More than 20 new courses will be available for undergraduate students in several departments for the next academic school year.
According to Nancy Tackett, the assistant to the provost, these courses will mainly be added to the College of Arts and Humanities, the College of Business Administration and the College of Pharmacy. A few other courses will be added to the College of Science and the College of Bible and Ministry.
According to the provost’s office, there will be several new business courses as well as an information systems marketing course for sophomore through senior students. A new course, BUS 251, is a personal finance class for college students that will be available in the fall and spring semesters. Curriculum will include an overview of key elements of personal finance for college students to understand before leaving college.
For the theatre department, percussive movement will be available in the spring as an activities-based course in which students will learn the fundamentals of tap.
“The emphasis will be placed on one and two sound combinations as well as rhythmic combinations,” Tackett said. “Students will also get to study the performance history of the art as well as learn fundamental vocabulary and concepts.”
“It is a good core competence class,” Robin Miller, chair of the theatre department, said. “It is needed for theatre students as an enhancement course, something to add on to what they already know.”
UNIV 150 is a special course available from the Center for Student Success. Available in the fall and spring semesters, it is a one-hour course designed to assist students who are on academic probation.
The course goal is to help establish better study habits and strengthen skills required for greater academic and personal accomplishments.
“The purpose of the class is to hopefully reduce the number of academic suspensions we have each semester and that it will assist students in raising their GPA,” Jake Brownfield, director of academic advising said. “This class gives us more contacts with these students in academic difficulty, which I believe is mutually beneficial. Also, when students improve and do well, then this obviously is good for the university. This class is still in its early stages, so we don’t know for sure how much it is helping students, but I believe that it is.”
A list of all the new courses can be found online.
