Summer Session Courses

ART 205 Drawing I
Course Description: Acquaints students with the basic concept of drawing with various media, including pencil, charcoal, chalk, and pen and ink. Experiences in skill-building exercises are emphasized, as well as their practical application.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Rudel

CJ 250 LGBT and Crime (Topics)
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Carrillo

COMM 250 Introductory Filmmaking
Course Description: Introduces students to the techniques and traditions of fictional narrative filmmaking. Emphasis is placed on principles of visual storytelling and conventions of continuity and composition, videography, lighting, editing, and production management. Students also learn the fundamentals of screenwriting.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Minnis

HE 201.01 Safety and First Aid
Course Description: Provides the general public with the knowledge and skills necessary to meet and handle most emergency situations when first-aid care is needed. Incorporates personal safety and accident prevention information and acquaints students with the many causes of accidents so care can be taken to eliminate or minimize such causes.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Harrell

HIST 101.01 US Since 1979 (Topics)
Course Description: This topics course is an introduction to the study of United States history. While taking a focus on a particular topic or era during each semester, the course gives special attention to the doing of history through introduction to the materials and methods of historical inquiry.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Margolies

POLS 202.01 Politics and Film (Topics)
Course Description: A use of film to explore basic concepts within political science. Topics include war and peace, democratic governance, and social justice.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Schwennicke

CHEM 470.01 Internship in Natural Sciences
Course Description: An intensive study of a specific field of science through an on-site field experience with hands-on learning opportunities that are relevant to the chosen site. Students may enroll for 2 or 4 hours in a given semester. A minimum of 80 hours devoted to the internship is expected for 2 semester hours, and a minimum of 160 hours is expected for 4 semester hours, but some placements may require more time. Students must coordinate their internship placement with the supervising faculty member at least two months prior to placement.
Course Credits: 2
Course Instructor: Howard

CJ 481.01 Internship in Criminal Justice and Sociology
Course Description: Students conduct a sociological research project of their own design, present the results in appropriate written form, and defend the effort in an oral examination. Research problems may focus on theoretical or empirical topics. Relevant methods may range from bibliographic search to field observation.
Course Credits: 8
Course Instructor: Liverman

COMM 481.01 Internship in Communication
Course Description: A significant, practical learning experience for the student of communication and, as such, a required component of the program of studies. Students may complete one or two internships as part of the major
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Staff

EES 470.01 Internship in Natural Sciences
Course Description: An intensive study of a specific field of science through an on-site field experience. Internships involve hands-on opportunities in the sciences that are relevant to the chosen site. Students may enroll for 2 or 4 semester hours in a given semester.
Course Credits: 2
Course Instructor: Henry

EES 489.01 Research in Natural Sciences
Course Description: Offers students the opportunity to conduct original scientific research in an area of interest. Students work closely with one or more members of the natural science faculty to develop and conduct a research project, then present their findings orally during the semester’s undergraduate research symposium and as a formal research paper. Students are encouraged to present their findings at a conference.
Course Credits: 2
Course Instructor: Henry

EES 489.02 Research in Natural Sciences
Course Description: Offers students the opportunity to conduct original scientific research in an area of interest. Students work closely with one or more members of the natural science faculty to develop and conduct a research project, then present their findings orally during the semester’s undergraduate research symposium and as a formal research paper. Students are encouraged to present their findings at a conference.
Course Credits: 2
Course Instructor: Malcolm

REC 408.01 Research Methods in Sport and Recreation
Course Description: This course is designed to cover the various methods employed in research related to sport and recreation. Focus is upon descriptive methods, sampling, surveying, participant observation, and data interpretation in agencies providing sport and recreation experiences. While introduced, this course does not concentrate on experimental research design.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Kennedy, D

RT 309.01 Jr Internship: Recreational Therapy
Course Description: Offers the opportunity to investigate the leadership, programming, operation, and management of leisure service agencies while gaining paid or volunteer experience. Through a comprehensive focus on individual areas of administration, the course is tailored to the individual needs of the student and agency to maximize experience and reflection.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Collins

RT 409.01 Sr Internship: Recreational Therapy
Course Description: Field placement in an approved recreation or therapeutic recreation setting. Students intern under a trained recreation professional and participate in all phases of agency operation.
Course Credits: 12
Course Instructor: Collins

SOC 484.01 Internship in Criminal Justice and Sociology
Course Description: Practiced, supervised experience in direct student learning in applied social settings. Students learn how acquired knowledge and research writing skills can be applied to the workplace. Practical and applied learning through student performance in the applied setting gives the student a “competitive edge” for future community/workplace contribution.
Course Credits: 8
Course Instructor: Liverman

SPAN 111.01 Beginning Spanish I
Course Description: An introduction to the Spanish language and culture. Focuses on cultural aspects. Emphasizes the development of basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Audiovisual materials supplement the program
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Risk

SPAN 112.01 Beginning Spanish II
Course Description: An introduction to the Spanish language and culture. Focuses on cultural aspects. Emphasizes the development of basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Audiovisual materials supplement the program.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Hugueno

SPAN 213.01 Intermediate Spanish
Course Description: Development of conversational and writing skills through review of familiar and complex structures, and extensive oral-aural practice. Students attain fluency at a secondary level and the ability to interpret written material adequate for the level. The course also looks at general aspects of the Spanish-speaking world relevant to the understanding of its culture.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Hugueno

SRM 309.01 Jr Internship: Sport and Rec Management
Course Description: Offers the opportunity to investigate the leadership, programming, operation, and management of leisure service agencies while gaining paid or volunteer experience. Through a comprehensive focus on individual areas of administration, the course is tailored to the individual needs of the student and agency to maximize experience and reflection.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Kennedy, D

SRM 409.01 Sr Internship: Sport and Rec Management
Course Description: Field placement in an approved sport and/or recreation setting. Students intern under a trained recreation professional and participate in all phases of agency operation.
Course Credits: 12
Course Instructor: Sturts

SW 307.01 Death, Dying, Loss, & Grief
Course Description: Explores contemporary and historical societal influences, cultural practices, and spiritual beliefs surrounding the experience of death. Students examine religious rituals related to the preparation of the body, the burial and the mourning process and examine the ethics surrounding end of life decisions and how death is determined from a medical and legal perspective. Other topics include current legal issues and instruments such as advance directives, wills, and powers of attorney; current ethical controversies around life sustaining measures, physician-assisted death, and organ transplantation; the impact of loss throughout the life cycle as a result of normal developmental transitions and as a result of suicide, violence, and disaster; and the needs of those identified as disenfranchised grievers such as partners of AIDS patients, families of suicide victims, women who have miscarried, and young widows/widowers. Prerequisite: Junior/senior status or consent. Offered fall of odd-numbered years.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Christman

ART 204.01 Digital Art I
Course Description: Explores the computer as an art-making tool. Includes practice exercises to learn software. Topics include photo manipulations, the use of color, typestyles, page design, and composition. Students apply these concepts and skills to original, digital artworks.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Swift

ART 208.01 Photography I
Course Description: Explores photography as an art form. Topics include the control of digital camera functions, composition, artistic techniques, and laws impacting the use of photos. Students must supply a digital camera and are responsible for the commercial development of all prints.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Swift

ART 485.01 Visual Arts Internship
Course Description: Requires active involvement in an arts organization for a minimum of 130 hours, additional meetings with a faculty mentor, and submission of an electronic portfolio of materials including reflection on the internship experience.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Swift

CHEM 489.01 Research in Natural Sciences
Course Description: Offers students the opportunity to conduct original scientific research in an area of interest. Students work closely with one or more members of the natural science faculty to develop and conduct a research project, then present their findings orally during the semester’s undergraduate research symposium and as a formal research paper. Students are encouraged to present their findings at a conference.
Course Credits: 2
Course Instructor: Howard

EDUC 366.01 Classroom Management & Teaching Strategies
Course Description: Provides teacher candidates with classroom management content and skills that create positive classroom behavioral supports through strategies, effective teacher behaviors, and student assessments and interventions. Candidates develop a classroom management plan. A required 10-hour field experience assignment supports the application of the management skills.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: McConnell

EES 200.01 Oceanography
Course Description: Explores the geology of the ocean basins and the physical and chemical nature of seawater. Topics studied include ocean waves, tides, and currents. Links between the oceans and the atmosphere are explored with special emphasis on the effect of oceans on climate, El Nino, and climate change.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Gonsalves-Jackson

HIST 250.01 African American History Since the Civil War
Course Description: Applies skills in historical analysis to a variety of geographical, chronological, cultural, social, and political topics. Students learn how societies change over time, analyzing primary documents in their historical context and developing independent arguments based on primary sources. Requires an 8-10-page paper based on primary source evidence.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Casey

MATH 210.01 Introductory Statistics
Course Description: Introduces students to learning from data. Topics include the basics of data production, data analysis, probability, Central Limit Theorem, and statistical inference. Statistical software is used for data management, calculation, and visualization. No previous knowledge of statistics is required.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Smith

MUS 310.01 Summer Music Conference
Course Description: An in-depth study of some aspect of sacred music including, but not limited to, hymnology and sacred choral literature, sacred music history, and choral directing, all within the context of a variety of religious traditions.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Billy

ARTH 232.50 Renaissance to 20th Century Art History
Course Description: A survey of the visual arts and their relationship to social, cultural, and political history from the Renaissance to the Modern era. Concentrates on the European tradition of painting, sculpture, and architecture, especially the changing social role of artists and the development of modern definitions of “fine art.”
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Napier

BIO 110.50 The World of Biology
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Postava-Davignon

CHEM 109.50 Chemistry in Society
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Kittredge

CJ 335.50 Deviant Behavior
Course Description: Sociological studies of various unconventional groups and individuals and the forms of social control they encounter. Topics may include: theories of deviance and conformity; typical reactions to deviance; control agents and agencies; how deviants cope with conventional society.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Toussaint

CJ 389.50 Criminal Investigation
Course Description: An introduction to the general processes of criminal investigation that engages students’ critical analysis of how and why crimes are committed. Students learn basic investigation techniques and responsibilities.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Brown

CLAS 210.50 Roman History
Course Description: Students read and analyze wide-ranging secondary and primary sources from history, literature, and archaeology to explore Roman civilization from its earliest beginnings, through the period of Republican expansion and transition into a vast empire, concluding with the Empire’s ultimate decline and dissolution. Special attention is given to Roman historiography and to the political changes from Republic to Empire.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Haller

COMM 325.50 Organizational Communication
Course Description: Examines all forms of communication in any profit or non-profit organization. Combines theory and practice to understand intended and unintended messages. Topics include culture, networking, impact of technology, medium and channel, and rhetorical purpose.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Takacs

ENG 306.50 Ecopoetry
Course Description: An in-depth exploration of the various ways in which contemporary poets and critics seek to understand past and present poetries as negotiating the often porous boundaries between the human and non-human in our experiences of the world.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Weinstein

ENG 317.50 Children's Literature
Course Description: An introduction to children’s literature that presents a wide variety of texts and approaches to literature. Focuses on appreciating the texts as literature through the use of literary and cultural theories. Contemporary and canonical novels and picture books are discussed.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Larkin

ENVS 106.50 Humans and the Environment
Course Description: Examines the interactions between our society and the environment, with the goal of achieving sustainability. Topics include society’s energy and water requirements, biodiversity conservation, food production, urban planning, sustainable development, and other current topics. Although the course emphasis is a social systems perspective, environmental issues necessitate an interdisciplinary approach.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Weinstein

ENVS 306.50 Ecopoetry
Course Description: An in-depth exploration of the various ways in which contemporary poets and critics seek to understand past and present poetries as negotiating the often porous boundaries between the human and non-human in our experiences of the world.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Weinstein

ENVS 326.50 Environmental Policy Analysis
Course Description: Examines environmental politics and policy by studying a set of substantive environmental policy issues to establish the issue context, define the policy problems, and evaluate alternative solutions. Prerequisite
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Gibson

ENVS 470.50 Internship in Environmental Studies
Course Description: An intensive study of the environment through on-site field experience. Placements involve hands-on experiences such as education, grassroots activism, public policy, and habitat management. Students may enroll for 2 or 4 semester hours in a given semester. A minimum of 80 hours devoted to the internship is expected for 2 semester hours, and a minimum of 160 hours is expected for 4 semester hours, but some placements may require more time. Students must coordinate their internship placement with the supervising faculty member at least two months prior to placement.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Ramsey

ISP 101.50 Fundamentals of Information Systems
Course Description: Introduces students to the fundamental principles and practices of utilizing information systems to help organizations achieve their goals and carry out their missions. While the course serves as the introductory course in the Information Systems Program curriculum, it is a suitable elective for any student interested in the subject. Students should have a working knowledge of Internet use and computer applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, presentation graphics, and e-mail.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Futyma

MATH 104.50 Algebra and its Applications
Course Description: Presents topics in algebra through traditional and applications-based methods. Topics include functions, exponents and scientific notation, linear, exponential, rational and quadratic functions and graphs, systems of equations, and quadratic and linear inequalities.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Wilkinson

MBE 202.50 Introductory Microeconomics
Course Description: The second semester of this two-part course enables students to understand and apply the tools of micro-economic analysis to contemporary profit or non-profit organizations.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Wood

MBE 322.50 Financial Management
Course Description: Students learn how to determine in what assets a firm should invest and what sources of funding are appropriate. Topics include mathematical analysis of operating and financial leverage, the cost of capital, management of working capital, and sources of money and capital.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Nafar

MBE 350.50 Supply Chain Management and Logistics
Course Description: Provides an understanding of supply chain management and logistics processes as they apply to both service and manufacturing organizations. Special consideration is given to identifying ways in which the strategic use of supply chain management can create competitive advantages for firms.
Course Credits: 3
Course Instructor: Hedgepeth

MBE 400.50 Seminar in Managerial Ethics
Course Description: A course in which students construct for themselves a conceptual framework for examining and making decisions about ethical practices in managing organizations. Learning activities include self-evaluation exercises, class discussions, readings on ethical frameworks and applying them to cases, analytical issue papers, and oral reports.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Salek

PDS NB2.4 Component 4: Effective & Reflective
Course Description: Designed to fine-tune the skills developed during the PDS-NB1 course. Topics include the Core Propositions, videotaping, effective instructional practices and writing an entry. Included in class discussions is appropriate alignment to national curriculum standards as well as NBPTS standards applicable to the Take One! Entry. Teachers complete the Take One! Entry.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Ellis

POLS 112.50 Introduction to American Government
Course Description: Offers a citizen’s guide to the American political system, providing a brief overview of the Founders’ constitutional design, the federal system, and politics and policy-making in the presidency, bureaucracy, Congress, and the Supreme Court. Covers key judicial rulings on civil rights and liberties and national powers. Gives special attention to the electoral process, the media, and the ways that ordinary citizens can influence governmental policies.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Caughell

POLS 326.50 Environmental Policy Analysis
Course Description: Examines environmental politics and policy by studying a set of substantive environmental policy issues to establish the issue context, define the policy problems and evaluate alternative solutions.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Gibson

PSY 388.50 Cognition
Course Description: Examines research findings that help us understand how people perceive, remember, and think. Provides extensive opportunities for students to gain valuable insights regarding their own cognitive skills.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Ariel

PSY 477.50 History and Systems of Modern Psychology
Course Description: An examination of psychology’s evolution from its roots in vintage philosophical and biological concerns to its present diversity of research directions and areas of application that reveals the issues of substance and methodology that have systematically developed. Emphasizes analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of information. Especially useful to the psychology major seeking to identify a topic for the original research project (see PSY 480) and the non-major interested in an advanced but general coverage of fundamental psychological trends and perspectives.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Jackson, C

SOC 335.50 Deviant Behavior
Course Description: Sociological studies of various unconventional groups and individuals and the forms of social control they encounter. Topics may include: theories of deviance and conformity; typical reactions to deviance; control agents and agencies; how deviants cope with conventional society.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Toussaint

CJ 100.50 Intro to Criminal Justice
Course Description: Engages students in critical analysis of the criminal justice system in America. Emphasizes the investigation of social order and the notion of “justice” as defined by the various social institutions. Students explore the significance of law, state and property relations, and the administration of justice through police, the courts, and corrections.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Twitty

CJ 488.50 Capstone in SOC/CJ
Course Description: By exploring a client-posed problem, students will synthesize and apply their previous work in the major to address a “real world” problem faced by an agency or organization.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Liverman

CS 112.50 Computer Programming I
Course Description: Java and C++ languages are introduced. Topics include the program development process, structured programming, data types, variables and expressions, input/output, assignment, selection, looping, functions, and arrays.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Wang

CS 212.50 Computer Programming II
Course Description: A continuation of CS 112. Topics include advanced programming design in user-defined data types, arrays, structures, pointers, array-based lists, binary searching, recursion, and introduction to object-oriented programming techniques.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Wang

EES 133.50 Environmental Geology with Lab
Course Description: Investigates the interaction between people and the earth. Acquaints students with issues surrounding the origin, distribution, and exploitation of water, mineral, and energy resources. Natural hazards and their mitigation and issues surrounding Earth’s climate are investigated. Intended for those seeking laboratory general education credit and/or those interested in pursuing a major in EES.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Ford

ENG 410.50 Environmental Writings
Course Description: A study of the important environmental writings and how they have shaped our understanding of the relationship between humans and nature.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Weinstein

ENVS 107.50 Environmental Biology
Course Description: Students will understand how humans impact the environment through resource use, pollution, and population.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Ramsey

ENVS 410.50 Environmental Writings
Course Description: A study of the important environmental writings and how they have shaped our understanding of the relationship between humans and nature.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Weinstein

ENVS 470.50 Internship in Environmental Studies
Course Description: An intensive study of the environment through on-site field experience. Placements involve hands-on experiences such as education, grassroots activism, public policy, and habitat management. Students may enroll for 2 or 4 semester hours in a given semester. A minimum of 80 hours devoted to the internship is expected for 2 semester hours, and a minimum of 160 hours is expected for 4 semester hours, but some placements may require more time. Students must coordinate their internship placement with the supervising faculty member at least two months prior to placement.
Course Credits: 2
Course Instructor: Ramsey

GER 370.50 The History of German Cinema
Course Description: In this course we will be exploring the history of German Cinema from its early days during the Weimar Republic (Germany between the two World Wars) to the present day. Attention will be given to the social, political, and cultural aspects of Germany as related through selected German films.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Wansink, S

MATH 210.50 Introductory Statistics
Course Description: Introduces students to learning from data. Topics include the basics of data production, data analysis, probability, Central Limit Theorem, and statistical inference. Statistical software is used for data management, calculation, and visualization. No previous knowledge of statistics is required
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Reese

MBE 315.50 Managing Diversity in Organizations
Course Description: Promotes an awareness of cultural differences and positive attitudes toward these differences. Includes topics related to effective management of people who vary in race, gender, age, disability status, nationality, or sexual orientation
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Salek

MBE 316.50 Marketing Principles
Course Description: Builds upon the analytical and communication skills gained in lower-level courses. Students gain an understanding of products and services, channels of distribution, pricing strategies, and elements of promotion
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Ferguson

MBE 360.50 Operations Management
Course Description: Reviews essential qualitative and quantitative techniques used in business decision-making and problem solving. Includes decision analysis, forecasting, linear programming, project scheduling, inventory cost minimization, TQM, process and queuing analysis. Emphasizes the practical application of these techniques to production and operations management problems in both the manufacturing and service sectors.
Course Credits: 3
Course Instructor: Hedgepeth

MUS 120.50 Music and the Brain
Course Description: Listen to and discuss a variety of music and musical styles and their connection to the brain and our emotions. Investigate how we understand and appreciate the aesthetic values of various genres and periods of music. Develop basic musical skills and music literacy.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Mortensen

POLS 265.50 Research Methods
Course Description: Introduces the political science major to the methods of political research. Students learn how political scientists know what they know, and how they gain tools with which to explore, describe, explain, present, and debate this knowledge. Students actively experience every dimension of the research process as they plan, design, and carry out their own projects, then communicate their findings in written and oral formats. Daily classes include lecture and discussion of class readings, and individual student research.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Schwennicke

PSY 313.50 Clinical Neuropsychology
Course Description: Facilitates learning about the connections and interactions between neuroanatomy and functioning of the brain and neuropsychological disorders. Considers how clinical neuropsychologists assess, diagnose, and treat dysfunctions in these areas.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Myers

PSY 373.50 Child Development
Course Description: An overview of biological, psychological, and environmental influences on human development in childhood, including current psychological theories, research, and real-world applications.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Martorell

SOC 488.50 Capstone in SOC/CJ
Course Description: By exploring a client-posed problem, students will synthesize and apply their previous work in the major to address a “real world” problem faced by an agency or organization. This course is designed to emphasize applied learning.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Liverman

SOCSCI 200.50 Integrated Learning
Course Description: An introduction to the Social Science Major. Students will explore the VWU Frames of Reference, integrate these with Social Science approaches to learning, and translate their understanding into integrative electronic portfolios
Course Credits: 2
Course Instructor: Ewell, S

SW 336.50 Lifespan Development and Behavior
Course Description: Designed for students who want to develop a strong foundation in human growth and development. Biological, social, and psychological theories of growth and development are examined from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Students learn about normal development from conception to aged death as well as certain pathological processes are
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Dobrin

WES 200.50 Wesleyan Seminar II: What is Poetry?
Course Description: Continued development of the critical inquiry practices introduced in WES 100. Particular attention is paid to engagement with texts. Students are asked to address the complexities of texts and contexts while clearly articulating their own points of view and discerning those from the perspectives of others.
Course Credits: 4
Course Instructor: Weinstein