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Loyola Marymount University Bulletin 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Biology (BIOL)
  

  • BIOL 475 Evolution

    4 semester hours

    Study of the pattern and process of evolution. Topics include the development of theories of evolutionary change; the mechanisms of evolutionary change at the population (micro) level; and evolution at the macro level, focusing on speciation, phylogenetic analysis, historical biogeography, and extinctions.

    Lecture, 3 hours; Laboratory, 4 hours.

    Prerequisites: BIOL 101 , BIOL 102 , BIOL 112 , BIOL 201 , BIOL 202 .
  

  • BIOL 477 Conservation Genetics

    4 semester hours

    Survey of the major topics in conservation genetics. Basic models of population genetics and topics relevant to conservation genetics, such as population structure, inbreeding, genetic load, genetic variation, reserve design, and the ethical, moral, and political aspects of species conservation.

    Lecture, 3 hours; Laboratory, 4 hours.

    Prerequisites: BIOL 101 , BIOL 102 , BIOL 112 , BIOL 202 .
  

  • BIOL 478 Molecular Biology of the Genome

    4 semester hours

    Advances in understanding cellular processes, gene expression, and the structure and function of macromolecules due to The Human Genome Project and associated new high-throughput technologies. Use of systems biology perspectives and bioinformatics tools to answer biological questions. May include: functional genomics, sequence alignment and phylogeny, comparative genomics, and biological pathways and networks.

    Lecture, 2 hours; Laboratory, 6 hours.

    Prerequisites: BIOL 112 , BIOL 202 ; CHEM 220 .
  

  • BIOL 479 Molecular Mechanisms of Disease

    3 semester hours

    Analysis of the molecular mechanisms which underlie the pathology of genetic and infectious diseases. Particular attention paid to molecular mechanisms of disease treatment and experimental analysis in the field of human molecular genetics.

    Prerequisites: BIOL 202 ; CHEM 220 , CHEM 222 .
  

  • BIOL 490 Biological Teaching

    1 TO 2 semester hours

    Guided teaching of undergraduate laboratories.

    May be repeated for credit.

    Requires consent of instructor.
  

  • BIOL 494 Independent Research

    0 TO 4 semester hours

    Independent research in a faculty laboratory.
  

  • BIOL 498 Special Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • BIOL 499 Independent Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • BIOL 515 Ecology of Mutualisms

    2 semester hours

    Characterization of conditional interspecific interactions and investigations into the variability of outcomes as mediated by seasonality, chemistry, novel habitats, and morphology.

    Requires consent of instructor.

    Prerequisites: BIOL 102 , BIOL 111 , BIOL 112 ; CHEM 113 ; MATH 122  or MATH 131 .
  

  • BIOL 521 Urban Ecology

    3 semester hours

    An analysis of the dynamic and integrated nature of urbanized landscapes. Using active inquiry and the original literature, the course will engage the current theories and practice of the research being conducted on the patterns and process of urban ecosystem - ranging from biodiversity and trophic dynamics, to public health and environmental justice.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisites: Enrollment in Urban Ecology Track or consent of instructor and program director.
  

  • BIOL 522 Marine Biology Research

    2 semester hours

    An introduction to marine biology research techniques and basic marine ecosystems.

    Requires consent of instructor.
  

  • BIOL 528 Invertebrate Conservation Research

    2 semester hours

    Participation in research on topics in invertebrate conservation biology. Research may include ecological and/or genetic approaches and methodologies.

    Requires consent of instructor.
  

  • BIOL 531 Developmental Genetics Research

    2 semester hours

    Investigation through original literature and laboratory experience of the ways in which genes direct development.

    Requires consent of instructor.

    Prerequisite: BIOL 394 , BIOL 494 , or BIOL 594 .
  

  • BIOL 532 Drosophila Genetics Research

    2 semester hours

    An introduction to the use of drosophila as a research tool in classical and molecular genetics.

    Requires consent of instructor.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 220 .
  

  • BIOL 536 Functional Morphology Research

    1 TO 2 semester hours

    Participation in original research investigating the functional aspect of morphology and development in carnivorous mammals.

    Requires consent of instructor.
  

  • BIOL 537 Vertebrate Paleo Research

    1 TO 2 semester hours

    Participation in original research investigating functional, evolutionary and ecological aspects of vertebrate paleontology in mammals and birds.

    Requires consent of instructor.
  

  • BIOL 551 Behavior and Physiology Research

    1 TO 2 semester hours

    Participation in original laboratory and/or field research on social birds or mammals, addressing questions at the interfaces of behavior, physiology and ecology.

    Requires consent of instructor.
  

  • BIOL 561 Bioinformatics and Genomics

    2 semester hours

    Investigation of the systems-level properties of biological pathways and networks. Research may include bioinformatics and/or functional genomics techniques.

    Requires consent of instructor.
  

  • BIOL 562 Microbiology Research

    2 semester hours

    Participation in research investigating the role of microbes in the environment using culture based and molecular techniques.

    Requires consent of instructor.
  

  • BIOL 563 Molecular Genetics Research

    2 semester hours

    Laboratory work in gene mapping and gene isolation.

    Requires consent of instructor.
  

  • BIOL 565 Plant Developmental Biology Research

    2 semester hours

    Laboratory work in molecular and genetic analysis of plant development.

    Requires consent of instructor.
  

  • BIOL 566 Plant Research

    2 semester hours

    Participation in laboratory and/or field research on the ecophysiological response of plants to environmental extremes.

    Requires consent of instructor.
  

  • BIOL 567 Plant-Microbe Interactions Research

    2 semester hours

    Participation in research investigating the association between microbes and plants.

    Requires consent of instructor.
  

  • BIOL 569 Ethnobotany Seminar

    2 semester hours

    An introduction to the mutual relationships between plants and traditional peoples with an emphasis on phyto medicines and sustainability.

    Requires consent of instructor.
  

  • BIOL 571 Conservation Biology Seminar

    2 semester hours

    A survey of topics relating to the conservation of animals and plants, including extinction, genetic aspects, demography, insularization, threats to biodiversity, economics and politics, religious and ethical perspectives, and practical applications.

    Requires consent of instructor.
  

  • BIOL 584 Advanced Topics in Gene Expression

    2 semester hours

    An in-depth exposure to topics in gene expression through analysis of data from primary research literature.

    Requires consent of instructor.

    Prerequisites: BIOL 201  and BIOL 202 .
  

  • BIOL 585 Issues in Biotechnology Seminar

    2 semester hours

    An interdisciplinary seminar series bringing together faculty from different disciplines to present and discuss topics in biotechnology. Examples include sustainable agriculture, advances in medicine and biotechnology, legal and ethical considerations and biotechnology, the environment and biotechnology, the manipulation of biological machinery (proteins), the fusion of engineering and biotechnology (nanotechnology), the business of biotechnology.

    Requires consent of instructor.
  

  • BIOL 586 Molecular Cell Biology Research

    2 semester hours

    Independent laboratory research examining questions pertaining to gene expression, including ribosome biogenesis and mRNA transport/localization, utilizing techniques of molecular and cell biology, biochemistry, and genetics.

    Requires consent of instructor.
  

  • BIOL 587 Molecular Mechanisms in Development Seminar

    2 semester hours

    An exploration of current research utilizing molecular/ genetic techniques to study developmental biology.

    Requires consent of instructor.
  

  • BIOL 594 Independent Research

    0 TO 4 semester hours

    Independent research in a faculty laboratory. Results must be presented formally.
  

  • BIOL 598 Special Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

    Requires consent of instructor.
  

  • BIOL 599 Independent Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours


Business Law (BLAW)
  

  • BLAW 2210 Legal and Regulatory Environment

    3 semester hours

    A survey course on the general concepts found in Business Law. The student will be exposed to legal, ethics, and regulatory terminology, concepts, and reasoning found when working within the business and government environment.

    Prerequisites: BADM 1010  and BADM 1020 , both with a minimum grade of C (2.0).
  

  • BLAW 3210 Business Law Applications and Cases

    3 semester hours

    The course offers a detailed study of the nature of contracts and their applications in business organizations, personal property, real property, and commercial transactions. A focus will be placed on interpreting the law through existing case studies.

    Prerequisite: BLAW 2210 .
  

  • BLAW 3270 Marketing Law

    3 semester hours

    To acquaint students with fundamental concepts, principles, and rules of marketing law that concern marketers and consumers in day-to-day activities, in private business relationships, and in their relationship with government. The course will focus on various legal constraints, problems and ramifications which should be recognized and addressed by marketers when making pricing, product, promotion, and distribution decisions.

    (See MRKT 3570 .)

    Prerequisites: BLAW 2210  and MRKT 3510 .
  

  • BLAW 4210 Entertainment Law

    3 semester hours

    Law as it applies to the entertainment (motion picture, sound, television) industry, with particular focus on contracts and agency.

    Prerequisite: BLAW 2210 .
  

  • BLAW 4220 Employment Law

    3 semester hours

    This course provides a broad overview of federal and state employment laws, administrative agency regulations, and judicial decisions that govern the management of human resources. It provides a framework for the analysis and implementation of procedures that impact the employer-employee relationship in the workplace. Topics include the rules for proper advertising, screening, interviewing, and hiring of applicants; an analysis of the procedures that shape the training, promotion, discipline, and termination of employees; grievance handling, anti-discrimination laws, employee rights, health and safety regulations leaves of absence, harassment prevention, regulatory compliance, and administrative adjudication of claims.

    (See MGMT 4620 .)

    Prerequisite: BLAW 2210 .
  

  • BLAW 4230 Sports Law

    3 semester hours

    Sports Law is a practical course that focuses on the nature, formation, and application of traditional legal concepts in relation to sports as a business and social entity. This upper division elective provides a comprehensive introduction to the different dimensions of the legal environment and their influence on the business of sports.

    Prerequisite: BLAW 2210 .
  

  • BLAW 4240 Real Estate Law

    3 semester hours

    A study of the legal aspects involved in real estate ventures. This course will explore the nature of property and land transactions, management based on current law code, and existing case law. This course provides an excellent legal foundation for students with an interest in future property ownership.

    Prerequisite: BLAW 2210 .
  

  • BLAW 4250 International Business Law

    3 semester hours

    This course provides an excellent legal foundation for the international operation of businesses. Students will address balancing the legal interests of domestic and international parties and will explore the applicable legal guidelines and case history.

    (See INBA 4850 .)

    Prerequisites: BLAW 2210  and INBA 3810 .
  

  • BLAW 4298 Special Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours

  

  • BLAW 4299 Independent Studies

    1 TO 3 semester hours


Catholic Studies (CATH)
  

  • CATH 1030 Theological Foundations of Catholicism

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 1030 .)
  

  • CATH 1998 Special Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • CATH 1999 Independent Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • CATH 2998 Special Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • CATH 2999 Independent Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • CATH 3020 Late Antique and Medieval Western Christianity

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 3020 .)
  

  • CATH 3021 The History of Christianity from the Middle Ages to the Present

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 3021 .)
  

  • CATH 3022 Women in Christian History

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 3022 .)
  

  • CATH 3100 The Good Life

    4 semester hours

    (See PHIL 3100 .)
  

  • CATH 3105 Ethics of Love and Marriage

    4 semester hours

    (See PHIL 3105 .)
  

  • CATH 3110 Environmental Ethics

    4 semester hours

    (See PHIL 3110 .)
  

  • CATH 3115 Ethics for Engineering and Science

    4 semester hours

    (See PHIL 3115 .)
  

  • CATH 3120 Business Ethics

    4 semester hours

    (See PHIL 3120 .)
  

  • CATH 3211 Jesus in Gospel and Film

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 3211 .)
  

  • CATH 3220 Eastern Christian Traditions

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 3220 .)
  

  • CATH 3222 European Christianity: Schism, Reform, and Ecumenical Dialogue

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 3222 .)
  

  • CATH 3223 Mystics and Heretics

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 3223 .)
  

  • CATH 3231 Catholicism after Vatican II

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 3231 .)
  

  • CATH 3232 U.S. Latin@ Theology

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 3232 .)
  

  • CATH 3233 Merton and Day

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 3233 .)
  

  • CATH 3237 Sex and the City of God

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 3237 .)
  

  • CATH 3240 Water, Word, and Wine

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 3240 .)
  

  • CATH 3241 Meeting Christ in Faith and Art

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 3241 .)
  

  • CATH 3242 Faith and the Management Profession

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 3242 .)
  

  • CATH 3250 Psychology, Spirituality, Transformation

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 3250 .)
  

  • CATH 3285 Women and Religion

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 3285 .)
  

  • CATH 3310 Guadalupe: Queen of the Américas

    4 semester hours

    (See CHST 3310 .)
  

  • CATH 3339 Rhetoric, Literature, and Religion

    4 semester hours

    (See ENGL 3339 .)
  

  • CATH 3400 Philosophy of Religion

    4 semester hours

    (See PHIL 3400 .)
  

  • CATH 3561 Christian Marriage and Sexuality

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 3561 .)
  

  • CATH 3563 Love and Justice

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 3563 .)
  

  • CATH 3741 Religion and Film

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 3741 .)
  

  • CATH 3752 Contemplatives in Action: Psychology, Spirituality, and Liberation

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 3752 .)
  

  • CATH 3780 World Religions and Ecology

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 3780 .)
  

  • CATH 3806 Medieval Art

    3 semester hours

    (See ARHS 306 .)
  

  • CATH 3998 Special Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • CATH 3999 Independent Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • CATH 4023 Medieval Theology

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 4023 .)
  

  • CATH 4031 Christology

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 4031 .)
  

  • CATH 4040 Eucharistic Theology

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 4040 .)
  

  • CATH 4051 Ignatian Spirituality

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 4051 .)
  

  • CATH 4090 Major Theological and Religious Thinker

    4 semester hours

    (See THST 4090 .)
  

  • CATH 4120 History of the Byzantine Empire

    4 semester hours

    (See HIST 4120 .)
  

  • CATH 4142 Transformation of Medieval Europe

    4 semester hours

    (See HIST 4142 .)
  

  • CATH 4810 Italian Renaissance Art

    3 semester hours

    (See ARHS 410 .)
  

  • CATH 4813 Baroque Art in Rome: Visualizing the Faith

    3 semester hours

    (See ARHS 413 .)
  

  • CATH 4900 Seminar in Catholic Studies

    4 semester hours

    The capstone seminar in Catholic Studies explores the relationship between Catholicism and culture organized around a central theme. This interdisciplinary course provides an opportunity for students to synthesize their Catholic Studies courses.
  

  • CATH 4998 Special Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours

  

  • CATH 4999 Independent Studies

    1 TO 4 semester hours


Chemistry (CHEM)
  

  • CHEM 110 General Chemistry I

    3 semester hours

    Atomic theory; chemical nomenclature; chemical equations and reactions; stoichiometry; properties of gases, solids, and liquids; electronic structure of atoms and periodic properties of the elements; covalent bonding and molecular geometry.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    University Core fulfilled: Explorations: Nature of Science, Technology, and Mathematics.
  

  • CHEM 111 General Chemistry I Lab

    1 semester hours

    Basic chemical lab technique, conservation of mass, definite composition, molar masses, gravimetric and titrimetric analyses, redox chemistry.

    Lecture and laboratory, 4 hours.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 110 , CHEM 114 , or concurrent enrollment.
  

  • CHEM 112 General Chemistry II

    3 semester hours

    Solutions, chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, acids and bases, equilibria, electrochemistry, nuclear reactions, and selected additional topics.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 110 .
  

  • CHEM 113 General Chemistry II Lab

    1 semester hours

    Chemical kinetics, equilibrium, complex ions, solubility, visible spectrophotometry, inorganic synthesis, crystallization, inorganic qualitative analysis.

    Lecture and laboratory, 4 hours.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 111 ; CHEM 112  or concurrent enrollment.
  

  • CHEM 114 General Chemistry for Engineers

    3 semester hours

    Atomic theory; stoichiometry; properties of gases, liquids, and solids; electronic structure and periodic table; covalent bonding; kinetics and equilibrium; acid-base, precipitation, and reduction-oxidation reactions; basic thermodynamics.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Engineering majors only.
  

  • CHEM 190 World of Chemistry and Biochemistry

    1 semester hours

    Introduction to the Chemistry and Biochemistry programs, faculty, staff, and the facilities. Students will have the opportunity to learn about the various research programs in the department. Students will also be introduced to various chemistry and biochemistry careers.

    Seminar, 2 hours.

    Credit/No Credit grading only.
  

  • CHEM 198 Special Studies

    0 TO 3 semester hours

  

  • CHEM 199 Independent Studies

    0 TO 3 semester hours

  

  • CHEM 220 Organic Chemistry I

    3 semester hours

    Introduction to the fundamentals of organic chemistry: chemical properties, synthesis and nomenclature of alkanes, alkenes, cycloalkanes, aromatic hydrocarbons, and alkyl halides.

    Lecture, 3 hours.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 110  and CHEM 112 .

    University Core fulfilled: Flag: Quantitative Reasoning.
 

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