Courses

    Designed for dance majors. Enrollment by audition only. May be repeated up to 16 total credit hours.

    Explores the reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire in the western Mediterranean and its survival in the east as Byzantium. Emphasizes Christianity; barbarians; social, economic, and cultural differences; contemporary views of Rome; and modern scholarship. No Greek or Latin is required. Same as HIST 5061 and CLAS 4061.

    Theory and practice of directing for the stage. Prereqs., THTR 1003 or 2003; THTR 1105 and 1115, and two semesters of THTR 3035.

    Provides an introduction to the concept of stress and the physiological systems involved. Factors modulating stress vulnerability versus resilience, and stress interactions with other systems with health relevance will be explored. Emphasis will be placed on current research on brain mechanisms. A strong foundation and interest in biological psychology, neuroscience, and physiology is recommended. Formerly PSYC 4062. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of PSYC 2012 or NRSC 2100 (minimum grade C-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior).

    Studies developments in the former Soviet satellites and Yugoslavia, their governmental organizations, and their relation to the former Soviet Union and the West. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: contemporary societies.

    Examines how modern societies understand and respond to the reality of human suffering, how care systems are organized, and the experiences of professional caregivers. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).

    Examines changing roles and status of women in a period of expansion. Studies the impact of industrialization on working women, sexuality, family planning, expansion of women in education, politics and the professions, the single women crisis, and women's rights. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors. Same as WMST 4063.

    Prepares students for the demands of the acting profession. Trains students in various audition techniques including general auditions, prepared auditions, cold readings, on-camera auditions, andcommercial auditions. Shows how to prepare and perfect audition material in a professional and exemplary way. Discusses agents, casting directors, and the process of becoming a professional actor. Prereq., THTR 1003.

    Same as HIST 4063.

    Surveys the history of the Iberian Peninsula from the late medieval period through early modern period. Explores the thought, art, politics, and socio-economic milieu of Spain during the Golden Age. Topics include attitudes toward minorities, the Inquisition, the establishment of a colonial empire, rituals, court culture and architecture, religious conflicts, and literary production. Prereq for HIST 4064., HIST 1010 or 1030. Same as HIST 5064. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.

    Surveys decorated books from late antiquity to the advent of the printing press. Examines the various roles manuscripts played within different medieval communities. Prereq., ARTH1300 and 1400. Same as ARTH 5069.

    Provides laboratory-based research experience in selected areas of biological anthropology. Research designs, methods and applications will be used to develop research skills. Students will read original research papers and carry out a research project of their own design. Area of emphasis within biological anthropology will depend on instructor. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Prereqs., ANTH 2010 and 2020. Recommended prereqs., ANTH 2030, 2040, and 4000. Restricted to juniors/seniors. Same as ANTH 5070.

    Studies utility maximization under uncertainty, risk, game theory, moral hazard, and adverse selection. Applications include insurance markets and the theory of contracts. Prereqs., ECON 3070 and 4808 or equivalent, or instructor consent.

    Covers the primary forcings and feedbacks that determine Earth's energy balance and the resultant climate system on decadal to millennial time scales. Covers ocean/atmosphere circulation, the role of ice sheets in the climate system, monsoons, Holocene climate change and 20th Century warming. Includes coverage of the proxies available to reconstruct climates of the past and the archives that contain these proxies. Recommended for natural science majors only and recommended prerequisite of ENVS or GEOL introduction sequence. Credit not granted for this course and GEOL 3040.

    Studies language acquisition theories and research on Japanese as a second language (JSL). Covers the issues in JSL from linguistic, cognitive, and sociolinguistic perspectives: orthography, grammar, phonology, and vocabulary in the contexts of teaching and learning JSL. Prereq., instructor consent. Same as JPNS 5070.

    Examines central figures and texts in the existential tradition, from Kierkegaard and Nietzsche to Heidegger and Sartre. Prereq., 12 hours of philosophy course work. Restricted to juniors/seniors.

    Legal and commercial documents are studied, prepared,and discussed to enable students to perform successfully in real translation situations. Prereq., SPAN 4060 or equivalent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Spanish majors with a subplan of International Spanish for Professionals.

    Considers topics ranging from demography, disease, family structure, and the organization of daily life to ancient slavery, economics, and law. Focuses either on Persia, Greece, or Rome and includes a particular emphasis on the methodology required to reconstruct an ancient society, especially the interpretation of problematic literary and material evidence and the selective use of comparisons with better known societies. No Greek or Latin required. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Same as CLAS 5071 and HIST 4071.

    Designed to give students practical criticism of their script writing and technical format requirements. Either stage plays or screenplays are studied, as announced. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Same as FILM 4075. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of ENGL 1191 and either ENGL 3021, ENGL 3051, or ENGL 3081 (all minimum grade B-). Restricted to Creative Writing minor students or students with a sub plan of Creative Writing.
    Considers topics ranging from demography, disease, family structure, and the organization of daily life to ancient slavery, economics, and law. Focuses either on Persia, Greece, or Rome and includes a particular emphasis on the methodology required to reconstruct an ancient society, especially the interpretation of problematic literary and material evidence, and the selective use of comparisons with better known societies. No Greek or Latin required. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Same as CLAS 4071. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.

    Studies theories of class, ethnic, sex, and age stratification. Examines social inequality in the United States and analyzes the resulting conflicts. Prereqs., SOCY 1001, and SOCY 3001 or 3011. Restricted to junior/senior SOCY majors. Same as SOCY 5071.

    Provides a review of the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system and then exploes how alterations in these systems can result in neurologic or psychiatric disorders. Emphasizes pathological neuroanatomy, neurophysiology,k and neuropharmacology, which is essential fur understanding problems related to health and disease. Prereqs., PSYC/NRSC 4052 or PSYC 2012 or NRSC 2100 and one of the following sequences of courses: EBIO 1210 and 1220, MCDB 1150 and 2150, or MCDB 1150 and EBIO 1220. Same as NRSC 5072. Formerly PSYC 4072.

    Explores theories underlying the "Feminine voice," varied perspectives in prose and poetry, ways of embodying these voices and perspectives in performance forms, and ultimately the students' own voices through creation of autobiographical performance pieces (some to be presented for student audiences). Open to both men and women. Prereq., instructor consent. Same as WMST 4073.

    Same as THTR 4073.

    Algae are a non-monophyletic group of organisms that play critical roles in ecosystem structure and function. They have a long history of being used in a variety of ways by the human species, but are increasingly being applied to modern issues of understanding water quality and climate change, engineering at the nano scale and in the production of renewable biofuels. Prereqs., EBIO 1210, 1220, 1230, and 1240. Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior). Same as EBIO 5080.

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