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Undergraduate Catalog 2018-2019 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Italian

  
  • ITL 3370 Special Topics in Italian Studies


    1-3 Hours

    This course with variable credit offers advanced studies in Italian language and civilization. Specific topics are chosen after consultation with the instructor.

    Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).
  
  • ITL 3895 Special Topics


    1-3 Hours

    Special Topics or pilot courses.

  
  • ITL 3950 Study Abroad: Advanced Italian, Special Topics


    1-18 Hours

    Study of Italian at the advanced level in Italy; individual titles assigned reflecting specific focus of study; individual titles may be assigned. Repeatable up to 24 hours of credit.

  
  • ITL 3980 Peer Tutor


    0-3 Hours

    Prerequisites: ITL 2020  or equivalent and permission of the instructor.

    Arranged on an individual basis, this course introduces students to the teaching and / or tutoring of foreign languages. Students work closely with a faculty mentor and students in a classroom or tutoring setting. May count toward the Major or Minor in the corresponding language. Does not fulfill General Education Core Humanities requirements. Does fulfill BELL Core EL requirements and counts toward the Engaged Scholars Peer Tutoring category.

  
  • ITL 3990 Independent Studies


    1-3 Hours

    Courses designed with a professor for independent study purposes. Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).

  
  • ITL 4895 Special Topics


    1-3 Hours

    Special Topics or pilot courses.

  
  • ITL 4990 Independent Studies


    1-3 Hours

    Courses designed with a professor for independent study purposes. Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).


Japanese

  
  • JPN 1010 Elementary Japanese I


    4 Hours

    This course is an introduction to the Japanese language and culture. For each of these 4-hour courses, only 3 hours can be used to fulfill the general education humanities requirement. $45.00 course fee.

    Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).
  
  • JPN 1020 Elementary Japanese II


    4 Hours

    This course is an introduction to the Japanese language and culture. For each of these 4-hour courses, only 3 hours can be used to fulfill the general education humanities requirement. $45.00 course fee.

    Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).
  
  • JPN 1895 Special Topics


    1-3 Hours

    Special Topics or pilot courses.

  
  • JPN 1990 Independent Studies


    1-3 Hours

    Courses designed with a professor for independent study purposes.

    Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).
  
  • JPN 2010 Intermediate Japanese I


    3 Hours

    Prerequisites: JPN 1010 , JPN 1020 ; or the equivalent as determined by the department.

    Continued study of the Japanese language and culture. $30.00 course fee.

    Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).
  
  • JPN 2020 Intermediate Japanese II


    3 Hours

    Prerequisites: JPN 1010 , JPN 1020 ; or the equivalent as determined by the department.

    Continued study of the Japanese language and culture. $30.00 course fee.

    Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).
  
  • JPN 2895 Special Topics


    1-3 Hours

    Special Topics or pilot courses.

  
  • JPN 2950 Studies Abroad


    3-18 Hours

    Study in a foreign country. Individual course titles and locations are assigned for each course taken. See Studies Abroad program for details.

  
  • JPN 2990 Independent Studies


    1-3 Hours

    Courses designed with a professor for independent study purposes.

    Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).
  
  • JPN 3895 Special Topics


    1-3 Hours

    Special Topics or pilot courses.

  
  • JPN 3950 Studies Abroad


    3-18 Hours

    Study in a foreign country. Individual course titles and locations are assigned for each course taken. See Studies Abroad program for details.

  
  • JPN 3990 Independent Studies


    1-3 Hours

    Courses designed with a professor for independent study purposes.

    Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).
  
  • JPN 4895 Special Topics


    1-3 Hours

    Special Topics or pilot courses.

  
  • JPN 4990 Independent Studies


    1-3 Hours

    Courses designed with a professor for independent study purposes.

    Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).

Latin

  
  • LAT 1010 Latin Fundamentals I


    4 Hours

    Fundamentals of Latin grammar with intensive vocabulary study including scientific terminology. For each of these 4-hour courses, only 3 hours can be used to fulfill the general education humanities requirement. $30.00 course fee.

    Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).
  
  • LAT 1020 Latin Fundamentals II


    4 Hours

    Prerequisites: LAT 1010  or one year of high school Latin.

    Fundamentals of Latin grammar with intensive vocabulary study including scientific terminology. For each of these 4-hour courses, only 3 hours can be used to fulfill the general education humanities requirement. $30.00 course fee.

    Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).
  
  • LAT 1895 Special Topics


    1-3 Hours

    Special Topics or pilot courses.

  
  • LAT 1990 Independent Studies


    1-3 Hours

    Courses designed with a professor for independent study purposes.

  
  • LAT 2010 Intermediate Latin I


    3 Hours

    Prerequisites: LAT 1020  or two years of high school Latin.

    Review of principles of syntax; selections from several authors are read. $45.00 course fee.

    Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).
  
  • LAT 2020 Intermediate Latin II


    3 Hours

    Includes portions from Virgil, Cicero, Horace, Caesar, Livy, Tacitus, St. Augustine. $45.00 course fee.

    Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).
  
  • LAT 2895 Special Topics


    1-3 Hours

    Special Topics or pilot courses.

  
  • LAT 2950 Study Abroad: Intermediate Latin


    1-18 Hours

    Study of overseas of Latin at the intermediate level and of the culture of classical Rome. Individuals titles may be assigned; course may be repeated with different topics.

  
  • LAT 2990 Independent Studies


    1-3 Hours

    Courses designed with a professor for independent study purposes.

  
  • LAT 3030 Virgil


    3 Hours

    Readings in the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid.

    Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).
  
  • LAT 3040 Ovid


    3 Hours

    Readings from the Ars Amatoria and Metamorphoses.

  
  • LAT 3110 Medieval and Renaissance Latin


    3 Hours

    Selected readings from the Church Fathers, Saints’ Lives, Lyrics, and History.

    Gen. Ed. Designation: GS (G - Global Studies).
  
  • LAT 3120 Special Topics in Latin


    3 Hours

    In consultation with the instructor, the students will concentrate on the writers of the Late Republic, the Age of Augustus, or the Latin Middle Ages.

  
  • LAT 3895 Special Topics


    1-3 Hours

    Special Topics or pilot courses.

  
  • LAT 3950 Study Abroad: Advanced Latin, Special Topics


    1-6 Hours

    Study of overseas of Latin at the advanced level; individual titles assigned reflecting specific focus of study. Individual titles may be assigned. Repeatable up to 24 hours of credit.

  
  • LAT 3990 Independent Studies


    1-3 Hours

    Courses designed with a professor for independent study purposes.

  
  • LAT 4895 Special Topics


    1-3 Hours

    Special Topics or pilot courses.

  
  • LAT 4990 Independent Studies


    1-3 Hours

    Courses designed with a professor for independent study purposes.


Legal Studies

  
  • LGS 4010 Legal Writing


    3 Hours

    Prerequisites: (Prerequisites- GND 1015, COM 2200 or COM 2020, ENG 3010 )- [for non-legal studies majors/minors, permission of instructor and successful completion of GND 1015 and ENG 3010 ] Students may not be simultaneously enrolled in any of the pre-requisite courses Required of Legal Studies majors.

    This course trains students in techniques of advanced audience analysis for the writing of a variety of legal documents, and in composing advanced analytical and persuasive legal texts.  Students will practice information literacy and research using field appropriate resources; write two analytical memoranda in the closed and in the open forms using techniques of objective writing to apply legal research, analysis and application of relevant aspects of the law to the client’s case, and provide well-organized and supported written communication. Students will also write a substantial analytical and persuasive paper (of roughly 10,000 words with opportunities for revision) in the form of a traditional journal note; a research paper on a legal issue of interest to the student; a trial or an appellate brief; a proposal or recommendation report addressing a significant legal issue; or, an equivalent project developed with the course professor.  At the completion of the course, students will have written and been evaluated in writing open and closed memoranda and an extended research-based prose persuasive document representative of professional legal writing for publication or for use as a legal brief.


Liberal Studies

  
  • LIS 330 Personal Development


    3 Hours

    Features topics that are designed to foster specific skills. For example, a course in creative writing or a course in the History of Baseball would augment a student’s personal storehouse of knowledge.

  
  • LIS 1100 Intellectual Growth and Inquiry


    2 Hours

    This course provides an introduction to Belmont and the Liberal Studies program and begins the process of developing an individualized curriculum for each student. This course must be completed in the first semester of enrollment in the Liberal Studies program.

  
  • LIS 3000 Cooperative Experience


    1-6 Hours

    This is a formal cooperative education assignment in which the qualifying student works with a participating business organization as an intern for selected period(s) of time. May be repeated, to a maximum credit of six hours.

  
  • LIS 3200 General Topics


    3 Hours

    Features courses that blend critical thinking, analytical or scientific reasoning, problem-solving skills, general communication skills, and the embrace of multidisciplinary and multicultural perspectives.

  
  • LIS 3210 General Topics


    3 Hours

    Features courses that blend critical thinking, analytical or scientific reasoning, problem-solving skills, general communication skills, and the embrace of multidisciplinary and multicultural perspectives.

  
  • LIS 3220 General Topics


    3 Hours

    Features courses that blend critical thinking, analytical or scientific reasoning, problem-solving skills, general communication skills, and the embrace of multidisciplinary and multicultural perspectives.

  
  • LIS 3230 General Topics


    3 Hours

    Features courses that blend critical thinking, analytical or scientific reasoning, problem-solving skills, general communication skills, and the embrace of multidisciplinary and multicultural perspectives.

  
  • LIS 3240 General Topics


    3 Hours

    Features courses that blend critical thinking, analytical or scientific reasoning, problem-solving skills, general communication skills, and the embrace of multidisciplinary and multicultural perspectives.

  
  • LIS 3250 General Topics


    3 Hours

    Features courses that blend critical thinking, analytical or scientific reasoning, problem-solving skills, general communication skills, and the embrace of multidisciplinary and multicultural perspectives.

  
  • LIS 3260 General Topics


    3 Hours

    Features courses that blend critical thinking, analytical or scientific reasoning, problem-solving skills, general communication skills, and the embrace of multidisciplinary and multicultural perspectives.

  
  • LIS 3270 General Topics


    3 Hours

    Features courses that blend critical thinking, analytical or scientific reasoning, problem-solving skills, general communication skills, and the embrace of multidisciplinary and multicultural perspectives.

  
  • LIS 3280 General Topics


    3 Hours

    Features courses that blend critical thinking, analytical or scientific reasoning, problem-solving skills, general communication skills, and the embrace of multidisciplinary and multicultural perspectives.

  
  • LIS 3290 General Topics


    3 Hours

    Features courses that blend critical thinking, analytical or scientific reasoning, problem-solving skills, general communication skills, and the embrace of multidisciplinary and multicultural perspectives.

  
  • LIS 3310 Personal Development


    3 Hours

    Features topics that are designed to foster specific skills. For example, a course in creative writing or a course in the History of Baseball would augment a student’s personal storehouse of knowledge.

  
  • LIS 3320 Personal Development


    3 Hours

    Features topics that are designed to foster specific skills. For example, a course in creative writing or a course in the History of Baseball would augment a student’s personal storehouse of knowledge.

  
  • LIS 3330 Personal Development


    3 Hours

    Features topics that are designed to foster specific skills. For example, a course in creative writing or a course in the History of Baseball would augment a student’s personal storehouse of knowledge.

  
  • LIS 3340 Personal Development


    3 Hours

    Features topics that are designed to foster specific skills. For example, a course in creative writing or a course in the History of Baseball would augment a student’s personal storehouse of knowledge.

  
  • LIS 3350 Personal Development


    3 Hours

    Features topics that are designed to foster specific skills. For example, a course in creative writing or a course in the History of Baseball would augment a student’s personal storehouse of knowledge.

  
  • LIS 3360 Personal Development


    3 Hours

    Features topics that are designed to foster specific skills. For example, a course in creative writing or a course in the History of Baseball would augment a student’s personal storehouse of knowledge.

  
  • LIS 3370 Personal Development


    3 Hours

    Features topics that are designed to foster specific skills. For example, a course in creative writing or a course in the History of Baseball would augment a student’s personal storehouse of knowledge.

  
  • LIS 3380 Personal Development


    3 Hours

    Features topics that are designed to foster specific skills. For example, a course in creative writing or a course in the History of Baseball would augment a student’s personal storehouse of knowledge.

  
  • LIS 3390 Personal Development


    3 Hours

    Features topics that are designed to foster specific skills. For example, a course in creative writing or a course in the History of Baseball would augment a student’s personal storehouse of knowledge.

  
  • LIS 3400 Professional Development


    3 Hours

    Features topics that move beyond the development of individual skills and would be more easily associated with broader workplace or career issues. A course in developing leadership skills, for instance, or one in Speaking for Business would fall under the rubric of Professional Development.

  
  • LIS 3410 Professional Development


    3 Hours

    Features topics that move beyond the development of individual skills and would be more easily associated with broader workplace or career issues. A course in developing leadership skills, for instance, or one in Speaking for Business would fall under the rubric of Professional Development.

  
  • LIS 3420 Professional Development


    3 Hours

    Features topics that move beyond the development of individual skills and would be more easily associated with broader workplace or career issues. A course in developing leadership skills, for instance, or one in Speaking for Business would fall under the rubric of Professional Development.

  
  • LIS 3430 Professional Development


    3 Hours

    Features topics that move beyond the development of individual skills and would be more easily associated with broader workplace or career issues. A course in developing leadership skills, for instance, or one in Speaking for Business would fall under the rubric of Professional Development.

  
  • LIS 3440 Professional Development


    3 Hours

    Features topics that move beyond the development of individual skills and would be more easily associated with broader workplace or career issues. A course in developing leadership skills, for instance, or one in Speaking for Business would fall under the rubric of Professional Development.

  
  • LIS 3450 Professional Development


    3 Hours

    Features topics that move beyond the development of individual skills and would be more easily associated with broader workplace or career issues. A course in developing leadership skills, for instance, or one in Speaking for Business would fall under the rubric of Professional Development.

  
  • LIS 3460 Professional Development


    3 Hours

    Features topics that move beyond the development of individual skills and would be more easily associated with broader workplace or career issues. A course in developing leadership skills, for instance, or one in Speaking for Business would fall under the rubric of Professional Development.

  
  • LIS 3470 Professional Development


    3 Hours

    Features topics that move beyond the development of individual skills and would be more easily associated with broader workplace or career issues. A course in developing leadership skills, for instance, or one in Speaking for Business would fall under the rubric of Professional Development.

  
  • LIS 3480 Professional Development


    3 Hours

    Features topics that move beyond the development of individual skills and would be more easily associated with broader workplace or career issues. A course in developing leadership skills, for instance, or one in Speaking for Business would fall under the rubric of Professional Development.

  
  • LIS 3490 Professional Development


    3 Hours

    Features topics that move beyond the development of individual skills and would be more easily associated with broader workplace or career issues. A course in developing leadership skills, for instance, or one in Speaking for Business would fall under the rubric of Professional Development.

  
  • LIS 3500 Valuing


    3 Hours

    Features courses that allow students to explore the range of moral and ethical decisions that underscore human behavior. Students will be encouraged to recognize different value and social systems and to accept responsibility for their actions.

  
  • LIS 3510 Valuing


    3 Hours

    Features courses that allow students to explore the range of moral and ethical decisions that underscore human behavior. Students will be encouraged to recognize different value and social systems and to accept responsibility for their actions.

  
  • LIS 3520 Valuing


    3 Hours

    Features courses that allow students to explore the range of moral and ethical decisions that underscore human behavior. Students will be encouraged to recognize different value and social systems and to accept responsibility for their actions.

  
  • LIS 3530 Valuing


    3 Hours

    Features courses that allow students to explore the range of moral and ethical decisions that underscore human behavior. Students will be encouraged to recognize different value and social systems and to accept responsibility for their actions.

  
  • LIS 3540 Valuing


    3 Hours

    Features courses that allow students to explore the range of moral and ethical decisions that underscore human behavior. Students will be encouraged to recognize different value and social systems and to accept responsibility for their actions.

  
  • LIS 3550 Valuing


    3 Hours

    Features courses that allow students to explore the range of moral and ethical decisions that underscore human behavior. Students will be encouraged to recognize different value and social systems and to accept responsibility for their actions.

  
  • LIS 3560 Valuing


    3 Hours

    Features courses that allow students to explore the range of moral and ethical decisions that underscore human behavior. Students will be encouraged to recognize different value and social systems and to accept responsibility for their actions.

  
  • LIS 3570 Valuing


    3 Hours

    Features courses that allow students to explore the range of moral and ethical decisions that underscore human behavior. Students will be encouraged to recognize different value and social systems and to accept responsibility for their actions.

  
  • LIS 3580 Valuing


    3 Hours

    Features courses that allow students to explore the range of moral and ethical decisions that underscore human behavior. Students will be encouraged to recognize different value and social systems and to accept responsibility for their actions.

  
  • LIS 3590 Valuing


    3 Hours

    Features courses that allow students to explore the range of moral and ethical decisions that underscore human behavior. Students will be encouraged to recognize different value and social systems and to accept responsibility for their actions.

  
  • LIS 3600 Alternative Perspectives


    3 Hours

    Features courses designed to offer fresh scholarly views on classic academic topics as well as innovative contemporary issues. Interdisciplinary courses may be featured under this category and other special topics.

  
  • LIS 3610 Alternative Perspectives


    3 Hours

    Features courses designed to offer fresh scholarly views on classic academic topics as well as innovative contemporary issues. Interdisciplinary courses may be featured under this category and other special topics.

  
  • LIS 3620 Alternative Perspectives


    3 Hours

    Features courses designed to offer fresh scholarly views on classic academic topics as well as innovative contemporary issues. Interdisciplinary courses may be featured under this category and other special topics.

  
  • LIS 3630 Alternative Perspectives


    3 Hours

    Features courses designed to offer fresh scholarly views on classic academic topics as well as innovative contemporary issues. Interdisciplinary courses may be featured under this category and other special topics.

  
  • LIS 3640 Alternative Perspectives


    3 Hours

    Features courses designed to offer fresh scholarly views on classic academic topics as well as innovative contemporary issues. Interdisciplinary courses may be featured under this category and other special topics.

  
  • LIS 3650 Alternative Perspectives


    3 Hours

    Features courses designed to offer fresh scholarly views on classic academic topics as well as innovative contemporary issues. Interdisciplinary courses may be featured under this category and other special topics.

  
  • LIS 3660 Alternative Perspectives


    3 Hours

    Features courses designed to offer fresh scholarly views on classic academic topics as well as innovative contemporary issues. Interdisciplinary courses may be featured under this category and other special topics.

  
  • LIS 3670 Alternative Perspectives


    3 Hours

    Features courses designed to offer fresh scholarly views on classic academic topics as well as innovative contemporary issues. Interdisciplinary courses may be featured under this category and other special topics.

  
  • LIS 3680 Alternative Perspectives


    3 Hours

    Features courses designed to offer fresh scholarly views on classic academic topics as well as innovative contemporary issues. Interdisciplinary courses may be featured under this category and other special topics.

  
  • LIS 3690 Alternative Perspectives


    3 Hours

    Features courses designed to offer fresh scholarly views on classic academic topics as well as innovative contemporary issues. Interdisciplinary courses may be featured under this category and other special topics.

  
  • LIS 3700 Aesthetics


    3 Hours

    Courses that encourage students to appreciate the variety of the world’s art forms and to promote critical thinking through the development of value judgments.

  
  • LIS 3710 Aesthetics


    3 Hours

    Courses that encourage students to appreciate the variety of the world’s art forms and to promote critical thinking through the development of value judgments.

  
  • LIS 3720 Aesthetics


    3 Hours

    Courses that encourage students to appreciate the variety of the world’s art forms and to promote critical thinking through the development of value judgments.

  
  • LIS 3730 Aesthetics


    3 Hours

    Courses that encourage students to appreciate the variety of the world’s art forms and to promote critical thinking through the development of value judgments.

  
  • LIS 3740 Aesthetics


    3 Hours

    Courses that encourage students to appreciate the variety of the world’s art forms and to promote critical thinking through the development of value judgments.

  
  • LIS 3750 Aesthetics


    3 Hours

    Courses that encourage students to appreciate the variety of the world’s art forms and to promote critical thinking through the development of value judgments.

  
  • LIS 3760 Aesthetics


    3 Hours

    Courses that encourage students to appreciate the variety of the world’s art forms and to promote critical thinking through the development of value judgments.

  
  • LIS 3770 Aesthetics


    3 Hours

    Courses that encourage students to appreciate the variety of the world’s art forms and to promote critical thinking through the development of value judgments.

 

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