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Founded in 1891, West Virginia State University is a public, land-grant, historically black university, which has evolved into a fully accessible, racially integrated, and multi-generational institution.The University, “a living laboratory of human relations,” is a community of students, staff, and faculty committed to academic growth, service, and preservation of the racial and cultural diversity of the institution.
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Available courses
(3 credit hours) An introduction to research methods in educational settings. This course will allow students to determine how data can be used to make instructional decisions at the classroom, building, and district level.
- Instructor: BRENDA WILSON
This course will serve as an exploration of historical and current issues related to educational leadership, with an emphasis on legal and ethical issues including social justice, human rights, fairness, and equity. Students apply principles of leadership, ethics, and critical thinking while examining approaches to conceptualizing, interpreting, and making operational social justice.
- Instructor: Charles Byers
3 Credit Hour Course – This course will provide a detailed look into Needs and Capacity Assessment Strategies for Health Education and Health Promotion.
- Instructor: LINDSEY GOOD
(1 Credit Hour) A course designed to prepare adult learners for the transition back into academic study. In addition to strengthening career and life goal development, students will acquire management skills, appreciate support systems, and develop a plan of study. This course addresses specific issues and theories related to adult learners.
- Instructor: MICHAEL HARRIS
Analysis of the environment and the managerial functions of recruiting, employee assessments and development, retention, and employee relations with the enterprise, with emphasis on the relationships among people, on group interactions, on relations, and on relations between employers and employees.
- Instructor: ALAN TILLQUIST
(3 credit hours) This is a practical course in action research. Students will conduct an action research project based on an identified need in a public school setting and present it to their peers.
- Instructor: DR. ELISHA M. LEWIS
- Instructor: SHELLY CARROLL
- Facilitator : MAVERY DAVIS
- Instructor: Mark Addesa
This is a lecture/discussion/creating course that surveys objects of art in the student’s environment and proceeds from the comfortable and familiar to the international. The course uses lecture, discussion, and student participation to introduce the basic concepts of Art and Art History.
- Instructor: MOLLY ERLANDSON
The course covers mathematical concepts relevant to the application of quantitative techniques in business. The basic concepts of finite mathematics, linear programming, and mathematics of finance are the focal points. Many of the topics discussed will involve computer applications.
Prerequisite: Math 120 – College Algebra (Formerly Math 101)
- Instructor: BENJAMIN ELLIS
Introduction, definitions, social forces, classifications and sources of civil law. Fundamental principles of commercial law which relate to common business transactions and occurrences based upon contractual agreements. Theoretical and practical emphasis on the rights, duties, powers and privileges incident to oral and written contracts. Analysis of the essential elements of a valid and enforceable contract. Prerequisite(s): Eligible for ENGL 101. (This course fulfills the General Education requirement in American Traditions)
- Facilitator : GREGORY ELAM
An introduction to the financial accounting cycle from analyzing economic events to financial statement preparation and use. The course also includes a basic study of the accounting for corporate assets, liabilities, and equities, as well as financial statement analyses.
- Instructor: WILLIAM JESSIE
To introduce students to the basic concepts in the organization and management of institutions. Emphasis is placed on managing in a contemporary context including planning, organizing, leading, and controlling while adjusting to change and maintaining effective performance.
- Instructor: ALAN TILLQUIST
Analysis of the environment and the managerial functions of recruiting, employee assessments and development, retention, and employee relations with the enterprise, with emphasis on the relationships among people, on group interactions, onrelations, and on relations between employers and employees.
- Facilitator : Shelly Carroll
- Facilitator : SHELLY CARROLL
(3 credit hours) An introduction to the federal taxation of individuals. This course is designed to introduce students to personal income tax procedures. A conceptual approach is emphasized. Specific topics will include but are not limited to: basic tax models, tax laws, tax computation, gross income, deductions, depreciation and ethics
- Facilitator : GREGORY ELAM
(3 credit hours) The first in a three-course sequence providing students with a foundation in theory and a review of the accounting cycle, including preparing time-value money calculations and financial statements. The course includes an in-depth study of generally accepted accounting principles as they apply to cash, receivables and inventories. Comparisons with International Financial Reporting Standards will be introduced as appropriate.
Prerequisite: BA 216 with a grade of C or better.
- Instructor: PROFESSOR MATTHEW CARROLL
An integrative capstone course focusing on presenting and understanding of the nature, formulation and implementation of strategy as it applies to firms and the environment in which they operate. The emphasis is on integrated organizational activities, encompassing top divisional, functional and operational levels, and including perspectives from marketing, accounting, human resources, leadership, policy, ethics and other functional areas of management. Computer simulations, case analysis, and participation in class will develop students’ skills in critical decision-making, collaborative efforts, and formal oral and written reports.
- Instructor: ALAN TILLQUIST
(3 credit hours) A state-of-the-art study of the operations function. The main objective is to develop operations management abilities, focusing on strategic, global and service operations.
Prerequisites: BA 209 and BA 301.
- Instructor: MICHAEL LEWIS
This course recognizes the importance of understanding the dynamics of diversity in modern organizations around the world in terms of clientele, human resource and ownership. To equip managers for the challenges of global demands emphasis is on strategic, socio-cultural, behavioral, legal-political, ethical issues as well as on the functional aspects of international management.
- Instructor: ABAINESH MITIKU
The course introduces change management as a framework that has evolved from a focus on process improvement using statistical tools to a comprehensive framework for managing a sustainable business. The course also surveys the analytic tools and techniques which are useful in the design and operation of sustainable systems from supply networks to distribution channels. The material is taught from a managerial perspective, with an emphasis on where and how specific tools can be used to improve the overall performance, reduce the total cost, while increasing the sustainability of the firm’s value chain.
Prerequisite: BA 301 and ENGL 204
- Instructor: ALAN TILLQUIST
The fundamental nature of life
The chemical and physical nature of living systems
The flow of energy through living systems
The dynamic nature of the environment
The organization of living systems in the natural world and their interrelations with each other and the environment
Human relationships to the natural world
These topics do not comprise the whole of environmental science. The field is very broad and deep and cannot be covered in a single course. The selection of these topics represents a compromise intended to develop a background of insight and understanding which will prepare you to confront some of the important environmental issues of our time.
- Instructor: Vasilios Dianellos
This course is a survey of the history, organization, and function of the various components of the criminal justice system, which includes law enforcement, the courts, and corrections. The course includes an analysis of the decisions made in the justice process whereby citizens become suspects, suspects become defendants, and some defendants are convicted in turn becoming probationers, inmates, and parolees.
- Instructor: Mark Addesa
A study of the law of juvenile delinquency and the administration of the juvenile justice system. Examines the historical development of the concept of delinquency, and the special status of juveniles before the law. Surveys the major theories of delinquency. Considers the legal processing of abuse, neglect and dependency cases.
- Facilitator : KRISTINA RAYNES
(3 Credit Hours) This course will examine the multifaceted problem of crime victimization. It focuses on the incidence of criminal victimization, social characteristics of crime victims, and the treatment of the victim by the Criminal Justice System. It also examines the efforts designed to alleviate the consequences of criminal victimization and provide support for the victim. This course is 100% online using the learning management system (LMS) available by clicking the WVSU online option on the main webpage www.wvstateu.edu. All course material will be available to students online.
- Instructor: Mark Addesa
(3 credit hours) This course offers an examination of the ethical quandaries and moral dilemmas that face criminal justice practitioners; a critical review of the ethical standards used to define appropriate conduct by criminal justice officials; and explores sanctions and laws governing inappropriate conduct.
This course is to explore ethical dilemmas in the criminal justice field and discipline. Students will explore how law, policy, and procedures, as well as social and historical factors, are driven by ethical expectations and practices. The course content is grounded in philosophical thought, but students learn various ways of understanding and acting in ethical manners as they enter into the criminal justice field as practitioners or academics.
- Facilitator : Roger Patrick
This course is designed to cover the issues related to the development of appropriate professional research techniques, document development, written and oral communications in in law enforcement, courts, and corrections. Students will concentrate on the development of proper research skills involving professional and peer reviewed resources in various formats. The student will engage in a variety of criminal justice writing formats, including policy analysis, regulation creation, legislation development, and case studies. They will refine their utilization of a criminal justice style sheet.
- Instructor: William Whyte
This course focuses on the theories of crime. These theories come from several fields, including biology, criminal justice, psychology, and sociology. The theories will be examined from a historical perspective beginning with the Classical School in the 1700’s and progressing to the newest integrated theories. The types and extent of crime in the United States and other countries will also be explored. This course provides an introduction to the field of criminology, providing an overview of the issues involved in defining, measuring, and explaining crime. Students will learn about the field of criminology, examine general characteristics of crime and criminals, review early and contemporary theories which attempt to explain criminal behavior, and discuss crime in the modern world.
- Facilitator : CORNELIA PALMER
This course is designed as a capstone experience for all seniors in the criminal justice major. The course content will vary slightly with each offering. The course will basically cover in-depth analyses of problems and issues in the criminal justice system. The course also will provide students with information about opportunities for employment in the criminal justice field and graduate school. The course will use up-to-date texts and articles from professional journals. Students will be required to complete a major research paper on a topic chosen by the student and approved by the instructor. Successful completion of the course with a grade of C or better is required for graduation. Prerequisite(s): CJ 101, 204, 223, 224, 225, 226, 307, 308, 313, 315, 322, 380 and senior standing.
- Instructor: LEIGHANN DAVIDSON
This course combines economic theory with geography to address critical problems of growth, distribution, and development, along with their impact on international business. It introduces the student to the global economy in an era of shifting borders, restructuring economies, and regional realignments. Recent geopolitical changes are vividly portrayed in a series of superb full-color maps and striking photographs.
- Instructor: FREHOT HAILOU
This course explores standard and emergent technologies related to effective instruction and administrative operations within a school. Reliable and effective web-based communication and modalities of e-learning are examined, including the development of a school technology plan. This course will provide students with both the theoretical and the practical considerations for planning and implementing technology in public education settings. This course is designed so that students will gain an understanding of the role of the principal in moving beyond short-term thinking and helping schools move forward with technology
- Facilitator : KELLI EPLING
(3 credit hours) This course focuses on applying information on school needs as well as knowledge of local, state, and national policy to effective management practices. Students will learn how to legally and effectively manage school operations, including management of financial and human resources and how to schedule for the effective use of time and physical resources. This is an intense eight-week program that will allow you to learn what policies, procedures and technologies are in place for you to develop the proper allocation of resources.
- Instructor: Mickey Blackwell
This course emphasizes writing and reading as elements of active learning and critical thinking. ENGL 101E is required for students with an ACT score of 17 or below (or SAT equivalent score of 470 or below), but can be taken by students who achieve scores above this mark. Those who are not eligible for regular English 101 section must fulfill required Writing Center hours while enrolled in this course. Prerequisite(s): Must be completed within the first 60 hours of college credit.
- Instructor: JEFFREY PIETRUSZYNSKI
- Facilitator : katherine reed
(3 credit hours) This course primarily focuses on the research writing process for a broad academic community. It covers basic research inquiry, use of the library with electronic and nonelectronic sources and techniques of formal writing. Attention is given to argumentation and critical thinking skills.
- Instructor: ANNE MCCONNELL
A study of poetry, fiction and drama. The course stresses basic themes and formal elements found in literature. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101 placement.
- Instructor: JESSICA BARNES-PIETRUSZYNSKI
This course will focus on the basic principles of effective document design and the tools for desktop publishing (DTP). The course will cover the basics of layout and design and how those principles are applied to various types of documents as well as integrating rhetorical concepts, particularly genres and modes of delivery, with the modern technology of desktop publishing.
Prerequisite: Art 101 and Eng. 102 or 112 with a final grade of “C” or higher.
- Instructor: JESSICA BARNES-PIETRUSZYNSKI
(3 Credit Hours) This class will teach a rhetorical approach to information design. Using the rhetorical principles of audience, purpose, and context, the course will analyze the layout of documents and discuss effective layout and design. The course will include discussions of theories and principles of information design, but the course will be mainly activities-based in which students will work on their own projects applying the knowledge acquired through readings and lecture. The course assumes that the student already has a good understanding of computers. It is strongly recommended that students take English 228, Introduction to Desktop Publishing, or the equivalent, prior to enrolling in the course. Prerequisite: English 112 (Technical Writing).plus Senior status (90 credit hours).
- Instructor: Amanda Myers
(3 Credit Hours) An introductory study of the discipline of health sciences, sports studies, health and physical education and the many factors that influence our health such as heredity, environment, health care services, and our own behavior. Emphasis will be placed on the relationship of health education and health promotion to other disciplines, concepts of learning and behavior change, comprehensive school health programs, models and theories of human development and behavior with application to health education, competencies and skills of health educators, ethics, and current and future issues in health education. Students will also use the Internet to explore the various resources available to and community health education/promotion specialists.
- Instructor: DEBRA ANDERSON-CONLIFFE
Designed to inform, interest and motivate students toward good health as it relates to effective, productive and satisfying living. We will look at health as a dynamic, ever-changing process of trying to achieve individual potential in the physical, mental, social, emotional, spiritual and environmental dimensions. 2 Credit Hours
- Instructor: Jay Canterbury
This course examines the metabolic requirements needed for a variety of physical
Prerequisite
- Instructor: MATTHEW BRADLEY
This course is designed to be an introductory experience for the research consumer as well as the research producer in the health sciences. This course emphasizes developing conceptual understanding of using the scientific method as a means of problem solving, both as a critical consumer and as an entry-level researcher.
- Facilitator : CINDI SETTLE
3 Credit Hour Course – An examination of the broad and challenging profession of community health education with an emphasis on communities and their health status. The course will also address the social/political reasons why many community health problems continue to exist.
- Instructor: LINDSEY GOOD
- Instructor: KEMBERLY PASLEY
3 Credit Hour Course – This course examines social issues and challenges in rural health with emphasis on morbidity and mortality status among rural populations, health disparities, health hazards, health care, environmental health and food insecurity. Prerequisite
- Instructor: LINDSEY GOOD
(3 credit hours) Equations and inequalities, functions, systems of equations and inequalities, graphing, rational expressions, radical expressions, and applications of the above.
- Instructor: VINCENT SMITH
A detailed approach to portfolio development for the Regents Bachelor of Arts degree through the assessment of work and life experience. Students will learn to select, categorize and document various forms of personal and professional achievement and experiences. The course is required for anyone interested in pursuing the portfolio option in a specified academic content area.
- Instructor: MICHAEL HARRIS
(1 Credit Hour) A course designed to prepare adult learners for the transition back into academic study. In addition to strengthening career and life goal development, students will acquire management skills, appreciate support systems, and develop a plan of study. This course addresses specific issues and theories related to adult learners.
- Instructor: MICHAEL HARRIS
- Instructor: Caitlin Teetor
- Facilitator : Michael Casey
- Instructor: Vasilios Dianellos
(3 Credit Hours) An introductory course concerned
with the working of the economy as a whole. Development of the
theories of consumption,
investment and equilibrium
income; application of the theory
to current macroeconomic
problems; monetary and fiscal
policy and its influence on
economic activity.
- Instructor: FREHOT HAILOU
(3 credit hours) This course embraces the conceptual and practical problems associated with the financial management of the nonfinancial corporation. Topics covered, in brief, are an analysis of fund commitments to current assets, short-term financing, evaluation and choice of capital assets, the principle issues of debt/equity mix, investment policy and divided policy as they influence the market value of corporate claims.
Prerequisite: BA 216 and 209. (Note: BA 216 may be taken concurrently with permission of instructor.)
- Instructor: FREHOT HAILOU
(3 credit hours) Study of the tasks involved in the marketing of goods and services for both for-profit and nonprofit enterprises. Provides an overview of marketing mix decision requirements within a framework of contemporary economic, social, technological, competitive and regulatory influences.
Course Prerequisites: ECON 201 and 202
- Instructor: HYUNSANG SON
Environmental chemistry is the study and appreciation of the phenomena in the environment. In this course we look at
- Instructor: Jasmine Collins
This is a lecture/discussion/creating course that surveys objects of art in the student’s environment and proceeds from the comfortable and familiar to the international. The course uses lecture, discussion, and student participation to introduce the basic concepts of Art and Art History.
- Instructor: MOLLY ERLANDSON
(3 Credit Hours) This course provides an introduction into the functional disciplines of Business Administration: Accounting, Finance, Management, Marketing and Information Systems. The course provides a survey of the disciplines and will assist a student in choosing an area of concentration studies leading to a degree in Business Administration. The course will begin to build the skills necessary for a successful career in Business.
- Instructor: Azam Bejou
(3 Credit Hours) BA 203. Business Statistics An introduction to various statistical measures, including central tendency, variation and skewness. Emphasis is also placed on concepts and functions of probability theory, such as the use of binomial and normal distributions. Students will use computer applications to demonstrate their understanding of various concepts. Prerequisite(s): MATH 120.
- Instructor: MICHAEL LEWIS
(3 Credit Hours) Introduction, definitions, social forces, classifications and sources of civil law. Fundamental principles of commercial law which relate to common business transactions and occurrences based upon contractual agreements. Theoretical and practical emphasis on the rights, duties, powers and privileges incident to oral and written contracts. Analysis of the essential elements of a valid and enforceable contract. Prerequisite(s): Eligible for ENGL 101. (This course fulfills the General Education requirement in American Traditions)
- Instructor: Edward Goldberg
A survey of managerial accounting and decision making. The economic ideas underlying managerial planning and decisions, accounting for the various manufacturing environments, basic budgeting, short-term decision making, and capital allocation represent the managerial accounting topics covered. Cash flow analysis and the use of financial ratios in financial statement analysis will also be covered
- Instructor: Deborah Williams
(3 Credit Hours) This course is an introduction to
the management functions
performed in business
organizations. It focuses on the
theory and fundamental concepts
of management including
planning, organization, leadership
and control. An in-depth review
of the evolution of management
thought, purpose and practice will
be undertaken in the context of
current market approaches and
emerging theoretical concepts.
Prerequisite(s): BA 115 and
ENGL 102.
- Instructor: ABAINESH MITIKU
(3 Credit Hours) The study of effectively selecting,
utilizing, assessing and
developing managers as well as
the role of the Human Resource
Department in administering
human resources in a changing
and demanding environment.
Experience in developing and
utilizing behavioral science
research methods to assess
effectiveness. Prerequisite(s): BA
301.
- Instructor: ALAN TILLQUIST
(3 Credit Hours) A study of cost and managerial
accounting procedures and
concepts as applied to service and
manufacturing enterprises.
Prerequisite(s): BA 216.
- Instructor: WILLIAM JESSIE
The purpose of this course is to familiarize the student with the behavior of employees at the individual, group and organizational levels. Emphasis will be placed on the integration of application and theory. Topics to be covered include: motivation, teambuilding, perception, attitudes, communication, conflict, stress and leadership.
- Facilitator : Shelly Carroll
- Facilitator : SHELLY CARROLL
Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in BA 363
This 3-credit hour course is the second in a three-course sequence designed to provide the student with a foundation in the theoretical concepts underlying the preparation of financial statements. The course includes an in-depth study of generally accepted accounting principles as they apply to selected technical areas. Comparisons with International Financial Reporting Standards will be introduced as appropriate.
- Instructor: Deborah Williams
A study of the law of juvenile delinquency and the administration of the juvenile justice system. Examines the historical development of the concept of delinquency, and the special status of juveniles before the law. Surveys the major theories of delinquency. Considers the legal processing of abuse, neglect and dependency cases.
- Facilitator : KRISTINA RAYNES
A study of the various levels, roles, and functions of law enforcement in America. The nature and responsibilities of law enforcement are discussed and evaluated, including police accountability and civil liability. Examines the racial, ethnic, and gender issues in law enforcement.
- Instructor: Mark Addesa
This course will provide students with a working knowledge of the major structures and basic legal concepts that underlie the Criminal Courts. The structure of the courts, the nature of the criminal law they apply, and the procedures followed by them will be examined along with the history of how they developed, and the goals they seek to achieve. The state and federal court systems will be examined. Prerequisite: CJ 101.
- Instructor: William Whyte
(3 credit hours) Introduction to the concepts and methods of social science research: the role of theory in research, forming hypotheses and questions, identifying variables and gathering and analyzing statistical data. Emphasis will be on developing good writing skills, and using computers for basic statistical evaluation. This course meets the requirements of POSC 311 and SOC311.
This course will introduce undergraduate students to the role of research in our understanding of criminal justice and the criminal justice system. Emphasis will be placed on understanding different methods of research as well as the manner in which research should be conducted. Over the course of the semester, students will participate in class exercises to highlight the topics from the subject matter.
- Instructor: LEIGHANN DAVIDSON
This course offers the foundational strategies, skills, and tools of therapeutic interviewing along with an understanding of the formats and settings in which they will be working. It will also cover general principles of effective interviewing and provide students with the skills and techniques for achieving various interview goals, with an emphasis on counseling interviews and the establishment of helping relationships.
- Instructor: CASSANDRA WHYTE
This course is a continuation of CJ 320 and is designed to cover the issues related to the creation of written documentation in the three major components of the criminal justice system: law enforcement, courts, and corrections. Students will be introduced to the various formats, styles, and organizational patterns commonly utilized in criminal justice reports and research. Students will become aware of the writing recommendations, guidelines, and accrediting requirements of criminal justice organizations. Emphasis is also placed upon professional writing skills; including report structure and construction, mechanics, grammar, and specific criminal justice vocabulary and usage.
- Instructor: William Whyte
(Three Credit Hours) This course is designed to provide the instruction in the study of crimes, including major crimes, crimes against person, crimes against property, conspiracy, elements of proof, and the processes and procedures involved.
- Facilitator : CORNELIA PALMER
(3 credit hours) This course is designed to cover issues concerning the interrelationships between law and society. Included are the historical developments of social control and law and the role of law in society, its social construction, interpretation and enforcement. Major theoretical perspectives related to how social status and social structure affect crime levels and societal sanctions are discussed. Also examined are new policies in criminal justice that relate to and attempt to affect the levels of crime in the United States. This course is 100% online using Moodle available by clicking the WVSU Online option on the main webpage www.wvstateu.edu. All PowerPoints, the syllabus, and several assignments will only be available to students online. Because of this, it is important that you have access to a reliable highspeed internet connection to be able to perform the required online activities of this course. It is also important that you have a backup plan for securing an internet connection if your personal connection fails. Loss of internet services is not an excuse for late assignment submission or for missing an exam. In addition, you need to make sure your computer is up-to-date with java, flash, shockwave, adobe reader, internet explorer, google chrome, etc. These are free updates and should be done during the first week of class. Prerequisite(s):: C J 101 and CJ 307
- Instructor: LEIGHANN DAVIDSON
- Instructor: Mickey Blackwell
- Instructor: Dr. Emily Waugh
(3 credit hours) The goal of this course is to prepare and equip educational leaders with the ability to examine critical issues related to providing leadership for diverse student populations. Educational leaders will understand what it means to be culturally responsive and learn strategies to rectify current race, class and gender inequities that exist throughout educational systems.
Prerequisites: Approved entry into the West Virginia State University’s Master’s in Instruction Educational leadership program. To facilitate learning, the instructor may alter the syllabus at any time during the course of the semester.
- Instructor: DR. ELISHA M. LEWIS
(3 credit hours) This course primarily focuses on the research writing process for a broad academic community. It covers basic research inquiry, use of the library with electronic and nonelectronic sources and techniques of formal writing. Attention is given to argumentation and critical thinking skills.
- Instructor: CAROL TAYLOR JOHNSON
- Instructor: JEFFREY PIETRUSZYNSKI
(3 Credit Hours) The study and application of writing formats, styles, and organizational patterns essential in various professions, with particular emphasis on correspondence, reports, and research is the primary focus of this course. There is also a unit covering the writing of resumes and job application letters as well as suggestions for job hunting and interviewing.
- Instructor: KAREN ANDERSON
(3 Credit Hours) This class is a continuation of Information Design I. Applying the theories and principles of information design learned in Information Design I, students will work on a client-directed project. Student will also learn about theories and principles of website design and practice creating and managing websites. Prerequisite: English 412 (Information Design I).
- Instructor: Amanda Myers
Designed to inform, interest and motivate students toward good health as it relates to effective, productive and satisfying living. We will look at health as a dynamic, ever-changing process of trying to achieve individual potential in the physical, mental, social, emotional, spiritual and environmental dimensions
- Instructor: MATTHEW BRADLEY
(3 Credit Hours) This course reviews basic principles in epidemiology and designs of study for health research. Prerequisite(s): Math 111 or 120.
- Instructor: LINDSEY GOOD
(3 Credit Hours) This course addresses the full scope of leadership and its challenges with special emphasis on leading within the healthcare environment. Prerequisite(s): HHP 454.
- Instructor: LINDSEY GOOD
- Instructor: KEMBERLY PASLEY
(3 Credit Hours) Problem solving, number systems, logic, consumer math, basic algebra and geometry, basic probability and statistics. Prerequisite(s): In addition, students must fulfill the associated lab component requirements.
- Instructor: UPALI KARUNATHILAKE
This 3 Credit Hours course explores the many dimensions of new venture creation and growth and to foster innovation and new business formations in independent and corporate settings. We will be concerned with content and process questions as well as with formulation and implementation issues that relate to conceptualizing, developing and managing successful new ventures
- Instructor: Azam Bejou
This 3 Credit Hours course provides an introduction into the functional disciplines of Business Administration: Accounting, Finance, Management, Marketing and Information Systems. The course provides a survey of the disciplines and will assist a student in choosing an area of concentration studies leading to a degree in Business Administration. The course will begin to build the skills necessary for a successful career in Business.
- Instructor: Azam Bejou
(3 Credit Hours) This course will examine the multifaceted problem of crime victimization. It focuses on the incidence of criminal victimization, social characteristics of crime victims, and the treatment of the victim by the Criminal Justice System. It also examines the efforts designed to alleviate the consequences of criminal victimization and provide support for the victim. This course is 100% online using the learning management system (LMS) available by clicking the WVSU online option on the main webpage www.wvstateu.edu. All course material will be available to students online.
- Instructor: Caitlin Teetor
- Instructor: FREHOT HAILOU
This course aims to prepare students comprehensively for editing tasks in technical and other professional environments by engaging students in various technical tasks including copy editing, compilation, document design and reorganization, and management and production of client projects. The course will cover methods for working in both a paper and in an electronic environment. This course assumes that the student has the foundations of technical or report writing, as taught in English 112, Technical Writing, and English 204, Writing for Business and Other Professions. Prerequisite: English 112 or English 204 or permission of the instructor.
- Instructor: Amanda Myers
(3 Credit Hours) This is a lecture/discussion/creating
- Instructor: MOLLY ERLANDSON
(3 credit hours) Equations and inequalities, functions, systems of equations and inequalities, graphing, rational expressions, radical expressions, and applications of the above.
- Instructor: BETH BILLUPS
- Facilitator : VINCENT SMITH
This course examines ways to preserve bat populations and habitats in suburban areas
(3 credit hours) A course designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of how a free-market economy works as individuals make microeconomic decisions of their own based on cost-benefit principle. Discussions of the cyclical nature of GDP production, joblessness, cost of living, interest rates, public debt and deficits will be included.
- Instructor: MARK WILSON
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- Instructor: Mark Addesa
- Instructor: Kristina Deonaldo
- Instructor: James Rieber
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- Instructor: Sarah Howard
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This course is an introduction to the development of an appreciation of art. Special emphasis is placed on methods, techniques, and terminology that relate to art as well as artists, cultures, and art movements throughout history.
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- Instructor: Brett Maxwell
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- Facilitator : Admin User
- Instructor: Thomas Kiddie
- Instructor: BETH BILLUPS
- Instructor: Paige Carney
This course focuses on using National, State, District and School data to improve teaching and learning, including improving the achievement of identified low-achieving groups.
Pre-requisites: Approved entry into the West Virginia State University’s Master’s in Instruction Educational leadership program.
- Instructor: Dr. Emily Waugh
(3 credit hours) This course explores change theory and its application to the school setting. Candidates will identify and explore emerging trends and issues in the change process with emphasis on sustaining innovation through reculturing and ongoing professional learning and development.
Prerequisites: Approved entry into the West Virginia State University’s Master’s in Instruction Educational leadership program.
- Instructor: Paige Carney
(3 credit hours) This course explores change theory and its application to the school setting. Candidates will identify and explore emerging trends and issues in the change process with emphasis on sustaining innovation through reculturing and ongoing professional learning and development.
Prerequisites: Approved entry into the West Virginia State University’s Master’s in Instruction Educational leadership program.
- Instructor: Paige Carney
This course focuses on applying information on school needs as well as knowledge of local, state, and national policy to effective management practices. Students will learn how to legally and effectively manage school operations, including management of financial and human resources and how to schedule for the effective use of time and physical resources. This is an intense eight-week program that will allow you to learn what policies, procedures and technologies are in place for you to develop the proper allocation of resources.
- Instructor: Mickey Blackwell
(4 Credit Hours) Vectors, lines and planes in space, quadric surfaces, cylindrical and spherical coordinates, vector calculus, multivariable functions, partial differentiation and gradients, constrained and unconstrained optimization, double and triple integrals, volume, centroids, moments of inertia, line integrals. Prerequisite(s): MATH 207.
(3 credit hours)
Equations and inequalities, functions, systems
of equations and inequalities, graphing, rational
expressions, radical expressions, and
applications of the above.
- Instructor: VINCENT SMITH
- Facilitator : MICHAEL ANDERSON
This course surveys the major achievements of
human history from its origins to around 1715,
centered on the links and interactions between
civilizations which have transformed the world.
Particular attention is given to the social, political
and cultural developments of these societies, how
they have persisted or changed over time, and how
their cultures have shaped human behavior and
human relations in different civilizations.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101.
- Instructor: TAE PARK
- Instructor: Donald Rogers
(3 Credit Hours) A study of the knowledge and skills needed for the
development of effective helping relationships.
Students will examine their own values as they
learn interviewing and other intervention
techniques used in social work practice. Prerequisite(s): admission to social work program,
S WK 202 and 245, or permission of instructor.
- Facilitator : YVONNE LEE
(3 Credit Hours). An introduction to the basic technical and
aesthetic elements of the art of film. The class will
examine the nature of cinema and its relation to
our culture and our lives through analysis of its
many components.
- Instructor: BETH BILLUPS
- Instructor: DAVE BROCK
- Instructor: LEIGHANN DAVIDSON
(3 credit hours) This course will introduce the student to the study of serial killers including the history and types of serial killers. The methodology of the investigative process involving profiling of serial killers as well as the many aspects of these types of homicide/murder investigations will be covered. To further enhance the student’s understanding of homicide/murder, this course will incorporate interdisciplinary knowledge from the fields of criminology, sociology, history, psychology and political science. (No prerequisites)
- Facilitator : WALTER STROUPE
- Instructor: FREHOT HAILOU
- Instructor: BARBARA LADNER
- Facilitator : Robin Broughton
- Instructor: Amanda Myers
- Instructor: DEREK TAYLOR
- Instructor: Jay Canterbury
- Instructor: Caitlin Teetor
- Facilitator : WALTER STROUPE
(3 Credit Hours) A practical humanistic approach to interpersonal, small group and public communications. Focus is on the communicative event and its context with special emphasis on communication principles and skills.
- Instructor: ALI ZIYATI
- Facilitator : DEREK TAYLOR
A study of poetry, fiction and drama. The course
stresses basic themes and formal elements found
in literature. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 101
placement.
- Facilitator : WENDY TAYLOR
- Instructor: Azam Bejou
This is the current student athlete site for WV STATE U
- Instructor: SEAN MCANDREWS
- Facilitator : HEATHER ADAMS
- Facilitator : Colodious Anderson
- Facilitator : Philip Anderson
- Facilitator : Kerri Blackwell
- Facilitator : MATTHEW BRADLEY
- Facilitator : ROBERT BRANCH
- Facilitator : Camryn Brown
- Facilitator : JAYLA BROWN
- Facilitator : Nathan Burton
- Facilitator : Brice Carlson
- Facilitator : Adam Cook
- Facilitator : Kenneth Daniels
- Facilitator : Derek Dressler
- Facilitator : James Garcia
- Facilitator : JACOB HARMS
- Facilitator : KENAN JOHNSON
- Facilitator : Kris Kern
- Facilitator : Sandra Kessell
- Facilitator : Sean Loyd
- Facilitator : Lisa Mann
- Facilitator : Charles Marshall
- Facilitator : John Pennington
- Facilitator : BRYAN POORE
- Facilitator : Paul Price
- Facilitator : Allison Rager
- Facilitator : Rick Ray
- Facilitator : Marcus Reed
- Facilitator : TIMOTHY RUHNKE
- Facilitator : AARON SETTLE
- Facilitator : George Shehl
- Facilitator : John Simms
- Facilitator : Kellie Toledo
- Facilitator : Quincy Wilson
This course focuses on the economic and political maturation of the United States from Reconstruction through the present. The influence of industrialization and increased government activity on the increasingly diverse American people and foreign powers is studied in the context of worldwide imperialism, the Gilded Age, Progressivism, World Wars and the Civil Rights movement in the American Century. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102.
- Facilitator : NICK PATLER
(3 Credit Hours) A practical humanistic approach to interpersonal, small group and public communications. Focus is on the communicative event and its context with special emphasis on communication principles and skills.
- Facilitator : WENDY TAYLOR
- Instructor: MICHAEL ANDERSON
- Facilitator : Nbut Guest
- Instructor: MICHAEL ANDERSON
- Facilitator : Nbut Guest
- Facilitator : MARIANNE PEYTON
(3 Credit Hours) This course primarily focuses on the research writing process for a broad academic community. It covers basic research inquiry, use of the library with electronic and nonelectronic sources and techniques of formal writing. Attention is given to argumentation and critical thinking skills. Prerequisite(s): ENGL101. Must be completed within the first 60 hours of college credit.
- Instructor: JEFFREY PIETRUSZYNSKI
This course focuses on using National, State, District and School data to improve teaching and learning, including improving the achievement of identified low-achieving groups.
Pre-requisites: Approved entry into the West Virginia State University’s Master’s in Instruction Educational leadership program.
- Instructor: Dr. Emily Waugh
This course focuses on using National, State, District and School data to improve teaching and learning, including improving the achievement of identified low-achieving groups.
Pre-requisites: Approved entry into the West Virginia State University’s Master’s in Instruction Educational leadership program.
- Instructor: Dr. Emily Waugh
(3 credit hours) An introduction to research methods in educational settings. This course will allow students to determine how data can be used to make instructional decisions at the classroom, building, and district level.
- Instructor: DR. ELISHA M. LEWIS
This field-based practicum will allow candidates to apply knowledge of educational leadership, educational law and policy, change, innovation, professional development, financial and human resource management, and data-based decision making for school and district improvement.
- Instructor: STEPHANIE BURDETTE
(3 credit hours) This is a practical course in action research. Students will conduct an action research project based on an identified need in a public school setting and present it to their peers.
- Instructor: DR. ELISHA M. LEWIS
(3 credit hours) This is a practical course in action research. Students will conduct an action research project based on an identified need in a public school setting and present it to their peers.
- Instructor: DR. ELISHA M. LEWIS
(3 Credit Hours) This course provides students with information to complement and illustrate material taught in undergraduate level Strength and Conditioning (HHP 430). Emphasis will placed on the theory and methodology of training and preparing athletes for competition. Students in this course will be given the practical knowledge of design, implementation, modification, and assessment of strength and conditioning programs for athletes. Emphasis will be placed on modifying the strength and conditioning program to meet the coaches, team, and individual athlete’s needs.
- Instructor: AARON SETTLE