Courses

Honors coseminars are designed to combine an honors seminar experience with the shared experience of a lecture course. Designed typically for 10--15 students, coseminars are taken either for an additional 1 credit hour or in place of a recitation. Coseminars are designed to provide honors students with an opportunity to extend their common experience in the course lecture into an enriched interactive, critical thinking opportunity.

Provides a rigorous treatment of the basic results from elementary Calculus. Topics include the topology of the real line, sequences of numbers, continuous functions, differentiable functions, and the Riemann integral. Prereq., MATH 2001.

Focuses on research design. Each student prepares an original, detailed research proposal, which can become the honors thesis. Open only to students who have been accepted into the psychology departmental honors program. Prereq., instructor consent.

In-depth study of classical sociological theorists, particularly Marx, Durkheim, and Weber. Examines their roles in defining the discipline of sociology. Prereq., SOCY 1001. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) Sociology (SOCY) majors only.

Emphasizes vocabulary acquisition and speaking fluency. Through structured and carefully monitored individual, group, and class work, students achieve enduring language growth and meaningful acculturation that otherwise could only be achieved through an extended stay in an Hispanic country. This course is intended for those who are learning Spanish as a second-language. Native speakers of Spanish who have pursued formal education in a Spanish speaking country will not be admitted to the course. Heritage speakers of Spanish (native speakers who have pursued formal education in a non-Spanish speaking setting) as well as students from bi-lingual K-12 programs must meet with the coordinator to determine appropriate class level. Prereqs., SPAN 2120 or 2150 (mingrade C-), the equivalent, or placement. Credit not granted for this course and SPAN 3002. Does not count toward the Spanish major.

Continuation of Drawing 2. Offers creative possibilities in drawing and related media. Emphasizes experimentation and individual expression. Content varies by semester according to instructor; contact individual instructor for more information. May be repeated once. Prereq., ARTS 2002. Prerequisites: Restricted to Studio Arts (AASA or AASF) or Art History (AAAH) majors only.

Historical-aesthetic survey dealing with various national cinemas, taught in conjunction with the appropriate language department. Typical offerings are the French film, the German film, the Russian film, and so on. Also offers a more detailed approach to a more restricted subject, i.e., film comedy, women filmmakers, German expressionist cinema, Italian neorealism. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours within the same term with departmental consent. Restricted to FILM/FMST majors. Non-majors will need instructor's consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

Examines population, its structure and processes, andits relationships to selected areas of the social structure. Examines Malthusian, neo-Malthusian, and Marxist perspectives. Restricted to SOCY majors. Prerequisites: Restricted to Sociology majors only.

Designed for Spanish majors, this course focuses on refining fluency in both informal and formal discourse through group discussions, class work, and individual and group presentations with a focus on preparing students for communication in professional settings. To that end, the materials used in the course will emphasize themes and problems relevant to the contemporary Hispanic world. Prereq., SPAN 3000 (min grade C-) or equivalent. Credit not granted for this course and SPAN 3001.

Focuses on the work of a single director or a group of related directors. Course content varies each semester. Consult the online Schedule Planner for specific topic. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours with departmental consent. . Non-majors need instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) FILM (FILM or FMST) majors only.

Builds vocabulary and competence in more sophisticated written Portuguese. Involves composition, reading, grammar and class discussion. Themes are drawn primarily from current issues in Brazil. Mandatory for the Portuguese-track majors. Prereqs., PORT 2120 or 2150 or 2350.

Intensive, critical investigation of the films of one of cinema's greatest directors, Alfred Hitchcock. Concepts to be examined include authorship, desire, gender, and film acting. Critical and theoretical writings about Hitchcock are explored. Paper and exams required. Restricted to FILM/FMST majors. Non-majors will need instructor's consent.

Honors women in education and their legacy. Introduces women educators, beginning in the late 19th century, whose significant theories of education and work inteaching have had an impact on all of our lives, in history, and in society. Explores the educational theories and methods of several representative women educators and analyzes them through an investigation of their professional and personal lives. Same as WMST 3004. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

Same as HONR 3004. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

Explores American literature as a site of cultural intersection between European settlers and indigenous peoples. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors).

Introduces cognitive science, drawing from psychology, philosophy, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and linguistics. Studies the linguistic relativity hypothesis, consciousness, categorization, linguistic rules, the mind-body problem, nature versus nurture, conceptual structure and metaphor, logic/problem solving and judgment. Emphasizes the nature, implications, and limitations of the computational model of mind. Prereqs., two of the following: PSYC 2145, LING 2000, CSCI 1300, and PHIL 2440. Same as PSYC 3005, PHIL 3310, and CSCI 3702.

Introduces cognitive science, drawing from psychology, philosophy, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and linguistics. Studies the linguistic relativity hypothesis, consciousness, categorization, linguistic rules, the mind-body problem, nature versus nurture, conceptual structure and metaphor, logic/problem solving and judgment. Emphasizes the nature, implications, and limitations of the computational model of mind. Prereqs., two of the following: PSYC 2145, LING 2000, CSCI 1300, and PHIL 2440. Same as LING 3005, PHIL 3310, and CSCI 3702.

Study and application of the principles of design as applied to stage costume, emphasizing texts in analysis and interpretation. Presented in a studio format and project driven. Explores concept development, style selection, and extensive practice in a variety of media and techniques for costume rendering. Prereq., THTR 1115 or instructor consent.

Focuses on production of speech sounds, transcribing speech using the International Phonetic Alphabet, analyzing the acoustic properties of speech sounds, understanding how speech sounds vary depending on the context. Provides a foundation for understanding normal and atypical speech development, atypical speech problems and patterns, regional and foreign accents, and speech recognition by computers. Prereq., LING 2000.

Enables students in the arts to improve their writing skills through organization, presentation, critique, and revision. Writing assignments include formal writing (analysis and argument), informal writing, and grant proposals. Approved for GT-C03. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: upper-division written communication. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) Art History (AAAH), Film Studies Concurrent Degree (C-FILM), Film (FILM or FMST), Studio Arts (AASA or AASF), Theatre (THTR or TBFA), or Dance (DNCE or DBFA) majors only.

Introduces students to the major works, authors, and formal trends of the 20th and 21st-century novel. Texts may be drawn from British, American, and global literary traditions. The course may also focus on a specific movement, development, or transformation in the genre post-1900, for instance, modernism, postmodernism, naturalism, realism, postcolonial fiction, historical fiction, and so forth. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

Through structured discussions, selected readings, and written assignments provides an understanding of how art history has evolved as an academic discipline and how art historians evaluate complex issues of style, form, content, and theory in the visual arts. Prereqs., ARTH 1300, 1400.

Identifies genetic, anatomical, physiological, social, and behavioral characteristics humans share with other mammals and primates. Explores how these characteristics are influenced by modern culture. Prereq., ANTH 2010 or equivalent. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

Both majors and minors in the physical sciences are introduced to classes of tools useful in the analysis of nonlinear systems. Prereqs., APPM 1360 and 2360.

Provides an opportunity to assist in teaching of specific laboratory section in EBIO under direct faculty supervision. Students must make arrangements with the faculty member responsible for the course in which they plan to assist. May be repeated up to 4 total credit hours. Formerly EPOB 3010.