Calendar 2005-2006 - The University of Akron

PIANO PEDAGOGY
Requirements
This certificate program in Piano Pedagogy is designed for students who wish to
expand or update their skills with exposure to new methods and materials. The
program can be completed in one year of full time enrollment or two years of part
time enrollment. This certificate can also be completed independent of a degree
program. Students must pass music placement tests and play a piano audition for
admission into the program.
Program
Complete the following: Credits
7500:152 Theory I 3
7500:152 Theory II 3
7500:154 Music Literature I 2
7500:155 Music Literature II 2
7500:271 Piano Pedagogy I 2
7500:272 Piano Pedagogy II 2
7500:497 Independent Study 2
7520:125 Applied Piano 8
PLANNING WITH AN
EMPHASIS ON CITY OR
REGIONAL RESOURCE
STUDIES
Robert B. Kent, Ph.D., Department Chair
Requirements
This program is intended to enhance understanding of the planning function and
to increase the research and analytical abilities of the person preparing for work in,
or who is currently engaged in, city, urban, regional, environmental and resource
planning. The program is open to the undergraduate, as well as a person with a
baccalaureate degree, employed in local agencies doing related work, e.g., urban
renewal, community redevelopment, community action, environmental protection
and private industry. The person with a degree can enroll as a postbaccalaureate
or special student.
Program
• Employment or internship in a planning agency or in an office engaged in related
work; or a sincere intention to pursue a professional career in some aspect
of government work or planning after graduation.
• A statement by the applicant giving reasons for wishing to participate in the
planning certificate program.
Core
Complete five of the following:
3250:244 Introduction to Economic Analysis 3
3350:320 Economic Geography 3
3350:433 Practical Approaches to Planning 3
3350:495 Soil and Water Field Studies 3
3370:200 Environmental Geology 3
3400:436 The American City 3
3700:210 State and Local Government and Politics 3
3700:380 Urban Politics and Policies 4
3850:425 Sociology of Urban Life 3
4300:450 Urban Planning 2
Electives
Each student’s program (subject to the program director’s approval) is to include
six elective courses distributed between professional, technical and research
offerings. Three courses will be from the professional listing and three from the
technical-research listing. In consultation with the program director, elective
courses will be selected from University offerings either in the city planning or
regional resource planning emphasis areas. Similar courses completed at this or
other universities, up to five years prior to admission to candidacy, may be
approved by the director.
The intent of the elective requirements is to facilitate the development of a
diverse perspective which is significant for a person who will be or is already
engaged in planning for present and changing future urban, regional, environmen-
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tal, resource, energy and societal needs. The truly comprehensive planner must
have academic acquaintance with a variety of professional and technical approaches
to cope with social, geographical, physical design, economical and governmental
problems. Selecting courses that duplicate or continue interests
already well established in a student’s background will be discouraged.
Project
Upon completion of the core and elective course requirements, the student will
take 3350:385 Planning Seminar (one credit). In this seminar the student will produce
a final paper covering a city or regional resource planning topic chosen by
the student and approved by the director of the program. Each project will be presented
to the seminar class and critically analyzed.
A grade of “C” or better is required in all courses undertaken as part of the certificate
program. In the five core courses an average grade of “B” is required.
POLITICAL CONFLICT
Center for Conflict Management
www.uakron.edu/centers/conflict
Requirements (18 credits)
Core Courses (3 credits) Credits
3700:334 Law, Mediation, and Violence 3
Electives (12 credits)
Choose one course from each of the following four clusters:
Institutional Conflicts
3700:341 The American Congress 3
3700:350 The American Presidency 3
3700:360 The Judicial Process 3
3700:380 Urban Politics and Policies 4
3700:441 The Policy Process 3
Linkage Conflicts
3700:402 Politics and the Media 3
3700:470 Campaign Management 3
3700:475 American Interest Groups 3
3700:476
Global Conflicts
American Political Parties 3
3700:310 International Politics and Institutions 4
3700:328 American Foreign Policy Process 3
3700:410 International Defense Policy 3
3700:412 Global Environmental Politics 3
Law and Justice Conflicts
3700:335 Law & Society 3
3700:363 Crime, Punishment, and Politics: A Comparative Perspective 3
3700:481 Challenges of Police Work 3
3700:483 Constitutional Problems in Criminal Justice 3
Internship (3 credits)