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ENGL 212H - MONSTERS IN FILM AND LITERATURE
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
This course will look at influential modern works such as Bram
Stoker’s Dracula and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, recent
revisionism by writers such as Anne Rice and Octavia Butler, and a
few of the many monster movies. Students will consider the
language, structure, origins, contexts, and implications of the
stories.
Cross-listed: See HUM 212H
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ENGL 213 - THEMES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
Each course focuses upon a major theme in American literature; for example, American Identity.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 313
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ENGL 213H - WAR IN LITERATURE AND FILM
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
In this course students will study poetry, drama, fiction, art, and
film from throughout the world which address many aspects of war
and its repercussions and effects on the family, culture and the
larger civilization.
Cross-listed: See HUM 213H
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ENGL 214H - CONSPIRACY IN LITERATURE/FILM
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
This class will closely examine recent (1968-present) American
novels and films in order to understand the conventions and
contemporary appeal of the conspiracy narrative. The class will
take an interdisciplinary approach: novels may include Thomas
Pynchon’s Crying of Lot 49, Ishmael Reed’s Mumbo Jumbo, Margaret
Atwood’s Bodily Harm, Don DeLillo’s Libra, Chang-Rae Lee’s Native
Speaker, and Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club. In addition, films may
include The Parallax View, The Manchurian Candidate, The Matrix,
The Truman Show, and The Stepford Wives.
Cross-listed: See HUM 214H
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ENGL 215 - CONTEMP AMER FICT/NON-FICT
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
This course analyzes and appreciates selected works of contemporary American fiction and non-fiction.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 315
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ENGL 215H - TOLKIEN: MEDIEVAL AND MODERN
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
In this course students will explore Tolkien as a medievalist and a
modern writer. They will study and discuss The Lord of the Rings,
Silmarillion, Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Leaf by Niggle, and On
Fairy Stories, as well as the medieval texts Beowulf, the Elder
Edda, and the Saga of the Volsungs.
Cross-listed: See HUM 215H
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ENGL 221 - SHAKESPEARE
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or ENGL 104 or ENGL 204H; Minimum grade C-
Students will study in detail the dramatic and literary values of representative comedies, tragedies, histories and romances.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 321
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ENGL 222H - THE MYSTERY OF LANGUAGE
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
We speak and write every day, and yet language remains one of the
greatest mysteries of our existence. Is it language that
distinguishes humans from animals? Is it possible to trace the
origins of human language? What is the relationship between speech
and silence? Between language and experience? Between words and
images? Between original and translation? What are the limits of
language? Can we even define what language is? This
interdisciplinary course will explore the mythological,
philosophical, theological, linguistic, and literary dimensions of
these and similar questions. Our readings will span 2500 years of
reflections on language, from the Bible and Plato to contemporary
inquiries. Along the way, we will encounter philosophers such as
Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, and Heidegger, poets such as T.S. Eliot
and Emily Dickinson, medieval mystics and modern linguists, and
many other writers wrestling with the enigma of language.
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ENGL 223 - American Literature 1945-present
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Take ENGL 101; minimum grade C-
This class will examine some of the major authors and literary movements in America after WWII, decade by decade, in order to read them closely, consider their timeliness and timelessness, compare the ways in which literature has maintained and defied previous conventions, and discuss how different kinds of outsiders established their voices. We will likely include short fiction by Flannery O’Connor and Sherman Alexie, novels by Ken Kesey, Toni Morrison, and Don DeLillo, memoir by Maxine Hong Kingston, and drama by Tony Kushner; poetry will likely include the Beats, Confessional poetry, and the Black Arts Movement, with an in-depth look at the work of contemporary poet Sharon Olds.
Cross-listed: ENGL 323
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ENGL 223H - LANDSCAPE IN AMERICAN LIT AND ART
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
The course will consider portrayals of natural and urban landscapes
in American Literature and Art and what these portrayals tell us
about American national identity, the American character, regional
differences, and attitudes toward place and the natural world.
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ENGL 243 - REL ISSUES IN LIT
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
This course studies religious issues as treated in literature.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 343
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ENGL 257 - WORLD LITERATURE
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101, ENGL 104 or ENGL 204H; Minimum grade C-
Students analyze literature from Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 357
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ENGL 270 - SURVEY WESTERN THEATRE
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101, ENGL 104 or ENGL-204H
A study of theatre from the ancient Greeks to the present. Students read and discuss plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Shakespeare, Moliere, Wycherly, Ibsen, Wilde, Chekhov, Williams, Miller, Pinter and others.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 370
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ENGL 288 - GREEK/ROMAN MYTH IN ART AND LIT
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
Mythology will be studied in primary sources (such as the works of Homer, Hesiod, Ovid, Virgil and the Greek dramatists). Its influence upon Western literature and art from the Middle Ages to the modern period will be considered.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 388; HUM 288/388
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ENGL 296 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
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ENGL 297 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum Grade C-
These courses are offered periodically based on the interests of our students and faculty. For more information and a listing of current offerings, please see additional descriptions at www.maryville.edu/specialstudies.
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ENGL 300 - COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
A study of the elements, processes and operations of human communication systems through sound and written symbols, this course facilitates the understanding of one’s language and the learning of foreign languages.
Cross-listed: See HUM 300
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ENGL 303 - READING/WRITING POETRY
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
The principal aim of this course is to develop in students a love
for the art and craft of poetry. Students read, write, and
interpret poetry orally. Elements of prosody are covered and oral
performance is stressed.
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ENGL 304 - GRAMMAR AND STYLE
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 104, 104F or 204H; Minimum grade C-
In this class students examine the many choices they have in developing their own voice and their own style in their writing. Students learn a variety of sentence patterns to make their writing more precise and more powerful. As students gain a comprehensive understanding of grammar, they use that knowledge to choose effective rhetorical patterns for their writing.
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ENGL 305 - WRITING ABOUT LIT
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
Students develop skills in analyzing fiction, poetry, and drama.
Note: This course may count toward the writing minor.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 205
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ENGL 306 - ADVANCED WRITING WORKSHOP
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 104 or ENGL 204H; Minimum grade C-
In this course, students develop their skills as professional writers. Topics for essays and articles are chosen from the students major fields of study or areas of interest. The focus is on developing writing skills through a consideration of styles of writing, strategies of argumentation, and resources for research.
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ENGL 307 - CREATIVE WRITING
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 104 or ENGL 204H
A course to develop skills in creative writing, particularly in writing fiction and poetry. Strategies of style, techniques of narrative writing, and forms of poetry are examined.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 207
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ENGL 308 - MINORITY VOICES: AMERICAN LIT
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
Students develop an appreciation of the literary contributions of minority Americans, primarily of Chinese, African, Puerto Rican, Japanese, Mexican, and Native American heritage.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 108, HUM 108/308
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ENGL 309 - SURVEY OF AMERICAN LIT
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
This course studies major authors and works from the Puritan era to the present.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 109
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ENGL 310 - THE AMERICAN NOVEL
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or ENGL 104 or ENGL 204H; Minimum grade C-
This course studies classic and contemporary American novels.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 110
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ENGL 311 - RITES OF PASSAGE IN AMERICAN LIT
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
Students read novels, short stories, poems, and essays that focus on the passages from youth to adulthood and from innocence to experience.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 211
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ENGL 312 - HISTORY OF LITERARY CRITICISM
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
A study of the development of literary criticism in the western intellectual tradition, the course examines the distinction between criticism concerned primarily with form and criticism concerning itself with evaluation.
Note: English majors may take this course as a capstone course.
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ENGL 313 - THEMES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
Each course focuses upon a major theme in American literature; for example, “American Identity.”
Cross-listed: See ENGL 213
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ENGL 314 - FAIRY TALE IN LITERATURE AND FILM
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
This course will discuss the origin and history of the Central and
East European fairy tale. The course reading will include original
fairy tales (such as Grimms’ Fairy Tales) and dramatic, fictional,
poetic, and cinematic adaptations of representative tales from the
tradition.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 114
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ENGL 315 - CONTEMP AMER FICT/NON-FICT
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101, ENGL 104 or ENGL 204H; Minimum grade C-
This course analyzes and appreciates selected works of contemporary American fiction and non-fiction.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 215
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ENGL 316 - SURVEY ENGLISH LIT I
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 104; Minimum grade C-
A study of major authors and works of English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to Romanticism, this course is required for the English major.
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ENGL 317 - SURVEY ENGLISH LIT II
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 104 or ENGL 204H; Minimum grade C-
A study of major authors and works of English literature from Romanticism to the present, this course is required for the English major.
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ENGL 318 - LIT FORMS: FABLE TO FILM
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101, ENGL 104 or ENGL 204H; Minimum grade C-
The course explains the art of storytelling through an analysis of narrative techniques in fiction, drama and film.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 118
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ENGL 319 - SURVEY OF WOMEN’S LIT
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101, ENGL 104 or ENGL 204H; Minimum grade C-
A study of the English and American traditions of literature by women. The course focuses on literary analysis and appreciation of fiction, poetry, memoirs, essays, and drama by classical and contemporary authors. The roles of women as authors and as characters will be considered within their historical and literary contexts.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 119; WS 119/319
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ENGL 320 - MEDIEVAL MASTERPIECES
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
Studies in the great medieval literature of the West; among the works considered will be The Song of Roland, The Divine Comedy and The Canterbury Tales.
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ENGL 321 - SHAKESPEARE
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or ENGL 104 or ENGL 204H; Minimum grade C-
Students will study in detail the dramatic and literary values of representative comedies, tragedies, histories and romances.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 221
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ENGL 322 - AMERICAN LITERATURE 1890-1945
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
This course studies novels, short fiction, poetry, plays, and essays by various writers of the late 19th and early 20th century. Major authors of this period are read in the context of the historical, cultural, and literary changes of the times; special attention will be devoted to the rise of modernism in American literature. Authors studied may include Kate Chopin, Henry James, Edith Wharton, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marianne Moore, T. S. Eliot, William Faulkner, Eugene O’Neill, and others.
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ENGL 323 - AMERICAN FICTION 1945 TO THE PRESENT
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101, Minimum grade C-
This class will examine a few of the major authors and literary movements in America after World War II, decade by decade, in order to read them closely; consider how each is of its time as well as, potentially, timeless; compare the ways in which these works maintain as well as defy literary conventions; and discuss how different kinds of outsiders established their voices in American literature. Authors studied may include Flannery O’Connor, Ken Kesey, Toni Morrison, Maxine Hong Kingston, Sharon Olds, Tony Kushner, Sherman Alexie, Don DeLillo, and others.
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ENGL 325H - Technology, Postmodern and Literature
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
This course will examine contemporary attitudes towards technology in post-World War II fiction, film, and critical theory, focusing on various visions of a violent past, an imperiled present, and a dystopic near-future. In doing so, we will consider these and other problems: what is postmodernism, and why does every discussion of postmodernism begin by asking what it could possibly mean? How do our novels embody and challenge aspects of postmodernism? And what comes after postmodernism? What do our novels and films say about technology and teleology? About language, readership, and authorship? About the relationship between the human body and the machine? About humanitys interconnected hopes and fears? About the power of science so often juxtaposed against the need for, or absence of, spirituality? Authors will likely include Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., J.G. Ballard, Don DeLillo, Joanna Russ, Kathy Acker, William Gibson, and Chuck Palahniuk; please note that several of our novels contain potentially offensive content. We will also likely use Star Wars and Blade Runner, taken together, as a case study in postmodern, technology-centered film.
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ENGL 335 - RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
Literature will be discussed for its aesthetic qualities and its response to the ideas, events and trends that affected most of Europe: the renewal of interest in classical languages and texts, discoveries in the New World, Reformation and Counter-Reformation, Machiavelli, religious wars, the new astronomy.
Cross-listed: See HUM 335
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ENGL 338 - LITERATURE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
An interdisciplinary approach to the Age of Reason, this course emphasizes the literature (Dryden, Swift, Pope, Voltaire, Johnson, etc.), but also considers social history (pre- evolutionary France), political theory (Montesquieu and Rousseau primarily), religion (mainstream Protestantism vs. radical Protestantism and Deism) and art (in France, Baroque and Rococo styles; in England, Hogarth).
Cross-listed: See HUM 338
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ENGL 340 - THE BIBLE AND LITERATURE
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
A study of some of the most important literary forms and passages from the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, exploring how these texts have influenced imaginative literature in the English, American, and Continental literary traditions.
Cross-listed: See REL 340
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ENGL 343 - REL ISSUES IN LIT
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
This course studies religious issues as treated in literature.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 243
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ENGL 351 - 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH LIT
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
This course studies Romantic and Victorian poetry and prose.
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ENGL 355 - RUSSIAN NOVEL
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
This course studies such major Russian novelists as Gogol, Goncharov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Pasternak and Solzhenitsyn.
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ENGL 357 - WORLD LITERATURE
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
Students analyze literature from Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 257
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ENGL 360 - THEATRE IN ST LOUIS
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: ENGL 101, ENGL 104 or ENGL 204H; Minimum grade C-
This course studies dramatic literature and performance through viewing, discussing and writing about professional, academic and community theatre productions in the St. Louis area.
Cross-listed: See HUM 360
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ENGL 370 - SURVEY WESTERN THEATRE
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
A study of theatre from the ancient Greeks to the present. Students read and discuss plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Shakespeare, Moliere, Wycherly, Ibsen, Wilde, Chekhov, Williams, Miller, Pinter and others.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 270
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ENGL 388 - GREEK/ROMAN MYTH IN ART AND LIT
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
Mythology will be studied in primary sources (such as the works of Homer, Hesiod, Ovid, Virgil and the Greek dramatists). Its influence upon Western literature and art from the Middle Ages to the modern period will be considered.
Cross-listed: See ENGL 288; HUM 288/388
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ENGL 397 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
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ENGL 406 - WRITING TUTORIAL
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 104 and permission of the instructor
The student undertakes and completes a substantial writing project under the direction of a full-time faculty member in English or communication.
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ENGL 411 - PRACT: TEACHING/ASSESSMNT WRTG
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: Admission to the teacher education program, Permission of the Instructor
This course is designed for prospective writing teachers. The
students learn strategies for teaching and assessing writing and do
research on writing instruction. Students serve as teaching
assistants in a college-level writing class, where they are
mentored by an English professor.
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ENGL 491 - LITERARY MAGAZINE INTERNSHIP
Credits: Variable between 1 and 3
Prerequisite: Students must apply to and interview with Magnolia’s faculty advisor.
Each spring, five to seven students are selected to be on the
editorial staff of the Maryville literary magazine, Magnolia.
Students who can edit, proofread, design graphics, do layout and
other design work, and plan public relations and advertising
campaigns are invited to apply. Interested students from all majors
are eligible. The entire staff of the magazine works together to
decide the written and artistic content of the magazine.
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ENGL 493 - CO-OP
Credits: Variable between 1 and 6
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ENGL 496 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
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ENGL 497 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
These courses are offered periodically based on the interests of our students and faculty. For more information and a listing of current offerings, please see additional descriptions at www.maryville.edu/specialstudies.
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ENGL 498 - SEMINAR: LANGUAGE STUDY
Credits: Variable between 3 and 5
Prerequisite: ENGL 104; Minimum grade C-
This course introduces the student to the study of the English
language as a cultural subject, as a means to understanding how
usage changes, how vocabulary changes, how orthography changes, and
how these changes are effected. The history of the English language
will also be studied along with the various linguistic influences
impacting its development. Along with the historical study, the
class will consider the development of English grammar and
punctuation.
Note: English majors may take this course as a capstone course.
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ENGL 499 - INTERNSHIP
Credits: Variable between 1 and 6
Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor
Note: Up to six credits in ENGL 499 may be counted toward an English major.
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ENGL 503 - READING & WRITING POETRY
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101, ENGL 104 or ENGL 204H
The principal aim of this course is to develop in students a love
for the art and craft of poetry. Students read, write, and
interpret poetry orally. Elements of prosody are covered and oral
performance is stressed.
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ENGL 507 - CREATIVE WRITING
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 104
Cross-listed: See ENGL 307
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ENGL 508 - MINORITY VOICES IN AMERICAN LIT
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ENGL 101; Minimum grade C-
Students develop an appreciation of the literary contributions of
minority Americans, primarily of Chinese, African, Puerto Rican,
Japanese, Mexican, and Native American heritage.
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ENGL 597 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
These courses are offered periodically based on the interests of our students and faculty. For more information and a listing of current offerings, please see additional descriptons at www.maryville.edu/specialstudies.
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ENV 112 - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Credits: Three
An introduction to the ecological principles that underlie environmental science and natural resource conservation, students examine the environment as the context for human activities; discussion of the human effects on ecosystems.
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ENV 125 - OSHA HAZWOPER
Credits: Three
This course provides the student with a working knowledge of the
Federal Occupational Safety, and Health Administration guidelines
for dealing with various types of hazardous materials. The course
is an introduction to Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency
Response and meets or exceeds the 40 hours of classroom preparation
required for certification under Federal Statue 29 CFR 1910.120.
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ENV 297 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Three
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ENV 375 - STRATEGIES IN SUSTAINABILITY
Credits: Three
Students discuss approaches to planning and thoughtful use of
natural resources with an emphasis on energy conservation,
pollution control, reduction of solid and toxic waste and
maintaining biodiversity. Also considered are ways that the impacts
of human societies can be reduced in the present and future.
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ENV 427 - HAZARD WASTE/ENV HEALTH
Credits: Three
This course surveys various types of hazardous wastes, their
movements in waste streams, fates of toxic materials and methods of
abatement. Students also discuss the acute and chronic effects on
human health of various forms of pollutants and the relative risks
for individuals in the workplace and for society in general.
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ENV 460 - ENV LAW AND POLICY
Credits: Three
This course surveys local, state and federal laws regulating air
and water pollution as well as the use of pesticides and hazardous
materials. State and federal laws and policies for protecting
natural resources and relating to the development of environmental
standards and environmental impact statements also are examined.
Cross-listed: See LEGL 460
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ENV 497 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
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ENV 498 - ADVANCED TOPICS SEMINAR
Credits: Two
This seminar provides students an opportunity for advanced inquiry
into topics of environmental interest and importance, and
development of skills in technical and professional reading.
Cross-listed: See BIOL 498, CHEM 498, SCI 498
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ENV 499 - ENVIRONMENTAL INTERNSHIP
Credits: Three
Students are supervised in fieldwork dealing with environmental problems. Partnerships exist with local, state and federal agencies to provide environmental learning opportunities and experiences.
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FIN 312 - PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ACCT 210, MATH 141; Minimum grade C-
Students examine basic financial management of business firms: a) procurement, b) allocation and c) control of funds; corporate financial behavior; financial instruments and markets; and the analysis and interpretation of investment and profit performance.
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FIN 315 - PERSONAL FINANCE
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ACCT 210, MATH-116
Studies the basic analytical tools needed for personal financial
planning and decision making, topics covered will include the
monitoring and management of personal finances, protection of
financial resources, financial investment and growth, and long-term
financial planning.
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FIN 415 - SECURITIES ANALYSIS/INVEST TECHNIQUES
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: FIN 312; Minimum grade C-
Students are introduced to financial investment alternatives,
security markets, analytical techniques and portfolio management
theories.
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FIN 419 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: FIN 312
This course examines the functions and practices of the major types of financial institutions in our economy. Students will understand the basic operations of – and issues surrounding – commercial banks, thrifts, insurance companies, mutual funds, pension funds, finance companies, ventures capital firms, investment banks, and brokerage firms. Students will also learn the basic functions of the Federal Reserve System.
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FIN 420 - SPORT FINANCE
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: FIN 312
This course explores contemporary examples from marketing sponsorship, facility construction and sport law to illustrate the crucial role that money plays in any sport business. Emphasis is placed on understanding how the receipt, disbursement and utilization of funds can foster future growth in the sport businesses. The course will deal with such issues as sports financial analysis, capital structuring and capital budgeting, profitable distribution systems and the management of financial risk.
Cross-listed: See SPTM 420
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FIN 421 - PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: FIN 415
A study of the practical management of portfolios containing varied
financial assets, the course examines the issues in, and the
procedures for, portfolio management. The emphasis is on personal
portfolio management by individual investors. The course assumes a
basic knowledge of securities.
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FIN 496 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
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FIN 621 - PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS
Credits: Three
The practical management of portfolios containing varied financial
assets. This course examines the issues in, and the procedures for,
portfolio management. There is an emphasis on personal portfolio
management by individual investors.
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FIN 630 - CORP FINANCIAL POLICIES
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: ACCT 610
Students examine areas of concern for financial managers: the
financial analysis of the firm, including ratio analysis and fixed
and variable cost analysis.
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FPAR 205H - WRITING/PERFORM A 10-MINUTE PLAY
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership Bascom Honors Program
“The lunatic, the lover and the poet are of imagination all
compact.” Add the playwright and the actor to Shakespeare’s list.
In this course, student playwrights mine imagination and experience
for characters and plots they then polish on stage. Students write
three plays and act in one or more plays in each of two public
performances. Through acting exercises, they sharpen their
performance skills and find inspiration for plots and characters.
“In a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a
minute will reverse.” And 10 minutes, lovingly crafted and gamely
acted, puts on stage all this “little O, the earth.” Read some of
the 10-minute plays students have written at
http://accweb.itr.maryville.edu/schwartz/10-minute
%20play%20scripts.htm
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FPAR 205H - WRITING/PERFORMING THE 10-MINUTE PLAY
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership in Bascom Honors Program
“The lunatic, the lover and the poet are of imagination all compact.” Add the playwright and the actor to Shakespeare’s list. In this course, student playwrights mine imagination and experience for characters and plots they then polish on stage. Students write three plays and act in one or more plays in each of two public performances. Through acting exercises, they sharpen their performance skills and find inspiration for plots and characters. “In a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.” And 10 minutes, lovingly crafted and gamely acted, puts on stage all this “little O, the earth.” Read some of the 10-minute plays students have written at http://accweb.itr.maryville.edu/schwartz/10-minute%20play%20scripts.htm
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FPAR 206H - CULTURAL STUDIES OF ROCK’N’ROLL
Credits: Four
Prerequisite: Membership Bascom Honors Program
This course will explore rock & roll’s origins, contexts,
images, lyrics, and the music itself. Students will consider how
the music creates meaning and what the relationship of rock &
roll is to American culture and history.
Cross-listed: See HUM 206H
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FPAR 210 - PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP I
Credits: Three
A course designed for people who desire experience for public presentations and/or performances. Various strategies will be employed including acting, oral interpretation, mime and improvisation.
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FPAR 211 - PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP II
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: FPAR 210 or Permission of Instructor
This course continues the individual and group performance work of
FPAR 210.
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FPAR 297 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Variable between 1 and 4
Prerequisite: Program Director Approval
These courses are offered periodically based on the interests of our students and faculty. For more information and a listing of current offerings, please see additional descriptions at www.maryville.edu/specialstudies.
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FPAR 497 - SPECIAL STUDIES
Credits: Variable between 3 and 4
Prerequisite: Program Director Approval
These courses are offered periodically based on the interests of our students and faculty. For more information and a listing of current offerings, please see additional descriptions at www.maryville.edu/specialstudies.
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FREN 101 - ELEMENTARY FRENCH
Credits: Three
This course introduces structures of French with emphasis on basic
grammar and colloquial language.
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FREN 102 - ELEMENTARY FRENCH II
Credits: Three
Prerequisite: FREN 101
This course reviews basic grammar and conversation with emphasis on
composition, reading and speaking French.
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FRSC 151 - INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC SCIENCE
Credits: Four
Corequisite: FRSC 151L
Introductory course that highlights all aspects of forensics as an umbrella of the work associated in the forensic process. The course will introduce topics such as ethics, observing and obtaining physical evidence, as well as a survey of the techniques and instrumentation (chromatography, spectrophotometry, mass spectrometry, atomic absorption spectrophotometry, scanning electron microscopy, immunoassay techniques, polymerase chain reaction, spatter patterns, digital imaging, document examining, and electronic data collection and storage) used in the analysis of physical evidence (organic and inorganic materials, soil, glass, body fluids, hair, fibers, paint, DNA, bloodstains and patterns, arson evidence, fingerprints, explosive residue, tool marks, documents, and computer and internet evidence).
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FRSC 151L - REQUIRED LAB - FRSC 151
Credits: Zero
Corequisite: FRSC 151
Introductory laboratory experience that accompanies Introduction to Forensic Science
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FRSC 250 - INTRO TO FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS
Credits: Four
Corequisite: FRSC 250L
Forensic science investigation is a multifaceted approach in explaining death investigation, violent crimes, white-collar and cyber crimes. This course covers the functions of scientists, agents from law enforcement, prosecuting and defense attorneys, judges and the media in criminal apprehension and prosecution. Ethical proprieties are the backbone of conducting and implementing applications in the forensic science discipline. Detection, collection and maintaining the integrity of the crime scene are covered as practical applications to criminal and legal methodologies of criminal investigations.
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FRSC 250L - REQUIRED LAB - FRSC 250
Credits: Zero
Corequisite: FRSC 250
Introductory laboratory experience that accompanies Introduction to Forensic Investigations.
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FRSC 260 - INTRO TO GROSS ANATOMY
Credits: Four
Corequisite: FRSC 260L
This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to expand their knowledge of the human body using the human cadaver. A systems approach will provide students with a thorough critical analysis of the following general topics: the musculoskeletal system, cardiovascular system, respiratory system, digestive system, nervous system, urinary system, and reproductive system. Basic factual information will be covered with a major emphasis on application of this knowedge through dissection in the laboratory.
Cross-listed: BIOL 250
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FRSC 260L - REQUIRED LAB - FRSC 260
Credits: Zero
Corequisite: FRSC 260
Laboratory experience that accompanies Introduction to Gross Anatomy
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FRSC 303 - FORENSIC BIOLOGY
Credits: Four
Corequisite: FRSC 303L
This course covers biological evidence and techniques used in forensic science. Concepts and application of serology and molecular biology techniques to analyze biological evidence collected during criminal investigations, including polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and other RNA/DNA techniques.
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FRSC 303L - REQUIRED LAB - FRSC 303
Credits: Zero
Corequisite: FRSC 303
Laboratory experience that accompanies Forensic Biology.
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FRSC 311 - FORENSIC CHEMISTRY
Credits: Four
Corequisite: FRSC 311L
This course focuses on the analytical and instrumental methods used in the forensic sciences with a particular emphasis on the analysis and characterization of trace evidence, to include separations, mass spectrometry, and atomic/molecular spectroscopy.
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FRSC 311L - REQUIRED LAB - FRSC 311
Credits: Zero
Corequisite: FRSC 311
Laboratory experience that accompanies Forensic Chemistry.
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FRSC 350 - EVIDENCE
Credits: Three
Students will be introduced to the rules of evidence and learn investigation skills including interviewing the client and witnesses. Students will also be exposed to the formal discovery process. We will cover relevance, hearsay, exceptions to hearsay, and opinion testimony. Students will learn how certain types of evidence are collected and steps involved in the processing of evidence.
Cross-listed: LEGL 350
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