Susquehanna University Bulletin
Elements of a Susquehanna Education
Accounting and Information Systems
Accounting and Information Systems Faculty
ACCT:200 Financial Accounting.
ACCT:220 Introduction to Taxation.
ACCT:300 Financial Statement Analysis.
ACCT:301 Intermediate Accounting I.
ACCT:302 Intermediate Accounting II.
ACCT:309 Accounting Information Systems.
ACCT:310 Advanced Business Law.
ACCT:340 Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting.
ACCT:430 Managerial Accounting Policy.
INFS:174 Database Systems Analysis and Design.
INFS:271 E-Business Applications Development.
INFS:375 Database Programming.
INFS:472 Management Support Systems.
INFS:485 Artificial Intelligence.
INFS:496 Topics in Information Systems.
INFS:502 Independent Research.
ARTH:101 Introduction to Art History I: Prehistoric to Late Middle Ages.
ARTH:102 Introduction to Art History II: Renaissance to Modern.
ARTH:211 Survey of Non-Western Art.
ARTH:306 Renaissance Art History.
ARTH:308 American Art History.
ARTH:309 19th-Century Art History.
ARTS:111 Foundations of Art I.
ARTS:112 Foundations of Art II.
ARTS:241 Black and White Photography.
ARTS:244 Advanced Photography.
ARTS:314 Topics in Studio Art.
BIOL:020 Human Sexuality and Reproduction.
BIOL:101 Ecology, Evolution and Heredity.
BIOL:102 Cell and Organismal Biology.
BIOL:157 The Biology of Women.
BIOL:300 Developmental Biology.
BIOL:301 Developmental Biology Laboratory.
BIOL:302 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy.
BIOL:303 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy Laboratory.
BIOL:307 Cell Biology Laboratory.
BIOL:308 Vertebrate Natural History.
BIOL:309 Vertebrate Natural History Laboratory.
BIOL:311 Animal Physiology Laboratory.
BIOL:313 Microbiology Laboratory.
BIOL:317 Molecular Biology Laboratory.
BIOL:320 Exercise and Extreme Physiology.
BIOL:321 Exercise and Extreme Physiology Laboratory.
BIOL:325 Animal Behavior Laboratory.
BIOL:326 Invertebrate Zoology.
BIOL:327 Invertebrate Zoology Laboratory.
BIOL:401 Immunology Laboratory.
BIOL:405 Plant Physiology Laboratory.
BIOL:409 Aquatic Ecology Laboratory.
BIOL:424 The Biochemistry of Metabolism.
BIOL:425: The Biochemistry of Nucleic Acids.
BIOL:426 The Biochemistry of Proteins and Enzymes.
BIOL:427 Biochemistry of Proteins and Enzymes Laboratory.
BIOL:429 Biochemistry of Metabolism Laboratory.
BIOL:440 Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.
BIOL:441 Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Laboratory.
BIOL:455 Neurons and Networks.
BIOL:503 Biological Issues in Australia.
BIOL:504 Independent Study in Biology.
BIOL:550 Explorations in Biology.
BIOL:560 Interdisciplinary Explorations in Biology.
OFFS:HRTNOLA Hurricane Relief Team: The New Orleans Experience.
Chemistry and Biochemistry Studies
CHEM:101-102 General Chemistry I, II.
CHEM:103-104 General Chemistry I, II Teams.
CHEM:221-222 Organic Chemistry I, II.
CHEM:231 Quantitative Analysis.
CHEM:311 Analytical Chemistry.
CHEM:341 Physical Chemistry I.
CHEM:342 Physical Chemistry II.
CHEM:424 The Biochemistry of Metabolism.
CHEM:425: The Biochemistry of Nucleic Acids.
CHEM:426 The Biochemistry of Proteins and Enzymes.
CHEM:427 Biochemistry of Proteins and Enzymes Laboratory.
CHEM:429 Biochemistry of Metabolism Laboratory.
CHEM:430 Instrumental Analysis.
CHEM:450 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry.
CHEM:490 Chemistry Independent Study.
CHEM:500 Problems in Chemistry.
CHEM:590 Chemistry Internship.
OFFS:HAWAII GO Five-O: Our Fiftieth State. A Three-prong Approach to Understanding Hawaiian Culture.
Required of All Communications Majors
COMM:100 Grammar for Communicators.
COMM:101 Essentials of Digital Media.
COMM:190 Communication/Media Theory.
COMM:131 Introduction to Journalism.
COMM:171 Introduction to Media.
COMM:182 Writing for New Media.
COMM:231 Newswriting and Reporting.
COMM:277 Audio Production and Media Performance.
COMM:282 Fundamentals of Digital Video Production.
COMM:382 Intermediate Digital Multimedia Production.
Strategic Communications Emphasis
COMM:217 Principles of Advertising.
COMM:221 Corporate Communications.
COMM:223 Corporate Communications Writing.
COMM:314 Public Relations Writing and Campaigns.
COMM:317 Print and Web Advertising.
COMM:318 Integrated Marketing Communications.
COMM:323 Computer Design Skills.
COMM:371 Broadcast Advertising: Writing and Practices.
COMM:411 Public Relations/Corporate Communications Management.
CSCI:181 Principles of Computer Science.
CSCI:200 Multi-agent Modeling in the Natural and Social Sciences.
CSCI:282 Computer Organization.
CSCI:370 Cryptology and Number Theory.
CSCI:391 Data Communications and Networks I.
CSCI:392 Data Communications and Networks II.
CSCI:471 Software Engineering: Methodology.
CSCI:472 Software Engineering: Practicum.
CSCI:481 Programming Languages.
CSCI:482 Theory of Computation.
CSCI:485 Artificial Intelligence.
CSCI:486 Introduction to Operating Systems.
CSCI:488 Computer Architecture.
CSCI:501 Topics in Computer Science.
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Earth and Environmental Sciences Faculty
Earth and Environmental Sciences Studies
Earth and Environmental Sciences Degree Programs
Earth and Environmental Sciences Courses
EENV:101 Environmental Science.
EENV:102 Environmental Hazards.
EENV:103 Earth System History.
EENV:113 Geology and the Environment.
EENV:240 Introduction to Meteorology.
EENV:242 Climate and Global Change.
EENV:250 Topics in Earth and Environmental Sciences.
EENV:260 Mineralogy/Petrology.
EENV:270 Chemistry of Natural Waters.
EENV:283 Sedimentology/Stratigraphy.
EENV:332 Sustainable Energy Resources.
EENV:335 Environmental Laws and Regulations.
EENV:360 Geographic Information Systems.
EENV:370 Environmental Geophysics.
EENV:420 Groundwater Hydrology.
EENV:440 Groundwater Pollution and Monitoring.
EENV:443 Tropical Meteorology.
EENV:560 Environmental Independent Study.
EENV:590 Environmental Internship.
EENV:591 Environmental Internship Seminar.
EENV:595 Research in Earth and Environmental Sciences.
EENV:596 Research in Earth and Environmental Sciences Seminar.
ECON:105 Elements of Economics.
ECON:201 Principles of Macroeconomics.
ECON:202 Principles of Microeconomics.
ECON:311 Intermediate Macroeconomics.
ECON:313 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory.
ECON:315 Managerial Economics.
ECON:322 Introduction to Econometrics.
ECON:330 International Trade and Finance.
ECON:331 Money, Banking and Financial Markets.
ECON:335 Economic Development.
ECON:338 International Political Economy.
ECON:373 Political Economic Thought.
ECON:441 History of Economic Thought.
ECON:442 Emerging Markets Economics.
ECON:465 Global Financial Markets.
ECON 499: Applied Research Methods.
ECON:105 Elements of Economics.
ECON:201 Principles of Macroeconomics.
ECON:202 Principles of Microeconomics.
ECON:311 Intermediate Macroeconomics.
ECON:313 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory.
ECON:315 Managerial Economics.
ECON:322 Introduction to Econometrics.
ECON:330 International Trade and Finance.
ECON:331 Money, Banking and Financial Markets.
ECON:335 Economic Development.
ECON:338 International Political Economy.
ECON:373 Political Economic Thought.
ECON:441 History of Economic Thought.
ECON:442 Emerging Market Economics.
ECON:465 Global Financial Markets.
ECON:499 Applied Research Methods.
EDUC:101 Introduction to Education and Society.
EDUC:102 Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education.
EDUC:125 Residential Leadership for Social Justice and Community Development.
EDUC:202 Introduction to Human Geography.
EDUC:240 Cognition and Classroom Learning: Early Childhood.
EDUC:250 Educational Psychology.
EDUC:260 Introduction to Special Education.
EDUC:270 Instruction of Exceptional Students.
EDUC:310 Math Methods: Pre-school.
EDUC:311 Math Methods: Primary Grades.
EDUC:330 Technology in Education.
EDUC:350 English Language Learners: Theory and Instruction.
EDUC:365 Pre-school Language and Emergent Literacy.
EDUC:366 Primary Literacy Development.
EDUC:367 Literacy Assessment and Interventions.
EDUC:370 The Theory and Practice of Peer Education.
EDUC:374 Methods of Mathematics Instruction.
EDUC:375 Literacy I: Building Blocks for Teaching Literacy.
EDUC:377 Literacy II: Assessment, Intervention and Instruction for the Elementary Classroom.
EDUC:380 Instructional Design.
EDUC:384 Introduction to Early Childhood Education.
EDUC:400 Social Studies Methods: Early Childhood.
EDUC:410 Family and Community.
EDUC:420-427 Methods of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment in Secondary Education.
EDUC:430 Science Methods: Early Childhood.
EDUC:476 Principles of Learning and Teaching in Elementary Education.
EDUC:479 Principles of Learning and Teaching in Secondary Education.
EDUC:481 Methods of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment in Elementary Education.
EDUC:482 Differentiated Instruction and Classroom Management in Elementary Education.
EDUC:483 Differentiated Instruction and Classroom Management in Secondary Education.
EDUC:485 Methods of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment in Early Childhood Education.
ENGL:100 Writing and Thinking.
ENGL:190 Introduction to Modern Publishing.
ENGL:200 Literature and Culture.
ENGL:220 Studies in Literatures of the Americas, Colonial to 1865. (Early Period)
ENGL:225 Studies in Literatures of the Americas, 1865 to Present.
ENGL:230 Studies in Literatures of the British Commonwealth, Medieval to Renaissance. (Early Period)
ENGL:233 Studies in Literatures of the British Commonwealth, Jacobean to Augustan. (Early Period)
ENGL:235 Studies in Literatures of the British Commonwealth, Romantic to Modernist.
ENGL:245 Studies in Comparative Literatures of the Americas. (Multicultural/Non-Western)
ENGL:250 World Literature. (Multicultural/Non-Western)
ENGL:255 Jewish Literature. (Multicultural/Non-Western)
ENGL:269 English Grammar and the Writing Process.
ENGL:290 Aesthetics and Interpretation.
ENGL:300 History of the English Language. (Early Period)
ENGL:305 Themes in Early British Literature. (Early Period)
ENGL:315 Themes in Early Modern British Literature. (Early Period)
ENGL:325 Themes in Modern British Literature.
ENGL:335 Themes in Early American Literature. (Early Period)
ENGL:345 Themes in Modern American Literature.
ENGL:350 Studies in Major Authors.
ENGL:355 Studies in Anglophone Literature. (Multicultural/Nonwestern)
ENGL:361 Studies in Literature and Genre.
ENGL:365 Studies in Literature and Gender.
ENGL:381 Advanced Composition: Rhetoric and the Environment.
ENGL:382 Reading/Writing/Teaching Difference.
ENGL:388 Publishing: Entertainment, Art, Politics, Ethics.
ENGL:390 Special Themes and Topics.
ENGL:440 Independent Research: Issues in Literature.
OFFS-SAFRICA Travel Writing in South Africa.
HIST:111 United States History to 1877.
HIST:112 United States History Since 1877.
HIST:132 Europe, 1648–Present.
HIST:151 Traditional East Asia.
HIST:171 African Civilization.
HIST:180 Latin America, 1492–1825.
HIST:181 Latin America 1825-Present.
HIST:215 The Civil War in the American Experience.
HIST:217 Contemporary America, 1945–Present.
HIST:218 Work and Play in the U.S.A.
HIST:226 Soviet and Russian Politics.
HIST:313 Social History of the United States.
HIST:314 African-American History.
HIST:316 Making a Multicultural United States.
HIST:322 Pennsylvania History.
HIST:323 History of American Medicine.
HIST:331 Medieval People and Culture.
HIST:335 Muslims, Christians, and Jews in Medieval Spain.
HIST:361 Global Migrations in Modern World History.
HIST:376 Race and Nation in Modern Latin America.
HIST:383 Popular Music and History in the 20th Century.
HIST:401 Collective Inquiry in History.
HIST:420 Internship in History.
Business Administration Studies
MGMT:102 Global Business Perspectives.
MGMT:203 Quantitative Methods for Business and Economic Decisions.
MGMT:250 Introductory Topics in Business.
MGMT:301 London Program Reflection Course.
MGMT:318 Integrated Marketing Communications.
MGMT:330 Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Theory, Practice, and Concept.
MGMT:340 Corporate Financial Management.
MGMT:344 Financial Institutions and Markets.
MGMT:345 International Financial Management.
MGMT:350 International Business.
MGMT:351 Seminar in European Business Operations.
MGMT:360 Management and Organizational Behavior.
MGMT:361 Human Resource Management.
MGMT:363 Employee and Labor Relations.
MGMT:369 Values, Ethics, and the Good Life.
MGMT:390 Operations Management.
MGMT:400 Business Policy and Strategy.
MGMT:404 Business and Social Responsibility.
MGMT:433 New Venture Start-up and Financing.
MGMT:434 Entrepreneurial Experience.
MGMT:435 Entrepreneurial Venture Strategy and Economic Growth.
MGMT:441 Advanced Corporate Financial Management.
MGMT:442 Portfolio Management.
MGMT:443 Applied Investments and Security Analysis.
MGMT:444 Applied Institutional Investment Management.
MGMT:461 Projects in Human Resource Management.
MGMT:462 Human Resource Planning.
MGMT:464 Compensation Structure Design.
MGMT:465 Performance Management.
MGMT:467 Topics in Management.
MGMT:468 Women in Organizations.
MGMT:481 Advertising Management.
MATH:099 College Mathematics Preparation.
MATH:101 Precalculus Mathematics.
MATH:108 Introduction to Statistics.
MATH:211 Multivariate Calculus.
MATH:231 Foundations of Analysis.
MATH:353 Differential Equations.
MATH:370 Cryptology and Number Theory.
MATH:441 Mathematical Statistics.
MATH:482 Theory of Computation.
MATH:501 Topics in Mathematics.
FRNC:101-102 Beginning French I-II.
FRNC:201 Intermediate French I: Language and Culture.
FRNC:202 Intermediate French II: Language and Culture.
FRNC:301 Advanced Conversation and Phonetics.
FRNC:302 Advanced Composition and Grammar.
FRNC:310 French and Francophone Literary and Cultural Studies.
FRNC:320 French and Francophone Film Studies.
FRNC:460 Seminar on French and Francophone Literature and Culture or Film.
GERM:101-102 Beginning German I-II.
GERM:201 Intermediate German I: Language and Culture.
GERM:202 Intermediate German II: Language and Culture.
GERM:301 German Composition and Conversation.
GERM:303 Introduction to Business German.
GERM:404 Multicultural German Literature.
GERM:460 Seminar in German Studies.
GERM:461 German Theater and Film.
ITAL:101-102 Beginning Italian I-II.
ITAL:201 Intermediate Italian I: Language and Culture.
ITAL:202 Intermediate Italian II: Language and Culture.
ITAL:301 Advanced Conversation and Oral Expression.
ITAL:302 Advanced Grammar and Written Expression.
ITAL:310 Topics in Italian Literature, Culture, and Film.
ITAL:311 Topics in Italian Language and Linguistics.
ITAL:460 Seminar in Italian Literature, Culture, and Film.
SPAN:103 Introduction to College Spanish I.
SPAN:104 Introduction to College Spanish II.
SPAN:201 Intermediate Spanish I: Language and Culture.
SPAN:202 Intermediate Spanish II: Language and Culture
SPAN:301 Advanced Conversation and Oral Expression.
SPAN:302 Grammar and Composition.
SPAN:303 Spanish for Business.
SPAN:305 Spanish for the Service Professions.
SPAN:310 Topics in Hispanic Culture.
SPAN:350 Introduction to Hispanic Literature.
SPAN:401 Advanced Spanish Language.
SPAN:445 Seminar in Peninsular Spanish Studies.
SPAN:447 Seminar in Hispanic-American Studies.
MUSC:013-014 Percussion Lesson.
MUSC:015-016 Harpsichord Lesson.
MUSC:023-024 Composition Lesson.
MUSC:073 Crusader Stadium Band.
MUSC:075 Fall Musical Orchestra.
Music Theory, Composition and Musicianship
MUSC:161 Theory I: Diatonic Harmony.
MUSC:162 Theory II: Chromatic Harmony.
MUSC:261 Theory III: Advanced Tonal Harmony.
MUSC:262 Theory IV: Form and Analysis.
MUSC:101 Introduction to Music.
MUSC:130 Rock Music and Society.
MUSC:152 World Music Perspectives.
MUSC:245 The Music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Eras.
MUED:200 Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Public School Education and Music Education.
MUED:339 Public School Music I: Foundation, Standards and Curriculum.
MUED:340 Public School Music II: Assessment, Inclusion and Practicum.
MUED:345 Instrumental Music Education Methods and Practicum.
MUED:351 Choral Music Education Methods and Practicum.
MUED:355 Music for Exceptional Children.
MUED:405 Student Teaching Seminar.
MUED:406 Organization and Administration of Public School Music.
MUSC:170 Introduction to Music Technology.
MUSC:355 Audio Engineering Fundamentals.
MUSC:356 Music Production in the Recording Studio.
PHIL:101 Problems in Philosophy.
PHIL:105 Philosophy of Love and Desire.
PHIL:111 Introduction to Logic.
PHIL:122 Resolving Moral Conflicts.
PHIL:150 Everyday Ethics: Philosophical Issues in the Private Realm.
PHIL:210 Philosophy of Religion.
PHIL:222 Advanced Ethical Theory.
PHIL:245 19th- and 20th-Century Philosophy.
PHIL:255 Philosophy and the City: Plato's Republic and HBO's The Wire.
PHIL:302 Philosophy in the Wake of the Holocaust.
PHIL:305 Topics in Philosophy.
PHIL:310 Philosophy of Science.
PHIL:312 Epistemology-Theories of Knowledge.
PHIL:350 Metaphysics-Theories of Reality.
PHIL:443 Political Philosophy.
Political Science and Related Courses
American Government and Politics
POLI:111 American Government and Politics.
POLI:211 Women and U.S. Politics.
POLI:216 State and Local Government and Politics.
POLI:310 Political Psychology.
POLI:312 Elections in America.
POLI:314 Diversity in American Politics.
POLI:121 Comparative Government and Politics.
POLI:222 Politics of Developing Nations.
POLI:224 Government and Politics of Europe.
POLI:225 Government and Politics of Africa.
POLI:226 Soviet and Russian Politics.
International Politics and Foreign Policy
POLI:331 American Foreign Policy.
POLI:333 Development, Globalization and Society.
POLI:334 International Organizations and Law.
POLI:245 American Political Ideas.
POLI:341 American Political Thought.
Political Science Seminars, Independent Studies and Internships
PSYC:101 Principles of Psychology.
PSYC:123 Elementary Statistics.
PSYC:205 Topics in Psychology.
PSYC:223 Research Methods in Psychology.
PSYC:232 Environmental Psychology.
PSYC:238 Developmental Psychology: Conception Through Childhood.
PSYC:239 Developmental Psychology: Adolescence.
PSYC:240 Developmental Psychology: Adulthood.
PSYC:243 Drugs, Society and Behavior.
PSYC:250 Educational Psychology.
PSYC:252 Learning Styles and Preferences.
PSYC:322 Psychological Testing.
PSYC:323 Experimental Design and Analysis.
PSYC:334 Psychology of Gender.
PSYC:337 Psychology of Exceptional Individuals.
PSYC:340 Cognitive Psychology.
PSYC:342 Behavioral Neuroscience.
PSYC:343 Learning and Motivation.
PSYC:350 Psychology, Culture and Ethnicity.
PSYC:421, 422 Directed Research.
PSYC:450 Introduction to Counseling.
PSYC:500 Internship in Psychology.
RELI:102 Applied Biblical Ethics.
RELI:203 The Gospels and Jesus.
RELI:207 Women in the Biblical Tradition.
RELI:113 Introduction to Judaism.
RELI:115 Jewish Philosophy and Ethics.
RELI:117 Introduction to Asian Religions.
RELI:215 Music in Christian Rituals.
Sociology and Anthropology Faculty
Sociology and Anthropology Studies
SOCI:101 Principles of Sociology.
SOCI:206 Gendered Bodies and Social Control.
SOCI:210 Caribbean Culture and Society.
SOCI:235 Qualitative Research Methods.
SOCI:245 Quantitative Research Methods.
SOCI:315 Social Stratification in Contemporary Society.
SOCI:331 Social Control and Deviance.
SOCI:333 Development, Globalization and Society.
SOCI:350 Corrections, Punishment, and Penalty.
SOCI:413 Race, Ethnicity and Minorities.
SOCI:501 Independent Research.
ANTH:162 Introduction to Anthropology.
ANTH:200 Topics in Anthropology.
ANTH:220 Magic, Witchcraft and Religion.
ANTH:227 Native America North of Mexico.
ANTH:235 Qualitative Research Methods.
ANTH: 237 Museums and Anthropology.
ANTH:310 National, Transnational and Diasporic Communities.
ANTH:311 Regulating Bodies: Food, Sex, Drugs and the Economy.
ANTH:312 History and Culture of Jewish Cuisines.
ANTH:322 Visual Anthropology: Imagining the Other.
ANTH:360 Religious Fundamentalisms in the Modern World.
ANTH:400 History of Anthropological Theory.
ANTH:413 Race, Ethnicity and Minorities.
THEA:102 Student-Directed Production.
THEA:104 Advanced Acting Workshop.
THEA:142 Stagecraft and Production.
THEA:143 Scenic Painting and Lighting.
THEA:151 Acting I: The Stanislavski System.
THEA:152 Understanding Theatre.
THEA:200 Introduction to Dramatic Literature.
THEA:251 Acting II: Voice and Movement.
THEA:252 Survey of Western Theatre.
THEA:253 Identity and Representation in Non-Western Theatre.
THEA:340 Stage Management and Theatre Operations.
THEA:351 Acting III: Period Styles.
THEA:453 Dramatic Theory and Criticism.
THEA:454 Theatrical Design History.
THEA:502 Individual Investigation.
DANC:155 Contemporary Ballroom Dance.
DANC:250 Historical Partner Dance.
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