Courses

Photographic image as a medium of visual expression; basic theory and practice of still photography; historic development and aesthetic concern for photographic imagery.

Survey of particular schools or historical periods of normative political theory. May be taken three times.

This course is designed to teach the student traffic safety planning, traffic law enforcement, regulation and control. The Alabama Motor Vehicle Code is examined. As needed.

Covers the principles of traffic engineering, including vehicle operating characteristics, traffic flow theory, geometric design of roads and intersections, and traffic control methods. Emphasis is placed on applying engineering analysis and design techniques to optimize traffic operations and improve safety.

This course is a basic introduction of the components of a highway traffic system and fundamentals of traffic engineering; analysis of traffic stream characteristics, levels of service, and capacity of urban and rural highways; study of warrants for traffic control devices; design and analysis of traffic signals and timing plans; analysis of urban and highway traffic characteristics using simulation software.

This course covers the fundamentals of traffic flow theory. Topics shall include microscopic flow characteristics, macroscopic flow characteristics, microscopic speed characteristics, macroscopic speed characteristics, microscopic density characteristics, macroscopic density characteristics, demand-supply analysis, capacity analysis, traffic stream models, shockwave analysis, queueing analysis, and simulation models.

Major tragic texts from various cultures and ages, with some attention to theories of tragedy. Students may take this course twice for credit if the works studied are different.

A cross-genre survey of tragic literature that may begin with the classical tragedians and proceed through the present. This course, like tragedy itself, will focus on the individual confronting the larger forces of society, god, or fate. This course considers changing conceptions of the tragic whether in fiction, poetry, or drama. PW: Executive Systems, US and Global Citizenship

This class presents the core elements of sustainable trail design and examines key landscape properties and processes that influence trail sustainability. Students will learn how to build and maintain sustainable trails. This class will include topics on developing trail plans, choosing trail tools, trail erosion, trail construction, and trail assessments. This course will require some travel and field work.

This course covers the theory and repair of trailer air brake and suspension systems. Topics include trailer air brake systems, ABS system diagnosis and repair, multi-leaf and air ride suspension systems. Upon completion, students should be able to troubleshoot, adjust repair and replace braking and suspension components on Class 8 trailers.