Courses

Elementary statistical measures. Introduces statistical distributions, statistical inference, and hypothesis testing. Prereq., two years of high school algebra. Credit not granted for this course and MATH 4520/5520 or MATH 3510.

Provides a chronological study of great figures and forces in English literature from 1660 to the present. Credit not granted for this course and ENGL 3512 and 3513.

Surveys the major Asian directors from China, India, Japan, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Recommended prereq., FILM 1502. Restricted to FILM/FMST majors. Non-majors will need instructor's consent.

Baseball could not have existed without America. Course explains how the game fit into the larger context of social, cultural, economic, and political history from the nineteenth century to the present. Studies the events and people who made baseball the national pastime. Similar to HIST 4556. Restricted to non-History majors only. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: United States context. Prerequisites: History majors are restricted from taking this course.

Surveys the classics of international cinema from the 1960s to the present. Recommended prereq., FILM 1502. Restricted to FILM/FMST majors. Non-majors will need instructor's consent.

Explores ideas concerning the structure and nature of visual thinking and their relationship to the creative thought process. Also investigates form in terms of the organizing principles of three-dimensional design and its application to contemporary sculpture. Includes lecture and studio projects. Restricted to Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors only. Prereq., ARTS 1010 & 1020. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Requires pre-requisite courses of ARTS 1010 & 1020. Restricted to Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors only.

Through historical and social scientific studies, novels, autobiographies, testimonies, films, music, and art, this course will provide students a survey of Chicana/o history and culture. Historical overviews of Chicana/o peoples from Mesoamerica; the Spanish Conquest; the historical presence of Chicana/o peoples in the Southwest; the rise of the Chicana/o student and community movements; immigration issues; and the gender, sexuality, and criminalization issues. Formerly CHST 2537. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity or United States context.

Provides foundation for study of Chicano literature, music, the plastic arts, theatre, and film. Also introduces aesthetic and critical concepts and their applications in Chicana and Chicano studies. Formerly ETHN 1036, CHST 1031. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

Studies the literary expression of Jewish writers throughout the world in English translation. Gives special attention to questions of secularity versus tradition, identity, cultural change, diaspora and exile. Taught in English. HEBR 2551 and JWST 2551 are indentical courses. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.

Studies the literary expression of Jewish writers throughout the world in English translation. Gives special attention to questions of secularity versus tradition, identity, cultural change, diaspora and exile. Taught in English. HEBR 2551 and JWST 2551 are indentical courses. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.

Acquaints students with the plants that are both essential and desirable to human survival, well-being, and quality of life. Topics include plants and world cultures, food plants, commercial products (beverages, extracts, herbs, and spices, etc.), cosmetics, textiles, wood products, medicinal plants, psychoactive plants, poisonous plants, plants used in horticulture and landscape architecture, wood products, musical instruments, etc.

Introduces practical research skills and provides orientation to computational tools commonly used in research by astrophysicists and planetary scientists, including Unix and IDL.

Provides a communicatively based definition of formal organization and deals with individual-organizational relationships. Addresses topics such as organizational theory, organizational culture, power, technology, decision making, teamwork, leadership, diversity, gender, socialization, and ethics. Recommended prereqs., COMM 1210 and 1600. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomore, Junior or Senior) only.

Introduces literature, beliefs, practices, and institutions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, in historical perspective. Same as RLST 2600. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.

Introduces literature, beliefs, practices, and institutions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, in historical perspective. Same as JWST 2600. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.

Examines the positionality of women in terms of gender, race, ethnicity, class, and power relations in a global context. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies.

Exposes the students to a wide selection of Kafka's literary output and aims to define the meaning of the Kafkaesque, by looking not only for traces of Kafka's influence in the verbal and visual arts, but also for traces left in Kafka's own work by his precursors in the literary tradition. Taught in English. Same as HUMN 2601. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.

Exposes the students to a wide selection of Kafka's literary output and aims to define the meaning of the Kafkaesque by looking not only for traces of Kafka's influence in the verbal and visual arts, but also for traces left in Kafka's own work by his precursors in the literary tradition. Same as GRMN 2601. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.

Close study of literary classics of Western civilization: the Odyssey or Iliad, Greek drama, and several books of the Bible.

Examines the moral dilemmas that arise when opportunities afforded by basic freedoms or advances in technology clash with the ethical imperatives that issue from the Enlightenment and the social contract. Guiding questions include: When does the quest for knowledge legitimate transgression of prevailing morality? By what standard do we adjudicate the ambitions of the individual when they compete with the interests of the state? Taught in English. Approved for art and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.

Covers general psychological principles underlying social behavior. Analyzes major social psychological theories, methods, and topics, including attitudes,conformity, aggression, attraction, social perception, helping behavior, and group relations. Prereq., PSYC 1001. Credit not granted for this course and PSYC 4406. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies.

Offers a cultural history of Greek and Roman religion. Students read ancient texts in translation and use evidence from archaeology to reconstruct the shift from paganism to Christianity in antiquity. No Greek or Latin required. Same as PHIL 2610. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.

Includes analysis of independent and experimental animation and an introduction to various animation techniques (object, line, collage, sand or paint on glass, Xerox, cameraless, pixellation, etc.). Students produce exercise films and a final film exploring these techniques. Prereq., FILM 2000 or 2300. Recommended prereq., FILM 2500.

Required for students who are selected as flock leaders for the Kittredge honors residence program. Teaches skills and techniques to enable them to lead a small group in the unique environment of a residential honors program. May be repeated up to 2 total credit hours. Prereq., consent of Kittredge honors program associate director.

Offers a cultural history of Greek and Roman religion. Students read ancient text in translation and use evidence from archaeology to reconstruct the shift from paganism to Christianity in antiquity. Same as CLAS 2610. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.