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1 | PSU Curricular Changes - Effective for AY 2023-2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | This list submitted to OrACRAO on: 6/21/2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | PSU Curricular Change Cycle: Annual | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5 | Name & contact info of person updating this template: Andreen Morris andreen@pdx.edu 503-725-4596 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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7 | Effective Term | New (N) Modified (M) Deleted (D) | Prefix | Course# | Course Title | Credits | Course Description | Type of Change (for modified classes only) | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Fall | M | ACTG | 395 | Taxation | 4 | Provides students with a broad range of tax concepts, tax policies, and different types of taxpayers. Students should develop an understanding of how tax laws affect most business and personal financial decisions. Tax reporting, tax planning, and basic tax research skills will be emphasized. Prerequisite: Actg 381. | Course number changed from ACTG 421 | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | Fall | N | ACTG | 416 | IT, Cybersecurity and Compliance | 4 | Covers information technology and business controls related to information systems, cybersecurity, and information technology governance. Topics include information technology and data governance, design and testing of IT controls, cybersecurity, network security, application security, access, and endpoint security. Students will also be introduced to IT audit reports, Service Organization Controls (SOC) reports, and other tools for IT compliance. Topics will be integrated with advanced data analytics cases and relevant to the CPA and CISA exams, among other IT-specific certifications. Prerequisite: Actg 335 or BTA 415. | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Fall | M | ACTG | 422 | Advanced Taxation | 4 | Expands students' knowledge of taxation topics involving advanced individual tax (such as gift, compliance, and planning) and entity tax compliance. Additional content is focused on personal financial planning and entity planning. Topics will be integrated with advanced data analytics cases and relevant to the CPA exam. Prerequisite: Actg 395. | Changed description and removed dual-level cross-listing with ACTG 522 | ||||||||||||||||||
11 | Fall | M | ACTG | 490 | Advanced Financial Accounting | 4 | Emphasizes advanced technical accounting and reporting topics, including advanced financial statement analysis, business valuation, assessment of revenue recognition and business combination, derivative and hedge accounting, as well as some governmental accounting topics. Topics will be integrated with advanced data analytics cases and relevant to the CPA exam. Prerequisite: Actg 383. | Credit hours changed from 2 credits to 4 credits, description and prerequisite changed | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | Fall | D | ACTG | 522 | Advanced Taxation | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Fall | D | ACTG | 522S | Advanced Taxation | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Fall | M | ARCH | 540 | Professional Practice | 4 | A lecture course focusing on the context, responsibilities, licensure, principles and processes of the practice of architecture, including project and client acquisition, risk analysis, project and practice management, project delivery methods, services and scope definition, roles and responsibilities of all parties, contract forms, general conditions of the contract, compensation methods, fee budget management, contract administration, and standard of care. Prerequisite: Arch 580. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
15 | Fall | M | ARCH | 580 | Architectural Design Studio 7 | 6 | Advanced investigations of architectural and urban design issues in concluding series of studios. Projects include the design of private and public buildings which require comprehensive, integrative design development. Includes individual criticism, lectures, and seminars. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. | Description | ||||||||||||||||||
16 | Fall | M | ARCH | 581 | Architectural Design Studio 8 | 6 | Advanced investigations of architectural and urban design issues in concluding series of studios. Projects include the design of private and public buildings which require comprehensive, integrative design development. Includes individual criticism, lectures, and seminars. Prerequisite: Arch 580. | Description | ||||||||||||||||||
17 | Fall | M | ARCH | 582 | Architectural Design Studio 9 | 6 | Advanced investigations of architectural and urban design issues in concluding series of studios. Projects include the design of private and public buildings which require comprehensive, integrative design development. Includes individual criticism, lectures, and seminars. Prerequisite: Arch 580. | Description and prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
18 | Fall | M | ARCH | 584 | Design Development Studio | 6 | A studio course offering intensive creative study in laying the foundation for, and developing, an architectural design strategy and approach in preparation for the student generated thesis proposition (Arch 585). The class incorporates research, preliminary graphic and modeling work in idea generation, and critique. Prerequisite: Arch 511, Arch 586. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
19 | Fall | M | ARH | 386 | American Art and Architecture 17th through 19th Centuries | 4 | ArH 386: Colonial through the Early Republic. ArH 387: Jacksonian to the 20th century. Open to non-majors. This is the first course in a sequence of two: ArH 386 and ArH 387. Expected preparation: ArH 206 (expected of art & art history majors). | Course number changed form ARH 486. Description changed. | ||||||||||||||||||
20 | Fall | M | ARH | 387 | American Art and Architecture 17th through 19th Centuries | 4 | ArH 386: Colonial through the Early Republic. ArH 387: Jacksonian to the 20th century. Open to non-majors. This is the second course in a sequence of two: ArH 386 and ArH 387. Recommended preparation: ArH 206 (expected of art & art history majors). | Course number changed form ARH 487. Description changed. | ||||||||||||||||||
21 | Fall | M | ARH | 358U | Representing Medicine and Magic in Medieval Art | 4 | Focuses on the ways medicine and magic can be viewed in the art and material cultures of the medieval period in western Europe, Byzantium, and Islamic worlds. We look critically at concepts such as magic and science in their historical context to better understand how medieval practices such as alchemy and astrology are represented in art including manuscripts, sculpture, amulets, and early printed books. Expected preparation: ArH 204 (expected of art & art history majors). | Title changed from Medicine and Magic in Romanesque Art | ||||||||||||||||||
22 | Fall | M | ART | 328 | Art with Kids: Running a Museum in a Public School (KSMoCA) | 4 | Students meet outside of the PSU campus at Dr. MLK Jr School in NE Portland where they contribute to the operation of the King School Museum of Contemporary Art, a contemporary art museum inside a functioning K-5 public school. The students work collaboratively in teams to research the surrounding neighborhood and prepare presentations/zines about an artist exhibiting at KSMoCA. Students work as mentors with elementary students, and they help to install a museum exhibition. This course is repeatable for up to 8 credits. | Title changed from KSMoCA: Museum in a Public School | ||||||||||||||||||
23 | Fall | M | ART | 428 | Art with Kids: Museum and Community at KSMoCA | 4 | Students meet outside of the PSU campus at Dr. MLK Jr School in NE Portland to think critically about museums, education, site-specificity, and social topics. Students contribute to the operation of the King School Museum of Contemporary Art, and they lead reading discussions pertaining to topics associated with the museum, mentor elementary students, and help to install a museum exhibition. Collaboration, research, and participation are crucial elements of the course. This course is repeatable for up to 8 credits. Also offered for graduate-level credit as Art 528. Prerequisites: Art 227, Art 327, Art 328, or permission of the instructor. | Title changed from KSMoCA: Museum and Community | ||||||||||||||||||
24 | Fall | M | ART | 528 | Art with Kids: Museum and Community at KSMoCA | 4 | Students meet outside of the PSU campus at Dr. MLK Jr School in NE Portland to think critically about museums, education, site-specificity, and social topics. Students contribute to the operation of the King School Museum of Contemporary Art, and they lead reading discussions pertaining to topics associated with the museum, mentor elementary students, and help to install a museum exhibition. Collaboration, research, and participation are crucial elements of the course. This course is repeatable for up to 8 credits. Also offered for undergraduate-level credit as Art 428. | Title changed from KSMoCA: Museum and Community | ||||||||||||||||||
25 | Fall | M | BA | 300 | Business and Professional Communication | 2 | Designed to introduce the conceptual framework and specific tools necessary for communicating in complex environments and accomplishing strategic academic and professional business goals. Provides the written and collaborative skills necessary for business professionals. Students will develop awareness of personal strengths and weaknesses in business communication and learn how to incorporate these into strong communication end results. Prerequisite: Comm 111Z, Stat 241 or Stat 243Z, and Wr 121Z or the third term of FRINQ. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
26 | Fall | M | BA | 302 | Organizational Behavior | 4 | Focuses on issues that are relevant to the three levels of organizational behavior (i.e., individual, group, and organizational). Key topics include: the nature and dynamics of teams, personal values and employee job attitudes, communication, conflict resolution, motivation, leadership, decision making, employee effectiveness, and the impact of organizational level issues such as policies, structure, design, and culture. Techniques used to facilitate learning may include role plays, cases, presentations, organizational simulations, teamwork, and/or term research papers. Prerequisite: BA 300 or concurrent registration in BA 300. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
27 | Fall | M | BA | 303 | Business Finance | 4 | Development and study of a decision framework for financial management with special emphasis on small- and medium-sized businesses. Topics include analysis of financial health, planning for future financial performance, evaluation of investment opportunities, and analyses of risk. Financing of firm growth and valuation will be introduced. An integration of the concepts of financial management into a total system approach to business decision making will be facilitated with the use of cases, as appropriate. Prerequisites: BA 213, Ec 202, Stat 241 or Stat 243Z, BA 300 or concurrent registration in BA 300, and BA 301 or concurrent registration in BA 301. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
28 | Fall | M | BA | 311 | Marketing Management | 4 | Basic marketing concepts from the perspective of the marketing manager. Key focus is to examine the marketing planning and analysis necessary to develop sound marketing plans and strategies. Specific topics include the role of marketing within the firm, analysis of marketing opportunities, selection of target markets and market segmentation, marketing strategies in a global marketplace, use of technology in marketing, and marketing mix decisions. Experiential learning approaches for class participation will be used. Prerequisite: BA 300 or concurrent registration in BA 300. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
29 | Fall | M | BA | 325 | Information Literacy & Technical Competence for Business Professionals | 4 | Presents the key information literacy skills future business leaders need to be successful. Data represent people, places, things, activities, and events in a business. Making sense of these data is the work of every business person at all levels of the organization. The course is designed to do three things; help students develop proficiency in MS Excel and Access software applications, (2) develop the thinking that is required for students to dive into data and make sense of it, and (3) introduce key information and technology related concepts of which every business person should be aware. Using adaptive technology (SimNet), the course is designed to provide students with working knowledge and a broad overview of applications they will utilize throughout their time at PSU and beyond. Students have long-term access to the SimNet library so the resource travels with them throughout their education and career. Prerequisites: BA 213, Ec 202, Stat 241 or Stat 243Z, BA 300 or concurrent registration in BA 300, and BA 301 or concurrent registration in BA 301. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
30 | Fall | M | BA | 327 | Data Analysis & Visualization | 2 | This course is required of all business students in order for them to have basic competency in Data Analytics and be able to succeed in 400-level discipline specific Data Analytics courses as well as for them to perform well in the BA 495 Capstone class. Using a large dataset from industry, this two-credit combined-lab-and-lecture course will give students experience with tools while walking them through the data analytics cycle in order to prepare students for the work force, and their 400-level SB coursework. Prerequisite: BA 300, BA 301, and BA 325. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
31 | Fall | M | BA | 339 | Supply Chain Management | 4 | Develops an understanding of the various issues and strategies involved in the operation of a service or manufacturing organization. These considerations include the support by the operation’s organization of corporate strategy through design and operating decisions. Issues such as global supply sources, worldwide business system influences, continuous improvement, and total quality management will be discussed. Prerequisite: BA 300 or concurrent registration in BA 300. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
32 | Fall | M | BA | 385 | Business Environment | 4 | Study and critical analysis of the role of business in its environment with special references to the interrelationships of legal, technological, economic, political, and social forces with the business enterprise and to the legal and ethical obligations of the business enterprise with its owners, employees, consumers, and society. Prerequisite: BA 300 and BA 301. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
33 | Fall | M | BA | 495 | Business Strategy | 6 | Capstone course for the SBA; should be taken in the student’s final term. This course meets University Studies’ Capstone requirement. Students learn to systematically analyze a firm’s internal and external environments and, through engagement with community partners, apply concepts and theories related to the formulation and implementation of business/organization strategies. Students join an interdisciplinary team; pool their knowledge, skills, and interests; use strategy to address a problem or concern of the community partner. Emphasis on multiple functions and perspectives to understand diverse management and stakeholder interpretations, conceive integrative solutions, and address social and organizational outcomes. Prerequisites: BA 301, BA 302, BA 303, BA 311, BA 325, BA 327, BA 339, and BA 385. Priority to graduating seniors who have applied for graduation. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
34 | Fall | M | BA | 526 | MBA International Experience | 5 | The MBA International Experience provides the opportunity for students to study international business and intercultural topics and gain hands-on experience in a different country or in the Portland Metro region. Locations and course topics are determined based on the strategic priorities of the MBA program. International Experiences conducted in different countries require approximately two weeks overseas. International Experience conducted in the Portland Metro region will be offered in four to eight week formats. Prerequisites: Students will need to have completed the first year of their MBA program in order to participate in the MBA International Experience. | Credit hours changed from 4 credits to 5 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
35 | Fall | M | BA | 527 | MBA Domestic Business Experience | 2 | Explores global business issues through the lens of one or more of the region’s key industry sectors. Students will learn from executives and innovators leading groundbreaking global efforts and initiatives. Course may be taken twice for credit. | Course changed from 4 credits to 2 credits. Repeatability changed. | ||||||||||||||||||
36 | Fall | N | BA | 531 | Leadership Challenges and Insights | 2 | Presents a detailed but flexible framework for leading others. In BA 521, we focused on the emotional intelligence of effective leaders. In this course, we turn our attention to the specific leadership behaviors that drive high morale and excellent business results. Specific topics include: Leading by example, visionary leadership, leading change, driving positive results, and bringing out the best in others. We will also discuss common leadership mistakes that can derail one's ability to lead effectively. Prerequisite: BA 521. | |||||||||||||||||||
37 | Fall | N | BA | 550 | Special Topics in Advanced Leadership | 1-4 | Selected topics in Advanced Leadership for Career Advancers. Potential topics include Global Leadership, Executive Dilemmas and Decisionmaking, Leading Corporate Sustainability Initiatives. Course may be repeated for up to 12 credits. Prerequisite: BA 521. | |||||||||||||||||||
38 | Fall | N | BI | 448 | BIO-CHEM CURE | 3 | A novel, discovery-oriented, collaborative research course that will provide you with an idea of what ‘research’ actually looks like. You will learn how to approach scientific questions, propose hypotheses, and design studies. This is the same course as Ch 448 and may be taken only once for credit. General Chemistry sequence (lecture/lab) CH 221/227, 222/228, 223/229 OR Principles of Biology sequence BI 211/214, 212/215, 213/216. | |||||||||||||||||||
39 | Fall | M | BST | 304 | The Civil Rights Movement | 4 | Covers the history of the Civil Rights Movement from its early days during WWII through the end of the 1960s. Explores the social, political, economic, and legal challenges, movement leaders, organizations, movement resources, key movement events, and the role of the media and U.S. government. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
40 | Fall | M | BST | 411 | African American History Seminar | 4 | In-depth analysis of critical topics and issues in African American history. The content of the course is topical rather than chronological and the approach will emphasize specific periods, individuals, or relevant developments for a concentrated treatment in a seminar environment. This course may be repeated twice for credit. Also offered for graduate-level credit as BSt 511. Prerequisite: Any BSt course or permission from the instructor. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
41 | Fall | M | BST | 413 | Slavery | 4 | An examination of the role of slavery in establishing and reinforcing the status and position of the black population in the U.S. and the Caribbean, including physical and psychological impacts, racial classifications, and colorism. Comparative analysis of the numerous forms of slave systems and the impact of slave rebellions. Prerequisites: Upper division standing or permission by instructor. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
42 | Fall | M | BST | 414 | Racism | 4 | Survey of the social-psychological, pseudo-scientific, and biological literature and their impact on individual and cultural forms of racism in America. Utilization of rationalizations and the processes and machinery of oppression as constructed by white European and American governments to control and exploit the resources of non-white peoples will be examined. Prerequisite: Any BSt course or permission from the instructor. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
43 | Fall | M | BST | 415 | Race, Justice, and Punishment | 4 | Examination of historical and contemporary incarceration in the U.S. including slavery, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow eras through the lens of race, class, gender, sexual identity, nationality, power and privilege. Responses to demands for justice and exploration of the use of racial ideologies in the development of a racialized prison/carceral system. Prerequisite: Any BSt course or permission from the instructor. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
44 | Fall | M | BST | 419 | African American Women in America | 4 | Designed to investigate the evolution of the African American woman from slavery to the contemporary period. African American women's agency will be examined in the antislavery, suffrage, club, civil rights, nationalist, black feminist, and current movements for social justice. Prerequisite: Any BSt course or permission from the instructor. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
45 | Fall | M | BST | 420 | Caribbean Literature | 4 | A selection of poetry and fiction from the English and French speaking Caribbean (in translation where necessary). Prerequisites: Any BSt course or permission from the instructor. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
46 | Fall | M | BST | 421 | African American Writers | 4 | Examination of significant African American literary figures. A particular author or literary period of writing is identified, read, analyzed, and discussed. Major works and history of the period are included with special consideration given to the relationships between the topic of focus and the larger spheres of writing. Prerequisite: Any BSt course or permission from the instructor. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
47 | Fall | M | BST | 422 | African Fiction | 4 | Readings in African fiction in regional, cultural, generational, and gender contexts. This is the first course in a sequence of two: BSt 422 and BSt 423. Prerequisite: Any BSt course or permission from the instructor. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
48 | Fall | M | BST | 425 | Black Cinema: the 1970s | 4 | Examination of the treatment of Black themes, issues and characterization during the decade of the 1970s in the cinema industry. Particular attention on the genre of the Blaxploitation film as an industry response to the rapidly shifting social and racial dynamics of American culture as the Civil Rights era concluded. Prerequisite: Any BSt course or permission from the instructor. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
49 | Fall | M | BST | 426 | Contemporary African American Cinema | 4 | Examination of the treatment of Black themes, issues, and characterization in the contemporary cinema industry. Particular attention will be focused on the development of new Black actors, directors, and producers. The impact of these new factors in the industry will be analyzed for the influence they have on the traditions of cinema history relative to the Black experience. Prerequisite: Any BSt course or permission from the instructor. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
50 | Fall | M | BST | 430 | Black Political Thought | 4 | Theories of Black nationalism, including the political thought of Martin Delany, Aime Cesaire, Frantz Fanon, Albert Memmi, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, and others. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission by instructor. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
51 | Fall | M | BST | 440 | Caribbean Studies | 4 | Interdisciplinary examination of historical or cultural issues in the Caribbean experience. Emphasis will be on issues and dilemmas related to the creation of a multicultural society. Prerequisite: Any BSt course or permission from the instructor. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
52 | Fall | M | BST | 444 | Food Justice | 4 | Food justice is studied from a holistic perspective, which considers the complexities and intersections of ecological, cultural, nutritional, political and socioeconomic factors in the production and consumption of food. As a Black Studies food justice class, we study the historic background and diversity of Afro descent food ways, and look at contemporary topics of environmental justice, land and food access, cultural identity and appropriation. We also employ pedagogies that engage our understanding of growing food, cooking food, and eating food. Prerequisite: Upper division standing or permission by instructor. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
53 | Fall | M | BST | 450 | Topics in African/Caribbean History and Culture | 4 | In-depth exploration of selected topics in African and/or Caribbean cultural history. Special attention will be given to thematic issues of broad application to the understanding of cultural interaction, continuity, and change. Prerequisite: Any BSt course or permission from the instructor. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
54 | Fall | M | BST | 466 | History of the Black Panther Party | 4 | Examination of historical conditions and context that gave birth to the Black Panther Party. Analysis of the political platform, work and ideology of the Party and governmental and societal responses. Issues of race, class, gender and sexuality, the intersections of identity, and the Party’s legacy nationally and globally. Prerequisite: Any BSt course or permission from the instructor. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
55 | Fall | M | BST | 467 | African Development Issues | 4 | An examination of the causes of poverty and underdevelopment of the African continent. A comparative analysis of pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial circumstances will be conducted. Prerequisite: Any BSt course or permission from the instructor. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
56 | Fall | M | BST | 484 | African American Community Development | 4 | Study of community development and applicability to African American communities. Topics include community development, community organization, ghettos as colonies, citizen participation, change agents, planning, and social change implications. Expected preparation: BSt 202, BST 203, or BSt 204 or course in Black history and culture. Prerequisite: Any BSt course or permission from the instructor. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
57 | Fall | M | BST | 489 | Afro-Latino@ Narratives | 4 | This course explores through poetry, songs, music, stories, (auto)-biographical accounts and novels the creativity and meaning produced by people of African descent living in or from Latin America. Through examining the narrative expressions of Afro-Latin Americans we can consider the relationship that social historical processes have on narrative production. Prerequisite: Any BSt course or permission from the instructor. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
58 | Winter | M | BST | 301U | Women in African History | 4 | Surveys the rich and deeply layered history of African women, especially from an African perspective. We will examine the historical forces that shaped, and continue to shape, African women’s lives, as well as the ways in which African women have been agents in the making of their own histories. This course illuminates the critical role which African women, of varying nationalities, classes, ethnicities, religions, and regions, have played in African and global history. This is the same course as Hst 301U and may be taken only once for credit. | Course number changed from BST 301 due to designation as a cluster course | ||||||||||||||||||
59 | Fall | M | BST | 301U | Women in African History | 4 | Surveys the rich and deeply layered history of African women, especially from an African perspective. We will examine the historical forces that shaped, and continue to shape, African women’s lives, as well as the ways in which African women have been agents in the making of their own histories. This course illuminates the critical role which African women, of varying nationalities, classes, ethnicities, religions, and regions, have played in African and global history. This is the same course as Hst 301U and WS 335U and may be taken only once for credit. | Add cross-listing with WS 335U | ||||||||||||||||||
60 | Fall | M | BST | 305U | African History, Before 1800 | 4 | Surveys the history of the African continent from the period of European exploration to the eve of colonialism. Examines impact of the European presence on African institutions and trade, and the relative importance of the environment, technology, and indigenous social systems on the transformation of African society prior to 1800. This is the same course as Hst 312U and may be taken only once for credit. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
61 | Fall | M | BST | 306U | African History, 1800-Present | 4 | Survey the history of the African continent from 1800 to the present with an emphasis on the colonial period, independence, and post-independence. This is the same course as Hst 313U and may be taken only once for credit. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
62 | Winter | M | BST | 333U | Protests and People Power in Contemporary Africa | 4 | Analyzes Africa’s protest and social movements in the contemporary period using both historical events and scholarly analysis. It provides a multi-faceted account of Africa’s protest and activism politics as rooted in its historical and geographical specificities while centering the discourse on “people power.” We will examine much broader questions of social and historical significance like the relation between human agency and historical change, contestations of power, voice[s] of the people, gender, rights, continuity and discontinuity, and new forms of protest like digital protests. | Course number changed from BST 333 due to designation as a cluster course | ||||||||||||||||||
63 | Fall | M | BST | 362U | African Prehistory | 4 | Methods, sources of evidence, and the results of the study of prehistoric cultures of Africa from the earliest traces until the first written records; it includes human origins (physical and cultural evolution), the earliest civilization, peopling of Africa, migrations, earliest settlements, origins of agriculture and metallurgy. This is the same course as Anth 362U and may be taken only once for credit. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
64 | Winter | M | BST | 368U | Gender and Sexualities in Africa | 4 | Examines gender and sexualities in Africa from an African perspective. We will explore, among other things, the complex, and oftentimes contradictory, meanings attached to gender and sexuality in various African contexts, the notions of gendered and sexualized identifications, the different historical and social constructions of gender and sexualities in African societies. The course asks how sub-Saharan African contexts challenge Western or Global North conventional conceptualizations of gender and sexualities. Expected Preparation: A general knowledge of African history is recommended. | Course number changed from BST 368 due to designation as a cluster course | ||||||||||||||||||
65 | Fall | M | BST | 368U | Gender and Sexualities in Africa | 4 | Examines gender and sexualities in Africa from an African perspective. We will explore, among other things, the complex, and oftentimes contradictory, meanings attached to gender and sexuality in various African contexts, the notions of gendered and sexualized identifications, the different historical and social constructions of gender and sexualities in African societies. The course asks how sub-Saharan African contexts challenge Western or Global North conventional conceptualizations of gender and sexualities. Expected Preparation: A general knowledge of African history is recommended. This is the same course as WS 368U and may be taken only once for credit. | Add cross-listing with WS 368U | ||||||||||||||||||
66 | Fall | N | BSTA | 526 | R Programming for Health Data Science | 3 | This course aims to develop programming skills in R, a powerful statistical programming language. This course assumes some prior familiarity with R and ranges from advanced beginner topics to intermediate topics. It will cover practical data science skills in R that are useful for a career in statistics, epidemiology, or data science, including loading data, data wrangling, visualization, automation, machine learning, and running statistical models. A laptop is required for class to participate in coding exercises. Prerequisite: BSTA 511 or instructor approval. | |||||||||||||||||||
67 | Fall | M | BTA | 420 | Systems Analysis and Design | 4 | Introduces the foundations of systems analysis and design (SAD). It examines the scope and organization of the systems development process and the role of the systems development professional. Topics include system requirements, system analysis, process and data modeling, implementation, and project management, as well as systems analyst skills and competencies. Standard system analysis methods and techniques will be presented and applied. Designed to give you a generalized, portable, and adaptable understanding of the standard SAD methodology. The purpose of the course is to prepare you, as a business professional, to: [1] understand how SAD techniques are applied in solving business problems, and [2] communicate effectively with information-technology professionals on SAD-related issues. Prerequisite: BTA 350 (concurrent enrollment allowed). | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
68 | Fall | M | BTA | 485 | Blockchain Uses and Applications | 4 | This course explores current and proposed blockchain uses in variety of industries and sectors and enables students to design and develop distributed applications (DApps). Also offered for graduate-level credit as BTA 585 and may be taken only once for credit. Prerequisite: This course is part of the Business Blockchain Certificate. All students must complete the free non-credit Blockchain Primer before attending this course. Students must complete BTA 481 or BTA 483 or by instructor approval before registering for this course. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
69 | Fall | M | BTA | 486 | Emerging Topics in Blockchain | 4 | This course explores current and future blockchain innovations and resources available for learning about blockchain developments. Also offered for graduate-level credit as BTA 586 and may be taken only once for credit. Prerequisite: This course is part of the Business Blockchain Certificate. All students are expected to complete the Blockchain Primer before registering for this course. | Credit hours changed from 2 credits to 4 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
70 | Fall | N | BTA | 511 | Business Data Management with SQL | 4 | Provides students the opportunity to have exposure to solving the business problem by analyzing data using SQL. | |||||||||||||||||||
71 | Fall | N | BTA | 512 | Business Data Analytics with Python | 4 | Provides students the opportunity to have exposure to solving the business problem by analyzing data using Python. | |||||||||||||||||||
72 | Fall | M | BTA | 520 | Introduction to Business Intelligence and Analytics | 4 | An overview on leveraging data resources to develop and deploy business strategies to enhance their decision-making capabilities so organizations can gain and sustain a competitive advantage. Specifically, the course shows how to discover subtle patterns and associations from business data and develop and deploy predictive, clustering, and market basket models to optimize decision-making throughout organization. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
73 | Fall | M | BTA | 521 | Data Visualization | 2 | An essential component of Business Intelligence / Analytics is data visualization. This course prepares students to generate data visualizations with several standard software applications in analytics, and to interpret and communicate the results to an organization's decision makers. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
74 | Fall | N | BTA | 525 | Applied Data Science for Business Capstone Consulting Experience | 4 | Provides students the opportunity to have a significant, hands-on experience that builds upon the foundation of the core of the MS-ADSB program. Students, operating as part of a consulting team, work closely with a client to help to solve a digital transformation oriented business problem. The scope of the project is ~600 hours of research as a group on the behalf of the client. | |||||||||||||||||||
75 | Fall | N | BTA | 553 | Enterprise Data Visualization for Decision Making | 4 | Provides students the opportunity to have exposure to solving the business problem and presenting solutions using current visualization tools. | |||||||||||||||||||
76 | Fall | M | BTA | 585 | Blockchain Uses and Applications | 4 | This course explores current and proposed blockchain uses in variety of industries and sectors and enables students to design and develop distributed applications (DApps). Also offered for undergraduate-level credit as BTA 485 and may be taken only once for credit. Prerequisite: This course is part of the Business Blockchain Certificate. All students must complete the Blockchain Primer before registering for this course. Students must complete BTA 581 or BTA 583 or by instructor approval before registering for this course. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
77 | Fall | M | BTA | 586 | Emerging Topics in Blockchain | 4 | This course explores current and future blockchain innovations and resources available for learning about blockchain developments. Also offered for undergraduate-level credit as BTA 486 and may be taken only once for credit. Prerequisite: This course is part of the Business Blockchain Certificate. All students are expected to complete the Blockchain Primer before registering for this course. | Credit hours changed from 2 credits to 4 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
78 | Fall | M | BTA | 585S | Blockchain Uses and Applications | 4 | This course explores current and proposed blockchain uses in variety of industries and sectors and enables students to design and develop distributed applications (DApps). Also offered for undergraduate-level credit as BTA 485 and may be taken only once for credit. Prerequisite: This course is part of the Business Blockchain Certificate. All students are expected to complete the free non-credit Blockchain Primer before attending this course. Students must complete BTA 581 or BTA 583 or by instructor approval before registering for this course. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
79 | Fall | M | BTA | 586S | Emerging Topics in Blockchain | 4 | This course explores current and future blockchain innovations and resources available for learning about blockchain developments. Also offered for undergraduate-level credit as BTA 486 and may be taken only once for credit. Prerequisite: This course is part of the Business Blockchain Certificate. All students are expected to complete the Blockchain Primer before registering for this course. | Credit hours changed from 2 credits to 4 credits | ||||||||||||||||||
80 | Fall | N | CCJ | 308 | Careers in Criminal Justice | 4 | Careers in Criminal Justice pairs personal and professional development with practical career guidance, preparatory exercises, and experts in the field. Students will explore their strengths, challenges, interests, aptitudes, and goals before creating professional documents that purposefully and accurately convey this information. Experts in career advising will set the foundation followed by professionals in police, courts, corrections, and social services. This course provides the tools and resources for students to effectively plan their criminology and criminal justice-related careers. | |||||||||||||||||||
81 | Fall | N | CCJ | 385 | Domestic Violence | 4 | Provides a historical and contemporary study on the topic of domestic violence. Using a multidisciplinary framework, this class explores historical, theoretical, and legal treatments of domestic violence. Attention is paid to cultural and economic factors as well as the role of power and inequality in domestic violence. The course surveys the major domestic violence crime types: intimate partner violence; child maltreatment, sibling abuse, and elder abuse. Prevention, intervention, and policy responses are examined. | |||||||||||||||||||
82 | Fall | M | CCJ | 365U | Crime and Social Justice | 4 | Explores social justice in the context of crime and the criminal justice system in America. Investigates how the interconnections between crime, politics, and the economy shape the formation of criminal law and criminal justice policies. Particular attention is paid to how politically-influenced definitions of the “crime problem” in America produce disparate impacts on people of color, both individually and across whole communities. Proposed methods of increasing social justice in the criminal justice context are discussed. | Change title to Criminology and Social Justice Theory and change description | ||||||||||||||||||
83 | Fall | M | CE | 351 | Introduction to Transportation Engineering | 4 | A study of engineering problems associated with the planning and design of urban and intercity transportation with emphasis on systems approach to problem definition and solution. Vehicle operational characteristics and traffic control devices for land, air, and water, data collection methods and development of transportation models for the establishment of design criteria for transportation structures. Prerequisite: CE 316. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
84 | Fall | M | CE | 495 | Sustainable Transportation Abroad | 5 | Introduction to transportation engineering and planning applications in Europe, focusing on pedestrian, bicycle and public transport. Contrasts will be discussed between U.S. and European engineering principles, policies and standards. Design principles and practice will be explored through field trips and guest lectures while abroad and in Portland. Faculty led study abroad course. | Title changed from Sustainable Transportation in the Netherlands. Description changed. | ||||||||||||||||||
85 | Fall | N | CE | 515 | Machine Learning Methods for Civil and Environmental Engineers | 4 | Fundamentals of supervised learning and common machine learning models including linear and logistic regression, support vector machines, artificial neural networks, and decision trees/random forests; Hands-on implementation using Python-based tools such as Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow. | |||||||||||||||||||
86 | Fall | N | CE | 575 | Ecohydrology | 4 | Use of deterministic and probabilistic tools to model water, carbon, and nutrient fluxes through soils, plants, and the atmosphere. Will cover the fundamentals of rainfall interception and partitioning, soil moisture and biogeochemistry, plant water use and photosynthesis, and transport through the atmospheric boundary layer. | |||||||||||||||||||
87 | Fall | M | CE | 595 | Sustainable Transportation Abroad | 5 | Introduction to transportation engineering and planning applications in Europe, focusing on pedestrian, bicycle and public transport. Contrasts will be discussed between U.S. and European engineering principles, policies and standards. Design principles and practice will be explored through field trips and guest lectures while abroad and in Portland. Faculty led study abroad course. Prerequisites: Minimum GPA 3.0, senior status or graduate level from all disciplines and majors. | Title changed from Sustainable Transportation in the Netherlands. Description changed. | ||||||||||||||||||
88 | Fall | N | CFS | 462 | Child Life and the Hospitalized Child | 4 | Introduces students to the role of the Child Life Specialist and to the hospitalized child and their developmental needs. Students will examine best practices for working with families and application of family centered care. Students will obtain a basic knowledge of stress reduction, coping theories and play therapies. Prerequisite: Upper-division standing, or permission of the instructor. | |||||||||||||||||||
89 | Winter | M | CFS | 388U | Sexual and Reproductive Justice in the United States | 4 | SRJ is based on theorizing of Black Feminists, and resistance of women of color, youth, trans, and queer activists. We explore how movements for reproductive rights, sexual liberation, racial, gender and economic justice intersect; historical and current backlash to this organizing; and demands for social and cultural change from the most impacted communities. Topics covered include: abortion and contraception use in the U.S.; sexual and reproductive oppression; birthing justice; the right to parent; criminalization of bodies; and bodily autonomy in relation to the state and community. | Course number changed from CFS 388 due to designation as a cluster course | ||||||||||||||||||
90 | Fall | M | CH | 105 | Introductory Chemistry II | 4 | A survey of chemistry for students in nursing, in allied health fields such as dental hygiene, in forestry, and in the liberal arts. This course is not intended for science or engineering majors. This is the second course in a sequence of three: Ch 104, Ch 105 and Ch 106 which must be taken in sequence. Ch 104 - Ch 109 does not satisfy the first-year Chemistry requirement for most science and engineering majors. Prerequisite for Ch 105: Ch 104. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
91 | Fall | M | CH | 106 | Introductory Chemistry III | 4 | A survey of chemistry for students in nursing, in allied health fields such as dental hygiene, in forestry, and in the liberal arts. This course is not intended for science or engineering majors. This is the third course in a sequence of three: Ch 104, Ch 105 and Ch 106 which must be taken in sequence. Ch 104 - Ch 109 does not satisfy the first-year Chemistry requirement for most science and engineering majors. Prerequisite for Ch 106: Ch 105. | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
92 | Fall | M | CH | 221 | General Chemistry I | 4 | Fundamental basis of chemistry for science, engineering and health professional students (such as predental, premedical, premedical technology and veterinary students). Concurrent enrollment in Ch 227 for Ch 221, Ch 228 for Ch 222, and Ch 229 for Ch 223 is recommended. This is the first course in a sequence of three: Ch 221, Ch 222, and Ch 223. Ch 104 - Ch 109 does not satisfy the first-year Chemistry requirement for most science and engineering majors. Prerequisite: Passing at the necessary level on the chemistry placement test within the last year (see Chemistry Department webpage at pdx.edu/chemistry for information). | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
93 | Fall | M | CH | 222 | General Chemistry II | 4 | Fundamental basis of chemistry for science, engineering and health professional students (such as predental, premedical, premedical technology and veterinary students). Concurrent enrollment in Ch 227 for Ch 221, Ch 228 for Ch 222, and Ch 229 for Ch 223 is recommended. This is the second course in a sequence of three: Ch 221, Ch 222, and Ch 223. Ch 104 - Ch 109 does not satisfy the first-year Chemistry requirement for most science and engineering majors. Prerequisite: Ch 221 (must be passed with a C- or better). | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
94 | Fall | M | CH | 223 | General Chemistry III | 4 | Fundamental basis of chemistry for science, engineering and health professional students (such as predental, premedical, premedical technology and veterinary students). Concurrent enrollment in Ch 227 for Ch 221, Ch 228 for Ch 222, and Ch 229 for Ch 223 is recommended. This is the third course in a sequence of three: Ch 221, Ch 222, and Ch 223. Ch 104 - Ch 109 does not satisfy the first-year Chemistry requirement for most science and engineering majors. Prerequisite: Ch 222 (must be passed with a C- or better). | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
95 | Fall | M | CH | 228 | General Chemistry Laboratory | 1 | Laboratory work to accompany General Chemistry (Ch 221, 222, 223). Concurrent enrollment in the appropriate lecture course is recommended. One 3-hour laboratory. This is the second lab in a sequence of three: Ch 227, Ch 228, and Ch 229. Prerequisite: Ch 222 (concurrent enrollment allowed) and Ch 227 (must be passed with a C- or better). | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
96 | Fall | M | CH | 229 | General Chemistry Laboratory | 1 | Laboratory work to accompany General Chemistry (Ch 221, 222, 223). Concurrent enrollment in the appropriate lecture course is recommended. One 3-hour laboratory. This is the third lab in a sequence of three: Ch 227, Ch 228, and Ch 229. Prerequisite: Ch 223 (concurrent enrollment allowed) and Ch 228 (must be passed with a C- or better). | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
97 | Fall | M | CH | 335 | Organic Chemistry II | 4 | A comprehensive study of the chemistry of the compounds of carbon. Meets chemistry and biochemistry major requirements. The corresponding laboratory courses are Ch 337, Ch 339 for chemistry and biochemistry majors, and Ch 337, Ch 338 for non-chemistry majors. This is the second course in a sequence of three: Ch 334, Ch 335, and Ch 336. Concurrent enrollment in the laboratory course is recommended. Prerequisite: Ch 334 (must be passed with a C- or better). | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
98 | Fall | M | CH | 336 | Organic Chemistry III | 4 | A comprehensive study of the chemistry of the compounds of carbon. Meets chemistry and biochemistry major requirements. The corresponding laboratory courses are Ch 337, 339 for chemistry and biochemistry majors, and Ch 337, 338 for non-chemistry majors. This is the third course in a sequence of three: Ch 334, Ch 335, and Ch 336. Concurrent enrollment in the laboratory course is recommended. Prerequisite: Ch 335 (must be passed with a C- or better). | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
99 | Fall | M | CH | 338 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory II (nonmajors) | 2 | Part two of the laboratory work to accompany the sequence Ch 334, Ch 335, Ch 336. One 4-hour laboratory period. Not open to chemistry majors. Prerequisite: Ch 337 (must be passed with a C- or better) and Ch 335 (must be passed with a C- or better; concurrent enrollment allowed). | Prerequisite | ||||||||||||||||||
100 | Fall | M | CH | 339 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory II (chem majors) | 2 | Part two of the laboratory work to accompany the sequence Ch 334, Ch 335, Ch 336. More extensive laboratory course than Ch 338; required for chemistry and biochemistry majors. Two 4-hour laboratory periods. Prerequisite: Ch 337 (must be passed with a C- or better) and Ch 336 (must be passed with a C- or better; concurrent enrollment allowed). | Prerequisite |