Sep 27, 2024  
2015-2016 General Catalog 
    
2015-2016 General Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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The following is a listing of all courses of instruction offered by departments at LSU. This listing was up-to-date and as correct as possible at the time of publication of this catalog.

Since this catalog was prepared well in advance of its effective date, some courses may have been added, others may have been dropped, and/or changes in content may have been made.

 

Psychology

  
  • PSYC 7969 Internship in School Psychology (1-6)


    Prereq.: satisfactory completion of the general and language examinations and faculty approval. Pass-fail grading. May be taken for a max. of 12 sem. hrs. of credit. One full academic year of supervised internship that is no less than 1,200 hours, half of which must be in a school setting; internship requirement may be fulfilled by completing one full academic year or two years of one-half time internship experience; at least one hour per week is devoted to direct supervision of each intern.
  
  • PSYC 7972 Child Behavior Therapy (3)


    Prereq.: PSYC 7171  or equivalent; graduate standing in clinical or school psychology or consent of instructor. Behavioral treatment of children’s behavior problems.
  
  • PSYC 7973 School-Based Psychological Interventions (3)


    Prereq.: graduate standing in psychology. Survey of intervention strategies for various disorders and behavior problems displayed by children in school settings.
  
  • PSYC 7979 Current Problems in Developmental Psychology (3)


    Prereq.: consent of instructor. May be taken for a max. of 12 hrs. of credit when topics vary.
  
  • PSYC 7982 Advanced Psychopathology (3)


    Prereq.: Graduate standing in clinical or school psychology or consent of instructor. Theories of psychopathology, specific etiological hypotheses and pertinent research evidence.
  
  • PSYC 7990 Teaching of Psychology (3)


    Prereq.: graduate standing in psychology. Required of all doctoral candidates to become instructor of record in the department. Philosophy, theory and practice in higher education with application to undergraduate instruction in psychology.
  
  • PSYC 7997 Clinical Psychology Internship (3 or 6)


    Prereq.: completion of course work and general examination. May be taken for a max. of 15 sem. hrs. of credit. Open only to graduate students nominated by the Department of Psychology and accepted by an approved internship program. Supervised evaluation and treatment of individuals manifesting mental disorders.
  
  • PSYC 7999 Professional Considerations in Psychology (3)


    Prereq.: graduate standing in psychology. Required of all clinical and school doctoral candidates. Professional ethics, practice and responsibility.
  
  • PSYC 8000 Thesis Research (1-12 per sem.)


    “S”/”U”grading.
  
  • PSYC 8939 Independent Research: Experimental Psychology (1-6)


    Prereq.: consent of instructor. Pass-fail grading. This course may be repeated for credit; a max. of 15 sem. hrs. in this series is allowed toward doctoral requirements.
  
  • PSYC 8959 Independent Research: Industrial Psychology (1-6)


    Prereq.: consent of instructor. Pass-fail grading. This course may be repeated for credit; a max. of 15 sem. hrs. in this series is allowed toward doctoral requirements.
  
  • PSYC 8979 Independent Research: Developmental Psychology (1-6)


    Prereq.: consent of instructor. Pass-fail grading. This course may be repeated for credit; a max. of 15 sem. hrs. in this series is allowed toward doctoral requirements.
  
  • PSYC 8989 Independent Research: Clinical Psychology (1-6)


    Prereq.: consent of instructor. Pass-fail grading. This course may be repeated for credit; a max. of 15 sem. hrs. in this series is allowed toward doctoral requirements.
  
  • PSYC 9000 Dissertation Research (1-12 per sem.)


    “S”/”U”grading.

Religious Studies

  
  • HIST 4505 The Rise of Christianity (3)


    See REL 4505 .
  
  • REL 1000 Religions of the World (3)


    [LCCN: CPHL 2213, World Religions] This is a General Education course. Primarily for non-majors.
    Survey of the religions of the world such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam and indigenous religious traditions.
  
  • REL 1001 Beginning Hebrew (4)


    This is a General Education course. See HEBR 1001 .
  
  • REL 1002 Beginning Hebrew (4)


    This is a General Education course. See HEBR 1002 .
  
  • REL 1004 Old Testament (3)


    This is a General Education course. Credit will not be given for this course and REL 1007 . Scholarly study of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) against the background of the history and religious life of ancient Israel.
  
  • REL 1005 New Testament (3)


    This is a General Education course. Introduction to the history, religion and literature of early Christianity from about 30 to 150 CE; emphasis on the writings of the New Testament and the methods by which scholars study them.
  
  • REL 1007 HONORS: Old Testament (3)


    Same as REL 1004 , with special honors emphasis for qualified students. Credit will not be given for this course and REL 1004 .
  
  • REL 2000 Introduction to the Study of Religion (3)


    This is a General Education course. Thematic introduction to the academic study of religion; ways of being religious; forms of religious literature; beliefs and rituals; the place of religion in human life.
  
  • REL 2001 Faith and Doubt (3)


    This is a General Education course. How religious faith is challenged or supported by various factors, such as reason, morality, organized religion, and the experience of suffering.
  
  • REL 2003 Intermediate Hebrew (4)


    This is a General Education course. See HEBR 2003 .
  
  • REL 2004 Intermediate Hebrew (4)


    This is a General Education course. See HEBR 2004 .
  
  • REL 2006 HONORS: Jesus in History and Tradition (3)


    Primarily for honors students and students concentrating in religious studies. Ideas about Jesus from antiquity to the present, including the modern quest for the historical Jesus.
  
  • REL 2025 African American Religion (3)


    This is a General Education course. Also offered as AAAS 2025 . This course will examine black religious experience in the United States from the colonial period to the present.
  
  • REL 2027 Asian Religions (3)


    This is a General Education course. Credit will not be given for this course and REL 2031 . Survey of the history, beliefs and practices of the major religions of Southern and Eastern Asia, focusing on Hinduism, Buddhism and the religions of China and Japan.
  
  • REL 2028 Philosophy of Religion (3)


    This is a General Education course. Same as PHIL 2028 . Meaning of religion as a pervasive phenomenon in human societies; faith and reason, nature of divinity, arguments for and against God’s existence, religious knowledge and experience, morality and cult, the problem of evil.
  
  • REL 2029 Judaism, Christianity and Islam (3)


    This is a General Education course. Credit will not be given for this course and REL 2030 . Survey of the history, beliefs and practices of these three related religions.
  
  • REL 2030 HONORS: Judaism, Christianity and Islam (3)


    Same as REL 2029 , with special honors emphasis for qualified students. Credit will not be given for this course and REL 2029 .
  
  • REL 2031 HONORS: Asian Religions (3)


    This is a General Education course. Same as REL 2027 , with special honors emphasis for qualified students. Credit will not be given for this course and REL 2027 .
  
  • REL 2033 American Religions (3)


    This is a General Education course. Introduction to religions in America.
  
  • REL 2034 Indigenous Religions (3)


    Introduction to the religions of the indigenous peoples or “First Nations” of the Americas, Africa and Australia.
  
  • REL 2120 The Holocaust (3)


    Responses of Judaism and the Christian church to Nazi Germany’s killing of the Jews; issues about God, human morality, Western civilization and modernity.
  
  • REL 3000 Christianity (2)


    Advanced survey of the global history of Christianity, with in-depth analysis of the diversity of Christian beliefs and practices throughout the world.
  
  • REL 3004 Archaeology and the Bible (3)


    Also offered as ANTH 3004 . Major figures and discoveries influencing the historical study of the Bible; emphasis on results of excavations and discovery of written documents and inscriptions.
  
  • REL 3010 Special Topics in Religious Studies (3)


    May be taken for a max. of 12 hrs. of credit when topics vary.
  
  • REL 3033 Native American Religions (3)


    Survey of native North American religious traditions from prehistory to the present; including issues of conversion and Christianization, freedom of religion and gender.
  
  • REL 3051 Apocalypse: Then and Now (3)


    Ideas about the end of the world from antiquity to the present; emphasis on the book of Revelation and its continuing influence.
  
  • REL 3090 Comparative Mythology (3)


    See CLST 3090 .
  
  • REL 3092 Fundamentalisms and Religious Nationalism (3)


    Also offered as INTL 3092 . Investigates how the phenomenon of fundamentalism manifests itself in combinations of religion and politics in various countries around the world as a response to “modernity.”
  
  • REL 3100 Judaism (3)


    Religious texts, faith and practice in Judaism, from antiquity to the present.
  
  • REL 3102 American Catholic History (3)


    Roman Catholicism in its North American context: the European heritage; immigration; political, intellectual and devotional life.
  
  • REL 3104 Ancient Hebrew Prophets (3)


    Prophetic movement in ancient Israel; different modern interpretations of prophecy.
  
  • REL 3124 The Literature of the English Bible (3)


    Also offered as ENGL 3124 .
  
  • REL 3203 Religion and Parapsychology (3)


    Extraordinary human experiences such as faith healing, death and dying, exorcism, apparitions and witchcraft, examined from the perspective of religious phenomenology, philosophy and psychology.
  
  • REL 3300 Women and Religion (3)


    Role of women in the religions of the world.
  
  • REL 3786 The Religion of Islam (3)


    Also offered as INTL 3786 . Introduction to the major religious and cultural dimensions of the Islamic world, both those that express its diversity and those that express its continuity; emphasis on the development of classical Islamic institutions and ideas, the diverse forms of Islamic religious and cultural life over the past fourteen centuries as the Islamicate tradition has spread around the world.
  
  • REL 4001 South Asian Society, Polity and Culture (3)


    See INTL 4002 .
  
  • REL 4010 Selected Topics in Religious Studies (3)


    May be taken for a max. of 12 hrs. of credit when topics vary.
  
  • REL 4011 The Age of Reformation (3)


    See HIST 4011 .
  
  • REL 4012 History of Modern Christian Thought (3)


    Also offered as HIST 4012 . Prereq.: one religious studies course. Major figures in the history of Christian thought from the Reformation through the 19th century.
  
  • REL 4018 Religion and Healing (3)


    Analysis of cultural and religious influences on the concepts of illness and health and the relationship of body and mind in cross-cultural perspective, including bio-medicine and a range of Asian healing paradigms.
  
  • REL 4031 Comparative Religions (3)


    See ANTH 4031 .
  
  • REL 4032 Religion, Gender and Society (3)


    Also offered as ANTH 4032 . Examination of the link between religious ideas and gender formulations within simple and complex societies and certain religious communities.
  
  • REL 4035 Women & Buddhism (3)


    Buddhist concepts of women in comparative socio-historical contexts. Critical analyses of practices, teachings, and interpretive frames.
  
  • REL 4050 A History of God (3)


    Traces the development of the concept of God from antiquity to the present.
  
  • REL 4079 Geography of Religion (3)


    See GEOG 4079 .
  
  • REL 4096 The Modern Middle East (3)


    See HIST 4096 .
  
  
  • REL 4124 Studies in African Diaspora Religions (3)


    Also offered as AAAS 4124 . May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit when topics vary. Analysis of religious beliefs, rituals, and practices and their roles in the lives of African Diaspora peoples.
  
  • REL 4125 History of Ancient Israel (3)


    Also offered as HIST 4125 . Israelite history from its beginnings to the Christian era; readings from biblical and other ancient Near Eastern texts.
  
  • REL 4161 History of Religion in the United States (3)


    See HIST 4161 .
  
  • REL 4171 Religion in Southern Culture (3)


    Religion as a component of Southern history and culture; emphasis on the religious culture of Louisiana.
  
  • REL 4191 Religions of China and Japan (3)


    See HIST 4191 .
  
  • REL 4227 Contemporary Christian Thought (3)


    Major theologians and theological movements of the 20th century.
  
  • REL 4236 Studies in Literature and Religion (3)


    See ENGL 4236 .
  
  • REL 4301 Theories of Religion (3)


    Theories about the origin, nature and function of religion from the social sciences and other disciplines.
  
  • REL 4400 Religious Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr. & Malcolm X (3)


    Also offered as AAAS 4400 . This course explores the religious thought of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X through a close examination of their most significant writings and speeches.
  
  • REL 4500 Seminar in Biblical Studies (3)


    Prereq.: one course in Biblical studies. May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit when topics vary.
  
  • REL 4505 The Rise of Christianity (3)


    Also offered as HIST 4505 . An introduction to the history, literature, and religion of ancient Christianity from its beginnings in first-century Palestine to its establishment as the mandated religion of the Roman Empire under Justinian in the sixth century.
     
  
  • REL 4507 Topics in the History of Christianity (3)


    Also offered as HIST 4507 . Prereq.: permission of instructor. May be taken for a max. of 9 sem. hrs. of credit when topics vary.
  
  • REL 4600 Hinduism (3)


    Prereq.: REL 2027  or consent of instructor. A survey of Hinduism from its origins to the present.
  
  • REL 4800 Buddhism (3)


    Prereq.: REL 2027  or consent of the instructor. A survey of Buddhism from its origins to the present.
  
  • REL 4850 Buddhist Psychology (3)


    Buddhist conceptions of mind, self, psyche and personhood in comparison to Western views of the same.
  
  • REL 4928 Medieval Philosophy (3)


    See PHIL 4928 .
  
  
  • REL 4990 Independent Study (1-3)


    Prereq.: written consent of instructor and department. May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit when topics vary.
  
  • REL 7990 Independent Study (3)


    May be taken for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. of credit when topics vary.

Renewable Natural Resources

  
  • RNR 1001 Natural Resource Conservation (3)


    This is a General Education course. An honors course, RNR 1070 , is also available. Credit will not be given for this course and RNR 1070 . Relationship of humans to the natural environment; ecology and conservation of soil, water, forest, range, wildlife and fisheries resources.
  
  • RNR 1002 Issues in Natural Resource Management (1)


    Prereq.: for RNR majors only; credit or registration in RNR 1001  or RNR 1070 . Discussions of the ecological, economic, sociocultural and political factors that affect human relationships with the natural environment and the exploitation and conservation of water, forest, range, wildlife, wetland and fisheries resources.
  
  • RNR 1004 Conservation of Forest Resources (2)


    Resources of forest and range land, including wood, wildlife, recreation forage and water; techniques of multiple-use management of forest lands.
  
  • RNR 1070 HONORS: Natural Resource Conservation (4)


    Same as RNR 1001 , with special honors emphasis for qualified students. Prereq.: admission to the Honors College and credit or registration in BIOL 1207 . Credit will not be given for this course and RNR 1001 . Emphasis on the effects of factors such as climate change and human population growth on resource productivity, and the development and implementation of strategies for sustainable resource use.
  
  • RNR 2001 Trees and Woody Plants of the Southeast (2)


    Students are responsible for paying for travel expenses associated with this course. 1 hr. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Principal trees of the southeastern U.S.; their identification, classification, nomenclature and distribution. Emphasis on southern timber species; common shrubs, ornamentals, woody vines and some herbaceous plants will also be covered.
  
  • RNR 2002 Introduction to Fisheries and Aquaculture (3)


    Students are responsible for paying for travel expenses associated with this course. 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. History and scope of fisheries and aquaculture; production and harvest of economically important aquatic vertebrates and invertebrates; role of fisheries and aquaculture professionals in society.
  
  • RNR 2003 Trees and Woody Plants of the Eastern and Western United States (1)


    Prereq.: RNR 2001  or consent of instructor. Students are responsible for paying for travel expenses associated with this course. 3 hr. lab. Important trees of the eastern and western U.S.; their identification, distribution and value. Emphasis on important timber species and a limited number of common woody shrubs.
  
  • RNR 2031 Principles of Wildlife Management (3)


    An honors course, RNR 2072 , is Also offered. Prereq.: RNR 2101  or RNR 2070  or concurrent enrollment. Credit will not be given for this course and RNR 2072 . Wildlife conservation and management; ecology and management of wildlife in relation to the objectives of consumptive and nonconsumptive interest groups.
  
  • RNR 2039 Introduction to Renewable Natural Resource Policy (3)


    An honors course, RNR 2071 , is also offered. Credit will not be given for this course and RNR 2071 . Development and implementation of policies in renewable natural resources; current environmental issues.
  
  • RNR 2043 Wood Science and Forest Products (3)


    2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Structural components of wood and identifying characteristics; basic physical properties; manufacture and uses of forest products.
  
  • RNR 2061 Problems in Natural Resource Management (1-4)


    Prereq.: permission of instructor. May be taken for a max. of 4 sem. hrs. of credit. Topics covered vary with the needs of the student and availability of faculty.
  
  • RNR 2070 HONORS: Ecology of Renewable Natural Resources (4)


    Same as RNR 2101 , with special honors emphasis for qualified students. Prereq.: BIOL 1503  and RNR 1070 . Credit will not be given for this course and RNR 2101 . Ecological principles and population dynamics; emphasis on interactions between populations in communities, ecosystems and landscapes.
  
  • RNR 2071 HONORS: Introduction to Renewable Natural Resources Policy (4)


    Same as RNR 2039 , with special honors emphasis for qualified students. Prereq.: credit or enrollment in RNR 2070  or permission of instructor. Credit will not be given for this course and RNR 2039 . Development and implementation of policies in renewable natural resources; current environmental issues.
  
  • RNR 2072 HONORS: Principles of Wildlife Management (4)


    Same as RNR 2031 , with special honors emphasis for qualified students. Prereq.: RNR 2071  or permission of instructor. Credit will not be given for this course and RNR 2031 . Population management, habitat management and policy associated with wildlife management. Sustainability of hunting and of endangered wildlife species. Indirect effects of toxins, eutrophication, human infrastructure and climate change on wildlife habitat and wildlife populations.
  
  • RNR 2101 Ecology of Renewable Natural Resources (3)


    An honors course, RNR 2070 , is also available. Prereq.: BIOL 1202 , BIOL 1209 , RNR 1001  or RNR 1070 , RNR 1002 . Credit will not be given for this course and RNR 2070 . General ecological principles tied to the conservation and management of plant and animal populations; emphasis on how populations interact in communities and ecosystems.
  
  • RNR 2102 Natural Resource Measurements and GIS (3)


    Students are responsible for paying for travel expenses associated with this course. 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Introduction to sampling techniques in measuring renewable natural resources, such as trees, wood products, forest stands, wildlife and fisheries populations and water quality. Introduction to use of global information systems (GIS) and global positioning systems (GPS) applications in natural resource management.
  
  • RNR 3002 Silviculture (2)


    Prereq.: RNR 2101 . Basic knowledge of personal computers and e-mail is assumed. A generalized approach to forest stand establishment and culture based on the ecological principles of regeneration and the identification of stand conditions that will satisfy specific goals and objectives for the forest.
  
  • RNR 3004 Photogrammetry, GPS and GIS (3)


    Prereq.: permission of department. Students are responsible for paying for travel expenses associated with this course. 2 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. lab. Principles, interpretation and use of aerial photos, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in stand measurements and forest management applications.
  
  • RNR 3005 Field Studies in Wildlife Habitat and Management (2)


    Intersession only. Prereq.: RNR 2001 . Class meets 8 hrs. per day for 2 weeks at off-campus sites. Students are responsible for paying for travel expenses associated with this course. Identification of woody and herbaceous plants important to wildlife species and techniques used to manage and quantify wildlife habitat; emphasis on collecting field data and plant identification in field setting to assess habitat quality and management options for wildlife.
  
  • RNR 3018 Ecology and Management of Southeastern Wildlife (4)


    Prereq.: RNR 2031  or RNR 2072 . Students are responsible for paying for travel expenses associated with this course. 2 hrs. lecture; 6 hrs. lab. Habitat selection, food habits and reproductive biology of selected species of amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and fishes; emphasis on the diversity of niche exploitation strategies among these groups.
 

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