ACCOUNTING
ACC 231 [ACCT 2301] PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING.
13 lessons, 1 final exam
An introduction to the accounting principles, concepts, procedures, and techniques
underlying financial accounting and reporting with emphasis on business and economic
information generated in the accounting process. Topics covered also include the
measurement and reporting of assets and liabilities and accounting for partnerships.
ACC 232 [ACCT 2302] PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING.
12 lessons, 1 final exam
Prerequisite: ACC 231.
Introduction to managerial accounting. Manufacturing cost systems, budgets, and
cost-volume-profit analysis are introduced. Special attention is directed to the use of
accounting information in managerial decisions.
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AGRICULTURE
AGR 164 [AGRI 2317] PRINCIPLES OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS.
12 lessons, 1 final exam
This course is designed to give the student an introduction to economic principles
related to agriculture.
AGR 461 AGRIBUSINESS ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT.
13 lessons, 1 final exam
Prerequisite: AGR 164 or 289.
Writing Enhanced Course.
Management principles relevant to agribusiness firms: marketing management, sales and the
selling process, managerial concepts, human resource management, and business
organizations.
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ART
ART 160 [ARTS 1301] INTRODUCTION TO THE VISUAL ARTS.
10 lessons, 1 final exam
The presentation of the theory and philosophy of art through an analysis of the
principles, problems, and techniques of the artist.
OPTION: Students who wish to enroll in this course on-line are directed
to log in at www.shsu.edu/~art_dlp/index160.html.
Be sure to receive confirmation of your course enrollment from the Correspondence Course
Division office before submitting the first lesson.
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CHEMISTRY
CHM 135 [CHEM 1305] INORGANIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY LECTURE.
11 lessons, 1 final exam
The elements and their compounds are considered from a non-technical standpoint with
emphasis placed on more familiar materials. This course is for non-science majors. In
order to use this course to satisfy four hours of laboratory science requirement, the
companion one-hour laboratory course, CHM 115, must eventually be taken on campus using
university laboratory facilities. The laboratory course may be taken anytime the student
so chooses, either concurrently or at some later time prior to graduation.
CHM 136 [CHEM 1307] INTRODUCTORY ORGANIC AND BIOCHEMISTRY LECTURE.
11 lessons, 1 final exam
Prerequisite: CHM 135 or 138 or completion of a high school chemistry course.
An orientation in organic chemistry is given in the first part of the course to allow
treatment of the chemistry of nutrition and other biochemical aspects given in the last
part. This course is for non-science majors. In order to use this course to satisfy four
hours of laboratory science requirement, the companion one-hour laboratory course, CHM
116, must eventually be taken on campus using university laboratory facilities. The
laboratory course may be taken anytime the student so chooses, either concurrently or at
some later time prior to graduation.
CHM 138 [CHEM 1311] GENERAL CHEMISTRY I: LECTURE.
15 lessons, 1 final exam
The following topics are studied: chemical changes and laws governing them; the gas
laws; reactions involving oxygen, hydrogen, acids, bases, and salts; ionization;
metathesis; the periodic classification; and the atomic structure. In order to use this
course to satisfy four hours of the laboratory requirement, the companion one-hour
laboratory course, CHM 118, must eventually be taken using university facilities. The
laboratory course may be taken anytime the student so chooses, either concurrently or at
some later time prior to graduation.
CHM 139 [CHEM 1312] GENERAL CHEMISTRY II: LECTURE.
13 lessons, 1 final exam
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in Chemistry 138.
Descriptive chemistry, equilibria, kinetics, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, and
oxidation-reduction reactions are presented. In order to use this course to satisfy four
hours of the laboratory science requirement, the companion one-hour laboratory course, CHM
119, must eventually be taken using university laboratory facilities. The laboratory
course may be taken anytime the student chooses, either concurrently or at some other time
prior to graduation.
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ECONOMICS
ECO 230 [ECON 1301] INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS.
12 lessons, 1 final exam
Combines micro-economic and macro-economic principles in one semester. It is designed
for those who are neither majors nor minors in economics, but who would benefit from a one
semester introduction to economic principles.
OPTION: Students who wish to enroll in this course on-line are directed
to log in at http://www.shsu.edu/~eco_dlb/tempcoverpage.html/.
Be sure to receive confirmation of your course enrollment from the Correspondence Course
Division office before submitting the first lesson.
ECO 233 [ECON 2302] PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS.
12 lessons, 1 final exam
Basis economic principles including price theory, analysis of the firm, competition
and monopoly, and the distribution of income.
OPTION: Students who wish to enroll in this course on-line are directed
to log in at http://www.shsu.edu/~eco_dlb/tempcoverpage233.html.
Be sure to receive confirmation of your course enrollment from the Correspondence Course
Division office before submitting the first lesson.
ECO 234 [ECON 2301] PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS.
12 lessons, 1 final exam
The economic role of government, public finance and taxation, national income
analysis, national income theory, money and banking, economic fluctuations and growth, and
international trade and finance.
OPTION: Students who wish to enroll in this course on-line are directed
to log in at http://www.shsu.edu/~eco_dlb/tempcoverpage234.html.
Be sure to receive confirmation of your course enrollment from the Correspondence Course
Division office before submitting the first lesson.
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ENGLISH
ENG 265 [ENGL 2331 or ENGL 2332] READINGS IN LITERATURE OF THE WESTERN WORLD.
14 lessons, 1 final exam
Prerequisite: Six hours of freshman English.
Writing Enhanced Course.
Readings in the classical, medieval, and modern masterpieces of the western world. Written
assignments are based on themes and concepts found in the works studied. Open to all
students. Required of English majors and minors. Suggested for all majors in the College
of Arts and Sciences.
ENG 275 [ENGL 2322 or ENGL 2323] READINGS IN THE LITERATURE OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND ITS COMMONWEALTH.
14 lessons, 1 final exam
Prerequisite: Six hours of freshman English.
Writing Enhanced Course.
A study of a variety of works of poetry, fiction, and drama by the literary masters of
England, Scotland, and Ireland. Written assignments will be based upon themes and concepts
found in the works studied.
ENG 295 [ENGL 2326 or ENGL 2327] READINGS IN LITERATURE OF THE UNITED STATES.
14 lessons, 1 final exam
Prerequisite: Six hours of freshman English.
Writing Enhanced Course.
A study of American literary works from various genres and periods. Papers are based upon
themes and concepts found in the works studied.
ENG 330 INTRODUCTION TO TECHNICAL WRITING.
11 lessons, 1 technical report
Prerequisite: Six hours of freshman English.
Writing Enhanced Course.
A course in the special problems of technical literature and technical report writing.
Open to majors in Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Industrial Technology, and Agriculture.
ENG 360 SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1865.
12 lessons, 1 final exam
Prerequisite: Nine hours of English.
Writing Enhanced Course.
A survey of themes, genres, and authors in American literary history from the period of
exploration and settlement through the American Renaissance and the Civil War.
ENG 361 SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE FROM 1865 TO THE PRESENT.
12 lessons, 1 final exam
Prerequisite: Nine hours of English.
Writing Enhanced Course.
A survey of authors, genres, and movements in American literature from 1865 to the
present, involving representatives works of Realism, Naturalism, Modernism, and
Post-Modernism.
ENG 362 SHAKESPEARE.
14 lessons, 1 final exam
Prerequisite: Nine hours of English.
Writing Enhanced Course.
A survey of Shakespeare's major work. Recommended for all majors and minors.
ENG 381 INTRODUCTORY CREATIVE WRITING: FICTION.
14 lessons, 1 final exam
Prerequisite: Nine hours of English.
Writing Enhanced Course.
Directed writing in fiction.
ENG 382 INTRODUCTORY CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY.
14 lessons, 1 final exam
Prerequisite: Nine hours of English.
Writing Enhanced Course.
Directed writing in poetry.
ENG 384 EARLY ENGLISH MASTERWORKS.
15 lessons, 1 final exam
Prerequisite: Nine hours of English.
Writing Enhanced Course.
A study of the major figures of English literature from the beginning until 1798. Required
for all English majors.
ENG 385 LATER ENGLISH MASTERWORKS.
14 lessons, 1 final exam
Prerequisite: Nine hours of English.
Writing Enhanced Course.
A study of the major figures in English literature from 1798 to the present. Required for
all English majors.
ENG 472 AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1820'S TO 1860'S.
13 lessons, 1 final exam
Prerequisite: Fifteen hours of English.
Writing Enhanced Course.
A study of the emergence of a distinctive American literary art, including such writers as
Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman.
ENG 476 TUDOR AND STUART DRAMA.
12 lessons, 1 final exam
Prerequisite: Fifteen hours of English.
Writing Enhanced Course.
The development of the drama in England, the predecessors and contemporaries of
Shakespeare.
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