Potential MNPO Electives by Category
Administrative Issues/Leadership
Social Justice & Advocacy Issues
Administrative Issues/Leadership
ACCT 6010. Financial and Managerial Accounting. 3 hours. Oasis Title: FIN & MGR ACCT. Not open to students with credit in ACCT 6000 or ACCT 8000. Prerequisite: Permission of department. Concepts of accounting, the basic structure of financial statements, the interpretation of
corporate annual reports and basic concepts related to the internal use of accounting information.
Non-traditional format: Half of the class will be on campus in a classroom setting. The remainder will be distance learning projects over the world-wide web.
Offered fall semester every year.
EADU(EOCS) 8190. Human Resource Development. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: HUMAN RES DEV.
Explores three areas of practice and theory of HRD: training, career development, and organization development. HRD practice at the individual, group, and organizational levels.
Offered every year.
(EADU)EDIT 8200. Theory and Practice of Educational Change. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: EDUCATIONAL CHANGE.
Individual and collective meanings of change, theory, and practice of organizational change and development in a variety of educational settings.
Offered every year.
EOCS 7110. Strategic Human Resource and Organization Development. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: STRATEGICHROD.
Theory and practice of aligning human resource and organization development as a central organizational process that contributes strategic value.
Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year.
LEGL 4500/6500. Employment Law. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: EMPLOYMENT LAW.
Laws prohibiting employment discrimination based on race, gender (including sexual harassment), religion, national origin, age, and disability, with an emphasis on avoiding unnecessary liability.
Offered every year.
SOCI 6950. Sociology of Organizations. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: SOC OF ORGANIZATNS.
The impact of organizational structure on the lives and attitudes of employees; centralization, control, power, and accountability in workplaces; the role of gender in organizations.
Offered every even-numbered year.
(ECOL)ANTH(BIOL)(ENTO)(PBIO) 4260/6260-4260L/6260L. Natural History Collections Management. 4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: NAT HIST COLL MGMT.
Undergraduate prerequisite: Permission of department.
Theories, policies, and operational procedures in the management of natural history collections, including higher category classification, identification, field collecting, accessioning, preparation, curation, and data management.
Offered spring semester every even-numbered year.
HIPR 4000/6000. Introduction to Historic Preservation. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: INTRO HISTORIC PRES.
Undergraduate prerequisite: Permission of school.
Historic preservation theory, its evolution and practice, and its relationship to the concept of environmental quality.
Offered fall semester every year.
HIPR 6100. Cultural Resource Assessment. 3 hours. 1 hour lecture and 4 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: CULTURAL RESOURCES.
Prerequisite: HIPR 4000/6000.
Identification, assessment, and documentation of cultural resources at all scales from historic interiors and individual sites to distinct districts and entire townscapes.
Offered spring semester every year.
HIPR 6510. Preservation Economics/Grant Writing. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week.
Oasis Title: PRESERVATN ECONOMIC.
Prerequisite: HIPR 4000/6000.
The economic impact of preservation upon communities, its measurement in terms of both financial and environmental benefits and the financial needs and fiscal management of preservation organizations and agencies, with emphasis upon the development and preparation of funding and/or grant proposals.
Not offered on a regular basis.
RLST 5340/7340. Advanced Administrative Practices in Leisure Services. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ADV ADMIN LEIS SVCS.
Undergraduate prerequisite: RLST 4870 or permission of department.
Techniques in budgeting and finance, personnel management, facility management, and public relations, as well as organizational theory and legislative issues.
Offered fall semester every year.
RLST 7500. Outdoor Recreation Resources Management. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: OUTDOOR REC MGT.
Development of skills in planning, programming, management, and interpretation of outdoor recreation areas through lectures and field experiences.
Offered fall semester every even-numbered year.
HACE 5100/7100. Consumer Protection. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CONSM PROTECT.
Undergraduate prerequisite: HACE 3100 and HACE 3150.
Consumer rights and responsibilities in the private and public sector of the economy. Relationship of government, nonprofit, and corporate response to consumer problems; legislation concerning consumer information, product safety, and choice of goods and channels of appeal for the consumer.
Offered fall semester every year.
EADU 7020. Adult Learning and Instruction. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ADULT LRG AND INSTR.
Learning theories, models, and principles and their application to the instructional process with adults.
Offered every year.
EDAP 7050. Personnel Administration and Staff Development. 4 hours.
Oasis Title: PERSN ADM & STF DEV.
Not open to students with credit in EDUL 7050.
Principles, policies, and procedures for employer-employee relationships in school systems. Comprehensive planning and implementation of staff development programs in schools. Emphasis is on human resource management.
Offered every year.
EDHI(HIST) 8000. History of American Higher Education. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: HIS AMER HIGHER ED.
Development and scope of American higher education.
Offered every year.
EDHI 8300. The Law and Higher Education. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: LAW & HIGHER ED.
The legal aspects of higher education through pertinent court decisions affecting the administration of the institution, faculty, staff, and students.
Offered spring semester every year.
EDHI 8500. Outreach and Public Service in the University. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: OUTREACH & PUB SVC.
Not open to students with credit in EDHI 9600.
A survey of the public service, outreach, engagement, and extension dimensions of the
Offered spring semester every year.
EDHI 9020. Critical Issues in Higher Education. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit.
Oasis Title: CRITICAL ISSUES.
Critical problems and issues facing higher educational institutions, emphasizing the processes of change for improved administrative leadership and practice.
Offered every year.
EDHI 9050. Organization and Governance in Higher Education. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ORG/GOV IN HIGH ED.
Organization and governance in higher education, with special attention to the diversity of institutional types, relevant organizational theory, and the nature of change in colleges and universities.
Offered every year.
EDHI 9200. Administrative Leadership in Higher Education. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ADMIN LEADERSHIP.
Administrative leadership concepts, principles, and practices in
Offered every year.
ANTH 4560/6560. Anthropology of Development. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ANTH OF DEVELOPMENT.
Undergraduate prerequisite: ANTH 1102 or permission of major.
Relationships among development, culture and environment from the world system perspective. Concepts of dependence, hegemony, inequality, and resistance are brought to bear in exploring interlinkages between (and among) underdevelopment, resource exploitation, and local autonomy and self-reliance.
Not offered on a regular basis.
(ANTH)ECOL(FORS) 6140. Principles of Conservation Ecology and Sustainable Development II. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CONSERV SUS DEV II.
Prerequisite: ECOL 6080.
Social science dimensions of conservation and sustainable development; social, economic, and political considerations in managing natural resources; policy-level aspects to project implementation.
Offered spring semester every year.
ANTH 8540. Conservation and Community. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CONS COMM.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Contemporary conservation is characterized by an ongoing debate about the merits of top-down vs. bottom-up approaches in the effort to achieve balance between effectiveness, equity, and justice. This course examines a series of issues related to the anthropological study of conservation through attention to specific case studies.
Offered spring semester every year.
ECOL 4000/6000. Population and Community Ecology. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: POPULAT COMM ECOL.
Undergraduate prerequisite: ECOL(BIOL) 3500-3500L and MATH 2210.
The birth, death, and movement of organisms, with particular reference to population dynamics; the forces that structure communities of plants and animals.
Offered fall semester every year.
ECOL(EETH) 4200/6200. Ecological Values. 4 hours.
Oasis Title: ECOL VALUES.
Undergraduate prerequisite: Permission of department.
A general ecology course for non-science majors, which is a core course for the environmental ethics certificate. Based on lectures, readings, and laboratories. The course is designed to examine ecological phenomena from global patterns to individual interactions.
Offered fall semester every year.
ECOL 4560/6560. Science and Art of Conservation. 4 hours.
Oasis Title: SCI ART CONSERV.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Multidisciplinary field course examining contemporary challenges in resource conservation, using Ossabaw Island,
Non-traditional format: Primitive camping conditions, multidisciplinary lectures, and individual projects and reports. Maymester course: Students will spend 8-10 hours daily conducting coastal geomorphology, natural history sessions, field techniques in ecology, environmental design, historic reservation, history, botany, ornithology etc.i.e. several facets of landscape conservation interdisciplinary interactions between these variables. Students get daily lectures in all above, plus guest lectures from Dept. of Natural Resources personnel in Island Management inssues and conservation politics. Students also are responsible for completing two projects each while on the island, one in either Ecology or Natural History and one in Environmental Art. They also read and lead discusssions based upon various books examining contemporary conservation challenges.
Offered summer semester every year.
ECOL 6080. Principles of Conservation Ecology and
Oasis Title: CONSERV SUST DEV I.
Prerequisite: ECOL(BIOL) 3500-3500L or permission of department.
Ecological principles applied to conservation of habitats and biodiversity. Influence of human activity on population dynamics, genetics, and community structure.
Offered fall semester every year.
ECOL(ANTH)(FORS) 6140. Principles of Conservation Ecology and Sustainable Development II. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: CONSERV SUS DEV II.
Prerequisite: ECOL 6080.
Social science dimensions of conservation and sustainable development; social, economic, and political considerations in managing natural resources; policy-level aspects to project implementation.
Offered spring semester every year.
ECOL(AAEC) 8700. Environmental Policy and Management. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ENV POLICY & MANAGE.
Evolution, form, and substance of
Offered fall semester every year.
EADU 8140. Impact of Gender and Race on Learning in the Workplace. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: GENDER & RACE.
The effects of gender and race in the workplace, focusing on the field of adult education and related areas. The impact of sociological, economic, racial, and gender theories are analyzed.
Offered every year.
WMST 4010/6010. Introduction to Feminist Theories. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: FEMINIST THEORIES.
Undergraduate prerequisite or corequisite: WMST 1110-1110D or WMST 1110H or WMST 2010 or WMST 2010H or permission of department.
The historical origins, philosophical assumptions, and political implications of contemporary feminist theories, including conservative, liberal, radical and ecological feminist theories.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
WMST 4050/6050. Gender and the Political Economy of Development. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: GEN AND POL ECON.
Not open to students with credit in WMST 7050.
Prerequisite: WMST 4010/6010 or permission of department.
Conceptual and methodological tools of analysis to gender and development issues in Third World societies of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Use of case studies to explore similarities in gender-related experiences and strategies of resistance and empowerment.
Offered every even-numbered year.
WMST 4120/6120. Biology and Politics of Women's Reproduction. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: BIO POL WOMEN REPRO.
Undergraduate prerequisite: (WMST 4010/6010 and BIOL 1103-1103L) or permission of department.
Women's reproductive life cycles from the perspective of evolutionary biology and the political theory of radical feminism. Topics include puberty, sexual cycling, menarche, pregnancy, childbirth, and menopause. Feminist critiques of science are explored.
Offered every odd-numbered year.
WMST 7100. Lesbian and Gay Studies. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: LESB & GAY ST.
Prerequisite: WMST 4010/6010 or permission of department.
Investigation of same-sex desire, heterosexuality, homosexuality, and the regulation of sexual identities across different racial/ethnic and class/regional communities. Focusing on Native American, African American, Latino, Asian American, and international studies, with texts from law, anthropology, history, film, fiction, and theory.
Offered spring semester every year.
HPRB 7070. Program Planning in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: PROGRAM PLAN HPDP.
Planning, implementation, and evaluation of health education and health promotion programs in a variety of community settings.
Offered every year.
HPRB 7270. Resource Development and Program Implementation in Health Promotion and Education. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: RES DEV & PROG IMPL.
Prerequisite: HPRB 7070.
Managing human resources and implementing health education and health promotion programs.
Offered every year.
HPRB 7470. Program Evaluation in Health Promotion and Health Education. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: EVAL HLTH PROM/ED.
Prerequisite: HPRB 7070.
Introduction to strategies for evaluating health promotion and health education programs in community, worksite, school and health care settings.
Offered spring semester every year.
HPRB 7500. Community Health Promotion. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: COMMUNITY HLTH PROM.
Prerequisite or corequisite: HPRB 7270 or permission of department.
The theoretical and conceptual foundations of community health promotion, the health care system, multicultural issues in community health, and the contribution of community-based organizations and coalitions to the health and well-being of individuals and the communities in which they reside.
(JRMC)SPCM 7611. Health Advocacy in a Multicultural Society. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: HEALTH ADVOCACY MUL.
Applies principles of persuasion, cross-cultural communication, audience theory and small group dynamics to problems of equitable distribution of health care services and information to all population groups. Prepares students for roles in community outreach, legislative affairs and health care advocacy organizations. Class exercises include needs assessment and grant writing.
Offered every year.
SPCM 8610. Seminar in Health Communication. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: SEM HLTH COMM.
The multiple discourses and processes involved in communication about health. Advanced analysis of theories and research involved in the processes of naming, blaming, and shaming.
Not offered on a regular basis.
GPST 6000. Global Policy Analysis. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: GLOBAL POLICY ANAL.
Prerequisite: Six hours of graduate credit.
Interdisciplinary and multilevel analyses of global policy problems in the domains of identity, security, and prosperity. Special emphasis on cooperative or collective action solutions to these problems.
Offered every year.
INTL 8325. Comparative Democracy, Democratization, and Civil Society. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: COMP DEMOCRACY.
Prerequisite: INTL 6300 or permission of department.
A comparative study of democracy and democratization focused on the political, cultural, and socioeconomic bases of democratization, its practice in the
INTL 8370. Comparative Public Opinion and Participation. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: COMP OPIN PARTICIPA.
Prerequisite: INTL 6300 or permission of department.
Comparison of the formation of attitudes and beliefs in democratic societies, as well as the varieties of political participation and representation under different constitutional and institutional arrangements.
POLS 6210. International Organization. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: INTERNTL ORGANIZATN.
The role of international institutions to overcome obstacles of international cooperation. International regimes, formal as well as informal, and their capacity to induce cooperation. International regimes are understood as political institutions designed to solve collective action problems and reduce transaction costs among states to such degrees that international cooperation becomes possible.
Not offered on a regular basis.
JOUR 5670/7670. Contemporary American Newspapers. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS.
Undergraduate prerequisite: JOUR 3310 and permission of major.
The newspaper and its role in
Offered spring semester every year.
JRMC 8020. Public Opinion. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: PUBLIC OPINION.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Patterns of public opinion formation including their cultural, social, and economic impact. Analysis of communication content and techniques involving public opinion and persuasion.
Offered every year.
JRMC 8030. Mass Communication and Society. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: MASS COMM & SOCIETY.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
The social, cultural, and economic analysis of the processes and effects of mass communication in contemporary society.
Offered every year.
JRMC 8210. Telecommunications Policy. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: TELECOMM POLICY.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Telecommunications policy making, regulation of broadcasting, cable, satellites, computer networks, and telephone; impact of technological change on the regulation of telecommunications.
Offered every year.
POLS 6140. The Legislative Process. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
The United States Congress with emphasis on recruitment and composition of leadership, procedures, and the role of parties and interest groups. Recent changes in the Congress will be examined in light of theories of representation.
Not offered on a regular basis.
POLS 7660. Government and Business. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: GOVERNMENT AND BUS.
Economic, social, and political bases for government intervention in market economies, comparative and/or American. Evolution of and justification for regulatory policies, the theoretical debate surrounding government regulations, case studies of specific regulatory programs, and alternatives to regulation.
Offered every year.
POLS 8130. Government and Interest Groups. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: GOVT AND GROUPS.
Theories of interest group formation and maintenance. Lobbying and the role of interest groups in the United States governmental process, including traditional literature on pluralism and interest groups as well as modern literature addressing traditional questions and problems.
Not offered on a regular basis.
POLS 8260. Human Rights Policy. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY.
Human rights issue as it affects the process of policy formulation and implementation, including both domestic and international policy areas.
Not offered on a regular basis.
SPCM 6320. Political Campaign Communication. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: POLITICAL COMM.
The role communication plays in deciding which candidates will run for office, the nomination of candidates, and the election of candidates to office.
Not offered on a regular basis.
ECON 4300/6300. Public Sector Economics. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: PUBLIC SECTOR ECON.
Undergraduate prerequisite: ECON 4010.
Government's economic role, with discussions of what governments should (or shouldn't) do, and of what they do in fact. Major tax and spending programs are critically examined, and proposals for changing them are considered.
Offered every year.
ADPR 5740/7740. Advertising and Communication Campaigns. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ADVT/COMM CAMPAIGNS.
Undergraduate prerequisite: ADPR 3110 and ADPR 3120 and ADPR 3130 and permission of major.
Undergraduate corequisite: ADPR 5710.
Managerial and decision making processes in simulated situations with student groups functioning as advertising agencies to plan, implement, and manage advertising and communication campaigns for assigned clients.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
ADPR 5950/7950. Public Relations Campaigns. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: PR CAMPAIGNS.
Undergraduate prerequisite: ADPR 3850 and JOUR 3410 and ADPR 3520 and ADPR 3130 and [(STAT 2000 or STAT 2210 or STAT 4210) or MSIT 3000] and ADPR 5910 and ADPR 5920 and permission of major.
Research, planning, and preparation of an integrated public relations campaign. Campaigns will alternate among business, governmental, and organization problems.
Offered fall, spring, and summer semesters every year.
JRMC 8100. Advertising and Communication Management. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ADV AND COMM MGMT.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Major decision processes in advertising and communication management.
Offered every year.
JRMC 8140. Public Relations Management. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: PR MGMT.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
Effective practices, concepts, and techniques as they apply to the management of public relations.
Offered every year.
NMIX 4200/6200. New Media Technologies. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit.
Oasis Title: NEW MEDIA TECH.
Undergraduate prerequisite or corequisite: NMIX 3110.
Research and application of emerging new media technologies. A single new media technology will be examined in depth and used in a series of projects.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
NMIX 4220/6220. New Media Topics. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 4 hours credit.
Oasis Title: NEW MEDIA TOPICS.
Not open to students with credit in NMIX 3220.
Presentations about a technique, topic, or technology of current interest in the form of a single speaker, a panel discussion, or a demonstration. Students will be expected to participate in discussions during and after sessions.
Offered fall and spring semesters every year.
RELI 4107/6107. American Religious History. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: AMERICAN REL HIST.
Undergraduate prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of department.
Major and innovative religious organizations, ideas, movements, and personalities as they express themselves in particular religious settings as well as the manner in which they have influenced other aspects of American culture.
Offered every odd-numbered year.
RELI(AFAM) 4202/6202. Southern Religious History. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: SOUTHERN REL HIST.
Undergraduate prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of department.
The origins, growth, and current practices of religion in the American South. The interaction between religion and other aspects of Southern culture, such as racial and gender concerns, education, Darwinian science, temperance, and politics.
Offered every even-numbered year.
Social Justice & Advocacy Issues
CHFD(EDEC) 5150/7150. Families, Schools, and Communities. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: FAM SCH & COMMUN.
Undergraduate prerequisite: EDEC(CHFD) 4020 and CHFD 4860/6860 and permission of department.
Families and their relationship with schools and communities. Implications for selected areas of practice, such as early childhood educational practices, emphasized.
Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year.
SOCI 6090. Social Change. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: SOCIAL CHANGE.
The causes, nature, and consequences of changes in social structure and institutions.
Not offered on a regular basis.
SOCI 8250. Seminar on Social Movements. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS.
Analysis of methodologies and theories used in the study of social movements. Case studies may include local, national, (
Non-traditional format: Seminar.
SOWK 6074. Theory and Practice With Organizations and Communities. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: ORG & COMM THEORY.
Organizational and community dynamics, leadership, and change practices within agencies, agency networks, communities, and community empowerment groups.
Offered fall semester every year.
SOWK 6133. Legislative Advocacy. 2-3 hours.
Oasis Title: LEGISLATIVEADVOCACY.
Approaches to legislative advocacy to redress social, economic, and political injustices.
Offered every year.
SOWK(MNPO) 7143. Organizing Community Groups. 2-3 hours.
Oasis Title: ORGANIZGCOMMUNITIES.
Prerequisite: SOWK 6033.
Forming, organizing, and empowering community groups and coalitions for social action and change.
Offered every year.
SOWK(MNPO) 7153. Community Assessment and Empowerment Practices. 3 hours.
Oasis Title: COMM ASSESS PRAC.
Not open to students with credit in SOWK 7033.
Prerequisite: SOWK 6033 or SOWK 6044 or permission of school.
Assessment and intervention with groups, organizations, and communities. Techniques of organizational and community assessment are developed, followed by models of planned intervention.
Offered fall semester every year.
SOWK(MNPO) 7397. Topics in Social Justice. 2-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 10 hours credit.
Oasis Title: TOPICS IN SOC JUS.
Human behavior, practice, research, and policies which affect organized movements for social justice in the United States of America and developing countries. Perspectives include feminist, racial and ethnic, sexual orientation, age, disability, and social development.
Not offered on a regular basis.
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