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and techniques of note-taking and test-taking. (Open to freshmen
only. Two hours of lecture per week for one-half semester).
ACOR 1006 Academic Orientation II
1 cr.
The individual and the world of work. Lectures and activities
designed to create individual and career awareness. Topics include
choosing a major and careers, occupational-interest testing, and
occupational-information resources. (Offered on a pass-fail basis.
Two hours of lecture per week for one-half semester).
Aerospace Studies
AERO 1001 Foundations U.S. Air Force I
1 cr.
Fall semester. This course focuses on the basic characteristics of air
doctrine; U.S. Air Force mission and organization; functions of the
U.S. strategic offensive and defensive, general purpose, and support
forces; officership; followership; military customs and courtesies;
and an assessment of communicative skills.
AERO 1002 Foundations U.S. Air Force II
1 cr.
Spring semester. This course focuses on U.S. Air Force installations
and professions; introduction to flight; geographical awareness; U.S.
defense policy; military balance; terrorism; and a study of the other
branches of the Armed Services.
AERO 1201 Air Power History I
1 cr.
Fall semester. Traces the development of airpower from the beginning
of manned flight through World War II.
AERO 1202 Air Power History II
1 cr.
Spring semester. A study of Post-World War II airpower development
and employment, including present-day aerospace forces.
AERO 3001 Leadership Skills I
3 cr.
Fall semester. Prerequisite: consent of department. The general theory
and practice of management applied to Air Force situations.
AERO 3002 Leadership Skills II
3 cr.
Spring semester. Prerequisite: consent of department. The theory
and application of general concepts of leadership to Air Force
situations.
AERO 3401 National Security Forces I
3 cr.
Fall semester. Prerequisite: consent of department. Study of the
armed forces as an integral element of society. Examines civil-military
relations in the formation of defense policy; the evolution of
national security policy; the national security policy process; and
national security policy issues.
AERO 3402 National Security Forces II
3 cr.
Spring semester. Prerequisite: consent of department. Political, economic,
social, technological, and international developments; their
effects upon strategic preparedness and the overall defense policymaking
process.
Anthropology
ANTH 1010 Peoples of the World
3 cr.
Offered each semester. A topical survey of tribes and cultures of
the world past and present. This course is designed to acquaint the
beginning student with anthropology and its various subfields. It
will examine the background of several cultures at different levels
of development which are now undergoing the difficult process
of combining their traditional ways of life with the rapid changes
imposed on them by the modern world.
ANTH 1020 Fads Fallacies of Human Origins
3 cr.
A rational examination of numerous supposed ancient “mysteries”
and unsolved phenomena relative to human origins using
the data and methods of modern archaeology. Topics will include
those areas in anthropology and archaeology made popular by
sensationalist authors such as lost continents, ancient astronauts,
strange stone monuments, pyramids, the Yeti and other monsters,
lost races, archaeoastronomy, psychic anthropology, catastrophisms,
and others. Major foci will include both the evidence for the actual
causes of the phenomena and an examination of the methodology
and style of pseudo-scientific sensationalist authors.
ANTH 1030 America as a Foreign Culture
3 cr.
America examined as a foreign culture, or set of interrelated cultures,
as it might be viewed by anthropologists form other nations.
Topics will include an introduction to anthropology, American core
values, the concept of national character, a history of ethnic groups
in the United States, concepts of class stratification and culture
change. The course is designed to encourage interaction between
Americans and foreign students through participation in field trips
to museums, festivals and other cultural events.
ANTH 1231 World Archeology
3 cr.
A worldwide survey of prehistoric cultural adaptations from the
first use of bone and stone tools to the ancient mysterious civilizations
of Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe including recent
archaeological discoveries: the lost cities of the Indus Valley; the
megalithic temple builders of Malta; the pyramids of Egypt, Peru,
and Mesoamerica; the terra cotta army of China; and the Moundbuilders
of North America. Emphasis is placed on the development
of technologies, social groups and the patterns of cultural
development.
ANTH 1292 Anthropology of Louisiana
1 cr.
An examination of particular aspects of Louisiana culture as seen
by an anthropologist. Topics will vary each semester, but they
will emphasize Louisiana’s cultural diversity from the prehistoric
background to the contribution of various European and African
groups. Two hours of lecture per week for one-half semester. May
be repeated once for a total of two credits.
ANTH 2051 Human Origins
3 cr.
Offered each semester. The origin and evolution of the human species,
primates, modern human variation, prehistoric societies, and
linguistic classification.
ANTH 2052 Cultural Anthropology
3 cr.
Offered each semester. Cross-cultural, global, comparative, and
critical perspectives on human behavior and culture. Diversity
of human cultures from hunter-gatherers to industrialized city
dwellers. Implications of sociocultural analysis of economic, social,
political, symbolic, and religious systems.
ANTH 2151 Forensic Anthropology
3 cr.
Prerequisite: ANTH 2051 (or an equivalent course in physical/
biological anthropology), graduate status or consent of department.
The study of human skeletal material for the determination
of basic information (age, race, sex, ancestry, ethnicity, stature,
weight). Topics include osteometry, ancestry, and the establishment
of specific individual characteristics from skeletal remains. Special
lectures on recognition of trauma and common disease processes in
bone will also be provided. Laboratory exercises will allow student
group to analyze forensic cases to reinforce lecture and reading
material.
ANTH 2991 Independent Work
1 cr.
Prerequisite: consent of department. Readings, conferences, and
reports under the direction of a member of the anthropology
faculty.
ANTH 2992 Independent Work
1 cr.
Prerequisite: consent of department. Readings, conferences, and
reports under the direction of a member of the anthropology
faculty.
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