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APEC 3310 - Analytical Methods in Applied Economics (QI)
QI Quantitative Intensive
3 credits
Explores application of mathematics to agricultural, resource, environmental, and regional economics. Reviews algebraic, single-variable calculus (differentiation and integration); multivariate calculus optimization; and linear algebra and applications to economics.
Corequisite: and ( or ) or instructor’s permission
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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APEC 4010 - Intermediate Microeconomics
3 credits
Analysis of behavior of consumers and business firms. Application of theory to the solution of real world problems. Credit will not be given for both ECN 3010 and APEC/ECN 4010 .
Prerequisite/Restriction: APEC 2010 /ECN 2010 , MATH 1100 , and STAT 2300 .
Cross-listed as: ECN 4010 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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APEC 5000 - Macroeconomics and Trade
3 credits
Explores the business cycle, monetary policy, interest rates, inflation, employment, and production as they apply to agribusiness and related industries. Includes discussion of exchange rates, balance of trade, comparative advantage, and various policy tools used to influence trade.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ECN 1500 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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APEC 5010 - Firm Marketing and Price Analysis (QI)
QI Quantitative Intensive
3 credits
Students learn strategies for product and commodity marketing. Explores risk management, including futures and options, as well as price analysis and forecasting techniques.
Prerequisite/Restriction: APEC 4010 or or ECN 4010
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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APEC 5015 - Firm Management, Planning, and Optimization (QI)
QI Quantitative Intensive
3 credits
Application of principles and practices used by managers of agribusiness firms. Evaluation of alternative actions using budgeting (enterprise, cash flow, partial, whole firm, and capital) and optimization programs.
Prerequisite/Restriction: APEC 4010 or or ECN 4010
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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APEC 5020 - Strategic Firm Management (CI)
CI Communications Intensive
3 credits
Explores principles and concepts needed to evaluate the impact of industry structure, policies, and international forces on the management of agribusiness firms. Emphasizes the evaluation of producing and marketing new or differentiated products or services.
Prerequisite/Restriction: APEC 4010 or or ECN 4010
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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APEC 5330 - Applied Econometrics (QI)
QI Quantitative Intensive
3 credits
Introduction to basic statistics, simple linear regression, multiple regression, and simultaneous equation models for economics.
Prerequisite/Restriction: STAT 2000 or STAT 2300 or STAT 3000 .
Cross-listed as: ECN 5330 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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APEC 5560 - Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
3 credits
Economics of developing, managing, and conserving natural resources and the environment. Topics include resource use and conservation, environmental quality, public and private resource management, and valuation of nonmarket goods.
Prerequisite/Restriction: APEC 2010 /ECN 2010 or APEC 3012 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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APEC 5850 - Regional and Community Economic Development
3 credits
Building on microeconomic theory, models for regional and urban structure and change are explored. Policy decision models are also developed.
Prerequisite/Restriction: APEC 3012 or ECN 3010 or APEC 4010 /ECN 4010 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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APEC 5950 - Senior Project
3 credits
Identification and analysis of a current economic problem. Throughout this process, other agricultural economics course concepts and methods are brought together.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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APEC 6030 - Agricultural Marketing
3 credits
Covers a variety of topics relating to price analysis for agricultural commodities. Explores econometric and time series modeling and forecasting of agricultural prices. Includes a section on futures and options on futures contracts, focusing on fundamental and technical analysis.
Prerequisite/Restriction: APEC 6330 /ECN 6330 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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APEC 6040 - Agribusiness Production and Supply Chain Management
3 credits
Uses economics to explain resource allocations within agribusiness production units and supply chains. This includes, but is not limited to, development of understanding of supply chains and how to use supply chains to effectively address markets for food and fiber.
Prerequisite/Restriction: APEC 6030 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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APEC 6100 - Microeconomic Theory I
3 credits
Provides a rigorous introduction to graduate-level microeconomic theory. While the specific focus is on the theoretical construct of graduate-level microeconomic models, the broad objective of the class is to lay the foundation for empirical applications in microeconomics. To meet this broad objective, the course covers theory of the firm, consumer theory, market structure, theory of public goods and externalities, and welfare economics.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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APEC 6250 - Graduate Internship
1-3 credits
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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APEC 6300 - Quantitative Analysis for Business and Policy Decisions
3 credits
Provides an introduction to applied mathematical programming, operations research, simulation, risk analysis, adaptive management, and other decision theoretic tools used by government policy makers and managers of firms.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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APEC 6330 - Applied Econometrics
3 credits
Provides graduate-level introduction to applied regression tools, including: simple and multivariate regression analysis; linear, nonlinear, and qualitative dependent variable models; distributed lags; seemingly unrelated regression; and model specification and validation tests. Prerequisite: Background in statistics and calculus.
Cross-listed as: ECN 6330 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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APEC 6500 - Introduction to Natural Resource Economics
3 credits
Introduction to the legal and regulatory foundations of natural resource policy, with specific attention to water, minerals, rangelands, forests, fish, and off-site impacts of agricultural and industrial production. Topics include externalities, property rights, public goods, public choice, and public trust.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ECN 3010 or APEC 4010 /ECN 4010 or APEC 5560 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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APEC 6510 - Introduction to Environmental Economics
3 credits
Introduction to the foundations of environmental economics. Adaptation of market mechanisms to ameliorate pollution problems and provide amenity services. Methods for determining the value of nonmarketed goods and services. Topics include economic principles regarding social choice and market exchange, as well as current and historical issues involving pollution, environmental regulation, and the effects of environmental regulation on the profitability of private and public entities.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ECN 3010 or APEC 4010 /ECN 4010 or APEC 5560 or APEC 6500 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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APEC 6700 - Regional and Community Economic Development
3 credits
Extension of microeconomic foundations of regional and urban economics to recent advances in economic growth and development, economic structure, land-use, public finance, housing, social welfare, environmental quality, and transportation.
Prerequisite/Restriction: APEC 6100 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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APEC 6710 - Community Planning and Impact Analysis
3 credits
Focuses on tools used by local and regional economic development specialists as they relate to planning and impact assessment. Specific topics will include I/O models, IMPLAN models, and computable CGE modeling approaches as they are used in a planning environment.
Prerequisite/Restriction: APEC 6700 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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APEC 6910 - Independent Research
1-3 credits
Directed readings. Credits from this course toward any economics graduate degree require approval of the student’s advisory committee, the department graduate committee, and the department head.
Prerequisite/Restriction: APEC 4010 /ECN 4010 and ECN 5000 .
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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APEC 6970 - Thesis Research
1-9 credits
Master’s level research.
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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APEC 6990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement
1-9 credits
Master’s level advisement.
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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APEC 7130 - Microeconomic Theory I
3 credits
Provides a rigorous introduction to graduate-level microeconomic theory. While the specific focus is on the theoretical construct of graduate-level microeconomic models, the broad objective of the class is to lay the foundation for empirical applications in microeconomics. To meet this broad objective, the course covers theory of the firm, consumer theory, market structure, theory of public goods and externalities, and welfare economics.
Cross-listed as: ECN 7130 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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APEC 7140 - Microeconomic Theory II
3 credits
Extends the theoretical foundations of microeconomics with an emphasis on model building in economics. Topics include static games of complete and incomplete information, dynamic games of complete and incomplete information, imperfectly competitive markets, risk and uncertainty, public goods, general equilibrium, and information economics.
Prerequisite/Restriction: APEC 7130 /ECN 7130 and APEC 7360 /ECN 7360 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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APEC 7150 - Microeconomic Theory III
3 credits
Explores the uses of microeconomic theory in fields such as Game Theory, Industrial Organization, and Labor Economics. Study of topics such as multi-stage and repeated games, bargaining, principal-agent models of economic behavior, auctions and bidding, labor market discrimination, price discrimination and two-part tariffs, and the labor-leisure choice. Course is based on both classic and contemporary papers in each of these fields.
Prerequisite/Restriction:
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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APEC 7240 - Macroeconomic Theory II
3 credits
Extends the foundations of ECN 5020 /ECN 7230 with a more in-depth look at the theory and computational aspects of various models of economic growth and business cycles.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ECN 7230 /ECN 5020 and APEC 7360 /ECN 7360 .
Cross-listed as: ECN 7240
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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APEC 7310 - Econometrics I
3 credits
Begins with a review of probability and statistics. Remainder of course is spent discussing the Classical linear regression model, least squares and maximum likelihood estimation, finite and asymptotic sample properties, inference, prediction, and nonlinear optimization.
Cross-listed as: ECN 7310
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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APEC 7320 - Econometrics II
3 credits
Extension of APEC 7310 , covering topics such as nonspherical disturbances, panel data, simultaneous equations, time series and distributed lag models, and limited and qualitative dependent variable models.
Prerequisite/Restriction: APEC 7310 /ECN 7310 .
Cross-listed as: ECN 7320 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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APEC 7330 - Econometrics III
3 credits
Provides in-depth coverage of current topics/techniques in applied econometric time series analysis, with an emphasis on econometric model development, estimation, and interpretation. Topics include difference equations, lag operators, stationary ARMA processes, modeling economic time series including trends and volatility, testing for trends and unit roots, vector autoregressions, the Kalman filter including the state space representation of a dynamic system, cointegration, and error-correction models.
Prerequisite/Restriction: APEC 7320 /ECN 7320 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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APEC 7350 - Mathematical Economics I
3 credits
Includes linear equations, matrix algebra, multivariate calculus, static optimization, comparative static analysis, constrained optimization, and Kuhn-Tucker conditions.
Cross-listed as: ECN 7350 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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APEC 7360 - Mathematical Economics II
3 credits
Extends the presentation of APEC 7350 by covering applications of constrained optimization, the envelope theorem and applications, differential equations, dynamic economics, and optimal control.
Prerequisite/Restriction: APEC 7350 /ECN 7350 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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APEC 7400 - International Trade and the Environment
3 credits
Focuses on recent developments in the theory of trade and trade policy, including: (1) imperfect competition, (2) factor movements, (3) trade flows, and (4) the effect of trade policies on environmental quality.
Prerequisite/Restriction: APEC 7140 and APEC 7240 /ECN 7240
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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APEC 7500 - Resource Economics
3 credits
Focuses on formal economic models associated with optimal exploitation of renewable and nonrenewable resources. Applications to minerals, groundwater, energy resources, soil, forests, fisheries, rangelands, watersheds, wildlife, etc.
Prerequisite/Restriction: APEC 7140 and APEC 7240 /ECN 7240
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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APEC 7510 - Environmental Economics
3 credits
Covers the theory of environmental policy. Topics include, but are not limited to, externalities, uncertainty and the choice of policy instruments, market imperfections and the number of participants, nonconvexities in the production set, the charges and standards approach, marketable emission permits, the environment and development, international environmental issues, and ecological economics.
Prerequisite/Restriction: APEC 7500 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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APEC 7950 - Department of Economics Graduate Seminar
1 credit
Exposes students to new developments in research and management in the field of economics. Features participation by students, faculty, and guest lecturers.
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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APEC 7970 - Dissertation Research
1-9 credits
PhD dissertation research.
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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APEC 7990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement
1-9 credits
PhD-level advisement.
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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APPR 2301 - Electrical Apprentice 1-A
5 credits
Designed for students enrolled in electrical apprenticeship. Teaches the theory of electricity and includes an introduction to electricity, basic CD theory, voltage, current, resistance, batteries, and magnetism. Covers principles, formulas and math for simple electrical circuits, series, parallel, combination circuits, and power problems. Includes theory and lab experiences.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Willingness to obtain apprentice license
Campus: USU Eastern only
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APPR 2302 - Electrical Apprentice 1-B
5 credits
Designed for students enrolled in electrical apprenticeship. Introduces measuring instruments, magnetism, circuits, devices, National Electrical Code, blueprint reading, DC motors, low voltage circuits, DC motor control, DC generators, 3 and 4 way switches, and conduit bending.
Prerequisite/Restriction: and apprentice license
Campus: USU Eastern only
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APPR 2303 - Electrical Apprentice 2-A
5 credits
Designed for students enrolled in electrical apprenticeship. Covers the application of AC theory as it applies to industrial applications in the electrical field. Covers the basic construction and theory of inductance, capacitance, and resistors dealing with L.C.R. circuits as they are used in the electrical field. Emphasizes hands-on lab experience in correcting power factor in motors, comparing true power and reactive power in inductor, capacitors and resistors.
Prerequisite/Restriction: and apprentice license
Campus: USU Eastern only
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APPR 2304 - Electrical Apprentice 2-B
5 credits
Designed for students enrolled in electrical apprenticeship. Covers the installation, troubleshooting, preventive maintenance and repair of AC motors, motor control, and transformers. Students will learn the proper use of tools and test equipment needed in maintaining AC motors, motor control, and transformers. Includes theory and lab experiences.
Prerequisite/Restriction: and apprentice license
Campus: USU Eastern only
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APPR 2310 - Electrical Apprentice 3-A
5 credits
Designed for students enrolled in electrical apprenticeship. Includes installation, trouble-shooting, preventive maintenance, and repair of AC motor controls. Covers the proper use of hand tools and test equipment, used in the maintenance of AC motor controllers. Completers should be able to work at entry level jobs maintaining AC motor control equipment in an industrial environment.
Prerequisite/Restriction: and apprentice license
Campus: USU Eastern only
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APPR 2320 - Electrical Apprentice 3-B
5 credits
Designed for students enrolled in electrical apprenticeship. Covers the theory of the operation of electronic devices used in industrial control systems. Students study test equipment and procedures used in the installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of electronic control circuits. The basic theory and operation of instrumentation and process control equipment is introduced. Completers should be able to work in industry in related entry level positions.
Prerequisite/Restriction: and apprentice license
Campus: USU Eastern only
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APPR 2410 - Electrical Apprentice 4-A
5 credits
Designed for students enrolled in electrical apprenticeship. Studies: Industrial motor control with particular attention to the National Electrical Code and Programmable Logic Controllers. (PLC). Explores the fundamental parts of a PLC system, identifying their use and how they work together to make a control system. Completers should be qualified to work in industry in related work at entry level positions.
Prerequisite/Restriction: and apprentice license
Campus: USU Eastern only
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APPR 2420 - Electrical Apprentice 4-B
5 credits
Final course designed for students enrolled in electrical apprenticeship. Reviews DC and AC theory, electrical circuits and circuit calculations, transformers, motors and motor control circuits. Studies the calculation of single and three phase loads, service entrance size, feeder and branch circuit capacity, wire and conduit size, and voltage drops. Includes a comprehensive study of all chapters of the National Electrical Code with an emphasis placed on the preparation for taking the Utah State Journeyman Exam. Completers should be prepared to take the Utah State Journeyman Exam, provided they have completed all Utah State requirements.
Prerequisite/Restriction: and apprentice license
Campus: USU Eastern only
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APPR 2988 - Special Problems
1-3 credits
Individual work approved by instructor. Time and credit to be arranged.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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ARBC 1010 - Arabic First Year I
4 credits
Communicative competencies in the four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing, with exposure to cultures and customs.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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ARBC 1020 - Arabic First Year II
4 credits
Communicative competencies in the four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing, with exposure to cultures and customs.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ARBC 1010 or equivalent.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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ARBC 1800 - Study-Abroad Arabic Language and Society I
1-8 credits
This is a 4-week program of Arabic language and culture for students having no previous exposure to Arabic. The program aims to develop the students’ communicative competencies and expose them to the society, culture, and customs of the Arab people.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Summer, Even Years
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ARBC 2010 - Intermediate Standard Arabic Second Year I
4 credits
This course focuses on developing proficiency in the formal oral and written Arabic language, with emphasis on advanced grammar topics, oral fluency skills, non-technical prose reading and writing, and cultural awareness activities.
Prerequisite/Restriction:
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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ARBC 2020 - Intermediate Standard Arabic Second Year II
4 credits
Continuation of ARBC 2010
Prerequisite/Restriction:
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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ARBC 2800 - Study-Abroad Arabic Language and Society II
1-8 credits
This is a 4-week program of Arabic language and culture for students having a beginner level of Arabic. The program aims to develop the students’ communicative competencies and expose them to the society, culture, and customs of the Arab people.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Summer, Even Years
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ARBC 3010 - Advanced Arabic I
3 credits
Advanced course on Arabic grammar, morphology, and vocabulary in Modern Standard Arabic. The course is designed for the non-native speaker and will further develop student’s ability to communicate in Arabic orally and in reading and writing.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ARBC 2020 or permission of the instructor
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Alternate Years
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ARBC 3020 - Advanced Arabic II
3 credits
This course is designed to develop increased commmunication competence in Arabic. The course will focus on grammar, morphology, and vocabulary in Modern Standard Arabic.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ARBC 3010 or permisson of instructor
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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ARBC 3030 - Introduction to Islam
3 credits
This course will focus on understanding Islam through the examination of what Muslim jurists, theologians, exegetes and traditionalists think of their own traditions. This course will focus on the core beliefs, practices, scriptures and sentiments that have defined historically Muslim communities. In addition, the course aims to examine the spiritual dimensions, the theological discourses and the legal maxims of the Muslim traditions.
Cross-listed as: HIST 3030 and
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ARBC 4040 - Language and Culture of the Arab World
3 credits
Communicative competencies in the four language skills: speaking, listening, reading, and writing, with exposure to cultures and customs. This course is only for students with no previous background in the Arabic language.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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ART 1010 - Exploring Art (BCA)
BCA Breadth Creative Arts
3 credits
Introduction to the visual arts, including the language, elements, and history of art.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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ART 1020 - Drawing I
3 credits
Introduction to the visual language of drawing, the graphic elements, various drawing media, and the creative problems involved.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 1050 - Introduction to Photography
3 credits
Overview of photography. Operation of camera and related equipment, exposure and development of black and white and color positive film materials, and enlarging and printing of black and white negatives, with a strong emphasis on composition and photographic aesthetics.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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ART 1110 - Drawing I ( Art Majors Only)
3 credits
Development of foundation drawing skills for art majors. Introduction to fundamental drawing principles and various drawing media through creative applications. Required for art majors.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Enrollment limited to art majors having freshman standing (30 or less earned credits) only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 1120 - Two-Dimensional Design
3 credits
Study and problem solving of form, space, texture, value, and color theory.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 1130 - Three-Dimensional Design
3 credits
Fosters development of basic understanding of three-dimensional form and space relationships. Includes three-dimensional problem solving, as well as use of a range of materials.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 1150 - Two-Dimensional Design (Art Majors Only)
3 credits
Foundation design course for art majors. Exploration of the elements and principles of two-dimensional design. Extensive use of a variety of media in creative problem solving. Required for art majors.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Enrollment limited to art majors having freshman standing (30 or less earned credits) only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 1160 - Three-Dimensional Design (Art Majors Only)
3 credits
Foundation design course for art majors. Exploration into the principles and vocabulary of visual organization in three dimensions. Through the manipulation of a variety of materials, students gain understanding of form and space. Required for art majors.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Enrollment limited to art majors having freshman standing (30 or less earned credits) only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 1430 - Basic Illustration
3 credits
Will emphasize basic drawing and painting skills in illustration problems in a variety of media and techniques. Emphasis will be placed on materials. Students will draw and paint from the model in some assignments.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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ART 2110 - Drawing II
3 credits
A continuation of ART 1020 or ART 1110 , with an emphasis on more complex problems and techniques.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 1020 or ART 1110 or permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to art majors having freshman standing (30 or less earned credits) only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 2200 - Painting I
3 credits
Introduction to visual language of painting. Focuses on organization of visual ideas and basic oil painting techniques. Provides experience in both direct and indirect painting methods, as well as introducing applied color concepts.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 1020 or ART 1110 ; and ART 1120 or ART 1150 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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ART 2220 - Watercolor Painting
3 credits
Exploration of formal, technical, and conceptual problems in water media, for students with basic painting experience. Emphasis on gaining proficiency in both transparent and opaque watercolor techniques.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 2200 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 2230 - Basic Printmaking
3 credits
Introductory course to acquaint students with the broader aspects of relief, intaglio, and planographic processes.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 1020 or ART 1110 ; and ART 1120 or ART 1150 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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ART 2260 - Intermediate Portfolio Preparation
2 credits
Designed for sophomore students who will transfer to a four-year program or begin professional careers as artists. Course addresses photographing and assembling a digital portfolio and writing artist statements, cover letters, and resumes. Critical analysis skills will be built through a series of formal critiques. Required of all art majors.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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ART 2400 - Computers and Art
3 credits
Basic course dealing with the study and use of the personal computer as a creative medium. Emphasizes hands-on software training directed toward the art of visual design and aesthetic expression. Several projects created using the computer and related peripherals. Discusses various forms of digital output and communications. Critical reviews of art projects focus on the elements and principles of visual design, as well as basic graphic design concepts.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Enrollment limited to Art majors only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
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ART 2500 - Advanced Photography
3 credits
A continuation of , the advanced course will further the skills and experiences of the photographer in technical controls, lighting and exposure. A greater emphasis will be placed on aesthetics and photographic style. The instructor will use lectures, demonstrations and reviews to help the student better understand the medium. An introduction to experimental photography and image enhancement processes will be explored. The student, in conjunction with the instructor, will develop a project that will be presented in portfolio form at the end of the semester. Emphasis will be placed on the aesthetic and presentation skills acquired during the class.
Prerequisite/Restriction:
Campus: USU Eastern only
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ART 2600 - Basic Sculpture
3 credits
Introduction to additive and subtractive processes in the realization of sculptural ideas. Student involvement in carving, clay modeling, and construction projects.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 1130 or ART 1160 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 2650 - Introduction to Ceramics
3 credits
Introduction to basic processes of ceramics and the operation of the USU ceramics lab. Includes handbuilding, throwing, and firing.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ART 2660 - Intermediate Ceramics
3 credits
Includes all the descriptions in course with an emphasis on throwing larger forms, extruded sculptural forms and Raku firing of wheel thrown forms.
Campus: USU Eastern only
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ART 2810 - Photography I
3 credits
Black and white photography, including camera operation, exposure and development, and enlarging and printing of black and white negatives, with a concern for advancing technical controls, aesthetics, and darkroom experimentation. Introduction to electronic imaging.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 2900 - Introductory Internship/CO-OP
3 credits
Introductory level educational work experience in an internship/cooperative education position approved by the Department of Art and Design.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 2920 - Sophomore Independent Projects
1-3 credits
Sophomore-intermediate level problems in emphasis, medium, and idiom of student’s choice. Student-planned projects, executed through individual initiative and scheduled consulation with instructor.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 1020 or ART 1110 ; ART 1120 or ART 1150 ; and ART 1130 or ART 1160
Repeatable for credit
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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ART 3000 - Secondary Art Methods I
3 credits
Focuses on developing art curricula by formulating objectives for teaching art history, art appreciation, and the making of art in the secondary schools. Required for art education majors.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 3050 - Japanese Calligraphy
1 credit
Study of Japanese writing system through practicing the art of calligraphy.
Cross-listed as: JAPN 3050 .
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
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ART 3200 - Painting II
3 credits
Continuation of concepts and techniques covered in ART 2200 , emphasizing more complex formal and conceptual problems.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 2200 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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ART 3220 - Screen Printing
3 credits
Investigation of the basic processes employed in screen printing. Includes surface preparation, image preparation, drawing techniques, registration, and printing of the screen.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 2230 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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ART 3230 - Lithography
3 credits
Investigation of the basic processes employed in lithography, including surface preparation, basic drawing techniques, registration, processing, and printing of the stone or plate, as well as photo, transfer, and color methods.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 2230 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
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ART 3240 - Intaglio
3 credits
Investigation of the basic processes employed in intaglio, including acid (line etch, aquatint, lift grounds, soft ground) and nonacid (dry point, mezzotint, engraving) techniques, as well as transfer and color methods.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 2230 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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ART 3250 - Relief Prints
3 credits
Introduction to relief printing, including woodcut, linoleum cut, and wood engraving.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 2230 .
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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ART 3270 - Color: Theory and Practice
3 credits
Explores both the theory and application of color in the visual arts. Special emphasis placed on the development of applied color skills.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Summer
3 |
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ART 3300 - Clinical Experience I
1 credit
First clinical practicum (30 hours minimum) in middle and secondary schools, arranged by special methods instructors in department. Required at level I.
Prerequisite/Restriction: Admission into Teacher Education
Repeatable for credit.
Pass/Fail only.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
1 |
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ART 3350 - Drawing for Illustration
3 credits
Encourages drawing with a variety of media. Students will draw from the model in class. Homework consists of filling two 100-page sketchbooks with drawings from life, memory, or photographs.
Repeatable for credit.
3 |
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ART 3370 - Illustration Concepts
3 credits
Students learn to develop visual ideas for illustrations and carry an idea through the stage of roughs to a comprehensive and finished image, using both digital and traditional media.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 1020 or ART 1110 ; ART 1120 or ART 1150 ; and ART 2400 .
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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ART 3400 - Typography
3 credits
Introductory graphic design course, dealing with concepts and principles related to the exploration of typography as an art and design element. Series of exercises designed to give students professional and philosophical look at aesthetic and functional use of type and related visual elements.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 1120 or ART 1150 ; and ART 2400 .
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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ART 3420 - Communication Arts Seminar
1 credit
Lecture seminars by professional guest artists in illustration and graphic design.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
1 |
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ART 3610 - Intermediate Sculpture
3 credits
Further development in the materials, techniques, and traditions of sculpture. Expands on specific explorations, such as modeling, construction, and carving. Emphasizes strong relationship between concept and the technical execution of a sculptural form.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 2600 .
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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ART 3650 - Intermediate Ceramics: Handbuilding
3 credits
Application of traditional ceramic construction techniques to vessel and sculptural subjects.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 2650 .
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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ART 3660 - Intermediate Ceramics: Throwing on the Potter’s Wheel
3 credits
Focuses on throwing and trimming techniques using the potter’s wheel. Emphasizes production of multiples.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 2650 .
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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ART 3700 - Elementary Art Methods
3 credits
Focuses on developing art curricula by formulating objectives for teaching art processes, art history, and art appreciation in the elementary schools. Required preparation for a grade school teacher.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
3 |
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ART 3710 - Fine Art Seminar
1 credit
Lecture seminars given by professionals as part of the Art Department visiting artist program.
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring
1 |
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ART 3810 - Photography II
3 credits
Advanced black and white photography emphasizing technical controls, including the zone system and introduction to the 4x5 camera. Application of technical skills to enhance creative photographic expression. Continuation of digital imaging and use of computer for sensitometry graphing.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 2810 or equivalent experience.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Spring
3 |
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ART 4000 - Secondary Art Methods II
3 credits
Focuses on developing methodologies for presenting art concepts and techniques in the secondary schools.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 3000 .
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall
3 |
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ART 4200 - Advanced Drawing and Painting Studio
3-6 credits
Advanced individual painting and drawing projects. Students may use a variety of painting and drawing methods to execute a series of closely related paintings and drawings that are intended to develop a focused and personal portfolio.
Prerequisite/Restriction: ART 2200 .
Repeatable for credit.
Semester(s) Traditionally Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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