Dec 11, 2024  
2014-2015 University Catalog 
    
2014-2015 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


The University Catalog lists all courses that pertain to the West Lafayette campus. In order to view courses that are available at a given time, and the details of such courses, please visit the myPurdue Schedule of Classes.

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Industrial Technology

  
  • IT 19000 - Topics In Industrial Technology


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Hours, credit, and subject matter to be arranged by staff. This is not for independent study. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 19100 - Supervised Work Experience


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Supervised work experience directed toward providing background and orientation rather than depth in a particular specialty. Craft, technical, industrial, and participation in the conduct of industrial training programs are typical examples of acceptable experiences. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 19900 - Selected Topics For Vocational Teachers In Service


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 8.00. Designed primarily for conditionally certified vocational teachers for development and improvement of basic teaching skills and license upgrading. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 21400 - Introduction To Lean Manufacturing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Lean manufacturing is a systematic approach to eliminating non-value added activities throughout a production system. Five basic principles characterize a lean production system: value definition, value stream mapping, flow optimization, pull production, and continuous improvement. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 22600 - Biotechnology Laboratory I


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Focuses on nucleic acid manipulation. Modules include, making a eukaryotic library, identifying clones, sub-cloning into a bacterial expression vector and verification of the clone’s identity by restriction analysis and DNA sequencing. Basic laboratory techniques (solution making, buffer preparation, good safety techniques), sterile technique and compliance procedures. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • IT 22700 - Biotechnology Laboratory II


    Credit Hours: 2.00. The second laboratory course should use the cloned material to produce a protein. This protein should be purified, utilized immunologically, checked for purity by Edman degradation, and in some kind of bio assay. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • IT 23000 - Industrial Supply Chain Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of industrial supply chains. Emphasis is on in-plant shipping and receiving functions; modes of distribution; functions of, and services provided by supply chains. Emphasis is placed on how manufacturers, distributors and end users can provide value in the supply chain. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 27200 - Gateway To Engineering/Technology Teacher Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introductory course into the components of teaching engineering/technology (E/T) education in today’s public schools. Students explore the K-12 E/T education curriculum, national standards, and professional associations. Development of educational objectives and effective lesson planning is discussed. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • IT 27500 - Teaching The T & E Of STEM


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A course for teacher education majors that provides rationale and techniques for integrating engineering and technological literacy into the K-12 mathematics and science curriculum. Experiences focus on the engineering design process as it relates to mechanisms, robotics, materials, electrical circuits and electronics. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • IT 27600 - Teaching Design And Communications Technology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on the development of design and communications technology taught in middle and high school technology education courses. Students present design and communications technology lessons. Students explore activities in secondary design and communications technology in a laboratory setting. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • IT 27700 - Teaching Manufacturing Technology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on the development of manufacturing technology knowledge and skill required to teach middle level technology education courses. Students prepare and present manufacturing technology lessons and learning activities. Students explore, through laboratory activities, content areas included in secondary manufacturing technology. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • IT 27800 - Teaching Construction Technology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on construction technology knowledge and skill required to teach middle technology education courses. Students present construction technology lessons and learning activities. Students explore, through laboratory activities, the variety of content areas included in secondary construction technology. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • IT 28100 - Industrial Safety


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A course designed to develop understanding of, and insight into, the basic aspects of accident prevention and safety. Specific attention will be given to (1) the psychological aspects of accident prevention; (2) the principles of accident prevention; (3) the practical aspects of planning, implementing, and maintaining a safe environment; and (4) standards, current laws, and regulations. Field trips may be required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 29100 - Industrial Practice I


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Practice in industry. Written reports required documenting practice. Admission to the Industrial Technology Cooperative Education Program required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 29200 - Industrial Practice II


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Practice in industry. Written reports required documenting practice. For cooperative education students only. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 33000 - Industrial Sales And Sales Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Sales and sales management techniques for analyzing distribution challenges and providing solutions through effective communication; establishing credibility, effective questioning techniques, developing and presenting solutions, anticipating objections and gaining a commitment, plus techniques for building, developing and compensating an effective sales organization. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • IT 33200 - Purchasing, Inventory, And Warehouse Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A course designed to develop understanding of types of warehouses, methods of organizing the warehouse environment, and determining efficient inventory control procedures. Purchasing of products, storage of inventory, placement of inventory and other internal logistics management topics will be explored. Real world projects conducted in lab environment will be utilized. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • IT 34200 - Introduction To Statistical Quality


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic concepts of quality systems in business and manufacturing settings are presented. Basic statistical methods as applied to quality control, and an introduction to sampling plans are included. Field trips may be required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 34500 - Automatic Identification And Data Capture


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The course provides a basic understanding of automatic identification and data capture technologies and concepts with regard to how their deployment affects business and industry. Laboratory applications of bar codes, radio frequency identification, card technologies, and biometrics will be emphasized. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 35100 - Advanced Industrial Safety And Health Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to OSHA and standards development for occupational health in general industry. Special emphasis is on fire protection and egress, flammable and combustible liquids, electrical, personal protective equipment, machine guarding, industrial hygiene/blood borne pathogens, ergonomics, and ISO 9000/14000 integration. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • IT 37100 - Instructional Planning And Evaluation


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Students gain experience in determining content and writing instructional objectives. Emphasis is placed on developing good testing instruments and evaluating those instruments as they relate to measuring student achievement in the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains. Field trips may be required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 37200 - Teaching Civil Engineering And Architecture


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Strategies for teaching secondary students about civil engineering and architecture, project planning, site planning, building design, and project documentation and presentation. Three-dimensional modeling software is used to design a structure for a simulated development site. Field trips may be required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • IT 37700 - Teaching Design And Innovation I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on the development of appropriate engineering design knowledge and skill required to effectively teach middle and high school engineering/technology education courses by infusing engineering design into the curriculum. Students will use 3-D solid modeling software, rapid prototyping, and other design technologies as they engage in the engineering design process through an open-ended engineering design challenge. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 38100 - Total Productive Maintenance


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is a study of the role and scope of total productive maintenance (TPM) in manufacturing. The three types of maintenance activities: corrective, preventive, predictive, and their associated quantitative techniques are studied. Reliability and queuing theory are discussed. Team projects are required. Field trips may be required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • IT 38500 - Industrial Ergonomics


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A course designed to focus on work design and ergonomics in manufacturing. Specific attention will be focused on introducing the terminology and the techniques used in work design and on the fundamental concepts embodied in industrial ergonomics. During scheduled laboratory times, exercises will permit the student to apply the concepts of industrial ergonomics. Field trips may be required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 39300 - Industrial Practice III


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Practice in industry. Written reports required documenting practice. For cooperative education students only. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 39400 - Industrial Practice IV


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Practice in industry. Written reports required documenting practice. For cooperative education students only. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 39500 - Industrial Practice V


    Credit Hours: 2.00. Practice in industry. Written reports required documenting practice. For cooperative education students only. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 43200 - Financial Transactions In Distribution


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The course is designed to familiarize students with various methods of pricing strategies, marketing concepts, and the terms and procedures involved. Special emphasis will be on computer applications and case study problems that help and enhance marketing of products and services. Field trips may be required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 43400 - Global Transportation And Logistics Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the various aspects of logistics in industrial systems and product support. The development, implementation, and control of physical transportation systems, product distribution, warehousing, and inventory policy models will be emphasized. The impact of logistics and transportation in the global environment will be discussed. Case studies and software applications will be included. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 43500 - Distribution Management Policy


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A course designed to build upon previous distribution-related courses with subjects related to managing a distribution enterprise. Modules in sales management, strategic planning, supply-chain logistics, purchasing, and the legalities of distribution manufacturer relationships will be combined with case studies to provide students with practice in making decisions and establishing policy from the manager’s point of view. Field trips may be required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 44200 - Production Planning


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of industrial organization and management, research and development, production, personnel, and sales. Examples of the procedures necessary to provide a product or service are included. Field trips may be required. Typically offered Spring Fall.
  
  • IT 44300 - Leadership Development For Technology Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The role and function of technology education youth groups, planning programs, public relations, and social activities; responsibilities of officers; leadership principles and styles. Technology Students of America in concert with the International Technology Education Association activities will be emphasized. Field trips may be required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 44500 - Problem-Solving With Automatic Data Collection


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. The problem-solving skills learned in IT 34500  are applied to manufacturing, distribution, or business data collection problems. Depending on the problem, one or more of the available data collection technologies will be used to address the issue of concern. Field trips may be required. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 44600 - Six Sigma Quality


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the six sigma quality and process improvement methodology, using the define, measure, analyze, improve, and control (DMAIC) process. The course addresses advanced topics in statistical quality as they pertain to the six sigma methodology and provides preparation for the Green Belt Certification exam. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • IT 45000 - Production Cost Analysis


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to financial statements and to the study of the costs of production in terms of break-even and least-cost alternatives, including present and future costs when related to the time value of money, budgeting, labor and overhead, production, cost control, and the role of the supervisor and the engineering technologist to cost control. Computer applications for determining rate of return for complex problems are introduced. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • IT 47000 - Teaching Design And Innovation II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course builds on the student competencies developed in prerequisite courses. Students will apply rapid prototyping and other fabrication technologies to create a specified solution. Students will consider operations process flow chart planning and logistics of engineering/technology education laboratory management. Prototypes will be tested in real situations and data gathered on performance. Designs will be revised to reflect a deeper understanding of manufacturing and use, being sensitive to structure, function, and behavior from a systems-level perspective. Intellectual property, marketing, and infrastructure will be discussed. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 47100 - Managing The Technology Education Laboratory


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides future technology education teachers with information on designing, organizing, and managing technology education facilities. An in-depth study of specific laboratory requirements related to safety is covered. Management skills related to students, equipment, and supplies are addressed. Students design a technology education laboratory. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 47200 - Methods Of Teaching Technology Education


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Students identify and demonstrate a variety of instructional techniques appropriate for teaching secondary technology education. Students plan lessons and assess their effectiveness on student achievement. Methodological insights and understanding for teaching technical subject matter is stressed. Field trips may be required. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • IT 48300 - Facility Design For Lean Manufacturing


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This capstone course integrates all aspects of manufacturing activities and materials handling focusing on lean concepts. A systematic approach is used to design a manufacturing facility integrating principles of lean production systems and eliminating waste through continuous improvement. Computer simulation and projects are required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • IT 49000 - Special Problems In Industrial Education


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Supervised individual research in industrial education topics. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 50700 - Measurement And Evaluation In Industry And Technology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (TECH 50700 - PUI) An introduction to measurement strategies in industrial, technical, and human resource development environments. The evaluation of measurement outcomes will be the primary focus of the course. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 50800 - Quality And Productivity In Industry And Technology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. (AT 50800 ) Examines the contemporary issues of continuous improvement in quality and productivity in manufacturing and service industries. Includes a close examination of the evolving philosophies bearing on the scope, improvement, and costs of quality assurance programs in industry and technology. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • IT 51000 - Developing Courses For Industry And Technology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Principles and procedures in planning, organizing, and developing instructional content for industrial, technical, and human resource development courses. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 53000 - Biometric Technology Test Design, Performance, and Evaluation


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction of methods of designing biometric testing, performance, and evaluation analyses. Specifically, methods of evaluating fingerprint, face recognition, iris, and voice recognition data are explored using ROC curves, CMC, Rank statistics, and DET curves. The course examines testing requirements from submission of IRB documents to the final analysis. A component of comparative analysis within modalities is included. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 53500 - Global Supply Chain Management


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The objective of this course is to provide in-depth knowledge of global supply chain management and its application in industries. This course explores supply chain management, expanding beyond the linkage between producer and distributor to include other enterprises in the product life cycle, beginning with concept design and ending in disposal. Learning methodologies include lecture, case study, and collaborative student group activities in applied research. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • IT 54000 - Biometric Performance And Usability Analysis


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction of test methodologies from disciplines outside of biometrics, which include: usability, ergonomics, human factors, and human-computer interaction, in order to demonstrate how biometric data analysis can benefit from understanding how humans interact with biometric sensors during the testing and evaluation of biometric systems. The course explores test methods, case studies, and prior biometric testing reports in order to develop a test methodology that includes information on how users interact with biometric systems. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 54500 - Biometrics Technology And Applications


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines biometrics technology as it relates to security, access control, and the authentication of individuals. The course will examine biometric technologies including iris, face, finger, hand geometry, dynamic signature verification, skin print analysis, and voice recognition. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • IT 56800 - Developing Instructional Materials For Industry And Technology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Principles and procedures in locating, evaluating, producing, and integrating instructional materials and aids into industrial, technical, and human resource development programs. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 57100 - Project Management In Industry And Technology


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The factors influencing decisions during the initiation, implementation, and termination of industrial and manufacturing projects are examined. Students work as project teams, using project management tools to develop implementation strategies. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 58100 - Workshop In Industrial Technology


    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 8.00. Advanced study of technical and professional topics. Emphasis is on new developments relating to technical, operational, and training aspects of industry and technology education. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • IT 59000 - Special Problems In Industrial Technology


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Independent study of a special problem under the guidance of a member of the staff. Does not substitute for either M.S. thesis or M.S. project credit. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • IT 59800 - Directed MS Project


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. A formal investigation of a particular problem under the guidance of the advisory committee. Not applicable to a thesis option plan of study. Enrollment during at least two consecutive terms for a total of three credits is required. Permission of department required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • IT 65700 - Fingerprint Performance And Usability


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course covers topics of fingerprint capture, fingerprint feature extraction, fingerprint matching, and attacks on fingerprint systems. The course requires analysis of real fingerprint data and the integration of fingerprint recognition in existing infrastructures. Development of a fingerprint recognition system is required. Prerequisites: IT 54500  and either IT 50700  or STAT 50100 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 65800 - Biometric Systems Interoperability: Applications And Challenges


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides a technology neutral approach to the discussion of biometric system interoperability. It examines the issues of biometric sub-systems of different biometric modalities and sub-systems of the general biometric model. Students will be able to critically evaluate the impact of interoperability of sub-systems on the performance of the entire system. Prerequisites: IT 54500  and either IT 50700  or STAT 50100 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IT 69800 - Research MS Thesis


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research MS Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

Interdisciplinary Engineering

  
  • IDE 20000 - Sophomore Seminar


    Credit Hours: 0.00. IDE operations: design of plans of study, mechanics of approval, co-op program preregistrations; selected topics on related fields of study, employment, engineering registration, and professional development. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • IDE 29000 - Professional Internship


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Professional experience in Interdisciplinary Engineering. Internship experience intended to complement academic coursework and help prepare for a career as a practicing engineer. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • IDE 29100 - Industrial Practice I


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Practice in industry and comprehensive written reports of this practice. Must be accepted for the program by the cooperative program coordinator. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IDE 29200 - Industrial Practice II


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Practice in industry and comprehensive written reports of this practice. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IDE 30000 - Junior Seminar


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Continuation of IDE 20000 . Typically offered Fall.
  
  • IDE 30100 - Professional Preparation In Interdiciplinary Engineering


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Seminar covering topics required for professional preparation of engineers including functioning in teams, communication, ethics, global and societal impacts, how people learn, and contemporary issues impacting and impacted by engineering. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • IDE 39300 - Industrial Practice III


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Practice in industry and comprehensive written reports of this practice. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IDE 39400 - Industrial Practice IV


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Practice in industry and comprehensive written reports of this practice. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IDE 39500 - Industrial Practice V


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Practice in industry and comprehensive written reports of this practice. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IDE 40000 - Senior Seminar


    Credit Hours: 0.00. Employment opportunities, graduate study, continuing education, professional societies, and engineering registration. Required of all IDE seniors. Typically offered Fall.
  
  • IDE 48500 - Interdisciplinary Engineering Design


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Capstone design experience for interdisciplinary engineering students. Physical system or process system design projects, related to contemporary or potential problems involving interdisciplinary teams of engineers. Use of patent literature. Creativity methods. Analysis of design alternatives using case studies, economics and optimization. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • IDE 48700 - Multidisciplinary Engineering Senior Professional Design Seminar


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Senior professional design seminar covers and assesse students in Multidisciplinary Engineering professional outcomes including, teamwork, professional and ethical responsibility, communication, impact of engineering in context, lifelong learning, impact of contemporary issues, and leadership. Presentation of student’s designs. Methods to obtain a professional position after graduation. Permission of department required. Typically offered Spring.
  
  • IDE 49500 - Special Topics In Interdisciplinary Engineering


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Primarily designed for interdisciplinary engineering subject areas for which there is no specific course offered, but for which there is sufficient student interest to justify teaching a specialized course on a trial basis. May be repeated for credit as long as the topic being taught is not repeated. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.

Interdisciplinary Studies

  
  • IDIS 10100 - Perspectives Contemporary Issues


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Perspectives Contemporary Issues. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IDIS 11000 - Freshman Success Course


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Freshman success course is designed to increase the success of freshmen by assisting them with the skills necessary to reach their educational goals. Topics in this course include: academic concerns (academic major information, learning skills, study skills, time management) and personal social concerns (interpersonal relationship skills, communication skills, setting goals). Credit for only one of: IDIS 11000, G1020, G1030, G1040. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • IDIS 49000 - Directed Reading in Interdisciplinary Studies


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Reading under the direction of the instructor in a particular field of study. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IDIS 49100 - Special Topics In Interdisciplinary Studies


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Special topics or projects under the direction of the instructor in a particular field of specialization. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • IDIS 59000 - Directed Reading In Interdisciplinary Studies


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Reading under the direction of the instructor in a particular field of study. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
  
  • IDIS 59100 - Selected Topics In Interdisciplinary Studies


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of selected topics, taught by an instructor in whose particular field of specialization the content of the course falls. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.

Italian

  
  • ITAL 10100 - Italian Level I


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A beginning Italian course with emphasis on communicative skills (listening and speaking), literacy (reading and writing) and culture. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ITAL 10200 - Italian Level II


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Continuation of ITAL 10100 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ITAL 10500 - Accelerated Basic Italian


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An accelerated basic Italian course that substitutes for ITAL 10100  and ITAL 10200 . Knowledge of a foreign language required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • ITAL 11100 - Italian Conversation I


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Basic development of oral skills. Guided practice in conversation to enhance communicative competence. Small group discussions in Italian on practical topics. May be taken concurrently with Italian Level I. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • ITAL 11200 - Elementary Italian Conversation


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Development of oral skills for self-expression. Guided practice in conversation to enhance communicative competence. Small group discussions in Italian on various topics. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • ITAL 20100 - Italian Level III


    Credit Hours: 3.00. A continuation of ITAL 10200 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ITAL 20200 - Italian Level IV


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An intermediate Italian course with emphasis on communicative skills (listening and speaking), literacy skills (reading and writing) and culture. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ITAL 20500 - Accelerated Intermediate Italian


    Credit Hours: 3.00. An accelerated second-year Italian course with focus on furthering the development of listening, reading, speaking and writing abilities at the intermediate level. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • ITAL 21100 - Italian Conversation III


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Continuation of ITAL 11200 . May be taken concurrently with ITAL 20100 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • ITAL 21200 - Intermediate Italian Conversation


    Credit Hours: 1.00. Development of oral skills for self-expression. Guided practice in Italian conversation to enhance communicative competence. Small group discussions in Italian on various topics. Not open to students enrolled in or having credit for ITAL 30100  or above. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • ITAL 23100 - Dante’s Divine Comedy


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Reading and discussion of Dante’s Divine Comedy. The major critical approaches to Dante’s masterpiece will be reviewed. All readings, papers, and examinations will be in English. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ITAL 28000 - Italian Culture And Civilization


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Course focuses on salient aspects of Italian culture and civilization from the Middle Ages to the present. In English. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ITAL 28100 - The Italian Renaissance And Its Impact On Western Civilization


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course introduces students to the most important literary, cultural, and political writings of the Italian Renaissance, and shows the pivotal influence of the Renaissance on the development of Western civilization as a whole. Classes and readings entirely in English; no knowledge of Italian is needed. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ITAL 30100 - Italian Level V


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Continued development of Italian speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities, using materials dealing primarily with everyday life and civilization in Italy from a variety of sources (e.g., newspapers, magazines, TV, recent literature, etc.). Conducted primarily in Italian. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • ITAL 30200 - Italian Level VI


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Further work to develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing abilities in Italian, on the basis of materials dealing with the ideas and events that have shaped present-day Italy. Conducted primarily in Italian. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • ITAL 31200 - Advanced Italian Conversation


    Credit Hours 1.00. One credit hour advanced Italian conversation course focused on the development of oral and aural skills for self-expression. Course provides students with guided practice in conversation to enhance communicative competence. Discussions in Italian on various topics. Course may be taken concurrently with ITAL 30100 , ITAL 30200 , ITAL 34100  and ITAL 34200 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • ITAL 33000 - The Italian Cinema


    Credit Hours: 3.00. The development and evolution of Italian cinema after World War II. The class will center on the viewing and discussion of films and will survey a broad spectrum of directors and styles. Knowledge of Italian not required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ITAL 33300 - The Spirit Of Italian Comedy


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course explores various types of Italian comedy, focusing on theater and cinema. Particular emphasis will be given to Renaissance theater, commedia dell’arte, Goldoni, Pirnadello, Dario Fo, and to the new generation of Italian comedians. In English. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • ITAL 33500 - Italian-American Cinema


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course offers an overview of the major filmmakers associated with the representation of Italian Americans in the United States film world. Students will view and discuss major filmmakers and their films, and will write critical essays on film topics. Conducted in English. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ITAL 34100 - Italian Literature I: From The Middle Ages To The Enlightenment


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is the first course of a two-semester sequence presenting an overview of Italian literature. Students will read and discuss major authors and texts and will write critical essays on literary topics. Readings, discussion, and papers in Italian. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • ITAL 34200 - Italian Literature II: From Romanticism To The Present


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is the second course of a two-semester sequence presenting an overview of Italian literature. Students will read and discuss major authors and texts and will write critical essays on literary topics. Readings, discussion, and papers in Italian. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  
  • ITAL 38000 - Italian Culture And Civilization


    Credit Hours: 3.00. Course focuses on salient aspects of Italian culture and civilization from the Middle Ages to the present. In English. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • ITAL 39300 - Special Topics In Italian Literature Or Cinema


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will focus on particular aspects of Italian literature, cinema or culture. No knowledge of Italian required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  
  • ITAL 39400 - Special Topics In Italian Literature


    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course studies a particular aspect in Italian literature (e.g., a theme, device, character type, motif, place) by reading a varied selection of works of different genres, styles, and/or periods. Readings, discussion, and papers in Italian. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  
  • ITAL 39900 - Special Study Abroad Credit It Italian


    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. This course number is for assignment after the fact of credits in Italian earned while enrolled at a foreign university on a Study Abroad program which cannot be appropriately accommodated under an established Purdue course number. It is not for use for courses offered at or conducted by Purdue. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
 

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