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AVN 350 Instrument System Regulations and Procedures (4) $612 Web or Print Based PROJECT
Prereq: 110. Forty hours ground instruction covering various navigation systems and procedures, aircraft radios and communications, instrument flying, and air traffic control procedures. Includes functions of ATC centers, approach control, towers, and flight service stations. FAA regulations included. Meets all requirements for instrument pilot written exam.

BMT 110 Introduction to Management (4) $612
Nature of managerial concepts, managerial functions, and organizational structure, with emphasis on current issues.
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BMT 150 Elements of Supervision (4) $612
Concepts of modern-day supervision. Emphasis on supervisor’s major functions and development of sensitivity to human facets in management using behavioral science findings.

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BMT 170 Small Business Operations (4) $612
Prepares students for selection and operation of small business. Balanced look at all major aspects confronting small-business operator, including finance, personnel, sales, and success and failure factors.

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CLWR 311 Islam (4) (2C) $612
Prereq: jr rank. Introduction to basic ideas, history, and background. (Formerly PHIL 372)

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ECON 103 Principles of Microeconomics (4) (2S) $612
Prereq: MATH 101 or higher placement. Basic theory and economic analysis of prices, markets, production, wages, interest, rent, and profits. Analysis of how the capitalistic system determines what, how, and for whom to produce.

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ECON 104 Principles of Macroeconomics (4) (2S) $612
Prereq: 103, MATH 101 or higher placement. Basic theory of national income analysis. Causes of unemployment and inflation. Monetary and fiscal policies of the federal government.

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ECON 320 Labor Economics (4) $612
Prereq: 103 and 104. The role of the labor market in wage and employment determination, the distribution of income, and economic discrimination.
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ECON 360 Money and Banking (4) $612
Prereq: 104. Role of money and banking system in determination of national income and output. Monetary theory and policy emphasized.
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ENG 201 Critical Approaches to Fiction (4) $612
Close textual analysis of several short novels by 20th-century authors, development of critical vocabulary, and introduction to the variety of current methods of responding to literature. Intended for majors.

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ENG 203 Critical Approaches to Drama (4) $612
Close textual analysis of drama, development of critical vocabulary, and introduction to the variety of current methods of responding to literature. Intended for non-majors.

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ENG 308J Writing and Rhetoric II (4) (1J) $612
Prereq: jr or sr and completion of one college-level English composition course. Focuses on skills in writing expository prose, with regular practice and evaluation supplemented by attention to published prose and concepts of rhetoric and style. OU students cannot take this course pass/fail if used to satisfy the junior-level composition requirement. Not intended for English-language acquisition; students whose English proficiency is inadequate to allow concentration on advanced writing skills may be asked to withdraw. Students on the Athens campus may not enroll in this course. The instructor does not grade any lessons during June, July, and August.

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ENG 323 American Literature: 1918 to Present (4) $612
Prereq: 253, Survey of American Literature, if Ohio University English major. Authors, works, and genres of American literature from the end of World War I to the present.

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GEOG 121 Human Geography (4) (2S) $612
Examination of spatial dimensions of culture, emphasizing patterns of selected cultural elements— language, religion, population, settlement, political and economic landscapes, and human/environment interactions.

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GEOG 201 Human Geography (4) (2A) $612
Geographic survey of environmental changes caused by human activities. Focus on resource availability and use, pollution of air, water, and biosphere, energy problems, interactions of humans with plant and animal communities.

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HIST 101 Western Civilization in Modern Times (2) (2C) $612
Prereq: fr or soph only. Covers Renaissance to 1648: Renaissance, Reformation, origins of national state system, diplomacy and imperialism as applied to Portugal, Spain, and Hapsburg Empire, and commercial and scientific revolutions.
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HIST 102 Western Civilization in Modern Times (4) (2S) $612
Prereq: fr or soph only. Continuation of 101. Covers 1648-1848: absolutism, constitutionalism, operation of coalition diplomacy, and imperialism as applied to France and Britain; Westernization of eastern Europe, Enlightenment, French Revolution; agricultural, commercial, and industrial revolutions; and growth of ideologies—liberalism, socialism, and nationalism.
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HIST 103 Western Civilization in Modern Times (4) (2S) $612
Prereq: fr or soph only. Continuation of 101-102. Covers 1848 to present: continued industrial revolution and spread of liberalism, socialism, and nationalism; rise and fall of German bid for power in two world wars; new ideologies of materialism, positivism, Social Darwinism, irrationalism, totalitarianism; Russian and Chinese revolutions and international communism; rise and fall of Western empires in Africa and Asia.
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HIST 246 The Rise of Modern Asia (4) (2C) $612
Introductory survey of the history of a vast region that has experienced considerable changes during the past 150 years. Ten units will compare the national experiences of China, Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and the Philippines through stages of transition from colonialism to independence movements, from agrarian to industrial economies, and from authoritarian dynastic states toward democratic nation-states.

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MGT 202 Management (4) $612
COURSE NOT OPEN TO STUDENTS ENROLLED ON AN OHIO UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. Prereq: soph. Understanding of and practice in solving problems facing managers and administrators using concepts and principles from behavioral sciences and other applicable disciplines.

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MATH 163A Introduction to Calculus (4) $612
Prereq; 113 or placement level 2. Presents a survey of basic concepts of calculus. For students who want an introduction to calculus, but do not need the depth of 263A-B-C. Note: Students cannot earn credit for both 163A and either of 263A or 266A.
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PHIL 350 Introduction to Philosophy (5) $765
Previous course in Philosophy is recommended. Philosophical studies of humans as culture-creating beings.

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PESS 204 History and Principles of Physical Education (4) $612
Prereq: Ohio University students must have professional standing in sport sciences. History of sport and physical education from ancient to modern times. Principles underlying physical education in modern program of education.

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PSY 101 General Psychology (5) (2S) $765
Introduction to psychology. Survey of topics in experimental and clinical psychology including physiological bases of behavior, sensation, perception, learning, memory, human development, social processes, personality, and abnormal behavior.
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PSY 221 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (5) $765
Prereq: MATH 113 or tier math placement above 113. Introduction to descriptive and differential statistics with emphasis on inferential statistics. Students may not receive credit for both this course and MATH 251 or PSY 121 or QBA 201.

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SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology (4) (2S) $612
Nature of human society and factors affecting its development. Fundamental concepts of sociology: culture, personality, socialization, social organization, groups, institutions.
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TAS 301 Introduction to Technical and Applied Studies (4) $612
This course will introduce technical associate degree holders to baccalaureate studies through an examination of program requirements and goals. An historical overview of the development of various technologies and their influence on Western Civilization will lead to the consideration of the nature of technology and its many societal functions. Within that historical and theoretical context, students will be introduced to various management technologies and theories of leadership, and will be required to assess their individual leadership beliefs and skills.
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TAS 451 Technical & Applied Studies Capstone Seminar (4) $612
This course requires integration and application of professional knowledge, skills, and technologies in order to complete a professional project for a business, industry or community organization..
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T3 470B Sport Aesthetics (4) $612
Prereq: sr or perm. An analysis of the aesthetic in sport by viewing various works of art when sport serves as the subject of the artist and by observing sport when sport is the medium for creating aesthetic expression.
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TAT 150 Travel Career Development Part I (3) $459
Introduction to comprehensive and critical information on travel products and destinations, important business issues, and the technical and personal skills needed to begin a career in the travel industry. Emphasis on the travel product and sales and marketing. The course uses a compact disk (CD) to accompany the textbook; access to a computer with a CD-ROM drive is required. (CD is available in Windows format only.)

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UC 203 Credit for Work Experience: Portfolio Development (4) $652
Prereq: (Eng 151 or 152 or 153) and permission from the Experiential Learning Program. Seminar designed to assist adult students in clarifying career, personal, and educational goals with emphasis on documenting college-level learning from prior experience and documenting this learning for assessment.

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