2021 Summer Session Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Summer Session II - 2021 (June 28 - July 29)
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Courses marked with an asterisks (*) will be taught. All other courses will be taught only if they have sufficient enroll (see Course Cancellation Policy ). Class periods, including a ten-minute break, are scheduled for two hours. Classes meet Monday through Friday except as noted by the calendar. Laboratory periods are scheduled below. Note: students may enroll for a maximum of 7 credit hours.
Applied Mathematics
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MA 124*(S2) - Calculus With Analytic Geometry II
Instructor: MAJ Blain A. Patterson
Location: Mallory Hall 412
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 9:45-11:45 a.m.
Credit Hours: 3
A continuation of MA 123. Integration and its applications, methods of integration, L’Hopital’s Rule, improper integrals, infinite sequences and series, power series. The delivery platform in this course for cadets placed in isolation/quarantine during VMI Summer Session will be Canvas and Zoom. Note: Textbook: APEX Calculus Version 2.0 by Gregory Hartman Prerequisite(s): MA 123 with a minimum grade of C -
MA 215* - Calculus With Analytic Geometry III
Instructor: MAJ Sarah E. Patterson
Location: Mallory Hall 412
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 7:30-9:30 a.m. Lab: Tuesday and Thursday 2:30-4:05 p.m.
Credit Hours: 4
A continuation of MA 124; Conic sections, parametric equations, polar coordinates, vectors, vector-valued functions, partial derivatives, improper and multiple integrals. The delivery platform in this course for cadets placed in isolation/quarantine during VMI Summer Session will be Canvas and Zoom. Note: Textbook: Apex Calculus 3, version 4.0. The pdf is free. Hard copies are available from Amazon and the bookstore. Software: Homework will be through Edfinity (https://edfinity.com/). Students will need to purchase an access code for $17 using the course link. Prerequisite(s): MA 124 with a minimum grade of C -
MA 220* - Probability and Statistics for Engineers & Scientists
Instructor: MAJ Katherine D. Crowley
Location: Mallory Hall 413
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 9:45-11:45 a.m.
Credit Hours: 3
This is a calculus-based treatment of probability and statistics designed for scientists and engineers who cannot take the MA 326/MA 405 sequence. Topics would include: classification of data by graphical and numerical methods; intro to probability to include definitions and theorems; discrete random variables including binomial and Poisson distributions, expectation and variance calculations; continuous random variables to include uniform, exponential, normal, Weibull, Gamma, and Chi-squared distributions; hypothesis testing and least-squares linear regression. The delivery platform in this course to support cadets placed in isolation/quarantine during VMI Summer Session will be Canvas and Zoom. Note: Textbook: Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists, 9th edition, by Walpole, Myers, Myers, and Ye. The publisher is Pearson/Prentice Hall. Prerequisite(s): MA 124
Biology
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BI 101 - General Biology I
Instructor: MAJ Alison K. Burke
Location: Maury-Brooke Hall 203 (Lecture) & Maury-Brooke Hall 203 (Lab)
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 9:45-11:45 a.m. Lab: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 2:40-5:40 p.m.
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture material will be derived from the concepts presented in the text. BI 101 will focus upon basic biochemistry and the structure and function of the principle biomolecules; cell structure and function, membrane characteristics, and the transport of material across the cell membrane; cell division including the process of fission, mitosis and meiosis; the structure of DNA and the process of protein synthesis; basic Mendelian and non-Mendelian genetics. Laboratory topics will complement lecture material as well as include use of the scientific method activities as a means of reinforcing lecture material and preparing for an original research project to be conducted at the end of BI 102. The delivery platform used in this course to support students placed in isolation/quarantine during VMI Summer Session will be Zoom. This course is not open to Biology majors. Note: Textbook: Biology: Unity & Diversity of Life (w/out access code) 15th edition, Starr, ISBN: 9781337408332. Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life, 15th edition, ISBN: 9781337670319.
Business
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BU 211 - Managerial Accounting
Instructor: MAJ Kathryn C. Simms
Location: Scott Shipp Hall 124
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 9:45-11:45 a.m.
Credit Hours: 3
Analysis and use of both accounting data and periodic statements, operating and capital budgets, costing and control of operations, and various periodic profit-planning designs. The delivery platform used in this course for cadets placed in isolation/quarantine during VMI Summer Session will be Canvas and Zoom. Note: Textbook: Garrison, RH, Noreen, E. W., & Brewer, P.C. (2021) Managerial Accounting, 17th Edition. New York: McGraw Hill Education. Software: Excel. Prerequisite(s): BU 210 with a minimum grade of C -
BU 306X - International Business
Instructor: COL Clifford T. West
Location: Scott Shipp Hall 122
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 9:45-11:45 a.m.
Credit Hours: 3
This is a course designed to increase the student’s awareness of the fundamentals of the international business environment, and focuses on the issues and problems confronting managers in international business. The international business environment includes viewing national differences in political economy and cultures, global trade, monetary policies, strategies and structures of international businesses, and how basic business functions are best performed on an international basis. The delivery platform used in this class to support students placed in isolation/quarantine during VMI Summer Session will be Canvas and Zoom. Civilizations and Cultures Course. Note: Textbook/Software: None. Prerequisite(s): EC 201 & EC 202 -
BU 310 (S2) - Business Finance
Instructor: BG Robert W. Moreschi
Location: Scott Shipp Hall 164
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 7:30-9:30 a.m.
Credit Hours: 3
The approach is from the viewpoint of management in making financial decisions for the firm. Business risk and valuation, capital budgeting, cost of capital, and the decision-making process are the four areas emphasized. The delivery platform in this course for cadets placed in isolation/quarantine during VMI Summer Session will be Canvas and Zoom. Note: Textbook: Fundamentals of Financial Management Concise Edition 10E by Brigham & Houston, Cengage Publishing. Text is required but format (paper or electronic is up to student). Software: Access to Microsoft Office and Financial Calculator (free standing or phone app) Prerequisite(s): BU 210 with a minimum grade of C -
BU 322 - Human Resource Management
Instructor: COL Clifford T. West
Location: Scott Shipp Hall 365
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 12:30-2:30 p.m.
Credit Hours: 3
The knowledge, skills, and abilities of management and non-management employees are essential in the attainment of organizational objectives. BU 322 examines the recruitment, selection, training, evaluation, and compensation of employees, within the constraints of operating efficiency and applicable federal and state laws. The delivery platform in this course for cadets placed in isolation/quarantine during VMI Summer Session will be Canvas and Zoom. Note: Textbook/Software: None. Prerequisite(s): BU 220 with a minimum grade of C
Chemistry
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CH 262 - Public Health Issues
Instructor: Dr. Eileen T. Hinks
Location: Maury-Brooke 203
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 7:30-9:30 a.m.
Credit Hours: 3
Broad definitions of public health emphasize: the role of society and community in the maintenance of the public’s health; a focus on prevention of disease and health promotion; and access to health for all citizens. This course explores: the mission, structure, and functions of the U.S. public health system with its emphasis on population health; public health’s relationship to the medical care establishment; 20th century public health achievements and 21st century issues and challenges. Students will gain an awareness of gender, racial/ ethnic, and social / cultural and economic disparities that challenge the public’s health in a global society. The ecological view of health, health determinants, and risk factors for disease are explored. A basic introduction to surveillance (data collection / interpretation /communication) and descriptive and analytical epidemiology is included in order to introduce students to the science involved in assessing and developing policies that affect the public’s health. The delivery platform used to support students placed in isolation/quarantine during VMI Summer Session will be Zoom or Teams. Prerequisite(s): CH 131 or CH 137 or BI 101
Civil Engineering
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CE 206* - Solid Mechanics
Instructor: COL Andrei Ramniceanu
Location: Scott Shipp 367
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 12:30-2:30 p.m.
Credit Hours: 3
A study of the behavior of non-rigid bodies when subjected to external tension, compression, bending, torsional loads, or a combination of these loads. Development of mathematical expressions that relate external loads, member properties, and internal stresses, strains, and deflections. Includes elastic and plastic stress theory, energy methods, generalized stress and strain relationships, and buckling theory. The delivery platform used in this course for cadets placed in isolation/quarantine during VMI Summer Session will be Zoom. CE majors only. Note: Textbook: Mechanics of Materials, 6th Edition, R.C. Hibbeler, ISBN 0-13-191345 Prerequisite(s): MA 124 and one of the following: CE 203, CE 272, or ME 201 with a minimum grade of C
Computer Information Sciences
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CIS 112 - Programming II
Instructor: Dr. Ramoni Lasisi
Location: Mallory Hall 314
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 12:30-2:30 p.m.
Credit Hours: 3
Program design methods, encapsulation, program maintenance. Run-time behavior and efficiency. Real-time considerations and recovery techniques. Large-scale programming, group management, testing. Language ambiguities and insecurities, subset and superset languages. Course is equated to CS-122 and cannot be taken for additional credit. The delivery platform used in this course to support students placed in isolation/quarantine during VMI Summer Session will be Canvas and Zoom. Note: Textbook: Y. Daniel Liang, Introduction to Java Programming and Data Structures, Comprehensive Version, 11th Edition, Pearson. ISBN-13: 978-0134670942. Software: NetBeans or Eclipse Prerequisite(s): CIS 111 with a minimum grade of C. Corequisite(s): CIS 112L -
CIS 112L - Laboratory for Programming II
Instructor: Dr. Ramoni Lasisi
Location: Mallory Hall 314
Date/Time: Tuesday and Thursday 2:40-5:40 p.m.
Credit Hours: 1
This course provides hands-on practical experience for topics taught in the associated course, CIS 112 - Programming II. Cadets will design and implement solutions to several problems and fundamental algorithms discussed in CIS 112 using the Java programming language. The delivery platform used in this course to support students placed in isolation/quarantine during VMI Summer Session will be Canvas and Zoom. Note: Textbook: Y. Daniel Liang, Introduction to Java Programming and Data Structures, Comprehensive Version, 11th Edition, Pearson. ISBN-13: 978-0134670942. Software: NetBeans or Eclipse. Prerequisite(s): CIS 111 with a minimum grade of C. Corequisite(s): CIS 112
Economics
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EC 304 - Econometrics
Instructor: Mr. Zebulen A. Riley
Location: Scott Shipp Hall 124
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 7:30-9:30 a.m.
Credit Hours: 3
A study of the application of economic theory, mathematics, and statistical inference as applied to the analysis of economic phenomena. Heavy emphasis is placed on the use of simple and multiple regression and the violation of the classical assumptions. The delivery platform in this course for cadets placed in isolation/quarantine during VMI Summer Session will be Canvas and Box. Note: Textbook: Introductory Econometrics, 6th Ed. by Jeffrey Wooldridge, and Mastering ‘Metrics, by Angrist and Pischke. Software: R and R Studio (both open source). Prerequisite(s): EC 303 with a minimum grade of C.
English, Rhetoric, and Humanistic Studies
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ERH 101-01 - Writing & Rhetoric I
Instructor: Ms. Mattie Q. Smith
Location: Preston Library 701
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 7:30-9:30 a.m.
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces the essential principles of rhetoric, develops cadets’ ability to analyze complex texts rhetorically, and refines their writing strategies, paying special attention to their critical reflection on their writing processes. Such essential practices as invention, arrangement, and revision will be emphasized in their writing of expository essays. Minimum grade of C required. Cadets cannot take this course if they have already taken EN 101/WR 101. The delivery platform in this course to support cadets placed in isolation/quarantine during VMI Summer Session will be Canvas, Zoom and Google Docs. Note: Textbook: Wardle, Elizabeth, and Doug Downs.Writing about Writing: A College Reader. Lunsford, Andrea. The Everyday Writer, 6th edition.Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2013. Print.(This text may be referred to as “the handbook” and/or “EDW” in the course outline and other materials). Software: needs for this class include Microsoft Word for file submissions to Canvas or another appropriate word processing software. -
ERH 101-02 - Writing & Rhetoric I
Instructor: Ms. Mattie Q. Smith
Location: Preston Library 701
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 9:45-11:45 a.m.
Credit Hours: 3
This course introduces the essential principles of rhetoric, develops cadets’ ability to analyze complex texts rhetorically, and refines their writing strategies, paying special attention to their critical reflection on their writing processes. Such essential practices as invention, arrangement, and revision will be emphasized in their writing of expository essays. Minimum grade of C required.Cadets cannot take this course if they have already taken EN 101/WR 101. The delivery platform in this course for cadets placed in isolation/quarantine during VMI Summer Session will be Canvas, Zoom and Google Docs. Note: Textbook: J. Ramage, J. Bean, and J. Johnson, Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings 11th Ed., 2019. Lunsford, Andrea. The Everyday Writer, 6th edition.Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2013. Print.(This text may be referred to as “the handbook” and/or “EDW” in the course outline and other materials). Software: needs for this class include Microsoft Word for file submissions to Canvas or another appropriate word processing software. -
ERH 230 - African American Playwrights
Instructor: MAJ Stephanie L. Hodde
Location: Scott Shipp Hall 164
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 12:30-2:30 p.m.
Credit Hours: 3
A study of the ways in which artists in the fine arts, literature, and/or music have responded creatively to social and political issues. The course may focus on a single genre or issue, or it may take a broader view. This course studies the ways in which African American playwrights, as dramatic artists, have responded creatively to contemporary social and political issues. In particular, we will explore the dramatic techniques and rhetorical contexts of American drama through master artists such as Lorraine Hansberry, August Wilson and Anna Deavere Smith along with new voices in the field (Lynn Nottage, Dominique Morisseau and Bandon Jacob-Jenkins). Through dramaturgical analysis and creative responses to script and film productions, cadets will engage these playwrights critically from the page to the stage. We’ll explore sociopolitical issues such as social crisis, gender, work, community, and the American dream to understand how these artists humanize the national landscape.The delivery platform to support students placed in isolation/quarantine during VMI Summer Session will be Canvas and Zoom. Prerequisite(s): ERH-102 minimum grade of C
History
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HI 104-01* - World History II
Instructor: Dr. Sandra Hayslette
Location: Kilbourne Hall 3020
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 9:45-11:45 a.m.
Credit Hours: 3
A study of the world’s major civilizations since 1500, the rise and expanding influence of the West, and the interaction between the West and non-West. Note: Textbook: Kevin Reilly, The Human Journey: A Concise Introduction to World History (2nd edition), Part II. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2019 (ISBN: 978-1538105610). –Stuart B. Schwartz and Tatiana Seijas, Victors and Vanquished: Spanish and Nahua Views of the Fall of the Mexica Empire, 2nd edition. The Bedford Series in History and Culture, ed. Lynn Hunt et al. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s Press, 2018 (ISBN: 978-1319094850). –Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front. Any edition – the Ballantine, 1987 print edition (ISBN: 978-0449213940) is widely available.
Delivery platform to support students placed in isolation/quarantine during summer session will be Canvas and Zoom. All needed materials beyond the course text and all assignments will be available through Canvas. Should a student have to miss an exam, the instructor will work with students to develop a quarantine contingency plan.
Mechanical Engineering
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ME 206* - Solid Mechanics
Instructor: MAJ Andrei Ramniceanu
Location: Scott Shipp 367
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 12:30-2:30 p.m.
Credit Hours: 3
A study of the behavior of non-rigid bodies when subjected to external tension, compression, bending, torsional loads, or combination of these loads. Development of mathematical expressions that relate external loads, member properties, and internal stresses, strains, and deflections. Includes elastic and plastic stress theory. NOTE: Cross-listed with CE-206 for Summer Session 2021. Note: ME Majors Only. CE Majors should take CE 206. Prerequisite(s): MA 124* , ME 109, ME 110 and a grade of C or higher in ME 201* . -
ME 311 - Thermodynamics I
Instructor: Mr. Paul S. Damerell
Location: Nichols Engineering 419
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 9:45-11:45 a.m.
Credit Hours: 3
A study of the first and second laws of thermodynamics; basic energy concepts; the properties of liquids and vapors including enthalpy and entropy; ideal gas concepts and relationships. The delivery platform use in this course to support students placed in isolation/quarantine during VMI Summer Session will be Canvas. Note: Cadets will require ME Department Head approval during the VMI Summer Session to take this course. Please submit the online Registration Override Form located in Etrieve at etcentral.vmi.edu to be added to this course. Prerequisite(s): MA 124 & ME 203
Modern Languages
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SP 102 - Elementary Spanish
Instructor: Dr. John W. Knowles, III
Location: Scott Shipp Hall 268
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 7:30-9:30 a.m.
Credit Hours: 3
A continuation of SP 101. The delivery platform used in this course to support students placed in isolation/quarantine during VMI Summer Session will be Canvas and Zoom. Note: Textbook: ¡Anda! Curso elemental, Third Edition Textbook ISBN: 0134146778-9780134146775 (with online codes): instructor code: If you purchase a new set of materials, make sure you keep the card with the code that comes in the package. Since the access code includes an electronic version, it is not imperative to purchase a hard copy. Prerequisite(s): SP 101 -
SP 201 (S2)** - Intermediate Spanish I
Instructor: Dr. Sabrina S. Laroussi
Location: Scott Shipp Hall 163
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 7:30-9:30 a.m.
Credit Hours: 3
A systematic review of grammar and the readings of texts of significant literary, cultural or historical value. Composition, aural and oral work continued. **This section is an intensive combined course that requires enrollment in both SP-201-01 and SP-202-02 during Summer Session II to recieve 6 credits (3 credits for each course). Withdrawing from either section will result in withdrawal from both courses and result in zero credits. You must be registered for both SP-201-01 and SP-202-02 no later than June 25th at noon. Please contact the Registrar’s Office at 540-464-7213 in order to be added to this course. Prerequisite(s): SP 102 -
SP 202-02** - Intermediate Spanish II
Instructor: Dr. Sabrina S. Laroussi
Location: Scott Shipp Hall 163
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 9:45-11:45 a.m.
Credit Hours: 3
A continuation of SP 201. **This section is an intensive combined course that requires enrollment in both SP-201-01 and SP-202-02 during Summer Session II to recieve 6 credits (3 credits for each course). Withdrawing from either section will result in withdrawal from both courses and result in zero credits. You must be registered for both SP-201-01 and SP-202-02 no later than June 25th at noon. Please contact the Registrar’s Office at 540-464-7213 in order to be added to this course. Prerequisite(s): SP 201
Psychology
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PS 201-01 (S2) - Introduction to Psychology
Instructor: LTC Sara S. Whipple
Location: Scott Shipp Hall 164
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 9:45-11:45 a.m.
Credit Hours: 3
Principles of human and animal behavior including brain function, motivation, learning, thinking, perception, emotions, personality, attitudes, and aptitudes. This course is a suggested prerequisite for all other courses in psychology. The delivery platform used in this course to support students placed in isolation/quarantine during VMI Summer Session will be Canvas. Note: Textbook: Psychology in Modules, 12th edition. ISBN: 9781319050610
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