Courses

    Provides practical, communicative language skills for use in a variety of situations. Examines basic language structure and grammatical forms. Introduces students to Swedish history and contemporary culture and society.

    A web-based, in-class discussion and online laboratory course designed for MCDB majors, covering the fundamental properties of biologic systems, focusing on evolutionary, molecular and cellular mechanisms. The course provides a thorough introduction to the biological sciences and fulfills the departmental requirement for MCDB 1150 and 1151. Credit not granted for this course and MCDB 1150 or 1151. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.

    Gives students experience with mathematical problem solving in real business contexts. Students will work with data and spreadsheets to build and analyze mathematical models. Themes of the course include applying logical operators to model business rules, interpreting data an using tables and graphs, finding break-even and optimal points, and addressing uncertainty and forecasting Credit not granted for this course and MATH 1012.

    Lect., rec. Intended for first-semester students whose academic plans require advanced work in chemistry. Subjects: components of matter, stolchiometry, classes of reactions, gases, thermochemistry, atomic structure, electron configuration, chemical bonding, molecular shapes, covalent bonding, organic compounds, intermolecular forces, equilibrium. Prereqs., one year high school chemistry or CHEM 1021 (min grade C-); high school math through pre-calculus. Not recommended for students with grades below B- in CHEM 1021. Coreq., CHEM 1114. Not open to engineering students with exception of EPEN majors. Credit not granted for this course and CHEM 1111, 1251, 1351, or CHEM 1221/CHEN 1211. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science. Prerequisites: AMEN, AREN, ASEN, CHEN, CSEN, CVEN, ECEN, EEEN, EVEN, MCEN, OPEN or CBEN majors are not allowed to take this class.

    Deals with Roman, medieval, and early modern periods.Covers the demographic, economic, and social patterns, political and religious developments, and cultural changes that contributed to the formation of the English nation. Formerly HIST 2103. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context.

    Lab. Intended for first-semester students whose academic plans require advanced work in chemistry. Instruction in experimental techniques which coordinate with lecture topics in CHEM 1113. Prereqs., one year high school chemistry or CHEM 1021 (min grade C-); high school math through pre-calculus. Not recommended for students with grades below B- in CHEM 1021. Coreq., CHEM 1113. Not open to engineering students with exception of EPEN majors. Credit not granted for this course and CHEM 1111, 1251,1351, or CHEM 1221/CHEN 1211. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science. Prerequisites: AMEN, AREN, ASEN, CHEN, CSEN, CVEN, ECEN, EEEN, EVEN, MCEN, OPEN or CBEN majors are not allowed to take this class.

    Introduces the student to the varied peoples and cultures in the Caribbean region, emphasizing the historical, colonial, and contemporary political-economic contexts of their social structure and cultural patterns. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

    Students read about mythological heroes and historical individuals from Achilles to Socrates in Greek literature. Class discusses why the Greeks told stories the way they did and what those stories might have meant to them and might mean to us. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.

    Introduces technical production elements and procedures including materials, organizations, methods and equipment to realize theatrical costuming and make-up. Credit not granted for this course and THTR 1065 or 1075. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 0-56 credits (Freshmen or Sophomore) only.

    Explores two American Indian cultures, Hopi and Navajo, and cultural interrelationships from the prehistoric through the contemporary period, using an integrated, holistic, and humanistic viewpoint. Same as ETHN 1123. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

    Surveys ideas and culture of the Romans through a study of representative literature: comedy, tragedy, history, philosophy, oratory, the novel, lyric, epic, and didactic poetry. No Greek or Latin required. Approved for GT-AH2. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.

    Relies on a demonstrated comprehension of kinesthetic and conceptual principles mastered at the beginning level. New movements from the classical ballet vocabulary are introduced with continued emphasis on alignment, rotation, and movement quality. Ballet sequences are longer and more complex. May be repeated up to 2 total credit hours. Prereq: DNCE 1100 or permission of the instructor.

    Introduces students to works from the major Western literary periods (Baroque, Enlightenment,Romanticism, Realism, Modernism) from the 17th- through the 20th-centuries comparatively, i.e., outside their national literary boundaries. Theorizes interdisciplinarity, genre studies, periodization, comparativism, thematology, hermeneutics, criticism, etc.. Credit not granted for this course and HUMN 1020. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: Literature and the Arts.

    Restricted to prospective elementary school teachers. Topics include geometry, measurement, probability, and statistics. Prereq., MATH 1110. Restricted to pre-service teachers. The combination MATH 1110 and 1120 is approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: quantitative reasoning and mathematical skills.

    Three lect., one rec. per week, plus three evening exams in the semester. Second semester of three-semester introductory sequence for science and engineering students. Covers electricity and magnetism, wave motion, and optics. Normally is taken concurrently with PHYS 1140. Credit not granted for this course and PHYS 1180. Approved for GT-SC1. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.

    Continuation of SWED 1110 DILS. Provides practical, communicative language skills for use in a variety of situations. Examines basic language structure and grammatical forms. Introduces students to Swedish history and contemporary culture and society. Students may not get credit for this course and SWED 1020.

    Explores two American Indian cultures, Hopi and Navajo, and cultural interrelationships from the prehistoric through the contemporary period, using an integrated, holistic, and humanistic viewpoint. Same as ANTH 1120. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

    Deals with the period from the 17th century to the present. Political, economic, social, and imperial developments that contributed to creation of the modern industrial and democratic state are the major issues covered. Formerly HIST 2123. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context.

    Provides oral activities with authentic English materials to reduce accents and to increase intelligibility for U.S. academic situations. Evaluates individual problem areas and includes one-on-one meetings with the native-speaker instructor. Improves overall articulation and fluency. Does not fulfill humanities or major requirements.

    Introduces mathematical concepts through the study of visual arts. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: quantitative reasoning and mathematical skills.

    Lect., rec. Intended for second-semester students whose academic plans require advanced work in chemistry. Subjects: acid-base equilibria, buffers and titrations, thermodynamics, redox reactions, electrochemistry, transition elements and their coordination compounds, solubility/solubility equilibria, crystal field theory, kinetics, nuclear chemistry. Coreq., CHEM 1134. Credit not granted for this course and CHEM 1131, 1271 or 1371. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of CHEM 1111 or CHEM 1113/1114 or CHEM 1251 or CHEM 1351 or CHEN 1211/CHEM1221 (all minimum grade C-).
    Lab. Intended for second-semester students whose academic plans require advanced work in chemistry. Instruction in experimental techniques which coordinate with lecture topics in CHEM 1133. Prereq., CHEM 1113/1114 or equivalent (min grade C-). Coreq., CHEM 1133. Credit not granted for this course and CHEM 1131, 1271, or 1371. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of CHEM 1111 or CHEM 1113/1114 or CHEM 1251 or CHEM 1351 or CHEN 1211/CHEM1221 (all minimum grade C-).

    Examines the geography, kinship, politics and religious values of a particular non-Western people in historical and contemporary context through an anthropological perspective. Check with department for semester offerings. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

    Explores the culture of the Maya of Central America, emphasizing their material adaptations, social organizations, ideals and values, and artistic achievements in the past and the present. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: human diversity.

    Surveys the outstanding achievements of Roman culture and society as reflected in literature; philosophy and art; private and official religion; and legal and political thought. No Greek or Latin required. Approved for GT-AH2. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context.

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