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USC Catalogue 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Courses of Instruction

The terms indicated are expected but are not guaranteed. For the courses offered during any given term, consult the Schedule of Classes.
 

Graduate School of Business Administration
  

  • GSBA 550a Entrepreneurship

    Units: .5
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Fundamentals of entrepreneurship. Understanding the new venture creation process.
    Duplicates Credit in BAEP 549   and BAEP 550  and BAEP 551  and the former GSBA 586.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 550b Entrepreneurship

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Fundamentals of entrepreneurship. Understanding the new venture creation process.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 550a .
    Duplicates Credit in BAEP 549   and BAEP 550  and BAEP 551  and the former GSBA 586.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 552 Problem Solving and Decision Making: An Integrative Approach

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    An integrative, multi-disciplined and immersion-based approach to addressing unstructured business situations and imperfect data using a variety of analytical tools and critical thought processes.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 554 Digital Strategies for Sustainability in Global Markets

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Designing and executing business strategies for sustainability (environmental, economic, social/cultural) enabled by digital technologies. Emerging market contexts; team consulting project; international travel.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open only to graduate accounting and business students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 555 Management and Organization of the Creative Industries

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    How creative industries (motion pictures, television, publishing, radio, music, arts, games) operate and are organized. Critical discussion of pressing issues that these industries face.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open only to graduate business and accounting students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 560 The Perspective of Top Management

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Using cases, students are introduced to top management issues of executive leadership, environmental and strategic analysis, use of financial statements, organizational assessment and design, technology management and decision support systems.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GSBA 561 Evaluating Market Performance

    Units: 9
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Evaluation of the firm by the market forces that affect its success; financial accounting and reporting; competitive market analysis; external communication; microeconomics; labor, customer and financial markets, statistical and decision analysis, financial and organization measures of effectiveness.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 562 Management of Operations

    Units: 11
    Analysis of operations management and business functions; managerial accounting; finance; marketing; production; data processing and information systems; human resources management.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 562a Management of Operations

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Analysis of operations management and business functions; managerial accounting; finance; marketing; production; data processing and information systems; human resources management.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 562 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • GSBA 562b Management of Operations

    Units: 10
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Analysis of operations management and business functions; managerial accounting; finance; marketing; production; data processing and information systems; human resources management.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 562 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 563 Technology and Information Systems Management

    Units: 6
    Impact of technology on organizations; new product development; investment decisions and capital budgeting; decision support systems, expert systems; information technology; organizational design; management of information systems.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 563a Technology and Information Systems Management

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Impact of technology on organizations; new product development; investment decisions and capital budgeting; decision support systems, expert systems; information technology; organizational design; management of information systems.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 563 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • GSBA 563b Technology and Information Systems Management

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Impact of technology on organizations; new product development; investment decisions and capital budgeting; decision support systems, expert systems; information technology; organizational design; management of information systems.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 563 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 564 Functional Strategies and Implementation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sm
    Developing functional strategies and interdependence to achieve organizational goals; negotiations, conflict resolution; communication strategies; organizational effectiveness; implementation and change strategies; self-assessment and individual presentations.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 570 The Role of the Senior Executive

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction to strategic management; executive leadership; environmental analysis; international context; financial growth strategies; social, legal and macroeconomic issues; role of CEO with boards, media and other publics; business ethics, strategic planning project.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GSBA 571 Environmental Analysis: Establishing Competitive Advantage

    Units: 9
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Development of strategic planning processes; analysis of economic, social, political environment; forecasting; futures research; macroeconomics; international economics; technological developments; multinational management simulation; field projects.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 572 Strategic Planning for Growth

    Units: 11
    Formulation and implementation of strategies in different organizational and environmental contexts; financial growth strategies; comparative management; impact of taxation; technology strategies; product development and new market strategies.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 572a Strategic Planning for Growth

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Formulation and implementation of strategies in different organizational and environmental contexts; financial growth strategies; comparative management; impact of taxation; technology strategies; product development and new market strategies.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 572 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • GSBA 572b Strategic Planning for Growth

    Units: 8
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Formulation and implementation of strategies in different organizational and environmental contexts; financial growth strategies; comparative management; impact of taxation; technology strategies; product development and new market strategies.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 572 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 573 Managing Strategic Change and Implementation

    Units: 6
    Management of the strategic change process for the total organization including implementing growth strategies, use of consultants, corporate governance, implementation in a multinational environment, leadership and power, use of technology, innovation, corporate cultures, executive succession, corporate relations.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 573a Managing Strategic Change and Implementation

    Units: 5
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Management of the strategic change process for the total organization including implementing growth strategies, use of consultants, corporate governance, implementation in a multinational environment, leadership and power, use of technology, innovation, corporate cultures, executive succession, corporate relations.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 573 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • GSBA 573b Managing Strategic Change and Implementation

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: Sm
    Management of the strategic change process for the total organization including implementing growth strategies, use of consultants, corporate governance, implementation in a multinational environment, leadership and power, use of technology, innovation, corporate cultures, executive succession, corporate relations.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 573 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 574 The Executive of the Future

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sm
    Forecasting future environments; the role of the executive in the future, changing organizations; executive development; personal development goal setting.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 580a The Global Context of Business

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Political, economic, cultural forces in a global context. Effects on markets, policies, and strategies. Global Economics.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to full time MBA students.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 582a  and the former GSBA 582 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 580b The Global Context of Business

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Political, economic, cultural forces in a global context. Effects on markets, policies, and strategies. Global Strategy.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to full time MBA students.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 582a  and the former GSBA 582 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 580c The Global Context of Business

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Political, economic, cultural forces in a global context. Effects on markets, policies, and strategies. PRIME. Requires international travel.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to full time MBA students.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 582b  and the former GSBA 582 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 581 Information Management and Analytics

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sm
    Foundational knowledge for using innovation, technology, and analytics to improve organizational performance, enhance competitiveness, and create leadership opportunities integrated with hands-on skills for data analysis.
    Duplicates Credit in former GSBA 581a and GSBA 581b.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 582a The Global Context and International Business

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Explores the global context of business, including the economic, financial, political, social/cultural, and institutional environments. Considers the implications of the global context for international business.
    Recommended Preparation: MBA.PM core courses.
    Corequisite: GSBA 582b  
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Marshall MBA students.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 580a  and GSBA 580b  and GSBA 582 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 582b The Global Context and International Business

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Explores the global context of business, including the economic, financial, political, social/cultural, and institutional environments. Considers the implications of the global context for international business. b: International Field Experience.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 582a 
    Recommended Preparation: MBA.PM core courses
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Marshall MBA students
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 582  and GSBA 580c 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 584a International Business Consulting Project

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: SpSm
    IBEAR team consulting projects addressing international business problems. Projects culminate in written and oral presentations to corporate clients.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • GSBA 584b International Business Consulting Project

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: SpSm
    Continuation of a.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 590 Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Research leading to the master’s degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GSBA 592 Field Research in Business

    Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Individual or team projects studying the business practices of an industry, company, government agency, country, geographic region, etc. Proposal, data collection, analyses, and written report.
    Recommended Preparation: completion of required MBA, MAcc., or MBT course work.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to master and doctoral students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GSBA 593 Independent Research in Business

    Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4,
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Independent research beyond normal course offerings. Proposal, research and written report/paper required. Open only to master’s students.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to masters students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GSBA 595 Internship in Business

    Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2
    Max Units: 9.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Supervised on-the-job business experience in the student’s area of interest. (Curricular Practical Training.)
    Recommended Preparation: Completion of required MBA, MAcc., or MBT course work.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to master students in Accounting and Business majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GSBA 596 Research Practicum in Business

    Units: 0.5-2,
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Hands-on practical experience working with a Marshall faculty member on an ongoing research project.
    Recommended Preparation: completion of courses required for the MBA, MAcc., MBT, or PhD
    Registration Restriction: Open only to masters and doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GSBA 597 Consulting Project in Business

    Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Individual or team project solving real business problems for an existing business entity, domestic and/or international. Proposal, field research, analyses and oral and written presentations.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Master and Doctoral Students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GSBA 598 Special Topics

    Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 3
    Max Units: 09
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    Selected topics reflecting current trends and recent developments in business administration. Graded CR/NC.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open to only graduate accounting and business majors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GSBA 599 Special Topics

    Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 3
    Max Units: 09
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    Selected topics reflecting current trends and recent developments in business administration. Emphasis on cross-disciplinary inquiry.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open to only graduate accounting and business students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 602 Selected Issues in Economic Theory I

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Methodology and research perspectives of economics; contribution of the economics paradigm to accounting, management, finance, marketing, and decision sciences.
    Recommended Preparation: admission to doctoral program in business administration or department approval.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 604 Regression and Generalized Linear Models for Business Applications

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Theory and application of linear regression models; role of substantive theory in statistical model building; model specification, estimation, diagnostic checking; the general linear hypothesis.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 610 Seminar in Business Research

    Units: 3
    Max Units: 9.0
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    Critical analysis of research studies in the functional areas of business; practice in formulating and conducting research; presentation of original research of publishable quality (may be repeated for credit up to 9 units).
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 611 Seminar in Research Methodology

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Conceptual foundations of research methodology; survey and research design; measurement theory; advanced techniques of statistical investigation; data analysis using computer packages; preparation of research reports.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 612 Selected Issues in Economic Theory II

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Further investigation of selected topics in methodology and research perspectives of economics. Topics vary in response to new developments and current trends in the field.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 602 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 625 Designing and Running Experiments

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction to design and implementation of experiments. Single and multiple factors, fully crossed and fractional factorial designs, repeated measures, measurement, manipulations, subject choice, demand effects. Open only to PhD students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 690 Tutorial on the Research Process

    Units: 3
    Max Units: 9.0
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Gain an understanding of the research process, identify/generate a research question, collect and organize data, predict results, and critically write and present the results.
    Recommended Preparation: GSBA first year PhD course work.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GSBA 790 Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GSBA 794a Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • GSBA 794b Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • GSBA 794c Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • GSBA 794d Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • GSBA 794z Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 0
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit


Geriatric and Special Patient Dentistry
  

  • GSPD 504 Dental Treatment of the Geriatric and Special Patient

    Units: 2
    Social, psychological, economic and health factors which influence dental care for the geriatric and special patient populations; specific considerations and modifications of conventional dental treatment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSPD 562a Clinic: Geriatric Dentistry

    Units: 0
    Clinical experience in dental treatment of geriatric patients at an extramural site.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • GSPD 562b Clinic: Geriatric Dentistry

    Units: 0
    Clinical experience in dental treatment of geriatric patients at an extramural site.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • GSPD 562c Clinic: Geriatric Dentistry

    Units: 1
    Clinical experience in dental treatment of geriatric patients at an extramural site.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSPD 563a Clinic: Special Patient Care

    Units: 0
    Clinical experience in treatment of the physically, medically, or mentally disabled patient.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • GSPD 563b Clinic: Special Patient Care

    Units: 0
    Clinical experience in treatment of the physically, medically, or mentally disabled patient.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • GSPD 563c Clinic: Special Patient Care

    Units: 1
    Clinical experience in treatment of the physically, medically, or mentally disabled patient.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSPD 610 Clinical Gerontology

    Units: 1
    Clinical application of principles of geriatric dentistry. Evaluation, treatment planning, and clinical care of elderly patients at residential and skilled-nursing care facilities.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSPD 612 Special Patient Care Clinic

    Units: 1
    Clinical experience in the evaluation, diagnosis, treatment planning and management of oral problems in special needs patients.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter


Human Behavior
  

  • HBHV 310 Interactional Skills in Dental Hygiene

    Units: 1
    Training in the application of behavioral and communication skills.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBHV 501 Behavioral Skills in Dentistry

    Units: 1
    Introduction to key personal, interpersonal, and professional factors that shape the doctor-patient relationship; ways interactional skills influence the effectiveness, durability, and satisfaction of the doctor-patient relationship.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBHV 502 Interactional Skills

    Units: 1
    Introduction to purpose, objectives, and principles of clinical interviewing.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBHV 504 Patient Education and Management

    Units: 1
    Management of difficult patients; psychology and behavioral treatment of pain; patient education of treatment planning; smoking cessation program.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBHV 550 Communications in Clinical Dentistry

    Units: 1
    Verbal and nonverbal communication in clinical dentistry; clinical experience in use of manual, verbal, and non-verbal communication skills during a traumatic injection procedure.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBHV 561a Clinic: Behavioral Dentistry

    Units: 0
    Clinical application of behavioral dentistry principles. Data collection, case presentation, fear reduction (iatrosedation), and tobacco cessation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • HBHV 561b Clinic: Behavioral Dentistry

    Units: 0
    Clinical application of behavioral dentistry principles. Data collection, case presentation, fear reduction (iatrosedation), and tobacco cessation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • HBHV 561c Clinic: Behavioral Dentistry

    Units: 0
    Clinical application of behavioral dentistry principles. Data collection, case presentation, fear reduction (iatrosedation), and tobacco cessation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • HBHV 561d Clinic: Behavioral Dentistry

    Units: 0
    Clinical application of behavioral dentistry principles. Data collection, case presentation, fear reduction (iatrosedation), and tobacco cessation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • HBHV 561e Clinic: Behavioral Dentistry

    Units: 1
    Clinical application of behavioral dentistry principles. Data collection, case presentation, fear reduction (iatrosedation), and tobacco cessation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBHV 601 Understanding Stress in Dental Practice

    Units: 2
    Investigation of the approaches to understanding and managing stress, especially the stress issues in dentistry.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter


Human Biology
  

  • HBIO 200Lg The Human Animal

    Units: 4
    Foundations of the human species. Examination of scientific evidence from Darwinian theory, primate behavior, fossils, and the behavior of modern people.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category D: Life Sciences
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category IV: Science and Its Significance
    Duplicates Credit in former ANTH 200.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ANTH 200
  

  • HBIO 202Lg Nutrition for Life

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    To develop an understanding of Nutrition, especially as it pertains to optimal health and prevention of diseases. A study of macro and micro nutrients.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category D: Life Sciences
    Duplicates Credit in EXSC 202L
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBIO 203L Individualized Exercise Prescription

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Principles and theories related to exercise prescription; programs of weight-training, circuit-training, aerobics, flexibility, high and low-intensity training guidelines; safeguards and effectiveness.
    Duplicates Credit in former EXSC 203L.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBIO 205Lgx The Science of Sport

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    The physiological and nutritional basis of human performance. Factors that facilitate and limit athletic achievement.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category D: Life Sciences
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category IV: Science and Its Significance
    Duplicates Credit in former EXSC 205Lxg.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBIO 250g The Pharmacology of Performance Enhancing Drugs

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Evaluation of drugs, nutritional supplements, and ergogenic aids that are purported to enhance human athletic performance to promote weight and fat loss.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category D: Life Sciences
    Duplicates Credit in former EXSC 250.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBIO 300 Evolution, Ecology, and Culture

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    The roles of biology, culture, and the environment in shaping human society, integrating evolutionary biology and cultural theory.
    Duplicates Credit in former ANTH 300.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ANTH 300
  

  • HBIO 301L Human Anatomy

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Major organ systems; functional implications of their relationships; gross and microscopic examination with an emphasis on practical skills in recognizing, dissecting, and differentiating anatomical structures.
    Duplicates Credit in former EXSC 301L.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBIO 302L Nutrition and Metabolism

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Gastrointestinal physiology and energy metabolism as it relates to macronutrient intake. Theories and principles of nutrition and their impact on metabolic regulation.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220  or BISC 221 .
    Duplicates Credit in former EXSC 200.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBIO 306 Primate Social Behavior and Ecology

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Behavior and ecology of living nonhuman primates, with an emphasis on field studies of apes and monkeys. Topics include aggression, communication, reproduction, and cognition.
    Recommended Preparation: HBIO 200 .
    Duplicates Credit in former ANTH 306.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ANTH 306
  

  • HBIO 308 Origins and Evolution of Human Behavior

    Units: 4
    Examination of the evidence for and against evolutionary bases of a range of human behaviors. Topics include sex differences, human reproductive strategies, race, IQ, human ecology.
    Duplicates Credit in former ANTH 308.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ANTH 308
  

  • HBIO 310 Sociopsychological Aspects of Sport and Physical Activity

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Examination of the individual in a social environment related to sport and physical activity; personality, motivation, attitude, and group behavior viewed in physical activity contexts.
    Duplicates Credit in former EXSC 310.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBIO 320 Muscle Physiology

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Analysis of the skeletal muscular system (anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, and development) and its functional properties under both normal and pathological conditions.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220  
    Duplicates Credit in former EXSC 300
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBIO 350 Nutrition and Homeostasis

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Theories and principles of regulation of vitamin/mineral metabolism as it relates to homeostasis of organ systems.
    Prerequisite: HBIO 302   or CHEM 350   or BISC 330   or BISC 312  
    Duplicates Credit in former EXSC 350
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBIO 360 Nutrition and Disease

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Principles of diet therapy for the prevention and treatment of human disease.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220L or BISC 221L
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBIO 370 Genetics and Disease

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    An overview of the genetic underpinning of human health and disease. Inheritance of mendelian diseases, common diseases, developmental diseases and cancer; prenatal testing, genetic counseling and genetic therapies.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBIO 400L Motor Control and Learning

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Theories of control and learning applied to motor performance; variables affecting performance in exercise, games, sports, and dance.
    Prerequisite: HBIO 320 .
    Duplicates Credit in former EXSC 400L.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBIO 401L Physiology and Biomechanics of Movement

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Terminology, structure and function of muscle, bone and endocrine systems; Effects of exercise and training on those systems.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220Lg 
    Duplicates Credit in former EXSC 401
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBIO 403L Forensic Science of the Bones

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Comprehensive study of forensic anthropology; emphasis on identification of human remains and creation of biological profiles including age, sex, time and manner of death, etc.
    Prerequisite: HBIO 301L 
    Recommended Preparation: HBIO 200Lg 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBIO 405 Evolutionary Medicine

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Evolutionary, cultural, and environmental factors in the emergence and existence of diseases; a Darwinian examination of illness in the human species.
    Prerequisite: BISC 120Lg  or BISC 121Lg 
    Recommended Preparation: HBIO 200Lg 
    Duplicates Credit in former ANTH 405
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ANTH 405
  

  • HBIO 406 Theory and Method in Human Evolutionary Biology

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Historical and theoretical approaches to major issues in the field of human evolutionary biology. Capstone course in which students will undertake an original independent research project.
    Prerequisite: HBIO 200 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ANTH 406
  

  • HBIO 407L Endocrinology and Metabolism

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Regulation of metabolic pathways and endocrinology in health and metabolic diseases.
    Prerequisite: HBIO 302 .
    Duplicates Credit in former EXSC 406L.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBIO 408L Biomechanics

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Kinematic and kinetic analysis of human motion. Emphasis on performance enhancement and injury prevention.
    Prerequisite: MATH 108  and PHYS 135a 
    Duplicates Credit in former EXSC 408
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBIO 409 Metabolic Diseases

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Examination of the etiology, prevention, and treatment of metabolic disorders such as diabetes mellitus and obesity that are major threats to public health.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220 .
    Duplicates Credit in former EXSC 409.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBIO 420L Applied Human Physiology

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    The physiology of the respiratory, cardiovascular, renal, musculoskeletal, digestive, endocrine, and nervous systems in humans, with application to human health and pathology.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220 .
    Duplicates Credit in former EXSC 405.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBIO 435 Neurobiology of Feeding Behavior and Obesity

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Neurobiological systems that control feeding behavior and energy balance with an emphasis on the determinants of obesity.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220Lg 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBIO 439L Human Performance and Bioenergetics

    Units: 2 or 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Application of physiology, biomechanics and perceptual-motor principles to the study of skill acquisition and human performance.
    Prerequisite: HBIO 408 .
    Duplicates Credit in former EXSC 439L.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBIO 441L Prevention of Athletic Injuries

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Application of scientific principles to conditioning, protecting, and rehabilitating the athlete.
    Prerequisite: HBIO 301 .
    Duplicates Credit in former EXSC 441L.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • HBIO 442L Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Application of scientific principles to evaluating and rehabilitating athletic injuries.
    Prerequisite: HBIO 301 .
    Duplicates Credit in former EXSC 442L.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

 

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