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ENGL 5670 - Creative Writing Workshop - Poetry
A workshop and conference course in the writing of poetry, with emphasis on refinement of the individual student’s style and skills.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGL 3670 or department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5680 - Creative Writing Workshop - Playwriting
A workshop and conference course in playwriting, with emphasis on refinement of the individual student’s style and skills.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGL 3680 or department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5700 - Creative Writing Workshop - Creative Non-fiction
A workshop and conference course in the writing of creative non-fiction, with emphasis on refinement of the individual student’s style and skills.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENGL 3700 or department approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5740 - Grammar in Teaching Writing
Dealing with issues and methods in the teaching of grammar, this course for teachers focuses on using grammar to develop content, style and voice, and skill in revising and editing writing.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 18 hours of English courses, including eight or more hours at the 3000- 4000-level, and second semester junior status; exemption only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Credits: 4 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5750 - Icelandic Sagas in Translation
Readings in medieval Icelandic literature. This class provides students an opportunity to explore medieval Iceland through its rich mythology, literature, and culture. No previous coursework required in either Old Norse/Icelandic or medieval literature.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5760 - Introduction to Old Norse
An introduction to the fundamentals of Old Norse grammar and language. By translating prose and poetry, students will develop an appreciation of the literature and culture of medieval Iceland as well as a reading knowledge of Old Norse.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
When Offered: Fall - every other year
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ENGL 5770 - Advanced Readings in Old Norse
A review of the fundamentals of Old Norse grammar and language learned in ENGL 5760 by focusing on longer selections from sagas and poems. This class will further students’ knowledge of the language and the literature through discussion of them.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENGL 5760
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
When Offered: Spring - every other year
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ENGL 5820 - Studies in Children’s Literature
A study in depth of significant themes, movements, types in children’s literature. Prerequisite: ENGL 3820 or 3830 or permission of the department.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 18 hours of English courses, including eight or more hours at the 3000- 4000-level (which must include ENGL 3820 or ENGL 3830), and second semester junior status; exemption only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5830 - Multicultural Adolescent Literature
Critical analyses of literature read by young adults, with special attention paid to American and world literatures that reflect the diversity of the increasingly global community.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 18 hours of English courses with a grade of “C” or better, including eight or more hours at the 3000- 4000-level, and second semester junior status; exemption only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5970 - Studies in English: Variable Topics
Group study of special topics in literature, film, English language, and writing. Many of these special courses are organized around special events or speakers on campus or in the community, or in response to special needs or interests of students. Some topics are announced in the schedule of classes; some are added during the semester. Further information and full listing of topics may be obtained from the English Department, sixth floor Sprau Tower.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 18 hours of English courses, including eight or more hours at the 3000- 4000-level, and second semester junior status; exemption only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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ENGL 5980 - Readings in English
Individual reading project available to advanced students by special permission from the appropriate departmental advisor (undergraduate or graduate) and the staff member who will supervise the study. Normally, permission is granted only to students who have well thought-out projects dealing with authors or materials not being covered currently in the schedule. Permission is usually not granted to students who want to use the course simply to get one or two hours credit to complete an English major or minor.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: 18 hours of English courses, including eight or more hours at the 3000- 4000-level, and second semester junior status; exemption only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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Environmental Studies |
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ENVS 1000 - Climate Challenges and Solutions
This course promotes general awareness and literacy on the broad range of societal challenges that climate change presents, the role of human behavior in both the creation of and solutions to these challenges, and the prospects for fundamental societal transition in values, economics and political institutions necessary to meet these challenges. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 1: Foundations - Inquiry and Engagement Category.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 1050 - Perspectives on Sustainability
This course offers an interdisciplinary exploration of sustainability with both its promises and paradoxes. Starting with a foundation in the modern concept of sustainability and its historic origins, the course examines sustainability at a variety of scales and contexts through the lenses of economics, physical and life science, global commodity chains, land use and planning, climate change, demography, social justice, and a variety of biotic and abiotic systems. Explorations may include natural resource extraction and protection, sustainable business models, infrastructure management and maintenance, the role of education, health care, housing, transportation, and other topics. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 2: Exploration and Discovery – Science and Technology Category.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 2050 - Nature, Society, and Sustainability
Designed for majors and minors in the program, this course is an interdisciplinary survey of environmental and sustainability topics that introduces students to key problems, ideas, and people. Students will examine our changing relationships to the nonhuman world, our evolving knowledge of those changes, and diverse approaches to environmental and sustainability challenges. The course is reading and writing intensive, and also includes a required weekend field experience.
Credits: 4 hours
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ENVS 2150 - Environmental Systems and Cycles
This course presents an overview of the fundamental physical, biological, and geochemical processes governing the movement of energy and matter in the environment, and the constraints imposed by these natural systems on human activities. Topics include the properties and use of energy resources, synthetic chemical and their biological effects, the chemistry of natural and polluted water, food production and population, acid rain, ozone depletion, and global climate change.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: (ENVS 2050) and (CHEM 1100 or GEOS 1000 or GEOS 1300 or GEOG 1050); with a grade of “C” or better in all prerequisites.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 2250 - Environmental Ecology
This course focuses upon the study of living systems of various sizes and degrees of complexity. Emphasis is on how individual organisms, natural populations, biotic communities, and ecosystems vary, how they are interconnected, and how human activities influence the complex interrelationships within and among them.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: BIOS 1120 or BIOS 1600 or BIOS 1610 or BIOS 1620; with a grade of “C” or better in any prerequisite.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 2260 - Field Environmental Ecology
An introduction to the major natural ecosystems of southwest Michigan, and modern ecological methods used in their study. Exercises and activities will be conducted largely in the field, primarily at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Course content will complement lecture material presented in ENVS 2250.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENVS 2250 (may be taken concurrently); or program advisor approval.
Credits: 1 hour
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ENVS 3000 - Introduction to Sustainability: A Local to Global Survey
This course examines the modern concept of sustainability; its historical roots, theories and debates, emerging principles and practices, and moral visions for the future. From household to global scales, students will analyze interrelated questions of ecological resilience, social justice, technological change, and alternative economic paradigms. Case studies will include core sustainability challenges such as energy, water, food systems, endangered species, land use, and population. The class will require community-based field experience during the semester.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 3150 - Sustainable Brewing
This course is part of the Sustainable Brewing major, allowing students to take experiential courses related to the business, science, and practice of Craft Brewing. Consult a program advisor for additional details.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Departmental approval.
Credits: 1 to 30 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit.
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ENVS 3200 - Major Environmental Writings
This course uses selected readings of classical works in the environmental field, together with current works of significant import, to introduce students to the wisdom and the variety of voices speaking on behalf of the environment and environmentally responsible courses of human action.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENVS 2050 and (ENVS 2150 or GEOS 2320 or ENVS 2250 or BIOS 3010).
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 3300 - Climate Change and the Literary Arts
This course explores human responses to the climate change crisis through the special perspective provided by literary studies. We will investigate the ways in which the stories we tell and the words we choose inform the ways we imagine, think, and communicate about, as well as mitigate and adapt to the consequences of a warming planet.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 3400 - Environmental Policy
This course explores why environmental policy is necessary and how environmental policy has been made, is being made, and might in the future be made in the United States. The emphasis is on environmental policy and regulation at the national level, but regional, state, and local approaches/initiatives will also be considered. In addition to considering the policy process (the how), we will also review the state of environmental policy (legislation and effectiveness) and explore the policy evaluation process (the tools and techniques policy makers use to make better decisions - cost-benefit analysis, risk analysis, and environmental impact assessment). A substantial part of the course will also be devoted to considering emerging alternatives that are based on the principles of sustainability and the challenges involved in institutionalizing them.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENVS 2050 and (ENVS 2150 or GEOS 2320 or ENVS 2250 or BIOS 3010).
Credits: 4 hours
Cross-Listed: Cross-listed with PSCI 3060. A student may not receive credit for both ENVS 3400 and PSCI 3060.
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ENVS 3600 - Environment and Culture
A global cross-cultural exploration of human-environment interactions. This course will examine a variety of different technological/economic systems ranging from small-scale foraging and horticultural societies to large-scale, complex and stratified societies. Special themes each semester will address different environmental problems and how they have been solved - or not - historically and contemporarily. Such themes might address: the origins and contemporary dimensions of the population debate, the role of “values” in sustainable societies, or controversies between indigenous peoples and environmentalists.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENVS 2050 and (ENVS 2150 or GEOS 2320 or ENVS 2250 or BIOS 3010).
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 3700 - Race, Climate, and the Environment
This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the study of race and climate. It explores how climate shaped human population evolution, how modern “races” have experienced the impacts of recent climate change in uneven ways, and what might be done to heighten understanding of the future consequences on vulnerable populations of projected climate changes.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: (ENVS 1000 or ENVS 2050) and (ENVS 2150 or GEOS 1200); with a grade of “C” or better in all prerequisites.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 4010 - Selected Environmental Topics
A rotating series of environmental topics covering areas as broadly, such as environmental management, ecological design, applied environmental history, and environmental landscape and restoration. Topic to be announced on Course Offerings through GoWMU. This course may be repeated for credit with a second topic.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENVS 2150 with a grade of “C” or better and 6 hours of ENVS coursework at the 3000 level or above; or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 4020 - Selected Topics in Freshwater Humanities
This course is an intensive study of humanities approaches to knowing, managing, and conserving freshwater resources at community, regional, and global levels. Topics might include (but are not limited to): water in literature and the arts; water justice and pollution; indigenous activism in water protection; water history and the maritime Great Lakes; water ethics and theory in an era of scarcity; community studies in a freshwater context. Topic to be announced in the Schedule of Classes.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENVS 2150 with a grade of “C” or better and 6 hours of ENVS coursework at the 3000 level or above; or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: This course may be repeated for credit with a second topic.
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ENVS 4100 - Appropriate Technologies and Sustainability
In the light of the debates on sustainability, the course analyzes how technologies and technological systems have interacted with and influenced social change in both industrial countries and the Third World. Criteria for assessing the appropriateness and sustainability of various technologies and technological systems in different settings will be discussed and mini-assessments will be conducted.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: ENVS 2050 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 4110 - Climate Change and Society
This course analyzes the social structural causes of global warming, the human consequences of the climate crisis, the social and cultural factors that shape how society understands climate change and the proposed social and political responses to these global threats. The course also explores climate change denial and other social and ideological conflicts that are rife in many of these areas of concern.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Junior standing, or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Cross-Listed: Crosslisted with SOC 4110. A student may not receive credit for both ENVS 4110 and SOC 4110.
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ENVS 4120 - Climate Change and Culture
This course brings together critical theory, tools from the humanities and social sciences, and the literary imagination to consider the ethics and politics of climate change, to examine representations of climate change in fictive, documentary, and scientific discourses, and to understand efforts to address climate change in its social and cultural dimensions. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 3: Connections – Global Perspectives Category.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Junior standing or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Cross-Listed: Cross-listed with ENGL 4120. Students may not receive credit for both ENVS 4120 and ENGL 4120.
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ENVS 4150 - Environmental Law
Surveys the major federal statutes and regulatory schemes relating to environmental quality; analyzes and compares the contrasting approaches to regulation with focus on the interaction of Congress, the regulatory agencies, and the courts in defining and implementing environmental mandates. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 3: Connections – Local and National Perspectives.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: ENVS 3400
Credits: 3 hours
Cross-Listed: Cross-listed with PSCI 4240. A student may not receive credit for both ENVS 4150 and PSCI 4240.
When Offered: Fall
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ENVS 4160 - Worlds of Waste and Recycling
This course offers a broad overview of the contemporary global recycling system. With roots in the 19th rise of industrialization, consumer culture, and urban sanitation, our current system relies on fixed infrastructure around the industrial world, as well as the free flows of global commodities, including natural resources and waste products. Embedded into that system is the persistence of intense (and dirty) manual labor across the globe to glean usable materials from other peoples’ discards. This course explores what it would take to make recycling cost-effective, fair to all engaged in its processes, and more environmentally friendly. In essence the course explores the true sustainable potential of recycling. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 3: Connections – Global Perspectives Category.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Junior standing.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 4200 - Internship
The environmental internship gives students the opportunity to gain practical experience in a particular area of environmental activity, and to work with professionals. Students will gain “hands on” knowledge and add an important non-academic dimension to their resumes.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Approval of instructor and a program advisor.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
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ENVS 4300 - Environmental Projects
This course is designed for students who wish to carry on advanced interdisciplinary work in Environmental Studies under the direction of a faculty member. Work will be geared to a single project in which there is outside investigation, research, and/or workshop experience. Students selecting this course will work on projects especially designed for their programs. They will be asked to identify a problem, outline an investigatory approach, and consider paths to solving the problem.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Approval of instructor and a program advisor.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
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ENVS 4370 - Eco-Justice
This course explores the emergence of eco-justice movements and how environmental burdens and benefits are socially distributed. It considers topics such as the concept of eco-justice, origins and achievements of eco-justice movements, and distribution of burdens/benefits related to class, race and ethnicity, gender, and geography. It uses case studies to explore real-world instances of eco-justice centered on food, waste, health, climate, and migration, and connections between local, national, and global justice issues. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 3: Connections – Local and National Perspectives Category.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 4499 - Sustainable Brewing Capstone
This course is designed to serve as the culminating experience for majors in the Sustainable Brewing major. Incorporating the classroom-based and experiential aspects of the curriculum, each student will work individually with a designated faculty member on a semester-long project. Projects will address an issue, challenge, or problem potentially drawn from the external advisory board of industry leaders in sustainable brewing.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Junior standing, approval of the instructor of record, and a project approval form signed by the student, instructor of record, and the supervising faculty members.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 4500 - Senior Seminar in Environmental Studies
An integrated capstone experience involving a semester-long environmental problem-solving/planning simulation. Students will be evaluated in terms of their ability to function individually and with their colleagues in a simulated professional work environment. As the capstone course, this should normally be the last course taken from the program.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Junior standing and 17 hours of ENVS coursework; or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
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ENVS 5400 - Freshwater Policy
This course explores the structure and dynamics of the major policies and politics governing management of freshwater resources. Emphasis is on understanding how underlying social valuation systems of economics, ethics and legal theory shape policy choices and evaluating the role of freshwater policies in achieving sustainable solutions.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: (ENVS 3400 or PSCI 3060) and (ECON 2190 or ECON 3190), with a grade of “C” or better in all prerequisites.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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Evaluation, Measurement and Research |
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EMR 5400 - Fundamentals of Evaluation, Measurement, and Research
This course is designed to develop skills in the fundamentals of research design and the uses and interpretations of research findings. Each student is expected to prepare a review of literature and a design for a research study.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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EMR 5410 - Introduction to Educational Measurement and Assessment
This course provides the student with an examination of the basic concepts, principles, and tools used in the construction and use of educational tests, for the evaluation of classroom learning outcomes. Many aspects of testing will be presented: including writing and using educational objectives; constructing tests; evaluating the psychometric properties of a test reliability and validity; interpretation of test scores norms, scales, and grades; and some of the current controversies in testing. Class discussions will additionally include standardized testing in the areas such as achievement, intelligence, and specific aptitudes, and general teacher teaching evaluation.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: EMR 5400 with a grade of “B” or better, or instructor approval.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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Family and Consumer Sciences |
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FCS 1000 - Career Seminar
Orientation to special career opportunities in various majors, featuring guest speakers. Specific sections per area of interest.
Credits: 1 to 2 hours
When Offered: Fall (for Dietetic and Family Studies), Spring (for Family Studies), Summer I
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FCS 1010 - Introduction to Family Science
Introduces the field of family science and explores career options in child and youth development, family studies, and family life education. Ethical standards and professional behaviors are emphasized.
Credits: 3 hours
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FCS 1020 - Introduction to the Food Service Industry
The purpose of this course is to learn about the variety of professions available within the food service industry. Exploration of career paths available to the student will be facilitated, setting the stage for the direction of the Food Service Operations and Sustainability program. Includes focused discussion on sustainability and corporate responsibility in the local/domestic/global marketplace.
Credits: 2 hours
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FCS 1030 - Lifespan Development
Development of individuals and families, and their reciprocal relationships examined within a framework of life-span developmental tasks (physical, cognitive, language, social, emotional). This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 1: Foundations - Inquiry and Engagement Category.
Credits: 3 hours
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FCS 1090 - Envision a Sustainable Life: Food, Shelter, Clothing, and Relationships
Through discussion, hands-on exploration, guest speaker presentations, and field trips, students will be introduced to tools and concepts of ecological living. Students will engage in diverse thinking, activities, and actions to live a humanity-sustaining future. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 1: Foundations - Inquiry and Engagement: Critical Thinking in the Arts and Humanities Course Category.
Credits: 3 hours
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FCS 1240 - Apparel Construction I
Basic construction techniques for apparel products. Addresses how to handle fabrics prior to sewing, and skills commonly used in the construction of clothing. Test available for those desiring placement in upper level courses.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Fashion Merchandising and Design: Design and Development, Family and Consumer Science Teacher Education, and Pre-Family and Consumer Science Teacher Education.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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FCS 1260 - The Fashion Industry
An introduction to the manufacturing and merchandising of apparel. This course includes the business, environment, movement, and market centers of fashion. An emphasis on designers, specialty fashion retailers, trends and auxiliary services is explored.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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FCS 1490 - Design Communication I: Mechanical and Digital Drafting
Introduction to the tools and techniques to enable the student to read, compose, and create architectural drawings related to interior design and construction.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: This course is restricted to majors or minors in Interior Design and Industrial Tech.
When Offered: Fall
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FCS 1500 - Introduction to Interior Design
Basic study of the elements and principles of design and an introduction to the design process.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Corequisite: FCS 1490
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: This course is restricted to majors or minors in Interior Design.
When Offered: Fall
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FCS 1550 - Design Principles
Introduction to basic principles and elements of design and color fundamentals, with application particularly in the fields of fashion and textiles.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors and minors in Fashion Merchandising and Design.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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FCS 1560 - Psychology and Philosophy of the Built Environment
Students get an overview of design history and how movements in art, architecture and industrial design have influenced the articulation of interior space. An introduction to scientifically based understanding of environmental psychology will be covered.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: This course is restricted to majors or minors in Interior Design.
When Offered: Spring
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FCS 1570 - Design Communication II: Sketching (Freehand and Digital)
Development of drawing skills pertinent to interior designers by exploring freehand, mechanical, and digital perspective drawing methods of presentation. Two and three dimensional graphic presentation techniques are introduced.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: FCS 1490 and FCS 1500.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: This course is restricted to majors or minors in Interior Design.
When Offered: Spring
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FCS 1590 - Design Communication III: Graphic Representation
Introduction to graphic composition as a communication tool for presenting design ideas and concepts. Digital software platforms are introduced and explored in conjunction with architectural drawings and imagery.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: FCS 1490 and FCS 1500.
Corequisite: FCS 1570
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors/minors in Interior Design.
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FCS 1650 - Culinary Skills
Teach basic cooking skills with emphasis on modern trends and techniques for home as well as foodservice operations. Basic food sanitation principles, menu planning, use of kitchen tools/equipment, measurement techniques, serving size and yield information, recipe costing, planning and evaluating food budgets. Basic techniques of food preparation and service are covered emphasizing competency development in culinary skills.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nutrition and Dietetics, Family and Consumer Sciences, Food Service Operations and Sustainability, and Pre-Education.
When Offered: Fall (for Nutrition and Dietetics and Family Studies), Spring (for Family Studies), Summer I
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FCS 2020 - Field Experience
On-the-job experience under supervision of department with cooperating organizations. Written assignments, documentation of hours and performance appraisal required.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval required.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to family and consumer sciences majors only.
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Graded on a credit/no credit basis.
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer I, Summer II
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FCS 2050 - Topics in Family and Consumer Sciences
Individual topics in five/ten/fifteen week formats, ranging in 1 to 3 hours of credit. Student may elect up to 6 hours of credit if topics vary. Topics to be announced.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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FCS 2090 - Family Resource Management
A study of the decisions individuals and families make about developing and allocating resources, with emphasis on money, time, and energy management. Includes an overview of decision-making, goal setting, and planning to achieve goals.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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FCS 2100 - Human Sexuality
A study of the bio-psychosocial factors of human sexuality, emphasizing an understanding of sexuality as a social construction. Topics include: reproduction and birth, family planning, and contraception; sexually transmitted infections; sexual responses and dysfunction; emotional and physical intimacy; the range of sexual values and behaviors; and legal, ethical, and public policy implications related to human sexuality.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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FCS 2140 - Child Development
A study of the development of children (including prenatal, infancy, early and middle childhood) and their families, and the adjustments required to meet children’s changing physical, cognitive, and psychosocial needs. Hands-on experience (20 to 26 hours arranged) with children in a structured environment is required.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall
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FCS 2150 - Adolescent Development
A study of the development of adolescents, their families, and adjustments required to meet their changing physical, cognitive, and psychosocial needs. Special emphasis is placed on identity, social, moral, and sexual development of adolescents.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Spring
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FCS 2170 - Diverse Children, Families, and Communities
This course examines gender, ethnic, and cultural variations in children and families and their communities. Students will focus on the historical and social forces that helped to establish relations of dominance and subordination between groups in our society, examine how their own culture has shaped their perceptions and values, and explore best practices for effective human service work in our diverse society. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 2: Exploration and Discovery – Societies and Cultures Category.
Credits: 3 hours
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FCS 2190 - Principles of Research in Family Science
This course introduces principles of scientific inquiry in social science including understanding and evaluating research, methods used in the pursuit of research, ethical considerations and dilemmas, and skill development in reviewing and writing about scholarly material.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: FCS 1010
Credits: 3 hours
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FCS 2200 - Textiles
Basic textile course emphasizing fibers, yarns, fabric constructions, dyes and printing, and finishes. These five components are studied for their contribution to the characteristics and performance of a textile fabric, and its use and care.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors and minors in Fashion Merchandising and Design, or majors in Interior Design.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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FCS 2220 - Fashion Design Studio I
A study of the drafting techniques employed in the flat pattern method for designing clothing.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: FCS 1240 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Fashion Merchandising and Design: Design and Development.
When Offered: Spring
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FCS 2240 - Apparel Construction II
Continuation of basic construction techniques for apparel products, including skills, pattern alteration and fitting. Emphasis on self-directed individual projects with more difficult fabrics and construction techniques. May be repeated once.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: FCS 1240 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Fashion Merchandising and Design: Design and Development.
When Offered: Spring
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FCS 2250 - Computer Applications
Students in this course will explore word processing programs, spreadsheets, databases, and e-mail application. Additionally, students will refine their presentation skills, analyze and present data, and participate in emerging forms of oral and digital communication such as podcasting and video conferencing. Credit cannot be earned for both FCS 2250 and either CIS 1020, CIS 1100, SOC 1820, PEPR 1490, or CS 1000. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 1: Foundations – Oral and Digital Communications Category.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer I
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FCS 2260 - Fashion/Retail Buying
Fundamentals of merchandising mathematics, its relationship to buying, and use in the fashion/retail industry. Includes elements of profit and loss statements, purchase discounts, dating, markup, markdown, turnover, and open-to-buy. Also includes sources of buying information, and responsibilities of buyers in various types of firms.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Completion of a college-level mathematics or quantitative reasoning course (MATH 1100 or STAT 1600), with a minimum grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors and minors in Fashion Merchandising and Design.
When Offered: Spring
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FCS 2300 - Computer Aided Design for Fashion
Introduction to the use of CAD software as applied to preproduction tasks in manufacturing of textile and apparel products.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Fashion Merchandising and Design.
When Offered: Fall
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FCS 2400 - Woodworking
Identification of selected wood species and man-made composites. Basic principles of wood product design are introduced. Aesthetic and ergonomic criteria will be emphasized. Selection of materials, basic processes and tools, introduction to machining and selection and application of finishing materials is taught. Preparation of Industrial Design documentation is required, i.e. 3D, orthographic and working drawings of the product and its parts.
Credits: 3 hours
Lecture Hours - Laboratory Hours: (2 - 3)
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FCS 2440 - Interior Materials
An examination of all interior materials through instructor lectures, guest speaker presentations and hands on student lab assignments. This course introduces students to material options. Students analyze both soft and hard materials in regards to quality, performance, and maintenance for residential and commercial applications. Special attention is devoted to understanding and making sustainable material selections.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: FCS 2200 and FCS 2590.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Pre-Interior Design and Interior Design.
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FCS 2510 - Period Interiors I
Influences and characteristics in period decoration and furniture of historical interiors and exteriors from antiquity up to English Victorian.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: This course is restricted to majors or minors in Interior Design.
When Offered: Fall
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FCS 2520 - Period Interiors II
Influences and characteristics in period decoration and furniture of historical interiors and exteriors from Early American through contemporary.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Spring
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FCS 2530 - Fashion Illustration
Introduction to concepts, techniques and uses of various drawing techniques and media that facilitate the communication of ideas in the fashion industry. Focus on drawing live models and rendering of fabric, color and texture.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: FCS 1550
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Fashion Merchandising and Design.
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FCS 2540 - Materials for Interiors: Hard Finishes
A study of products and finishing materials for the interior environment which considers basic materials, manufacturing processes and the generic characteristics of goods specified by the interior designer.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: FCS 1490, FCS 1500, and FCS 1570.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Interior Design and Pre-Interior Design.
When Offered: Fall
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FCS 2560 - Materials for Interiors: Soft Finishes
Evaluation and analysis of carpets, drapery and upholstery fabrics, carpet and wall coverings products with regard to quality, selection, performance, and maintenance for residential and commercial application. Special attention devoted to material estimating and installation.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: FCS 1490, FCS 1570, and FCS 2200.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to Pre-Interior Design majors only.
When Offered: Fall
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FCS 2590 - Studio I
Creation of artistic interiors with appropriate materials, space planning, preparation of graphic documentation, renderings and purchasing data for completing the design process.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: FCS 2490
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Spring
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FCS 2600 - Nutrition
A study of the functions and sources of nutrients and their role in health; topics include digestion, absorption and metabolism of nutrients; energy balance and weight maintenance; eating disorders; nutrition and chronic disease prevention.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Either (CHEM 1120/1130 or CHEM 1510/1520) and BIOS 2400 with a grade of “C” or better in all prerequisites.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer I, Summer II
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FCS 2660 - Personal Nutrition
A study of the effect of personal nutrition on overall health. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 2: Exploration and Discovery – Personal Wellness Category.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: This course is not recommended for Dietetics majors.
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer I, SummerII
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FCS 2700 - Advanced Culinary Skills and Food Service
This course covers the concepts involved in the production of common food items prepared in food service operations. Students will apply the principles learned in a lab setting by actually preparing and sampling varied types of foods and baked goods. Students will become more familiar with ingredients, selection criteria, optimal storage, and techniques of preparation and service in order to gain more practical experience in order to feel more comfortable preparing and serving food.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: FCS 1650
Credits: 4 hours
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FCS 2720 - Food Purchasing and Resource Management
This course identifies and describes food, supplies, and related merchandise used in the food service industry. Provides methods and criteria for recognizing quality, and evaluating, specifying, purchasing, and inspecting these products. Application of cost controls, development of cost-reduction methods through management policy and decisions, examination of cost-control techniques for food, labor, and supplies, and emphasis on beverage management control are addressed.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: FCS 1650 and ACTY 2100.
Credits: 3 hours
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FCS 3050 - Professional Job Search Strategies
Extensive investigation of basic elements involved in a job search, including job resume, letter of application, career resources and establishing contacts, and questions and kinesics in the job interview.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Junior standing.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Fashion Merchandising and Design. or Food Service Administration.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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FCS 3110 - Youth Development Foundations
Study of the history, status, and examples of youth programs and youth-serving contexts and organizations; theoretical frameworks used to inform youth work; positive youth development principles and practices; partnering with families, schools, and communities; ethical guidelines; safety and wellness; professional development; state and federal policies.
Credits: 3 hours
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FCS 3120 - Curriculum and Assessment in Youth Development
Study of developmentally-appropriate tools to assess social-emotional learning of youth; features and characteristics of effective youth development curricula; and methods to promote youth self-regulation, coping strategies, and positive interactions and relationships with peers and adults.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: FCS 3110
Credits: 3 hours
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FCS 3140 - Infant and Toddler Development
Addresses theories related to early development with special emphasis placed on systems theory. Students will gain an awareness of cognitive, physical and psychosocial development of infants and toddlers within our society. This course will address children’s development from conception (prenatal factors) up to age three.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Spring
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FCS 3150 - Global Ecology of the Family
Study of families in the global environment, using social construction theory on the shared assumptions on how human society and cultures are viewed. The course includes an examination of the following factors and influences on families: religion, ethnicity, education, economics, socio-political, family structure and dynamics, gender roles, meals/food preferences, access to healthcare, housing and geographic location, mass-media, relationships with other people (friendships, community and networking systems), and issues related to globalization and tribalism. A social constructionist perspective guides explanation of families from a variety of world cultures. The course highlights the factors, structures, and dynamics that impact the functioning of family experiences across contexts. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 3: Connections – Global Perspectives Category.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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FCS 3160 - Early Childhood Assessment and Curricula
Study of developmentally-appropriate methods and tools used to assess young children from infancy through age 5, and of established curricula for early childhood educational programs. Emphasis on inclusive practices in assessment and curriculum development and implementation, and on the role of assessment in the selection and development of curricula.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: FCS 2140 and FCS 3140.
Credits: 3 hours
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FCS 3170 - Crises and Resiliency in Families
Investigation of violence, alcohol and drug misuse/abuse, disasters, incarceration, illness, loss, and death experienced by families. Protective factors; coping strategies; the process of resilience; resiliency; and educational, legal, and treatment interventions are highlighted.
Credits: 3 hours
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FCS 3180 - Intimate Relationships: Friends, Family, and Marriage
Exploration of research, literature, and family issues related to formation and maintenance of interpersonal relationships in adolescence and adulthood. Includes study of communication and conflict negotiation strategies for marriage and other relationships.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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FCS 3190 - Administration of Programs for Young Children
The focus for this course is designing and leading high quality programs for children birth through age five. Child care environments, program philosophies, administrative skills, and application of developmentally appropriate practice are addressed. Emphasis is placed on the role of parent involvement in the early education of children.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: FCS 1010, FCS 1030, FCS 2140 or equivalent, FCS 3140 or equivalent.
Credits: 3 hours
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FCS 3200 - Visual Merchandising
Specific development of display fundamentals in composition, lighting, color, signing, motion, ideas, organization and management, installation, budget, tools, props, materials, mannequins, store planning, point of purchase, exhibits, showrooms, and special promotion.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: FCS 1550
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors and minors in Fashion Merchandising and Design.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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FCS 3220 - Fashion Design Studio II
A study of advanced drafting techniques, including computer-aided designing, employed in the flat pattern method for designing clothing.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: FCS 2220 and FCS 2240, with a grade of “C” or better in all prerequisites.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Fashion Merchandising and Design: Design and Development.
When Offered: Fall
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FCS 3260 - History of Fashion
Survey of the development of costume throughout history and its relationship to contemporary fashion.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors and minors in Fashion Merchandising and Design.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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FCS 3290 - Promotion in the Merchandising Environment
Communication principles and strategies important to the promotion of fashion products in the merchandising environment.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: FCS 1260 and MKTG 2500.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors and minors in Fashion Merchandising and Design.
When Offered: Fall
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FCS 3300 - Entrepreneurship in Family and Consumer Sciences
The course provides students with economic, cultural, political, sociological, and psychological perspectives on the creation and evolution of entrepreneurial ventures. It will provide a broad, practice-based experience in the process of creating and managing a small business in family and consumer science professions with a focus on service-based businesses.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: FCS major, junior status, or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: This course is approved as a writing-intensive course.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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FCS 3460 - Nutrition Education and Counseling
Analysis of the teaching-learning and individual counseling processes for dietetic professionals. Included are interpersonal communications, education skills, interviewing techniques, individual counseling techniques and skills, teaching methods for the delivery of one-on-one instruction as well as to small and large groups and to diverse populations.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: FCS 2600 and FCS 3150 with a grade of “C” or better in all prerequisites.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Nutrition and Dietetics.
When Offered: Spring
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