2006-08 Course Descriptions - Catalog - University of Oklahoma

The Uni ver sity of Oklahoma 2006-2008 Gen eral Cat a logHow to Read a Course DescriptionHow to Read a Course DescriptionCourse ListingsThe Course List ings sec tion de scribes all courses ap proved for of fer ing bythe Uni ver sity of Oklahoma. The courses are listed al pha bet i cally bydepartment.The word “course” refers to a subject taken during a semester (or summersession) with a certain number of prescribed meetings each week.Successful completion of a course usually earns a specified number ofsemester hours of credit toward a degree. The words “curriculum” or“program of study” refer to an organized plan of work composed of anumber of courses. The completion of a curriculum ordinarily leads to adegree.The Class Schedule lists the specific courses available that semester, thetime of meeting, and building and room numbers where the course meets.Explanation of Course ListingsA course listing is comprised of the following elements, in order:COURSE NUMBERAll courses are identified by numbers composed of four digits. Coursesnumbered 1000–2999 are referred to as “lower division,” those numbered3000–4999 are “upper division,” and those numbered 5000 and aboveare “graduate-level.”The first digit indicates the class year in which the subject is ordinarilytaken, although enrollment is not exclusive as to student classification:1. Courses num bered 0000 to 0999 are de vel op men tal re me dial coursesoffering no college credit.2. Courses num bered 1000 to 1999 are pri mar ily fresh man level.3. Courses num bered 2000 to 2999 are pri mar ily soph o more level.4. Courses num bered 3000 to 3999 are pri mar ily ju nior level.5. Courses num bered 4000 to 4999 are pri mar ily se nior level.6. Courses num bered 5000 to 5999 are pri mar ily for post-bac ca lau re atestu dents, ex cept by per mis sion of the de part ment and the grad u ate dean.7. Courses num bered 6000 to 6999 are re stricted to post-bac ca lau re atestu dents, ex cept by per mis sion of the de part ment and the grad u ate dean.The second and third digits identify the course within the field.The fourth digit denotes the number of credit hours assigned to the course.A zero (0) as the fourth digit indicates the course is offered for a variablenumber of credit hours. No change may be made in the number of credithours specified for the various courses as indicated in the catalog.A G before the course number indicates the course is approved forgraduate credit.The only exception is University course 4000 which carries graduate creditwhen completed through the Scholar-Leadership Enrichment Program.A dagger (†) before the G indicates the course is not applicable forgraduate credit in that department.CREDITThe unit of credit at the University of Oklahoma is the semester hour. Eachsemester hour represents one class period of 50 minutes in length eachweek for sixteen weeks (including final examinations) or the equivalent.Laboratory or field courses require two or three class periods per week foreach hour of credit. During the summer session, the number of clock hoursis doubled.COURSE TI TLEThe title of the course is printed in bold letters.CROSSLISTING/SLASHLISTING COURSESCrosslisting of courses will be indicated after the course title, where thedepartments in which the course is crosslisted will be shown. This meansthat a course is offered through all of the departments indicated so thatstudents may take a class through their major department.Slashlisting of courses will also be in di cated af ter the course ti tle. Courses areslashlisted so undergraduate students may take an undergraduate 4000-levelcourse in a de part ment while grad u ate stu dents may take a grad u ate 5000-levelcourse in the same de part ment. The lec tures in a slashlisted course are thesame. How ever, stu dents in the 5000-level course have sub stan tial ad di tionalre quire ments be yond those for stu dents in the 4000-level course. Thesead di tional re quire ments are listed in the slashlisted course syl la bus. Nostu dent may earn credit for both the 4000- and the 5000-level course.STATE MENT OF VARI ABLE CREDITThe credit that may be earned in a vari able-credit course (course num berend ing in 0) is shown af ter the course ti tle. A typ i cal en try is 1 to 3 hours.PREREQUISITESPrerequisites are the courses or requirements that must be completed priorto enrolling in a certain course. Prerequisites for a course are listed after thecourse title or, in some departments, before numbered sections of courses.Prerequisites from the same department as the course being described arelisted first, with no departmental designation and in ascending numericalorder. If from another department, that departmental designation precedesthe number of the prerequisite course. Courses having prerequisites frominside and outside the department will have combination entries such as3153, Mathematics 3123.It is the student’s responsibility to make sure he/she has completed theproper prerequisites before enrolling any class.An academic standing prerequisite is stated by classification. Freshmenhave accumulated between 1 and 29 semester hours; sophomoresbetween 30 and 59 hours; juniors between 60 and 89 hours; seniors morethan 90 hours; and graduate students must have been admitted to theGraduate College.Courses listed as “corequisite” or “concurrent with” are to be taken in thesame semester as the course desired.The statement “or permission of instructor” means the instructor maywaive prerequisites when a student’s background justifies. However, “andpermission of instructor” means the student must have the instructor’spermission as well as the prerequisite courses.DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTThe content of the course and its major emphases are described.LABORATORYIf a course has a laboratory, the word laboratory is printed in boldfacedletters at the end of the course description.SEMESTER OFFEREDAt the end of the course description the semester or term in which thecourse is likely to be taught may be indicated. (F), (Sp), (Su) indicate fall,spring, summer; (Alt. F), (Alt. Sp), (Alt Su) mean alternate fall, spring,summer. The notation (Irreg.) indicates the course is offered on irregularbasis and the student should check with the school or department todetermine when the course will be taught. The Class Schedule should beconsulted for the courses to be offered in a semester or summer sessionand also for information about which courses meet the University-wideGeneral Education requirements.GENERAL EDUCATION DESIGNATIONIf a course has been approved for University-Wide General Education it isindicated at the end of the course in brackets with a Roman numeral,indicating the core area, followed by numbers or upper-case letters,indicating core component. An explanation of these codes is as follows:Core Areas and Com po nentsI – Sym bolic and Oral Com mu ni ca tion: ENGL –Eng lish 1113;ENGL–Eng lish 1213 or EXPO 1213; ENGL–Other English Composition;FL–Foreign Language; M–Mathematics; O–Other.II – Nat u ral Sci ence: NL–No Lab; LAB–With Lab.III – So cial Sci ence: PSC–Political Science 1113; SS–Social Sciences.IV – Hu man ities: US–U.S. His tory; AF–Ar tis tic Forms; WC–WesternCivilization and Culture; NW–Non-Western Culture.V – Cap stone.The University reserves the right to cancel any course without notice.Course Descriptions v