The Appalachian Mountains, which range from New York to Mississippi, making up part of the landscape of 13 different states, are known to many Americans as being home to a unique cultural and linguistic experience. In this course, we will examine the extent to which this uniqueness is true, considering the nature of many myths and stereotypes that exist about this variety. We will discuss certain lexical, phonetic, syntactic, and other linguistic features that set this variety apart from other American varieties while also noting the features the speech of Appalachia shares with others.

The goal of this course is to provide you with an in-depth understanding of the communication processes that take place in families and marriage (which includes, straight, gay, and common-law relationships). Emphasis is placed on the theoretical explanations of communication processes and on their practical application through communication behaviors that enhance familial interactions. The course reviews communication theories and theories from allied disciplines that have been employed in scholarly research of families and marriages.

This course provides a comprehensive analysis of sport and physical activity from both a social psychological and group dynamics perspective. Sport and physical activity are highly social environments that can have wide and far reaching influence upon those who participate in them. Thus, students enrolled in this course will gain an advanced understanding of the major theories of group development, management, and maintenance, as well as the factors that determine how behavior and performance are affected by interactions with others in the context of sport and physical activity.

This course presents concepts and techniques for testing software and assuring its quality. Topics cover software testing at the unit, module, subsystem, and system levels, automatic and manual techniques for generating and validating test data, the testing process, static vs. dynamic analysis, functional testing, inspections, and reliability assessment. Professor's note: The course prepares students to test software in structured, organized ways.

A 10 week clinical practicum (summer only) that allows student nurses to apply in clinical setting what they have learned to date. Emphasis will be placed on critical thinking, management of responsibilities, and professionalism in the clinical setting.

This course provides an introduction to the art teaching profession with particular emphases on developing the creative, critical, collaborative, and communicative skills that are required in art teaching situations. Opportunities to gain skills will be provided through participation in group-generated projects and leadership activities. Students will engage in personal reflection and critical analysis of the teaching/learning process through journal-keeping, teacher portfolio development and creative research.

A-E 362 is the first course in the Art Education professional education sequence. It gives the art education candidate the opportunity for a variety of planned experiences in the schools and other educational and community settings. Candidates will learn to identify standards and unbridled learning tools in school settings, and will develop a variety of products to demonstrate Art Education learning outcomes. 64 field experience hours are required for A-E 362.

This course is the first of a two-course sequence (with MUS 305), designed to develop students' written and oral communication skills and information literacy in music. MUS 304 focuses on oral communication. To be taken simultaneously with MUS 302. With MUS 305, satisfies the Graduation Composition and Communications Requirement. This course is a Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR) course in certain programs, and hence is not likely to be eligible for automatic transfer credit to UK.

This course provides an overview of the determinants, factors, and remedies to the traditionally poor health status of Kentuckians. The course focus is on population health of the Commonwealth, with an emphasis on data, trends and solutions to illness, death and disability. Other topics include health rankings, vital statistics and demographic factors. The comparison of Kentucky's population health status to the US average and to other states is presented, plus strategies to improve population health in the Commonwealth.

This course focuses on the etiology and pathophysiology of nutrition- related chronic diseases and conditions including obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Emphasis is placed on the biochemical and physiological mechanisms involved by which nutrients impact the prevention, nutrition care process-diagnosis, assessment, implementation of care, monitoring and evaluation, and progression of chronic diseases and conditions.