2022-2023 McMurry University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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Computer Science |
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COSC 2370 - Assembly Language and Computer Organization UG
Credit Hours: 3
A required course in COSC major. Topics covered include an introduction to machine language and computer structure including data representation, conversion, hardware organization, addressing, macros, branching, I/O, subroutines and linkages. Students must have a laptop computer.
Prerequisites: COSC 1325 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: Fall
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COSC 3315 - Information and Communication Technologies UG
Credit Hours: 3
Students in this course will use a number of contemporary tools for information management, collaboration, media production, publication, networking and communication. Focus will be on creating, managing, and marketing a digital identity. Course readings will present a number of perspectives on how ICT is changing education, business, politics, and society. This is a technology and writing intensive course. Students must have a laptop computer.
Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: Spring even years
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COSC 3330 - Fundamentals of Networking UG
Credit Hours: 3
Required for COSC major, IT major and minor, and elective for COSC minor. Topics include methods of data transmission, hardware systems, error detection, network architecture and protocol definition. Application studies include satellite services, choosing voice data switches and LAN configuration. Students must have a laptop computer.
Prerequisites: COSC 1340 , or COIS 2350 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: Spring
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COSC 3360 - Data Structures UG
Credit Hours: 3
A required course for COSC major and minor. Topics covered include data representation and associated algorithms, arrays, stacks, queues, linked list structures, trees, graphs, sorting, searching, merging of files. Students must have a laptop computer.
Prerequisites: COSC 1340 or COIS 2350 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: Fall
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COSC 4310 - Organization of Programming Languages UG
Credit Hours: 3
Required for COSC major and elective for COSC minors. The course covers the formal definition of programming languages including specification of syntax and semantics. Particular emphasis is placed on programming language design, evaluation, and implementation. Students must have a laptop computer.
Prerequisites: COSC 3360 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: Spring
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COSC 4340 - Operating Systems UG
Credit Hours: 3
Required course for COSC major and elective for COSC minor. Major concepts of operating systems principles and their relationship to computer architecture are the central points of this course. Topics include file services, CPU scheduling, memory management, device scheduling, deadlocks, concurrency, protection, and distributed systems. Students must have a laptop computer.
Prerequisites: COSC 2370 and COSC 3360 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: Spring
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COSC 4360 - Software Engineering UG
Credit Hours: 3
Required course for COSC and IT majors and elective for COSC minor. Continuation of COIS 4350 consisting of a team-based project to implement a software system designed in prerequisite course. This is the capstone course for Computer Science, and Info Technology. Students must have a laptop computer.
Prerequisites: COIS 4350 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: Spring
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COSC 4388 - Internship Computer Science UG
Credit Hours: 3
Elective for COSC major. This course provides an opportunity for selected students to gain actual experience through on-the-job assignments in a computer facility located in the community. This is an experience-enriched course.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
When Offered: Fall, Spring as needed
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Criminal Justice |
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CRJS XX99 - Special Topics UG
Credit Hours: Variable Credit
Departmental elective for majors. These courses focus on topics that broaden the departmental curriculum or meet student demand.
Prerequisites: permission of department chair.
Repeatable for Credit: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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CRJS 1311 - Principles of Criminal Justice UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on the formal crime control process in the United States. Students will examine the agencies and processes involved in administering justice: the police, the prosecutor, the courts, and correctional systems.
Prerequisites: None.
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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CRJS 1312 - Introduction to Law Enforcement UG
Credit Hours: 3
The development of U. S. policing, stressing the relationship of police to local politics and the effects of civil service, reform movements, and technological change.
Prerequisites: CRJS 1311 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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CRJS 1313 - Crisis Management UG
Credit Hours: 3
The course develops managerial skills in crisis avoidance, management, and recovery. Students learn how to respond to situations creating danger to organizations, their employees, and the public.
Prerequisites: CRJS 1311 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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CRJS 1321 - Criminal Investigation UG
Credit Hours: 3
Students will learn to recognize the relevant components of a successful and ethical criminal investigation and to classify and summarize evidentiary procedure for several different types of investigations. After completion of this course, they will be prepared to go into the field to be trained on investigations, view an overall investigation and identify and organize evidence, evaluate evidence based upon constitutional standards, and create an investigative report.
Prerequisites: CRJS 1311 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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CRJS 2311 - Criminal Procedure I UG
Credit Hours: 3
Constitutional aspects of criminal procedures, including investigations, arrests, search and seizures, pre-trial processes, trial rights, sentencing, and appeals. Part I focuses primarily on the rights protected by the Fourth Amendment.
Prerequisites: CRJS 1311 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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CRJS 2321 - Criminal Procedure II UG
Credit Hours: 3
Constitutional aspects of criminal procedures, including investigations, arrests, search and seizures, pre-trial processes, trial rights, sentencing, and appeals. Part II focuses primarily on the rights protected by the Sixth Amendment.
Prerequisites: CRJS 1311 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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CRJS 2361 - Diversity in Criminal Justice UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines the interrelationship of race, class, and gender with the criminal justice system in law enforcement and the correctional system.
Prerequisites: CRJS 1311 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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CRJS 3312 - Principles of Forensic Science UG
Credit Hours: 3
Overview of general principles of forensic science, techniques, equipment, and methodologies as used in crime laboratories. Focus on fingerprint and firearm identification, trace evidence (hair, fiber, paint, glass), blood, DNA evidence, forensic documentation examination, crime scene kits, and forensic microscopy.
Prerequisites: CRJS 1311 and CRJS 1312 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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CRJS 3323 - Cybercrime UG
Credit Hours: 3
Explores legal issues and challenges faced by the criminal justice system in response to computer / cyberspace criminal investigations. Emphasis is placed upon various forms of crime perpetrated in cyberspace. Topics include forms of electronic criminal activity, enforcement of computer-related criminal statues, constitutional issues related to search and seizure, privacy concerns, application of the First Amendment in cyberspace, and laws pertaining to electronic surveillance.
Prerequisites: CRJS 1311 and CRJS 1313 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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CRJS 3332 - Community Policing UG
Credit Hours: 3
Explores how community policing is both a philosophy and an organizational strategy that allows police and community residents to work closely together in new ways to solve the problems of crime, fear of crime, physical and social disorders, and neighborhood decay.
Prerequisites: CRJS 1311 and CRJS 1312 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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CRJS 3333 - Terrorism and Counterterrorism UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course examines the indigenous and external sources of terrorism, and declared and implied objectives or strategies operations and tactics and the countermeasures that are created. This course will take an even closer look at prioritizing terrorism while trying to focus on other U. S. problems and foreign policy objectives.
Prerequisites: CRJS 1311 and CRJS 1313 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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CRJS 3341 - Juvenile Justice UG
Credit Hours: 3
Theoretical foundations of delinquency causation. Historical tracing of the American juvenile justice system, including the juvenile court and its jurisdiction, police interaction with juveniles, and treatment and correctional strategies for young offenders. Examination of prevention and treatment approaches.
Prerequisites: CRJS 1311 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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CRJS 3342 - Principles of Corrections UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides an analysis of major correctional systems; their objectives and programs as they relate to the rehabilitation of offenders. This course seeks to provide students with an analysis and evaluation of contemporary correctional systems. All aspects of the correctional system will be discussed, including, but not limited to, sentencing, probation, intermediate sanctions, jail and prison, parole, and inmate issues. The course will include discussion of recent research concerning the correctional institution and the various field services.
Prerequisites: CRJS 1311 and CRJS 1312 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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CRJS 3343 - Management of Terrorist Incidents UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course will provide an in-depth review of terrorist response recommendations and practices as well as public policy overview.
Prerequisites: CRJS 1311 and CRJS 1313 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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CRJS 3361 - Victimology UG
Credit Hours: 3
Theories and history shaping the bio-psycho-social and environmental characteristics of crime and violent victimization are examined with emphasis on their intersection with issues of race, gender, class, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
Prerequisites: CRJS 1311 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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CRJS 3381 - False Criminal Justice UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course addresses the criminal justice system when it produces false arrests, convictions, and incarcerations. Cases of innocence will be examined to determine the role of police investigations and judicial decisions in erroneous convictions.
Prerequisites: CRJS 1311 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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CRJS 4321 - Comparative Justice UG
Credit Hours: 3
The class will examine issues related to crime throughout the world. The student will identify, analyze, and compare the criminal justice systems in the U. S. with those of other countries. The course will explain the basic worldwide philosophies of law and justice, the arrangements for crime prevention and law enforcement, and the methods of selecting judges and juries around the world.
Prerequisites: CRJS 1311 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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CRJS 4341 - Serial Killers UG
Credit Hours: 3
A course that will outline the cultural, family, religious, and psychological profiles of serial killers as well as how they choose their victims. Stereotypes and myths will also be explored.
Prerequisites: CRJS 1311 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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CRJS 4352 - Police Administration UG
Credit Hours: 3
An organizational management and systems approach to the study of police administration. Emphasizes the administration of various police function, organizational structures, resources management, operational techniques, professional ethics, and leadership principles and their implications for generalized and specialized units.
Prerequisites: CRJS 1311 and CRJS 1312 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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CRJS 4353 - Homeland Security Law and Public Policy UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces the American legal system as it pertains to emergency management and public health issues.
Prerequisites: CRJS 1311 and CRJS 1313 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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CRJS 4361 - Elite Crime UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course is an analysis of socio-economic advantages and criminal behavior. Corporate and government white collar crime are examined. In addition, efforts to reduce elite crime will be presented.
Prerequisites: CRJS 1311 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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CRJS 4391 - Ethics in Criminal Justice UG
Credit Hours: 3
Identifies and explores ethics and values in the criminal justice system, paying special attention to issues of social inequality. Discusses remedial strategies and behavior relating to unethical behavior from an individual and group perspective.
Prerequisites: CRJS 1311 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Criminal Justice.
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Criminology |
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CRIM XX99 - Special Topics UG
Credit Hours: Variable Credit
This course is an elective for criminology majors or minors, and all other interested students. It is offered to broaden departmental curriculum or to meet student demand.
Prerequisites: CRIM 1315 and CRIM 2315 and SOCI 1310 .
When Offered: (By arrangement)
Repeatable for Credit: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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CRIM 4X88 - Internship in Criminology UG
Credit Hours: Variable Credit
Intended as an upper level elective for criminology majors. A pre-approved and supervised work experience designed to supplement academic training. Each course credit hour requires a minimum of 50 hours of on-site work (for example: 3 credit hours requires 150 hours worked on-site). Interested students should discuss this course with the criminology faculty by October 1 for spring semester placement and by March 1 for fall semester placement.
Prerequisites: CRIM 1315 and junior or senior standing.
When Offered: (Fall, Spring)
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CRIM 4x95 - Independent Studies UG
Credit Hours: Variable Credit
This course is an advanced elective for criminology majors or minors. This offering is an arrangement between the student and instructor of intensive study of a particular area of interest. The course includes a definition of goals appropriate for the advanced student, ways of attaining those goals, a schedule for frequent consultation, and means of measuring progress.
Prerequisites: CRIM 1315 and CRIM 2315 and SOCI 1310 and 6 additional hours in criminology.
When Offered: (By arrangement)
Repeatable for Credit: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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CRIM 4x96H - Honors Tutorial UG
Credit Hours: Variable Credit
Designed for the honors student in criminology; includes extensive reading on a select topic.
Prerequisites: 15 hours in criminology and admission to the departmental honors program.
When Offered: (By arrangement)
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CRIM 4x97H - Senior Thesis UG
Credit Hours: Variable Credit
Designed for honors students in criminology; includes conducting a research study or preparing an extended essay on a theoretical or applied topic. Regardless of the choice, the student is expected to write the thesis in the required format.
Prerequisites: 18 hours in criminology, admission to the departmental honors program, and approval of thesis by department and Honors Committee.
When Offered: (By arrangement)
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CRIM 1315 - Crime and Society UG
Credit Hours: 3
This offering is a required foundation course for criminology majors and minors. Informal and formal social control, variations of criminal behavior, and crime and punishment policies are covered.
Prerequisites: None.
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall, Spring)
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CRIM 2315 - Causes of Crime UG
Credit Hours: 3
This is a required course for criminology majors and minors. This course focuses on crime in America. Past and present aspects of typologies, punishments, corrections, and styles of enforcement are overviewed.
Prerequisites: CRIM 1315 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Spring)
TCCN: TCCN SOCI 2336
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CRIM 3325 - Wrongfully Convicted UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course is required for criminology majors and minors. This course addresses criminology from a unique angle by examining what happens when the criminal justice system gets it wrong. Students are introduced to the considerable number of individuals who have been exonerated of crimes that they did not commit. These cases suggest many issues that will be covered, some of which are coerced confessions, questionable eyewitness testimony, faulty forensic work, and poor legal advice.
Prerequisites: CRIM 1315 , CRIM 2315 and SOCI 1310 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall)
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CRIM 3335 - Juvenile Delinquency UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course is an advanced elective for criminology majors and minors. One of the interesting areas in criminology is the topic of youth and criminal activity. This course is a study of how juvenile delinquency is determined and the criminal justice system created to deal with it.
Prerequisites: CRIM 1315 , CRIM 2315 and SOCI 1310 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall)
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CRIM 3355 - Serial Murder Investigations UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course is an advanced elective for criminology majors and minors. This class is designed to examine the various theories and explanations of serial murders in U. S. society. There will be an emphasis on history, myths, public fascination, as well characteristics, motivations, and typologies of serial murderers. There will also be an emphasis on criminal profiling through the use of case studies, film, television, popular books and other popular media.
Prerequisites: None.
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall)
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CRIM 3375 - Crimes of the Powerful UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course is an analysis of the criminal behavior of social elites. Rather than crimes of individuals, the primary focus of this course is on the crimes of organizations such as political corruption, corporate crimes against consumers, workers, and the environment, and state crimes of foreign policy. The crimes of powerful individuals will be studied in the context of their positioning within powerful organizations.
Prerequisites: CRIM 1315 , CRIM 2315 and SOCI 1310 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall)
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CRIM 3385 - Crime and Punishment UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course is an advanced elective for criminology majors and minors. This course deals with the punishment phase after criminal behavior has been determined to have occurred. Particular attention is given to sentencing guidelines and correctional practices. On a more theoretical level, this offering examines the effectiveness of punishment concerning deterrence, retribution, confinement, and rehabilitation.
Prerequisites: CRIM 1315 , CRIM 2315 and SOCI 1310 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall)
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CRIM 4335 - Women and Crime UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course is required for criminology majors. This course concerns women’s experiences as offenders, victims, and prisoners in the legal system. Students will become more aware of the influence of gender, race, class, and sexuality in the labeling, processing, and punishment of offenders.
Prerequisites: CRIM 1315 , CRIM 2315 and SOCI 1310 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Spring)
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CRIM 4365 - Comparative Criminology UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course is required for criminology majors. This course broadens the student’s exposure to criminology by addressing aspects of social control and crime in societies other than America. Attempting to identify alternative approaches, attention is paid to definitions of criminal activity, enforcement, and punishment.
Prerequisites: CRIM 1315 , CRIM 2315 and SOCI 1310 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Spring)
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CRIM 4375 - Seminar in Criminology UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course is required for criminology majors and minors. The course grapples with the complexities of the criminal justice system. Issues such as defining crime, policing, forensics, constitutional right to counsel, sentencing, corrections, and parole are overviewed. This is the Capstone course for criminology.
Prerequisites: CRIM 1315 , CRIM 2315 and SOCI 1310 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Spring)
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Curriculum and Instruction |
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CURR XX99 - Special Topics UG
Credit Hours: Variable Credit
A course of study offered occasionally to groups of students to broaden departmental curriculum, to meet student demand, or to observe special events.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
When Offered: (By arrangement)
Repeatable for Credit: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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CURR 4X95 - Independent Studies UG
Credit Hours: Variable Credit
A study program arranged between an advanced student and an instructor to provide intensive study in a particular area of interest. The course includes a definition of goals appropriate for the advanced student, ways of attaining those goals, a schedule for frequent consultation, and means of measuring progress.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
When Offered: (By arrangement)
Repeatable for Credit: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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CURR 4X96H - Honors Tutorial UG
Credit Hours: Variable Credit
This course provides the honors student in Early Childhood Education with an opportunity for in-depth study of an education-related topic of interest. A proposal, outline of the study, and a reference list of major sources of information will be the work product.
Prerequisites: See requirements for honors for ECED majors.
When Offered: (By arrangement)
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CURR 4X97H - Honors Thesis UG
Credit Hours: Variable Credit
This course provides the honors student in Early Childhood Education with an opportunity to complete the study initiated in CURR 4X96 with production of a thesis and presentation.
Prerequisites: See requirements for honors for ECED majors.
When Offered: (By arrangement)
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CURR 2110 - Introduction to Education UG
Credit Hours: 1
This course provides an orientation to education as a profession, the challenge of teaching, the Texas Code of Ethics and State requirements for teacher certification. In-school observation is required. This course is required for admission to the Teacher Education Program.
Prerequisites: ENGL 1310 , ENGL 1320 , COMM 1310 , MATH 1311 or higher, and 12 hours in the content field.
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall, Spring, May)
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CURR 3301 - Theories of Learning UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on the developmental characteristics of school-age children, how they learn, and the classroom implications of both development and learning theories. Other emphases include the influence of culture on learning, behavioral, cognitive, and constructive theories of human learning, teacher- and student-focused lesson organization, motivation, and serving the educational needs of exceptional learners. (Required for teacher certification)
Prerequisites: Admission to the Teacher Education Program and junior standing.
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall, Spring, Summer)
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CURR 3302 - The Inclusive Classroom UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course will prepare students to function in public schools that serve our diverse student populations. Students will examine rights and responsibilities of teachers, students, and administrators, cultural diversity, and methods of teaching special populations. (Required for teacher certification)
Prerequisites: Admission to the Teacher Education Program and junior standing.
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall, Spring, Summer)
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CURR 3365 - Special Learners UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides prospective teachers with practical, inclusive techniques for teaching EC-6 students with special learning needs. The course will emphasize current methods for identification of students who are exceptional learners and effective teaching strategies for use with those students, both learning disabled and gifted and talented/ advanced learners.
Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall, Summer)
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CURR 4121 - Professional Development Internship EC-6 UG
Credit Hours: 1
This is a field-based course that is required by the Texas Education Agency and requires 45 hours of teaching experience in a public school assignment. (Required for EC-6 certification)
Prerequisites: CURR 3301 , CURR 3302 , senior or post baccalaureate status, and student must be in good standing in the Teacher Education Program.
Corequisites: Concurrent enrollment in CURR 4320 and CURR 4321 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall, Spring)
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CURR 4125 - Professional Development Internship 7-12 UG
Credit Hours: 1
This is a field-based course that is required by the Texas Education Agency and requires 45 hours of teaching experience in a public school assignment. (Required for 8-12 certification)
Prerequisites: CURR 3301 , CURR 3302 , senior or post baccalaureate status, and student must be in good standing in the Teacher Education Program.
Corequisites: Concurrent enrollment in CURR 4324 and CURR 4325 .
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall, Spring)
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CURR 4160 - Classroom Observations and Reflections UG
Credit Hours: 1
This course involves the student in observation and reflection of actual teaching episodes, utilizing the Texas Beginning Educators Support System (TxBESS).
Prerequisites: Admission to Teacher Ed Program and FasTrack program.
When Offered: (May)
Note: Available only to post baccalaureate students.
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CURR 4167 - Internship Seminar I UG
Credit Hours: 1
This course includes the development, implementation, analysis, and evaluation of a Teacher Work Sample and observations of teaching of the intern. Certification issues and challenges related to an internship experience will be addressed. Assignments will be submitted online.
Prerequisites: CURR 4354 and CURR 4355 and admission to the alternative certification (FasTrack) program and having found employment with a TEA approved school district.
Corequisites: CURR 4388 .
When Offered: (Fall, Spring, May)
Repeatable for Credit: repeatable for credit a maximum of six times.
Pass/Fail Course: This is a Pass/Fail graded course.
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CURR 4168 - Internship Seminar II UG
Credit Hours: 1
This course includes the development, implementation, analysis, and evaluation of a Teacher Work Sample and observations of teaching of the intern. Certification issues and challenges related to an internship experience will be addressed. Assignments will be submitted online.
Prerequisites: CURR 4354 and CURR 4355 and CURR 4167 and admission to the Alternative Certification (FasTrack) program and having found employment with a TEA approved school district.
Corequisites: CURR 4388 .
When Offered: (Fall, Spring, May)
Repeatable for Credit: repeatable for credit a maximum of six times.
Pass/Fail Course: This is a Pass/Fail graded course.
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CURR 4198 - Clinical Teaching Seminar UG
Credit Hours: 1
This course includes the development, implementation, analysis, and evaluation of a Teacher Work Sample. Certification issues and challenges related to the clinical teaching experience will be addressed. Assignments will be submitted online.
Prerequisites: Senior or post baccalaureate status and admission to clinical teaching.
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall, Spring)
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CURR 4320 - Methods and Management in the Elementary School UG
Credit Hours: 3
To be taken the semester before clinical teaching or internship. This course will focus on planning for classroom organization in elementary grades, models of classroom management and discipline, methods for ensuring effective communications with parents and other school personnel, and strategies for ongoing professional development. (Required for EC-6 Certification)
Prerequisites: CURR 3301 , CURR 3302 , senior or post baccalaureate status, and student must be in good standing in the Teacher Education Program.
Corequisites: Concurrent enrollment in CURR 4321 and CURR 4121 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall, Spring)
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CURR 4321 - Planning, Curriculum, and Assessment in the Elementary School UG
Credit Hours: 3
To be taken the semester before clinical teaching or internship. Development of planning skills, such as creating goals, objectives, lesson plans, and modifying them for special populations in grades EC-6; development of an understanding of curricula and their organization in EC-6 grades; an introduction to methods of teaching; and development of skills to create and evaluate tests. (Required for EC-6 certification)
Prerequisites: CURR 3301 , CURR 3302 , senior or post baccalaureate status, and student must be in good standing in the Teacher Education Program.
Corequisites: Concurrent enrollment in CURR 4324 and CURR 4125 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall, Spring)
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CURR 4324 - Methods and Management in the Secondary School UG
Credit Hours: 3
To be taken the semester before clinical teaching or internship. Further development of and practice with methods of instruction, development of higher order thinking skills for students, planning for class room organization, and models of classroom management and discipline for secondary grades will be presented. (Required for 7-12 certification)
Prerequisites: CURR 3301 , CURR 3302 , senior or post baccalaureate status, and student must be in good standing in the Teacher Education Program.
Corequisites: Concurrent enrollment in CURR 4325 and CURR 4125 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall, Spring)
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CURR 4325 - Planning, Curriculum, and Assessment in the Secondary School UG
Credit Hours: 3
To be taken the semester before clinical teaching internship. Development of planning skills, such as creating goals, objectives, lesson plans, and modifying them for special populations in grades 7-12; development of an understanding of curricula and their organization in secondary grades; an introduction to methods of teaching; and development os skills to create and evaluate tests. (Required for 7-12 certification)
Prerequisites: CURR 3301 , CURR 3302 , senior or post baccalaureate status, and student must be in good standing in the Teacher Education Program.
Corequisites: Concurrent enrollment in CURR 4324 and CURR 4125 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall, Spring)
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CURR 4350 - Methods and Management in the Elementary School UG
Credit Hours: 3
To be taken the semester before clinical teaching or internship. This course will focus on planning for classroom organization in the elementary school, models of classroom management and discipline, methods for ensuring effective communications with parents and other school personnel, and strategies for ongoing professional development. Offered in an on-line and face to face format. (Required for EC-6 Certification)
Prerequisites: CURR 3301 , CURR 3302 , and student must be in good standing in the Teacher Education Program.
Corequisites: Concurrent enrollment in CURR 4351 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Summer)
Note: Available only to post baccalaureate students.
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CURR 4351 - Planning, Curriculum, and Assessment in Elementary Schools UG
Credit Hours: 3
To be taken the semester before clinical teaching or internship. This course will emphasize development of planning skills, such as creating goals, objectives, lesson plans, and modifying them for special populations in elementary schools; elementary curricula and their organization; methods of teaching ; planning lessons that stress higher order thinking skills for elementary students; and the creation and evaluation of assessment instruments. Offered in an on-line and face to face format. (Required for EC-6 certification)
Prerequisites: CURR 3301 , CURR 3302 , and student must be in good standing in the Teacher Education Program.
Corequisites: Concurrent enrollment in CURR 4350 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Summer)
Note: Available only to post baccalaureate students,
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CURR 4354 - Methods and Management in the Secondary School UG
Credit Hours: 3
To be taken the semester before clinical teaching or internship. Further development of and practice with methods of instruction, development of higher order thinking skills for students, planning for classroom organization, and models of classroom management and discipline for secondary grades will be presented. (Required for 7-12 certification)
Prerequisites: CURR 3301 , CURR 3302 , and student must be in good standing in the Teacher Education Program.
Corequisites: Concurrent enrollment in CURR 4355 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Summer)
Note: Available only to post baccalaureate students.
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CURR 4355 - Planning, Curriculum, and Assessment in Secondary Schools UG
Credit Hours: 3
To be taken the semester before clinical teaching or internship. Development for planning skills, such as creating goals, objectives, lesson plans, and modifying them for special populations in secondary grades; development of an understanding of the curricula and their organization in secondary grades; an introduction to methods of teaching; and the development of skills to create and evaluate assessments. (Required for 7-12 certification)
Prerequisites: CURR 3301 , CURR 3302 , and student must be in good standing in the Teacher Education Program.
Corequisites: Concurrent enrollment in CURR 4354 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Summer)
Note: Available only to post baccalaureate students.
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CURR 4388 - Teaching Internship UG
Credit Hours: 3
Participant will be employed as teacher-of-record in an accredited Texas school district. The student will be supervised jointly by school district and university personnel. Two consecutive semesters of enrollment are required to meet Texas teacher certification criteria.
Prerequisites: Post baccalaureate status or approval of Curriculum and Instruction Department, and fulfillment of all requirements for internships.
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall, Spring)
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CURR 4600 - Clinical Teaching UG
Credit Hours: 6
Involves a full-day assignment in a school with joint supervision by public school and university personnel.
Prerequisites: Senior or post baccalaureate status and admission to clinical teaching.
Corequisites: Concurrent enrollment in CURR 4198 .
When Offered: (Fall, Spring)
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CYBR 1310 - Introduction to Computers UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course will provide students a general introduction to popular application software packages used in the industry. The course will include application software for word processing, spreadsheets, database management and presentation management, and an introduction to the operating systems.
Prerequisites: None.
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course is available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Cybersecurity.
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CYBR 1320 - IT Systems Components UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course will provide students with an introduction to computer hardware, including computer maintenance issues, and an overview of computing components, including microprocessors, system boards, storage devices, networks, and common security issues.
Prerequisites: CYBR 1310 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course is available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Cybersecurity.
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CYBR 1330 - Introduction to Programming UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course will show students how to use the computer as a tool to solve business problems. Topics will include sequential, selective, and repetitive structures, decisions, loops, file manipulation, object-orientation, and data structures.
Prerequisites: CYBR 1310 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course is available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Cybersecurity.
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CYBR 2310 - Database Management Systems UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course will provide students with an emphasis on the concepts and structures necessary to design and implement a database management system. Topics covered will include database types, data models, normalization, query facilities, file and index organization, security, and database programming.
Prerequisites: CYBR 1310 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course is available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Cybersecurity.
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CYBR 2320 - Networking UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course will provide students with an introduction to networking, exploring theoretical hardware and software issues of networking. Students get hands-on experience setting up network hardware, configuring network software, and exploring network topologies and technologies.
Prerequisites: CYBR 1310 , CYBR 1320 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course is available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Cybersecurity.
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CYBR 2340 - Introduction to Cybersecurity UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course will provide students with an introduction to network security, compliance, operation security, threats, vulnerabilities, application security, and host security. Other topics of discussion include access control, identity management, and cryptography.
Prerequisites: CYBR 1310 , CYBR 1320 , CYBR 2320 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course is available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Cybersecurity.
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CYBR 3310 - Operating System Administration UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course will provide students with an introduction to the installation and administration of operating systems. Topics covered will include operating system installation and configuration, server roles, storage, user account management, file services, print services, web services, remote access, backups, file system security, and security policy development.
Prerequisites: CYBR 1310 , CYBR 1320 , CYBR 2320 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course is available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Cybersecurity.
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CYBR 3320 - Cybersecurity Prevention and Protection UG
Credit Hours: 3
This class will provide students with an in-depth study of the theories and practices to prevent cyber-attacks. Countermeasures discussed include training, encryption, VPN’s, policies, practices, access controls, secure systems development, software assurance arguments, verification and validation, firewall architectures, anti-virus, patching practices, personnel security practices, and physical security practices. Business continuity plans and disaster recovery plans (BCP, DRP) are also discussed. Strategies for large-scale prevention are also discussed, such as critical infrastructure protection, international collaboration, and law enforcement.
Prerequisites: CYBR 1310 , CYBR 1320 , CYBR 2320 , CYBR 2340 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course is available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Cybersecurity.
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CYBR 3330 - Cybersecurity Operations UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course will provide students with an understanding of the authorities, roles, and steps associated with cyber operations. Topics covered will include legal authorities and ethics, cyber operation phases, validating procedures, and handling failures.
Prerequisites: CYBR 1310 , CYBR 1320 , CYBR 2320 , CYBR 2340 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course is available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Cybersecurity.
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CYBR 3340 - Vulnerability Analysis UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course will immerse the students with a thorough understanding of system vulnerabilities, including what they are, how they are found/identified, the different types of vulnerabilities, how to determine the root cause of a vulnerability, and how to mitigate their effect on an operational system.
Prerequisites: CYBR 1310 , CYBR 1320 , CYBR 2320 , CYBR 2340 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course is available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Cybersecurity.
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CYBR 3350 - Security Program Management UG
Credit Hours: 3
Promotes international security practices and recognizes management, design, and oversight of enterprise information security. Topics include information security governance, program development and management, and incident management.
Prerequisites: CYBR 1310 , CYBR 1320 , CYBR 2320 , CYBR 2340 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course is available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Cybersecurity.
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CYBR 3360 - Cloud Computing UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course will provide students with a basic understanding of the technologies and services that enable cloud computing, different types of cloud computing models, and the security and legal issues associated with cloud computing. Topics include virtualization platforms, SaaS, deployment models, and security, legal, and privacy issues.
Prerequisites: CYBR 1310 , CYBR 1320 , CYBR 2320 , CYBR 2340 , CYBR 3310 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course is available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Cybersecurity.
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CYBR 4310 - Policy, Legal, Ethics, and Compliance UG
Credit Hours: 3
The course provides students with an understanding of information assurance in context and the rules and guidelines that control them. The course will cover international, federal, and state laws, BYOD issues, and the payment card industry data security standard.
Prerequisites: CYBR 1310 , CYBR 1320 , CYBR 2320 , CYBR 2340 , CYBR 3350 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course is available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Cybersecurity.
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CYBR 4320 - Cyber Threats UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides students with basic information about the threats that may be present in the cyber realm. Topics include motivations and techniques, the Adversary Model, types of attacks, event monitoring, attack surfaces, and legal issues associated with cyber threats.
Prerequisites: CYBR 1310 , CYBR 1320 , CYBR 2320 , CYBR 2340 , CYBR 3310 , CYBR 3360 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course is available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Cybersecurity.
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CYBR 4360 - Capstone in Cybersecurity UG
Credit Hours: 3
Students will develop a cybersecurity solution integrating material from previous courses. The solution will be documented and supported with an oral presentation.
Prerequisites: CYBR 1310 , CYBR 1320 , CYBR 2320 , CYBR 2340 , CYBR 3310 , CYBR 3320 , CYBR 3330 , CYBR 3340 , CYBR 3350 , CYBR 3360 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Note: This course is available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Cybersecurity.
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CYBR 4388 - Internship in Cybersecurity UG
Credit Hours: 3
Internships are off-campus experiential learning activities designed to provide students with opportunities to connect their education with real-world experience in the profession of cybersecurity.
Prerequisites: CYBR 1310 , CYBR 1320 , CYBR 2320 , CYBR 2340 , CYBR 3310 , CYBR 3320 , CYBR 3330 , CYBR 3340 , CYBR 3350 , CYBR 3360 .
Note: This course is available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program and majoring in Cybersecurity.
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ECED XX99 - Special Topics ECED UG
Credit Hours: Variable Credit
A study offered occasionally to groups of students to broaden departmental curriculum, to meet student demand, or to observe special events.
Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor.
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Repeatable for Credit: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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ECED 3300 - Theory and Practice in Early Childhood Education (ages 3 to 8) UG
Credit Hours: 3
A comprehensive study of the conceptual frame- work that reflects the purposes, objectives and practices in the preparation of early childhood professionals. The course will integrate theory and practice and will prepare the student for experiences in early childhood programs which serve diverse student populations and their families. Field experiences in a TEA accredited kindergarten or early childhood classroom are required.
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall, Spring, Summer)
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ECED 3330 - Teaching Elementary Math I EC-6 UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces the prospective teacher to concepts and developmentally appropriate instructional strategies for math taught at the EC through Grade 6 levels. Students will develop an under- standing of fundamental elementary math concepts such as problem solving, the development of early number concepts and number sense, mastery of math facts, operations, fractions and decimals, and proportional reasoning through active and investigative projects and activities. (Required for Math EC-6 certification, and Math grades 4-8 certification)
Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in MATH 1311 or higher.
Cross-Listed: Crosslisted as MATH 3330 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall, Spring)
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ECED 3331 - Teaching Elementary Math II EC-6 UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course will introduce the prospective teacher to concepts and developmentally appropriate instructional strategies for math taught at the EC through Grade 6 levels. Students will develop understanding of fundamental elementary math concepts such as geometry and measurement, algebraic thinking, statistics and probability through active and investigative projects and activities. During long semesters students will tutor 5th grade students in math. (Required for EC-6 certification)
Prerequisites: MATH 3330 / ECED 3330 , and junior standing.
Cross-Listed: Crosslisted as MATH 3331 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall, Spring)
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ECED 3360 - Teaching Social Studies EC- 6 UG
Credit Hours: 3
Study of appropriate TEKS for social studies, review and development of concepts appropriate to the TEKS, an understanding of the purpose and function of social studies in the curriculum, development of appropriate lessons and units, and demonstration of skills for using technology in the classroom. (Required for EC-6 Certification)
Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall, Summer)
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ECED 3370 - Assisting and Advancing Special Learners UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course provides prospective teachers with practical techniques for working with EC-12 students with special learning needs. The course will emphasize current methods for assistive technology, movement, behavior, and transition out of the public school setting. Concentration will focus on students with learning disabilities.
Prerequisites: ECED 3365 and junior standing.
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
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ECED 4330 - Language Acquisition and Development UG
Credit Hours: 3
An introduction to the theories of language acquisition and the stages of language development. (Required for grades EC-6 certification and for ESL and Bilingual Supplemental endorsement)
Prerequisites: READ 3300 , READ 3334 and READ 4310 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall, Spring, Summer)
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ECED 4370 - Teaching Science EC-6 UG
Credit Hours: 3
A course specifically designed to acquaint the prospective teacher with the methods used and the material covered in teaching physical, life, earth and space science in EC-Grade 6 . This course calls for advanced skills in instructional planning and should not be taken early in the major. A hands-on, inquiry-based approach is stressed; students will have opportunities to design and teach science lessons to other members of class. (Required for EC-6 certification)
Prerequisites: Senior standing, and one lab science course.
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Spring)
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ECON 2305 - Principles of Economics UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces students to economic analysis, both microeconomic and macroeconomic. Among the topics covered are supply and demand, elasticity, utility, costs of production, market models, resource markets, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, macroeconomic models, and economic growth.
Prerequisites: None.
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall, Spring)
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ECON 2310 - Principles Of Macroeconomics UG
Credit Hours: 3
Designed to partially fulfill the Business Core Course Requirement for the BBA, and optional for the General Education Requirement for Personal and Global Perspectives. Economic principles that focus on the level and distribution of national income, full employment and price stability, money and banking, monetary and fiscal policy, and economic growth. Various macroeconomic models are analyzed.
Prerequisites: None.
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall)
TCCN: (TCCN ECON 2301)
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program.
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ECON 2320 - Principles Of Microeconomics UG
Credit Hours: 3
Designed to partially fulfill the Business Core Course Requirement for the BBA, and optional for the General Education Requirement for Personal and Global Perspectives. Economic principles that focus on households, business firms, industries and international trades. Includes demand, supply, costs of production, and the market structures of pure competition, oligopoly, monopolistic competition and monopoly.
Prerequisites: None.
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Spring
TCCN: (TCCN ECON 2302)
Note: This course available only to students enrolled in the McMurry Online Degree Program.
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ECON 3330 - International Trade UG
Credit Hours: 3
This introductory course in international trade familiarizes students with theories and procedures that guide trade policies and practices between countries. Students learn why international trade is important for the United States and other nations, and they examine how it effects production, profit and the micro-economy.
Prerequisites: ECON 2305 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Fall odd years)
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ECON 3340 - International Monetary Systems UG
Credit Hours: 3
This course presents and applies International Monetary theory to recent events and current policy issues. The theory presented in this course covers a broad range of topics including exchange rate determination, monetary and fiscal policy in an open economy (that is, an economy that trades goods and assets with the rest of the world), balance of payment crises, the choice of exchange rate systems and their advantages and disadvantages, currency unions and international debt. The insights provided by these theoretical frameworks will enable the class to discuss topics such as the US current account deficit, the single currency in Europe, the Asian and Latin American financial crises, global finance imbalances, government intervention in the foreign exchange market and the role of international factors on a nation’s employment, wage and economic performance.
Prerequisites: ECON 2305 .
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
When Offered: (Spring even years)
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ENGL XX99 - Special Topics UG
Credit Hours: Variable Credit
Courses of this nature are offered occasionally to groups of students to broaden departmental curriculum, to meet student demand, or to observe special events.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.
When Offered: (By arrangement)
Repeatable for Credit: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
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