Courses

    Examines the origins and developments of English legal and political institutions, including kingship, the common law, procedure, and the court and jury system and sets such developments in the context of broader social and religious changes from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 17th century. Emphasizes the implications of these institutions for the development of contemporary American, English, and British colonial legal systems. Prereq., HIST 1010 or 1113. Same as HIST 4013.

    Enhances rhythmic acuity through intensive rhythmic drills, analytical listening, drumming, notating and creating rhythm-based performance work. Course material explores non-Western rhythmic paradigms, irregular meters, mixed meters, poly-meter, polyrhythms, etc., and how to communicate clearly with a live accompanist in technique class. Meets with DNCE 3014. Prerequisites: Restricted to Dance (DNCE) graduate students only.
    Same as LATN 4014. Formerly CLAS 5014. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Same as DNCE 4015. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Experiencing and learning from affect--emotional value--is a fundamental part of the human experience. When people started thinking of brains as computers, research on emotion fell by the wayside. Recently however, this has changed, and there is an explosion of work on the brain mechanisms of affective value. We will cover recent advances in understanding the emotional brain. Prereqs. for NRSC 4015 are PSYC 2012 or NRSC 2100 or instructor permission, and junior or senior standing. NRSC 4015 and 5015 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Same as DNCE 4016 with addition of readings and a paper. Prerequisites: Restricted to Dance (DNCE) graduate students only.
    May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Same as ARTS 4017. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Same as DNCE 4017 with addition of graduate papers and/or a project. Prerequisites: Restricted to Dance (DNCE) graduate students only.
    Introduces a variety of critical and theoretical practices informing contemporary literary and cultural studies. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to English (ENGL) MA-Lit graduate students only.
    Same as ANTH 4020. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Same as EBIO 4020.

    Required of all graduate teaching assistants, this course provides a knowledge of the aspects of German linguistics that are important for teaching German and a survey of foreign language teaching methods and second language acquisition research. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Surveys pedagogical theory and methods for the teaching of Japanese as a second language, including issues of presentation, interaction, and evaluation. Restricted to graduate students.

    Prereq., graduate standing in comparative literature,theatre, classics, or instructor consent. Recommended prereq., ability to use literary texts in their original language. Same as MEMS 4020. Formerly MEDV 5020.

    May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Same as PHIL 4020. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Offers an intensive workshop that provides students with experience directing dramatic material, acting before a camera, and interpreting or adopting dramatic material for film. No experience in directing or acting required. Attendance, research, and papers required. Recommended prereq., FILM 1502. Same as FILM 4021. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Same as CLAS 4021. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Focuses on major international filmmakers who have had a decisive impact on world cinema. Students will learn how directors create their own innovative body of work with specific formal and thematic patterns, and will also learn to place such work within multiple frameworks that will cover film history, theory, aesthetics, philosophy, and social and cultural analysis. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours provided topics are different. Prereq., FILM 1502. Recommended prereqs., FILM 3051 and 3061. Same as FILM 4023. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Same as DNCE 4023 with the addition of written analysis and creative assignments. Formerly DNCE 5018. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.

    Restricted to graduate students. Same as GEOG 4023.

    Same as GREK 4023. Formerly CLAS 5023. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Focuses on a specific topic, director, or genre chosen by the professor. Research skills and critical thinking are emphasized. With faculty guidance, students determine individual projects and present them to the class. Class participation is mandatory. Each student submits a thorough and original research paper for a final grade. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereq., FILM 1502. Recommended prereqs., FILM 3051, 3061. Same as FILM 4024. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Focuses on the two areas 1) lecture/discussion, both based on political, historical and the aesthetic evolution regarding examples of public art and 2) current practice, in reference to how to use such information to generate new more innovative and original ideas regarding public art and its application. This course will include lectures, readings and discussions, writing assignments, studio projects, and visual presentations. Same as ARTS 4024. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Examines how musical choices can profoundly affect audiences, dancers, and the creative process. Surveys historic and contemporary music styles and influential artists through guided listening and experimentation. Deepens understanding of music, including vocabulary, technology, collaboration skills, ethics, and copyright issues. Meets with DNCE 3024. Prerequisites: Restricted to Dance (DNCE) graduate students only.

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