2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Communication Studies

  
  • COMM 4852 - Internship


    2 Semester Hours
    An internship in which a student works under the supervision of the department.

  
  • COMM 4900 - Digital Media Rhetoric


    4 Semester Hours
    Digital Media Rhetoric explores traditional and emerging theoretical frameworks for examining the rhetorical affordances and effects of the digital media tools and  platforms so prevalent in our contemporary culture, including a look at issues of equity and community-building through these resources.


Creative Writing

  
  • CRWT HI - Honors I in Creative Writing


    4 Semester Hours
  
  • CRWT HII - Honors II Creative Writing


    4 Semester Hours
  
  • CRWT 2400 - Introduction to Creative Writing


    4 Semester Hours
    In CRWT-2440, students study the forms, techniques, and processes of fiction, poetry, or script writing by reading models and practicing their own writing. Students discuss their own writing in the context of readings from traditional and contemporary works. The specific focus of the course varies from year to year.

  
  • CRWT 2750 - Special Topics


    4 Semester Hours
    This course addresses areas not covered in other courses. It may be repeated for credit with different topics.

  
  • CRWT 3000 - Reading and Writing Fiction


    4 Semester Hours
    CRWT-3000 is an advanced course in the reading and writing of fiction.  Class is based on the workshop model, and time will be divided between discussing fiction by writers outside the class and by students in it.

    Prerequisites: ENGL 1000  
  
  • CRWT 3100 - Reading and Writing Poetry


    4 Semester Hours
    CRWT-3100 is an advanced course in the reading and writing of poetry.  Class time is divided between discussing poetry by writers outside the class and by students in it.  

  
  • CRWT 3200 - Reading and Writing Creative Nonfiction


    4 Semester Hours
    In CRWT-3200, students read and study examples of published nonfiction (the personal essay, the memoir, etc.) and write their own creative nonfiction. 

  
  • CRWT 3750 - Special Topics


    4 Semester Hours
    This course addresses areas not covered in other courses. It may be repeated for credit with different topics.

  
  • CRWT 3760 - Fiction Into Film


    4 Semester Hours
    This class will ask you to take the journey of adaptation: you will write short stories, turn them into screenplays,; use those screenplays as the foundation for an original short movie Along the way, we will examine how other artists have created, molded,; transformed one art form (literature) into another (film)

  
  • CRWT 4750 - Special Topics


    4 Semester Hours
    This course addresses areas not covered in other courses. It may be repeated for credit with different topics.

  
  • CRWT 4850 - Internship


    4 Semester Hours
    An internship in which a student works, under the supervision of the department.

  
  • CRWT 4851 - Internship


    1 Semester Hours
    An internship in which a student works, under the supervision of the department.

  
  • CRWT 4900 - Senior Workshop in Creating Writing


    4 Semester Hours
    The Senior Workship in Creative Writing is the final course for creative writing majors and minors and is required of all students in the creative writing program. Students complete a substantial semester-long creative project and engage in the reading of specimen texts in multiple genres. 
       


Computer Science

  
  • CSCI 1010 - Computer Science I


    4 Semester Hours
    CSCI-1010 is an introduction to algorithms and computer programming, including basic programming constructs, data structures, recursion, and graphical user interface construction. 

    Prerequisites: MATH 1130 , MATH 1010 ; MATH 1020 ; or a minimum ACT mathematics sub-score of 24, minimum SAT of 550, or minimum SAT revised of 571
  
  • CSCI 1020 - Computer Science II


    4 Semester Hours
    CSCI-1020 is a continuation of CSCI 1010 - Computer Science I    . Topics include linked lists, stacks and queues, trees and graphs, sorting algorithms, algorithm analysis, data abstraction, and software
    engineering.

    Prerequisites: CSCI 1010  
  
  • CSCI 2300 - Data Structures and Algorithms


    4 Semester Hours
    CSCI-2300 explores algorithm design, analysis, and implementation. Topics include specialized trees and graphs, advanced searching and sorting, priority queues, complexity analysis, and algorithm design
    techniques.

  
  • CSCI 3500 - Discrete Structures


    4 Semester Hours
    Topics covered in CSCI-3500 include predicate logic, algorithms, modular arithmetic, counting techniques, recurrence relations, graph theory, and trees.  This course is cross-listed as MATH 3560 .

    Prerequisites: MATH 2230  

Economics

  
  • ECON HI - Honors in Economics


    4 Semester Hours
  
  • ECON HII - Honors in Economics


    2 Semester Hours
  
  • ECON 1000 - Principles of Economics


    4 Semester Hours
    ECON-1000 examines basicmicro- and macro- concepts of economics, including the role of economics; supply and demand; price determination, demand, and production theory; costs; competition; monopoly; the role of the government in the economy; national income determination; the monetary system; and fiscal and monetary policy.

    Prerequisites: MATH 1210  or MATH 1220  recommended
  
  • ECON 2852 - Internship


    2 Semester Hours
    An internship in which a student works under the supervision of the department.

  
  • ECON 3000 - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory


    4 Semester Hours
    In Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory, students study measurement and determination of the level of national income and output; aggregate demand and supply; inflation; unemployment; the theory of money and interest rates; the causes of economic cycles;  and national economic policy analysis.

    Prerequisites: ECON 1000 ; Junior Standing
  
  • ECON 3010 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory


    4 Semester Hours
    ECON-3010 examines price and output determination in markets, equilibrium, market intervention, externalities, the theory of value, production and cost theory, resource markets, and welfare and policy implications.

    Prerequisites: ECON 1000 ; Junior Standing
  
  • ECON 3020 - Money and Financial Systems


    4 Semester Hours
    Money and Financial Systems is a survey of both the microeconomic and macroeconomic aspects of financial systems, including market structure, behavior and regulation of commercial banks and other financial intermediaries; the creation of money; central bank organization and monetary control; and policy issues. 

    Prerequisites: ECON 1000  
  
  • ECON 3030 - Econometrics & Applied Statistics


    4 Semester Hours
    Econometrics & Applied Statistics involves a study of the general linear regression model and the considerations associated with using that technique.

    Prerequisites: ECON 1000 ; MATH 1150  or QMGT 1150 ; Junior Standing
  
  • ECON 3040 - International Economics


    4 Semester Hours
    ECON-3040 extends and applies economic theory to international issues with an examination of world money markets, exchange rates, adjustment mechanisms, and issues.

    Prerequisites: ECON 1000  
  
  • ECON 3040EI - International Economics (abroad)


    4 Semester Hours
    ECON-3040EI extends and applies economic theory to international issues with an examination of world money markets, exchange rates, adjustment mechanisms, and issues.

    Prerequisites: ECON 1000  
  
  • ECON 3050 - Health Economics


    4 Semester Hours
    Health Economics provides an introduction to the microeconomics of health, healthcare, and health policy. Its main goals are to apply economic principles to health-related issues; to explain the social, political, and economic contexts of healthcare delivery; to explore the changing nature of health-care; and to analyze public policy from an economic perspective.

    Prerequisites: ECON 1000 ; Junior Standing
  
  • ECON 3070 - Topics in Business Economics


    4 Semester Hours
    ECON-3070 addresses selected issues for firms in imperfectly competitive markets. Emphasis is on the choices facing firms when their business strategies are made in light of the likely responses of competitors and the factors that help shape market structures.

  
  • ECON 3110 - History of Economic Thought


    4 Semester Hours
    ECON-3110 traces the development of economic thought from the classical school to the present time. 

    Prerequisites: ECON 1000 ; Junior Standing
  
  • ECON 3120 - Labor Economics


    4 Semester Hours
    ECON-3120 examines the organization, functioning,and outcomes of labor markets. Topics include wage and employment determination, labor market discrimination, the economic impact of unions, the worker’s investment in human capital, and the effects of regulation on firms and workers. Emphasis is placed on the compensation and incentives of workers. 

    Prerequisites: ECON 1000 ; Junior Standing
  
  • ECON 3130 - The Business of Sports


    4 Semester Hours
    ECON-3130 addresses various topics in the business of sports. Topics may include issues pertaining to stadium site selection and financing,the relationship between team and municipality, legal aspects of sports business, or other issues related to sports and society.

    Prerequisites: MGMT-3000; ACCT 2000 ; ECON 1000 ; Junior Standing
  
  • ECON 3701 - Undergraduate Research


    1 Semester Hours
  
  • ECON 3750 - Special Topics


    4 Semester Hours
    This course addresses areas not covered in other courses. It may be repeated for credit with different topics.

  
  • ECON 3760 - Special Topics


    4 Semester Hours
  
  • ECON 3780 - Special Topics


    4 Semester Hours
  
  • ECON 3800 - Directed Study


    4 Semester Hours
    Course is offered when a student needs a special subject covered to meet a professional requirement or wants to work with an instructor to look more deeply into a particular aspect of a discipline. Instructor consent required.

  
  • ECON 3851 - Internship


    1 Semester Hours
    An internship in which a student works under the supervision of the department.

  
  • ECON 4750 - Special Topics


    4 Semester Hours
    This course addresses areas not covered in other courses. It may be repeated for credit with different topics.

  
  • ECON 4751 - Special Topics


    1 Semester Hours
    This course addresses areas not covered in other courses. It may be repeated for credit with different topics.

  
  • ECON 4752 - Special Topics


    2 Semester Hours
    This course addresses areas not covered in other courses. It may be repeated for credit with different topics.

  
  • ECON 4753 - Special Topics


    3 Semester Hours
    This course addresses areas not covered in other courses. It may be repeated for credit with different topics.

  
  • ECON 4800 - Directed Study


    4 Semester Hours
    Course is offered when a student needs a special subject covered to meet a professional requirement or wants to work with an instructor to look more deeply into a particular aspect of a discipline. Instructor consent required.

  
  • ECON 4801 - Directed Study


    1 Semester Hours
    Course is offered when a student needs a special subject covered to meet a professional requirement or wants to work with an instructor to look more deeply into a particular aspect of a discipline. Instructor consent required.

  
  • ECON 4802 - Directed Study


    2 Semester Hours
    Course is offered when a student needs a special subject covered to meet a professional requirement or wants to work with an instructor to look more deeply into a particular aspect of a discipline. Instructor consent required.

  
  • ECON 4803 - Directed Study


    3 Semester Hours
    Course is offered when a student needs a special subject covered to meet a professional requirement or wants to work with an instructor to look more deeply into a particular aspect of a discipline. Instructor consent required.

  
  • ECON 4811 - Thesis Directed Study


    1 Semester Hours
  
  • ECON 4850 - Internship


    4 Semester Hours
    An internship in which a student works under the supervision of the department.

  
  • ECON 4851 - Internship


    1 Semester Hours
    An internship in which a student works under the supervision of the department.

  
  • ECON 4852 - Internship


    2 Semester Hours
    An internship in which a student works under the supervision of the department.

  
  • ECON 4853 - Internship


    3 Semester Hours
    An internship in which a student works under the supervision of the department.

  
  • ECON 4901 - Senior Thesis I


    1 Semester Hours
    ECON-4901 is a research course and the initial preparation of a thesis on an approved topic in economics that will be used as a part of the comprehensive examination for economic majors.

    Prerequisites: ECON 3000 , ECON 3010 ; Senior Standing
  
  • ECON 4902 - Senior Seminar in Economics


    2 Semester Hours
    The Senior Seminar in Economics includes discussion of selected topics in economics.

    Prerequisites: ECON 3000 , ECON 3010 ; Senior Standing
  
  • ECON 4911 - Senior Thesis II


    1 Semester Hours
    ECON-4911 is a research course in which the student concludes research begun in ECON 4901 . It involves the final preparation of a thesis on an approved topic in economics that will be used as a part of the comprehensive examiniation for economic majors.

    Prerequisites: ECON 4901 ; Senior Standing

Education

  
  • EDUC HI - Honors I Education


    4 Semester Hours
  
  • EDUC HII - Honors II in Education


    4 Semester Hours
  
  • EDUC 1000 - Human Development in Cross-Cultural Perspective


    4 Semester Hours
    Human Development in Cross-Cultural Perspective examines continuity and change in individuals across the lifespan, including development in the physical, cognitive, and social domains.  Emphasis is placed on development as a context-bound process: we examine how factors external to the individual interact with those within the individual to shape the course of development.

  
  • EDUC 1090 - Problems in Human Creativity


    4 Semester Hours
    Problems in Human Creativity explores social-sciences-based approaches to understanding, explaining, and enhancing creativity. The course provides an interdisciplinary perspective on topics foundational to any effort to augment one’s own creativity or that of others, including how creativity can be understood as both an individual and a social phenomenon, what processes are involved in creativity and innovation, and how creativity can be fostered in individuals and in groups. Students consider how disparate lines of research converge, conflict, and complement one another in order to understand a complex human process, and they begin to formulate questions of their own for further investigation.

  
  • EDUC 1540 - Psychology of Learning Communities


    4 Semester Hours
    How do people learn? Why do people learn? What does it mean to “learn in community”? How can we create robust contexts for learning; development? Who am I as an aspiring facilitator of learning communities? In Psychology of Learning Communities, students explore these questions using the theoretical and methodological tools of educational psychology, with emphasis on the sociocultural situatedness of teaching and learning processes.

  
  • EDUC 1800 - Directed Study


    4 Semester Hours
    Course is offered when a student needs a special subject covered to meet a professional requirement or wants to work with an instructor to look more deeply into a particular aspect of a discipline. Instructor consent required.

  
  • EDUC 1803 - Directed Study


    3 Semester Hours
    Course is offered when a student needs a special subject covered to meet a professional requirement or wants to work with an instructor to look more deeply into a particular aspect of a discipline. Instructor consent required.

  
  • EDUC 2031 - Consultant Pedagogy Practicum


    1 Semester Hours
    EDUC-2031 is designed to prepare peer consultants to work in the Center for Academic Success and Excellence (CASE). IThe practicum introduces peer consultants to pedagogical frameworks on a  theoretical as well as practical level. Specific topics include the role of the peer consultant, the rhetorical situation, cultural perspectives, and strategies for mentorship and supporting academic success in students who utilize CASE.

  
  • EDUC 2140 - Teach Toward Equity for Exceptional Learners


    4 Semester Hours
    How are learners with special needs educated successfully?  This introductory course examines the characteristics and etiologies of high- and low -incidence disabilities and other special needs, exploring legal foundations; educational practices and procedures; and advocacy roles for professionals working with individuals with special needs.  The needs of students with dyslexia is given special emphasis. 

    Prerequisites: none
  
  • EDUC 2750 - Special Topics


    4 Semester Hours
    This course addresses areas not covered in other courses. It may be repeated for credit with different topics.

  
  • EDUC 2800 - Directed Study


    4 Semester Hours
    Course is offered when a student needs a special subject covered to meet a professional requirement or wants to work with an instructor to look more deeply into a particular aspect of a discipline. Instructor consent required.

  
  • EDUC 2990 - Practicum in Arts Education


    4 Semester Hours
    In this hands-on course, Millsaps students lead an arts enrichment program with a local community partner. The course centers on the ideas of Viola Spolin and other foundational thinkers on developing creativity and artistic sensibility in young people. In addition, the course incorporates topics such as child development and best practices of instruction, making the class valuable for those interested in a variety of careers working with children, whether in educational or other settings.

  
  • EDUC 3000 - Effective Pedagogy: Designing Learning


    4 Semester Hours
    What does it take to become a teacher? EDUC-3000 immerses students in teaching and learning, with special attention to various models of instruction, differentiation for all learners, and content area literacy strategies to help all students make meaning.   By spending time in applied educational settings, students enact their developing teacher tool kit while constantly connecting abstract ideas and recommendations to concrete observed and performed practices.

    Prerequisites: EDUC 1000 ; EDUC 1540 ; or PSYC 2150  recommended
  
  • EDUC 3060 - Psychology of Language


    4 Semester Hours
    EDUC 3060 examines the perception, comprehension, and production of language.  Topics covered include psychological and linguistic aspects of phonology, syntax and semantics; the biological bases of
    language; reading; bilingualism; language requisition; and disorders.

  
  • EDUC 3200 - Early Literacy Instruction


    4 Semester Hours
    Concepts, materials, and teaching strategies for oral language development and systematic early reading and writing instruction specific to concepts about print, phonemic awareness, and phonics are explored in EDUC-3200. Differentiated instruction and depth of knowledge are foci of the course.

    Prerequisites: EDUC 3000  
  
  • EDUC 3222 - Early Literacy Lab


    2 Semester Hours
    EDUC-3222 is a field-based course to accompany EDUC 3200  .

    Corequisite: EDUC 3200  
  
  • EDUC 3240 - Teaching Toward Equity in English Language Arts


    4 Semester Hours
    What does literacy really mean? In this practice-based exploration into sociocultural perspectives of literacy in upper elementary/middle literacy education (grades 3-9), students design, implement, and evaluate learning experiences that foster children’s literacy development across content areas and furthers their engagement, comprehension, and interpretation of multiple texts and genres.  Students work directly alongside youth to assess reading and writing development and devise/apply a repertoire of responsive strategies that facilitate children’s abilities to read, write, draw, talk, and dramatize their understandings of
    the world.

  
  • EDUC 3290 - New Media Literacies: Plugged in to Connected Learning


    4 Semester Hours
    In EDUC-3290, students design new media learning experiences for K-12 partners while discussing various tools and theories underlying the effective use of digital platforms in meaning-making.  Students explore the importance of creating connected learning spaces to empower citizens to participate in the 21st century by recognizing the multiple nature of literacy practices.

  
  • EDUC 3342 - Teaching Toward Equity for Math Ed


    2 Semester Hours
    What makes math matter for young people? Students will survey best practices in teaching mathematics; closely examine standards from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, College; Career Readiness Standards,; state; local requirements for teaching math in the elementary school Students will acquire the foundational skills for designing; implementing highly engaging, developmentally appropriate math lessons (eg using manipulatives, technology, problem solving strategies,; ongoing assessment) that impact K-12 learning; development

  
  • EDUC 3590 - Educ Leaders for Peace and Nonviolence


    4 Semester Hours
    A field-based course in which students implement a nonviolence program for children The course will survey techniques for developing leadership, tolerance,; conflict resolution skills in young people

  
  • EDUC 3690 - Child Development in Context


    4 Semester Hours
    In this field-based course, students design; implement strategies to foster child self-regulation in classrooms at a local high poverty elementary school The course examines the role of social context in child development with special attention to the ways in which classroom practices can reproduce or disrupt the inequities associated with poverty

  
  • EDUC 3750 - Special Topics


    4 Semester Hours
    This course addresses areas not covered in other courses. It may be repeated for credit with different topics.

  
  • EDUC 3800 - Directed Study


    4 Semester Hours
    Course is offered when a student needs a special subject covered to meet a professional requirement or wants to work with an instructor to look more deeply into a particular aspect of a discipline. Instructor consent required.

  
  • EDUC 3852 - Internship


    2 Semester Hours
    An internship in which a student works, under the supervision of the department.

  
  • EDUC 3990 - Becoming an Education Professional


    4 Semester Hours
    What possible vocational pathways does education offer? This highly-individualized course is designed to provide experiences for future education professionals (eg teachers, administrators, counselors, etc) seeking to build on their methodological; practical knowledge through extensive time in field experiences, reading,; research related to their vocational goals

  
  • EDUC 4000 - Field Research in Reading Intervention


    4 Semester Hours
    A model for field-based classroom research; development of teacher candidates as scholars, leaders,; researchers The course involves an informal reading inventory approach to teaching reading,; utilizing pre-; post-testing procedures with the monitoring of student progress

    Prerequisites: EDUC 3000 ; EDUC 3200 
  
  • EDUC 4200 - Advanced Practicum in SpecialýEducation


    4 Semester Hours
    Offers students the opportunity to further explore areas of interest within the field of special education with special emphasis on the chosen exceptionalities for supplemental licensure Disciplinary focus; field site placements are individualized This course is required for supplemental licensure in special education

    Prerequisites: EDUC 3000 
  
  • EDUC 4300 - Seminar for Future Educators


    3-6 Semester Hours
    EDUC-4300 is an exploration of education as a profession, including the development of a personal educational philosophy, preparation for a job search or graduate study, examination of current education policies that affect education as a profession, survey of the history of teaching, and discussion of ethical issues.  The course is designed to accompany student teaching; appropriate for students pursuing other education professions as well.

  
  • EDUC 4500 - Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice


    4 Semester Hours
    The study of educational theory; the philosophies which underlie the development of curricula, instructional programs,; educational policy regarding the enhancement of literacy Special attention is given to the relationship between educational theory, policy development,; modern educational practice

  
  • EDUC 4640 - Perform Assess and Diag Data Analysis


    4 Semester Hours
    Why is this question on the test? When crafted; implemented well, assessments can not only effectively evaluate, but also enhance students’ learning; teachers’ instruction Students will gather; make sense of classroom assessment data to understand the interplay between instruction, curriculum design,; assessments

  
  • EDUC 4700 - Undergraduate Research


    4 Semester Hours
    Students contribute to the design, implementation,; dissemination of education research Enrollment by permission of the instructor only

  
  • EDUC 4701 - Undergraduate Research


    1 Semester Hours
    Students contribute to the design, implementation,; dissemination of education research Enrollment by permission of instructor only

  
  • EDUC 4702 - Undergraduate Research


    2 Semester Hours
    Students contribute to the design, implementation,; dissemination of education research Enrollment by permission of instructor only

  
  • EDUC 4703 - Undergraduate Research


    3 Semester Hours
    Students contribute to the design, implementation,; dissemination of education research Enrollment by permission of the instructor only

  
  • EDUC 4750 - Special Topics


    4 Semester Hours
    This course addresses areas not covered in other courses. It may be repeated for credit with different topics.

  
  • EDUC 4751 - Special Topics


    1 Semester Hours
    This course addresses areas not covered in other courses. It may be repeated for credit with different topics.

  
  • EDUC 4752 - Special Topics


    2 Semester Hours
    This course addresses areas not covered in other courses. It may be repeated for credit with different topics.

  
  • EDUC 4753 - Special Topics


    3 Semester Hours
    This course addresses areas not covered in other courses. It may be repeated for credit with different topics.

  
  • EDUC 4800 - Directed Study


    4 Semester Hours
    Course is offered when a student needs a special subject covered to meet a professional requirement or wants to work with an instructor to look more deeply into a particular aspect of a discipline. Instructor consent required.

  
  • EDUC 4850 - Internship


    4 Semester Hours
    An internship in which a student works, under the supervision of the department.

  
  • EDUC 4860 - Speech Language Intern


    4 Semester Hours
  
  • EDUC 4900 - Clinical Practice


    12 Semester Hours
    Intensive field experience involving student teaching all day for a minimum of 12 weeks at an elementary, middle, or high school in the metro- politan tri-county area Enrollment by department permission only

    Prerequisites: EDUC 1000 , EDUC 1540 , or PSYC 2150 ; EDUC 2140 ; EDUC 3000 
  
  • EDWC 4343 - Classroom Management


    3 Semester Hours
    EDWC 4343 provides information to help students develop pro-active strategies to manage the classroom environment and student behavior. Emphasis is placed on students development of a personal and unique classroom management plan.  This course is offered online through our partnership with William Carey University.

    Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education program.
  
  • EDWC 4643 - Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation


    3 Semester Hours
    The study of testing, measuring and  evaluating student learning with both criterion-referenced and norm-referenced assessments. This course is offered online through our partnership with William Carey University.

    Prerequisites: Admission to teacher education program.
 

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