This course explores a range of documentary approaches and styles, after which workshop and production of students' own documentaries will be emphasized. Students will focus on particular approaches and subjects to develop their individual signatures and styles.

Film Theory examines the history of film theory and criticism. Beginning with the emergence of writing about film during the earliest days of filmmaking up through today's discussions around globalization and its impact on cinema styles and forms, this class explores the most important and influential theoretical debates concerning the basic nature of film. Detailed attention is given to different theoretical approaches to film, including those derived from formalist, phenomenological, historical, structuralist and post-structuralist, and political modes of analysis.

Collaborative coaching on style, performance practices, rehearsal techniques and recital preparation for instrumental majors. Course will include preparation of instrumental duos as well as concerto reductions. Larger chamber groups of 3+ individuals not accepted. Repertoire suitable for the individual student will be assigned by the instrumental teacher. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

The focus of this course is exploration of qualitative approaches to developing clinical nursing research, and application of quantitative research designs and methods, as well as mixed methods for testing hypotheses in clinical nursing research. Applications of qualitative and mixed methods to research questions relevant to nursing science are explored. Students develop skills in critical evaluation of both intervention and nonintervention studies. Emphasis is placed on the identification and control of competing hypotheses in quantitative research.

A one credit hour seminar focusing on issues relative to the responsible conduct of human subject research. Included are topics on scientific integrity, the ethical conduct of research, and federal guidelines for inclusion of research subjects.

A-S 306 is an intermediate course that will introduce students to the fundamental theory and practice of cinematography and lighting for film and video. We will examine the technical aspects of camera movement as well as aesthetic aspects of cinematography and learn how to apply this knowledge to practical cinematographic choices. We will also learn about how lighting is effectively used to convey mood, control exposure, and work collaboratively on a film crew.

This broad, cross-disciplinary studio course will introduce students to a variety of animation techniques. Students learn the basics of animation through exploration of various tools and software while examining both historical and contemporary animated works. May be repeated to a maximum of nine credit hours when identified under a different subtitle.

This course applies and integrates the principles and tools of epidemiology to the study of cancer. The course includes discussions of the burden of various kinds of cancer across the United States and the world by age, gender, and race/ethnicity, the underlying biology behind the development of cancer in humans, cancer surveillance, and the epidemiology of various types of cancer by cancer site such as breast, lung, and colorectal cancers.

This course will introduce students to the basics of computer and software security. It will expose students to topics such as cryptography, secure hash functions, access control models, audit of computer systems, attacks on computer systems and countermeasures, elements of computer forensics, and elements of database and network security.

This course introduces students to the state of the art of network security problems and solutions. Topics include security issues in computer networks, the Public Key Infrastructure ecosystem, key exchange protocols, and security mechanisms and protocols at the application, transport, network and data link layers. It will also discuss up-to-date development in the field of network security.