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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Art
  

  • ARTH 2343 - Package Design

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students explore the fundamental and conceptual developments of product design construction that represent successful solutions to contemporary packaging problems. The course explores aesthetics, fashion, taste and the reputation of the designer or manufacturer of certain products. Each student is expected to develop graphic and verbal articulation skills in package design. In addition, imaginative use of materials and surface graphics as well as marketing and production problems are explored.
  

  • ARTH 2363 - Introduction to Computer Graphics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students develop computer knowledge and skills that provide a vehicle for unlimited graphic solutions and explore the basic computer configurations, software usage and output production devices.
  

  • ARTH 2383 - Painting I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students develop computer knowledge and skills that provide a vehicle for unlimited graphic solutions and explore the basic computer configurations, software usage and output production devices.
  

  • ARTH 3000 - Twentieth-Century Art and Beyond

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students explore the major works of painting, sculpture, and architecture from the beginning of the twentieth-century through postmodernism. Students will explore the development of style and the social, religious, and political forces of artistic production.
  

  • ARTH 3103 - Drawing II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will explore creative ways to draw the human anatomy and to enhance drawing skills by rendering figurative drawings using various media and techniques. Students will explore various figurative drawings by utilizing proper procedures to drawing figures that reflect naturalism, abstraction and expressive/gestural approaches.

    Prerequisite(s): ARTH 2103 
  

  • ARTH 3113 - Art Direction I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students learn about the art director’s involvement with the working processes and procedures in design studios and advertising agencies. Students examine problems ranging from conceptualization and integrated design, through personal interaction with clients and other professional personnel to finished examples of the printed or published art work.
  

  • ARTH 3302 - Printmaking II

    Credit Hours: 2
    Students examine the screen printing processes in the commercial design industry. Students are introduced to basic and traditional stencil processes and progress to more advanced principles and techniques of photographic stencil making. Students develop the ability to use this remarkable medium by exploring the creative possibilities during various projects and the production of final editions.

    Prerequisite(s): ARTH 2322  or Printmaking II
  

  • ARTH 3322 - Visual Communication II

    Credit Hours: 2
    Student explore the vital communication needs of the designer and client relationships in an agency or studio setting. Specific research, analysis, and solutions are explored, using the Fort Valley State University campus as the ideal client. Students examine image enhancing techniques and produce visual solutions of their findings. Students are encouraged to think about market influences and graphic designs in solving visual related campus problems. The instructor serves as the creative/art director and relays specific jobs and tasks to the employees/students.

    Prerequisite(s): Visual Communication I
  

  • ARTH 3353 - Advertising Procedures

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students explore the major movements of contemporary advertising procedures in relation to ideas they transmit and the interaction with graphic design, print, and film. Students learn how to argue graphically, verbally, in print and on film to solve specific design problems. Students explore the relationships among personality, the written word and the image. This interaction, as it exists in advertising between copy and illustration, in editorial between photo and caption and in film between dialogue and corrected image, is the basis of all graphical thinking.
  

  • ARTH 3363 - Computer Graphics I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students develop the general operational features of a variety of computer software packages that relate specifically to commercial design. Students explore various external peripheral devices that aid in the development of graphic solutions and the appropriate output devices for each solution.

    Prerequisite(s): ARTH 2363  or Introduction to Computer Graphics
  

  • ARTH 3373 - Computer Graphic Graphics II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students demonstrate the development of a digital art portfolio. Students utilize the essential skills of computer graphics along with numerous software programs to produce ten quality conceptual pieces of art work.

    Prerequisite(s): ARTH 3363  or Computer Graphics I
  

  • ARTH 3393 - Computer Graphics III

    Credit Hours: 3
    The student will demonstrate a comprehensive and in-depth knowledge of the fundamentals of effective web design and site constriction. The student will utilize the essential skills of computer graphics with an emphasis on optimizing graphics in interactive web sites employing animation and multimedia.

    Prerequisite(s): ARTH 3363  or Computer Graphics I
  

  • ARTH 3405 - Curriculum and Materials In Art

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course introduces the students to a sequence of experiences that are designed to examine the art curriculum and the interests, abilities, and needs of children at different levels of growth.
  

  • ARTH 4113 - Senior Project I

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students engage in an independent development of projects in graphic design and other specified commercial design disciplines. Students are required to function as a mature designer capable of professional quality projects for the development of a well-rounded and job seeking portfolio.
  

  • ARTH 4123 - Senior Project II

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students engage in an independent study project in graphic design and other specified commercial design disciplines. Students are required to function as mature designers capable of producing professional quality projects for the development of diverse and senior level portfolios.
  

  • ARTH 4163 - Internship

    Credit Hours: 12
    Students are employed in a professional working environment that provides practical experience in the area of commercial design. Students work in an approved agency or design studio that needs assistance in design, computer graphics, layouts, display design or some other area of the design spectrum. Students work under the supervision of the instructor of the course and a graphic art mentor from the approved agency or design studio.
  

  • ARTH 4999 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students are involved in an independent concentrated study of individual projects and research designed to enhance their portfolio and senior exhibition. Course may be repeated by permission of Instructor.
  

  • ARTS 3000 - Exploration of Learning through the Creative Arts

    Credit Hours: 1
    The study of educational philosophies, goals, content, media materials, and methods of creative arts for children in grades P-5.

Behavioral Science
  

  • BHSC 2300 - Behavioral Science Statistics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will be introduced to the analysis of quantitative data in the behavioral sciences. Students will learn the utilization of descriptive and inferential statistics as they relate to the interpretation of data using SPSS and other analytical tools.

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 1111  or MATH 1101 - Mathematical Modeling 

Biology
  

  • BIOL 1101 - Introduction to Biology

    Credit Hours: 1
    Students use computers and software necessary for successful completion of their course of study. Students gain a knowledge of the variety of careers in biology and related area as well as opportunities in their chosen careers.
  

  • BIOL 1104K - Biological Science

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students gain an intelligent knowledge of the biological principles which contribute to their understanding of themselves and the world in which they live.
  

  • BIOL 1105 - Environmental Science

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students gain an awareness of the fundamental principles of ecology, biology, and chemistry for a better understanding of the relationships between humans and their environment. Students form a knowledge base for evaluating personal, societal and political choices on environmental issues, especially those affecting human health.
  

  • BIOL 1107K - Principles of Biology I

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students acquire basic principles and concepts of biology to include the structure and function of cell and organisms and the organization and requirements of living systems. Students distinguish and differentiate between the functions of biological systems on the subcellular, cellular, organismal and ecosystem levels.
  

  • BIOL 1108K - Principles of Biology II

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students acquire basic principles and concepts of biology to include a special emphasis on human systems to be compared to the organization and requirements of other living organisms. Students expand their ability to distinguish and differentiate between the structures and functions of different organisms.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1107K 
  

  • BIOL 1181K - Honors Biological Science

    Credit Hours: 4
    Honor students explore special topics related to understanding themselves and the world in addition to increasing their knowledge of biological principles. Students are required to utilize critical thinking skills and all available resources and technologies during the course.
  

  • BIOL 2334K - Ecology

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students examine the interrelationships of living organisms, their geographical distributions and environmental factors which affect their lives.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1107K  or BIOL 1104K 
  

  • BIOL 3222L - Investigations in Cell Biology

    Credit Hours: 2
    Students investigate the structural and functional dynamics of cells. Students perform a broad spectrum of exercises to include growth kinetics, pH and buffers, spectrophotometry, quantitative assays, fractionation and differential centrifugation, organelle studies, determination of molecular weights, separation of molecules utilizing chromatography and restriction of endonuclease analysis.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 3223  (or concurrent enrollment)
  

  • BIOL 3223 - Cell and Molecular Biology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students examine the essential features that constitute life in terms of the coordinative interactions of small and large molecules. Phenomena explored by students include the cell as common denominator, proteins as agents of specificity, metabolic pathways, cell transport, the central dogma of molecular genetics and regulation of the flow of information.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1108K 
  

  • BIOL 3302K - Microtechniques

    Credit Hours: 2
    Students study tissue preparation techniques for microscopic studies of plant and animal tissues. Various staining procedures will be employed. Students prepare histological solutions and prepare slides from assigned organs.

    Prerequisite(s): Any laboratory course in Biology
  

  • BIOL 3813 - Integrated Pest Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduction to integrated pest management theory, including biology of pest life cycles, population dynamics, pest and host plant interactions, methods of sampling and determining pest status and techniques for controlling pests of major economic importance.
  

  • BIOL 4111 - Special Projects in Biology

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students learn the skills of reasoning, critical thinking and analysis. Students learn to conduct literature searches on assigned topics using different databases and the Internet. Also, students learn the use of different software programs on the computer in various subjects. Students learn the basic skills of seminar presentation using overheads and slides and also electronic presentations. Students learn to read, critically analyze and present scientific papers in different subjects. The exact format of the course will vary with the instructor involved and the number of hours for the course.

    Prerequisite(s): Any upper level BIOL course and approval of advisor.
  

  • BIOL 4112 - Special Projects in Biology

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students learn the skills of reasoning, critical thinking and analysis. Students learn to conduct literature searches on assigned topics using different databases and the Internet. Also, students learn the use of different software programs on the computer in various subjects. Students learn the basic skills of seminar presentation using overheads and slides and also electronic presentations. Students learn to read, critically analyze and present scientific papers in different subjects. The exact format of the course will vary with the instructor involved and the number of hours for the course.

    Prerequisite(s): Any upper level BIOL course and approval of advisor.
  

  • BIOL 4113 - Special Projects in Biology

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students learn the skills of reasoning, critical thinking and analysis. Students learn to conduct literature searches on assigned topics using different databases and the Internet. Also, students learn the use of different software programs on the computer in various subjects. Students learn the basic skills of seminar presentation using overheads and slides and also electronic presentations. Students learn to read, critically analyze and present scientific papers in different subjects. The exact format of the course will vary with the instructor involved and the number of hours for the course.

    Prerequisite(s): Any upper level BIOL course and approval of advisor.
  

  • BIOL 4114K - Special Projects in Biology

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students learn the skills of reasoning, critical thinking and analysis. Students learn to conduct literature searches on assigned topics using different databases and the Internet. Also, students learn the use of different software programs on the computer in various subjects. Students learn the basic skills of seminar presentation using overheads and slides and also electronic presentations. Students learn to read, critically analyze and present scientific papers in different subjects. The exact format of the course will vary with the instructor involved and the number of hours for the course.

    Prerequisite(s): Any upper level BIOL course and approval of advisor.
  

  • BIOL 4221 - Biology Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1
    Students research and prepare papers and/or presentations with audiovisuals on selected biological and related topics.

    Prerequisite(s): upper level standing
  

  • BIOL 4222 - Biology Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1
    Students research and prepare papers and/or presentations with audiovisuals on selected biological and related topics.

    Prerequisite(s): upper level standing
  

  • BIOL 4234K - Microbiology

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students learn fundamental principles and laws of bacteriology and their applications. In the laboratory, special attention will be given to the study of representative bacteria, molds and other applied microorganisms important in biology, medicine, public health and industry.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1107K  or BIOL 1104K 
  

  • BIOL 4254K - Genetics

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students learn the fundamentals of Mendelian, Molecular and Population Genetics. Students study the molecular character of genes, the processes of gene transmission, expression, regulation and mutation as well as the principles which govern inheritance in cells, individuals and populations.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1107K  or BIOL 1104K , CHEM 1211K 
  

  • BIOL 4263 - Immunology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students learn the fundamentals of immunity and immunological effectors. Also, students study the principles of innate and acquired immune responses with a special focus on humoral and cellmediated immunity. The course also includes an introduction to immunochemical and cellular techniques as well as the interaction between infection and immunity.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 4234K  and CHEM 2221K 
  

  • BIOL 4272L - Biotechniques

    Credit Hours: 2
    Students learn the underlying principles and the procedures of currently used techniques in biomedical research. Also, students learn the use of technology integrated with laboratory research. Students learn the use of the Internet and medical and allied health databases to conduct literature searches, write research papers and deliver oral presentations.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 3223  and CHEM 1212K 
  

  • BIOL 4343L - Senior Project

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students participate in a research internship during the summer in an external industrial, academic or governmental laboratory or they may be involved in research projects in the department itself. They may participate in either laboratory-based projects or computer-based projects. The exact format of the course will vary with the student, the instructor and the internship involved.

    Prerequisite(s): Junior or senior standing/departmental approval
  

  • BIOL 4384K - Limnology

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students analyze the physical, chemical and biological properties of freshwater environments with some reference to marine systems. Students compare chemical parameters of freshwater ecosystems of Middle Georgia. The effect these abiotic factors have on the diversity, life histories and interrelationships of aquatic organisms will also be investigated.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 2334K 

Botany
  

  • BOTN 2001K - General Botany

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students acquire basic knowledge of the structure and function of various plant parts, their vital processes, classification and the modern concepts of plant biotechnology.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1104K  or BIOL 1107K 

Business Logistics
  

  • BLOG 3133 - Business Logistics

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course provides a general overview of the logistics/supply chain management function, including inbound and outbound logistics, logistics channels, invetory management, transportation, warehousing, packaging, and material handling requirements. These topics and issues will be investigated with respect to producers, middlemen, retailers, and governmental and other non-profit organizations. Prerequisites: MNGT 3103 & MKTG 3103

    Prerequisite(s): MNGT 3103 & MKTG 3103
  

  • BLOG 4203 - Procurment & Materials Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students gain a thorough background in procurement and materials management. Students learn the managerial challenge in the purchasing of inputs to the production and operation processes of firms. Students learn purchasing procedures using technology, the legal aspects, supplier selection quality concerns, and the outsourcing of supply management.
  

  • BLOG 4213 - Physical Distribution

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students gain an in depth understanding of the managerial functions performed in a firm’s distribution system. Those functions include transportation management, invetory control, warehousing, packaging, materials handling, order processing, and information flow management.
  

  • BLOG 4223 - Transportation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students gain an in depth understanding of the different modes of transportation and their characteristics as they relate to the movement of differenct classes of goods. Students also learn about inter-modal transportation and its increased use in moving goods.
  

  • BLOG 4233 - Global Logistics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students examine the broad issues of international purchasing, sourcing, transportation, customer service, invetory control, facility location, and the role of government in importing and exporting. Students are intoduced to the challenges inherent in global logistics, dealing with foreign cultures, laws, and infrastructures. Prerequisites:BLOG 3133

    Prerequisite(s): BLOG 3133
  

  • BLOG 4243 - Warehousing & Terminal Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students examine the administration and management of warehouse and terminal functions in logistics system, with analysis of customer service, forcasting invetory, investment, layout design, and operations. instruction includes class participation, exams, practical exercises, and case studies.
  

  • BLOG 4253 - Strategic Supply Chain Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students explore the key issues associated with the design and management of industrial supply chains. As this course serves as a capstone for the Business Logistics concentration, it will work on assuring that students understand not only the individual elements and activites that comprise the supply chain, but also how the elements co-exist. Emphasis will be placed on applying learned principles in real-world circumstances. Prerequisites:BLOG 3133

    Prerequisite(s): BLOG 3133
  

  • BLOG 4263 - Lean Supply Chain & Logistics Mngt.

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course will cover the necessary principles to improve operations in logistics and the supply chain. This includes identifying opportunities to reduce waste in inbound and outbound inventory flows, reduce operations costs, and increasing overall operations efficiency. Topics include six-sigma, just in time inventory, kanban, and lean global logistics. PREREQUISITES: BLOG 3133

    Prerequisite(s): BLOG 3133
  

  • BLOG 4273 - Supply Chain Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3
    This course will examine the quantative tools utilized to increase performance in various supply chain and logistics functions. Mathematical and stati9stical models will be introduced to elevate supply chain performance and solve logistical problems. Topics in supply chain analytical techniques, inventory forecasting systems, and supply chain modeling will be discussed. PRE-REQUISITE: MATH 1150, BLOG 3133 BUSA 3203 BUSA 3213

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 1150, BLOG 3133, BUSA 3203 , BUSA 3213

Chemistry
  

  • CHEM 1101K - Introductory Chemistry I

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students study atomic structure and isotopes, periodicity and chemical equations. Laboratory exercises supplement the lecture material.
  

  • CHEM 1102K - Introductory Chemistry II

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students learn basic principles and applications of chemistry designed for non-science majors.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1101K  or equivalent
  

  • CHEM 1151K - Survey of Chemistry I

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students study elements and compounds, chemical equations, nomenclature and molecular geometry. Laboratory exercises supplement the lecture material.
  

  • CHEM 1152K - Survey of Chemistry II

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students study organic and biochemistry designed for allied health professions majors. Laboratory exercises supplement the lecture material.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1151K 
  

  • CHEM 1211K - Principles of Chemistry I

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students study fundamental principles and applications of chemistry designed for science majors. Topics to be covered include composition of matter, stoichiometry, periodic relations, and nomenclature. Laboratory exercises supplement the lecture material.

    Prerequisite(s): 1 year high school chemistry or CHEM 1101K 
  

  • CHEM 1212K - Principles of Chemistry II

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students study fundamental principles and applications of chemistry designed for science majors. Laboratory exercises supplement the lecture material.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1211K 
  

  • CHEM 2221K - Principles of Organic Chemistry I

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students expand their knowledge of classes of organic functional groups in conjunction with their reactions and their reaction mechanisms. Students investigate the fundamentals of mass spectrometry, 1H-BNR, 13C-NWR, IR and UV- Visible spectroscopy. Students survey operations and techniques used in organic chemistry laboratories. Laboratory exercises supplement the lecture material.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1212K 
  

  • CHEM 2222K - Principles of Organic Chemistry II

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students expand their knowledge of classes of organic functional groups in conjunction with their reactions and their mechanisms. Students compare organic chemistry of three major classes of biomolecules, namely lipids, amino acids, proteins and nucleic acids. Students expand their knowledge of laboratory operations and techniques used to synthesize compounds using multi-step syntheses. Students identify organic compounds using NMR, IR, GC and Mass Spectroscopy. Laboratory exercises supplement the lecture material.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 2221K 
  

  • CHEM 3250K - Principles of Biochemistry

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students learn the biochemistry of proteins. Carbohydrates, lipids, enzymes, coenzymes, and nucleic acids are discussed together with the important metabolic pathways. Also purification and characterization of DNA will be investigated along with chromatography, electrophoresis and spectrophotometric techniques.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 2222K 
  

  • CHEM 3310 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students carry out detailed examinations of covalent and ionic inorganic substances, Lewis acid-base concepts, thermodynamic aspects, coordination chemistry, chemistry of metals and nonmetals and inorganic aspects of aqueous and nonaqueous solvents. Students apply their knowledge in analyzing and evaluating chemical changes occurring in their surroundings.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 2222K 
  

  • CHEM 3320 - Advanced Organic Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students search the research literature to investigate new developments in organic chemistry. Students explore spectroscopy methods of identification and characterization of chemical species.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 2222K 
  

  • CHEM 3341K - Principles of Analytical Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students explore statistics, sampling, chemical equilibrium titrimetric procedures, spectroscopy separations and electrochemistry and are introduced to modern analytical instrumentation. Students write reports using statistical analysis in evaluating procedures.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 2222K 
  

  • CHEM 3342K - Chemical Instrumentation

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students learn and apply instrumental methods of analysis to solve analytical chemistry problems. Students learn how to use microcomputers, X-rays, GC/MS, FTIR, visible and other types of spectrometry.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 3341K 
  

  • CHEM 4210 - Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1
    Students research current special topics in various area of chemistry. The professors, visiting lecturers and the students participate in a weekly series of lectures. Students are required to give two seminars, one on their literature reviews and the other on the research conducted in their senior project course.

    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and CHEM 3341K 
  

  • CHEM 4331K - Physical Chemistry I

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students study the thermal properties of matter, the way in which temperature, pressure, volume and chemical composition are used to determine the interconversion of various kinds of energy and the changes in physical properties that are involved. Students investigate quantum mechanics and electromagnetic radiation and applications of quantization of atomic and molecular phenomena.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 3342K 
  

  • CHEM 4332K - Physical Chemistry II

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students investigate quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics and kinetics. Students use various spectroscopic methods, rotational, vibrational, electronic and magnetic resonance to measure physical parameters and physical phenomena.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 4331K 
  

  • CHEM 4350 - Polymer Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 2
    Students are introduced to selected topics in polymer chemistry which include polymerization mechanisms, molecular weight distribution and properties of polymer solutions, methods of analyzing solutions and they analyze the relationships between molecular structures and polymer properties.

    Prerequisite(s): CHEM 4331K 
  

  • CHEM 4450 - Senior Project

    Credit Hours: 2
    Chemistry majors conduct research in the field of special interest to them. Students must have the consent of an advisor to pursue a research topic no later than the first semester of his/her senior year. The research investigation is carried out under the direction of a senior staff member.

    Prerequisite(s): Senior standing, CHEM 3342K 

Communications
  

  • COMM 1110 - Public Speaking

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students are prepared to communicate effectively in the professional arena, to appreciate cultural diversity, to use gender inclusive language, to avoid ethnocentrism, to speak on career and global topics, to conduct interviews, to locate and utilize library and computer generated research, to evaluate and analyze information and arguments, to develop informative and persuasive speech texts, to utilize different methods of delivery and to demonstrate critical and reflective thinking skills. Assessment focuses on oral and written communication, purposeful thinking and recognizing and avoiding inconsistencies in logic.
  

  • COMM 3393 - Intercultural Communication

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students develop a theoretical and practical foundation in intercultural- interpersonal communication theory, increasing their communication behavioral flexibility and learning to communicate with diverse cultures, with groups, on the job and in the community, considering culture and gender issues. Students explore and analyze communication in professional and social relationships and explicate the psychological, social and decision making functions of the communication process.
  

  • COMM 4393 - Persuasion

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students explore and analyze the origins of persuasive practices, the manipulation of symbols, the social basis of persuasion, the reasoning process, the psychology of persuasion, the role of credibility and the function of persuasion in family, social and professional settings.

Computer Information Systems
  

  • CSIS 2331 - COBOL

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students learn how to design and organize a totally efficient program, how to write a readable program in COBOL and how to design an efficient and thorough test plan. Given the specifications for a programming problem, students learn how to create an acceptable VTOC (Visual Table of Contents) for it. Students learn how to develop an effective top-down test plan, use the top- down test plan and code program stubs for each phase of the test plan at the appropriate time.

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 1111  or MATH 1113  
  

  • CSIS 3100 - Information Technology Hardware and Software

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students gain the hardware-software technology background to enable them to understand tradeoffs in computer architecture for effective use in the business environment. Principles and application of telecommunication and computer systems hardware and software are presented through lecture, installation, configuration and operations experiences.

    Prerequisite(s): CSIS 3701  
  

  • CSIS 3200 - Introduction to Bioinformatics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students will be introduced to the discipline of Bioinformatics, the use of computational techniques to convert the masses of information from biochemical experiments into useful information. Students acquire basic knowledge of the key concepts in the area of application of statistics, database tools, and standard algorithms to the biological sequence analysis.

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1108K , CSCI 1153 , MATH 2113  
  

  • CSIS 3450 - File Structures and File Processing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students study common types of file organization methods. Students learn how to create a sequential file, direct files and index sequential files. Students also gain an understanding of different types of file storage and learn about the three basic activities that take place when updating master files and learn why, where and when to use sub programs. Students learn how to pass data to and from sub programs.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 1302  
  

  • CSIS 3701 - Information Systems Theory and Practice

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students are exposed to the theory of the IS discipline. Applications of theory to the success of organizations, to the roles of management users and IS professionals are presented. Students gain an understanding of the decision process and how information is used for decision support in organizations. Students learn the systems point of view, the organization and development of a system, information flows, the nature of information systems and basic techniques for representing systems structure.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 1301  or CSCI 2201  
  

  • CSIS 3740 - Business Applications Software

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students improve and extend their knowledge of and improve skills in the use of packaged software to improve their personal and professional productivity. Students apply evaluation criteria for packaged software and make value judgments on its appropriateness for a given business environment.
  

  • CSIS 3743 - Web Development

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students manage and implement Web pages and manage online database using contemporary Web developing languages. Topics database using contemporary Web developing languages. Topics with data types and operators, building functions and control structures, manipulating strings, accessing files and directories, manipulating data in arrays and strings, working with databases such as MySOL manipulating MySOL databases with PHP, managing state information, developing object-oriented PHP, and debugging and error handling.
  

  • CSIS 4001 - Systems Design and Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students study the theory and practices of analyzing a business environment and designing a computer-based solution. Students complete sets of logical systems specifications, physical system diagrams and an implementation plan for a business system of moderate complexity.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 3410 , CSCI 3740
  

  • CSIS 4002 - System Design and Implementation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students implement the plan developed in the first course. Students produce a working set of well documented, tested and verified code, as well as a user’s manual for the system.

    Prerequisite(s): CSIS 4001  
  

  • CSIS 4720 - Database Systems

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students learn the basic goals, functions, model, components and applications of database systems. Working in teams, students will design and construct a logical design using CASE tools and implement the database using an appropriate relational database management system (DBMS). Testing, documentation and post implementation reviews are accomplished.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 3410  

Computer Science
  

  • CSCI 1102 - Computer Science and Information Systems:

    Credit Hours: 3
    An Overview

    Students are introduced to the discipline of computer science and information systems by providing accurate and balanced coverage of a variety of computer science topics, including programming languages, algorithm, computer logic and arithmetic, computer hardware and software systems, career goals and choices, and legal and ethical issues that concern computer scientists. In addition, students gain insight to academic life as a CSIS or CSCI major at Fort Valley State University, as well become acquainted with the advisement system and computing facilities of the department.
  

  • CSCI 1153 - Introduction to Computers

    Credit Hours: 3
    Via daily hands-on activities, students acquire an understanding of computer technology, computer nomenclature and the use of computers as productivity tools. Students use a computer to produce a spreadsheet, various types of graphs and a written document. Students demonstrate knowledge of the legal and ethical uses of computers as tools in our society.
  

  • CSCI 1301 - Principles of Programming I

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students study computers and programming, problem solving and algorithm development, simple data types, arithmetic and logic operators, selection structures, repetition structures, text files, arrays (one- and two-dimensional), procedural abstraction and software design and modular programming (including subprograms or the equivalent).

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 1102  and MATH 1113  for majors; MATH 1113  for non-majors
  

  • CSCI 1302 - Principles of Programming II

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students become knowledgeable of abstract data types (ADTs), arrays (multi-dimensional) and records, sets and strings, binary files, searching and sorting, introductory algorithm analysis (including Big-O), recursion, pointers and linked lists, software engineering concepts and dynamic datacstructures (stacks, queues, trees). Prerequisite: CSCI 1301

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 1301  
  

  • CSCI 2201 - Digital Fundamentals

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students acquire an understanding of the design and implementation of digital systems from the electronic gate circuits to the complex structure of microcomputer systems.

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 1111  or MATH 1113 
  

  • CSCI 2330 - Contemporary Programming

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students become proficient in a computer language that is prevalent in the job market. Students preparing for internships, especially are trained in a new language not offered on a continuous basis.

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor
  

  • CSCI 3150 - Data Communications & Networks

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students gain a foundation in the theory and practices used in computer networks to enable data communication and telecommunication. Standards, standard organizations, information layers of network, and network architectures are studied. Configurations, installation, management, diagnostic and performance measurement tools are used to implement, operate, and tune a network.

    Prerequisite(s): CSIS 3100  or CSCI 3351 
  

  • CSCI 3320 - Introduction to Computerized Instrumentation and Measurement Systems

    Credit Hours: 4
    Students gain a basic knowledge in the fundamentals of instrumentation, computer hardware, analog and digital signals, functional descriptions of measuring instruments, performance characteristics of instruments and typical measuring sensors. In addition, students work with modern instrumentation software, such as LABVIEW through hands on laboratory based exercises and projects.

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 1154 , CSCI 1301  or CSCI 3331  or CSCI 3332 
  

  • CSCI 3331 - C/Unix

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students acquire a basic knowledge of the Unix operating system and also an in-depth knowledge of computer programming using C language. In particular, students construct correct, well documented programs using proper data typing, standard procedures, functions and control structures.

    Prerequisite(s): Any High-Level Language
  

  • CSCI 3332 - Fortran

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students learn to write simple FORTRAN programs, and process through Do Loops, subscripted variables, one and multidimensional arrays, matrices, tables, and common and equivalence statements. In addition, students use sequential and direct access files, and subroutines.

    Prerequisite(s): MATH 1111  or MATH 1113  
  

  • CSCI 3333 - Object-oriented Programming in Java

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students use an object-oriented programming language Java to develop software in applications and applets, acquire knowledge of object oriented programming and a modern system modeling language such as Unified Modeling Language (UML). Students study the syntax and structure of Java, objects and classes, inheritance and polymorphism, exception handling, input/output, graphic user interface, and Java APIs.

    Prerequisite(s): Any high level programming language
  

  • CSCI 3339 - Theory of Programming Languages

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students acquire basic knowledge of the key concepts in the area of data objects, data types, abstraction mechanisms, control structures, and storage management. Several widely used and diverse languages are compared relative to their semantic structures and run-time representations.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 3410 
  

  • CSCI 3351 - Computer Organization/Assembly Language

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students acquire basic knowledge of major hardware components, bus structures, addressing methods, and internal/external memory. In addition students design and implement low level programs using one or more assembly languages.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 1302 , CSCI 2201 
  

  • CSCI 3410 - Data Structures

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students acquire an in-depth knowledge of computer programming In particular, students construct correct, well-documented programs using files, pointers, linked lists, structured trees, stacks, queues and sorting and searching techniques.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 1302 
  

  • CSCI 4000 - Senior Seminar

    Credit Hours: 2
    Students demonstrate their mastery of core materials covered in previous courses and their ability to apply the same. Senior integrated assessment is embedded in this course.

    Prerequisite(s): Completion of All Major Courses Through the Junior Level
  

  • CSCI 4109 - Internship

    Credit Hours: 3 - 9
    Students gain practical experiences in the computing profession. Each student is assigned to work in an approved training center that needs assistance in developing or modifying a computer application. Students work under the supervision of the instructor of the course and a professional at the approved center.

    Prerequisite(s): Consent of Department Head
  

  • CSCI 4150 - Advanced Communications and Networks

    Credit Hours: 3
    Students acquire an in depth working knowledge of advanced topics in communications technologies and computer networks. The course topics include protocol design, client-server architecture, enterprise LAN/WAN, socket interface, Internet working and TCP/IP, Internet and intranet firewalls. In addition, network switches and emerging technologies in computer networking and communication system will be studied.

    Prerequisite(s): CSCI 3150 
 

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