Kirchoff’s Laws, Thevenin and Norton equivalent circuits, superposition, resistors, capacitors and inductors. Two hours lecture-discussion and one two-hour laboratory per week. An additional fee associated with this course.
Prerequisite: MTH 1134
Offered spring semester
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EN 2323 Engineering Economics Three hours
A study of economics as applied to engineering decision making. Consideration is given to financial decision making, comparisons of costing and payback schemes. The context is a free enterprise system, subject to government regulation and investment capitalization. Three hours lecture-discussion per week. Meets the Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Offered spring semester
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EN 3213 Engineering Materials Science Three hours
A microscopic study of engineering materials, with emphasis on acquiring basic knowledge of microstructure and processes that relate to properties and performance of engineering materials. Three hours lecture-discussion-laboratory per week. An additional fee associated with this course.
Prerequisite: CHM 1124
Offered fall semester
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EN 3222 Collaborative Design Lab Two hours
Student works on design projects in a team context. Four hours laboratory per week. An additional fee associated with this course.
Prerequisites: EN 1223 and EN 1323
Offered spring semester
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EN 3233 Advanced Computer Programming Three hours
An introduction to principles of software engineering, data structures and algorithms, and user interfaces in the context of a modern object-oriented programming language. Three hours lecture-discussion per week.
Prerequisite: CS 1113
Offered fall semester (odd-numbered years)
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EN 3413 Linear Signals and Systems Three hours
The course begins with the study of continuous-time and discrete-time signals, with a focus on frequency domain techniques. These topics are pivotal in applications such as the analysis of vibrations in mechanical systems (e.g. jet engines) as well as the analysis of electrical signals (e.g. in communications). We then consider systems, their properties, (linearity, time-invariance, causality), and various mathematical models for describing systems. Transform techniques are used throughout the course (Fourier, Laplace, and Z-transforms). This course provides the mathematical foundation for further study of control theory and signal processing. Two hours lecture-discussion and a three-hour laboratory per week. An additional fee associated with this course.
Prerequisite: MTH 2114
Offered fall semester
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EN 3501 Selected Topics One hour
A study of a special area of engineering. May also be used as internship credit or independent study.
Prerequisite: TBD according to topic
Offered upon sufficient request
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EN 3502 Selected Topics Two hours
A study of a special area of engineering. May also be used as internship credit or independent study.
Prerequisite: TBD according to topic
Offered upon sufficient request
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EN 3503 Selected Topics Three hours
A study of a special area of engineering. May also be used as internship credit or independent study. An additional fee may be associated with this course.
Prerequisite: TBD according to topic
Offered upon sufficient request
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EN 3513 International Problem Solving Three hours
An opportunity for students to acquire the knowledge, ability, and predisposition to work effectively with people from other cultures who define problems differently than they do. Through course instruction and interactions, students examine the historical, social, cultural, religious, political, and value systems that impact how people approach problems differently, and are prepared to work in multicultural, diverse professions. Meets the Intercultural Engagement requirement of the Core Curriculum. An additional fee associated with this course.
Offered fall semester
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EN 4113 Engineering Design I Three hours
A study of specifications, feasibility, modeling, optimization methods, elements of professionalism and economic analysis. Initiation of the senior design project with written and oral reporting of preliminary work. Three hours lecture-discussion per week. An additional fee associated with this course.
Prerequisite: EN 3222
Offered fall semester
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EN 4123 Engineering Design II Three hours
A capstone course to integrate previous engineering learning experiences in problem formulation and solution. Includes the completion of the major design project initiated in Engineering Design I, with written and oral reporting of the work. Involves supervision of freshman design students. Three hours lecture-discussion per week. An additional fee associated with this course.
Prerequisite: EN 4113
Offered spring semester
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EN 4323 Control Systems Three hours
This course explores the modeling, analysis and design of linear time-invariant control systems. Topics include stability, transient responses, steady-state errors and the design of compensators and controllers. Two hours lecture-discussion and one two-hour laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: EE 2223 and EN 3413
Offered spring semester
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EN 4403 Engineering Management Three hours
A study of elements and process of engineering project management covering applicable subjects such as managerial processes, organizational behavior issues, project and task scheduling, cost estimating/ evaluation/control, critical path evaluations, resource allocation, integrated tracking and control systems, risk analysis, problem identification, recovery processes and techniques, decision theory. Three hours lecture-discussion per week.
Prerequisite: EN 2323
Offered upon sufficient request
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ENT 2013 Methods and Tools for Entrepreneurs Three hours
A foundational course introducing key concepts driving entrepreneurship as well as the methods and tools within the field of entrepreneurship including business model innovation, design thinking, customer development, prototyping, experimenting, branding, and organizational dynamics of innovation.
Offered fall semester
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ENT 2023 Building Innovative Teams & Cultures Three hours
A course in which students explore, experience and practice the attributes of high performing, innovative teams. It includes a study of innovation processes, methodologies and practices as well as personal assessment and content focused on a people/culture strategy for entrepreneurs and innovation leaders.
Prerequisite: ENT 2013
Offered spring semester
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ENT 3013 New Venture Financial Management Three hours
A finance and accounting course which provides instruction concerning forecasting for a new venture, effectively managing cash flow in an emerging business, sources of financing (VC, bootstrapping, crowdfunding, etc.), company valuation and exit planning.
Prerequisite: ENT 2013
Offered spring semester
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ENT 4113 Market Discovery and Validation Three hours
Prepares students to identify new opportunities, recognize and prioritize risks, and validate ideas with customers in the market. Students bring ideas and instructor solicits new business ideas from the community. This course is dedicated to rapid research on ideas.
Prerequisite: ENT 2013
Offered fall semester
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ENT 4993 Innovation Launch Lab Three hours
A capstone course in which students take business ideas, develop prototypes, and design experiments for the next phase of validation. An additional fee associated with this course.
Prerequisite: senior standing
Offered fall semester
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FAM 2133 Family Science and Theory Three hours
A study of family structure and dynamics from the perspective of theology and family science theory. Some of the major theories for understanding families are evaluated along with what families are like when they are empowering or disabling, healthy or dysfunctional, successful or unsuccessful. Genograms are a major tool. Meets the Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Offered each semester
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FAM 2313 Professional Ethics and Practice Three hours
This course will provide students with the ability to critically examine ethical questions and issues as they relate to the helping professions. Students will learn to evaluate, differentiate, and apply diverse approaches to ethical issues and dilemmas within the field of family science.
Prerequisite: sophomore standing
Offered fall semester
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FAM 2413 Developmental Psychology Three hours
A study of physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development of the human from conception through adulthood. Meets the Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Offered each semester
Same as PSY 2413
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FAM 3133 Marriage and Family Living Three hours
A study of contemporary marital and family issues in light of a theological understanding of family relationships and responsibilities. Family lifespan issues and parent education issues include singleness, courtship, child-rearing practices and effects through developmental stages, and factors known to affect family health. Meets the Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisite: sophomore standing
Offered each semester
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FAM 3223 Principles of Effective Parenting Three hours
The course focuses on principles of effective parenting including theoretical approaches to understanding parent/child relations, parenting styles, the etiology of child behaviors, and mechanisms of behavior change. Various family structures and interactions over the family lifespan are considered. The course will also explore biblical and theological principles of parenting. Meets the Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisite: sophomore standing
Offered each semester
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FAM 3243 Human Sexuality Three hours
A study of normal sexual development throughout the lifespan, considered from physical, social, spiritual, moral, and theological vantage points. By helping students understand typical expectations and experiences of human sexuality, they will be able to better recognize healthy and unhealthy sexuality in themselves and others. Meets the Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisite: junior standing
Offered each semester
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FAM 3273 Introduction to Therapeutic Play Three hours
The course provides didactic and experiential training in how to be a therapeutic agent in children’s lives by using structured therapeutic play sessions and techniques. Participants are taught basic child-centered play therapy principles and skills and will engage in observations of play therapy sessions and skill building therapeutic play sessions. Meets the Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Offered spring semester
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FAM 3413 Selected Topics Three hours
Topics chosen from a variety of subjects such as Trauma, Grief and Addictions, Working with Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Philanthropy and Grant Writing, and International Human Rights and Social Justice. Meets the Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisite: sophomore standing
Offered each semester
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FAM 4113 Intercultural Family Seminar Three hours
This course focuses on gaining knowledge about the cultural variations of families as well as their relationship to societal institutions. The class will include both didactic and experiential elements to expand helping skills in multicultural settings. Meets the Intercultural Engagement requirement or the Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement of the Core Curriculum (cannot meet both core requirements).
Prerequisite: junior standing
Offered spring semester
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FAM 4223 Introduction to Senior Seminar Three hours
This course introduces the student to the fundamentals of research for their Senior Seminar project. Course work includes development of a topic and research methodology.
Offered spring semester
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FAM 4253 Family Communication Three hours
A course designed to help students become more skillful in interpersonal communication as well as facilitating communication within the premarital and family setting. Includes communication for the purpose of building intimacy and conflict resolution. Meets the Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement of the Core Curriculum. An additional fee associated with this course.
Prerequisite: junior standing
Offered each semester
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FAM 4433 Senior Seminar Three hours
A capstone course in Family and Human Services in which students strive 1) to integrate their previous academic and internship experiences; 2) to complete a professional portfolio of their education, experiences, and work-samples; and 3) to demonstrate competence in their discipline through family life program evaluation, planning, and implementation. The senior project requires a major study and formal paper written for a professional program (secular, church, or parachurch) that provides family life education and/or services. To be taken during the student’s final semester of study.
Prerequisites: senior standing and FAM 3133
Offered fall semester
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FAM 4443 Critical Concerns with Adolescents Three hours
An examination of some of the critical issues facing parents, counselors, youth leaders, social workers, and educators by means of journal reviews, interviews, and data base searches. Students research topics such as teenage suicide, substance abuse, pregnancy and abortion, sexual/physical abuse and divorce. Meets the Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisite: junior standing
Offered each semester
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FAM 4453 Social Policy for Families and Children Three hours
An understanding of the impact legal and policy issues have on families. Policy issues covered include Family and the Law (relating to marriage, divorce, adoption, and child protection and rights.), Family and Social Services, Family and Education, Family and the Economy, and Public Policy and the Family. Additionally, a biblical presentation of social justice is presented. Meets the Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Prerequisite: junior standing
Offered each semester
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FAM 4481 Selected Topics One hour
Topics are chosen from areas of Family and Human Services. The student may also do independent study and research under the supervision of the instructor. Meets the Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Offered upon sufficient request
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FAM 4482 Selected Topics Two hours
Topics are chosen from areas of Family and Human Services. The student may also do independent study and research under the supervision of the instructor. Meets the Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Offered upon sufficient request
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FAM 4483 Selected Topics Three hours
Topics are chosen from areas of Family and Human Services. The student may also do independent study and research under the supervision of the instructor. Meets the Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement of the Core Curriculum.
Offered upon sufficient request
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FAM 4611 Internship in Family and Human Services One hour
Practical experience working under a qualified professional in the area of Family and Human Services or family life education. Enrollment is limited to majors and minors in this field. May be repeated for credit as needed to fulfill the necessary requirements. Each semester hour represents 50 hours of service.
Offered each semester
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FAM 4612 Internship in Family and Human Services Two hours
Practical experience working under a qualified professional in the area of Family and Human Services or family life education. Enrollment is limited to majors and minors in this field. May be repeated for credit as needed to fulfill the necessary requirements. Each semester hour represents 50 hours of service.
Offered each semester
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FAM 4614 Internship in Family and Human Services Four hours
Practical experience working under a qualified professional in the area of Family and Human Services or family life education. Enrollment is limited to majors and minors in this field. May be repeated for credit as needed to fulfill the necessary requirements. Each semester hour represents 50 hours of service.
Offered each semester
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FIN 3003 Principles of Finance Three hours
This course presents the basic concepts and tools of contemporary finance including the role of managerial finance, the financial market environment, financial statements and ratio analysis, cash flow and financial planning, the time value of money, interest rates, bond and stock valuation, and risk and return. Emphasis is placed on practical financial problem solving using financial formulas, a calculator, and Excel.
Prerequisite: ATG 1163 or ATG 2173
Offered each semester
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FIN 3063 Investments Three hours
A survey course that analyzes, measures, and values: debt, equity, other investment instruments and their derivatives; while exploring the theories, strategies, accounting recognition, tax implications and risk factors associated with investment activity. Only offered through JBU Online Program.
Prerequisites: either ATG 1163 , ATG 2173 , or ATG 3153 and FIN 3003
Offered upon sufficient request
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